Three's a Crowd [Ocean & Chrissy]

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The Wildspear twins were near impossible to tell apart. They had grown up with this knowledge, and often played each other. People only knew which one they were, if they told them. But who said that they had to give their correct name? It wasn't hard. And they weren't technically lying, for each boy shared the same first and middle name, just switched. If Orion said that his name really was Ocean, he wouldn't be lying. He just never told them that it was his first name. It didn't matter either way. He and his brother were different people but were still one. Orion could be either twin he wanted. He could act impulsive and emotional like Ocean, should he choose. There was one big difference between the twins. That one difference was that Orion had a medical ailment, and Orion didn't. As children, they used that to their advantage when the time was right. But now, it proved to others, that in fact, Orion and Ocean Wildspear were different. Orion was careful not to get hurt, for anything small could become dangerous. Being careful was selfish. He didn't want his brother to worry, and because they were always together, and were one, it was a selfish attempt.

Orion had been hurt during his last class of the day. He had cut himself on some broken glass. Any normal student, it wouldn't be that big of a deal, but, being Orion, he was rushed to the Hospital Wing. It wasn't that bad, but after going to the nurse, she quickly healed it, but wanted to observe him for some time, just to make sure that he hadn't lost too much blood on the trip through the castle. Ocean was not allowed to stay. Orion looked reassuringly at this brother, telling him that everything would be alright. He would meet him back at the common room, when he was allowed to leave. The boy knew how much his brother cared, and how his illness affected the other boy.

After some time, Orion was allowed to leave. As promised, he made his way back to the common room. Looking at, and ribbing the spot that once contained the cut. He pondered as he walked about how something so small could bring so much harm to him. She gave a heavy sigh as he entered the moving staircase. Now he would have to pay attention. To make his way back to his house common room, he had to take the staircase. Being here a seventh year now, Orion had a good grasp on the movements, being able to guess when the case was about to move. It wasn't an exact science. He stood at a platform, waiting for the stairs to return, so that he could continue up, he watched, with a smile on his face, other students struggling to get to their destination, due to the movement of the stairs they were on.

In time, he made it to the portrait of the Fat Lady. Speaking the password, the portrait swung open, and he climbed into the red and gold room.

@ocean
@chrissy

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So far, anyway, the school year was turning out to be better than Chrissy had initially imagined. It was her first fall at Hogwarts, since she had come a semester later than the majority of the Ilvermorny transfer students, and she was becoming more and more comfortable being a Hogwarts student in general. It was a lot easier, she thought, when she didn't have to worry quite as much about MACUSA and what they were going to do next. She was adopted and had a different last name from when she had started at Hogwarts in January to prove it, so all that she really had to do was coast along for a while until things finished up with Lee's work and they could hopefully return to California.

Her classes were easier, too, or maybe she was just getting better at handling the work that she had to do for them. She hadn't been held back like she thought she would be, so she must have been doing something right. Without any more classes for the day, she was able to have a little bit of downtime before dinner, though she didn't see much use in getting wrapped up in homework yet.

Instead, she was sitting in the common room, facing the door out of habit. Though she knew that Hogwarts was safe enough, it wasn't something that Chrissy felt capable of stopping herself from doing. It reassured her that, should anything go wrong, at least she would be able to react.

@orion
@ocean

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As usual after his brother had found himself injured, Ocean was in quite a foul mood. He had spent a bit of time pacing along the boys dormitory but kept checking his watch over and over to see if it made sense for Orion to come back already. By now it seemed likely that the time was there so he was increasingly grumpy for every single second that he hadn't seen his brother yet. He was getting impatient and that didn't usually help to make him a better person. He got very unpleasant, to say the least. It wasn't always worry, sometimes it was more about being dismissed than being concerned as he had the utmost faith in his brother. Not always in the school nurse.

So he stormed down the stairs, unceremoniously shoving a first year aside. Luckily he didn't really have a good reputation at times like these. Most people knew to avoid him when his brother was out in the hospital wing. Still, the poor first year hadn't had much of a chance to get used to it yet. He always felt like destroying things when in a mood like this. He huffed a bit indignantly at a student giving him a foul look. They always liked the jokes, they had to deal with this too in that case.

It was then that the portrait opened and his brother walked through. Ocean instantly headed to stand by the portrait hole on this side and looked at his brother, although the fire in his eyes was slowly dying down. "Next time I'm painting the entire school pink if they have the audacity to take that long again. I trust all went well?" Not that he had a lot of patience to wait for a reply. It was about two seconds before he hugged his brother closely. This... this was stupid.

@orion
@chrissy

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The hospital wing was, sadly, something like a third home to Orion. He knew the staff there, and they knew of his situation. Any little cut could spell disaster. Because of that, he had spent more time there over the years than most students as a whole. He had been given some pumpkin juice while he was there, so that he wouldn't be as affected by the blood loss as he made his way out. He was also given strict instructions to make sure to go down to the great hall when dinner became available, and eat. He would do that, but first, he had to take care of something far more important than his stomach. His brother was certainly worried, and wouldn't bee in the best mood. Reuniting with his mirrored image was Orion's first priority.

Out of the two boys, Ocean tended to be more emotional and irrational. Orion knew that he being injured was usually a catalyst for the other boy's mood to deteriorate. He was sure that he would find Ocean in the common room either pacing or causing havoc. The tall boy knew that he had been away from his brother for far too long. They were joined at the hip most of the time. The boys insisted in sitting next to each other in any class they shared, and quickly reunited after any class that they didn't.

After uttering the password, the portrait swung open and Orion was finally back in the common room. It didn't take long for him to spot the same face that showed up in the mirror. He saw the boy immediately make his way over to his brother. Orion could see the fire still burning in his eyes. "Next time I'm painting the entire school pink if they have the audacity to take that long again. I trust all went well?" Orion laughed, wrapping his arms around his brother so that the two embraced. It felt good to be so close again. "I'm fine O." He softly reassured the boy, although it was muffled in the boys shoulder. Orion let the other him take as long as he needed.

@chrissy
@ocean

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There was a boy who walked into the common room at about that moment. Either she had begun to see double, Chrissy thought, or he and a different boy who had been in the common room—both of them tall and pale, with wiry frames and red hair—were identical twins. There were quite a few sets of multiples around Hogwarts, including some who had come to the school from Ilvermorny. There were even three girls in Hufflepuff House who were a set of triplets, she knew. (Well, she didn't know them; she only really knew about them.)

The two young men were older than she, maybe in Mazie's year, but were definitely not in fifth year like herself, and the one who had been in the common room looked and sounded relieved to have been reunited with his brother. He mentioned something about how something had taken a long time and how he hoped it wouldn't take so long in the future, but that he hoped that something gone well. Chrissy watched, neither particularly interested nor particularly disinterested in the conversation, as the one boy embraced the other. She didn't have any guesses as to what had happened, exactly, and it wasn't really her business; she just happened to be sitting there.

@orion
@ocean

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It was always troublesome for Ocean when his brother got hurt. He was too aware of the possibility that he might lose his brother. Too aware that accidents were common and he could get hurt with the smallest things. Too guilty over the fact it had affected his brother but not him. He grumbled ever so slightly, but all in all he was just happy everything was fine now. He hugged his brother a little tighter before letting go. "I was serious though. I'm painting the entire school pink. And when I'm done with that I found a cool plant mum told us about. It could overgrow the exterior of the entire school in about three days. Brings a little nature back, which mother claims is always a good thing."

It was one of the few things that could keep Ocean calm when he was away from his brother. Thinking about how he could cause trouble or make the world pay for keeping them apart. He knew he depended far too much on his twin and that it was probably unhealthy but he failed to care. Family was very important and without Orion, Ocean didn't have much of a family. They had their mum, yes, but she was so busy she hardly ever had time for the boys. It was better not to count on her and only on Orion. Perhaps it was lonely but who else was going to be there for them? Life had shown them nobody would if they didn't stick around for each other.

@chrissy
@orion

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Orion knew that he and Ocean weren't the only set of twins or more at the school. But they were different from all the others. For starters, they weren't ordinary wizards. They were Druids. They had a deeper connection to magic than anyone else at this school could imagine.

Getting injured didn't just hurt him, it hurt his brother, maybe even more. He knew that the other him was so worried about his ailment. The thought of leaving his brother, in such a permanent way, terrified him. Neither he nor his brother could stand being apart for too long. He could feel his brothers groaning. While he knew the boy could have a hot head, especially when Orion was hurt, he knew that Ocean was happy that his brother was safe. The embrace proved that to anyone watching. After the long embrace, the boys separated. Orion chuckled as his brother reiterated his claims of painting the castle pink. It definitely sounded like something he would do. Anyone who doubted it, didn't know the Wildspear boys well enough. Then he mentioned a plant that their mother had talked about. "Interesting, I didn't think they'd have something like that here. We should hide some around." He gave a mischievous grin to the boy who looked like him.

As the boys reconnected, Orion could feel the stairs of many students, some confused, some curious. He locked eyes with one particular observer. He gave a small smile, and wrapped an arm around his brothers shoulder, leaning on the identical boy and giving a wicked grin to the girl "Fanaticizing about twins are we?"

@chrissy
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It wasn't that Chrissy had never seen identical twins before; of course she had, but it was sort of like seeing double. She wasn't really focused on their conversation, not any more than she focused on anyone else's conversations because of her past traumatic experiences, and she had essentially pulled her attention away from the two boys when she heard one of the two of them speak to her.

There were other people in the common room, but he had had to focus on her, asking her if she was fantasizing about them. A shiver ran down Chrissy's spine at the boy's grin, the way he zeroed in on her. That was disgusting, she thought; of course she wasn't fantasizing about them! Who did they think she was?

She shook her head quickly, hoping that the twins would drop the subject as soon as they saw that she really wasn't interested in them and hadn't meant to look at them for so long. "Ew, n-no," she stammered, wishing she could just run away without their noticing it. "I just…"

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The only thing that really managed to catch Ocean's attention (besides his brother) was... well very little. He certainly hadn't been interested in the little girl and her watching them. She wasn't Orion so she just was insignificant and unimportant, yet that didn't stop him from joining his brother for a bit of fun. Namely; making people highly uncomfortable. He joined his brother, leaning on his shoulder casually as he looked at the girl was a look that could only be described as predatory. Oh yes, he could be unpleasant if he wanted to be. He looked her up and down in faint interest and and grinned as she stammered.

"It's totally okay." He assured her, and he meant every syllable of it. "We get that a lot. It's the fun of two for the price of one, right?" He said with a smile on his lips that could only mean trouble, especially to those that knew the twins in any sort of capacity. They could be quite problematic if they set their minds to it. He leaned in a little as he narrowed his eyes at her. "You're kind of pretty." It was nothing but an observation, mostly designed to make her even more uncomfortable. He didn't really care if she was the most beautiful woman on the planet. It wasn't like she'd be able to tell him and his twin brother apart. Nobody could, and thus nobody was really worth the effort of getting to know them. Luckily Orion was a little more outgoing than he was.

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As Orion pulled his focus onto the girl and grinned, the look on her face was priceless. It only made his grin grow and the evil glint in his eye shine. Shaking her head "Ew" was the first thing she said. Everyone other than Ocean was a toy to Orion. He made a point to know those that could hurt him - those with authority - But past that, there were just there for his entertainment. The boys near mimicked each other as they leaned on each other and smiled at the girl. Both had now targeted the girl, seeming to be of one mind.

Ocean assured the girl that it was acceptable to fanaticize about them. "We get that a lot. It's the fun of two for the price of one, right?" Orion chuckled as he winked at the girl "Wouldn't be the first time. Who wouldn't want double." The boys together had a pretty harsh reputation. They had pulled many pranks, and weren't liked by many students, and for good reason. They had a wicked since of humor, and sometimes could even turn violent.

The other him mentioned that she was pretty, and Orion leaned in for a better look. "Not really my type, but put a little effort in..." He gave a shrug. Now the boys were bouncing off of each other just for the fun of it. Their comments could be mean, and hurtful, but it didn't matter to them. True, they did have some that they could call their friends, but even they couldn't tell the boys apart. It seemed as though most students didn't even try anymore.

@chrissy
@ocean