Thanks to walters1, Chloe 'Remuslupin' Black, ninjacat5 and speedmonkey for reviewing the last chapter. Thankfully my traffic is back up so I'm not going to be as paraniod about people not reading anymore.
I own nothing of Harry Potter but six DVDs, seven books and a couple of games.
''Hey, have you got it?'' Fred shouted through the gently falling snow towards George who trudged his way through the snow covered ground of the school courtyard.
''Yeah, got it right here'' Fred saw George wave The Marauders Map in his hand through the snowflakes.
''Good'' Fred said as George reached him. ''I was worried the petite blonde attached to your face might have made you forget''
''Shut up'' George said defensively. ''We're not that bad''
''I suppose since you've both fancied each other for Merlin knows how long it's only fair that you make up for lost time'' Fred commented as he began making a snowman.
''That's exactly what we're doing'' George agreed, remembering what Luna had said to him after the Quidditch game. He tucked the map in the inside pocket of his jacket and scooped up a handful of snow and swung it straight at Fred's ear.
''You git'' Fred threw the large gathering of snow he had collected for his snowman at George, who took cover across the courtyard.
''If I hadn't have started it you would have'' George argued as he walked back over to Fred and started building up the snowman.
''Good point'' Fred wasn't going to argue with a very valid statement. ''So when are we meeting Luna?''
''We're meeting her in the Three Broomsticks in an hour'' George replied as he wiped away some of the snowflakes that had landed on his face.
Fred looked as though he was about to say something but stopped when he saw Ron and Hermione heading out of the school. ''Harry must be around here somewhere''
''Yeah. Looks like it's time to let Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs give Harry some direction in his life'' George led the way around the courtyard and from the other side of the one-eyed witch statue they could see Harry walking dejectedly by himself; but hopefully they would cheer him up when they handed over the map that had helped them achieve so many of their pranks over the years.
''You actually gave up the Marauders Map'' Luna looked at Fred and George in disbelief. She could remember the look of delight on Fred and George's eleven year old faces when they had ran into the Great Hall with the map tucked inside of George's cloak.
''Yeah, we've decided that pulling practical jokes with assistance is just less funny for us than doing it by ourselves'' Fred explained.
''Besides, I think Harry may need to watch out for people more than we do'' George added.
''I never thought that you two would give that up'' Luna took the Butterbeer that was handed to her by the bartender and as George and Fred followed with their own drinks, she made her way to a free table by the window of the Leaky Cauldron.
''Well we are just full of surprises Luna'' George smirked as he took the seat beside her.
''I'm sure you are'' Luna took a sip of her Butterbeer and stared out of the window.
''Harry better not get that map taken off him though; we kept that thing safe from Filch for four years'' Fred complained. ''Maybe we should have made him sign an insurance policy''
''Fred if you ever want to run a shop then your going to have to think of better ways of getting money than scrounging money off anyone you meet'' George laughed. ''Just last week you told Lee that you would give him a ticket to a Weird Sisters concert for thirty galleons''
''How do you know that I wouldn't have gotten him a ticket?'' Fred asked.
''Because you don't have any Weird Sisters tickets to give away'' George countered.
''Alright, maybe I would have just given him one of Zonko's trick tickets but still...'' Fred argued defensively.
George decided to ignore Fred and looked to his left to see Luna still staring up at the sky through the window. ''Anything interesting?''
''Not to you maybe'' Luna replied, not shifting her gaze a single inch. ''But I think it's all very lovely''
Fred gave a look that said 'what is she on about?' and George would have wacked him if he had been in reach.
''Can I ask what's so lovely about it?'' George followed Luna's gaze but he could see nothing but a white, snow covered landscape.
''Everything'' Luna stated.
''Oh...alright then mystery solved'' George said sarcastically. Luna finally turned back to the table and began to carry on drinking her Butterbeer.
''Bloody hell'' Fred exclaimed, staring in the direction of the bar. ''Did you see that girl who just came in?''
''No'' George said, trying to look past the pillars to see who the girl in question was. ''Who was it?''
''I don't know'' Fred snapped. ''But I want to. If you two don't mind I'm going to go find out?''
He didn't stop for a response before running across the room in search of the girl and leaving George and Luna sat together. Luna gulped down the rest of her Butterbeer and George watched with a small smile.
''What?'' Luna asked as George's staring made her paranoid.
''Nothing'' George shook his head. ''Do you want to go for a walk?''
''I would love to'' Luna hopped up from her seat and pulled on her scarf and gloves.
George led Luna through Hogsmeade and as they went beyond the Hog's Head pub and walked across the near deserted part of the village, Luna could no longer hold in her questions. ''George, where are we going?''
''It's just a little further Luna'' George shouted to her over his shoulder. ''I want to show you somewhere''
Luna silently followed George's lead until he came to a stop at the base of a small hill. George pivoted round and held out a hand for Luna to accept, she eyed him with a suspicious look and then put her hand in his. Without a single word, George walked up the gentle slope and Luna trailed directly behind him.
As she reached the top, Luna gasped at the sight before her. The hill looked over the landscape that surrounded Hogsmeade and the image before her could have been a work of art; Hogwarts castle was in the very background surrounded by its lakes and the Forbidden Forest and the many acres of woodland were decorated in shimmering white snow.
''George...'' Luna gasped in amazement and a whirl of breath emerged from her mouth. ''...this is...incredible''
''I thought you might like it'' George smiled as he chose to observe Luna's reactions rather than the landscape. ''It's slightly more impressive than the view from the Three Broomsticks''
''It is'' Luna agreed. After several minutes of staring at the vision before her, Luna looked at George. The falling snow seemed to reflect in his light brown eyes and the red hair that poked out of his hat had collected many tiny flakes of snow that seemed to sparkle as the gentle sunlight hit them. Luna suddenly wasn't sure whether the view of the landscape could compare to that of George Weasley.
''How did you find this place?'' Luna took a step closer to him which did not help with her concentration.
''After me and Fred found out about all those hidden passageways to get here, we brought the map with us just in case there was anywhere else that was hidden'' George explained. ''We didn't know anything was down this end of the village so when we saw a few people over here; we came to see if it was anything interesting''
''How did I not know about this?'' Luna was puzzled.
''Oh it was just after that time when Fred and I gave you the prototypes of Puking Pastels and you were in the hospital wing for a week and a half because everytime you ate you puked it back up again'' Luna thought back to her third year when it had happened. ''And once you had got out of the hospital wing, and me and Fred had got out of our months worth of detentions, you were mad at us so you walked around Hogsmeade with Percy''
''Oh yes I remember now'' Luna giggled. ''You nearly slapped Percy when you saw me with him''
''Luna I did not nearly slap him...I nearly punched his lights out'' George corrected.
Luna laughed. ''Anyways...it's very beautiful here. I'm glad you brought me''
''Yeah well, I've been waiting to show someone else this place and...well it was always going to be you'' George said in all seriousness.
Luna beamed up at him and took one more step so that she was directly in front of him. ''Thank you George''
Luna stood on her tip-toes and kissed George gently on the lips but as she went to pull away again, George recaptured her lips with his and ran his fingers through her long hair and she put her arms over his shoulders.
After many minutes of making out, Luna finally pulled away from a very unhappy looking George. ''You're a tease''
''No'' Luna protested. ''If I was a tease then I would come right up to you and put my hands on your chest, and then I would speak slowly and softly into your ear...''
As she spoke, Luna acted out what she was saying and George's eyes were wide, and a crooked smile was stuck on his face.
''...and then just as I moved forward to kiss you...'' Luna moved so that her lips were just and inch from his, and then she turned and skipped back down the hill; leaving George to watch after her.
''You are evil Luna Lovegood'' George shouted down to her as he slowly made his way back down.
''You were the one who called me a tease'' Luna giggled as she continued to skip away from the hill.
''Yep...'' George muttered. ''...I asked for it''
Next chapter; It's Christmas time, but will George and Luna get the chance to spend the holidays together?
As you can tell, I am mostly sticking to points in the book where certain events happen, but from another perspective. Otherwise I would be writing a story with a 100 chapters in it, so that is why there are certain passages of time between chapters and I hope you don't mind.
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