A/N- Little bits and pieces of years 1-4 oh & I still don't own Harry Potter. ONLY THE PLOT, DELILAH, MAGGIE, AND THE TWINS ARE MINE.
First, second, third and fourth year passed with no less than three hundred fifty detentions, all for various pranks, and surprisingly, even with all the point deductions, Gryffindor won the house cup every year but second in which the Ravenclaws beat them by seventy five points.
Delilah, Maggie, Dustin, Colton and Teddy were some of the most well-known students at Hogwarts. Delilah had become best known by the teachers for her smart mouth toward the Potions' Master, Gregory Graze. Maggie was popular for her perfect grades that helped contradict her number of detentions. Colton and Dustin, the latter had magically made his hair blonde for a week to confuse people, had become "the clones" despite the opposite hair colors. Teddy became the complete slacker by the potions master, but a rather intelligent boy by the other professors.
The five's friendship grew stronger with ever passing day, and they became completely inseparable. The teachers had spent an hour brainstorming in the staff room one Saturday, trying to come up with a nickname and finally settled on Difficoltà e problemi. The Transfiguration professor was Italian and had come up with it after some had tried Latin phrases. The pupils of Hogwarts picked it up quickly, nd it was shortened to Problemi.
Coming Home For Christmas 1st Year
Delilah smiled as the scarlet Hogwarts Express pulled into King's Cross station, Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. "Is Vic out there, waiting on me?" asked Teddy, anxiously. Dustin laughed, "Can't wait to see your girlfriend?" he teased. Delilah laughed, standing and grabbing her bag, "Be nice, Dusty, you're staying in his room for two weeks."
Once off the train, Delilah quickly spotted Charlie, standing with Harry, Ginny, their children, Bill, Fleur, Victoire and her siblings, Dominique, and Louis. "Uncle Charlie!" she exclaimed, running to him. He picked her up and spun her around. "I missed you so much, Lilah!" he laughed, setting her down. The two looked over at Teddy, who was be scolded by Ginny. "What did I tell you about detention before Halloween!"
Harry, who looked slightly bemused at his wife and godson, walked over, one year old Lily in his arms and three year old Al clinging to his hand. "I hear the firework trick was your plan? How terribly irresponsible I'm impressed." he smirked. They laughed. "So, the clones go to your house, and Maggie will be arriving at the Burrow Christmas Eve?" Charlie asked Harry. The latter nodded, and the rest of the families walked over, talking for a bit. Soon, Charlie and Delilah said their goodbyes and promised to be at the Burrow on Christmas Eve, "Ten o'clock sharp!". Then Charlie and Delilah left for Romania.
"Hey, Sirius being your father doesn't bug me, he was a great bloke and I don't love you any less for it." he whispered as she walked to her bedroom that night after dinner.
Christmas Morning
"Happy Christmas, Maggie!!!" Great, thought Maggie, how can she get up so early during the bloody HOLIDAYS! She rolled over to her side, facing the wall, and trying to go back to sleep. Delilah wasn't giving up the easy, though. The dark-headed witch hit her on the head with a pillow, and unfortunately for Maggie, Lilah had quite a good arm. "Ow! What the bloody crap was that for?!" the now wide awake blonde yelled. Delilah, in reply, put her finger to her lips and mouthed something that looked like, "Don't wake up the guys!"
After quietly dressing and tip-toeing down stairs, the two met Mrs. Weasley in the kitchen, who greeted them happily, "Good morning, dears. Have a seat next to Emalee, breakfast will be ready in five minutes." The two obliged, sitting down with Ron and Hermione's oldest daughter, who was James' age, currently six. "Happy Christmas, Em. What are you coloring?" asked Maggie, pointing to the magic coloring book in front of Emalee. "A Christmas Tree." replied the young girl, simply. "Awesome! Don't forget to color the angel on top." said Delilah, smiling at her godfather's niece. Would that make Em her god-cousin? Huh, good question.
Later that morning, around ten, Teddy and the clones (the Weasleys didn't call them 'the twins' as it reminded them of Fred) made their appearance. "Sleep late enough?" teased Ginny from the sofa, where she was bouncing Hugo on one leg and Lily on the other. Teddy just muttered something about James bursting into their room at two a.m. "Grandmum! Can we open presents now?" asked Victoire, who had been sitting with her largest present in her lap since she woke up. "Yes, dear, of course." So the nineteen kids (I think that is correct if you take away Lily and Hugo as they are only 1 and add the five) tore open all their presents faster than previously thought possible.
Delilah and Maggie had made friendship bracelets for all the girls, even a tiny one for Lily, and the boys received Hot Wheels, little toy cars that muggles play with. Ginny had helped the girls with charm work so the cars drove around on their own. But Colton, Dustin, and Teddy had been given been given thick leather bracelets made from the leather of Sirius's old flying motorcycle's seat. Ginny and Harry had also helped that. Apparently it was planned as the boys had given them thinner bracelets made from the very same leather.
Harry and Ginny had given them something could potentially be very be useful, Communication Mirrors. They were like two way mirrors but they connected to as many as necessary, in this case, five. Charlie had given them dragon skin gloves. George had given them excessive amounts of prank material. Bill, Fleur, Percy, and his wife Audrey, with the help of Ron and Hermione had gotten them brooms for next year at Hogwarts. Not just any brooms, they were now the proud owners of Lightning Strike 42's, the fastest broom on the market. Yes, it was even faster than the Firebolt 1, and 2.
Quidditch Tryout 2nd Year
The Gryffindor Quidditch captain, Carl Goodman, a burly sixth year, had everyone fly around the field three times and eliminated those who didn't have a chance. That left twelve Chasers, three Seekers, six Beaters and no Keepers, as Carl was already the Gryffindor Keeper. Maggie and Dustin were trying for Beater; Teddy, Colton and Delilah wanted Chaser.
The five had been training like crazy, every day after classes until dinner, after dinner until curfew. Goodman must have seen that, they all made the team. A second year on the team was normal, but five of them was shocking. The seeker was Sam Conway, a tiny Asian sixth year.
Tryouts didn't go without a trouble though, in the anger of being beat, a huge seventh year sent a bludger toward the back of Maggie's head. She dodged but it hit her arm, breaking it. Madam Pomfrey healed it with a quick wave of her wand, thankfully. But Maggie wasn't about to let it go, she chased the culprit down and hexed him to bits with the help of the other four. Detention 92. Finally, the professors were smart enough to separate them, but thanks to Harry, they had the mirrors!
First Quidditch Match Slytherin vs. Gryffindor
Difficoltà e Problemi stood at the center of the Quidditch field with Carl and Sam, ready to start their first game. All five seemed perfectly calm now but before the game was a totally different story. Delilah hadn't touched breakfast, but her cocky aura never faltered. Maggie had woken up tree time the night before, having had nightmares of losing and every one hating them or one of them falling off their broom and dying. Dustin had rushed into the loo in the middle of breakfast to empty his nervous stomach. Teddy's hair kept changing colors, from orange, to pink, to forest green. Colton just couldn't sit still and was quite short-tempered this morning; in fact he had told off a first year for "walking to close in front of them" and "what if one of us had tripped over you, got injured, and couldn't play?".
Unfortunately, it wasn't exactly a beautiful day outside, in fact, it was the rainiest, windiest day this part of England had seen in a long, long time. Carl had them cast heating charms on each other to prevent the cold distracting them. They had practiced for long hours, in the rain and wind, all week and now here they were, waiting for Madame Hooch to blow the whistle so they could fly.
Up went the Quaffle, Bludgers, and Snitch, then, the whistle blows.
The announcer, third year Joseph Ousley in Hufflepuff, blast in to commentary, "Slytherin chaser, Wayne Rooney, has the Quaffle and is flying toward the goal. Oh, wait a sec, Dustin Elliott sends a bludger his way. Rooney dodges but drops the Quaffle, which Lupin catches. He passes to Black, to Elliott, back to Lupin, who SCORES!! Ten points to Gryffindor."
The game was long and laborious, and Gryffindor soon fell behind. After two and half hours, the score stood: Slytherin: 170 Gryffindor: 90.
The odds weren't in their favor, not one bit. The Slytherin Seeker had a better broom than Sam, and Sam still hadn't seen the Snitch. Suddenly, he began to dive, fast. He's not gonna make it, he's going to hurt himself with that steep dive, thought Delilah. Carl was staring open-mouthed at his friend since his first day of Hogwarts flew to the ground. Ousley yelled into the magical mic, "Conway is diving, and diving deadly. Does he see the Snitch? How can he see anything? He's got it! Conway has the Snitch!! Gryffindor wins against all odds!! Final score, Gryffindor: 240 Slytherin: 170!!"
Interesting Teaching Career
"Who would've have thought that we would beat the Weasley twins record for most detentions in a single term?" laughed Dustin as the Problemi walked down the hill to Hogsmeade. "Yeah, good times, good times." sighed Teddy. "Yes, but on to more important issues, where to go first? George is at WWW today, we could see him first, while stashing up on free prank gear or go to Honeyduke's, get candy, and bring some to share with George." said Delilah thoughtfully. The other four answered in unison, "HONEYDUKE'S!"
After visiting the overcrowded candy store, where they spent several sickles on their favorites, the walked to WWW to visit George. When they walked into the store, Delilah and Maggie were hugged by little Roxy and the boys were dragged to the flat above the shop by six year old Fred.
Ten minutes later, the five found themselves in George's office. Maggie and Delilah, Roxanne in her lap, were sitting in chairs in front of the desk, behind which George sat, and Colton, Dustin, and Teddy were sitting crossed legged on the floor with Fred. "I hear you three are in nedd of some supplies." said the only adult in the room, with a wink. "Yeah, we do!" exclaimed Teddy, high-fiving Dustin. George couldn't help but laugh, the group had been compared to the marauders, the golden trio, even Fred and himself, but they were something totally new, something bigger and badder. He listen intently, made suggestions and corrected as Colton blasted into a full speech on their latest pranking plans. Poor, poor Minerva, George thought, First, the Marauders, then the Golden Trio, then us Weasley twin, and now these five? That is one interesting teaching career.
Connecting
The five, now fourth years, had been studying two difficult things since third year, and now thought they had perfected both. The first was nothing new, they wanted to animagus. The potions and spells necessary were learned and memorized. The second was quite extraordinary and rare. They wanted to connect their mind so they could communicate from long distances with out interference. It would unite them in new ways, and together they wanted to become unstoppable when it came to evil.
They had become enemies with William Avery the last week of first year. Some how Maggie's parentage had gotten out to the Slytherins. Excellent, absolutely excellent. He had aimed a petty nasty hex at her in the halls. Of course, he had three others with him, one was a fourth year at the time and the other two were third years. Tom Lestrange, Steve Rookwood, and Sherman Avery(William Avery's older brother, he was the fourth year then, he's graduated now). It had turned into a duel, but no one really won, as Professor Wysh, the DADA teacher, had stopped it. The nine had been awarded a month's detention. So, "evil" meant Avery and the uprising that the recent rumors were about but the latter was less believable.
Now, Problemi were sitting in a circle in the Room of Requirement, with two books, two potions, and five wands. It was to be a long, grueling work, so they decided to skip their last class that day, Care of Magical Creatures, since it was Friday.
"Colton, stir that potion clockwise twice then counterclockwise once. Do that five times." ordered Maggie, as she studied the book in front of her.
"Yes ma'am!" he saluted her and began to finish the potion.
Three hours later, they were holding on to a goblet of potion each, the twins were expressionless, Teddy was excited, Delilah was confident as always and Maggie nervous.
"So… animagus, eh? Wonder what are we're going to be." said a shaky Teddy.
"I dunno, but Colton and I will be similar, but I hope none of us have a really crappy form." replied Dustin, who seemed to be turning green.
Colton let out a heavy sigh, "Let's get this over with, in the count of three. 1...2...3!"
In seconds they were no longer Colton, Dustin, Teddy, Maggie, and Delilah. In their place stood a fox, a wolf, a mountain lion, a panther, and an oversized black dog. The wolf was chasing his tail, a deep growl that could be identified as Teddy's laugh of you listened close enough. The fox was examining herself carefully, her fur the same auburn of Maggie's long hair. The mountain lion was looking in a mirror that had appeared, with ocean blue eyes. Delilah knew this to be Colton, so that meant the panther who was now chasing an angry fox around the room was Dustin.
The black dog barked loudly, but the other animals heard, "Hey! Stop goofing off!" The other four walked back over to where she was standing. Delilah nodded, and in an instant, she was no longer canine, but human. "Alright, you lot! Time for Phase 2!"
Suddenly, five more books appeared and Colton withdrew a large bottle of potion from his bag. Maggie and Teddy were flipping through the books, searching for the correct page. Delilah was helping Colton start the potion.
Dustin on the other hand just groaned, "Come on, Lilah! It's two o'clock in the morning! Can't we just think up some hammocks, or something, and go to sleep?"
Delilah frowned at him, obviously outraged. Crap, she was in a perfect mood with Success 1 but then Dusty has to go and open his bloody mouth and complain! Stupid idiot! thought Colton, equally irritated at his brother's whining. Unfortunately, Delilah has quite the temper. By the time she was done yelling and hexing, Dustin was wide awake.
At noon the next day, they were ready to begin. Four potions, and eight spells were necessary. Since there was a not really direct spell, they were improvising. When they all were sure they had cast the spells on the other four, they needed to add DNA to the potions. Said potions were rather disgusting.
Finally, after twenty-three hours of no food or sleep, they were finished. They found out that they could block the others if they wanted, and only let certain things through. The next morning they realized that they shared dreams.
They wouldn't realize how important these gifts would be until next year. Then they would be thankful for the connection, forever.