The secret diary of George Weasley
Sept. 1
The first day of the term. You wouldn't believe the fun Fred and I had today. I'll start in
the beginning. Ok, its around 5 am. Fred and I are up. With a few simple levitating and
directional spells we send ice water filled water balloons into Ginny, Percy and ickle
Ronnie kin's room. Wait a few seconds and in this exact order you hear the high pitched
yelp of Ginny, the moans and grunts of Ron as he dries his head off with the blankets and
goes back to sleep (I think he's getting used to this morning routine), and the shouts of
"FRED! GEORGE!" from Percy. After this brief bit of fun we head down stairs to
find mum glaring at us from under her head covered in curlers, standing next to a sopping
wet, pajama'ed Ginny. "Morning mum" Fred said in a cheery voice, taking a muffin from
the counter and pecking her on the cheek as if nothing had happened. I fallowed and we
went into the dinning room where we sat and whispered ideas of how to improve that
joke, and also of what we were planning on pulling next. As we talked there was
suddenly a loud "pu-cock!" from the kitchen as one of our fake wands turned into a fake
chicken in mum's hands, classic. We heard a sigh of disgust before the clatter of pots and
pans resumed. A little bit later on, once we were well under way with our breakfast (mum
was glaring at us the whole time) Ron came down stairs with his bright hair dimmed by
water. "Oh Ronnie! Have we had a little run in with some water?" I asked trying not to
laugh. Fred and I have been working on this. I can hold it back with verbal jokes and stuff
like that. But when hit with one of Fred's tickling charms, that's a different matter.
Anyway, breakfast wasn't too much more eventful. Well except for when Percy came
down stairs looking like he had gotten stuck in a rainstorm on his way down. But sensing
mum's eyes staring at us we didn't comment. Fred and I stared down at our porridge, not
out of guilt, but to hide our faces as we burst out in silent laughter. After breakfast mum
hustled us out the door with our trunks and into muggle cabs. Fred and I, and Ginny, and
mum were in one. Ron, Harry and Hermione (they came later with dad) in the other. Our
car went first. Mum thought it was odd that even with the aid of a map, the muggle driver
was still un-able to find the station. I guess she didn't realize Fred and I had been
muttering spells under our breath the whole time. After about a quarter of an hour we
stopped so we would arrive just in time. After the usual "now be good little boys and set
a good example for Ron and Ginny" talk mum hustled us on the train. We left Ron and
Co. and went off to find Lee. He was surrounded by the usual crowed of first years,
"ooooo" ing and "awwww" ing at his giant tarantula. Thinking the same thing. Fred and I
snuck up behind the group. We gave Lee a silent signal. He winked and Fred muttered
"wingardium leviosa!" the hairy beast suddenly leapt into the air and floated about 2 feet
over the cardboard box Lee was holding. It floated for a few seconds before a chorus of
screams erupted from the small group and first years scattered everywhere. The three of
us burst into laughter and exchanged high fives before looking for an empty
compartment. After finding one we made sure that the door was tightly locked before
Fred and I dumped the contents of our pockets on the seat for Lee to admire the work we
had done over the summer. We had perfected the skiving snackboxes, al full then
diseases, from pukeing pastilles to fever fudge. We had a number of foods that would
do…. Well… special things when consumed. More on this later. We also made a few
more fake wands that did things other then turn into fake chickens. Over the rest of the
journey we exchanged stories of the summer, and thought up new tricks. When we
arrived, Fred, Lee and I snuck between the other students so that we arrived in the great
hall relatively un-noticed. After that we went to work carefully levitating our "special"
foods onto the Slytherin table. As the other students filled in, and after Dumbledore gave
his speech we watched intently as the Slytherins quickly devoured the food. Some began
to gag, others turned into various animals. Most however just sprouted extra things like
animal ears or horns. I think the spell we used on some was meant to transform a person
into something similar to them. Because as Malfoy's hair simply turned a bright shade of
pink, Crabbe became a large red crab, and Goyle turned into an ugly stone gargoyle.
Fred and I tried to keep a low profile for the rest of the feast. Once we were back in the
Gryffindor common room, I said to Fred in a loud and mischievous voice that the whole
room could hear, "Ya' know, I think we need to start this year off with a bang!" "Yah!"
he replied in the same loud and mischievous voice. He held his hand up in the air, fist full
of dung bombs. We ignited them with our wands and threw the handfuls of them into the
air. I pulled a handkerchief out of my pocket and dove under a near by coffee table. Fred
did the same directly to my left. First years screamed and ran. Second and third pressed
coats and handkerchiefs to their noses then ran, not really screaming. Forth and fifth
years laughed along with us…. Then they covered their noses and ran. The sixth and
seventh years simply glared and packed up their bags to continue work in their
dormitories. I don't think they were amused. Well that was the end of our fun, but
tomorrow we have double potions (yes we did steal the schedules from professor
McGonagall, but we will give them back!). More later.
George