FRED'S POV:

Things went on the same for a few weeks. We all took care of each other and tried to believe things were normal. We stayed in the living room and kitchen for the most part and only ever went outside in daylight and in pairs. We were happy (or at least pretended to be okay) and tried not to ask questions like, "What happened to our family?"

One day, Kace and I were in the kitchen filling up cups with water and I could barely hear George and Penny talking their feelings over in the living room. It was a normal day in the old abandoned house we had claimed.

Then, the door of the old place was blown in with impressive force.

I spun quickly and took Kace by the shoulders, pushing her into a closet and closing the door. Luckily, she didn't try to protest. If it was all I could do, I would try my hardest to stall our attackers and save her.

I squeezed myself up against a wall and slunk my way to the corner of the kitchen that was closest to the front door. I hoped George and Penny were hidden safely and grabbed my wand, ready to duel anyone who posed a threat.

But as I rounded the corner, I saw not a Death Eater, but my mother.

I dropped my wand, shocked. "Mum?" I asked, my voice distant.

She spun around, eyes wide. "Oh, George!" she exclaimed, throwing her arms open and hugging me tearfully.

Then, another closet door opened and George, with his arm around Penny, peeked out and said, "Hey, I'm George!"

Mum laughed and said, "I guess I really should've known what with th-the…" She made a vague gesture to her ear and then dropped her hand, running to George and hugging him.

The height difference in the two almost made me laugh. But mum still had tears on her cheeks, so I held my laughter.

Someone tapped on my shoulder. I turned around to see a very disgruntled-looking Kace standing with her hands on her hips and a few cobwebs in her hair and some dust on her shirt. I heard George, Penny, and my mother laugh quietly.

"Oh, um, Kace?" I said, seeing something she couldn't.

She cocked a brow, obviously still annoyed and said, "What?"

I pointed to the top of her head and said, "There's a spider on your head."

Her eyes widened as she slowly lifted her hand to the top of her head.

The spider wasn't very big, but to a girl it was humongous.

George and Penny snickered and mum covered her mouth in a small giggle.

When her hand touched the furry thing, she screamed and jumped around, trying to bat the thing off her head. It was funny watching her hop around and squeal, but when the spider was safely out of reach of her head, she glared at me.

I coughed and smoothed out my features and stopped laughing.

Mum told us everything that had happened after we left. Everyone was fine, but Ron, Hermione, and Harry were missing still. We all figured the "Golden Trio" was off on another world-saving adventure. It would make sense with all of the Death Eater activity lately. After all of the explaining was done, mum took us all back home to the burrow. When a few days had passed, Hermione, Harry, and Ron showed back up and told us our next task.

It was time to go back to school.