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Twin Slayers, Twin Watchers

Chapter 7: Hair, Articles, and Training

Draco woke up in extreme pain and at first he couldn't figure out why…then he remembered.

"I am a watcher. I feel my slayer's pain, both of them…"

"Of course you feel their pain…you aren't the only one you know." Draco looked up from his position on his bed. Alex was standing in the door way leaning on a long sword.

"You know I think it's good for you because now you know what I feel like almost everyday…"

"Your hair is maroon today…why?" Alex touched her short bob-cut hair.

"Oh I don't know…because I felt like it. Now come on we are going to start training today remember?"

Oh…right…how could I forget…"

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Hermione hadn't been able to sleep at all. As soon as she started to feel her slayer powers forming, she had become wide awake. The pain lasted for four and a half minutes. She wondered how long it was for Harry.

Everything was changing right before her and she was having a hard time catching up. Everything was different. She of course had always considered Harry to be a brother, but this was extremely weird really being his sister. Then there was Damien. He of course was Draco who she had hated for 5 years…but he was different now. He seemed more loving, gentler, and happier in his own depressed way. And the there was Alex. She is defiantly different, but Hermione could tell that this was only the beginning of a great friendship. And Sirius coming back to life, and being married! That was unexpected. The one thing the Hermione had never expected however…was Ron. What was up with him? He was freaking out. Hermione understood why he went after Draco and she could sort understand why he attacked Alex, but strangling George?

"There has to be more to this then meets the eye."

"More to what?" Hermione jumped about five feet into the air. She turned around and saw Harry standing in the doorway.

"HARRY! You scarred the crap out of me!"

"That was the point El." He snickered. "You better get ready because we are starting training today."

"Well then get the hell out of my room." Hermione grinned at him. "I won't be ready any faster if you stand in my fucking doorway all day." Harry just shook his head, laughed and walked out. She called after him. "I'll meet you in the common room."

So Harry walked down to the common room and waited. He sat down on the couch and stared down at the table contemplating the mysteries of the universe when someone put a magazine in front of his face.

"AHHHH! What The fuck!" He fell off the couch leaped to his feet and spun around in a defensive position. There was Alex standing lazily flipping through the magazine with a Popsicle in her mouth and very maroon hair.

"Well I see you are already getting use to your powers…anyway you seemed pretty freaked out by your own face…I mean come on, you aren't that horribly bad looking…" She turned to the very middle of the magazine and showed him. She started reading the article to him.

HARRY POTTER'S NEW LOOK

Harry Potter, hero of Hogwarts and the chosen one has changed his style. Everyone in the wizarding world has known the-boy-who-lived to have the sort of boy next door type of air to him, but no not anymore. Harry has decided to leave behind his goody-goody look and go for a more hardcore position. 'He chooses to stick to the more muggle aspect of his features which means he is more secure with familiarity since he lived with muggles most of his life' says Hyman Agustof of the Institute of Wizarding Wear. Our Witch weekly wizarding style team has captured exclusive photos of Harry Potter's new fashion techniques, he prefers the muggle 80's era and dresses oddly like Jacob Flanagan from the Wizarding punk band, Juliana Unknown. Not only that but he now fills those clothes out. As everyone has seen him transform from the quiet, scrawny, modest 11 year old to the new and improved buff, handsome, rebel.

We are defiantly eagerly awaiting to see what he does to shock us next.

Written by:

Sindy Kym Montgomery

Exclusive WW reporter

Harry stared at Alex in disbelief. She giggled.

"Oh my god look you have to see these…" She held the magazine out to him and he snatched it away from her and stared down at himself.

"The next six pages are all pictures of you…there one in there of you and Bethanie on what I am assuming is your motorcycle…" Harry looked back up.

"Are you serious?"

"Oh absolutely, but they think she is your girlfriend" she made quotation marks with her fingers when she said girlfriend. "It say's so on page 124, with all the celebrity dating. It has a whole other article about it…'who is this mysterious girl' 'supposedly muggle' 'he's seems to be living with her' 'what is going to happen with them after Hogwarts?" Harry jaw dropped then he flipped to page 124 and Alex was correct.

He was staring at an article by Kliment Mauro Danielewski. There in a two paragraph article was his supposed love life. He had started off with his past girlfriends, there were quite a few of them and none of them were right because the only girlfriend he has ever had was Cho Chang and she wasn't even on the list. Then there was Hermione, she was on here so that meant that they didn't even realize that the 'mystery girl' and Bethanie were the same people. It then went into detail about all the time we spent together this summer.

"This is crazy!" Harry said while he continued to flip through. "Do you care if I burn this?"

"I'm not finished reading it yet, I just got it a few minutes ago. I opened it and saw your face so I came down to show you. But after I'm done…by all means, torch it. I hate these magazines anyways"

"Then why did you subscribe?" Harry raised an eyebrow.

"Because I love to laugh and make fun of Damien when he's in there."

"What!"

"Yeah look on page 233." So Harry turned to 233 and there was Draco. It was a full page picture of him in black and silver quidditch robes. They weren't standard quidditch robes either; they were 'modified' if you know what I mean. Harry's jaw dropped.

"ooohh! Black mail material." For the second time that day Harry was scared out of his wits. Hermione was standing behind him laughing.

"God! Why do people keep doing that to me!"

"Because it's fucking hilarious."

"Yes it is. Fucking side-splitting. Don't you get that Harry?" They all turned to see Draco walking over to them.

"Bethanie, you should know…you have a page in there too." Alex said with amusement.

"WHAT?"

"Wait besides the one I saw! Where!"

"Page 63."

"Oh god is that the Witch Weekly? I hate them. Why did I have to do that anyways?" Draco flopped on to one of the couches.

"Dame, I hate the ministry as much as you do but you don't have to take it out on Witch Weekly or Teen Potions Global or Passionate Teen Bachelorette Monthly or…"

"Ok Alex. I hated that outfit though…it was itchy…"

"I liked the quidditch outfit, and what do you mean the ministry?" Hermione said.

"Well we agreed to become agents for the ministry and well this is part of what they made him do."

"Along with a bunch of out-of-country things. Alex did that too, the out-of-country things."

"Yeah, that's how I got out of Azkaban. I was wrongly accused by the way. It wasn't my fault. I didn't do anything to deserve it."

"Alex, that's what all criminals say…but because I know you aren't lying, I won't say anything." Draco said.

"What happened?" Hermione asked with concern.

"Well that's a long story that I can't explain right now because we have to start training."

"Great…" This response came from Draco of all people.

-

They spent the morning running. It was the starting point of all basic training. Alex and Draco ran too. When they got back to the common room they all decided it would be best if they all took showers before doing weapons training.

"Harry just go ahead and meet me in our training room when you're ready…make sure to wear something comfortable…" With that Alex walked up the stairs to her bedroom.

"Yeah…Bethanie same advise for you…um…do you know where our room is yet?"

"Yep. Alex showed me and Harry already. Right Harry…" She turned around to face him but he was gone. "Well ok then…"

"Yeah…look about last night…I…" Draco looked stunned as Hermione pulled out the necklace. "You're wearing the stuff."

"Yeah. I didn't put on the earrings because I couldn't run with them." Draco bowed his head. "Look…I forgive you I really do and even if you don't forgive yourself or even me then I don't care! I still want to be friends…another chance, clean slate, you know?"

"Yeah, I know…ok well then…friend…you better get ready that run was only the beginning." Draco grinned when Hermione's face fell.

"What the hell are you talking about? We went freaking ten miles!"

"You're a slayer now…you need to be able to handle this stuff. Don't worry though, my mom say's this will get a whole lot easier once you get it down."

"Whatever…" Hermione turned and started up the stairs mumbling all the way. "…that's what everyone say's about everything…"

Draco just laughed and went up after her. As he walked past the coffee table he saw the witch weekly opened to his page. He grimaced and practically ran the rest of the way to his room.

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A/N: Ok I got a chapter up…all is good. I will try and write more tommarrow for you guys. Tell me what you think.