ᴛɪʟ' ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴅᴏ ᴜs ᴘᴀʀᴛ | 𝘊. 𝘋𝘐𝘎𝘎𝘖𝘙𝘠

𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳

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skylar woke up the next morning, her brain telling her to go back to sleep. but unfortunately it was a monday, and she had classes to worry about. the amount of homework and studying she'd been doing lately was still putting a dampener in her mood. 

she got out of bed and changed into her uniform. it was nearing winter, her favorite time of the year, the air had become chilly in the mornings. her love for it was starting to become hatred though since the hufflepuff's basement was in the dungeons. 

skylar made her way out of her dormitory and down to the common room, and exited it quietly. she soon made her way upstairs and into the entrance hall, where a bunch of students seemed to be loud and rowdy. 

it's too early for this.

skylar spotted the twins and their friend lee. harry, ron, hermione, and laverna sat beside the three.

"morning." she groggily greeted, approaching them all. 

"ah, skywalker, you're finally here." fred grinned.

skylar rolled her eyes. "i thought we agreed that you wouldn't use that nickname anymore, weasley."

"don't tell me you really believed that?" ron asked, an amusing smile painted along with his furrowed brows.

"i figured they would lay off eventually. i mean, you two don't even know what star wars is. it's a muggle franchise!" she defended, her moody attitude showing already.

fred wrapped an arm around skylar, his head right next to hers. "skywalker, you're about to see what could be the greatest achievement of our lives."

"i still don't think it will work." hermione said. 

skylar turned to george, "even hermione agrees that this is a bad idea. you guys don't have to do this, y'know?"

"nonsense!" fred disagreed. "I'll go first." he told george. 

he and george quickly downed the potion and pulled a slip of parchment out of their pockets. fred lingered for a moment, before stepping over the line. george let out a triumphant yell and leapt in after his brother.

skylar stood in shock as the two twins were left untouched.

they're supposed to be old. why are they still standing?

when a sizzling sound filled the room and both twins were hurtled out of the golden circle surrounding the goblet, everyone bursted out laughing. a loud popping noise went off and skylar laughed even harder as they grew identical long white beards.

"i told you." she said, laughing, and both boys glared at her.

"she did warn you." dumbledore's voice filled the room and everyone went silent.

"i suggest you both go up to madam pomfrey. she's already tending to miss fawcett of ravenclaw, and mr. summers of hufflepuff, both of whom decided to age themselves up a little, too." he advised. "though i must say, neither of their beards is anything like as fine as yours." 

fred and george went off to the hospital wing, with lee following them in fits of laughter. other students passing by stopped to watch as it was cedric turn to enter his name into the goblet. he stepped inside the golden circle and placed his slip of parchment into the fire.

when nothing dramatic happened, everybody assumed it worked and the entrance hall erupted with cheers and applause. cedric's friends hugged and patted him excitedly on the back. skylar clapped with a small smile on her face and watched cedric's face light up at the support from his house, and from the other students.