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Danielle awoke to the sound of her faithful alarm clock. Unwanted, yes, but faithful nonetheless. 

The grey-eyed girl groaned before getting up and taking a shower, she dressed in black skinny jeans, a plain red collared shirt and her black robe and then slipped her feet in a pair of red trainers.

The 11-year-old walked downstairs, meeting up with her brother halfway down.

They nodded to each other in greeting and sat down opposite each other in the dining room, Mason to Regulus' right and Dani to his left.

"Mornin'," Regulus greeted as he read the Daily Prophet.

"Morning," The twins chorused.

"Kreacher! Bring breakfast!" Regulus called.

A loud crack sounded and a house elf appeared. He had long ears and bulging eyes, Kreacher was usually very aggressive to anyone but the three Blacks present.

"Yes, Master Regulus." He set the table with pancakes, toast, muffins, juice, coffee, milkshakes and several other things for the small family. Once he was done he left with another crack.

"So, excited for Durmstrang?" Regulus asked casually, biting into his first muffin.

"Yes! Kai told us all about it and it seems amazing!" Mason practically shouted, his grey eyes shining in amazement.

"Yeah! They have houses like Hogwarts and I'm hoping to be in Wolverklaue! It's like the Slytherin equivalent and I wanna make you proud!" Danielle smiled. She looked up at her father and he smiled back.

"Hey, no matter what house you're in I'm proud okay? I don't care if you're in Wolverklaue, Slytherin, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, hell, even Hufflepuff. I'm proud of both of you." He ruffled Danielle's hair and they continued eating while making small talk.

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"Alright let's go! You both know the spell to make your trunks normal sized? Good. Loki and Thor, all their things with you? Okay." Regulus ran his hand through his hair.

He muttered a spell to shrink the twins' trunks and they put them in their backpacks along with a set of the uniform and snacks for their pets.

Thor was on a leash and Loki was asleep in Danielle's arms.

"Okay, we're apparating so hold on. Don't throw up." Each child grabbed one of Regulus' arms and they apparated.

Danielle felt as if she was being twisted and stretched to fit in a tight, constricting tube. A sudden wave of nausea hit her but she held it in and soon found herself in an alleyway with Mason and her father.

"Never gonna get used to that," Mason groaned.

They walked to Kings Cross Station and searched for platforms 10 and 11. The trio passed a clan of redheads known as the Weasleys, they passed the Malfoys to which Regulus scowled.

Soon enough they were at their destination.

"Okay, you just have to go straight through. Go together and I'll be right behind." The twins obeyed and were then at platform 11½.

The platform was far from crowded but it was also far from empty, Regulus grasped their shoulders and led them to a nearby bench. "Ok. Before you two leave I have rules. First, you need to contact me once a month at least. Second, no dating Danielle! Only when your fifty!" Danielle rolled her eyes but nodded. "Third, try out for Quidditch. Fourth, prank everyone. Fifth, if Karkaroff tries anything, hex him. Sixth, no more tattoos this year! I regret letting you get the two you already have. Seventh, unfortunately, Christmas will be at Durmstrang unless you find a friend, I expect presents." Regulus smiled.

"And one more, you may break those rules, except for one, two, five and seven. For six ask permission. I'll miss you two disasters." He hugged them both just as the train arrived.

"Bye Dad!" They shouted and boarded the black train.

A crack was heard signalling that Regulus had apparated away.

The inside of the train was decorated elegantly in red and black, strangely there were no windows.

"Dani! Mace!" A tall boy with light brown hair and blue eyes called.

"Kai!" Danielle hugged him tightly and Mason gave him a fist bump.

"C'mon, I'll introduce you to my friends." He led the pair to a compartment with five other boys.

"Introduce yourselves, lads."

"Enrique Rodríguez, fifth year." Enrique had dark brown hair and matching eyes, his skin tan and his body well built.

"Chaze Volkov, second year." Chaze had black hair and forest green eyes, he was only slightly taller than Mason and had a strong Bulgarian accent.

"Hayden, fifth year. Nice to see you again Danielle." Hayden, as Danielle recognised, was the red headed boy from the Diagon Alley store.

"Nathaniel Evans, second year." Nathaniel was significantly taller than Kai, compared to the other boys he seemed slightly lanky too. He had boyish good looks with his messy dirty blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Julian Rodríguez, first year." Julian looked very similar to his older brother, the only difference being in his body build and height, although he did have an even stronger accent, showing that English wasn't his first language.

"I'm Mason Black," Mason spoke with an air of confidence and nodded to the other boys.

"Danielle Black."

"No way! Do you have the scar?" Chaze inquired with wide eyes and mouth slightly ajar.

"Yeah, I'll show you after. Is that okay?" She chuckled.

The group made small talk and one thing led to another before the twins had to explain that they were in fact, cousins. The subject then moved on to pranks somehow.

"So let me get this straight. You turned your dad's hair blue?" Hayden was crying with laughter and barely managed to get the question out.

"Yeah, we call it Showing shampoo," Danielle started.

"If you do something bad, your hair goes blue," Mason elaborated.

"If you do something Dark, like dark magic, your hair goes red and green. Like the unforgivable curses."

"That's actually pretty smart. Well, boys, I think we have a new addition to this Elite Squad. Dani, Mace. Welcome to the elite pranking squad, we call ourselves The Trouble Team." Hayden's eyes sparkled on delight.

"Well that's eventful--" Mason started.

"Because we call ourselves--" Danielle picked up where he left off.

"The Trouble Twins," They finished.

The group laughed and continued getting to know each other.

"What house are you all in?" Mason questioned.

"Wolverklaue, Julian still needs to be sorted but he'll get in. You two are probably Wolverklaues too," Enrique spoke with his slight Spanish accent coming through.

"Guys, we're stopping! Let's go!" Kai exclaimed.

They gathered their things and pets before stepping out of the train.

"Where to now?" Danielle asked. Loki was peacefully asleep in her arms for the whole ride and everyone assumed he was a cat.

"To the ship. We'll get changed there and head to the castle." Nathaniel explained.

They followed the rest of the students and soon arrived at a ship.

"Woah..."