You keep running and after fifty feet you look back again. "Fred! He's… catching… up!" You manage to say through exasperated breaths.
"Don't worry; I know how to lose him!" He says as he speeds up and you keep up with him.
This reminds me of the good old days…You think and smile to yourself.
"Lexi, we got to go faster if we want to get away!" Fred shouts and you both speed up again, the prefect was still pretty close.
"STOP OR I WILL LEG LOCK YOU!" The prefect yells.
Oh Merlin.
Fred shoves the door open to the Greenhouse courtyard. Luckily, there isn't a class in the Greenhouses that day; they are all done at the lake studying marine plants in their natural habitat. You sprint through the doors as Fred slams them closed and throws a wheelbarrow in front of them.
"Hurry this way!" He says and you follow him, weaving behind a greenhouse to the back of the fenced area.
BAAAM! CRASH!
You jump at the noise and know that the prefect has broke through the doors and fallen over the wheelbarrow. You laugh and look at Fred.
"Come one, we have to get over the fence." He wipes the sweat off his head.
"Um, I don't think I can get over that!" You cry looking at the exceptionally high barrier.
"Um, uh," Fred utters and looks around, "Get on my shoulders!" He gets on one knee.
You laugh, "Proposing?" He laughs and you sit on his shoulders. You reach up and grab the top of the brick barrier, pulling yourself up and over.
"Fred?" You shout over the fence, "Fred?"
"WHERE ARE YOU, YOU LITTLE PRATS? YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM ME!" The prefect yells.
Ahh, where is he?
Fred hurries over the wall. "Where-?" You begin to say but he covers your mouth with his hand.
"Shhh…" He says putting his finger up to his lips. You listen and can hear the prefect searching around, oblivious that you two are only a few feet away from him. Fred taps you and mouths 'This way.' You follow him to the back of the area, trying hard not to make a sound. He shows you a hole and you crawl through.
"On the count of three run to for the castle, okay?" He whispers and you nod.
"One…two…three!" You both start sprinting and you hear someone shout. You don't dare look back and just keep running for safety.
"LOCOMOTOR MORTIS!" A stream of purple light whizzes past you.
"Bloody Hell!" You shout as another stream jets by you.
"Hurry! If we get in the castle we can hide!" He yells, dodging another purple jet.
"LOCOMOTOR MORTIS!" Another stream goes past you, closer than the first one. You are close to the castle now and you can hear students laughing and talking. Many of them take notice to you and Fred. Some even start chanting "Fred, Fred, Fred!" and shouting things like "Come one Fred! Faster! He's going to catch you!"
"LOCOMOTOR MORTIS!" An innocent bystander gets hit as you and Fred dash into the castle.
"The stairs!" Fred yells. You follow as he pushes pass people. Finally, you are safe, walking with a crowd of people.
"He's going to recognize us, isn't he?" You say, looking out for the prefect.
"Yeah, uh, we should change what we look like I guess. Put your robes on and put on the hood." He says, and you follow his directions.
"Where's your robes? He's going to recognize you." You say, pulling your hood further over your face.
"Nah, I'll be okay." He grins as the prefect walks up to you.
"Well, well, you didn't think I would catch you, did you? You're going to have so much detention! Hey! Where do you think you're going?" The prefect shouts at you.
"Um, what?" You look at him innocently.
"You were the other runner." He looks at you sternly.
"Actually, that was an another guy. I don't think he would appreciate you calling him a girl." Fred smirked.
"Oh. Well, what's your name?" The prefect gets out paper and a quill.
"George, George Weasley." He lies.
"You bloody Weasley's, always causing trouble. I'm giving this to Professor McGonagall; she'll give you when and where you'll detention tonight." He storms off, stopping a third year for throwing enchanted paper airplanes at fellow students.
"He's not that smart is he?" You ask and Fred shakes his head, "Isn't George going to be a little mad when he finds out you got him detention?"
"Nah," He smirks, "he owes me anyway."
"Oh. Hey Hermione!" You wave to her.
"Hey, I heard the two of you were running from on of the prefects. Fred, how could you already get her in trouble? It's her first day for Merlin's sake! How much detention did you get?"
"We didn't get any." You grin.
"What?! How did you manage that?" She looks at you quizzically.
"Fred's good at lying." You giggle and she narrows her eyes.
"Shouldn't you be in class helping out the teacher or something?" Fred changes the subject.
"Shouldn't you be doing something bad?" Hermione barked back.
"Yeah, actually I should. I'll see you guys later." He starts to walk away.
"Bye!" You yell to him as he disappears into the crowd of people.
"Well, I guess we should head up then. We have Transfiguration together, right?" Hermione asks and you nod, and you begin towards the classroom.
"Hermione, aren't you a fifth year though?" You see some kids walking into the classroom.
"Yeah, but I decided to go for a challenge, a class a bit higher than my level."
You walk into the classroom, "I didn't know you were so smart. Not that I thought you were dumb or anything." You both sit down at a table behind Angelina and Katie.
She smiles, "Thanks, I hope we don't have to review today, I absolutely despise reviewing."
Katie turns around, "Hey Alexis, I saw you and Fred running from a prefect out on the lawns. What was that all about?"
"We were, uh, racing…?" You lie and giggle. Katie just shakes her head and turns around.
"Good Morning class! Welcome back!" Professor McGonagall transforms from her cat form, "Today we will be reviewing." Hermione groans, "We will be doing some basic transfiguration, switching spells today," she looks around at the class, "Well, get to it then! No goofi-"
Fred walks in.
"Fred," McGonagall's eyes narrow," so nice of you to join us. That will be five points from Gryffindor for being late. Now take you're seat and get started." She walked back to her desk and began grading papers as Fred sat next to Lee.
"I really, really despise review…" She gets out her wand.
"Oh come on, Mione! It's not that bad. I mean switching dragon's teeth to wine-gums is…fun…" You try and cheer her up, but it obviously doesn't work.
"Oh yes, it is a blast!" She says, switching the teeth to gums.
"… You're being sarcastic, right?" You ask her, jokingly.
"Yes." She replies lazily. You smile at her. The class seems to go on forever, just switching from dragon teeth to wine-gums, wine-gums to dragon teeth, over and over again.
Professor McGonagall looks up from her paperwork as the bell rings, "Class dismissed. I recommend you don't be late next time." She looks at Fred on the last part, who just shrugs.
Finally! I'm starving!
Everyone files out of the classroom.
"Hey, do you want to go up to the commons with me before going down to lunch? And maybe after lunch we could study together?" Hermione asks as you head out of the corridor.
"Sorry Hermione, I have other plans. But maybe we can study later?" You feel bad for turning her down.
"Okay, I will see you later then. Harry! Wait!" She runs and catches up with Harry and Ron.
Fred walks up to you, "You want to go get food now? I'm starving!" You nod and you both start down the stairs. When you get to the Great Hall, you grab some sandwiches and chips (as in French fries), chat with a few friends, and head out with Fred to the lawns.
"So, where are we going?" You ask, eating a few chips.
"Well I was thinking we could sit under that tree over there," He points to a tree near the lake, "If that's alright, we can sit somewhere else if you want to..."
"Under the tree is fine with me. It's so nice out here, huh?" You ask and Fred nods and sits under the tree. You sit next to him and take a bite of your sandwich.
So, how has your first day been so far?" He eats some chips and drinks some pumpkin juice.
"It's been fun, interesting for sure." You say while picturing what happened in Charms earlier that day, and the chase. You both talk for awhile about nothing, but then there's an awkward silence. Neither of you know what to say.
Fred breaks the silence, "I brought some Chocoballs, want one?"
"As long as they aren't going to make my tongue grow three times its size." You giggle.
"Have I ever done such a thing?" He says sincerely.
"Well, from what I hear you have." You eat another chip.
He laughs, "Well, that won't happen. These are full of strawberry mousse and clotted cream, they're good, try one."
You cautiously take a bite out of one, "Mmm, these are good. Thanks."
"I told you," he grins, "So tell me about yourself."
You take a sip of your pumpkin juice, "Well I'm 16 and I moved here from America. My parents heard about Hogwarts and found that it was better than my old school and had better job opportunities. Ryan is practically my twin; we're only fifteen months apart and we're really, really close. I have an older brother too, Marcus. He lives in the Philippines with his wife Ayanna. Um, I'm a pure-blood, but really don't care about the pure-blood, half-blood thing. Hmm," you pause, thinking of more to say, "At my muggle school I was always on the soccer team, it's my favorite sport. I live, breathe, play, eat, and dream soccer. At my wizarding school we had a small Quidditch team. We were so bad, but we didn't care, we just wanted to have fun. We practiced every moment we could, it was so much fun." You gaze off, remembering the days after school, just playing out on the cruddy field.
"What about you?" you toss another Chocoball into your mouth.
"Well, I'm a pure-blood. My family definitely not rich but we're not completely poor. My dad and brother Bill both work for the Ministry of Magic. And I have a brother named Charlie; he lives in Romania and works with dragons. George and me are hoping that after we leave here we will buy a place for our own joke shop. We love playing pranks on people, and helping people pull pranks."
You nod and you both sit, staring at the shimmering lake, eating Chocoballs.
Fred breaks the silence, "So, do you have a boyfriend back in your town?"
"No," you swallow uncomfortably, "I did, but things didn't work out and I don't really like long-distance relationships, you know? How about you? Who are you seeing?"
"Well, umm actually I wa-" Fred is abruptly cut off.