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"Hey!" Grace turns and the others turn around to see Fred and George behind them.
"Hey." Harry, Ron, Hermione, Chloe, Jessica, Stephanie and Grace greet.
"What are you at now?" Fred asks.
"Defense Against the Dark Arts." Hermione replies.
"Really?" Ron says. "Why don't you just call it 'Defense' or 'DADA'?"
"Because...!" Hermione strays off, going red in the face.
"That's what it's called." Grace finishes, staring Ron down, while the others watch tentatively.
"But you call it 'Defense'-"
"Do we have to have another talk?" Grace asks, glaring at him.
"N-no!" Ron shivers, turning to Hermione. "Call it what you like, Hermione."
"O-okay." Hermione says, as they start walking again. Ron and Harry lead in the front followed by Chloe, Hermione and Stephanie who were all laughing at what had happened, then Grace and Jessica and finally Fred and George just behind the two. While the others in front were busied with their own conversations, without tearing their gaze from in front of them, Grace and Jessica fist pump perfectly.
"How'd you do it?" Jessica asks, grinning at the other slightly smaller girl.
"What d'you mean?" Grace grins back.
"How-"
"How did you get our brother to bend at your will?" Fred asks, laughing.
"Yeah, it's the first time I've seen him like that." George says.
"Considering he grew up with you two, it's a surprise you scare him." Jessica adds, laughing.
"I'm not scared!" Ron protests from the front.
"Whatever helps you sleep at night." George says.
"So really, how did you do it?" Jessica asks again.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Grace says, innocently.
"Don't act all innocent!" Fred laughs.
"What can I say, we small people are scary." Grace says, simply.
"What did you mean by talk?" George asks.
"You don't want to know." She answers.
"Trust me, we do." Jessica says.
"I may have told him to watch himself and be nice to my sister."
"Yeah, right, as if that's all you said." Jessica nudges her. "I know you."
"Believe what you want." Grace grins.
"Oh yeah!" George says, as they approach the Quirrell's room. "I nearly forgot, McGonagall said we don't have detention until after Halloween."
"Really?" Grace asks.
"Yip," He smiles. "Something about settling in, enjoying Halloween first and then dealing with it."
"Oh, that's nice, I guess?" Grace says, quizzically.
"Truthfully, she's nice although, she acts pure strict." Fred says.
"Right." Grace smiles. "I'm sure you'd know this as your pranks are popular with her."
"Yeah, well excluding that part." Fred says, as they reach the door. The others entered leaving Jessica, Grace and the twins.
"She secretly loves it." George whispers as they walk off.
"I'm sure she does." Grace says at the same time Jessica says, "Yeah, right!"
They look at each other and laugh.
"Logan was right," Grace says. "Your brothers are quite the handful."
"Tell me about it." Jessica sighs.
They laugh again as they enter the room.
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With Halloween fast approaching, the four girls found it hard to keep their tempers around Pansy and her mutts. Even more so when the four met her in the halls after dinner.
"Look what we've got here," Pansy snarls. "It's our ugly, idiot dormies."
"Oh, look," Chloe says. "Its Pugface and her mutts."
"There isn't anything relating us to that remark." Pasy scoffs.
"Tell your face that." Stephanie says.
"You're just jealous." Pansy hisses.
"When I see your face there's not a thing I would change," Grace says, before adding. "Except the direction I'm walking in."
"Ohhhhhhh." Chloe shouts, causing the four to burst out laughing.
"Like I said, you're just jealous because I've got good looks." Pansy says, trying to stay calm.
"I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong." Grace retorts.
"You don't have a clue what you're on about." Pansy says, embarrassment crawling onto her face.
"You know," Chloe says. "If you're going to be two faced, the least you could do is make one of them pretty."
"You're just in denial." Pansy says, running out of insults.
"Is your ass jealous of the amount of crap that comes out of your mouth?" Jessica asks, becoming annoyed like the rest.
Pansy looks back at her two lackeys for help but they just shrug with worried expressions on their faces, not knowing what to say.
"You stupid blood traitor." Pansy mutters.
"What was that?" Grace demands, none of them noticed the small crowds of people who were left to head to their common rooms.
"Shut up, you're nothing but a filthy little mudblood!" She shouts, earning gasps from the people paying attention. They hadn't noticed but Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred and George were heading towards them as Cedric was from the opposite direction, having heard the commotion.
"Just like your sister!" Millicent speaks up.
"I didn't know you could talk!" Chloe gasps, in mock astonishment.
"You're nothing bu-"
"Be quiet!" Jessica shouts, everything became silent instantly.
"Make me." Pansy snarls, straightening up to make herself appear taller.
"Is that a challenge?" Jessica growls.
"It's not like a stupid blood traitor, a mudblood, a princess Malfoy and a famous scarface Potter can do anything." Pansy says to Millicent and Penelope.
"Are you sure about that?" Jessica says, stepping forward and punching her across the face. Of course, they made it to the four girls too late.
"No way." They all mutter, staring at the scene in front of them, Cedric as well.
"Bloody hell!" Ron adds.
"What are you waiting for?" Pansy hisses from the floor, where she lay holding her cheek, at the two behind her. "Get your wands!"
"Oh." Was all they reply as they went to get their wands before freezing.
"Uh, uh, uh." Grace says, the three girls walking towards the two lackeys, past a seething Jessica, with their wands already raised.
"Not so fast." Chloe adds, as they stop, standing directly in front of them.
"You better not say anything further about Grace and Hermione or anything about my name," Jessica warns, kneeling down so her face was inches from Pansy's. "Or next time, it won't just be a bloody cheek."
"Jessica, I think you should get back to your common room, don't you think?" Cedric hints, walking into the scene.
Suddenly a bright blonde headed boy marched up to them.
"What are you doing, Chloe?" Draco demands.
"Back off." Chloe growls, not taking her eyes off of Penelope. Draco flinches, not saying any more as Snape approaches them.
"What is going on here?" He asks, no emotion present but a raised eyebrow.
"She called us-" Stephanie starts.
"That blood traitor punched me!" Pansy cries. "And they threatened me and pulled their wands out on us!"
Snape simply scoffs. "Detention, the five of you."
"Wait-!" Jessica and Stephanie start.
"What?" Chloe and Grace finish.
"What about them?" Stephanie asks.
"They've did no wrong doings." Snape says.
"They called Grace and Hermione mudbloods and Jessica a blood traitor!" She shouts.
"Your point is?" He asks, simply.
Jaws dropped, left, right and centre.
"Wait, there's only four of us." Chloe says.
"Mr Diggory is involved." Snape states.
"He didn't do anything!" Jessica shouts at the man.
"Jessica, it's fine." Cedric says, putting his hand on her shoulder.
"I expected better of you." Snape says, eyeing Chloe.
"I could say the same." Chloe snaps, before walking off, the others in tow.
"He's such a greasey headed, ignorant, stuck up pri-" Jessica mutters, as they walk down the halls, heading to the library so they can stay together a while longer.
"Whoah, whoah, whoah." Fred laughs, putting his arm around his sister.
"To think that we need to sleep in the same room as that roach!" Chloe huffs, causing Fred to put his other arm around her.
"Now, now ladies." Fred laughs.
"She's such a bossy, narcissistic prat!" Stephanie shouts, if possible, steam would be flowing from her ears.
"Try not to kill her tonight." Cedric laughs.
"Er, I've ran out of arms." Fred says, turning to his brother for help. "George?"
"Yeah, yeah." George says, pulling Stephanie towards him and putting his arm around her shoulder.
"Good, that should keep you restraint." Fred grins, while George laughs.
"We seem to be missing a trouble maker." George says, looking ahead of them to where Hermione was catching up with her sister, Ron and Harry a little behind.
"Grace?" Hermione questions, putting her hand on her shoulder.
Grace seemed to break out of her trance like state. "Huh?"
"Are you okay?" Hermione asks, concerned.
"Oh, I'm fine." Grace fake smiles.
"That's not going to work," Hermione says, sternly. "I know you better than you know yourself."
"I know you said that this sort of thing would happen and that I should ignore it," Grace says, looking ahead. "But, it's really hard, it made me angry when she brought you into it."
"Although, I said ignore it," She sighs. "I knew that this was bound to happen sooner or later, you've always been the better one at standing up for yourself and I."
"Well-"
"I'm not done," Hermione laughs and then smiles. "I know I've never really said it but, I appreciate it when you stick up for me, it makes me feel happy."
"Well of course I'm going to stick up for you, Mione." Grace smiles, slinging her harm around her sisters neck to bring her into a half hug while walking.
"Beats being bullied in muggle school, huh?" Hermione giggles.
"Defi-"
"You were bullied in school?" The rest of the group shout, they had secretly been listening in.
"Yip," Grace sighs as they come to a stop. "This is our stop, I guess."
"Try not to rip any heads off." George laughs.
"No promises." Grace smirks.
"And no punching." Cedric adds.
"You're hilarious." Jessica says, sarcastically.
"It's not like we're going to murder anyone." Stephanie rolls her eyes.
"Well," Chloe says. "My brother might be a good place to start."
"This is why I like you, Chloe." Harry laughs.
"Something you want to tell us?" Fred laughs, nudging his arm.
"Wha-No! Not like that!" Harry rushes out.
"We're just messing with you, Harry." Ron laughs.
"Seriously though, behave." Hermione says, firmly.
"Again, uptight." Ron mutters to Harry, earning a glare from everyone but an oblivious Hermione.
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The next day, they were all leaving the Great Hall to head to class.
"Oh, forgot to tell you." Chloe says, earning questioning looks. "We have detention with you guys."
"Really?" Grace asks, enthusiastic.
"Aww, poor Georgie." Fred snickers, nudging his twin.
"Shut it, Fred." He grumbles.
"I feel like Pansy's plotting against us." Grace says.
"Why'd you say that?" Harry questions.
"She hasn't uttered a single word to us, since yesterday." Jessica says.
"Yeah, it's weird." Stephanie mutters.
"Isn't that a good thing?" Cedric says, coming up behind them.
"Not it she's planning a rebellion against us." Jessica replies.
"It wouldn't surprise me." Chloe says.
"Me neither." Grace agrees.
"Come on," Hermione calls. "We don't want to be late."
"Ughhhhhhhh." Ron groans.