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Weasley Swamp https://i.postimg.cc/GpccFmVC/weasley-swamp-banner.jpg The legendary portable swamp created by Fred and George Weasley was once large enough to consume the entire fifth-floor corridor. Needless to say, this greatly irritated the notorious Dolores Umbridge when there were no instructions on how to remove it and the then teachers didn't seem to mind that it was there. Today a small section of the swamp remains, roped off in tribute of the redheaded twins' historic act of protest. |
For Jess "Tiff, please I promise it's a shortcut so we can get to history class in time." Ariadne called over her shoulder to her sister Tiffany as they sprinted into the fifth floor corridor side by side. She did though come to a crashing halt as the smell of something awful reached her nose. Wrinkling her nose in disgust Ariadne asked "What's that smell? It smells awful." Lifting her hand up to cover her nose even though it didn't make the smell less prominent she asked her sister. "Have you read Johnny's latest letter yet?" |
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"It seems your shortcut," Tiff air-quoted the word 'shortcut', "is barricaded by the most ghastly swamp. I think we've made a wrong turn." She glanced backwards at the corridor they've come from, as her sister prodded her with a question. "Which one was this? The one that he misses us ... or the one that he misses us?" |
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Eyeing the very smelly swamp in front of them Ariadne ignored the smell as she grabbed onto Tiff's right hand, and started tugging her sister towards it. "Come Tiff. I know it smells. Can't we see if it's like the swamp we have at home?" Thinking about Johnny made a hint of sadness cross over her face before it was gone, and Ariadne smiled "Either of them. I think he is crushing on someone too." Yes, Jojo had dropped some not so subtle hints. |
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Tiffany frowned, wrinkling her forehead at her sister. "Yea exactly. I don't fancy having to come get rescued from an indoor swamp. Who knows what sorts of beasts lay underneath those murky waters." Was that even possible, who knew? But somehow she had become more sensible and cautious. "You know though i could never be fully mad at you," she reached out to give her sister's hand a squeeze. "Besides how else are we meant to learn our way around. We just need to be careful, yea?" "I'd rather not. Can we go to the gardens instead? Hang out in the greenhouses?" She tilted her head curiously at Ariadne. "Is he? I don't think i got that update." Maybe Johnny had told Ari something he'd left out of her own letter. |
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Squeezing Tiff's hand back said with a smile. "We've switched roles. Now you're the sensible, and responsible and I'm the one who wants to take the risks." Weird. Was it because Johnny wasn't with them that things had shifted? "Sure, careful sounds good," Ari admitted. "But gardens or greenhouses? Do you want to skip class Tiff? You know mum and dad would hear about that." And they would probably both get detention from their heads of houses. "I don't know if Johnny exactly is crushing, but he does mention a girl quite a lot in his letters haven't you noticed?" Or was Ari just reading too much into Johnny's written words because he wasn't there with them? |
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When did Tiffany become the sensible one, who knew? Perhaps it was somewhere in the two years spent at Beauxbatons? "Well I for one, am not walking through the swamp," she wrinkled her nose in disgust. "I'm pretty sure to get to history class we just turn back around the way we came." Besides if they walked through the swamp, they'd need to get to their dorms to change their robes, as there was no way she could show up to class smelling of swamp water. "Who said anything about being responsible? Besides you're the one willing to sacrifice our clothes to get to class on time. I'd much rather be tardy and keep our clothes intact and dry." "Greenhouses. We could say we needed remedial Herbology lessons. Besides, have you seen our professor? He's quite easy on the eyes," and probably five times their age. But who's counting. Yea she definitely hadn't noticed. Was it wrong of her to be focused on trying to fit in? In was bad enough the sorting separated her from her sister here, but then also trying to make friends with those who'd been in the same dorm the last two years together. Even though she was familiar with some from St Woboldo's two years apart felt like eternity. And in some regards it was, she was different. They were different. "You mean his friend that he took connection in first year in his house? They've been inseparable since their sorting really. It's nothing new." She shrugged it off. |
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Grinning suddenly Ari pointed out, "Mum and dad would make big eyes if they heard you right now Tiff. 'I'd rather be tardy to class and keep my clothes clean and intact' than walk in swamp water. They'd be proud." Or at least that was what she thought. One could never know with how parents would react. Smiling she nodded along. "Sureeeeeee. We can go to the greenhouses to bother Professor hot stuff for remedial herbology lessons. Ari doubted they'd be believed though since Ari had got top marks on the first test. Back to the topic of Johnny she shrugged at Tiff's statement. "Really? But I thought they were just friends, and nothing romantic. What's her name anyway?" Ari couldn't remember, besides she was like her sister doing her best to try and fit in and make friends in her house and year at their new school so some of Johnny's words didn't always register to memory. |
She chuckled at Ari's contemplation and hesitation on her decision. "I don't think we have much a choice but to come back the way we came. Besides, Myrtle is better than smelling like swamp water." Whenever did Tiffany become so vain, who knew? Maybe it was something of becoming a teenager? Growing up? She really wasn't raised to be as such, considering how often she'd scraped her knees and muddied herself up before they started boarding school. It had to be the French. She stuck her tongue out. "And you wouldn't dare tell them what I said, pinky promise?" Although their mum being a seer, probably could see right through them anyway. Not that seer meant legilmens. Although sometimes the way their mum just knew things, maybe she mastered legilmency too. Was a mother's sense the same thing as legilmency? Tiffany shrugged again about Johnny. "Did he mention a name? I feel like between names of kids we're meeting here, I keep mixing up the names in my brain. But I feel like it was something exotic like Sargento? Samosa?" Were those even real names? Possibly. Or she was just hungry. |
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Grinning back Ari said with a suddenly serious note to her tone. "I pinky promise to not tell mum anything, but you know she has a seer scary way of knowing what is going on without even being told or being around." Would she and Tiff become that way when they were adults too? Seer was an ability that was inherited not learned as far as her limited knowledge went. Shrugging she agreed "I'm so with you on that. It's so hard to remember the names of every new peer we meet as well as all the new professors. I accidentally called Professor Khanna for Professor Feirgrund the other day, luckily he didn't get testy with me." If he had then she could have lost points for her house. Feeling her stomach rumble Ari asked "Can we go get something to eat? I'm hungry." |
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She reached her pinky out to her sister, shaking her head in amusement when Ari brought up their mum's ability. "True. I'd say we'll have to study occulmency but I don't think it matters much against seers?" They were different skills. She gigglesnorted at the name mixup. "I mean if you're gonna mix two professors up, I suppose those are the ones to do so. Better than mixing up Winterbottom," but seeing how he was the oldest man on staff it'd be difficult to mix him up with any. Khanna and Feirgrund at least were close the same age. She raised an eyebrow at Ari, "I suppose you do want to skive off History class then, after all. Suppose skipping class is better than being tardy." |
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