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Fred raised his wand to charm the small rubber bouncing ball with the rainbow colors swirling inside. He and George had found the perfect charm to put on the Wacky Weasley's Rubber Bouncing Balls. Once they get bouncing, they won't stop and if you try to stop them they explode. Just then, as Fred began to speak, his wand was plucked out of his hand and he turned, quickly, expecting to see…
"Ginny, give that back." Fred held out his hand.
"I will not. Mom is right, you spend more time on your jokes and pranks then you do on your school work. I just talked with Professor McGonagal, do you have any idea what you got on your test?" Ginny placed her hands on her hips and tapped her foot.
"A grade…now give that back, we have a new breakthrough that will help the company out a lot and--"
"No." Ginny said, quickly removing her wand and tapping her wand to his and muttered a spell, making Fred's wand vanish into thin air.
"Virginia Weasley, bring back my wand, right. Now."
Ginny mocked a scared face and shook her head, walking out through the portrait.
"You won't get your wand back until you do your work, Mr. Weasley."
Fred stood there, fuming that he just let his sister take away his wand so easily. At that moment George appeared, walking down the stairs. Fred's eyes brightened and he looked at George.
"Hey Fred, how's it coming."
"Do you know what that sister of ours did?"
George tilted his head, sitting in a chair, he grabbed the bouncing ball. Looking at it, he furrowed his brow.
"Fred? Have you not put the charm on yet?" He tried bouncing the ball and caught it without anything happen. He looked quizzically up at Fred who stood there, glaring.
"How can I when Ginny took my wand?!"
"Gin took your wand? She's been hanging around us too long."
"No George, she's been hanging around Mum too long. She took it because I got a B minus on my Trans test."
George let out a sigh and a shake of his head. Ginny was becoming their mother more and more every summer.
"We could use my wand." George announced, pulling his wand out.
"No George, half the spell was done with my wand, we need it so nothing would be messed up."
"Well then, we'll need to get it back."
"Duh…Hey, I just got an idea." Fred answered as his eyes lit up with excitement.
"What's that?"
"Love potion…we can make her fall in love with Professor Snape until she cooperates and gives me my wand back."
Georges eyes opened wide.
"Um…Fred, isn't that…isn't that a little too harsh? I mean, he is our most hated Professor in this school and if he found out that Ginny had a crush on him he'd be thinking something was up. Not to mention Ginny would have to tell him that she had your wand and Fred, you are a genius."
George finished with a smile, his eyes no longer wide, but sparkling with an itch to get into trouble. Fred was also smiling, stroking his chin.
"Great…I just need a few things, would you mind getting them for me as I clean this stuff up?"
George shook his head and stood. He pulled a sucker out of his pocket and popped it on his mouth.
"I got your back, bro."
"Great…it's a flower, you'll find it in the forest…Now George, I have to trust you won't tell anyone about this. It's a white flower, it's petals hold juice that when poured into eyes, the first thing the victims eyes see, they will fall in love with them."
George smiled as Fred explained to what he was supposed to get. He nodded and before he knew it, he was exiting the castle in search of a white flower. Fred quickly cleaned up their supplies and sat back in the common room, waiting for his favorite brother to return. As he waited, Harry ran through finishing putting on his heavy cloak, giving a smile and nod to Fred as he passed through the portrait. Ron was next to enter through the portrait, not even seeing Fred he made his way towards the stairs, followed by a girl, Jenelle Dorny.
"I'm telling you Ron, listen to me."
"Jen, please, leave me alone."
Fred's head snapped to the two, he didn't say a word and watched. Jenelle went up and grabbed Ron's arm, preventing him from moving on.
"No, Ron, please, I love you, I can't let them do this to you."
Ron turned around, his face in confusion.
"You…love me?" He let out a laugh and pulled his arm out of her grasp.
"Jen, listen. I'm a big boy, I think I can handle everything on my own….Oh wait.."
Ron pushed past Jenelle and worked back to the portrait.
"I almost forgot, I need to stop by Hagrid's."
He exited through the portrait. Jenelle, frustrated and filled with rage stomped her foot, causing a vase on a nearby table to fall over. She turned around, still not noticing Fred in the couch, and stomped up the stairs into her room.
"Aw, now that's sad." Fred said as he sat in the couch. He looked at his watch. George should be returning soon, if he found the same bush he had found earlier that year. Soon enough, George came lolloping into the room, carrying a white flower. He smiled at Fred as he held it up.
"I found it!"
Fred gave a satisfied smirk as he took the flower and studied it, another idea coming to mind.
"Good boy. Listen, I have another thing I'd like you to do…Go back to the forest and grab another flower. Our 'lil bro needs help. Pour a drop onto his eyes as well, as I shall be dropping this flower's juice into Ginny's eyes."
George stood around, wondering how Fred became the boss all of a sudden, but feeling it was for a good purpose agreed and left again. Fred smelled the flower before smiling and went off to find his dear sister.
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Night time had fallen and Hermione decided to turn in, leaving Harry to himself. He wrapped his cloak tighter around him and walked through, looking up through the thick leaves and branches at the tiny patches of blue sky and stars. He sat down, leaning against a tree, enjoying the quite time he barely got to have due to some Voldemort plot always popping up at unwanted times. His eyes started closing and he opened them, he really should be getting back. Before he could think any further, his eyes had closed and had lied down, using a pile of leaves as a pillow, he fell asleep.
George was walking around when he stumbled upon Harry, or as he knew him, his other, 'lil bro and smiled.
"'lil bro" he said, kneeling beside him.
"You shouldn't be sleeping here, you'll catch a cold." He said. Not wanting to move him. He took the flower carefully out of his pocket and held it over his eyes.
"Fred told me to do this to you, don't ask me why"
He began pouring the juice from the flower, a drop in each eye before pulling his wand and casting a warming spell over the sleeping Harry. He smiled, his job done and headed back towards the castle. Along the way he passed Fred.
"Fred? What are you doing out here this late?"
"Trying to find Ginny, you haven't seen her have you?"
George shook his head. He looked at the castle before back at Fred.
"Have you tried the Astronomy Tower? She sometimes goes up there at night."
Fred shook his head. He hadn't thought of there.
"I shall look there then." Giving a nod, Fred turned and beat George back into the castle. George entered, hands in pockets as he went back to the common room.
