The third year was uneventful for the twins. There were three main points of interest in their year. They did the basic re-greeting of their old friends, Violet latching onto Michael when she saw him. He was quite surprised, to say the least, that Violet did this. She explained she missed him and thanked him again for last year, Evangeline snickering in the background. Harry, Ron and Hermione were pleased to see them, and gave them late birthday presents: simple things that didn't cost much.
Snape, however, was already hating the year, and it had barely begun. The twins had annoyed him so much over the holidays, that once at school, he hid himself in the dungeons with a bottle of firewhiskey. Also hating their arrival already, was Draco Malfoy. He was stuck "attempting" to be friends with them because his father thought "they are the ones for the Dark Lord".
The girls had also begun Divination and Care of Magical Creatures. They loved Care of Magical Creatures with Hagrid, but Violet kept plotting ways to "do away with" Professor Trelawney. She declared that she hated the subject, and on her first day there, received detention. Not a bad start...According to Violet.
They had been sitting up in the stuffy room that was Trelwaney's classroom, looking over tea leaves, when Violet was talking to Evangeline.
"Violet, what do you think this is?" Evangeline asked her twin, who as bored, already done with Evangeline's cup. Her sister was going to have "danger cross her path" some day soon. "It's a load of rubbish," Violet had declared upon determining this within two seconds of looking at it. "There's no way danger would be in your path, you're the good one after all."
Violet looekd over at the black cup in Evangeline's hands. She studied the tea leaves for a brief second and then snorted.
"Hell with that," she muttered. "It's a sun and ring."
"Happiness and love?" Evangeline said. "You're going to find happiness and love, Violet!"
The entire class looked over. Violet's eyes grew to the size of saucers, and her cheeks became hot.
"What the fuck, Ev?" she said, covering herself up. "Like I would fall in love with anyone!"
"Miss, do watch your mouth and what you say," Trelawney whispered, coming over. "But, my dear, how were you able to tell these things so easily?"
"Dunno," Violet said, scooting her plush cusion away. "I-I just knew it. And I didn't even look ahead this time."
"Look ahead!" she heard Parknison laughed. Violet shot a glare over at them, her electric yellow eyes, piercing into Parkisnon. Her fire red hair fell into her face, causing her to look fiercer, angrier.
"Dear, you must be...you have to be...Dear, has anyone in your family been gifted in Divination?" Trelwaney asked.
"How the hell am I supposed to know?" Violet shouted, feeling her anger boiling. To her, she was being called a freak by Trelwaney. She jumped up, glaring at the woman. "I've been cut off from my family since before we were even BORN!"
"Violet, calm down!" Evangeline hissed, tugging on the sleeve of her robe. Violet shook her hand off and kept glaring at Trelwaney.
"My dear, you must be - have to be - a true Seer," Trelwaney whispered, holding Violet's arm.
"I hate this, though!" violet shouted, yanking her arm away, backing up a few steps.
"But-but you're a true Seer!" Trelwaney said, her bug eyes growing wider.
"Shut the fuck up!" Violet screamed, running out of the room and down the ladder. "And I know, detention!"
Their next highlight was when Buckbeak entered the picture...
The girls walked down the sloping lawn ready for the first Care of Magical Creatures test. Violet moaned when she saw Draco and his gang were already down there.
"Vi, don't worry," said Evangeline tying up her red hair. "Hagrid's cool. I don't think he'd mind if you delivered a couple blows to Malfoy." Violet sniggered.
When everyone was outside Hagrid's hut whispering and chortling about what ever useless things they were speaking of, Hagrid came out in a moleskin overcoat and had Fang on a leash who was trying to get to the students. Evangeline had a sudden urge to pet him.
"C'mon now, get a move on!" said Hagrid. "Got a real treat for yeh today! Great lesson comin' up! Everyone here? Right, follow me!" Everyone followed Hagrid around the edge of the trees to the forbidden forest to find themselves in some sort of padlock. There was nothing in side.
"Everyone gather 'round the fence here! That's it- make sure yeh can see- now firs' thing yeh'll want ter do is open yer books-"
"How?" asked a bored drawling voice.
Draco Malfoy, the girls thought simultaneously.
"Eh?" Hagrid asked.
"How do we open our books?" Draco Malfoy asked slowly as if he was stupid. His gang sniggered in the background. Everyone started to take out their books. Evangeline was surprised that they all had ropes bound around them. What for? Violet pulled hers out sheepishly. It was bound in so many bindings you could barely tell there was a book bound.
"Vi!" Evangeline shrieked pulling the book from her. "I told you you're hurting it!"
"It's a book!" said Violet bobbing her in the head with the book.
"Ow!" she cried.
"Girls settle down!" said Hagrid. "Yeh've got ter stroke 'em. Look-" He took Hermione's book and ripped off the Spellotape that bound it. The book tried to bite, but Hagrid ran a giant forefinger down its spine, the book shivered, then fell open and lay quiet in his hand.
"See?" whispered Evangeline gently stroking her book. "You have to be careful with it!"
"Oh, how silly we've been!" Draco shouted. "We should have stroked them! Why didn't we guess!"
"Um, cause your an idiot?" Evangeline asked sweetly.
"I-I thought they were funny," said Hagrid uncertainly to Hermione.
"Oh, tremendously funny!" said Malfoy. "Really witty, giving us books that could rip our hands off!" Hagrid looked downcast. Evangeline felt sorry for him, but Violet thought the class was a slight bore. She liked yelling at Professor Trelawney.
"So yeh I'll go and get em... hang on." said Hagrid and disapeared into the Forbidden Forest.
"God, this place is going to the dogs," said Malfoy loudly. "That oaf teaching classes? Wait til my father hears about this!"
"Shut up Malfoy." said Harry angrily.
"Careful Potter, there's a dementor behind you-"
"Oooooh!" squealed Lavender Brown pointing to the other side of the padlock.
Trotting towards them were the most bizarre, (and beautiful) creatures the twins had ever had the bodies, hind legs, and tails of horses, but the front legs, wings, and heads seemed somewhat to be giant eagles with steel- colored beaks. Each of the beasts had a leather collar around its neck.
"Hippogriffs!" said Hagrid happily. "Beau'iful, aren' they?"
"Gorgeous!" Evangeline whispered.
"Meh," said Violet.
The girls ended of learing how to approach a Hippogriff. You always had to let the Hippogriff make the first move; you had to be walk towards them, bow and wait, you don't want to lose eye contact. If he bows back you can touch it, but if he doesn't you should run. You shouldn't ever insult one because they can cause major damage.
Evangeline was stroking the feathers of a Hippogriff smiling softly. Violet was stroking the beak of another.
"I guess your not so bad, huh?" she smirked.
"This is very easy," said Malfoy petting Buckbeak. "I knew it must habe been, if Potter could do it... I bet your not dangerous at all, are you?" The twins rolled their eyes.
"Are you, you great ugly brute?" The girls spun around just in time to see Malfoy fall to the ground covered in blood. Hagrid was wrestling Buckbeak who was giving him problems.
"I'm dying!" Malfoy screeched clutching his bloody arm. "I'm dying, look at me, it's killed me!"
"Yer not dyin'!" said Hagrid who had gone very white. "Someone help me- gotta get him outta here-"
"We'll take him!" said Evangeline.
"We will?" Violet asked. Evangeline shot her a look. Then she sighed and helped pick Malfoy up.
"I guess I'd rather have the Slytherin rejects help me then that big bloody oaf," said Malfoy. The girl's eyebrows shot up then looked at each other.
"One," Violet mouthed.
"Two," Evangeline mouthed back.
"Three." The girls dropped Malfoy to the ground on his arm.
Violet turned on her heels her back facing Hagrid.
"Hagrid?" she said crossing her arms over her chest. "Take this son of a bitch!"
Their last highlight was towards the end of the year, when, of course, the girls were breaking a rule or two.
Violet and Evangeline were sprawled out near the lake under a tree around midnight. There was a beautiful full moon above them, giving them light to study by. Violet was studying for her "stupid" Divination test, leaning against a tree. And Evangeline was lying on her stomach reading her Monster Book of Monsters, reading for fun.
"I hate Divination," Violet muttered.
"Oh, really? I never would have guess," Evangeline laughed, turning a page.
"I still don't get why she says I'm a 'true Seer' or whatever," Violet went on, shutting the book. She stood up and walked to the edge of the lake. "I mean, really, just because I knew what kind of symbols they were and what they meant...Did you hear that?"
Somewhere in the distance - in the stillness of the night - something was howling. It was a long and low howl, like an injured dog or wolf.
"Yeah," Evangeline said.
"It's probably nothing," Violet said, shrugging it off, but she felt something tugging at the pit of her stomach. "Where was I? Oh yeah. I mean, really, that doesn't mean that I'm a true Seer. I kind of just guessed."
Something rustled in the bushes not far off.
"Hear that?" Evangeline whispered. She swallowed hard. Violet nodded, a few beads of sweat rolling down her forehead.
"I-it's nothing," Violet said, stepping into the water. She was already barefoot from not wearing shoes to the lake in the first place.
"Are you sure?" Evangeline asked.
"Yes," Violet nodded. "Pretty moon, isn't it?"
"Yeah," Evangeline said slowly.
"Perfect for a... HOLY SHIT IT'S A WEREWOLF!" she screamed.
Evangeline flipped over and stared at the giant creature. Bits of saliva was dripping from its mouth. It was standing on its hind legs, hunched over. Its tail was tufted slightly. Its fingers long and clawed. Its body was nothing but muscles.
Evangeline's eyes rolled back, and she hit the ground with a thud. The werewolf looked at her and lunged. Violet paniced and shot a spell at it. The werewold stopped and looked up at her. Violet's eyes were wide, her heart pounding. She was sure it could hear it. Her face was covered in sweat. They glanced at each other a little longer when Violet dove under it, grabbed her sister. But as she went under, she felt something dig into her leg. She didn't have time to look as she started dragging her to the school.
"HELP!" she screamed. "THERE'S A FREAKING WEREWOLF OUT HERE! HEEEELLLLPPPP!"
She conntinued dragging her along, trying to run, but she couldn't quite run and pull Evangeline along at the same time. Plus, her leg was trying to give out under her. The werewolf was bounding after them, trying to grab Evangeline's legs.
"SHIT!" Violet screamed again. "Why must you be so utterly useless right now, Ev?"
The werewolf growled from behind her, and Violet pulled her sister over her sister. She forced her legs to go fast, muttering, "I'm not a runner!"
She could see the castle coming closer into her view. She looked back and saw the beast still on her heels.
"HELP ME!" she screeched. "PLEASE, GET UP! PLEASE!"
Tears streaked down her face as she thought she wouldn't make it. But then the doors were right there. She reached out, wand in hand, and flicked them open. She flew in and shoved the door shut, locking them securely. Violet put Evangeline on the ground and looked back at the doors. She heard the werewolf outside, pawing around.
"THERE'S A WEREWOLF!" she screamed again as she backed up. She tripped over Evangeline's body and noticed scratches on her sister. She saw her right leg bleeding from a long gash, but didn't care at the moment. "PROFESSORS!"
She heard footsteps from all around her, and she looked up. Snape, McGonagall and Flitwick were standing in one place, and all the others were gathered at other points. All except -
"Oh my, God," she whispered. "Lupin's the werewolf. HE'S A WEREWOLF! OH MY, GOD!"
"OBLIVIATE!" Flitwick shouted.
Violet fit the ground, and Madam Pomfrey rushed up to her.
"Flitwick!" Snape shouted. "That's my god daughter!"
"She can't know, Severus," Flitwick responded, shaking his head. "She can't know. We'll have to adjusts Evangeline's memory, too."
"Lupin...werewolf...shit," Violet muttered.
"Obliviate!" Flitwick said again.
This time, it worked, and Violet was down again.
"She is stuborn," Snape muttered. "I'm going back to bed."