Prologue
It was summer. The summer before Fred and I went to Hogwarts. Mom and Percy had gone out to Diagon Alley because one of the new text books they had bought for him wasn't right. Dad was at work like always. While Ron and Ginny did there own thing.
Fred Weasley leaned up against the burrow and looked up at the calm August sky.
"You excited to finally go to Hogwarts,Georgie?" Fred asked looking over at me with a coy smile pasted on his lips. I nodded.
"Course, are you?" I replied giving him a identical smile in return, after all we were twins and when you look as similar as we did I could use him as a mirror.
"Agreed, although I'm going to miss the free time we had,"Fred explained.
"Well hey,"I nudged him lightly."We've still got a few weeks before classes start so let's make the best of it,"I offered.
"Brilliant idea as usual,"he beamed at me. "But then again you are brilliant seeing as we're twins!" We both laughed at that. Fred's laugh was the sort of sound that could make me smile when I felt down. We weren't just siblings, he was my best friend and the closest person to me.
You know that feeling in your sides when you laugh so much? Well I'd grown used to it seeing as Fred was by my side most all the time, we truly were inseparable. Over time I came to realize that the pain in my sides wasn't a bad thing, it was great.
Our laughter died down until the only thing you could hear was the warm August air rustling the leafs on the trees and the chirping of the birds. And we just sat there listening to one another breathe in and out, in and out. I thought to myself.
"If the day comes where I don't hear that steady in and out pattern of his breathe I might die too."
As if the world was almost teasing me, Fred breathed in deep and held the air in his lungs. My heart stopped and I froze. He then exhaled and looked over at me.
"Are you okay George,"Fred raised an eyebrow.
"Never been better,"I replied.
"Okay good. So I have an idea for a great prank on Ron! Why don't we turn Ron's Teddy bear into a spider, he'll totally freak,"he explained and I listened.
In and out, in and out...