Hey! M'name's Grace. I hope you enjoy this Fred/OC story. Reviews are welcome! I will post the next chapter really soon!


Eve wiped the moisture from her cheeks while focusing on the marble tomb placed in front of her. Fred gently wrapped his hand around her waist and she buried her tear soaked face into his shoulder.

It had all happened so quickly, Dumbledore had been stuck and then fallen, the students gathered, weeping, screaming, mourning their murdered headmaster Eve had arrived shortly after with the Weasley clan. Fred, George and she had all left Weasley Wheezes shop and hurried off to Hogwarts. Professor McGonagall, whom Fred and George had taken to jokingly calling Minerva, had greeted them in the courtyard, directing them to the funeral reception.

"Mr. Potter saw the whole thing, I suggest you watch him for a while.' alerted Professor McGonagall. Eve and Fred nodded and took their seats, looking out for Harry who was, sitting down nearby, looking angered and pale.

A short man with tufted hair started the ceremony. Recalling memories and events in dear old Dumbledore's life. Eve only thought of her memories of Dumbledore, the riveting speeches, which most students hated, the witty remarks and love of Hogwarts, as well as her collections of Muggle candy.

She remembered when she first met him personally, Fred and George had snuck into Snape's room and taken all of his robes and replaced them with Sprout's grubby pairs of overalls and gardening hats. Snape was convinced that Eve was part of the prank because to distract Snape, Fred and George asked Eve to consult Snape on a potion the twins and her had been brewing for their upcoming tricks and gags. Eve meanwhile, was totally oblivious and if she had known wouldn't have gone through with it since she protested pranking. Dumbledore had politely questioned her about the older children in her Eldridge clan, Eden, Elden, Emmery and Eugena (she always detested the fact her parents given them all names starting with 'e'). She told him straight away she had no intention of pranking her Professor and that it was all those damn Weasley boys. Dumbledore laughed at her temper. She didn't get in trouble, but Fred and George did.

The man carried on about Dumbledore and how much he would be missed. Eve started to zone out of the glimmer white tomb. Her brain going fuzzy. Fred nudged her.

"Eve, it's time to go back to the Burrow.' Eve nodded and took Fred's hand. She was use to death and silence, her mother had lost most of her family in the first War and her brother, Emmery, had been killed by deatheaters when he 22, she was only 16. Now, it was different. Everyone knew that Voldemort was back now; everyone knew this was only the beginning of a long series of deaths and losses to come.

Eve took Fred's hand and apparated to the Burrow. Molly and Arthur were already there, as were George, Ron and Hermione. Molly was making up some sandwiches and Arthur was sitting at the table talking to the teenagers. Fred gently took her hand and they walked up to Fred and George's room, George was already lying on his bed.

"Hullo, Freve." He greeted them by their couple name, which they hated. George sat down on Fred's bed between the two emotionally exhausted people.

"Bill and Fleur are coming tomorrow, we can't look like monsters when they come, what would Ms. Veela say?" he said, putting his arms around their shoulders, pulling on Eve's hair.

"Oww, my hair." groaned Eve, pulling her hair from under his shoulder. Fred tiredly laughed and rubbed his eyes, George grabbed onto Eve's hair and pretended to pull it.

"We could just cut it off you know, match us, solve the problem of managing it." motioning scissors with his fingers. Even pulled away, planting herself against Fred's chest, making a horrified face.

"Don't you dare touch her hair, I couldn't go out with her if she looked too much like me." joked Fred, wrapping his arms around her. Eve loved it when he did that.

Suddenly, Mrs. Weasley's voiced echoed through the Burrow, announcing dinner. George fakely grumbled and got up.

"Come on, Mum will want to feed us now." Fred, George and Eve all hurried down to the table. Ron was already sitting, digging into a plate of potatoes, chicken and corn. Ginny came down behind them, her face was still wet from crying. Eve put her arm around her.

"It'll be okay." she said softly. Ginny smiled. Fred and George made a weird face at Eve and Ginny as they pointed to Ron, making them both laugh. Mrs. Weasley pushed them to the dinner table and told them to sit. They all started eating.

"Will you go back to the store soon, dears?" Molly asked the twins and Eve.

"Well, we were thinking of heading back after Bill and Fleur arrive, just to check everything out, getting it ready. answered George, Fred and Eve nodded in agreement.

"Where's Harry and Hermione?" asked Ginny, it was the first thing she said all dinner.
"Harry went to his Aunt and Uncles, Hermione to her parents." replied Mr. Weasley. She nodded. There was an awkward, unusual silence at the dinner table, replacing the normal laughter and jokes. They finished their dinner and headed up to their rooms. Ginny and Eve shared one, they got into their beds and starred up at the ceiling.

"Ev, are you awake?" asked Ginny. Eve turned on her side, facing Ginny.

"Nope." she replied. "Are you?" she asked jokingly.

"Fred and George are rubbing off on you." she said, stifling the giggles.

"I'm sure they are proud."

"Eve, how did you meet Fred... and like realize you liked him?" Ginny asked shyly.

"Well, I met Fred in my first year. He was in his first as well. I got sorted into Gryffindor and immediately sat down in the Slytherin table. I followed Fred and George you see, they had jokingly sat down at the wrong table. I was so nervous that I went to sit with them, knowing they were in my house. Fred and George got up quickly and grabbed my arms, dragging me to the Gryffindor table. I had met them before of course, we live so close." she said, gesturing towards the east where her parents old home was only 5 minutes away. "But, I never talked to them really, I saw them on the train and sat with them, followed them really, they were my protection, not that I needed any with Emmery around. But since that moment with the sorting hat, I have been a bit of a accidental participant in their pranks."

"And when you realized you liked him?" asked Ginny who was now sitting upright with her back against the wall, facing Eve.

"Easy, second year, we were in Herbology and there was a Venomous Tentacula plant, it was about to expel venom which would have killed me, Fred came running at me, knocked me over, broke my wrist, saved my life, it actually managed to bite me, poisoned me. I was in the hospital for 2 weeks. Apparently, Fred came to my bed a couple of times and would talk to me about the news things him and George came up with during those two weeks. Emmery once said that he was worried Fred was 'into me'." replied Eve who was tearing up, thinking about Emmery.

"Do you miss him?" Ginny asked quietly.

"Emmery? Well yes. I had gotten use to it you know, not being around him. It's been what, he died when I was 16, it's been about 3 years. He would have been 25." she sighed, turning in her bed. Ginny said goodnight and soon they were asleep.


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