The Twins Who Lived

Dogs, Plants and Keys

"we're going down that trap door tonight" Harry said determimedly " All of us can't go, we'd draw more attention and we need at least one person to be in the common room in case we need an alibi" Dahlia said " I'll stay, I'm the least likely to lie to them, they won't suspect it" Neville reasoned, " Alright, thanks nev" Dahlia said with a smile " we're going " Ron, Hermione, Blaise and Draco chorused "alright" Harry said, slightly resigned

"The first of many adventures" Fred said raising a glass, the others laughed, joining Fred in his toast, "They may be tough" Daphne started, "They may be scary" Astoria continued "We may be hurt" Theo continued "it'll take a bit" Hermione added "We may be cursed" Draco said "Or spelled" Blaise added, "Or scarred for life" Ron continued "but we always" Neville continued "Make it out alive" Luna added, "we may lose a limb" george said teasingly, " Or some blood" Harry and Dahlia continued" But we always come out victorius! " The group cheered, taking sips of their drink. All of their parents had paled slightly, looking uneasily at the movies and their children, they weren't so certain about watching these movies now, " Wrap them in bubble wrap " Regulus muttered, he was sure to gain some grey hairs from this.

{Scene change to outside of the 3rd floor corridor}

" Seriously, she could of at least have someone guard the door, or at least put better spells then something first years know! " Dahlia ranted, " it does seem suspicious, first dumbledore let's the entire school know where he's hiding something and now the main door to go through is only blocked by a first year spell and we already know how to get past Fluffy" Draco said in agreement " Well they do say you become senile in your old age" Hermione said, " Mione wizards live at least twice as long as muggles, Dumbledore is barely middle age" Harry said

" There will be no accusations thrown around or fights, this is the future, you all will be have or so help me I will stick all of you to your seats" Dahlia warned, she may have hated the man in the beginning but she sae him as a grandfather now and she would be damned before she let anyone else hurt him

" Alohmora " Dahlia cast, opening the door and smiling at Fluffy " He's asleep, let's go" she said quietly, heading towards the trap door. Draco and Harry lifted the hatch quietly, gently setting it against the wall, one by one each of them landed on a soft surface. "What the-" Dahlia exclaimed, her breathing turning ragged as she felt her arms, legs and feet wrapped in something and held still, Harry struggled against them, trying to reach his sister, Dahlia hated being tied down or forced still, she hated tight spaces, more then she hated liars, even more then she hated the dursleys

A low whine escaped James's throat, he hated seeing his baby girl so scared and he was helpless to do anything about it, standing up james walked over to his daughter and picked her up, even with her being nearly ten years older then him at the current point, she was still shorter then him and would always be his baby girl, he walked back over to the couch and sat down with her cuddled up in his arms. Dahlia didn't say anything, she just snuggled closer to her dad, she would never refuse comfort from her dad, and to be honest they both clearly needed it at the moment.

"It's devil snare, try to relax or it'll only make it worse" Hermione said as she relaxed, a moment later she fell through the plant landing on the ground below "Hermione!" Dahlia shrieked, she thrashed around more, she wanted out of this, she didn't like it one bit "Relax Lia, please" Harry begged, relaxing his body and falling through, draco went through a second after him. Dahlia gasped for breath, it was getting harder for her to breath, she wanted this to end, she wanted to be back in her room far away from this death trap. "-ia, LIA!" Blaise yelled gaining her attention, "deep breaths, it's going to be alright, just calm down" Blaise said soothingly, moving slightly to stop from falling through but not enough to put himself in danger. "Their not going to calm down, there has to be another way to get them out" Harry said worriedly, "it's deadly fun but will sulk in the sun" Hermione muttered " Devil Snare hate sun light! " Draco yelled, his eyes widening in realization " LUMOS SOLEM! " the two cast, the devil snare shrunk back and Ron, Blaise and Dahlia fell through.

Harry ran over to his sister, who was Rocking back and forth slightly, hiccuping every once in a while" shhh, it's ok lia, we're safe know, it's ok" He said soothingly, running his hand through her hair

The hall looked at the screen sadly, some taking glances at the person in James's lap, she looked so fearless in the beginning, they forgot for a moment that she was still just a child, a child that had fears like anyone else

A few minutes later, dahlia calmed down, taking a deep breath she regained her composure before standing up, "I'm ok now, come on let's go, we still have a teacher to stop" She said determimedly, leading the way to the next room.

{Scene change to The flying key room}

"Those are keys " Blaise said as they looked around, "We need to go through that door, by the looks of it, we need a big key, an old one" Ron muttered, observing the lock. "Their it is" Dahlia said, pointing to one of the keys "Alright, now how do we get it?" Hermione asked "By using those" Harry said pointing to the brooms leaning against the wall . Harry mounted the broom, soaring through the air towards the key, the other keys turned, flying after him, catching the key, he threw it to ron who quickly opened the door, everyone ran in, followed by harry, the others quickly slammed the door as multiple keys imbedded into it.

The hall released a sigh, "and this is only first year" lily said with a whimper, she didn't think she could handle six more years of this
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Until next time my pups

• mischief managed •