A/N: I own nothing apart from Lotte and Mini. Seriously, if I own the twins or any of Harry Potter for that matter I would not be sitting her on the computer now, would I?

Chapter One.

Lotte and Mini

Charlotte Randy Erikson was an unusual girl that was for sure. Strangers only needed to look at her to know she had a plea for individuality.

Her hair fell to just above her shoulders, and was a raven black with pink underneath and blue streaks in her fringe. She always wore outrageously bright nail varnish on the nails of her long finger. Her ears were pierced twice in each lobe and once at the top of her right ear and all (apart from the top, which always bore a blue stud) sported different earrings that amazingly always seemed to look right.

Her fat stomach was pierced also and usually carried a blue and pink butterfly belly bar. She was skinny but had a figure to be envied for, with no bumpy or saggy odd bits and every curve hung in the right place.

Her choice of cloths were often outrageously bright, although her favourite clothes were her short denim skirt which became longer because of a white lace that was sewn under the denim and fell to just above her knees. With it she liked to wear bright pink legwarmers with blue high heels and a blue top that showed of her midriff. She also had pink netted gloves that reached her elbow, which she would wear with this particular outfit. This is what she wore currently as she boarded the train for her school.

Yes, Charlotte was a very strange girl… and she was also a witch, about to start her sixth year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.

'Lotte' an excitable voice called as she climbed on the train, she smiled at the head of her best friend, whose body was no doubt hidden behind the door her head pocked out from.

Lotte made her way over to Jasmine Morgan who flashed her friend a sheepish look before letting her squeeze though the small gap in the carriage.

'Melin, Mini, what happened?' Lotte asked with a chuckle as her emerald green eyes took in the mess. Green glob, just a shade lighter than Lotte's eyes, covered the carriage and Mini's orange summer dress.

'Erm… good question.' Mini laughed sheepishly.

'No way! This is never the potion we nicked from Snape last year to plant in his office after the summer.'

Mini nodded.

'Blimey, what happened?' Lotte asked with a grin, as she pulled out her wand (seven inches with a phoenix feather and unicorn hair) and cleared up the green glob. After she had done so she sat down besides the window and looked at her friend expectantly.

'It… uh… exploded.' And with that the two girls started laughing uncontrollably.

'Haha…how…haha?' Lotte gasped as she took a deep breath, unsure of why Mini and herself found the exploding potion so funny.

'I opened the box, you know, just to check and' she shrugged 'bang, next thing I know I'm covered in the stuff. I guess it didn't agree with being kept in a box in a warm room all summer.' She gave a small chuckle and sat down opposite her best friend.

'Well, we'll just have to find something else to plant on Snape, although I must admit that that would have been classic, him opening the box and it exploding on him rather than you.'

'Yeah.' Mini sighed dreamily as she turned her blue eyes to watch the train start to pull away from the station. She watched as parents waved goodbye to their children before turning back to Lotte.

'So what's with the blond?' Lotte asked her friend as she examined her long curly blond hair.

'Dunno, I just felt that blond was more me, you know?' Lotte nodded, she did know. Mini was always drop dead gorgeous but somehow with the blond curls instead of the mousy ones she looked more glamorous.

'They suit you, Mini' Lotte smiled.

'Well I wish I had the courage to do what you do. I love your hair, its amazing… and the way you wear bright colours and get away with it, you always looks stunning.'

'Min, please don't go and do a little rant about not being pretty, because you are stunning, why do you think boys drop on you like flies?' Lotte assured her friend. She had to do this every year, just to give her best friend a confidence boost and then she would hear no more about the 'why are you so pretty while I look like I hit every branch on the ugly tree' rant.

Mini flashed her raven-haired friend a smile just as the carriage door opened.

''Scuse… do you mind? Everywhere else is full.' Both girls looked up to see two red headed twins who were of course the infamous Weasley twins and their best friend Lee Jordan.

'Not at all.' Lotte waved her hand to the free seats before flashing a grin at her best friend, whom she knew for a fact had a thing for Lee.

'Im Charlotte Erikson and this is Jasmine Morgan.' Lotte introduced 'But you can call us Lotte and Mini.'

'Course we know who you are.' The twins grinned 'you're the girls who live to make Snape's life hell.' Both girls shared knowing smiles; they had indeed spent every possible chance since their first year aiming to get Snape to quit. All they had achieved so far was nearly every night of their school life in detention.

'We try our hardest.' Mini grinned before turning to face the boys 'and you are the Weasley twins, masters of joking and pranks along side your best friend Lee Jordan.'

'We're impressed.' George joked. Somehow Lotte could just tell them apart.

'Your lucky you didn't turn up earlier, Min here had a little problem with our next prank.' Lotte smirked.

'Oh, do tell' Fred beamed.

They spent the rest of the journey laughing and telling jokes and past pranks. The girls even came up with some excellent new ideas for the two girls to try out of Snape, one involving turning his 'oh so very sexy' greasy mop of what they supposed he considered hair into a lovely, shiny pink mop that everyone apart from him could see.

When the train came to a stop at Hogsmeade station it was Fred's idea that the five of them share a carriage.

'But they're only meant for four.' Lotte pointed out.

'Awe, common we can squeeze in' George begged, flashing the raven-haired girl the 'oh so adorable' puppy dog eyes.

'Yeah, you can always sit on my lap' Fred winked.

'In your dreams Weasley' she frowned as she climbed into the carriage and sat besides Mini. It was a tight squeeze (mainly for the guys seeing as the girls made them three sit together on the two man seat while they got the other side.)

Once they arrived in the great hall the girls bid goodbye to the boys and headed over to the Ravenclaw table where they sat down at the far end, not wanting to socialise with the rest of their house.

'Do you think Lee likes me?' Mini asked quietly as she leaned her head towards her friend, hoping that no one would over hear.

'Quite probable. I think all three of them had a hard job taking their eyes off of you.'

'It's a shame they're in their last year.' Mini frowned; choosing to ignore her friends comment because she knew it wasn't true. Fred had had a hard time keeping his eyes of Lotte, not her.

'Whose she?' Lotte asked with a look of disgust as she nodded over to the direction of the staff table where a plumb lady with brown hair sat wearing completely pink.

'Don't know but I don't like the look of her.'

'She seems like a right push over…' Lotte agreed.

Oh how wrong could those girls be.

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