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A Summer's End

"Breakfast," Molly Weasley called to four of her children and their friends. Fred, George, Ginny, Ron, Harry and Hermoine slowly stumbled down the steep stairs to be confronted with a table laden with dishes. The eldest two sons, Bill and Charlie, were already seated at the table, eyeing off the food eagerly. Percy, her most ambitious son, was absent, as he usually was now days.

Ron's eyes lit up as he realised what he was seeing. "Blimey! There's enough food here to feed all of Hogwarts!" He quickly slid into the closest chair and began piling food onto his plate. His brothers, seeing this as an invitation, began filling their own plates. Fred and George walked to the far side of the table and took seats side by side.

Harry grinned at his friends' enthusiasm and took a seat next to Ron, who was already starting on seconds.

"Thanks Mrs Weasley," he said, as he selected a slice of bacon from the huge pile in the middle of the table.

"Yeah, thanks!" added Hermoine as she scooted her chair a bit closer to Harry's, her eyes not on the food, but something equally delicious.

Harry noticed her intense look and hoped that no one else had.

"You're welcome my dears," Mrs Weasley replied, her face glowing with pride as the piles of food quickly diminished. "You're all going to need your strength. A new year is about to begin and you've all got a lot of hard work to do. Especially you two," she added, glaring at the twins. "I expect you both to come back with decent marks. And I don't want any owls from the headmaster!"

Ron, Harry and Ginny grinned through their food. Everyone knew what jokers the twins were. Hermoine gave Fred and George a disapproving look and went back to eating.

The accused however, had other things on their minds. They distractedly agreed with their mother and continued glaring at their plates. After a few minutes of silence, the conversation started and soon turned to school. It continued through breakfast and eventually stopped when Mrs Weasley insisted they stop talking through two walls and a door and actually get ready to leave.

Half an hour later all trunks were packed into the ministry cars that Arthur Weasley had sent to take the teens to the train station. Harry, Ron, Hermoine and Ginny left in the first car, while Fred and George mumbled at having to ride with their mother.

Charlie grinned as he waved them off. "At least you don't have to ride with Crookshanks," he winked at them when their mother wasn't looking.

"Crookshanks at least has some rather fine company," Fred muttered.

"Mmmm…yes, he does," George added thoughtfully.

As the car turned onto a main road, both twins turned to stare out opposite windows. Watching the thick traffic whiz by, two sets of identical blue eyes glazed over. The same eyes had held jealousy and a hint of anger, just that morning, when they watched two of their brothers' friends flirting across the breakfast table.

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