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The next day saw no further remarks from Malfoy, but since the incident with Snape on the third floor and Draco's attack, Snape had grown even surlier than before. She swore he followed her and Harry around everywhere they went. Potions was the worst part of her day because, not only was she forced to interact with Snape, but he didn't allow the use of quills or parchment so she couldn't even talk to Fred to make the time go faster. But she had a distraction in Neville who was beside himself with fear at Snape's new found outlook. Neville accidentally burned a hole through his cauldron and Evie stopped her work to help him clean it up, earning both of them detentions.

Evie brushed her detention off much easier than Neville did his. While she was forced to polish the trophy room, he was stuck disemboweling horned toads. But the following day brought Defense Against the Dark Arts, a class every fourth year had been waiting for since Fred, George and Lee couldn't stop talking about how amazing it was. Evie was especially excited because she hadn't seen Professor Moody since he turned Draco into a ferret.

When the time came for DADA, the fourth years lined up outside the classroom early, having cut their lunch short to get good seats. It seemed to take forever until the door suddenly flew open and Evie, Ron, Harry and Hermione rushed in. Ron, Harry and Hermione sat together as always so Evie took a seat next to Neville and Erin.

"So, straight into it then! Curses!" Moody began the class before the last person took their seat in the back. "Put those books away!"

Evie was humming with excitement, from what Fred and George had told her this class was going to blow her mind.

"Can any of you name the curses that are punished most heavily under wizarding law?" he questioned and Evie felt her body go ridged.

Ron was the first to answer, and his curse was one Evie had read about before. Shortly after arriving at Hogwarts Evie decided to read up on the wizarding war that took her parents lives.

"My dad did tell me about one," he mumbled. "Called the Imperious Curse."

"Yes, your father would know that one." said Moody.

He talked briefly about the trouble it caused the Ministry as he pulled a jar of spiders out of his desk. He placed it on his desk and pulled one of them out, holding it out for them all to see. "Imperio!"

The spider then began doing tricks as if it had been trained its whole life to do them. Trapeze acts, back flips, cartwheels, and dances. Everyone was laughing until their grizzly looking professor growled.

"Think this is funny?" he said jumping to his feet. "What if I did it to you? Had you jumping through flaming hoops?" The laughter was replaced by stunned, shocked silence. "Gives the caster total control. Now, another?" he asked the class.

Neville's was the first hand in the air this time, so quickly in fact, that he nearly hit Evie in the face as she shifted in her seat.

"T-The… The Cruciatus curse." Neville's voice managed to find its way out of his mouth after Moody pointed to him.

"The name's Longbottom is it?" he asked.

With a nervous nod from Neville, Moody removed a second spider and enlarged it for them. "Crucio!"

Evie watched as the spider shook and twitched in silent pain. She was fascinated by the sight, until she felt Neville's hand grasp tightly onto her own. His face was contorted in what looked like a mix of pain and fear.

"Stop it!" she shouted.

With one look at Neville, Moody stopped and shrank the spider to its proper size and replaced it in the jar.

This time when he asked them for a curse, Hermione was the only one to raise her hand. Evie wasn't sure she liked this class very much, and planned to tell Fred as much at dinner.

"Ah, yes," Moody's voice broke through her thoughts. Hermione must have answered, but Evie hadn't heard her. "The last and worst, Avada Kedavra… the killing curse."

At those words, Evie felt something stir in her mind, and then came the green flash that had haunted her dreams for years.

"Lily! Take the kids and run!" James Potter's voice rang through his daughter's head.

There was a faint thump as footsteps echoed in her mind. Then a door opening and slamming shut. Lily was about to take her kids out of their cribs when the door burst open.

"Not my children! Please not my Evie or Harry!" Lily cried. A shrill cackle followed.

"Stand aside! I don't need to harm you silly girl!"

"Not Harry! Kill me instead! Don't hurt them!"

"I'm interested in the girl only! I will take her alive. Avada Kedavra!"

The flash of light filled her memory as she remembered what she had never remembered before. He had been there for her, not her parents, not Harry. She was brought back to reality when Moody shouted "CONSTANT VIGILANCE!"

"Now, those three curses are known as the Unforgivable Curses, the use of which lands you in Azkaban with a life sentence. Quills out and copy this down!"

The whole walk to the Great hall, Evie kept replaying the memory over and over in her mind; haunted by the horrible voice declaring his interest in her alone. She knew she ought to go straight to Dumbledore, but she was scared what it would mean if she were right.

She ate her dinner in silence which caused Fred to watch her in worry. He was lucky Harry and Ron left the hall earlier than normal, and he seized this opportunity to ask Evie what was wrong.

"Evie?" he asked sliding into the seat next to her.

"Yes?" she responded in a far away voice he hadn't heard her use since she had seen the Dark Mark over the summer.

"What's wrong?" his concerned voice shattered her thoughts and brought her back to reality.

"Had my first Defense Against the Dark Arts class." She stated simply.

Fred's face must have shown his confusion as he looked at her, trying to find a connection to DADA and her current state of mind.

"We went over the Unforgivable Curses, Fred. I finally saw how my parents died." She looked into his pale green eyes. "Before, every time I remembered that night, I just heard their voices and saw nothing but green. Now I can see their faces… his face."

"Oh Evie…." He pulled her close and smoothed her hair.

"That's not all," she whispered. "I remember something new. But I don't know if it is real or not."

"What is it?" he asked as he pulled away to look down at her now tear stained face.

"I heard his voice telling my mother that he was only there for me, that he wanted me." She choked out, holding back tears.

"But… he tried to kill Harry…" Fred trailed off, trying to understand.

"He wanted me alive, Fred. He wanted to take me, if what I remembered is correct." She said.

"You need to tell Dumbledore, Evie." He told her.

"But what if I'm wrong? Or even worse, what if I'm right? I'd be the reason they're dead." She let her fears out.

"You can't think that Evie. Peter sold your parents out to him, if he hadn't done that then they'd still be alive. The fault is with him, not you." He told her.

With Fred's help, Evie stopped dwelling on the new memory and began to enjoy DADA classes, though nothing Fred could say to her assuaged her guilt about her parent's death. Hermione had finished her research in the library and forced Ron, Harry and Evie to join S.P.E.W. She made Evie Vice President, Harry Secretary and Ron treasurer. Evie forced the twins to join after promising to pay their joining fee.

Apart from DADA classes, Evie's stolen moments with Fred were her favorite part of the day. More than once they were chased out of Moaning Myrtle's bathroom by her distraught spirit.

"Get out! GET OUT!" Myrtle shouted for the third time that week.

"Come on Myrtle! If our roles were reversed, I'd let you snog your boyfriend in peace!" Evie countered.

"Well, I never had a boyfriend did I?" she squeaked out.

"Myrtle?" said Fred tentatively. "I know for a fact that Cedric is taking a bath upstairs in the Prefect bathroom."

"That Diggory boy?" she sputtered.

"The very one." He smiled at the glum ghost before him.

"Wheee!" she squealed as she plunged into the pipes.

"How could you possibly know Cedric is in the bathroom right now?" Evie asked.

"Simple, my dear," he said backing her against the wall. "I heard him invite Hannah Abbott to join him." He grinned.

"Fred!" she began to scold him but was cut off by his lips leaving searing kisses along her jaw line, ending with his lips crashing over her own.

So far Fred had been the perfect gentleman and had gone no farther than kissing, but tonight he thought he might try going a bit further. He brought a hand down from her hair and placed it on her hip pulling her closer to him. He started to let his hands wander leaving her hip and traveling up to her breasts. He waited for her to protest before he began to knead them gently. Evie broke the kiss then and let out a breathy moan that sounded strangely like his name. He lowered his lips to her neck and alternated soft kisses with playful nips as he listened to her moans.

Evie was so caught off guard by this sudden change in their usual routine she almost pushed him away until she felt a shock of pleasure course through her body at his touch. And when he started nipping at her neck she couldn't help but fist her hands in his hair and press her body as close to him as possible. It was his turn to moan as her hips bucked against his sharply. The whole exchange was enough to send Fred over board and he came right then.

Fred jumped back from her so quickly she felt like someone had dumped a bucket of icy water on her.

"I…I have to go." He said running out of the bathroom, his face the same shade as his bright red hair.

"What did I do?" she asked herself as she wandered absent mindedly from the bathroom and into the moving form of her friend Erin.

"Oy! Watch it, Evie!" she said as they picked themselves up off the floor.

"Sorry." She mumbled as she tried to keep the tears threatening to spill from falling down her face.

"What's wrong?" Erin asked as she steered her teary-eyed friend toward the Great hall.

"Something happened, but I don't know what." She whispered. She was going over it in her head. Something she had been doing a lot of recently, replaying things in her mind.

"I'm confused. What were you doing in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom?" asked Erin.

"I was with Fred. You know how we like to see each other before dinner." She said before her words caught in her throat again.

"Did he try anything you weren't ready for?!" she shrieked. "I'll set him straight! My Mum taught me this great hex for that stuff."

"No, I think I did something wrong. We were kissing and… well he did something new, and I don't know what happened, but he jumped away and ran off." She explained.

Her friend stopped dead in her tracks and began to laugh. Evie looked at her in confusion.

"What?" she cried over her friend's laughter.

Erin finally stopped laughing and straightened up to look her friend in the eyes.

"I forget sometimes that you don't have a mother to talk to about this stuff. It's hard without someone to explain these things to you." She said hugging her friend.

"Will you just tell me what happened to my boyfriend?" Evie whined.

"He," she laughed again. "he got a bit too…happy."

"Wha….OH!" Evie blushed. It was hard not having a mother to explain these things to her and she felt more than just a little embarrassed that the task had fallen to her friend to explain it to her.

They walked the rest of the way to the Great hall in silence until they saw a sign in the Entrance hall. The sign stated simply, that the students from the other schools would be arriving in one week's time, and that classes would end early for the welcoming feast.

Harry, Ron, Hermione and a Hufflepuff girl Evie didn't care to recognize were reading the sign as well.

"Wonder if Cedric knows? Maybe I should tell him!" she said walking away.

"Cedric?" Ron asked.

"Diggory," Harry answered. "Obviously he must be planning to enter the tournament."

"That idiot? Hogwarts Champion?" Evie started. "I'll root for Beauxbatons if that happens."

Erin agreed with her and they laughed together until they saw Hermione's disapproving face.

"He's not an idiot! You just don't like him because he beat your bo-brother at Quidditch." said Hermione blushing at her almost mistake. "I've heard he's a really great student and he's a Prefect!"

Ron snorted, mistaking her blush for a sign of a crush on Cedric.

"You just like him because you think he's handsome!" he accused.

That sparked an argument between the two that lasted until they were seated at their table. Evie saw Lee and George, but there was no sign of Fred. Evie sat with Hermione and Erin who did most of the talking while she waited for Fred to appear. When he hadn't shown up after ten minutes she said she wasn't hungry and left without touching a thing on her plate.

Fred had left the bathroom so quickly and was scared to face her again. He had run straight to the tower and into his dormitory to change. He stayed there, unsure of what he'd say when he saw her again. He'd never had that problem before. He'd made out with a few Muggle girls who lived in the village near his house, and he'd never lost control like that. Never. He heard someone enter the common room and start climbing the stairs to the boy's dormitory.

Evie headed up the stairs to Fred's dormitory after quickly checking the Marauders map once she was in the tower. She saw that he was pacing in the dorm and decided to confront him while she had the chance. She'd never once been in the boy's dormitory, though Hermione had more than once.

Fred jumped when the door opened and Evie stepped into the room.

"Fred? Do you think we could maybe talk about what happened?" she asked.

"How did you know I was here?" he asked stalling.

"Map." She laughed. "If you don't want to yet, I can wait."

"You aren't mad?" he asked. He had been sure she would be mad at him for running out like that.

"I was more scared and confused than mad. I thought I had done something wrong. But Erin told me…" she started but was quickly cut off.

"You told Erin?!" he yelled.

"Don't you yell at me Fred Weasley!" she shouted back. "I don't have a mother and my aunt never cared to explain these things to me! I was scared and confused when I ran into her, and she explained that I hadn't hurt you like I thought!"

"You thought you had hurt me?" he asked much more gently.

"Yes…" she whispered, lowering her head.

"You thought you hurt me, and I thought you'd be mad at me…" he chuckled. "So Erin explained what happened?"

"Yeah, she…uh…said you got too…" she trailed off too embarrassed to finish. "Was that my fault?"

"No," he said closing the distance between them and taking her into his arms.

"Fred? You up there?" Ron's voice drifted up the stairs from the common room.

"Hide! Quick!" said Fred as he pulled her onto his bed and closed the curtains around them.

"How does this help?" she hissed as the door opened and her brother's best friend walked in.

"Fred?" he asked walking over to the bed they were hiding in.

Fred shoved Evie under the covers and poked his head out to see not just Ron standing in front of him but Harry as well.

"Have you seen Evie?" Harry asked.

In the bed behind Fred, Evie tensed at the sound of her brother's voice. She knew he couldn't find her here, but she couldn't think of a way out of the situation.

"Why?" Fred asked, keeping an even voice.

"She left dinner without eating and I'm worried about her. It's not like her not to eat." Harry explained.

"I didn't hear her come in through the portrait hole, but I've been…uh…sleeping." He said, yawing for affect.

"Well if she did, she'd be in the dormitory." Ron reasoned.

"Which we can't get into. Perfect. I know she's hiding something from me." Harry said.

"What makes you say that?" Fred asked nervously.

"She's been sneaking around at night. She even stole the Invisibility Cloak from me!" he said.

"Oh! She offered to nick us the special ingredients we need for our aging potion!" Fred said cheerfully.

"Why's she doing it?" Harry asked accusingly.

"She fits perfectly under the cloak, is speedy and silent and she has the map. And she offered us her services." He smiled.

"That better be all she's offering." Harry muttered quietly.

"Oi! If you've got something to say Harry, then say it!" Fred said losing his temper.

"You've been spending a lot of time with my sister and I've noticed. I've also seen the way you look at her." countered Harry.

"And she's a big girl who doesn't need you attacking every guy you think might possibly fancy her!" shouted Fred.

Beneath the covers Evie covered her mouth and put her hand on Fred's leg to try and remind him to calm down.

"So you do fancy her then!" yelled Harry.

"Who does Fred fancy?" George said, walking in.

Evie sent up a silent thanks to George for his sudden appearance in the room.

"Evie!" Harry said.

"Evie? Our little Evie?" George laughed. "Fred, you can't be serious?"

"It's not a joke George!" said Harry.

"I think I would know if my twin had his eye on a girl, Harry." George said. "Now clear off! Erin went to check on her, if you wait in the common room I'm sure they'll be there soon."

George ushered them out of the room and down to the common room. Both Evie and Fred climbed out of his bed.

"That was close." Fred said.

"A little too close. You shouldn't have lost your temper with him, Fred." said Evie as she made her way towards the door.

"Did you hear what he said? He basically said he thinks I'd take advantage of you!" Fred hissed.

"I know, but what if he had found me, Fred? I'm beginning to think he'll only come around if we just tell him or make a public scene of it." She sighed.

"Should we go tell him now then?" laughed Fred. "I'm sure he'll come right around!"

"You'll ask me to the Yule Ball, right in front of him. He can argue all he wants, but I don't care." She told him. "He'll eventually have to come around to the idea, or never talk to either of us again."

"I like the sound of that. So, we're still sneaking around til then?" he asked.

"Yeah, see you downstairs?" she asked looking up into his face.

"Yup. I'll be down soon." He told her.

Evie stood on her toes to give him a quick kiss before sneaking out of his dorm and down to the girl's dorms to find Erin sitting on her bed.

"You're welcome. Yes, I do know how amazing I am!" she said smugly.

"Thank you Erin!" she said jumping on the bed and tackling her friend. "So how did you know where we were?"

"I guessed. Now, you had a headache, but feel fine now. We'll go downstairs and you'll ask George to come with you to the kitchens so you can get some food since you are now hungry. It must be George to avoid suspicion from Harry. Oh, and you so owe me big." She laughed hopping off the bed.

Over the next week, Evie and Fred decided to cool it a little so Harry would calm down. The day the delegations were due to arrive was the day Harry finally apologized to Fred.

The fourth year Gryffindor's were glad to see the end of Potions that day. Snape's mood had only gotten worse as the weeks passed. Before she knew it, Evie was on the grounds right outside the castle with the twins, Hermione and Erin at her side. After what felt like hours a huge carriage pulled by equally large horses came soaring over the forest and down right in front of the assembled students. A few moments after the carriage landed and emptied itself of the students and headmistress within, a massive ship rose from the lake.

As the students from the ship drew closer, Evie felt Hermione tense and grab her arm.

"Evie! It's Krum!" she hissed.