Salt in the Wound (Anna)

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It was a rare occasion that Lucy Weasley spoke to her twin sister of her own accord. She kept her distance from Anna while at school; she always had. Being Sorted into Slytherin instead of Gryffindor was one of the best things that had ever happened to her, because it meant that Lucy's life was, for the most part, completely separate from her sister's.

Lucy would have gone around the school to learn if Anna had put her name in the Goblet of Fire. It would have taken her much longer than going to Anna directly, though, and Lucy wanted to get it done and over with. Her conversation with her friends at the Start-of-Term Feast and Asa's having asked had left her curious about it for too long. Had Anna entered? Had she gotten too scared (as Lucy secretly hoped she had)? If she had entered, Anna had just as much of a chance as she did—the same as any of the other Hogwarts entrants—but that was a chance.

After dinner one night, Lucy finished early, keeping an eye on the Gryffindor table. Once she saw that her sister had finished eating, she stood from her own table, ready to pounce.

She strode over to her sister. “Anna,” she asked, not mincing words, “have you put your name in the Goblet of Fire?”

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Anna and her sister didn't mingle. To be quite honest, they really just didn't get along with one another. At all. They never had. Everyone always spoke about twins and how close they were supposed to be. Sometimes Anna wondered what that would be like, but she never experienced it, and not because she didn't want it. Lucy ... well, he sister liked to have her own space. As a general rule she ignored Anna. When they were younger, that really hurt Anna and made her sad, but she got used to it and over it. If Lucy wanted to do things on her own, then fine. There was no point in fighting her on it. Deep down, Anna hoped that someday Lucy would want to talk to her and get close to her, but she really didn't think it would happen.

Which would explain her obvious surprise when her sister approached her after dinner one night. Anna saw her coming and wondered what was going on. Lucy never approached her in front of other students and here they were, still in the Great Hall. "Anna, have you put your name in the Goblet of Fire?" Whatever else Anna might have expected, that was not it.

She gave her sister a weird look and then said, "Why do you want to know?" Then, figuring Lucy would probably take offense to that, she added. "Of course I did. Did you?" She didn't know where this conversation would go, but she didn't think it was going to be a good one.

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Lucy tried not to laugh at the quizzical look that Anna gave her. “Why do you want to know?” Because she was her twin sister? Because nearly everyone to whom she had spoken had, except for a few people, Ondina among them? Because she wanted to know if there was any way to bribe the Goblet if Anna had, indeed, put her name into it? Because it was her glory on the line? Prepared to open her mouth to say something rather biting in response to her sister’s negativity—simultaneously surprised that Anna was even capable of being negative—Anna gave her an answer. “Of course I did,” she said. There had been a chance that she hadn’t, but hearing that she had confirmed Lucy’s fears: Anna could become the Hogwarts Champion instead of her.

“Did you?”

Nodding and giving her sister a smirk, Lucy mocked her. “Of course I did.” She held her head up a little bit higher; she was more capable of actually winning anything. What did she have to be worried about, really? For all her worrying, a Mudblood would probably end up becoming Champion, and her eyes would end up in a permanent glare for the rest of the year. “The Goblet practically thanked me.”

@annelise

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Anna could see her sister's initial frustration when she didn't give an answer right away, but she didn't care. Lucy rarely talked to her, unless she wanted to berate her or tell her she wasn't worth anything. So why should Anna rush to do what Lucy wanted? Or to even tell her what she wanted to know? When Anna answered, she watched Lucy's reaction closely, curious about what her twin would think. All she saw was frustration, but she didn't know why. 

Then Lucy copied her answer and Anna resisted the temptation to roll her eyes. Obviously Lucy wasn't happy Anna joined and was trying to make her upset. This time,Anna was going to try not to give into that. She didn't need to. "Oh really?" Anna asked when Lucy said that the Goblet thanked her. "And how exactly did it do that?" Between the two of them, Anna had no idea which one the Goblet would choose, but her sister's attitude was getting on her nerves, as it often did. 

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