Things That Matter: Fred Weasley
Fred Weasley had never called himself a forgiving person, his anger got the best of him at time like everyone else. As a child he held grudges over toys and as he grew older bitter over lost Quidditch matches. He and George spent their years at Hogwarts causing mayhem to people who had cause small offences, or even non at all. Pranking everyone either for a laugh or for revenge, they were well like by most of the school and knew it. However, once you crossed onto Fred Weasley's bad side, you weren't going back.
Until Percy, perfect, prefect, pompous, prat, Percy came crawling back to the family just in time to face possible death. Who did he think he was, just showing up and expecting everything to be the same as when he left? Where was he when Mum had cried because he wouldn't talk to them? When he sent his Christmas jumper back without a note? When Dad had almost died? His oldest brothers wedding? Percy had not seen the affect his leaving had done to their family, but Fred had. He wanted to tell Percy for years exactly what her thought of him, so he did.
And Percy agreed.
He was shocked for a split second, and then he reached his hand out to his brother, offering forgiveness that he had never offered before and had never expected to offer. The talks and arguments would come later, now they had a battle to fight and a war to win. Part of him thought that they had already won, he had his whole family back and that's what mattered. Fred Weasley was not a forgiving person, but he was going to be with his family to the end. That's what families did, stood by each other, forgave each other, fought for and against each other. All of them would stand by Dumbledore's Army tonight, they were still recruiting.
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