Cleaver {HP} [Me and The Anonymous]

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ooc;; couldn't think of a title :/
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Semper's eyes flickered over the sign above his head, grimacing slightly. "Back again," he murmured under his breath, half-heartedly donning a faux grin as his father grabbed his shoulder, directing him towards the barrier seperating the muggle King's Cross Station from Platform 9 3/4.

Rolling his eyes at the man's actions Semper shrugged off his grip, nodding curtly towards the man before disappearing into the crowd, dragging his trunk behind him.

The blonde head of hair was quickly lost in the sea of other students, and Semper's father left as soon as his son left his vision. Grimacing at the thought of his parent's Semper attempted to scour the area for a familiar face, frowning to himself and muttering curses to himself when he couldn't.

What a perfect way to start fifth year.

 

[The Anonymour]

Joe and Josh Antonimous stood staring at the chaos of parents, students and animal familiars that made up Platform 9 ¾.

The twin brothers both had shoulder-length, messy black hair, and eyes of a bright turquoise. They were wearing casual, dark muggle attire, consisting of silk shirts, stylishly-torn jeans and jackets tied around their waists.

A black and white, tired-looking cat was perched on Joe’s left shoulder, softly licking her master’s cheek clean of resent tears. Meanwhile, what appeared to be a thick, black and dark green collar was wrapped around Joshes neck, hissing softly. A smooth, scaled head emerged from under Joshes collar, tasting the air with it’s tongue.

“Go find us a compartment.” Joe said to Sweep and, with a moments pressure on his shoulder, the cat pounced off and scurried onto the train, scouting out an unoccupied compartment.

 

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Semper growled slightly to himself as he lugged his trunk onto the train, smirking slightly to himself when he finally managed to get in onboard. He rolled his eyes as he passed a group of bickering first-years, tightening his trench coat around himself and shouldering past a trio of third-year Gryffindors, loitering aimlessly outside an empty compartment. Shooting them a glare Semper entered aforementioned empty compartment, relaxing ever-so-slightly in the comparative quiet of the small room.

Muttering a quick Wingardium Leviosa under his breath Semper directed his baggage onto the overhead rails. Sighing in something akin to relief the young wizard sat down, the snake coiled round his wrist rearing it's head out of his sleeve. Shooting the creature an evil look and ignoring it's hisses of protest he re-covered it's head, blocking it's view again.

Light blue eyes surveyed the empty compartment, apparently judging it, and, from the grimace that was the immediate response, finding it rather disappointing.

"It never changes," Semper muttered to himself, leaning backwards and shutting his eyes, preparing himself for a long and boring journey.

 

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After several minutes, Sweep returned, coiling herself around Joe’s legs and mewing softly.

“You found one?” Joe asked softly. Sweep meowed again. “Okay, let’s go.”

“You got poof?” asked Josh, taking out his wand and waving it in the vague direction of his and Joe’s trunks, so that they raised several feet in the air.

“In my pocket.” said Joe, indicating the breast pocket his hamster was asleep in. “Where’s Regal?”

Josh placed his thump and forefinger into his mouth and blew. A second later, a dark brown, almost black owl descended out of apparent thin air and landed on his shoulder. The snake around his neck hissed angrily.

“Shut up, Sylrana.” Josh hissed back, then held his wand in front of him so that the trunks hovered ahead of them. “Okay, let’s go.”

They both followed sweep as she mad her way onto the train, hissing at any first years that got too close. Ron Weasley, a Gryffindor in their year, recognised the cat, and aimed a kick at it.

“Five points from Gryffindor!” Joe backed from behind him, making said ginger menace flinch and back several steps away. “For animal abuse.”

“Since when can you-?” Weasley began hotly, before spotting the gleaming silver and green badge on Joe’s chest. “No way Dumbledore made you a prefect!” He denied, pointing at said badge. “He’s not that mental.”

“Another five points, for disrespecting a prefect.” Joe sneered, and oh, the look on Weasley’s face was worth it.

“So, where’s Potter and that night troll you call a girl friend.?" Josh asked patronizingly.

“She’s not…. Hermione and I aren’t…” Weasley spluttered, turning an extremely satisfying shade of scarlet. Sweep, becoming bored with the situation, walked into the compartment they were all standing in front of, and looked up at Semper inquisitively.

 

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Semper's head lolled back slightly on the head of his seat, Zephyr's constant heat creating a comforting warmth around his arm. Rolling his eyes he opened his lids to stare half-heartedly at the ceiling, before tilting his head to face the door to the compartment.

Zephyr hissed in irritation and Semper merely looked at the door in bemusement. Apparently there was something of a commotion going on outside. At that moment the door opened, Gale fluttering in over the heads of the new arrivals. Semper made a quiet sound of amusement as the Little Owl settled onto the table, cocking it's head at it's owner.

Apparently bored with mindlessly staring at the creature Semper's gaze flickered towards the cat on the ground before him, raising a speculative eyebrow.

"Yes, Sweep?" Semper murmured, lips curving into the slightest of grins.

Gale's talons pattered across the wooden surface of the table he had landed on, and Semper was once again distracted, apparently far too concerned with his familiars to pay a great deal of attention to the two other students.

 

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Sweep let out a soft meow and a short purr, before jumping lightly into the seat next to Semper and curling up. Moments later, with a shouted reminder of “You can’t take points from other prefects, Potter!”, Joe and Josh entered the compartment.

“Hey, Semper, mind if we sit with you?” Josh asked, nodding to the two open seats.

 

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"Hnn?" Semper made a vaguely startled noise at the voice, before berating himself. If Sweep was here he shouldn't be surprised that the two Slytherin's were to soon follow.

"Sure, whatever."

Zephyr made a strangled noise of irritation from inside Semper's sleeve.

 

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Josh directed the trunks inside and into the luggage rack with his wand. “Thanks.” he said simply, then added under his breath, in parseltounge. “And Slyrana, I swear to god, if you keep using that foul language, I’m going to wash your mouth out with soap.”

Joe chuckled as he took out his gold and cream hamster, poof, and set the sleeping furball on the window seat, and then said “Right-o, I’m off to the prefect compartment. I’ll be back around noon.”

“Send Parkinson my love.” Josh said sarcastically, collapsing into a seat across from Semper, so that Regal screeched in irritation and perched himself on the luggage rack, and pulled out ‘The Standard Book of Spells: Grade 5’.

“Will do.” said Joe and, with a nod to Semper, left the compartment.

 

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"No problem," Semper responded easily, Gale making a bizarre cooing noise that Semper was sure wasn't one owls naturally made.

Slightly peturbed by the development Semper allowed the Little Owl exit from the compartment through the door, giving it free reign to do whatever pleased it. Undoubtably it would just end up sitting down somewhere and going to sleep, the stupid animal.

Semper's ponderings ceased as he realised Joe was leaving, inclining his head in the other Slytherin's general direction as he left, apparently deciding not to bother with actual communication.

Zephyr, apparently becoming ever-more irritated with being kept trapped inside Semper's sleeve, slithered out from the confines on the fabric, shooting Semper as good a dirty look as a snake possibly could. The Slytherin rolled his eyes in exasperation.

Nonetheless he didn't force the creature back into his sleeve, doing his best to avoid being on the recieving end of the reptile's irritation.

 

[The Anonymour]

Five minutes after Joe left the compartment, the train set off from the platform. The compartment was silent apart from the occasional squeak, hiss, hoot or meow from one of the animals in the room, or the turn of Joshes book.

Josh was absentmindedly twirling his wand in small circles. Multicoloured bits of tiny confetti were pouring from the wand tip and trailing through the air in lazy patterns.

Now, Sweep and Poof were curled up together in the seat next to Semper, Regal was sleeping in the luggage rack with his head under his wing, and Slyrana was dozing, still around Joshes neck. After another moment, Josh sighed and closed his book.

“So, how was your summer?”

 

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Semper's eyes were half-lidded, his gaze absentmindedly flicking over to stare out of the window, watching the scenery whistle by with mild disdain. The near-silence could have been considered peaceful for some, he supposed, as he shifted his gaze to face Zephyr, the snake hissing angrily at him.

Apart from the almost inaudible noises the animals insisted upon making every now and then. Grimacing slightly Semper flicked his wand, his anger inadvertently causing him to place a mild Silencio on the animals in the compartment.

He frowned, slightly irritated by the lack of control over his magic and muttered the counter-curse under his breath.

Semper's eyes darted up to Josh's when the boy sighed, raising an eyebrow inquisitively.

"Bearable, I suppose. Little happened. And yours?"

 

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Josh waved his hand in a vague motion. “Same old, same old. Orphanages are very boring, you know. Or maybe you don’t.” He allowed himself a small chuckle. “Joe and I mainly read through our textbooks and encouraged some of the underaged to attempt magic.”

Over the next hour, Draco, Theodore and Millicent joined them. Josh was discussing Quiddich with the three when their compartment door was opened and an elderly witch said. “Anything off the trolley, dears?” Josh jumped out of his seat.

"Oh, yes! I'll take ten pumpkin pasty's, a box of ice mice, three liquorice wands- the red kind, some toothflossing spearmints..." and so Josh went on, naming nearly every candy and snack on the trolley. He reached up into the luggage racks for his money bag, and counted out all that he was paying; handing it to the trolley lady cheerfully. "Here you go~!"

 

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Semper stared at Josh in bemusement, raising an eyebrow but otherwise ignoring the other boy's inane antics. He shook his head in the woman's direction, apparently not one for polite courtesy, and waved her off.

He opened his mouth as though to comment on the abnormally large amount of confectionary Josh had purchased, before deciding that actually, he'd rather not know.

Zephyr seemed likewise peturbed by Josh's actions, hissing out confused gibberish in the boy's general direction.

He'd never been an incredibly intelligent animal. Semper figured none of his animal companions were though, and he was had doubts about his wizard ones too, when things like this occured.

 

[The Anonymour]

As Josh, Draco, Millicent and Theodore continues their conversation and ate their snakes, there was a loud crash on their compartment door. Seconds later, it was thrust open, and a twitchy and grinning Joe flung himself into the room.

“Uh… Joe?” said Josh wearily.

“Josh!” Joe gasped, as if he’d only just noticed his brother. He flung himself onto Josh in a bone-cracking hug. “Good to see you!”

“Joe- did you-?” Josh wheezed, trying to extract his brother.

“Semp!” Joe shouted joyfully, releasing his brother and wringing one of Semper’s hands in both of his own. “Good to see you!”

“You drank coffee again, didn’t you?” Draco asked dully.

Joe whipped his head around and grinned manically. “Dray! Good to see you! Millie! Good to see you! Theo! Good to see you!” He went around the other three, exchanging hugs and handshakes.

At that moment, a breathless Pansy showed up and leaned against the door frame, panting. “I tried… to stop him!”

“Pansy!” Joe literally sang, throwing his arms around her. “Good to see you!”

“You just saw me about thirty seconds ago, you great dolt!” Pansy exclaimed, prising off Joe’s vice-like grip on her.

“How many cups of coffee did you have?” Josh sighed, dragging his brother down into the seat next to him.

“Um… one…” Joe said quietly, fidgeting in his seat.

“And how many times did you refill it?”

“Once.”

“Six times.” Pansy supplied helpfully.

“Silence, wench.” Joe demanded, pouting.

 

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Semper flinched at the crashing noise, blinking wildly at the sudden noise and twitching his eyes slightly in exasperation. He turned to face the door mere moments before it swung open, rolling his eyes when he noticed who it was.

He grimaced slightly at the bone-crushing hug Joe was giving his brother, apparently feeling something not unlike pity for the other Slytherin. What an unfortunate thing to have to endure.

Of course the emotion immediately faded when Semper found his hand being shook rather enthusiastically by the same boy, and he found himself desperately attempting to pull away from his grip.

Of course the addition of the stupid nickname as well made it all the worse and Semper couldn't help but feel somewhat humiliated by the whole ordeal.

Desperately trying to curb the both embarrased and angry blush he knew was there Semper snorted haughtily, tilting his nose up at the other boy.

"Yes," Semper remarked dryly, "always a pleasure."

He winced slightly as Joe continued hugging and shaking hands with the rest of the compartment, apparently pitying them all the moreso now that he had gone through the embarrassment of it himself.

Semper once again wondered whether his assumptions about all of his companions being suitably idiot were correct.

He decided that yes, they probably were.

 

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Josh sighed. "And now I've gotta fix you. Sit still." That was clearly a futile effort, as Joe twitched every other second. Josh took out his wandand pointed it at his brother.

"What are you going to do?" asked Pansy wearily.

"Apply some simple Arithmancy," Josh said slowly, twiling his wand in Joe's general direction. "To indentify the caffine in his system, then Transfigure it into water."

After several minutes of wand-waving, Joe was still and silent once more.

"No more coffee." Josh reprimanded, smacking his brother atop the head with his wand.

 

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Semper rolled his eyes at the other Slytherins, especially so at Joe, if only for his sheer idiocy.

Deciding to tune out the other Semper retrieved his book, flicking through the pages by casually flicking his wand every now and then.

Zephyr seemed to decide that he was getting bored, finally, choosing to seat himself on Semper's head, if only for the boy's body heat and the fact that sitting curled up on his head meant he wouldn't find himself choking on fabric like he would up the boy's sleeve.

Semper raised an eyebrow as he felt the reptile ruffle his hair with it's movement, hissing angrily in Parseltongue.

The serpent's retort was curt and irrtated, and with a flick of the wand he'd been using to turn his pages Semper sent a stinging hex in the creature's general direction.