Chapter 6 – The First Day
You wake up and get in the shower. After doing your hair and makeup, you get dressed in your robes, and head down to the common room.
You thought you'd be the only one down there, but you saw that Percy was already awake and kicking.
The side of you trained by Fred and George kicked in, and you decided to scare Percy.
You sneak your way to the sofa he was sitting at, and prepare yourself for the scare.
All of a sudden, someone pushes you from behind, and you fall over the back of the sofa with a scream, which started a chain reaction with Percy.
"What are you doing?!" He yelled.
"It wasn't me! He did it!" You laughed, pointing at Fred.
"Guilty until proven innocent." Fred said.
"You know you said that wrong, right?" You asked him.
"No, he said it right." said George coming into the room. You rolled your eyes.
"Can I ask what you three are doing up this early? I would've figured you three would be late to your first periods." Percy said stiffly.
"And miss out on the chance to scare first years? You don't know us at all Perce." Fred said.
Percy didn't reply, but instead got up, and walked away.
"He's no fun." You say, still hanging upside down on the sofa.
"Want to have fun do you?" said George. You saw the twins exchange looks.
"Guys, no. Whatever you're about to do to me, forget it." You said warningly.
"I'm afraid we have too, love." Fred said.
Fred and George grab your feet, and flip you off the sofa. You were sure you were going to hit the table, but instead you get caught by someone. It was Fred.
"Can we go eat breakfast now?" You ask laughing.
"Now who's no fun?" George said.
"Fine. But you won't like me when I'm hungry." You said teasingly.
Fred puts you down, and the three of you walk into the Great Hall. Picking a spot in the middle of the Gryffindor table, you take a seat. Fred and George sit across from you.
"So what do we have first M'lady?" George asks you.
"We have Double Advanced Potions with Hufflepuff and the oh-so-charming Professor Snape." You say.
"Just kill me now." George says.
"It couldn't be worse." Says Fred
Students start coming in a few at a time. Harry Potter, Ron and Hermione Granger join you three, along with Lee.
Everyone took their own turn to stare at your table. At Harry.
"You'd think they could mind their own business." You say.
"Nah. I like the attention we're getting anyways." George says.
"That's not fair to Harry." Hermione says.
"Harry's famous. He's a big boy, and can handle himself. Right Harry?" Fred asked.
"Yeah, it's no problem really. I'm fine." Harry replied.
You and the twins decide to head down to the dungeons.
"I wonder how ecstatic Snape'll be to see he has us at the beginning of the day." Fred said with a snicker.
You turn the corner into the classroom. The moment Snape saw the three of you, his almost normal emotioned face turned into a scowl.
"I want the three of you at different tables, and on different sides of the room. No exceptions." He said over the twins protests.
Everyone in the class turned to look at you guys.
You took a seat in the front of the room by a Hufflepuff boy. Cedric Diggory to be exact.
You hear Fred and George whistle at you, and you turn to make a funny face at them.
"Hi. I'm Cedric. We're in the same year, but I don't think we know each other that well." The boy said with a charming smile.
"Yeah, hi. Natalie." You say.
Snape let everyone make a potion of their own choice. You picked one you knew you could mess up.
Cedric went with the same one. Probably trying to show you up.
You carelessly drop in ingredients into your cauldron.
"Hey uh, you're not doing that right." Cedric said to you.
"Mhmm." You replied.
"I can help you if you'd like." He said.
"Listen, I don't need your help. I'm not planning on passing this class anyways. So why not have some fun instead." You said.
That made him chuckle.
"Have it your way then." He said, adding the right amount of snake fangs into his cauldron.
You add the final tough to your cauldron. It started emitting green smoke, and a terrible smell.
Fred and George's were doing something similar. With the smell on all sides of the classroom, there was nowhere to go to get fresh air but out of the room.
"15 points from Gryffindor for stupidity." Snape said, but everyone else was laughing.
The rest of your classes went by in a blur. Fred and George were just doing a spot on impression of Trelawney when Oliver Wood came up.
"We've got us a splendid seeker! It's Harry Potter. He's magnificent. Never seen better!" Wood said.
"Alright alright! You're making it seem like you fancy him or something." Fred joked.
"Well, just remember to make it to Quidditch practice. Oh, and Natalie! You should try out this year. We could use someone like you on the team." Wood said with a smile.
"Um, yeah. I'll think about it." You say nervously.
"Great!" He said. "See you guys later then." He said, and walked off.
"Oh innocent little Natalie. It's so obvious you fancy him." Fred says.
"I think it's safe to say Wood might have a little crush on you as well." George says.
"Shut up guys." You said.
"Is her face red George, or is it just me?" Fred said.
"I see it! You're blushing Natalie!" George teased.
"Can we just go eat lunch now?" You groaned.
You arrived in the Great Hall, and took your seats to begin the feast.
Fred whispers something to George, and George chokes on his food.
"No way! I knew it!" George yelled.
"Knew what?" You asked "Oh nothing." He said teasingly.
"I see how it is. Keeping secrets now, are we?" You say.
"Yep, pretty much." George says bluntly.
"You guys are lucky I can't get mad at you. I still want to know though."
"Maybe you'll find out. In time." Fred says causing George to laugh.
You were almost done eating when you feel someone staring at you. You look up, and you meet Fred's stare.
He looks away almost instantly, but it made your heart jump.
Why was he looking at you? What were they hiding? And why couldn't you know?
You were a little confused by the time you went to bed that night, but you forgot all about it as you fell into a deep sleep.