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A/N: Umm… I should also warn you that some parts of this chapter is kind of…disturbing…as in gory…so um yeah just thought I'd warn you ahead of time…
Ok… On with it eh…
….By the way…I AM SO SORRY IT TOOK ME THIS LONG TO POST!
Twin Slayers, Twin Watchers
Chapter 10: The Old Life and Sorting's
Two days had passed since "The Black Family Fight", as it had been dubbed by everyone currently staying at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. All of the people who had been currently occupying Hogwarts were sitting in the Great Hall eating dinner.
Everyone had been getting along fantastically and talking joyfully…even Remus and Narcissa who had as of now been able to stand within 15 feet of each other and not run off in separate directions. All of a sudden Alicia yelled something.
"You know I just realized something…" She sputtered.
"What's that?" Sirius asked mocking concern. Alicia looked baffled and scared and not to mention, kind of nervous.
"If you're Black and I'm married to you then that makes me a Black, but Cissa is Malfoy and my maiden name is Malfoy then we have a problem because If we are all supposed to keep our identities a secret then how can I have your name…and it would get confusing if I was Malfoy and Cissa was Malfoy, but then I can't be Black for both reasons, AND Cissa can't be Black either for the same reasons…and…and…everyone knows that she 'betrayed' Lucius, so everyone would assume she would change her name back and everyone who has at least one Wizarding parent or grandparent knows that I was disowned and then again a lot of people knew we were together Sirius…and we ALL can't be Black's cause that would be totally stupid…unless I changed my surname to the name I had when I went into hiding…" Everyone stared at her, even Alex…but Alex still kept eating.
"What was your surname? And I assume this is all for the sake of your teaching attire?" Alex said. Alicia nodded.
"It is and when I left and moved to Washington I changed it to Winchester…"Alicia said. A fork clattered onto a plate with a deafening crack.
"Alex is their something wrong?" Sirius looked worried…As did the rest of the table.
"…..N...No…No…Why? What gives you that impression? Why are you all staring…nothing's the matter!" She said eyes wide as saucers. If it was possible, everyone stared at her even more. Everyone was too shocked at her actions to say a word. Damien was the first to recover.
"Well Alex, It's probably the fact that you haven't paid attention to your plate in the last minute and fifteen seconds and haven't taken a bite in the last fifty-five…Not to mention, you paled so much that I could swear I saw you brain, and…YOU ACTUALLY DROPPED YOUR FORK!"
"Does this have something to do with the name I had?" Alicia said in shock.
Alex paled considerably before she muttered a quick decline and stood up with a hurried explanation of how she felt terribly sick and needed to go have a lie down seeing as she hadn't had any sleep in three weeks and she thought she ate to much because she felt about ready to puke…and she ran out of the Great Hall.
"Well…I think we pinched a nerve or two…" Remus said.
"I think it had something to do with what happened before Voldemort." Bethanie added.
"Must have…does anyone here know anyone named Winchester?" Damien asked.
"No…but obviously she does…" Narcissa said looking towards the entrance hall.
"How can she have eaten too much…What? Didn't any of you catch that excuse!" They all just stared at Harry now.
The next day had come early for the four teenagers…really early…2 a.m. in fact. You see when Alex left the Great Hall she went to her study near the training rooms and she stayed there for a majority of the night, where she ended up falling asleep atop a large pile of books on Vampire possessing's.
(Not Lyrics, Read this…)
Blood…
Blood…
So much blood…
Why…Why…Why so much blood…
All over…
Hands…
Throat…
Knife…
……
people…
……
death…
Death is everywhere…
No hope…
Everyone will die…
Blood…
Blood…
………
………
Feast…
Soon…
Yes…Soon…
Blood…Death…Disease…
………………
…all over again…
A Girl Screamed as she ran through the woods looking for some sort of escape from the thing that was following her.
No hope…
I'm going to die…
She turned around, her brown hair whipping her in the face.
No…Not going to die…
She ran into a clearing and stopped. The thing that was following stopped right outside the clearing…just out of sight. It was a silent as a cat, not making a single sound as it circled around her. The Girl stood there for a second staring trying to find the creature. She kept turning around desperately trying to find it through the darkness. Then she stopped. She had heard it. She tried to place the sound…It had come from…
behind her…
"AHHHHHHHH!"
Damien, Bethanie, and Harry burst in through the study door a few seconds after they heard Alex scream. All three of them woke up at the exact second they heard Alex screaming like a banshee getting their hair ripped out.
They all stopped at the sight in front of them.
Alex had her back to them, facing the books on the shelf opposite the door. She was trembling and shaking her head. It looked as if she was leaning against the bookshelf with her finger tips but when they all looked closer they noticed that her hands were just quivering about a centimeter over them.
Then they noticed she was muttering something under her breath. They moved closer but soon wished that they hadn't.
They got up next to her and Bethanie slid in something gooey…she looked down gasped and Alex turned around.
There was blood all over her…she had it running down her arms, from her ears, from her nose and mouth, from the scratches all over, but the most extreme injury was the one on her neck…there was a huge chunk bitten out of her. Everyone gasped. She just moved past them into the center of the room, where she collapsed down onto her knees crying. Damien made his way over to her trying not to slide in the big drops of blood left in her wake just adding to the blood splashed all over the room. He knelt down next to her leaning on one knee to her right.
"Alex…" He said softly. "What happened?"
She looked up at him; she had tears rolling down her face, her eyes still slightly glossed over.
"…It's getting worse…" She replied barely above a whisper.
"I noticed that…what did you see…?" He thought for a second "When did you see?"
"It's too late…"
"What do you mean?"
"She wasn't the only one…so much blood…" Bethanie came and sat on her left.
"Alex…who wasn't the only one…what are you talking about?" Bethanie asked softly.
"She saw them…that's why she ran…how she got into the woods…why she…she saw what they did to all those people…so did I…" Harry spoke up after that. She turned and looked him in the eye.
"Alex…how many were there?" She paled as she comprehended what he said but answered none-the-less.
"n…nine…ninety-three…and a baby…they hung its body over the chandelier…and nailed his mother to the ceiling next to it…Everyone else was strung all over the place…just piled up…" Bethanie covered her mouth and paled, Harry turned green and looked ready to puke, and Damien looked shocked. "…the blood was so deep…about six inches deep…when she opened the door…It was all over the walls…splatters…body parts thrown around the room…their faces…the pain and horror…" She sobbed, gasping for air. Damien grabbed her and just held her as she wept into his chest. "She ran for her life…and they followed her…she was so brave…she tried to stop and fight it…she…she…she…" Alex pulled away from Damien and looked down at herself. They all got what she meant and didn't push her for anymore. She leaned against Damien yet again and sat there sobbing. Harry, Bethanie and Damien all glanced at each other and sat with her the rest of the morning.
They had all sat there for nearly 2 hours just comforting Alex when Sirius and Alicia came. They saw blood everywhere.
"Oh my god…" Alicia whispered. They both saw Harry sitting in the desk chair flipping through the books that were lying there generally uninterested…actually he was uninterested, and was only trying to get his mind off the girl in the middle of the room. Then they saw Damien sitting on the floor leaning up against the front of the desk Harry was sitting at, dozing a little. Then finally they saw Alex in Bethanie's arms on the couch and no longer felt they needed to ask…they already knew what was going on.
Damien looked up at them with a questioning expression he looked at his watch and then looked back up at them with the same look on his face.
"We had a bad feeling…" Sirius mouthed to him.
Alex looked up noticing them for the first time. She got up and hugged them both.
"Make it stop…please…"She pleaded. Alicia just held on tighter and nodded her head.
"Anything…Anything…I was gone for so long and I would give anything to stop your pain…" Alicia looked at Sirius and he nodded. He motioned for Damien, Harry and Bethanie to follow him.
As soon as they got down to the common room Sirius turned around to face them.
"What happened? Really?" He asked them.
"Dream…bad…blood…massacre…Don't know where…or when…but that pretty much sums it up." Damien said. Sirius just gave him a look. Bethanie spoke up.
"She wasn't making much sense…she said something about a baby and its mother and…93 people…really deep pools of blood…" Bethanie looked about really to puke again so Harry continued for her.
"…She said there were bodies everywhere in some big room, possibly a hotel somewhere, and there was a girl who walked in on the massacre and she ran from whatever did this…she didn't survive…she tried to fight them…" Harry bowed his head and Sirius nodded his.
"And that's where all the blood came from, right?"
"Yeah…" Damien and Harry said. Bethanie looked up.
"Sirius…it was horrible…How long has this been going on? How can anyone stand that…every time they go to sleep…?" All of a sudden Sirius turned around and punched the wall. They all stared wide eyed at him.
"Sirius…you just put a hole through our wall…" Harry said. Sirius just shrugged. "Umm…Sirius…Our STONE wall"
"It's my entire fault…"
"Well dad, you are the one who punched the wall…"
"Not that… well actually, yeah, that too, but everything else…how much would be different if I hadn't gone after Wormtail that day…Well Harry you wouldn't have had to live with the Dursley's and Damien…well you wouldn't have been raised as an arrogant prat…no offense…And well Beth , you would have actually known who your parents really were…and Alex…well she probably wouldn't have this fucking crap going on and she defiantly wouldn't have been driven crazy by that old coon…the twat…"
"Dad I don't blame you…ok…maybe I did blame you for a little while but I don't now…and I know for sure that Alex doesn't blame you!" Damien motioned to Bethanie and Harry. "And I can pretty much say that they aren't angry with you for anything either!" Both Harry and Bethanie nodded their heads in agreement.
"I guess you're right…"
"No…you still blame yourself! Just STOP it! You have no reason AT ALL to blame yourself FOR ANYTHING! You keep blaming yourself for things that AREN'T YOUR FAULT!" Damien was out of breath and staring intently at Sirius. He just stared back and there was silence. Bethanie broke it after a minute or two.
"Umm…Sirius…I think you broke your hand…" Sirius lifted his hand up and they all stared at the bloody black and blue mush that was now Sirius' fist.
"Umm…Beth…I think you're right…" Damien said.
"Brilliant observation from the bookworm! We must now all bow to her! Bow to the all mighty brain!" Harry and Damien mocked their bowing and Damien even went as far as to kiss her feet. Harry stood up and tickled her, Bethanie giggled and Sirius smiled lamely, but it was a smile none the less.
Then Alicia came down the stairs. They all stood to attention. Alicia kind of smirked at them and then she saw Sirius' hand.
"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO!" Her eyeballs looked about ready to pop out of their sockets. Sirius recoiled in fear. She stared him down. The trio sort of sniggered at that.
"All the leaves are brown…And the sky is grey…I've been for a walk…On a winter's day…I'd be safe and warm…" They looked towards the stairs and saw that Alex was walking down.
"…If I was in L.A…California dreamin'…On such a winter's day…Stopped into a church…I passed along the way…Well, I got down on my knees…Got down on my knees…And I pretend to pray…I pretend to pray…"
She walked past the group still with a blank glazed look. As she passed Sirius she waved her hand slightly and his hand healed. "…You know the preacher likes the cold…Preacher likes the cold…He knows I'm gonna stay…Knows I'm gonna stay…California dreamin'…" They all just stared in her wake as she moved past them and up the stairs towards her bedroom.
"What just happened there?" They all just shrugged. Sirius was staring at his hand.
"Is there ever going to be a day when nothing strange happens?" Damien asked.
"Nope…wait a second; I thought she hated California…?" Bethanie said as she turned around and flopped onto the couch. Damien just nodded and flopped down next to her.
"She does…I think she actually told me a few weeks ago that it was on her list of top three worst places ever…"
"What were the other two?" Alicia asked.
"Well…umm…let's see it was California as a whole…some little town right outside Salem, Massachusetts, how ironic is that…and some other little town named Lydia or something like that…" Damien said.
"Weird choice of places…wonder why those are the top three?" Hermione said.
"Your guess is as good as anyone's here." Sirius said.
"Well any way's…anyone wondering what we're going to do for the rest of the morning…?" Harry said as he sat down on Bethanie's other side.
"KILLER BUNNIES!" They all turned around surprised to see Alex walking back down the stairs from her room carrying a blue box. She set the box down.
"It's a game…a card game…and it's fun…" They just all stared at her some more. "What! It's a muggle game…A quest for the Golden Carrot!" She smiled.
Everyone one sort of grimaced and sat down.
Well "Killer Bunnies" did turnout to be a pretty fun game once everyone understood it. They all made it even more fun because they were all very competitive. Anyways, they played for a couple of hours until about 6:30 (Which was when breakfast rolled around.)
They all went down in what they were wearing, which happened to be their pajamas.
They walked down to the Great Hall everyone laughing about the game when they walked in they noticed that everyone else currently in Hogwarts was also awake and at the table eating. Everyone at the table looked up at the group walking in the doorway. Severus fainted, Remus' mouth fell open (which still had half chewed food in it), Narcissa grabbed onto Remus, and Dumbledore paled dramatically.
The killer bunny group stopped mid-step as they noticed everyone staring at them…except Severus who was on the floor. That's when they noticed they still had blood all over them. Remus spoke up.
"…Umm…Sirius…guys…is there something you guys want to tell us…like what kind of freaky shit you've involved yourself in!" They stared at him.
"Alex had a nightmare…" Damien said. The killer bunnies all had blank stares plastered onto their faces.
"Oh…Ok."
So they scurgified themselves and went to eat (Alex ahead of them all).
"So…how did we end up here anyways?"
Damien and Bethanie had gone out to the lake to walk around a little after breakfast. Until now, they had been just walking in silence.
"Umm…good question…well since we're out here, by our lonesome, I had something I wanted to ask you…Alex told me and Harry that the ministry made you do something over the summer…I…well I…" She blushed and ducked her head. Damien kind of half-smirked.
"You just…wanted to know what I was doing…where they sent me…what they made me do…why…how I would agree…right?" She looked up at him and nodded.
"Yeah…I don't want to pry…"
"Yes you do." He smiled at her and she grinned back.
"Well yeah, ok I did but I just think that…well I don't want to be in the dark…I guess…"
"I don't want to go into detail…but I will tell you it wasn't pleasant. They sent me to try and find out were the Vampires colonies stand against Voldemort. I was sent in because they didn't want to send in one of there own because if they caught on then they wouldn't have as much against me…I had to do anything and everything to keep my cover…" Bethanie was wide-eyed.
"What did they make you do?"
"Well…let's just say not all of it was very moral…"
"It's ok if you don't want to talk about it…I understand…"
"Well…it's just…I don't know…" Bethanie noticed his discomfort and tactfully changed the subject.
"Didn't Alex have to do some undercover stuff too?"
"Yeah they sent her to some place in Austria where they still have a wizarding royal family; she acted as some sort of prostitute for the Prince." He said thankful for the change in subject.
"Wait you mean…did she…did she have to you know…" Damien laughed.
"What…Fuck him…! No. He was like 300 pounds and she was more of a…umm…official escort I guess. She said he was always making advances on her and trying to get her into bed she said he even proposed to her…and she got a kick out of this…he gave her a tiara…actually now that I think about it, I think she was wearing it that day you met her in Dumbledore's office. Anyways, she had a full get up, everything I mean she had red hair (I'm not saying people with red hair are whores), she had the make up, she had the clothes, and she even had a different nationality, Russian I think." He smirked.
"Wait…What? Nationality?"
"Well, I think you've realized by now that Alex is like 10 times smarter then everyone here…combined…"
"Yeah…that was kind of obvious…I guess I have competition now…well I guess she's already blown me out of the water and school hasn't even started yet. She's already in her seventh year and she only started studying over the summer."
"Yeah she has an I.Q. of like 215 or something…" Bethanie's jaw dropped.
"REALLY!"
"Yeah, she doesn't really let it show half the time but she can even kick your ass when it comes to anything to do with knowledge…actually she could probably kick anyone's ass in just about anything…" Bethanie just stared.
"Umm…Beth you're attracting flies…"
"That is like over impossible! That is like…like…wow…I mean…Oh my god…" Damien smiled at her.
"Yeah, that was pretty much my reaction when I gave her all my old textbooks to study." Bethanie looked kind of confused. "Well you see over the summer, one day I gave her the books around lunch time and by dinner she already could do two different corporeal patronus's"
"Wow…she must be a really powerful witch."
"Yeah and then the next afternoon she had figured out her animagus form and could already transform partially. And that still isn't all of it. You saw her earlier when she healed my dads hand, its crazy, wandless magic even the smallest spell can drain even Dumbledore but that was a pretty complicated spell…it would have taken Pomfrey a day or two just to heal it and that's before she would get all protective and insist he should stay for another day…" Bethanie's jaw just dropped again.
This time Damien just smiled at her and touched her chin. He lightly closed her mouth with his hand. Then he moved in closer towards her. Just as their lips touched he backed off. Bethanie was wide-eyed.
They were silent for a minute and then Damien turned and started to walk off.
"Why did you stop?" Bethanie called after him in a somewhat hurt voice. He stopped but did not turn around.
"The heart has reasons that reason does not understand…" He glanced at her as she smiled and he walked the rest of the way up to the castle leaving her standing there next to lake.
Well little to Damien and Bethanie's knowledge, both Harry and Alex had seen this little exchange and they were now smiling wickedly at each other.
"He talked about her a lot over the summer you know…"
"Really?"
"Well yeah…but he talked about a lot of things…actually he just talked…well not much to anyone else besides me, Fred, and George…and well…he talked to Ginny a little bit."
Harry just raised his eyebrows.
"What are you guys doing here?" Damien had just walked through the door. Harry and Alex just looked at each other and laughed.
"Oh nothing to bother yourself with…" She just smirked at him.
"Well…what are we going to do the rest of the day?" Harry asked. Bethanie came in at that moment.
"Did I just hear someone ask what we are going to do for the rest of the day…?" Bethanie and Alex stood next to each other and smiled wickedly.
"Battle of the sexes!" They said in unison.
"……..?" Were Harry and Damien's responses. The girls grins grew wider.
"Everyone up for Halo?" Harry and Damien glanced at each other and then at Alex and Bethanie, then all four of them raced towards the game room at top speed.
Right as they had passed, the great halls door's opened and the adults walked out.
"Well I can tell we are going to have a new group of trouble makers this year…and you know…they take so much after their parents…" Dumbledore said to no one in particular. They all just sort of smirked at each other.
Well the day had flown by and the 'Battle of the Sexes' became very rambunctious and also popular. A few hours in the adults had stopped by and now even Dumbledore and Madame Pomfrey were in there taking bets on who would win each game. Sometime a little later the rest of the teachers at the school had arrived and were also there in the miniature tournament bleachers.
The teenagers had readjusted the game room so they now had four big screen TVs back to back and each team member was on a separate TV, girls on one side and boys on the other.
About half way through the fourth game, Alex had shouted that she had thrown a grenade and actually through a soda can over the TVs…it hit Harry in the head and Damien was laughing so hard that he got killed by Bethanie right after she threw her own soda can over and ended up hitting him in the face. So now ever since, they had also been throwing things at each other over the big screens.
"Well seeing as the girls have won the last 26, I am going to continue my 4 galleon bet on them." Madame Pomfrey said to Remus who was currently taking the bets and had originally started the pool.
"Yes Poppy…but if you would observe...the boys have just gained the ground." Dumbledore said to her.
"Albus, I have never been a military tactician, nor do I ever plan to be…so I will trust my intuition and bet on the girls!" She scoffed and Dumbledore laughed.
"Ah yes, I was only joking Poppy!" He said in a jolly tone. "But I do agree that the girls will win yet again and I will bet 5 galleons on them as well." He was still laughing as he handed Remus the money. Remus just shook his head in amusement as he marked down their bets.
"Anyone else! Ok then…Battle 145 is about to begin! COACHES OFF THE PLAYING FIELD!" Remus had shouted.
Sirius and Severus had become the coaches for the boys and Alicia and Narcissa had become the coaches for the girls.
The boys were more impulsive, reckless, rash, hasty, impetuous, and unorganized while the girls were strategic, calculated, tactical, and used team-work to systematically kill of the boys (Harry mostly because Bethanie didn't trust him much after the Rocket launcher incident at their tournament).
The boys had started off winning almost every round but the girls had soon learned their battle patterns and begun to take the lead and had been killing them since. Of course somewhere in the middle there had been in a standoff and one would win one game and the next game the other team would win, but that didn't last very long.
The 'coaches' had left the field and were now sitting in the makeshift bleachers with the rest of the professors.
"Ok you all know the rules and all bets are in so let us begin…Its round 145 out of 170 and the girls are winning 82 games to the boys' 63. Start!" Remus shouted and the game begun.
The game continued.
"Ok it's 85 to 84 Girls. If the Boys win this round we will go into sudden death but if the girls win then…well…the girls win…so on with it gamers." Remus said and the round started.
The round went pretty normal until Alex and Harry both had 23 kills…well Bethanie had 18 and Damien had a puny 5, but that doesn't matter because Harry and Alex are the main problem.
"OH MY FUCKING GOD! I CAN NOT BELIEVE YOU JUST DID THAT HARRY!" Everyone flinched as Alex stood up and shouted at Harry.
"What did you do now Harry!" Bethanie shouted as she thought about the rocket launcher incident. Harry was cracking up and rolling on the floor.
"HE SNIPED ME!"
"You didn't! Did you?" Damien asked. Harry nodded and Damien burst out laughing.
"You are so going to regret that…little bastard…coward…" she whispered as she sat back down and grabbed her controller.
Well, the game continued and Harry hadn't managed to get any more kills but Damien and Bethanie had both caught up and they each had 22.
"They're going to beat us!" Bethanie whispered to Alex. Alex cracked an evil grin. The teachers all cowered.
"Wonder what she's going to do?" Sirius said.
"Guess we're about to find out…Look she just got that glint in her eyes." Snape said to them all.
There was a loud explosion in the game.
"WHAT THE FUCK!" Harry and Damien shouted simultaneously. It was Alex's turn to bust out laughing. Bethanie just sat in disbelief at what she just saw Alex do.
"Well there is one thing I know for certain." Bethanie said.
"What's that?" Alex replied through her laughter.
"I sure as hell hope I never piss you off!" They both burst out laughing.
Both boys just stood on their side staring at the screen with their mouths hanging open.
"Who else is totally confused about what just happened?" Narcissa said. All of the teachers nodded in agreement. Remus jumped up.
"INSTANT REPLAY!
So up came the instant replay.
Alex's play happened so swift that no one had time to react, but it was so flawlessly ruthless.
You see what she did was she had gone into their base and up onto the second level. When they both made their way around there they happened to be together. Alex threw grenades right behind each of them and they had no choice but to go into the base. Neither of them saw that the grenades had actually come from above them so they assumed one of the girls had been behind them and they figured they could run into the base, have their shields regenerate and they could go after the grenade tosser, but what they hadn't counted on was that Alex had jumped down into the base and came up from behind them, shot and killed them both in one round with her shotgun.
The girls did a little victory dance and started shouting, "Girls are the winners! We won! Oh yeah! Take that! Girls are the bomb!"
Dumbledore stood up after Remus had finished the dealings of losers and winners.
"I believe we have a feast to attend in a couple of hours so I think it is time we all leave to get ready." He walked out and was followed be all of the teachers who had each congratulated the girls on their victory and proceeded to make a swift exit.
"That was one of the greatest things I think I've ever seen!" He said to them.
"Well that was all Alex…I sucked that round." Bethanie said.
"Oh actually it had nothing to do with me…" Everyone looked sort of confused. "It was all Harry!" She smiled as the boys came around the TV's to face the girls for the first time in hours.
Damien turned and punched Harry in the arm.
"How could you do that to us Harry!" Damien said in a mocked hurt voice. Both boys just grinned.
"Well Dumbledore is right; we have to get ready for the feast tonight so I'll see you all later."
"But Dad, we have two hours until we have to be there!" Damien said. "Even I only take and hour at most to get ready!"
"Well son, if you remember…I am a murderer! I have to dress to impress!" He smirked held on to his collar and stood up straight in a pose.
"I think you should stick with the Armani, it looked good on you." Alex said.
"Thanks!" Sirius said in excitement.
"Yeah I'm sure he's going to take that into consideration after trying on his 5,000 other designer outfits." Alicia said. Alex snorted.
"Some things never change…" Remus retorted. This made the rest of the group laugh; Sirius was oblivious to all this talk about him.
Subliminal Message -READ THIS-
Ok I am going to explain the Draco/Damien and Hermione/Bethanie thing right now for all of you.
I put it here to make sure that you all read it because honestly I'm not sure any of you actually read my authors notes even though I usually put nice clues in there…
Well actually honestly I rarely read anybody else's A/N either because most of the time they are just demanding that you review…If I want to review then I will review so leave me the fuck alone already…I probably wouldn't read my authors notes either I wasn't the one writing them…
Anyways…
Ok when ever we are at a point where either Draco or Hermione is pretending to be Draco or Hermione then I will say Draco or Hermione (ex: If they are in a room with a bunch of people who don't know they are either Damien or Bethanie then I will say Draco and Hermione are speaking) But other then that I will say Bethanie or Damien (ex: any other time).
So you are going to see more of Damien and Bethanie then you will of Draco and Hermione.
I think that clears things up a bit…If you have any questions or anything then just email me or leave a review and I will answer any question you have. It starts getting confusing right after this that's the other reason why I picked here to try and explain.
End Subliminal Message
"Ok, I will go out first and circle around and lose myself in the crowd…" Damien said.
"…And we will go out after the rest of the students are inside." Harry said.
"Exactly…ok well I'll see you after. Happy feasting!" Damien walked out.
They had all put on their robes and had just gone over their plan for avoiding the rest of the school so that their secret about Damien being Damien could stay just that…a secret…
It had been decided earlier that Damien was to be Draco to everyone who didn't know him as Damien and it was the same with Bethanie, she was to be Hermione to others.
So they had all successfully diverted their way into the crowd with out being seen until…
"Oh my God! George! What are you doing here!" Alex screamed and ran up to him in the entrance hall. He picked her up in a sweeping hug and set her down again.
"Me and Fred are finishing our last year of Hogwarts." He put his arm around her shoulders.
"Fred too? Where is he?"
"Umm…no idea. He went off a few minutes before we got here. So did you get sorted yet or are you doing it now?"
"Now. Bumble bee decided it would be best."
"Let me guess…Damien is staying where he is too. And Harry and Hermione…"
"Bethanie…"
"Right Bethanie…Now, how have you been? Really…"
"Oh tired…there was one incident…this morning…just routine though, nothing big…" He eyed her skeptically. "What! I fell asleep in my study…I was studying…Other then that…everything's great." He just nodded and smirked at her. "Yep that's what's going on. Ok well I have to go now I'll see you later. Dumbledore is probably going to your guy's room in with us anyways and I'll see you later tonight so if I don't see you in there then I'll meet you out here to show you my room, ok?" Alex was exited.
"Yeah see you later…" They hugged again and set off in separate directions, George thought for a second. "Oi! Alex!" She turned back around to him "…and I don't believe your little story." She just smirked her knowing smirk at him and turned back towards the door that the first years come through from the lake.
George looked at her retreating back, he had of course noticed right away how pale and sickly she looked even though she was smiling brightly. She felt George looking at her so she turned and faced him; he nodded at her, turned, and made his way towards Gryffindor table.
Little did they both know, but this whole exchange was witnessed by several people, including but not limited to Damien, Bethanie, Ginny and Harry. Ginny and Damien knew what was going on of course but Bethanie and Harry were totally lost and confused. These four were all glancing at each other when Damien sitting at the Slytherin table, heard this must horrendous sound…
"Drakie-poo! Did you see that? Who is that new girl, she's too old to be a first year." Draco cringed.
"I don't know Pansy…but you better get the fuck away from me and off my lap unless you want to wake up tomorrow…on fire." Draco said through his teeth. Pansy looked shocked and Blaise looked amused. Pansy was stalking off to the other end of the table when Blaise leaned over a little and whispered just loud enough for only Draco to hear.
"Lair…you know exactly what's going on Damien…" Blaise grinned and Draco just glared at him. "Can I join your little club?"
"Club?" Draco gave him a confused expression but was almost positive that he knew what he was talking about.
"Yeah the one with you, your sister, the Potters and George Weasley and I assume Weaslette because you keep glancing at her too…" Blaise grinned wider and Draco was shocked.
"Am I that obvious or are you just being an ass?"
"Well the glancing at Potter and Ginny you can get away with because everybody probably thinks you're thinking of ways to kill potter and Ginny because she has gotten like way hotter and not to mention her like total fashion change, so you blend in with half the male population of Hogwarts…and I already knew about Alex and that little display in the hall…I just put some figures together, and don't give me that look because I can tell they aren't together…but you have a problem with your ex-Granger girl over there…"
"What do you mean?"
"You are looking at her differently then the rest of them…and I'll give you a hint, you aren't blending with other half of the male population her are staring at what they think is Granger…in other words you aren't looking at her with those eyes that say 'Wow-she's-going-to-make-a-great-quick-fuck-this-is-going-to-be-a-great-challenge-to-get-the-virgin-queen-into-my-bed'…and assuming by the glare I just got from you followed by the blush I assume that you two are a item?" Draco just stared blankly at him and then shrugged and smirked a little while hoping that no one heard a word of what they had said.
"Oh and by the way…Weasley is glaring at you with murderous intensions."
"Well that is nothing new. He nearly slashed me into the teeniest little pieces this summer."
"Really…I definitely need to get that story out of you in the near future."
"Yeah…Ok…hey it's starting…look here comes Snape."
"Why is Snape bringing the first years in?"
The doors opened and there leading the group of first years was Severus Snape. There were whispers throughout the hall.
"Where's McGonagall?"
"Snape probably gave up on Defense Against the Dark Arts and decided to go for Transfiguration."
"Maybe she just retired?"
"Do you think he killed her?"
"He's probably going to go after Dumbledore's job next, you just watch…"
With all the whispering about Snape nobody noticed that among all the four foot first years there was a nearly six foot tall girl with blue hair that was pulled into a spiky bun and had a few purple streaks in it. It only took a few moments for her to be noticed however. Then more whispers came.
"Who the hell is that?"
"Why is her hair that color?"
"Do you think it's natural?"
"She can't be a first year…can she?"
"Why does she look so familiar?"
"Hey did anyone else see her in the Entrance Hall with George Weasley?"
"Why are the Weasley twins back again?"
"Wonder who she is?"
As the group came to the front of the room Snape set up a three-legged stool. On top of that he set the Sorting Hat. The brim opened and one of the first years screamed. It started to sing. It sung about all the normal things, how he came to be, what's his purpose, the different houses, and house unity. As it sung however, Draco looked up and saw Alex sway in her spot. From the head table, all the teachers paying any attention saw this and also saw her eyes glaze over. Almost as soon as it started though it had stopped. She shook her head slightly and stood up straight waiting for her name.
"Adaran, Drew"
"…Hufflepuff!"
"Alexander, Jonathan"
"…Ravenclaw!"
"Arkenval, Sarah"
"…Slytherin!"
"Atha, Khulet"
"…Slytherin!"
"Black, Alexandra"
Every head in the room shot up as Alex walked to the stool. The whispers had started again. Everyone watched in a new found silence as Alex set the sorting hat on her head. They sat there like that for five minutes. She lifted the hat up a little to look around. Then set it back down. She shook her head. Then all of a sudden grabbed the hat and threw it. Right before it left her head it yelled.
"GRYFFINDOR!" It landed at Snape's feet and she just stared at it in disbelief. Snape poked her with his wand and twirled her in the direction of the Gryffindor table. She walked over to George in a daze. She sat down between him and Harry. Once the sorting continued Harry turned to Alex.
"What happened?" Harry asked. She just shook her head and gave him a look that said 'later-but-not-any-time-soon'. She looked over at Damien. He gave her an odd look; she just shook her head slightly. Just then Dumbledore stood up.
"Now that the sorting is finished I have a few start of term notices, as you all have noticed…Professors McGonagall and Flitwick are both missing from the staff table." Dumbledore paused as murmurs started at his statements. He held up his hand.
"I am sincerely sorry…That seemed a poor choice of words." He smiled and continued. "Professors McGonagall and Flitwick have both decided to retire and have both hand chosen their replacements…So I introduce you to Professors Sirius and Alicia Black." The hall erupted in conversation as they stood up.
"Is that thee Sirius Black!"
"Yeah…the ex-convict!"
"Oh no…he's probably going to try and kill us!"
"Wasn't he cleared of all charges?"
"Hey isn't she the Malfoy that got disowned? Lucius Malfoy's sister?"
"I thought she was pronounced dead the day after the Potter murders?"
"She was!"
"Hey people! Aren't they that new girl's parent's?"
"What is up with her?"
"Did you see that scene she made in the entrance hall earlier?"
"…With George Weasley? Yeah!"
"You think there's something going on with them?"
"Hey! I mentioned that earlier!"
Dumbledore let the conversations go on for a little while longer and then he put his hand up again and the talking stopped. Dumbledore's eyes twinkled and he continued yet again.
"As you all have concluded yourselves already…These are our new arrival's parents. Ms. Black is joining the seventh year class."
There were a few more murmurs but they died away almost as soon as they started.
"We do have a few more introductions to make but first I would like you all to welcome back…Professor Lupin, who most of you remember from previous years…"
There was loud cheering as Remus stood up next to Alicia and Sirius. Alicia smirked and punched him and whispered something to him, he glared at her. Dumbledore had to let the cheering die down.
"…And those of you who were here remember Professor Lupin's…unusual absences…" Remus paled slightly. "…So instead of having Professor Snape filling in for him again, seeing as he has a fuller schedule this year…We have brought in another new teacher…Narcissa Malfoy…" There were more whispers which were even more intense then with Sirius.
"I am sure most all of you who are connected with the wizarding world and or read the Daily Profit or any other wizarding newspaper will know of the events over the summer involving Mrs. Malfoy and I must ask you not to push her about any of it or make unnecessary accusations towards her actions…" there was more whispering as Narcissa blushed in her position next to Remus. "So with all of that said…" He glanced over all the students and changed his speech. "…I must also point out that we have two special students who have returned this year…" Fred and George just stared at him as his eyes twinkled. He continued in amusement. "Most of you, second year and above remember their spectacular exit half way through last school year…and those of you who are new here will know them from their new establishment in Diagon Alley…They have agreed to come and finish their last year before continuing into the world…So now I hope you all will join me in welcoming back Mr.'s Fred and George Weasley!" There was a loud explosion in the Great hall. They stared for a second before Alex shoved George and he looked over at Fred who was sitting right across from him and they nodded, banged their hands on the table and stood up on top of the table to greet their adoring fans. Filch grimaced and clutched onto Mrs. Norris.
"We would tell you all that you must shop at our…New Establishment, as our masterful headmaster put it…but as we have been informed, Mr. Filch has banned ANY and ALL of Weasleys Wizard Wheezes products…and since we all follow the rules like our great prefect Ms. Hermione Granger…I say wait and use ALL your products on your family members because, don't worry it will still be just as funny!" There was a huge roar through the crowd as almost every single person in the Great hall cheered at Fred and George as they bowed and fell gracefully back into their seats. Dumbledore smiled.
"Now I believe we have a feast to begin!" Everyone cheered louder as mounds of food appeared on their plates. Alex cheered up instantly and everyone that knew her just smirked.
Everyone was talking a laughing so much through out the feast that no one noticed Alex and Damien shooting looks at each other.
"Hey…are you guy's psychics or something?" Blaise whispered. Damien turned to glare at him. "What!" Blaise exclaimed innocently.
"We aren't psychic…I was just trying to get her to tell me what the hell was up with the hat! Plus we're twins…it's a twin thing…if we were psychic then I would be able to read your mind and use it to blackmail you!" Damien hissed. Then they both grinned.
"Ok whatever you say Drake…so how was your summer after, you know…after what happened?" Blaise asked. Damien was pleased that he could trust Blaise. They had of course never really been very close but they had been friends, and now most of all Damien was glad. He was also glad how Blaise could be so subtle and yet get the point across, especially when you didn't want other people to know what you were talking about.
"Let's talk about it later…you can come to my common room…Kay?"
"Sure…then you can introduce me to everyone." He winked and Damien just shook his head in disbelief.
"DRAKIE-POO!"
"oh god…i think i'm going to cry…" Damien said in a small voice "she's going to eat me…" Blaise just laughed at him. Before Pansy got to them Draco sat up and put on his snooty face.
"What the hell do you want now Parkinson? I thought we've already went over this…my arson side can't be controlled when I see ugly, pug-faced, things with caked on makeup." Pretty much everyone in the hall was watching them. Dumbledore was looking up at the ceiling with great interest pretending like he didn't have a clue what was going on, while Alex, Bethanie, and Ginny were having trouble holding back their giggles.
"Why are you suddenly so mean to me? Why are you acting like such a PRICK!" Pansy shouted at him. He just rolled his eyes.
"Pansy, you're a whore." She looked at him with wide staring eyes, he just continued on. "I've never liked you…ever…and when in all the time that I've ever been nice to you or have not showed my complete dislike of you by being a prick!"
She just stared at him some more and then when she tried to say something she just stuttered over her words.
"Yeah there you go…now you better get the fuck out of my face before I do something drastic…like wipe off all you makeup…" Pansy looked about to cry, Draco just smirked at her, and next to him Blaise shuddered…along with half the population of Hogwarts.
"You're going to regret this Malfoy! I'll find the one thing that will hurt you the most and use it against you."
"Sure Pansy, whatever you say." She ran off crying out of the Great Hall. Everything was silent for a few moments and then practically the whole hall erupted in laughter, even most of the teachers.
The rest of the feast was pretty much uneventful until the last of deserts had cleared away and Dumbledore had stood up to say his speech. The hall went silent.
"Thank you. As you all already should know, since tomorrow is a Saturday and the following day a Sunday…the first day of term will not begin until Monday." The last of his sentence had been drowned out by the cheers of the older students. After they had died down, he continued.
"Also…As all returning students know, the Forbidden Forest is forbidden for a reason and I must ask you all not to wander in there for any reason as it will hold dire consequences…And next, I am jubilant to announce that this year we are going to try something different with the upperclassmen…meaning fifth year and above" The hall was dead quiet because everyone wanted to know what he was speaking of.
"This year upperclassmen are allowed to wear whatever muggle clothes they wish to wear…" the upperclassmen cheered right before Dumbledore added, "…within dress code…" Everyone stopped for a second but got over it. "Now, other then that I assume you all have filled bellies and are ready for bed. Prefects will you please escort the first years to their dormitories and…there is a group of people I want to see, and you know who you are…"
As everyone left the great hall, a group of people stayed. This group happened to consist of Bethanie, Harry, Alex, Ginny, Fred, George, Damien and Blaise. They all walked up to the head table as Dumbledore sat back down.
"So what's up Bumble Bee?" Alex said as she leaned against the table. Dumbledore just smiled at the nickname.
"Well I figured we should talk about your sleeping arrangements." Dumbledore said. "I assumed you would all rather stay together…" Bethanie interrupted him.
"But we only have four rooms! How are we all going to fit…never mind…wow do I feel stupid…Magic duh…" she hit herself in the head. Everyone was amused.
"Anyways…We will add another room for each of you but of course Ginny and Blaise you have the choice of staying in your dormitories if you wish."
"Are you kidding! Of course we'd rather have our own rooms! Well I know I would rather have my own room…" Ginny said then looked down at the ground with embarrassment when she realized that she had answered for Blaise.
"Well sir…what about the undercover thing…won't it look suspicious if I suddenly disappear from the Slytherin dormitories? But if not I would definitely rather have my own room." Blaise said.
"Ah, yes, about that…hmm?" Dumbledore scratched his chin. Then Alex brought something into consideration.
"Well isn't Damien supposed to look all bad boy too and like he's going to become a deatheater?" Dumbledore nodded. "Well won't that look suspicious too?"
"Yes I believe it would wouldn't it…Am I correct in assuming you have a solution?" He smiled at her as she nodded.
"Well we could just add an extra door in the Slytherin dorms that only Blaise and Damien can enter and have it lead to our common room. From what I heard most of the Slytherins will be suspicious but won't think twice about why two rich sons from prominent pureblood families have their own private rooms. Then they can give some story about why they have it and Sev could back them up. Simple." She said.
"I believe that would work." Snape said. "She is right that they won't think twice about it either."
"Very well then, I guess you are excused. We have some things to finish up." He said. The teenagers nodded and headed towards the exit. Harry turned back to the teachers as he realized something.
"Professor, who is the new head of Gryffindor?" Sirius smirked and Snape shook his head in disbelief.
"You're the head of house!" Bethanie shrieked. "That is just…just…SO COOL!"
Everyone else agreed and they walked out of Great hall then headed for their common room. They entered and out of nowhere she pulled out a white paper bag.
"Hello my American goodness!" She said as she pulled an In-n-Out burger and fries out of the bag. "I really do love all you Britt's but I can't deny myself my American customs." She smiled and took a big bite out of the huge burger.
"Alex…hate to break it to you but you are British." Damien said.
Only technically." She said with poise.
"You know what…" George said as he sat down on one of the couches, everyone looked at him. "I don't care where you are from as long as you get your Technically British ass over here and let me have a piece of that 4-by-4 before I go insane."
Alex laughed and picked up her bag then went over and sat next to him and handed him the burger so he could take a bite.
"Now that's what a hamburgers all about!" George sung. "Got anymore stashed around here?" Alex laughed some more and pulled another out of the bag. Bethanie, Ginny and Harry sat down on the couch opposite George and Alex.
"Ok…George…How the hell do you know the In-n-Out jingle? I thought they only had In-n-Out places along the west coast of the United States?" Bethanie said, he just grinned at her.
"Well you probably won't be so thrilled about this, but me and Fred have just established another Weasley's Wizard Wheezes in Los Angeles and New York!" Bethanie just blinked at him and Georges smile widened.
"Hey speaking of Fred where is he? I could have sworn you two were born attached to each other?" Harry asked.
"Well as I just told you, we are the owners of a chain of joke shops and well since I have a few other duties here at school…" There was a glance shared between George and Alex but it was over before anyone else noticed. "…and of course he was more then happy to take the responsibility of skipping out on school and tending the joke shop, and of course he's also been sneaking off to hang out with Angelina if you catch my drift." George wiggled his eyebrows while Bethanie and Alex rolled their eyes.
"Anyways…So Alex tell us, what is your secret?" Ginny said with a smile and a little bit of sarcasm.
"Yeah, how did you get the burgers here from a restaurant over 6,000 miles away?" Blaise added.
"Well you see…" Alex started but was cut off by Damien.
"Oh no…We're in for it now! I've learned that whenever she starts with that line it means hours of intelligent, well thought out answers that could in reality be answered with a fairly simple response." He said as he flopped down in one of the chairs.
"Anyways…As you all know, I am a witch, and in being a witch I have magic running through my veins, which makes me a magic-doer, and in being a magic-doer, I did magic, and when I did this magic, I twisted the planes of reality and summoned myself a burger, some fries, and a shake from over 6,000 miles away…and since I am a magic-doer, I can do this whenever I want." Alex said intelligently…she ended this speech with a fry. Blaise just stared at her.
"Well then Ms. Magic-doer, want to summon the rest of us some of those magic burgers?" Bethanie asked.
"Oh yeah! I want one of those magic burgers oh-technically-British-one!"
"No problemo!"
She just pulled some more out of the bag and they all grabbed one and Blaise finally sat down. They were all sitting there eating their burgers, drinking their shakes, and laughing at random things when the adults came in , and by adults I mean Sirius, Remus, Alicia, Narcissa, Severus, and Dumbledore.
"Well I see you are all getting along nicely." Dumbledore said with that twinkly twinkle in his eyes.
"Ok…Did we miss something? I could have sworn we just came from a feast!" Sirius said.
"Yeah well…Ok, help me out guys cause I haven't got any good excuses for this one…" Damien said so Alex helped him out.
"Well…umm…time travel?"
"Good one…" Damien said with sarcasm.
"Well you couldn't do any better!" She hissed at him.
"Well with Alex's stomach and the smell of the food she picked out for herself…we all sort of caught onto her enormous eating abilities." George retorted.
"Nice save." Ginny whispered.
"You guys aren't in trouble." Remus said with amusement. "Are they?"
Alicia and Narcissa both laughed then sat down on either side of Alex and Narcissa.
"Hand us one of those, can't deny myself In-n-Out!" Alicia said. Alex handed her a burger too then handed one to Narcissa. Sirius just stared mouth hanging open as Alex tossed one to Remus and one to Snape. Dumbledore declined and Sirius was relieved until he stated that it was his addiction before he moved onto Lemon drops and he promptly wanted to stray away from the temptation as it caused his cholesterol to soar.
"But professor…they have remedies for cholesterol now…" Bethanie said. Dumbledore nodded.
"I guess you're right. I guess I could fit one in." Sirius's mouth dropped again.
"Aren't you going to join in?" Alicia asked.
"Yeah since when does the great Sirius Black deny food? And you all wonder where Alex gets it from?" Remus said. They all laughed at him.
"Fine. Go ahead…give me the devil food."
"Devil food!" Alex said in a mock hurt voice. She held the hamburger close to her heart and stroked it then started to whisper to it. "It's ok precious, he didn't mean it…yes he should be shunned…I understand…he needs to be destroyed…precious…"
Then Alex chucked a burger at him.
"Success!"
Everyone was cracking up, even Sirius who had stood back up and took a bite out of his burger and was nodding in approval.
"Well as much fun as this is, we need to get on with the real reason we all came here which is to complete your bedrooms. We need to add the doors and such." Dumbledore said as he stood up taking a final sip of his strawberry shake. "So are you all here?"
"Well…no…Fred isn't here because he went to check up on the shops." George said.
"Yes well you are here so that should do…" There came a voice from the portrait hole.
"Wait nope Fred-man is here!" Fred said as he appeared in the common room.
"Everything check out?" George asked him.
"Yep, and our stock in going way up! Students are all back in school so we're getting mail orders from all over the place, we are making hundreds off of owl post alone!" He said giving George a high five.
"Awesome!"
"Yep oh and I hold true to my word…five galleons…skiving snack boxes are still the top seller." Fred handed George the gold pieces and George pocketed them with a grin on his face. "So what are we up to? Wait a minute is that…" Alex cut him off when she handed him a burger, Fred just smirked.
"Now that we are all here we can personalize your rooms so that only a select few can enter…or in other words, the select few that are standing in this room right now. This is just so that we can keep our secrets under lock and key, we don't want the whole school knowing about your slayer powers or the fact that Severus, Damien, and Blaise are all on our side. So with that said let us begin."
Well the whole process of adding door and personalizing things didn't take all that long and it wasn't very painful but it was very colorful. After about 20 minutes it was done.
"Ok now that we have that finished we have to sever lose ends. Severus you walk with Damien and Blaise down to Slytherin common rooms and explain the appearance of the new door and Damien you and Blaise can just head through the door and come back up here and all will be done. Now I will head off, see you all tomorrow." Dumbledore said and with that he left. The trio nodded and headed off towards the Slytherin dormitories.
Snape led the way to the Slytherin common room and stopped right in front of the brick wall which was the secret passage into the Slytherins comfort zone.
"Ok you two let me do the talking and after you can head through to your rooms unless you would prefer to hang around in there. Damien and Blaise both shook their heads.
"Ok…Rasputin…" the boys gave Severus a look and he just shrugged his shoulders.
They entered the common room and everyone went silent as they all turned to see what Snape wanted.
"Most of you will have noticed the sudden appearance of an extra door at the end of the boys dormitory, this is the entrance to Mr. Malfoy and Mr. Zambini's personal rooms. If anyone is to try to enter they will experience the wrath of whatever hex's, curse's, or jinx's this two decide to put on the door…as they have been given permission to do so. Any questions? No? Very well, Good night." And with that he turned and walked back out of the common rooms leaving both Blaise and Damien looking very smug with smirks on their faces. The room was still and silent for a long while until Blaise finally moved.
"Well you heard the man so we have some 'special curses' to put on our door…Good night!" Blaise and Damien walked off through the boys dormitories with sadistic grins on their faces. They went through the door and realized they had come through into a small hallway and a few meters in front of them was another door, so they closed the door and head for the other. They went through it and noticed it had opened up back into the slayers common rooms. Everyone who had been there previously was still there except Dumbledore and Snape. They all looked up as the two boys entered.
"Well…How did it go?" Alicia said as a smile played on her lips. Both boys looked at each other and burst out laughing.
"Oh you should have seen all their faces!" Blaise said difficultly in between laughs
"Sev scared the crap out of all of them!" Damien said just as difficultly.
"Oh my god! He was perfect!"
"He told them that we were given permission to use any kind of hex, curse, or jinx we wanted and that anyone who tried to enter would feel our wrath."
"And he said this all and a bit more in like 10 seconds and then he asked them if they had any questions and walked off not even giving anyone a chance to think of a question!" Blaise said about ready to collapse onto the floor he was laughing so hard.
"Yeah and then after about 2 minutes of silence Blaise broke it and scared the crap out them more! 'Well you heard the man so we have some 'special curses' to put on our door…Good night!' Ha! It was great!" Damien said.
Everyone had a laugh and finally the adults stood up.
"Well we better get going time for bed." Alicia said. "I don't think I'm ready to be a teacher…I still haven't gotten use to the whole authority thing."
"You'll do great mum. All of you." Damien said making the laid back feel of the room seem to disappear and create a some what professional airiness.
"Thanks." She said as she hugged him. "If you all tell me stuff like that then you'll all get A's for the rest of your life."
"You mean you weren't going to already give them A's?" Sirius said in a state of fake shock. She smacked him in the arm.
"So Sirius…Are you giving us all A's then?" Harry asked as he wiggled his eyebrows.
"It depends…" Sirius said as his grin widened. "…On how well you can transfigure an ant into an iceberg!" He laughed his bark like laugh and the adults turned to leave.
"Oh!" Alex stood up. "We have to go back to the ministry tomorrow."
"Oh, right I forgot. When do we have to be there again?" Sirius asked.
" 9 a.m."
"Ok then I'll come and get you at 8 then we'll go."
"Ok I'll be up." And with that the adults left and left all the teenagers looking at Alex funny.
"Why do you need to go to the ministry?" Ginny asked. "What could they possibly want from you now!" she said in anger.
"Its not on their account, they didn't call me in, I am going in of my own accord."
"Why?"
"To get my house arrest boundaries extended to the rest of the grounds so I can do all the stuff a watcher needs to do. Its kind of hard to help patrol when you have to be inside your room by eleven o'clock."
"I thought it was ten?" Fred asked.
"It was earlier but a few days ago I mailed them and asked them to extend it."
"And they did it because you asked them too…?" Blaise said.
"…With the permission of Albus Dumbledore of course."
"Of course."
"Well, we should all head up to bed, its getting late and Alex needs to rest…" Damien said. "She has to go and talk with the stupid idiot we call minister tomorrow."
Everyone agreed and they headed up to their own room.
"Well, we aren't cramped in that tiny room in the burrow any more…and look we have our own dressers!" George said with very little enthusiasm as he took of his shirt. "But you know what? I had gotten use to it. This just seems weird."
"Yeah well we'll get use to this too because sleeping in the same bed with together was kind of weird at first too, but that became less awkward after a while."
"Yeah I guess…Whatever…Lets get some shut eye, you haven't slept in a few days and you look sick after earlier."
A/N: HA HA HA! I Finally Got It Done! YES!
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Ok I have to wait a couple of days more to actually post this but since you will be reading this in the future then you will wondering what the hell I am talking about but right now it is Sunday morning April 16, 2006 at 1 a.m. and I have to wait until probably Monday afternoon to post this so yeah.
Any ways, I hope you will be happy with the chappie, I made it really long but that was partially because I kept getting writers block on one part of the chapter and then I would write a different part of the chapter and I would have to connect the two parts and that would end up being pretty long but anyways…
I have NO IDEA when I will have the next chapter done. It's Spring Break for me right now and this is my last day…I have to go back tomorrow :(
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So then I have to go back to school and then I have State testing which is spread out over like 5 weeks…which sucks…and then it's just going to be laid back the rest of the year pretty much…except all that essay and tests and power points and homework and crap that I have to do……stupid school…
Well this is 23 pages long…before I double space it to put it online…
And after I double space…
39 pages… :o whoa…
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Well Good day to you all…