The Domino Effect (A Harry Potter Fanfiction)

CHAPTER 13: The Terror Twins

Today was the day the Weasley twins entered Hogwarts. Percy Weasley sat at the Slytherin table looking forward to the feast and the sorting. He is wondering where the two would wind up. The rumor about the twins being well-known as troublemakers reached the entire school long before they even enrolled. How did that happen when they haven't entered the school yet, Percy will never know. This year is also the year Bill will not be at Hogwarts. He has already left the country. Percy missed him.

Percy is no longer wearing hand-me-downs. The scholarship he has been awarded has helped him get better uniforms, books, and school supplies he needed. He even got enough money to buy some clothing for himself. It turns out that getting the top student in the school also gave Percy a bonus on his scholarship fund. Not only is OTOS paying for his school fees, uniform, and books, he gets a monthly stipend. This has helped alleviate the funds of his family. Charlie and Percy both got the scholarship. The twins will plan to take them after the year. Percy's things may not be the same level of quality and price as his Slytherin classmates but he now looks the part.

Percy was curious about what house the twins will be in. In the past, he would assume with how they always do their pranks that they would be more likely to be in Gryffindor. However, as someone who has been sorted in Slytherin, it gave him more perspective and awareness about reading people. He noticed the amount of work the twins do with their pranks amazed Percy. People would often think that their pranks were just a nuisance but Merlin, these two are geniuses. They are less likely to care about grades but that doesn't mean they are not doing something amazing.

The twins have the potential to be Ravenclaws with the amount of research they use to create their inventions. Hufflepuff because they are persistent and are taking in a lot of effort to plan their elaborate pranks or the creation of their products. Gryffindor because these two are not afraid to take a challenge. And more likely Slytherin. The two are ambitious. Percy already caught wind of their Weasleys Wizard Wheezes. He has to admit that with such an ambitious endeavor, they could wind up in Slytherin. Many Slytherins often forget that ambition is not about politics but just wanting to get what you wanted even if it is a business franchise or a joke shop.

At that time the house was noisier than it used to be. Mostly because Seamus Finnegan and Godric Potter were visiting and are zooming around the house. It was a shame Charlie didn't become Prefect, Bill was Head Boy last year and Percy would often accompany him on his rounds. While Percy is ranking very high in the school, in Slytherin this does not guarantee Percy the chance to even get the prefect position. Prefects in Slytherin are based on power, Hufflepuff is the responsible one, Ravenclaw is based on grades, and Gryffindor can be a combination of grades or success.

It's more likely that Montague will get the prefect position when they reach their fifth year. Percy got along with all of his year mates in his house. The higher years weren't happy about him at the beginning but it was thanks to Marcus, Gemma, and Graham that they stopped pranking and cursing him. Gemma Farley is the only girl in their group and Adrian Pucey likes to prank her. That was the first time they learned to never pissed off Gemma Farley.

Nobody in their house or any house for that matter would mess with Graham. He was pale, tall, intelligent, and bulky for his age and Percy once noticed Graham's eyes turned an electric blue. Percy has a sneaky suspicion that Graham could have creature blood down his line. Whatever that was, it would mean something dark and powerful because even the older years were too afraid to mess with him.

Marcus was nice to him but is mean to everyone else, mostly outside their house. Percy has to restrain him sometimes from hurting others too much – especially Roger Davies, Ravenclaw student of their year. Davies keeps bothering Percy mostly because he keeps getting second in the rankings and he didn't like the fact that a Slytherin was able to outrank him. He was one of the reasons why the other houses wouldn't dare cross Percy. Cross Percy and you'll cross Marcus Flint. Marcus Flint may not be the sharpest knife in their group but man he can produce a lot of hexes that would scare anybody.