Vincent, Gregory, and Millicent lowered their gazes. I wouldn't call them out, but the three had the lowest academic grades. Their strengths simply didn't lie in paperwork. I understood that, and I wished there was an alternative solution. The way the society was set up, however, if they wanted to snatch decent jobs they needed to do well on their O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s. The best way to do that was to secure a firm foundation of the basics ASAP.

I had come to genuinely care for all my snakes and I wanted the best future for them. The three of them had no ambition or desire. To be frank, I really didn't know why they were put into Slytherin.

Until they had that drive I was going to push them. One day they'd find their passion, they just needed time. Meanwhile, I wanted to give them the best chance I could.

Which meant lots of group studying.

"Come on," Daphne said with a sigh. "Only charms is left. No one needs help with potions, right?"

Everyone shook their heads. Professor Snape made damn sure none of the Slytherins had any issues with potions. If he so much as thought a single one was dragging in lessons, he'd pull them aside after dinner and inflict such a scathing lecture it'd bring them to near tears. The Slytherin prefects were always offering to help tutor anyone lagging in potions.

"Y-Your majesty, your twin is outside again—"

"Oh my God if it's another dragon, I swear to—"

"Dragon?" echoed more than a few confused children.

I waved them off. "Another time for that story."

It, thankfully, was not a dragon. Harry wanted to borrow my notes—I had shown him how to read shorthand, so he knew—and use them to study. I obliged because I was a good sister and I wanted him to succeed. Not like I needed them when I had such a big study group.

One way or another, we'd get through those damn exams.

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Bonus scene:

It was a rare opportunity. As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to act.

There, in the hallway ahead of me, Harry was chatting with Fred and George. There were no books in any of their hands, and no class was expecting them for a while.

I shoved my textbooks into Draco's arms, the poor boy sputtering in surprise. I turned on my heel to Harry and sprinted. I whipped out my wand and cast a quick spell to tie Fred's shoelaces together. Just as Fred noticed what I had done, I had jumped onto Harry's back. I swung out my legs as Harry reflexively began to piggy-back carry me.

"TWIN RACE: GO GO GO!"

Without really thinking, Harry began to run with me on him. I turned around to see the looks of the flabbergasted twins. I stuck out my tongue and taunted them, "Suckers!"

They gasped. George then picked up Fred, tossed him over his shoulder and started running to catch up.

"NOT TODAY, SNAKE!"

"FASTER HARRY, FASTER!"

"WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO GO, ROSIE?!"

"JUST RUN, BROTHER, RUN!"

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