Fire On Fire

Chapter Six ~ Twins

After my little stunt a few hours ago Moody gave me detention for a week, HA! Like I'm going to turn up!

I Stroll down the hall way towards the great hall for dinner when suddenly two hands grab my shoulders lightly, I jumped a little and turned to face the culprits which happens to be the Wesley twins, Fred and George.

It's funny that I can already tell them apart as people, however I just need to remember who's name belonged to who.

"George! Fred! You scared me." I said while chuckling at my own reaction, a little flustered.

"You know, Georgie and I haven't had any quality time with you yet-" Fred said with a mischievous grin.

And now I know whos name beings to who.

"-Perhaps you would like to join us, at our table in the Great Hall?" George finishes the question that Fred began.

I shrug, still smiling from before.

"I suppose that will be fine."

"Great!!" They say in union as they grab one of my arms each and drag me to our destination, while I continue to chuckle at their behavior. I think I will like these two.

As we walk into the hall a few people notice and stare at the scene, causing their friends to look aswell.

The boys lift me up and sit me on the empty seat as they take theirs on either side of me, I notice Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny sitting on the other side of Fred, and they all look at the twins a little confused but smile brightly when they see me, causing me to smile a toothy grin with my blush still present on my cheeks.

"What's going on?" Ron asks the two identical brothers and myself raising an eyebrow.

"Well Fred and I have not yet had the pleasure of having any quality time with Alex-"

"-So we decided to invite her to our table this evening."

They make an 'oh' face and we talk amongst ourselves for a while, laughing and enjoying each others company whilst eating, until someone behind me taps my shoulder, everyone in our group looked at the person. I turn to face them myself to see my father, my smile drops a little.

"Father?" I ask nervously knowing what was coming.

"I heard you already got detention this morning. This is unacceptable behaviour, you are to stop acting like a fool and start acting as a lady, otherwise you will be confined to your quarters every time you are not needed by myself or the other teachers for the rest of the year. Am I understood?" He speaks in Bulgarian with displeasure while holding a look on his face that showed disgust.

"Yes father." I agreed hesitantly not wanting to risk the opportunity to make some real friends.

He simple turns his heal and walks towards the teachers table, much like I did earlier that day, while I hung my head slightly in dissatisfaction that my pranks will be minimal. Maybe I should be a little more careful this year and not get caught, I mean its not like I'm actually going to stop creative flow, that would be unhealthy.

"What was that?" Hermione asks.

"What did he say?" Harry questioned also about the encounter, the others await my answer aswell.

"He is upset about me getting detention." I say simply, planning how to get away with my next stunt.

"Yes, that wasn't a very smart thing to do ... although deserving and amusing." Hermione says trying to hide her laughter bubbling inside her, probably recalling the stunt from this morning.

"What? What did you do?" George and Fred ask in union.

"She set off a firework in the middle of class!" Ron said with excitement

"It chased Moody all over the class room." Harry laughed

"He tried to get rid of it but the firework actually dodged his spells!" Hermione explained further with a hint of admiration and amusement towards my magical ability.

"It was amazing!" Ron finished laughing with Harry.

"Yeah, but now my father will be keeping a closer eye on me. I need to come up with a full proof plan so I don't get caught all year..." I respond quietly still thinking

"Who cares what your dad thinks, the chase is part of the fun." I cringe when George says 'dad'.

I sigh softly and nodd in agreement.

"Yes, your right. However he has threatened to lock me in my cabin when I have free time for the rest of the year if anything happens again, I'm not completely reckless you know ... Usually that wouldn't bother me, but I actually have friends now, I won't be careless with my actions." I explain

"Why don't you just ... Not prank?" Hermione offers

"Are you mental?!" The twins and I exclaimed loudly.

"You lot are too loud." Someone behind me says.

I turn to face them and see a tall handsome brunette boy, definitely part of the popular crowd.

"Hey diggory, what brings you here?" Fred asks

"I was just going to introduce myself to Miss Karkaroff here. Hello Miss Karkaroff, my name is Cedric Diggery, but you can call me Cedric."

"Um hey." I say confused as to why he wants to talk to me.

"Do you mind if I call you Alex?" He asks

"Uh sure" I reply slowly

"Wonderful, would you like to join my friends and I at our table this evening? I'm sure they would all like to meet you aswell" He offers with a charming smile.

I feel Fred straighten his back slightly and gave Cedric a blank stare along with George, the other three looked a little sceptical also. I took their reactions as a sign.

"Uh thanks for the invitation, but I'm sitting with my Gryffindor friends tonight. Perhaps another time?" I say politely hoping not to insult him with my father near by.

"Oh ... Of course, perhaps tomorrow evening then?" He asks me again, I pay attention to the other around me, I don't think they like the idea, but I can't say no again.

"Uh sure, but I have things to attend to that evening so I won't be able stay long, if that is OK with you and your friends?" I lie a little, don't judge me OK, I don't get along with the popular groups.

"Sounds great, I look forward to it. See you around Alex." Cedric then flashed another dazzling smile and walk back to his table.

"He didn't even acknowledge any of us..." Ron quietly expressed in a disappointed tone.

"What are you doing tomorrow evening that's so important that you will ditch the cool kids during dinner anyway Alex?" George asks

"Hm? Oh! Nothing, I just don't get along with the popular groups, they all worry too much about reputation and looks. Besides I couldn't reject the invitation twice in a row within the same minute. That would be rude of me." I confessed my little lie quietly with a small smirk on my face.

They all chuckle lowly, but it seemed to still be loud enough to catch the attention of the Slytherin table, from the corner of my eye I catch Victor and a handful of my class mates give my Gryffindor friends a light glare, I wonder what that's about...