hey everyone the second chapter is done! Hope you enjoy I own nothin!
~Fred POV~
Four Years Later...
"FRED!"
"GEORGE!"
My twin and I spun around on our brooms to find the small figures of our two best friends running into view and waving to us from below.
Hermione and Jade...
We were at the Burrow, playing a few small games of Quidditch in the yard with Ron and Ginny, in order to prepare for the Quidditch World Cup. That's the reason why Hermione and Jade came to stay.
We all became great friends over the years, all being Gryffindor's and pranksters (though Hermione slightly refuses on some big ones). Jade had most fun pranking Malfoy.
We flew down on our brooms and jumped off so we could welcome and greet our friends.
"Oh thank you so much for inviting us to come with you!" Jade smiled, wrapping an arm around the both of us, George first then me. She used one hand because the other had her owl cage which held her tawny owl, Sonia, in it.
"You don't know how much we were both looking forward to this!" Hermione added, her turn to hug us both, except with both arms.
"Actually I'm pretty sure we do because Jade's a Chaser for Gryffindor and you both have the hots for Viktor Krum!" George teased. Both girls slapped him playfully on the arm.
"Hermione! Jade!"
Our little sister flew down on her own broom, jumping off and squeezing our friends into a hug. Ron came down as well, seeing as there was no reason to stay up there, hovering in flight.
"Hey guys!" Jade laughed, returning Ginny's hug, waving to our little brother from behind her back.
"I was wondering when you two would get here," Ron smirked, "These two wouldn't stop talking about you!"
I tried to keep my blush down but failed immensely.
"What can we say?" George laughed, making up an excuse though his own cheeks with a tiny of red, "We were just keen to get them to help us prank you,"
"Well, sorry we came later than expected," Hermione apologised, smiling, "Jade's had to take double shift 'cause this lady had to umm... Let's say expect a child...,"
We all laughed at Hermione's comment. Jade and Hermione lived on their own in the muggle world so they had to work at restaurants and shops and in Jade's case, she was a performer. She sang and danced wherever she would get hired. She actually became quite popular and earned heaps of muggle money from it.
"Come on, mum's dying to meet you two," I smirked, showing them towards the Burrow.
"Yeah, she keeps rambling 'bout new additions to the family," Ron added. My twin and I shot him a glare. But the girls didn't even seem to notice one bit of what he said because they were both staring in awe at our home.
"This place looks awesome!" Hermione laughed, grinning from ear to ear.
"Far better than the stupid place we call home!" Jade smirked, examining the humungous house.
"Jade, you two live in a penthouse," Ginny muttered, "How is this place better?"
Hermione and Jade shared a miserable look.
"It has a happy family," Jade mumbled. No one spoke after that. Hermione had lost their parents at a young age and Jade had ran away. They didn't go into details of the topic so that was about all we knew.
We walked inside silently. It was rather awkward until mum came thundering down the steps.
"FRED! GEORGE! I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU NOT TO LEAVE THESE THINGS AROUND THE HOUSE!" She snapped, holding up a Ton-Tongue Toffee in front of our faces, "I ALMOST ATE ONE UNTIL BILL REMINDED ME WHAT IT WAS!"
Jade and Hermione looked shocked at the sudden outburst they had witnessed. Ginny was grinning slightly and Ron slipped away quickly knowing this will probably end bad, and headed to the kitchen.
My twin and I laughed awkwardly looked pointedly at our visitors. Mum looked at the awkward girls and her expression softened.
"Oh and you must be the twins' friends!" She smiled, bringing them into a tight hug.
"Hello, Mrs Weasley," The girls laughed through the hug.
"Mum, don't suffocate them," My twin smirked.
"They only just arrived!" I reminded. Mum let go off them and smiled brightly.
"Why don't you two bring your things up to Ginny's room?" Mum asked, "I added a bunk bed in there for you two. Ginny go upstairs and make sure the rooms clean,"
Ginny ran up the staircase, excited about her new roommates. The girls smiled at the thought of sharing a room with friends.
"Thank you, Mrs Weasley," they chimed. They rushed out the door to grab their things that they had left outside. We were about to follow them... Well... Actually slip away from mum when she stopped us.
"You two stay right where you are!" She snapped. Nervously glancing at my twin, we both turned to her.
"You're lucky that I'm going to try and not embarrass you since your friends are here for the first time, so don't try and push it," Mum warned, waving her wooden spoon at us. We merely nodded.
"FRED! GEORGE COULD YOU TWO HELP US WITH THIS!?" We heard Jade's voice yell. We glanced at mother and she nodded, signalling our dismissal.
We sprinted outside, eager to get out of the tense presence in the room. Jade was trying to drag her trunk by the handle but was struggling since her owl cage was hanging on her forearm. Hermione was doing fine until her trunk suddenly opened and lots of her books fell out. She groaned and started collecting her things. I immediately rushed over to help her. George helped Jade by carrying the trunk on his own and letting Jade rest her arms. She wasn't that strong.
"Thanks you two," Hermione smiled, shutting her trunk closed.
"So where's Ginny's room?" Jade asked. Anxiously, I looked all the way up to the top of the staircase.
"Ahh... Well... I'm sure I can manage..." Jade muttered, trying to be positive. We all raised an eyebrow at her.
"Yeah and you can't even drag your trunk into the house," George smirked, sarcastically. Jade playfully punched him in the arm, causing Sonia to flap around alarmingly. Jade shot her owl a look.
"Fine, Sonia," She glared, opening the cage. The tawny owl flew out and perched itself on a nearby seat. Jade opened her shoulder bag and pulled out a letter and tied it to the bird's leg.
"Take that to Eliza," She ordered, "She needs to know we're here,"
The bird almost immediately took flight and headed out the door. Eliza was the squib in their neighbourhood who Dumbledore had asked to keep an eye on the girls since they lived on their own. Eliza had only just graduated from muggle high school and was like an older sister.
"HERMIONE! JADE! HURRY UP AND GET UP HERE!" Ginny yelled from upstairs. Laughing, we all helplessly tried to drag the girls' trunks upstairs. My twin and I did it effortlessly while the girls struggled to bring up their extra bags and owl cages.
"God, 'Mione, I thought you two were strong," I laughed dragging her trunk up the stairs.
"Well, no, not exactly," She murmured, slightly embarrassed.
"So how has your summer been so far?" George asked. Jade shrugged, sadly.
"Nothing huge, the casual work day here and there," She grumbled, "It was so boring without anything magical to do and without anyone to prank with,"
"Aww, Jaddie misses us!" My twin joked. Jade just laughed, grinning widely with her head tilting back slightly. That's when I noticed a long cut on her neck that was cleverly hidden by her long curly hair.
"Jade did something happen? There's a gash on your neck," I muttered, pointing to her neck where her Four-leaf-clover necklace hung just under the gash. Alarmed, Jade pulled her hair so that it covered the injury.
"Oh i-it was nothing," She stuttered nervously, "Someone at the restaurant we went to with Eliza, bumped into me making me fall and then broke a glass jug near my head... No big deal,"
George, not believing a word she said like I, pulled back her hair gently yet abruptly and made her head tilt to the side so he could examine the injury. But although I knew he didn't believe her, he didn't push it.
"Take better care next time," He smirked, curling her hair back. I saw Hermione sigh in relief from the corner of my eye... Okay something definitely happened that wasn't the explanation Jade gave us.
We were silent for the rest of the trip up the stairs. When we reached Ginny's room, our sister flung opened the door and quickly pulled the two girls inside leaving my twin and I standing outside the door in awe with the girls' trunks.
"WE'LL JUST BE A MINUTE YOU TWO!" We heard Ginny's voice yell from inside, "GO BACK TO MAKING YOUR WEASLEYS' WIZARD WHEEZES!"
Shrugging, we headed to our room.
~Time skip~
"GINNY MERLIN SAKES CALM DOWN!" Jade screamed at our hyperactive sister.
My twin and I stared in amusement. We were going to pick Harry up from the Dursley's and Ginny was in no mood to be calm.
"Can we come along?" Hermione asked. She had to shout a bit because Ginny was squealing and Jade was yelling at her, trying to get her to calm down.
"Can't say, dad might not be able to bring another person," George and I shrugged, sneaking another Ton-Tongue toffee into our pocket. Hermione raised her eyes at us and crossed her arms.
"Right, I know Jade and I helped you plan out your shop and plan to work there but what do you plan on doing with those if we're only going to Harry's place?" She asked, not taking a breath.
"Secret!" We chimed. Hermione tried to keep a straight face but couldn't help herself from laughing a bit.
"Whatever it is let us in!" Jade yelled, still trying to get our sister to stop jumping around. She was struggling though.
"Alright. We'll tell you and let you come along if you get Ginny to calm down before we leave," George challenged. Typical George... Always competing against Jade...
"YOUR ON!" Jade exclaimed. George smirked and leaned against the wall, waiting to watch the amusing show. Hermione and I shared a look before shrugging and leant against the wall next to George.
Using most of her Chaser strength, Jade managed to keep Ginny still.
"Ginny, I'm sure whatever the twins are planning won't be good," She growled, smirking, "I'm sure you wouldn't want something terrible to happen to Harry, right? So if you calm down, 'Mione and I can go with them and make sure nothing happens to him."
Almost immediately our sister stood still, no sound emerging from her mouth. George scoffed.
"Ginny, you know we wouldn't do anything to Harry," He smirked, trying to make Ginny hyperactive again. But to no avail.
"Oh I know that, I'm just on Jade's side on this one!" She smirked. Jade poked her tongue out at George from beside Ginny. George scowled.
"Fine you can come," He mumbled. I snickered a my helpless twin.
"It's not like he didn't want her to come in the first place anyway," Hermione joked, in a low voice. I chuckled and nodded, agreeing with her.
"I heard that, you two," He glared. 'Mione and I smirked, knowing he had heard.
"That was the point," We laughed. George scowled then a few seconds later... It turned into a daring smirk.
"Well..." He grinned, "If she didn't come, you would've brought Hermione along anyways and you two would've had heaps of fun without me... You know... When you flirt,"
That small blush finally rose to my cheeks and I glared at my twin.
"That is not true and you know it!" I glared.
"Oh isn't it?" He smirked, raising an eyebrow.
"Sod off!" Hermione muttered. Jade was smirking in the background. When she caught my eye she mouthed 'Don't deny the truth, It'll only cause trouble'. Gulping, I nodded, unsurely. But I what I was really thinking was... What the bloody hell does that mean?
That's when dad came thundering down the steps.
"Right so we all ready?" He asked, grinning.
"Yes, dad," My twin and I replied, "Although, Ickle Ronniekins is still upstairs."
"Ickle Ronniekins?" Jade giggled, trying her best not to burst into fits of laughter. Hermione plainly snickered at the nickname.
"Are you two coming along?" Dad asked them. They calmed themselves down and nodded.
"If that's alright with you Mr Weasley," They smiled. Dad nodded and smiled.
"It's no problem," He said, "But do you know how to use Floo Powder?"
Jade turned to Hermione for an explanation, whom of which was about to open her mouth, but... We decided to mess with them a little bit.
"No, I don't think they do," We answered for them, laughing. The girls glared at us and mouthed something to us, which I didn't understand. I'm not a lip-reader but George is.
"What did they say?" I asked my twin, lowering my voice to a whisper.
"'Back-stabbers!'" He laughed back, matching my level of noise. Now I understood that Jade didn't want to embarrass herself to much and expected us to explain to her personally. Meanwhile, I also knew that 'Mione was smart enough to know what it was, but she never actually travelled by Floo.
"Okay, well... Then Fred can go first, so you can see how it works," Dad said. I was about to move when I realised that dad was motioning for George to 'step up to the plate' as muggles said.
My twin huffed in slight annoyance, that dad got the wrong twin (again). I sighed... When will they ever learn. It took the girls two days to figure out who was who and he has looked after us for our whole lives and he can't even get it right.
"I'm George," My twin mumbled. Dad gave him sort of a disbelieving look then took a glance at me, "I'm being honest!"
"He's telling the truth Mr Weasley," Jade smiled, stepping in, knowing that without anyone other than the two of us saying something like that, he wouldn't believe us.
"Oh sorry, George," Dad mumbled, apologetically. George just shrugged it off.
The girls watched in awe as George stepped into the fireplace, grabbed a handful of Floo Power, and yelled loud and clear, "The Dursley's!" Green fire arose and George disappeared from the fireplace along with the emerald flames themselves. Jade and Hermione jumped in shock. My mouth twitch into a smile before laughing at their bewildered expressions.
"Can I go next!?" Jade asked, excitedly. Dad nodded and held out the Floo Powder. Jade stepped into the fireplace without a flicker of fear visible on her face.
Breathing calmly, she grabbed a handful of Floo Powder and exclaimed, "The Dursley's!"
The progress repeated and it was my turn next. I copied George and Jade's actions and yelled, "The Dursley's!"
The very next moment... I couldn't see anything but black. My face was squished up against something hard and cold. I something soft underneath me but I couldn't get a good look at it.
"Freddie? That you?"
I recognised the voice immediately ... George.
"Great... You had to be bloody next... Merlins Beard! ... You're bleeding heavy did you know that?"
That was probably Jade. I could tell from the cursing...
"But I bet you don't mind being on top of me, eh, Jade?" My twin's voice rang. It was then followed by a loud bang and a scowl.
"Don't be so full of yourself," Jade mumbled. I'm assuming she either hit him... Or banged his head on the wall.
Suddenly, we all yelped in pain as someone else appeared.
"Umm... This isn't supposed to end up like this is it?" A high pitched voice muttered... Hermione.
"Nah, this exactly how we wanted to end up!" Jade growled sarcastically.
"We're having the time of our lives here..." This comment was made by George and was followed by, "At least I am..."
Once again, a loud bang erupted through the small space.
"PRAT!" Jade yelled. Then right when she finished her sentence, Ron added weight to the human stack, closely followed by Dad.
"Heavy..." Hermione mumbled, her voice weak.
"'Mione I've got an extra two people to hold up, how in the bloody hell do you think I feel?" Jade snarled, annoyance in her tone.
"Well, I've got ALL of you to hold up, that's worse!" George argued.
All that followed was arguing and yelps of pain as we all tried to shuffle our positions. It was highly uncomfortable.
Then I had a suggestion, "Maybe Harry can hear us, Dad - maybe he'll be able to let us out -"
We all started to bang on the walls surrounding us, making a rather loud racket.
"HARRY BLEEDING POTTER IF YOU CAN HEAR ME LET US OUT THIS INSTANT!" Jade screamed. That's when we heard shuffling on the other side.
"Mr Weasley? Can you hear me?"
It was Harry. We all drew a sigh of relief.
"Mr Weasley, its Harry... The fireplace has been blo-"
"YEAH, YEAH SAVE THE EXPLANATION FOR LATER!" Jade shouted, growing impatient.
"Hang on a moment, I've got it!" Dad exclaimed. It was followed by a really loud bang and we were all shooting out of the fireplace.
"Oww..." Mione mumbled, I had accidentally landed on top of her, George couldn't get up to help cause couldn't get up as Jade fell onto him.
"Here," Me and him got off the girls with slight blushes on our faces; I helped up Hermione, helping her to get up. Jade simply lay there scowling. George held out his hand to help her but she ignored it, huffing loudly making a stray piece of hair fly out of her face.
She dusted off her shorts and her shoulder top and examined our surroundings.
"Jade? Hermione?" Harry asked, unsure of what they were doing, tagging along. Jade's mouth twitched into a bright smile and ran to hug Harry, which to my surprise, made George scowl. But nonetheless we all smiled widely at the young boy.
"Hiya, Harry!"