"Can I call you Tori? You know Tori, I'm a great friend."
"I don't get it, why are you being nice to me?"
"Maybe I don't want to see you friendless."
When Victoria Silvers, who comes from a long line of Slytherins, is sorted into Gryffindor her life...
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"I won't let them do that, Tori," Bill told her sharply as they sat hunched over the counter. "I'll get Fleur right on it."
Tori nodded, her mind a bit more at ease before she could hear Molly bid the twins goodnight. Tori left the kitchen with a loud crack and appeared next to them, causing them to jump.
"Merlin's beard, Tori." George gasped, grabbing his heart. "Now you know how everyone else feels," Tori replied, turning to see Fred leaning against the door.
"Mum's gone. Let's go talk to Harry." Fred said, vanishing. Tori sighed, following after.
Crack.
''OUCH!"
''Keep your voice down, Ron, or Mum'll be back up here."
''You two just Apparated on my knees! Ow, Tori!"
''Yeah, well, it's harder in the dark—"
The blurred outlines of Fred and George leapt down from Ron's bed. Tori patted Ron's knee before scooting over next to Fred. There was a groan of bedsprings and Harry's mattress descended a few inches as George sat down near the boy's feet.
''So, got there yet?" George asked eagerly.
''The weapon Sirius mentioned?" Harry's silhouette tilted his head.
''Let slip, more like," said Fred with relish, now sitting next to Ron and Tori. "We didn't hear about that on the old Extendables, did we?"
''What d'you reckon it is?" Tori asked, keeping her voice below a whisper in case Molly was listening.
''Could be anything," Fred shrugged.
''But there can't be anything worse than the Avada Kedavra curse, can there?" Ron said. "What's worse than death?"
Tori shifted uncomfortably.
''Maybe it's something that can kill loads of people at once," George suggested.
"Maybe it's some particularly painful way of killing people," Ron shook fearfully.
''He's got the Cruciatus Curse for causing pain,' Harry's shadow said. "He doesn't need anything more efficient than that."
There was a pause and Tori knew that the others, like her, were wondering what horrors this weapon could perpetrate.
''So who d'you think got it now?" asked George.
''I hope it's our side," said Ron, sounding slightly nervous. Tori didn't blame him.
''If it is, Dumbledore's probably keeping it," Tori whispered, running her hands through her hair.
''Where?'' Ron asked quickly. "Hogwarts?"
''Bet it is!" George's shadow nodded eagerly. Tori was already sure he was wondering if they could find it. "That's where he hid the Philosopher's Stone."
