Fred and George were headed down to the Great Hall when they saw Raynie, hands on her head. As they drew near, the twins saw that her fingers were severely tangled in her hair ribbon.
"Need any help?" George asked in Raynie's ear as Fred came up in-front of him. She jumped body not sure of where to go she stumbled. George caught her.
"I'm kind of attached to my hair, and I would like it to stay in my head," Raynie said once she caught her breath. She then continued to yank her fingers off her head, with no success.
"Don't worry," Fred said as he pulled out his wand, "We have a little sister, we practice this quite a bit."
"Really? Ok do it." Raynie said shrugging George off, "but if it hurts I swear I will find my way to your dormitories and put something slimy in your beds."
Raynie heard Fred say something she couldn't catch. As her fingers were released the sensation of hair being pulled back and re-arranging itself. She put her hands on her head to make sure she hadn't sprouted antlers. She felt small braids leading to the back of her head where they ended in a ponytail tied with her bright yellow bow.
"Oh, thank you!" Raynie said as she grabbed both boys around the neck. Then she bounced down the rest of the stairs and into the Great Hall, oblivious to the smiles on the twins' faces.
"Raynie! Your hair!" one of her housemates, a boy a year ahead of her said with wide eyes.
"Fred and George did it for me," Raynie said, not noticing the distress in the boy's voice. Then she continued down the table to sit with her year-mates. She pulled eggs and bacon onto her plate before digging in. Time tables were handed out and Raynie discovered that she and the other Hufflepuff first years had Charms as their first class. One of the prefects showed them the way.
"Have fun Hobbits," He said as he walked away.
"We are not Hobbits!" Raynie called after him. Noticing the other students' baffled looked by the comment she explained, "Hobbits are some creatures from a muggle book series, known for being short."
Several students nodded in understanding while others just rolled their eyes. Then they entered the classroom.
"Hello children, come in, come in. Sit down, I am Professor Flitwick. I am your Charms Professor" said a kind voice. It took a while for Raynie to find the source. It was a very short man in the middle of the room.
"Now that's a Hobbit." Raynie said with wide eyes.
During their first class, Charms was explained in full. What were Charms, what was not. What things they might learn over the course of the year. Then Professor Flitwick set the students to practice waving their wands, not cast spells, just how to wave the properly.
Their next class was Herbology, which took place in the greenhouses. As the Hufflepuffs shuffled to their class, they passed a group of fourth years. Several began to giggle and cover their mouths after looking at the first years. Confused Raynie looked at her year-mates. Noticing nothing unusual, she again placed her hands on her head, to make sure nothing had grown out of it. Finding nothing she jogged to catch up to the other students.
Inside the greenhouses, Professor Sprout had her students transfer plants into larger pots, and placing the new bulbs into smaller ones. Mostly the class was full of busy work.
As homework was being assigned Raynie felt a tug on her left ankle and felt herself flying into the air. She screamed while looking at the ground, then looking at her leg she shrieked even more loudly when she saw that a thick green vine was wrapped around it. Then a flash of light hit the vine and Raynie fell to the ground.
"I haven't seen one of my plants half as violent towards anyone in, well thirty years. Does anyone know what that was?" Professor Sprout asked, with no reply she continued, "That was an Austrian Snap-Tropicana. Your new assignment for the nigh is to find out what their uses are and what they eat, other then first years. Are you like that?"
"I'm Ok, some things just don't like me." Raynie said, the ground had avoided her head, "Can I go now? I'm dirty."
"Of course, Class dismissed." Professor Sprout said. Not wanting to be the plant's next meal, the children raced out of the greenhouse towards the Castle. Upon entering the Great Hall Raynie detoured to a bathroom to wash up.
Fred and George were being scolded, by Charlie, in the Great Hall when they heard the scream. They then saw Raynie burst out of the bathroom a look of sheer determination on her face. It took her a moment to spot them. Once she did, she began to sprint towards them. Charlie took one look at Raynie, and knew immediately who the culprit was, but before he could say anything Raynie had jumped onto the twins and dragged them to the ground.
"Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!" she squeaked as he hugged the twins, "I love it!"
The twins were dumb founded, they had not anticipated that reaction.
"You're welcome?" George said tentatively, still confused as the three stood up.
Charlie looked at the girl who vexed his brothers and grinned. "She'll be good for them" He thought as he saw her slip something into George's pocket, "She's just like them, but in a more helpless sort of way. Merlin only knows what they would be like if she were a boy."