You and your tea
It was the first day of classes and Evie's and Frieda's started off with Potions. The two were stood in front of the classroom.
"You're my best friend, right?" Frieda nodded at Evie's question wondering where this was going. "So you would do anything for me?" Frieda nodded again. "Okay then I would kindly ask you to kill me right now," Evie said calmly. Her friend rolled her eyes.
"You know it's a bit early to die already. I'd say give it about three more weeks and then we'll see." She always tried to lighten the mood even though she was not in the right temper to joke around at all. Snape terrified her quite a lot.
She heard many rumors regarding the Professor from her brother before she started school and they all turned out to be true. Even though Frieda was not a bad student by any means, Potions was the one class she was not the best at.
Frieda held a mug in her hand drinking from it from time to time. "You and your tea. What's so special about it that you're always drinking it?" "It calms my nerves, you know. You've had it once and it helped, right?"
Evie shrugged and the two entered the classroom.
In class, Evie and Frieda set down next to each other. They both hated it so they made the most out of it. Snape entered the room and started off by saying how hard the upcoming year was going to be.
The O.W.L.s would determine what the students would be doing in a few years. They will also find out what perspectives career wise they will have. Frieda did not know what she was going to do in the future. She loved the wizarding world, she really did. But on the other hand her dad was always way safer than them. What if she would just seek for a Muggle job?
Or she could become a gardener. She had her own secret greenhouse in Hogwarts where she planted her life saver chamomile. Nobody there knew since she put a spell on it in order to make it invisible. Only her brother Emil knew about it.
The class went on and it was relatively easy. They learned about the Invigoration Draught Potion and its energizing effects. It was not that hard to brew even though Snape made it seem like that was the case. Frieda and Evie did it together and succeeded.
After class Emil approached his younger sister. "Mum sent me an owl. She said that I should look after you a bit so you would go to Quidditch tryouts." Frieda stared at him for a bit before realizing he was being serious.
"Are you for real? I can look after myself just fine. Thank you." "Well, I'm not so sure about that. You haven't done it the last few years either even though mum has told you to do so. And now she's just making sure that you hold your promise."
"Why can't you two just accept that I am not like you? And you? You are always on mum's side. Have you considered that I'm not interested in your little game? I'd rather keep my marks up this year." Emil looked a bit disappointed. Was he sad? Frieda shook that thought off. He tried to be controlling again and she was not going to let that happen.
"Look, I just wanted to help you. Mum is really angry that you won't even try to integrate yourself into the family." "Yeah, whatever. I was actually going to try out this year but now you honestly rid me of any interest I had left."
And with that Emil turned around without saying something. But before Frieda could make a peace offering something struck them and they were both on the floor. Emil looked back at his sister and shook his head. Did he really think it was her who casted that spell?
"Frieda Anthemis! Your own brother, really? Detention!," Snape called from the classroom. "But that wasn't me." "Do you see anybody else in this hallway?" She shook her head still sitting on the floor.
She turned around looking for the source of the hexing. She didn't have to wait long when two ginger boys came around the corner. The Weasley twins. Of course.
"Oh no. Did the little Hufflepuff girl get detention? Why did you prank your brother?," Fred exclaimed putting on an innocent face."Well, I clearly didn't. But I know certain twins who in fact just made me and my brother fall to the floor." They chuckled. "You know, you could be a bit nicer to us. Remember yesterday, when we covered your friend in..." George hit his brother's arm before he could finish his sentence. What in the world did they put on Evie?
"You know what? It's okay. I'm just gonna take the detention. It's probably the only I will ever get," Frieda shrugged. The twins looked at each other confused. "Whatever woman. Come on Georgie. We have classes to attend." Fred turned around but George stayed to offer Frieda a hand mouthing "Sorry.". She gratefully took it and finally stood up from the floor.