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Albus Dumbledore looked out across the great hall, he idly checked his watch. The students would be arriving for the feast in less than one hour. The train was approaching Hogsmeade, if he was right with his estimation.
“is there something on your mind Albus?” Minerva was studying him
“our exchange students have been delayed” he said “I received an owl early this morning”
“Oh? Whatever has caused the delay?” she asked
“the letter didn’t say” Albus produced a folded paper from his robe “just that they would be here in a few days” he opened it and handed it to her.
Minerva scanned the missive before handing it back to him.
“how peculiar” she replied, “I suppose we can only wait to see when they arrive if we are given a reason for their delay, you need to relax Albus, we’ve played host to other students plenty of times before”
“these are not just any students” Albus replied “they hail from….somewhere rather different”
“meaning?” her eyes narrowed
“My dear do you recall the muggle story of Snow White? How the girl was treated by her stepmother? The sorceress Grimhilde?”
“The girl who choked on an apple?” Minerva nodded “what has that got to do with anything?”
“Grimhilde has a daughter who is coming to Hogwarts” he replied
“I see, we should be careful?” Minerva folded her arms “you believe her to be a risk?”
“King Adam assures me she is not a threat…however it might stir up some unrest with the muggleborn students who know the story around her mother’s legacy. Especially considering who is coming with her” Albus smoothed out a wrinkle in his robe
“Albus you’re beginning to concern me, what have you gotten us into this year?” Minerva narrowed her eyes at him.
Unphased, he smiled
“five students from Auradon, the daughter of Grimhilde, the son of the Djinn Jafar, daughter of the Fairy Godmother, the son of Cruella De Vil…” he paused
“that’s four…” she glared “who else?”
“the daughter of the dark fae Maleficent” He said “Now Adam has assured me these children are not like their parents…they will be here for the year, and we have time to select the students for the reverse exchange programme, I wanted to see how they fit in before I made any contact with families” he tried to placate her.
“and the Governor’s went for this?!” Minerva asked “Djinns! Sorcerers and Faeries!” she said
“the Board do not know who was selected” he replied with a level stare at his Deputy “Adam’s confirmation letter stated he had reached out to five families and all had accepted”
Minerva was staring at him
“You do know they will find out” she said, “what will Malfoy make of this?” she frowned “how can we be sure they are safe?”
“not my problem my dear” Dumbledore was smiling again “Lucius confirmed the Governor’s signed the paperwork without the names being provided” he said “besides, it will make the year most certainly interesting”
*
The students arrived not half an hour later and the bustling noise of the school began. Albus watched as new friendships began to blossom amongst the first years and old ones were revived. He wondered how the new students would fit in. Adam’s letter had stated all five teenagers were fifteen with the exception of the De Vil boy who was fourteen. However the letter he had been sent stated the boy was exceptionally gifted and would do fine in the same year with his friends. Albus took a drink of his wine and contemplated how this would affect the year.
Once the sorting was over with, he stood to give the beginning of year speech and looked out at the sea of faces looking up at him.
“A few days from now” he began “Hogwarts will be hosting five students from the United States of Auradon Preparatory School, it is my hope each and every one of you will welcome them with open hearts and open minds” he paused “they will be here for the academic year and if it goes well, we will consider sending students from Hogwarts to Auradon for the following academic year… and with that note, off to bed with all of you” he smiled.
The hall burst alive with noise at the announcement as students left for their dormitories.
“…where the heck is Auradon?” Ron was looking at his friends
“far away from here” Hermione replied, “I’ve only ever heard of it in some of the history books”
“oh?” Harry raised an eyebrow “why am I not surprised” He grinned at her glare “oh c’mon Mione you know you’re a walking encyclopaedia” he teased
She huffed and swatted him
“shut up Harry” she said as they made their way towards the stairs “I don’t know everything”
“there’s a surprise” Ron grinned “what’s the betting Malfoy smarms up to the new kids soon as they arrive?”
“we know he will” Hermione replied, “he made prefect this year, we don’t even know who’se coming, or what year they’ll be in” she shrugged
“what if they’re just as pompous as Malfoy?” Ron winced
“what if they’re not?” She shot back “hang on…”she was rummaging in her bag “I swear I put it in here…”
“what have you lost now?” Harry claimed a chair by the fire in the Gryffindor Common Room, Ron took another, leaving Hermione on the loveseat, bag on her lap whilst she rummaged inside it.
“ah ha!” she pulled a newspaper out of her bag
“a newspaper…” Ron raised his eyebrows
“shut up Ron” She said without looking at him “I could have sworn I read something in this on the train”
“you read the entire thing Hermione” Harry pointed out
She looked up with a grunt, returning her attention to the paper
“yes! There it is!” she pointed to a small article “but it gives nothing away, apart from the article says the exchange has been approved by his Highness King Adam Beast of Auradon and he hopes to broker peace between the magical worlds…whatever that means”
*
On the other side of the world, bags were being packed for the journey. Mal was sitting on her bed, looking at the bare dorm room.
“…talk to me” Evie turned
“about what?”
“you’re pouting” she crossed the room and sat on the bed “what’s on your mind?” She asked
“another new school in less than a year E” She said, “how long till we get kicked out?”
“we won’t, unless we do something stupid or dangerous” Evie replied, “which we won’t” she added
“How do we know that?” Mal was biting her nails, Evie slapped her hand out of her mouth
“stop it I just filed them for you” she glared “you know it takes ages to get them normal”
“not my fault E” Mal returned the glare
“if you wouldn’t bite them I wouldn’t have to spend all my time mending holes in your clothes” Evie replied “honestly you’re worrying over nothing…Ben said his dad’s sure they will love us”
“Until one of us turns scaly and burns down the school” Mal folded her arms “I still don’t believe they’re still letting me go after that”
“that was an accident Mal” Evie hugged her “no one was more surprised than Fairy Godmother”
“she didn’t have to spray me in the face” Mal grumbled “I swear she enjoyed it”
“you know she only did what she did because she was concerned about you…and it stopped the fire”
“I still maintain she enjoyed it” Mal pouted.
Evie sighed, she ran a hand through her hair and untangled the purple curls into a manageable state before tying them into a band out of her face.
“it was a minor miscalculation” she said
“Evie I turned into a dragon...how is that a minor miscalculation?” Mal looked up at her
“at least you didn’t kill anyone?” She replied “I mean that’s got to be a positive”
There was a knock on the door and it opened to Jay and Carlos.
“Still moping?” Jay asked, “have you dried out yet?” he smirked
“leave off Jay” Evie glared at him “Are you two packed?”
“yes we just dropped our bags off with Fairy Godmother…you girls ready? We have to go in like, two hours” Carlos replied
“we’re almost done” Evie nodded “just packing travelling bags” she pointed to the record bags open on the table “be gentlemen and take our cases?” she batted her eyes at them and Jay snorted
“how many are you taking?” he eyed the small mountain of bags by the door
“we’re away for the year Jay” Evie rolled her eyes “we need to be prepared for every event”
“I did stop her from packing the entire library” Mal grinned “and narrowed her down to only two cauldrons worth of poisons”
“oh which ones?” Jay asked in interest
“the run of the mill not going to murder anyone ones” Evie pouted
“I pointed out she’ll be able to make as many dangerous ones as she wants when we get there” Mal got off the bed and closed her own case “go on then boys…take those to Fairy Godmother” she pointed.
“yes your Royal Lizardness” Jay bowed with a grin “we mere mortals tremble before your grandness”
“you’re a moron” Mal kicked him “get up and stop it with the lizard jokes...no one at Hogwarts is to know I can turn into a dragon.”
“what? Why not?” Carlos asked
“Fairy Godmother said it’s not a talent most kids have at Hogwarts, she said there’s a teacher who can turn into a cat though so be mindful of any animals around the school. Anyway, I'm still not entirely sure I can do it on command, once was enough to give us all a very bad day” she shrugged
“Like I said M, it was a minor miscalculation” Evie pointed out “no one was expecting it”
“I know…we might get a little resistance from students who know of our parents…it’ll be like Family Day all over again” Mal shivered “I'm pretty sure the only reason she’s sending Jane is to be a peacekeeper”
“Jane’s hardly the mediation type” Jay said
“you never know she might be perfect for the job” Carlos pointed out “I forget she’s a faery”
“Half faery actually” Mal replied “unless her dad was a faery, she never talks about him”
“like someone else we know” Jay smirked “what is it with faeries and daddy issues?”
Mal rounded on him
“don’t even start Jafar” she glared; her eyes began changing colour
“Hey woah not in the dorm!” Evie pulled her away “calm down” she hugged her “He’s just being a moron” she said “we don’t need a dragon in the dorm…again”
Carlos winced
“so c’mon where is Hogwarts?” he changed the subject
“practically the other side of the world” Mal grunted “Fairy Godmother said it’s on an island called the United Kingdom, which isn’t run by a King it’s got a Queen as its figurehead so that is confusing” she explained “we have to go to a place called Hogsmeade which is between the English and Scottish border, Hogwarts is a five minute walk from there I think”
“who turned you into a walking knowledge machine?” Jay asked, Evie hit him
“be nice or be gone” she warned
Mal shivered and Evie frowned, idly handing her a jacket
“how much exactly do you think they know about us?” she asked
“No clue” Mal replied “but if we don’t get going now we won’t get there…so let’s move” she grabbed her bag and Evie threw the last few things in her case, closing it with a thud.
“c’mon then boys” She said, “adventure awaits!”
*
Minerva stood at the gates to Hogwarts to wait for the new arrivals. She saw them coming up the path and studied them intently. She idly wondered which houses they’d be sorted into and if there would be any problems.
She spotted Evie immediately and steeled her nerves, the girl looked a lot like her mother. Minerva, who had faced Voldemort himself during the first War had to force herself to remain calm. Albus maintained the heir of the sorceress Grimhilde would not be a risk. She turned her eyes to the others, feeling a peculiar air around them as they approached.
Minerva took a breath; a quiet portion of her mind reminded her two of the children were faeries which would provide its own issues within the school. Her eyes swept over them and she was brought up short by a pair of bright green appraising her, a blink and the colour changed back to a calmer blue colour. Minerva filed that away for later, she figured the girl in question was the heir of Maleficent, considering the only other girl was the perfect likeness to her mother who was with them.
“Minerva!” a cheery voice made her start and brought her out of her mind “oh my goodness how long has it been!” Fairy Godmother was walking towards her “I swear you do not age!” she smiled warmly
“Lucinda?” Minerva embraced the other woman tightly “it has been years. How have you been?” she asked “Albus didn’t tell me you were coming” she said with a smile
“very good, he didn’t? I did reply to his owl” She replied “He wanted to send a portkey and the students come on their own but Adam asked me to come with them to make sure they got here in once piece….shall we go inside? Come along children, Jay!” she snapped her fingers and the boy yelped, straightening up.
“leave off FG” He said “I wasn’t doing anything” he rubbed his hands.
“a likely story” she didn’t even turn to him “give Jane her cell phone back now”
He stared at her
“how-“
“just give it back” she tried not to snap, silently Jay handed over a small cell phone and Jane glared at him, sliding it into her pocket, ignoring how the others laughed.
Minerva saw her expression and chuckled.
“Long trip?” she asked
“very” Fairy Godmother replied with an exasperated sigh “Oh yes! Introductions! My daughter Jane, Jay Jafar, Carlos De Vil, Evie Grimhilde and Malef-“ Mal growled at her, cutting her off “apologies, Mal Moors” Fairy Godmother stepped towards Minerva “children, meet Professor Minerva McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts”
“a pleasure to meet you Professor” Evie smiled brightly
“the pleasure is all mine children, unfortunately Albus got waylaid with a meeting so he wasn’t able to come meet you himself” Minerva explained as they walked.
The group approached Hogwarts and Minerva opened the doors
“welcome to Hogwarts” she turned to the teens “…whilst you are here you will adhere to the school rules, as part of our school tradition each of you will be sorted into houses based on your magical abilities and your personality types. The four houses are named after our founders, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin-“
“the famed alchemist!” Evie said excitedly
“Yes” She replied, “good behaviour will earn house points, rule breaking will lose house points, the house with the most points at the end of year banquet will win the house cup for the year”
“fascinating” Mal wasn’t looking at her, her attention caught by the moving portraits as they ascended the staircase in the main hall. She saw a small dog chasing them through portraits as they walked, yapping excitedly.
Minerva guided them into her office and sat them in front of her desk, she picked up some paperwork and looked over her glasses at their clothes.
“…Uniform is mandatory during classes” she said, “I trust it was provided?”
“yes” Lucinda nodded “I did not see the point in trying to get them to wear it before we got here” she told her
“I'm not wearing those robes” Mal was glaring
“she’s moody she tripped over them” Carlos sniggered
Mal turned
“one more word from you De Vil-“
“and you’ll do what? Turn me into toast?” he side stepped as she lunged for him but Mal caught his jacket, putting him in a headlock. Minerva looked mildly shocked as the teens wrestled beside the chairs. Mal dropped Carlos onto his back with a well-placed elbow to the stomach. The boy yelled, flipping her onto her back and pinning her down, somehow escaping from her headlock. Evie exhaled, closing her eyes for a moment, before turning to Minerva and giving her a tight smile.
“CHILDREN!” Fairy Godmother clapped her hands and separated them, hauling Mal up by the lapels “Mal you know better! Fighting is not appropriate for a lady!” she chastised her “Carlos…you know better than to antagonise her” she gave them both a stern glare. Mal shrugged, not looking directly at Fairy Godmother
“hmph” she said
“yeah sorry FG” Carlos was smiling over her shoulder and making faces at Mal, who snorted and hit him on the back of the head as soon as her back was turned.
“OW!” Carlos yelled
“MAL!”
“he started it” she smiled sweetly at Fairy Godmother, the woman pinched her nose and exhaled
“Apologies Minerva do continue” she said
“right…where was I…ah yes” she paused “here are your timetables” she handed them each a parchment.
“but they’re empty” Jane looked up at her
“they fill once your house has been decided” Minerva explained “speaking of which, shall we see where you will be staying?”
**
Hogwarts was a buzz with the anticipation of the new students. The castle was looking as impressive as ever, each student was in full school uniform to impress the newcomers.
Eventually, the doors opened and Minerva lead the group up the Hall into near silence, there was a low muttering beginning as the students took in their appearance, they hadn’t changed into uniform yet and still wore their travelling clothes. Albus stood
“Welcome to Hogwarts” he stepped forward and came to meet them at the steps in front of the dais
“sweet castle” Jay was looking around
“thank you” Dumbledore smiled “I trust your journey was long and tiring”
“you could say that” Jane agreed “Headmaster. My mother wanted me to pass you this” she handed him a letter.
“ah yes thank you Miss Godmother” he pocketed the letter into his robes “Minerva I trust we have concluded the Sorting?”
“Yes” She replied “I will leave you to announce it to the school” she handed some parchment over
“excellent” he smiled “well, with that said, we should complete some introductions”
He turned to address the school
“Students of Hogwarts!” he stretched his arms “I would like to introduce you to our guests for the year; Jane Godmother, Jay Jafar, Carlos De Vil, Evie Grimhilde and Mal Moors from the United States of Auradon Preparatory School. To make things a little easier for our guests, their sorting took place earlier this afternoon and will be as such, Misses Grimhilde and Moors will reside in Slytherin House, Mr De Vil will be in Ravenclaw, Mr Jafar in Gryffindor, and Miss Godmother will be in Hufflepuff house, I hope each and every student welcome you all with open hearts and minds” he gestured to each house table in turn and Minerva walked them to the tables where they took a seat.
Each house clapped politely in turn and made room for them. Mal looked at Evie as the food appeared in front of them.
“Welcome to Hogwarts, I’m Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, fifth year prefect” the blonde Mal had sat next to was looking at her.
“nice to meet you” Evie replied “Evie” she put her hand out and Draco took it without hesitation.
“Mal” she nodded at him
“Moors right? Not a name I’ve heard of” he commented “…your parents are our kind aren’t they?”
Mal raised an eyebrow as a girl glared at Draco, hissing at him to be nice.
“Meaning?” she asked
“purebloods” Draco shrugged “you’re not a Mudblood...you know your parents were a witch and wizard right?”
“No” Mal replied, sharing a look with Evie “my mother is not a witch”
“your father then? Halfblood isn’t too bad”
“My father is not a concern of yours” she said with an irritated tone “if you are desperate to know, my mother is Maleficent” she pushed her food around on her plate as a few students made small noises of understanding “ah I see you’ve heard of her” she commented.
Draco blinked
“heard of her? Of course we’ve heard of her” he said “she’s documented as the mistress of evil”
“wonderful, it’s been quite a journey so, if you don’t mind I’d like to finish my meal” she glared at him.
Evie winced, yes, it was like Family Day all over again.
*
Over on the Gryffindor table, Jay had found himself sat next to a pair of identical red-head twins, who were giving him a rundown of the school and its teachers. They’d introduced themselves as Gred and Forge Weasley, or was it Fred and George? Ugh he couldn’t remember.
“…he’s one to watch, Snape” said George “he’s Slytherin’s head of House and he’s extremely strict, he teaches potions”
“but everyone knows it’s the Defence against the Dark Arts job he fancies” said Fred darkly
“is that so?” Jay shrugged “potions isn’t something you mess with. I don’t blame him”
“he favours his own house” George said, “everyone knows he does, how Dumbledore lets him get away with it I don’t know”
“really?” Jay raised his eyebrows “how interesting..”
He saw Hermione looking at him and gave her one of his flirty smug smiles, she blinked and raised an eyebrow. Unbothered by the lack of reaction, he tried another tactic.
“names Jay….what’s your name foxy?” he leant over towards her
“Hermione Granger” she replied “pleased to meet you Jay” she smiled “this is Harry and Ron” she pointed to each boy in turn.
“hi” Harry was looking at him with a studious expression
“hey” he met his eyes and grinned, the boy was smaller than Carlos and probably wouldn’t survive a fist-fight, but he couldn’t help but notice the flicker of power around him, focused around his forehead where he saw a scar which looked like lightening, that was interesting..
“do you know what year group you’re in?” Hermione asked, dragging his attention from Harry
“er yeah your deputy head said we’re in fifth year” Jay replied, “so how does the rooming system work?”
“you’ll in our dorm then” Ron finally spoke “you’ll share with me Harry, Seamus and Neville”
“sweet, so do you have a gym or something on campus?” Jay asked
Hermione shook her head
“sorry no…you might find one in Hogsmeade though, but we’re only allowed there on the weekends” she said
“oh, okay, guess I’ll have to figure out other ways to exercise” he grinned at her
She rolled her eyes
“mature Jay, real mature”
*
After dinner was over, the students returned to their dormitories, for Evie and Mal this meant heading down to the dungeons, idly listening to the two girls who had sat with Draco explaining the fastest way to get to the dorms. They’d given their names as Pansy and Millicent and seemed to infer they’d be sharing a dorm room.
“…you don’t want to get lost down here” Pansy was saying “Oh and if you want to see your friends in other houses, do it outside of the dorm, we’re not allowed to go into each other’s houses”
“Why not?” Evie asked “that seems rather strict”
“it’s the rules” Draco opened a portrait “breaking the rules usually results in detention and loss of house points. Slytherin had won the house cup for years before St Potter arrived” he glared, “we don’t get a look in these days because he’s Dumbledore's best boy” he grimaced
“Saint Potter? Who?” Mal raised her eyebrows
“…you don’t know who Harry Potter is?”
“nope” Evie shrugged as they sat on a couch “should we?”
“Harry Potter is the reason for the downfall of the dark lord” Draco replied, “the one who was to rid the world of Mudbloods”
“there’s that word again” Mal commented “I'm going to assume it’s an insult”
“of course it is…Dumbledore lets in any old Mudbloods these days, just look at Granger” said Millicent
“again…who?”
“Hermione Granger, fifth year Gryffindor, she thinks she’s better than everyone else because she’s the first in her family to have magic” Millicent replied “she’s a disgrace”
“I see” Evie was looking at the other girl with a level stare “and you’re better because your parents are both magical?”
“exactly, my family are pure-blooded wizards, all the way back to the fifth century” she replied
“Fascinating” Mal was studying the room “at least this reminds me of home” she smirked at Evie “dark, depressing, pompous” she added, Evie snorted
“it could be worse” she said “we could have brought Chad”
Mal winced
“don’t” she said, “he would fit right in” she grinned
“who is Chad?” Pansy asked
“son of Prince Charming and Cinderella” Evie replied “he’s…interesting” she ignored how Mal laughed
“one way to put it” she giggled
Evie slapped her arm
“stop it” she said, “I wonder how the others are getting on?”
*
Carlos had been dragged into conversation with a boy by the name of Michael Corner as soon as he’d sat down and found the other boys pretty easy to get on with. No one batted an eye at his name here, for which Carlos was thankful.
“…so what’s Auradon like?” asked Terry Boot
“it’s cool” he shrugged “school is school really, we were made to take Remedial Goodness class when we arrived but other than that it’s pretty normal”
“goodness class?”
“yeah, all about how to be good citizens and not murder everyone” he grinned at their confused looks “we didn’t grow up in Auradon” he elaborated
“no?”
“No we lived on the Isle of the Lost…” he explained “with our parents…”
“is that a magical place?” Cho Chang asked
“No” he replied “the barrier holding the villains on the Isle stops magic from developing. I broke a small hole in the barrier once trying to get a better TV reception, it was interesting”
“….what?”
“yeah” he shrugged “it meant we found out about our magic” he picked up a drink “well it was a given for Mal anyway, considering her mom’s a faery” he replied, “but I assume you have faeries here?”
“not really” Cho replied “if we do they don’t come to Hogwarts, or they hide their nature whilst they’re here”
Carlos shrugged, he figured they weren’t so bad.
*
Jane looked around the Hufflepuff basement, she’d been greeted at dinner by a very blonde boy by the name of Flinch-Fletchley who had far too many teeth and ushered into a group of girls. She wondered idly how the others were doing and if she’d have to call her mother to do damage control. Jane hadn’t liked how they’d been split up; but was relieved to see Evie and Mal were in the same house. Her mother had been slightly concerned that there might be an issue with Mal turning into a dragon at Hogwarts and had tasked Jane with ensuring that didn’t happen, or if it did, she had to do something to stop the inevitable damage the girl might cause... She wasn’t entirely sure she’d be able to do much to stop her now they were all split up but she’d be dammed if the whole exchange programme would be ruined because of a VK who didn’t quite have a grasp on their magic.
She shivered, which was nothing to do with the cold as she was sat beside a roaring fire.
“…are you okay Jane?” asked Hannah
“oh yes…just a little tired” she tried to smile “In fact I might just go to bed, if you don’t mind?”
“course not” Hannah replied “c’mon I’ll show you to the dorm”
*
The smell was overwhelming, the sulphur in the air was thick. Mal turned, smoke pluming from around her whilst she tried to get away. The screaming was loud and made her panic, she didn’t want to hurt anyone but they wouldn’t listen to her, she tried again to tell them to stop screaming but her voice wouldn’t work. A belch of fire issued from her mouth and the school building nearest her erupted in flames.
“oh my goodness!” The voice of Fairy Godmother, she peered down to try to see where she was “Mal…don’t move dear” the headmistress was calm, wand in hand she put out the fire without a word “keep your mouth closed if you can” she was talking to her “that way we won’t have any more fire”
Mal tried to explain she was sorry. She didn’t understand what was going on, Fairy Godmother unleashed a torrent of water into her face as she tried to speak..
Mal woke with a jolt, she sat up in bed, breathing heavily
“…nightmares?” Evie was sitting on her bed across from her
“uh...yeah” she sighed “have you been to sleep yet?”
“not yet” Evie crossed the room “want to talk about it?” she sat on her bed
“just the usual” she shrugged
“you’re still worried about the dragon thing?” Evie studied her
“of course” Mal replied “….what if it happens here?” she voiced her worries to the other girl “what if I can’t control it E” she said, “I didn’t control myself so well the last time I accidentally dragon’ed”
“if it does it does” Evie hugged her “we’ll deal with it”
“that’s not comforting, what if I hurt people?” Mal asked “I don’t want to be like her”
“we won’t let you” Evie promised “you’re not like her M” she told her “you know that”
Mal sighed
“I know, I just…worry it’ll get out of control, like at Auradon” she rested her head against her shoulder “I don’t know how I did it in the first place, who’s to say it won’t happen out of nowhere again?”
“it happened because you got mad” Evie sighed “you know that, you got mad at Chad being Chad and then we had a dragon on the school grounds” she tucked her hair behind her ear “there’s no Chads here”
“unless you count Draco” Mal snorted “kids more stuck up than Audrey”
“okay I take that back, no murdering the little blonde shit” Evie shoved her gently “c’mon, we need to sleep” she moved and got under the covers
“this is my bed” Mal pointed out
“I know” said Evie “that’s why I’m in it”
“….didn’t we promise to behave at Hogwarts?” Mal rolled her eyes
“there’s nothing sinister about friends sharing a bed M” Evie said, “we did it plenty at home”
“you have a point” Mal agreed
“I know” she grinned “besides, you won’t sleep now if we don’t”
“I hate you being right” Mal shuffled down “it’s massively unfair”
“suck it up Moors” Evie teased “you love me really” She said, Mal grunted
“a likely story Grimhilde, I tolerate you” She yawned
“that’s a declaration of love right there” Evie wrapped an arm around her waist
“keep that to yourself blueberry princess” Mal grumbled
“always” Evie promised.