Chapter 1: Letters from Hogwarts

Kit Mathers stared at Mandi Logan, eyes wide and jaw dropped. Mandi was smirking as she waved her finger at the slightly older girl.

"Kit," Kyla Mathers, her twin, said slowly, "What are you doing?"

"Kyla," Kit ground out, "Go inside."

"Kit…What are you doing?"

"Don't be worried Kyla," Mandi said impishly, "Little Kitten won't do anything."

Mandi cried out as Kit's fist slammed into her nose, and then as Kit's foot slammed into her ribs. Kyla shouted in shock and tried to pull her twin off of their neighbor, but she couldn't quite do it.

Drawn out by the screams, the door opened and Dominic and Rob poked their heads out, and they both ran over to pull Kit off of the other girl.

"Kit, Kit…" Dominic said as he pulled her away from Mandi, "Kit stop," Dominic pulled her over to the house and dragged her inside, kicking and screaming, leaving Kyla and Rob outside, alone, with the bleeding and broken form of Mandi Logan.

"Well," Rob said drily, "That was fun,"

Kyla glared at her best friend, "Shut it, moron." With one last glare at the unconscious form on the ground she spun on her heel and stormed into her house, with a highly bemused Rob following obediently.

They walked into the house, and saw Dominic holding Kit down, and Kit, well, she looked murderous. Their mother, Lyre, stared at her oldest daughter, sighed, and went to get some ice for Kit's bruised knuckles.

Lucia, at eight years old, was already more of a pureblooded lady than either of her older sisters. She looked over at her sisters, one was glaring daggers at Rob, and the other was trying to soothe the first, and she smirked.

"Wow, Kit," Lucia said, "Why are you so angry at Mandi? I like her."

"You would," Kit snapped, "Mandi and you are just like twins, I bet if the Queen Lemming jumped off a bridge, you'd follow like a little puppy."

"Kit," Lyre snapped as she walked back into the room, "Be nice to your sister,"

"Lucia's not being nice," Kyla argued, "Why aren't you yelling at her?"

"Lucia's eight," Lyre said drily, "Here's a bag of ice." And then she turned to the two boys, "Dominic, Rob; go home."

Dominic scoffed but left, and Rob just left. He had a bit of a crush on Lyre Mathers.

And then their mother turned to the twins and smiled kindly, "You're Hogwarts letters arrived today, by the way."

"Grand," Kyla said, "Were you ever going to tell us?"

"Oh…you know, eventually…" Lyre said brightly. "We're going to Diagon Alley. Get changed."

Kit raised an eyebrow, but stormed up the stairs and into her room. She dug through her closet, and pulled out a clean shirt. It was black and had red writing on it saying, "Sarcastic? Who Me? Nooooo! ...Dumbass." And then she slipped on her boots and hurried down the stairs.

"KIT GABRIELLA MATHERS!" Lyre shouted at the top of her lungs, "WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?"

"Clothes," Kit said drily as she spun in place to model her clothes. She was wearing her black tee-shirt, and a pair of dark blue torn jeans and a pair of black boots. "Don't I look smexy?"

"Kit…"Lyre sighed and dropped her head onto the table, "Kyla, are you wearing nice clothes at least?"

Kyla blinked, bemused, and spun so that her mother could look over her outfit. Kyla was wearing a pair of jeans and a light blue tee-shirt, as well as a pair of sneakers. She looked normal.

"Thank Merlin that one of you are sane," Lyre said brightly.

"Gee mum," Kit said drily, "And here's me thinking that you'd be grateful that I wasn't wearing one of dad's old shirts."

"Dear Merlin give me strength," Lyre said, "Alright, we are flooing, now."

They arrived in Diagon Alley, and Lyre, with her hand wrapped tightly around Kit's and Kyla's upper arms, and she dragged them down the alley and to Ollivander's Wand Shop. The twins were bickering, and talking loudly the entire time.

Lyre pushed Kyla forward when Ollivander walked over to them. "Kyla first," She said sharply.

Ollivander nodded and began to look around to find a wand that would suit the twins. He handed her a wand that was Holly with a Dragon Heartstring. She waved it and light blue sparks flew from the end. And then she smiled, and began to hold it gently. Lyre took the wand from her youngest twin and shoved it into her purse, and shot her a sharp glare when Kyla opened her mouth to argue.

And then Lyre pushed Kit forward, and Ollivander hurried to the back and returned with another wand. He handed it to her, and informed her that it was Elder and Dragon Heartstring. Both wands, he also noted, were ten inches. Kit, annoyed, took the wand from him and waved it around happily. There were red sparks that surrounded her, and she grinned.

And then her mother took the wand, and shoved it into her purse, and then paid.

"Hey," Kit argued.

"No."

"But…"

"No."

"That's…"

"NO," Lyre glared at her chaos oriented child, "You will not touch these wands until you get on the train. End of story."

Kit pouted, and Kyla grinned manically. "Mum, may we please go to the bookstore?"

"Yes," Lyre said, "Kyla, you may look around alone, I trust you. Kit, you stay with me." Kit pouted again, but, when her mother was looking away, she smirked at her twin.

At the Bookstore, Lyre took Kit's arm tightly and dragged her over to the magical theory section, and Kyla bolted up the rickety staircase, and ran directly to the potions section. She picked up an Advanced Potions book, and flipped through it. It was called Rarely Used Potions and their Uses, and she fell in love with it immediately. And then she shifted and walked over to another book shelf, where she found a book called, Little Known Spells, and then a third book called Soul Bonds, Soul mates, and Soul Bindings. And then she picked up a fourth book, Human Transfiguration and Animagi, for Kit.

She then bounced down the stairs and she went and paid, while her mother was distracted with a temper tantrum that Kit was throwing. Kyla stifled her laugh when she saw Kit straighten, and walk away as if she had never been screaming her head off only seconds earlier.

"That's it," Lyre hissed, "I am done with this. We are leaving, now."

"What about our robes?" Kyla asked innocently.

"I know your measurements." Lyre snapped, "Now come on," She dragged them back to the fire place.

"…So that's why you were suffocating us with that measuring tape…" Kit said wide eyed.

"Oh dear Merlin," Lyre muttered as she gently pushed her children into the fireplace and made them floo home.