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Sins and sorrows
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Max Granger-Weasley
Somewhere, outside Devon, England. There is a house. It's called the Burrow. It was still pitch-dark. But in that house, a light was on.Max Granger-Weasley
Max woke up early. About 5 A.M. It was the first of September. He'd start his fifth year at Hogwarts today. The fifth year was one of the most important years at Hogwarts because of he O.W.L Exams. He couldn't fall asleep anymore, so he decided he'd might as well read something. He grabbed towards the ground, groping for the book he read yesterday. He grabbed it. The cover said: Charms of Defense and Deterrence by Professor Catullus Sprangle. While laying comfortably in bed, he held up the heavy book and placed it on his lap. He put up his reading glasses. He'd only use those if he was tired while reading. He read an utterly interesting piece about Patronuses. It said: "A Patronus is a hidden, but inherent part of one's personality, that only comes to light when the able caster needs it, such as when facing something as inhumanly evil as a Dementor."
"Hmm..." The boy mumbled, while biting on his lip. He had wanted to try out the Patronus charm for some time now. He wondered what his Patronus would be.
Time passed as he lay in bed and read. When he read, time always seemed to go so fast. It was now 7 A.M. He decided to go downstairs and see if anyone was up. He was getting hungry. If Mom or Granny Hermione was up, they'd make him some eggs.
Max reckoned it was tough. Raising a baby. Let alone a twin and doing it on your own. Yes, the boy had a twin sister called Samantha. Sam for short. Max was happy Mom moved in with Uncle Ronald (Ronald Weasley was their grandfather, but they called him uncle for convenience) and Gran. When they were young, Uncle Ronald and Granny would take care of Max and Sam. Uncle Ronald would always watch Quidditch with Sam, and teach it her himself. One day he fell of and broke his shoulder. He laughed of the pain when Granny healed him. Max and Gran Hermione would mostly read. She'd teach him spells that would come in handy later on. She'd often show pictures of her with Harry Potter - the legend himself was Max and Sam's great-uncle - and with Grandpa. Ronald and Maxwell looked a lot like each other. The only difference was Max his long, unruly hair. He'd make a ponytail out of it most of the time. Combing his hair everyday was a waist of time, according to himself.
He went down the stairs. Silent. He didn't want to wake up Uncle Ronald and Granny. They slept in the room beside his. It was hard not to make a sound in the Burrow. The stairs were shrieking and the whole house looked like it could fall apart any minute. It would if it wasn't held together by magic. Max calculated that once. The gravity would pull the upper rooms towards the surface.
He got down the stairs. He was now in the living room. The clock - with the pictures of the Weasley's and there occupation - said it was 7.23 A.M. He looked around. There was no-one apart from their Owl, Arthur. Max decided to make himself a cup of tea to start of the day. He walked towards the kitchen counter. He decided he'd do it the Muggle way. He forgot his wand upstairs. He boiled some water and put it in the teapot, which was decorated with light blue figures. He put a tea bag in it and let it simmer for a minute. When it was done simmering, he poured some in his cup. Very gently he took a sip. It was a beautiful morning he noticed. The sun was shining and...
"Morning Max."
He recognized the voice immediately. Naturally. They'd been living together for 16 years. It was his twin sister, Sam.
Max had always found Sam pretty. Not in a sexual way. Just that he knew why people found her pretty and he agreed. When he was 5 or something, he actually was attracted to her. He remember picking flowers for her in the yard. He couldn't have known. Although when he thought back it felt really weird. Oh kids... He thought.
He raised his cup of tea towards the redhead. "Morning Sam. You'd like some tea?"
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Dolfyn Malfoy
He had one of the master bedrooms in the house. Yes. one of the eight. Malfoy Manor was huge. It was the residence of the Malfoy's.
Dolfyn lived there with his mother, father, and his sister Eleanora. His grandfather, Draco also lived in the house. He lived in the West-wing and Dolfyn and his family lived in the East. Dolfyin had never liked the Dark Arts, much like his father. It's a shame this house was full of it. They even had a basement which they once used as a prison. His grandfather had practiced the Dark Arts when he was his age. Draco Malfoy had once been a Death Eater for Lord Voldemort. Dolfyn couldn't imagine using unforgivable curses. Let alone at this age. His sister on the other hand, she'd do something like that in a second.
Dolfyn woke up around the usual 9 A.M. He'd normally go downstairs. To the dining hall. However today it was different. It was the first day of school. So instead of wasting his time on the mundane morning-routine, he decided to go for a flight.
He ran a hand through his messy, middle-long hair, and slicked it backward. He rubbed his eyes as he moaned and stod up. Walking towards the enormous closet, where his Quidditch robes hung. A big silver number 1 was displayed on the green uniform. He grabbed his Nimbus 360, a gift he got on his birthday from grandfather, and went out his room. He walked along the upper hall where he'd walk down the stairs. Down as he goes, he saw a painting of a man with long blonde hair. That was his great-grandfather Lucias Malfoy.
When he got outside he felt the rain drops on his head. "Pesky rain." He said as he looked up towards the grey sky. Nevertheless, he hopped on his broom and flew. He decided to fly in the forest. Here he had been training most of the Summer. Going at full speed. Dodging branches and trees. He started to accelerate and went into the woods. He took a snitch with him and let it out in the middle of the woods. The snitch immediately flew away, with Dolfyn trailing it. It was hard to see. The woods and the rain didn't make it any easier for him. He decided to scout the place out. Soon he saw the gold devil. He made a huge dive towards the snitch. Just before the ground he pulled up, when the snitch decided to fly low. With high speed and his hands forward, Dolfyn groped towards it.
He felt the metal touch his fingertips when a pain stroke his foot. He fell forward, off his broom. He had missed a fallen log and his foot had gotten hooked. So he lay there in the mud. He got up and sat down. He looked around. His broom lay 2 meters away from him. Luckily still intact. The snitch! He checked his right hand. No snitch. He checked his left. And there was the little devil. "Got you." He said relieved and rolled his eyes. He lay down again and took some rest.
He stumbled back towards the mansion, with his broom in his hand. It was just when he was at the gate, he noticed the rain had stopped. He opened the front door and said: "I'm back!" He didn't get a response. He took of his shoes and robe, which were both covered in mud. He now wore a undershirt and his Quidditch pants, who were a lot like jogging pants. He walked up to the dining room and was greeted by non other than Eleanora.
"Morning El. That bloody snitch nearly killed me," He said with an awkward smile at his face. "Again." He added.
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