For everyone who cried when Fred died and for everyone who was too shocked to cry. Fred doesn't die, unfortunately Charlie does. Fred falls in love, survives the war, get's married, has children and lives a full life. This is the story of how he met Charlene.
First part is set at the Battle of Hogwarts.
Second part is set the day after Fred, George, Charlene and her friends finish school. After Harry's fifth year, the summer before he starts his sixth year.
Fred and Charlene
Chapter 1
"WEASLEY!" screeched a tall brunette across the great hall which was scattered with bodies, people were crying all around her, the wizarding world was falling apart.
A group of red headed people were all standing around two bodies lying on the floor, the majority of them looked up when she spoke.
One boy turned around, his eyes full of tears.
The girl knew who he was as soon as she saw his face, "George," she breathed and leapt at him, hugging him, and then she looked behind him and saw the bodies lying on the ground, "Fred."
George pulled away from her quickly and said, "He's not dead, he's unconscious, he hit his head, that's all Char, he's not dead, but Charlie…"
"Oh George," she sighed, "I think I should go…"
She took a few steps backward but George grabbed her wrist and said loudly and urgently, "No, don't go, Fred will need you when he wakes up."
Arthur Weasley heard this and looked up, fixing the girl with a hard stare, he said, "He needs his family."
"Exactly," replied George just as coldly and without emotion, "This is his fiancée, Charlene Dahl."
Charlene felt like yelling, "Surprise!" This was the first she'd met any of the Weasley's besides, Fred, George, Bill, Fleur and Charlie.
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Most teenagers would be spending the first day of summer and, more importantly, the first day of the rest of their lives as yesterday had been her last day of school, relaxing but not Charlene. The poor girl had been roped into helping her best friend's Audrey and Rowan into unpacking their new clothing shop.
Audrey ran in screaming, "The last box!"
Everyone cheered, Charlene wasn't the only one here- the girls had asked a bunch of their friends to help them today. They had all been in the same year together in Ravenclaw.
"That calls for a drink!" grinned Rowan, pulling out a 10 bottles of butterbeer.
Everyone rushed forward to grab a bottle.
Charlene looked up at the clock and frowned, she should be setting off for the St. Mungo's in the next 20 minutes and if she stayed here much longer she would have a ton of butterbears' down her and wouldn't be able to concentrate.
Char was training to be a healer.
"I've got to go!" cried Char, "I'll stop by later, I promise."
Rowan smiled, "Go Char, we'll be fine here. Have fun."
Char grinned and raised a hand in goodbye and then left the shop 'Magnolia Wine' and walked slowly down the street.
Their spot on Diagon Alley was amazing but the girls had been saving up for this their whole lives, Audrey and Rowan would be living above it and Char and their other friend Verity would be too so they'd also helped buy it.
Char had at least 15 minutes to kill, she wandered down the street and found herself outside a joke shop, it wasn't too busy, not many people were around on the first day of summer especially as many people weren't very cheerful at the news of Voldemort's return, and the shop looked fairly new.
"Hello," smiled a red haired boy approaching her as soon as she entered the shop, "I'm George Weasley."
"Charlene Dahl," she replied, "I think we were in the same year at Hogwarts."
George grinned, "Of course, I thought you looked familiar, though we've never spoken."
"No, but you are pretty famous, especially after all that firework display you let off during the fifth years owl's," smiled Char.
"You saw that?" asked George with a smile.
Char joked, "I think the whole country saw that."
George laughed and then turned round and yelled, "Fred, come over here, we have a customer!"
"Are you looking for anything in particular?" asked George.
"Not really," replied Char, "Just a way to kill time, need to be at healer training in 20 minutes."
Fred appeared as she said this and said, "Training to be a healer? Wow, you must be clever."
"I am a Ravenclaw," she replied.
George announced, "Fred, this is Charlene Dahl, she was in our year at Hogwarts."
"Call me Char," smiled Charlene.
"Oh yeah, I recognise you," said Fred his face lighting up with recognition.
Char was surprised they both recognised her, she wasn't really that popular but she had played quidditch against them a lot, she had been ravenclaw's keeper.
"I remember hitting a bludger at you in fifth year and you ended up in the hospital wing for…" began Fred.
"3 days," finished Charlene.
They shared a smile; this was the start of their friendship.
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