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"So…History of Magic!" laughed George, leaning to the front so he could see Jade over Fred. "Did you like it?" he asked pretending to be serious.
Jade rolled her eyes and started to put food on her plate.
"Any plans for the afternoon?" Fred wanted to know, speaking with his mouth full of potatoes.
"Eww, Fred!" exclaimed Jade and pushed him further away.
"I'm not Fred, I'm George!" claimed Fred, trying to confuse his sis.
"No you're not. You two aren't even similar. Look at this freckle here…" said Jade pointing to Fred's left cheek. "This one is ma favorite and it's completely misplaced because George doesn't even have a freckle there."
Jade took her fork and started to eat but then she remembered the question.
"No, I don't have any plans, you said you were going to show me Hogwards." She said a little bit unsure. What if they didn't want to, maybe they already made plans with their friends, why would they even want her to hang around, she thought in a flash of old insecurities.
"Relax sis." Whispered Fred, after seeing the mix of emotions showing on Jade's face.
"We made plans for you, the grand tour of Hogwarts. Please put on your hiking shoes, we'll walk a lot." Announced Fred theatrically and started to shovel down his lunch.
Twins soon left, in a hurry as their next lesson was starting in two minutes.
"We'll meet you on the front steps around two ok? Hagrid says it'll be extremely hot today so you might want to change from your uniform after classes." Suggested George and they both run out of the Great Hall.
"How can you know which one is which?" asked Sue confused.
"Well they have lots of different …" started Jade but Maddie interrupted her.
"They are carbon copies, they even walk alike." She said watching the twins running out of the door.
"No, they don't." argued Jade. She saw so many different qualities in each of her brothers that it seemed impossible to her that people could think they are the same.
"so, do you girls have any plans for after school today?" asked Jade changing the theme.
"We're just going to lay down and relax by the lake, it's lovely down there." Said Katie, excited by the idea of lazy free afternoon spent doing nothing.
With all the classes and homework they were about to get, there won't be much time for laziness later.
"Sounds good, maybe I'll join you later." Said Jade and quickly finished her meal.
"Welcome students to the greenhouse number one. We'll start here today and I'll show you around. We have many interesting plants of which I'm proud. For example…" started Madame Sprout their Herbology teacher, as she walked across the long corridor in the middle of greenhouse.
It was hot and humid in there, and strangely quiet because large glass panels kept all the breeze outside.
Madame Sprout as first of their teachers understood that today is the first day of school and they wouldn't have much time to actually study something after all the safety explanations and rules.
"Off you go." She said smiling when she let the first year Gryffindors and Slytherins out on the fresh air.
"Don't forget to bring gloves for next lesson, we'll start with some planting." She called after them.
All five girls dropped their school bags on the ground when they entered their bedroom which was nicely cold after the heat of greenhouses.
"I'm exhausted!" exclaimed Joyce and jumped on her bed.
"And this was just the first day of school. We should start the homework tomorrow so we won't get behind." Suggested Katie, already writing a note to her planner.
"Yeah, whatever." Answered Sue and pulled out a stack of pink shiny magazines.
"Let's go outside and get some sunshine." She giggled, already pulling out a huge blanket from under her bed.
Girls changed to tank-tops and shorts. Jade went with them, Fred and George would see her from the front steps and she still had twenty minutes.
Girls spread the blanket and sat down. It was really hot and sunny, not a single cloud on the sky, but summer storm could always come out of nowhere.
"There you are!" called George, running alongside Fred in Jade's direction.
"We brought you some snacks ladies" Fred winked at them and handed out deliciously looking blueberry muffins.
"Where did you get them?" asked Maddie bewildered.
"That's a secret my dear." Said Fred shaking his head, to show her that is was useless to ask.
"Let's go then, are you ready?" said George and without waiting for Jade's answer they pulled her up and handed her the sneakers she took off.
Jade waved at her friends and then joined her brothers who were heading over to the small cottage standing on the side of the forest.
"Fred? Are you sure we can be here? It's too close to the Forbidden forest and you know…" Jade slowed down and hesitated if she should go any further.
Yeah, she liked adventures with twins, they were fun to be around but getting into trouble the first day of school…
"Don't be silly, of course we can be here, we won't be long, just going to check if Hagrid's here, he said he'll feed the giant squid later today." Said George pulling her hand.
But Hagrid wasn't home. He was nowhere to be seen and his big leather bag was gone too, however when they wanted to walk away, a sad barking echoed from behind the cottage.
"What was that?" asked Jade.
"Oh, that must be Fang, and if he's here, than it means Hagrid must be by the lake. He never takes Fang there because the dog's afraid of the giant squid. It's quite funny actually.
"No it's not funny, the poor dog is sad!" exclaimed Jade and run towards the dog which was tied on a long string by the pumpkin patch.
"Hi boy, oh you're a handsome big dog aren't you!" cooed Jade as she snuggled Fang who looked quite startled at first but then relaxed and started to lick Jade's face.
"Well…" started Fred, pointing in the direction of the lake, but he didn't know how to continue. Seeing Jade so relaxed and …herself… was odd. She never acted this confident at home.
"I'm sure Hagrid will let you play with him when he gets back, come on, let's find him." Said George and walked away.
Jade soon followed them, after patting the dog on his large head and promising she'll come back soon.
Fred and George made sure they showed Jade all hiding spots on the edge of the forest, they stopped by the Quidditch pitch which fascinated Jade and she suddenly wished she could fly there. Then they took a turn around the lake and finally found Hagrid standing on the rock folding his empty bag.
"Oi Hagrid!" called George because the man didn't see them and was about to go back home.
"Hey boys! You've missed it, just finished feeding the squid, she was hungry today, that she was." He smiled lovingly in the direction of the lake. Jade looked there and saw giant animal floating on the surface.
"Hagrid, this is our sister Jade." Said Fred pointing at Jade proudly.
"Oh yes, we've met yesterday, am I right?" Asked Hagrid and held out his huge hand for Jade to shake it.
"Yes sir, it's nice to see you again." She said politely.
"Oh call me Hagrid, like everyone else and enough with the sir." He smiled again and finished folding the bag.
"Hey Hagrid, Jade quite liked your dog, do you think we could stop by later so you could properly introduce them to each other?" suggested George and even though Jade glared at him at first, she seemed rather excited when Hagrid agreed and said it would be great idea.
"But let's go for a swim first!" exclaimed Fred and took Jade's hoodie which she was carrying around in case it started to rain.
George pulled down the sneakers she had hanging around her neck by the shoelaces ( enjoying walking barefoot after full day of her school shoes) and both boys grabbed Jade by her hands.
"What?!" she yelled, but it was too late and they jumped with her down from the rock.
It wasn't high, only six feet or so, and the fall didn't last long. After just a blink of an eye, the three of them hit the water and went under, cutting the dark surface of the lake with millions of white bubbles.
It was freezing.
"Boys, that wasn't very nice of you!" laughed Hagrid from above them.
"You. Are. Crazy. Fred and George Weasleys!" exclaimed Jade, trying to move her legs and arms as fast as she could, to warm herself up.
"Don't pretend you don't like it! You love swimming!" argued George and pushed Jade under water again. " tag! You're it!" he called when she resurfaced and started to swim as fast as he could along the shore.
"Jade laughed when she easily caught up with her brothers and swam under them, pulling both boys under water unexpectedly.
She could swim fast, really fast and soon the water didn't feel that cold anymore. She was getting used to the darkness of the lake and dived deeper, enjoying the freedom, when suddenly something touched her leg.
She screamed under water and swam towards the surface as fast as she could.
"Tag! You're it! The giant squid for the win!" laughed twins.
The animal resurfaced and started to float on her side, watching three kids with her giant eye. It looked so peaceful and gently than even Jade giggled on her own silliness. How could she be scared of this?
"Don't worry, she's a good girl, completely vegetarian – that's why we had to rescue her because she'd get eaten by some sperm whale if she stayed in the sea." Called Hagrid from the ground, he was slowly walking back to his hut, but keeping up with Weasleys for a while because he knew they'd get in trouble if they went swimming without supervision, heck, they'd probably get in trouble anyway.
"Aaaaa!" someone cried from the other side of the lake.
It were some fourth year girls who just spotted the giant squid, swimming unusually close to the shore, with Jade gently stroking it's side.
The cry terrified the squid and it let out gallons of ink and disappeared under water.
Jade's whole left side was now dark blue.
Fred and George laughed so much that Hagrid had to pull them out of the water because he wasn't sure if boys could keep swimming while laughing o hard.
They were both bright red and out of breath still laughing when Hagrid pulled Jade out.
"I think that's enough swimming for you lot." He said, and trying not to laugh pulled out his handkerchief to wipe as much ink as he could from Jade's face.
It worked quite well, but there were still splotches of blue around her ear and or course her left arm and leg were even darker.
"You'll need a good scrubbin' tonight." Announced Hagrid, desperately trying to clean Jade's face a little bit more.
"Don't ya worry, it'll come off with soap and warm water." He assured her and twins came to her side and hugged her around her shoulders.
"We're sorry sis, this wasn't out plan." Giggled George and squeezed Jade's shoulder.
"Yeah, sorry, but you have to admit it was quite funny." Nodded Fred, and Jade finally saw the bright side of the whole incident.
She laughed and hugged her brothers back.
"Of course you didn't mean it." She agreed and wiped her hand on their cheeks, leaving big smears of dark ink across their faces.
"Now we really look like family" she laughed and hid behind Hagrid when boys tried to grab her.
"Alright you, guys, it's going to rain soon! I think you should hurry back to the castle." Said Hagrid handing Jade her sneakers and wrapping the hoodie around her shoulders.
"Thank you." She said shyly while pulling her hands through the sleeves.
"You're welcome little one." Smiled Hagrid.
"Why don't you come visit me tomorrow after lunch?" he asked in general direction of the kids.
"Sure! Thanks Hagrid! See you tomorrow!" they all said good-bye and run back to the castle. They weren't fast enough and rain started to fall sooner than they reached the front door.
All the students were already inside, it was getting quite chilly and you could hear thunder.
"Now that was fun! We should go for a swim more often!" started Fred, walking backwards and winking on his two siblings.
"Too bad it's r…" started Jade but her eyes widened when she spotted professor McGonagall standing in by the staircase.
She didn't have enough time to stop Fred before he bumped into her with his back.
A guilty smile spread on his face as he turned around, already knowing who was there by the look of sheer terror on Jade's face.
"Well, Mr. Weasley, I hope you enjoyed your swim." She said strictly eyeing them all from heads to toes, shaking her head at the puddle slowly forming around their bare feet, water still dripping from Jade's hair.
"Are you aware that swimming in the lake is forbidden?" she asked, her lips forming a thin line.
"Well…" started Jade, but then just looked on her toes which were starting to turn blue from the cold stone floor.
"No, we didn't really know…" started George, "no one ever told us." Finished Fred looking innocently up on professor McGonagall.
"Well of course no one ever told you! Who could have thought you'll come up with something this…this…stupid!" exclaimed professor.
"It's freezing out there, there's giant squid and other creatures in the lake, the water is deep! And you just decide to go swimming without supervision of any professor! Can you imagine what could have happened?" she yelled at them.
"Hagrid was there ma'am." Whispered Jade.
"Well, …still, it's not safe and …and…! This is the first warning! You know how it works, she looked at the boys. After first warning, you make one step out of the line and I'm informing your parents!" she yelled at them.
"You might go now, but there will be no more swimming in the lake! Ever!"
Fred and George climbed the stairs but Jade turned around to the professor and quietly said: "I'm sorry professor, I didn't know it was forbidden."
"That's alright Miss Mraz, just don't let the two of them push you into every crazy thing they do, use your own head next time." Said professor McGonagall and rushed the girl up to the common room before she could catch cold.
When the three of them climbed through the portrait of Fat Lady there was a group of second years standing around the bulletin board.
"Hey! Fred! George! Quidditch try-outs tomorr… what happened to you?" laughed surprised Oliver Wood after looking at the Weasley twins.
"Couldn't stay out of trouble for one day?" asked Lee Jordan, "and you had to drag your baby sister with you? I bet your mom will be happy." He laughed.
"We only got a warning for this one" Fred and George high-fived each other, " and this, my dear friend, is not our baby sister, this is a honorary sis of ours, and she'll be a mighty fine prankster once we start with the real mischief." Said George, proudly setting his hand on Jade's shoulder.
Then they turned around and said to their sister.
"Don't worry about it, it was fun right? And mom doesn't really get mad when we get in trouble, as long as we keep good grades and study well, she won't mind hearing from old McGonagall now and then." They assured her and Jade felt a little bit better.
She did enjoy the swimming and if it was ok with Molly, than she didn't really mind getting in some small trouble, because that meant she'll be spending more time with the twins and let's face it, she has never been a rule follower, not really.