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"All Slytherin first years follow me!" called Albert Kingslow, gesturing the group of first years towards the dungeons. Marie scanned the crowd for her sister, or even her brother, and then spotted rosemary cutting through the crowd running towards her.
"Rosemary!" she yelled over the crowd of students.
"Our brother! He's here!" Rosemary was trying to be quiet so as not to give away the secret, but it was proving difficult with all her excitement. She hugged Marie as their friend Claire DeLune ran to them, joining in the hug.
"Isn't that Harry Potter your-"
"Yes! Our brother!" the twins said in unison as their other friend, Soleil Lumiére joined.
"When are you going to tell Harry?" Soleil asked as she joined in the group hug.
"I was thinking we could tell him together, Marie and i." rosemary answered, breaking the hug.
"As soon as possible!" Marie added.
"Right, but you really should let him get settled in first tonight… he's got enough to think about this first week." Claire told the twins as they watched a group of first year Gryffindors pass by, looking much less nervous now that the sorting was over. Harry was among these dozen students, listening to a red haired gangly boy.
"Hey, guys, I think I've just spotted another Fred and George." Rosemary pointed the boy out to her friends and twin.
"Could there possibly be another Weasley?" Soleil asked, surprised. "That's got to be the tenth one."
"Their mother really needs a hobby." Marie added, nodding.
"She has one." The girls jumped as the unison voices of Fred and George Weasley came up behind them. "It's knitting." One of the boys said. "And he's the sixth." The other added. "And we have a little sister." They added in unison.
"Wow." Was all Claire could say.
"Sorry guys, I didn't mean it like that." apologized Marie, looking at the floor.
"It's fine, she does need another hobby." Replied one of the boys, waving the apology away. Marie smiled and tried to spot her brother, but the group had already maneuvered up the stairs.
"Mars!" yelled Claire. Marie had spaced out again.
"Whoops, sorry… I've been doing that all day." She explained. "I get lost in my thoughts a lot."
"Yeah, she does." Rosemary added, making a face at Marie which triggered Marie to chase her up the corridor, only to be stopped by professor Snape.
"May I ask why you are running up the hallway?" the greasy haired man asked.
"Erm… well… she made a face at me which made me mad." Mumbled Marie as Snape sneered.
"I'd expect better from you, Miss Potter." Snape whispered.
Marie's eyes widened. "Professor, how did you-"
"Nothing stays secret within the staff." Snape answered enigmatically.
Marie and rosemary gasped and stared at Snape like they were seeing him in a completely different light.
"It will stay the staff's secret." He added, much to the relief of the twins.
"Oh, thank you!" cried Marie, unable to keep herself from hugging Snape. At first he looked disgusted, but then surprisingly relaxed an arm around Marie. she gasped. Realizing his mistake he quickly pushed her off.
"Don't you dare speak of this!" he growled into Marie's face. Marie, rosemary, Claire and Soleil pretended to lock their lips and throw away the key. Snape rolled his coal black eyes and swept down the dungeons, his cloak billowing out behind him, making himself look like an overgrown bat.
"Beware my billowy cloak of doom." Rosemary said, imitating the professor, after he had turned the corner. The girls exploded into a fit of giggles.
Marie hugged her friends then followed Snape down the dungeons, making a scowl like the Professor had. The girls fell into another fit of giggles.
A/N – Mary: Yay, the second chapter is finished! Oh, for those of you who were wondering, here's the key to the 'x's…
X FX means going forward in time… this is probably the most used one.
X MX means meanwhile… whatever we write next is happening while the last part was…
X BX means going back in time, however slight.
So that's it for the 'x's…