Nineteen Years Later

Chap 10

A/n: Weird how one day u think all is lost becoz ur friends turned bitch and the next day ur friends again, well I think we r!!!! Oh yeah, apparently I had a bf that I didn't know about but he dumped me!!!!!

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Downstairs Lucas smelled a rat. He raced up the stairs and stood behind Molly as she interrogated his twin. He tried to tell Craig not to say anything without saying anything himself, but Craig being the dumb one slowly pointed to the door on the back of which hung a toilet seat with the neat words 'Property of Hogwarts. If found please return.' Molly looked at it and her mouth dropped open. Lucas smacked his forehead and turned to run, but Molly was too fast for him as she had caught him.

"FRED!" she yelled.

"What Grandma Molly?" Fred the boy questioned as he for once actually ad no idea.

He saw the toilet seat at which Craig was still pointing at, "Classic."

"Not you dear." Molly patted his shoulder with her spare hand, "FRED!"

Fred shot up from the floor, "You rang?"

"What have I told you about teaching the boys all your little 'pranks'? Alicia will have a fit when she finds out about this." Molly said the 'pranks' in a hushed tone as if it were seriously disgusting and dirty.

"Mrs. Alicia Weasley, never stops worrying for one minute, but when I died, she couldn't be bothered staying in touch with her best friend." Fred the ghost went off into one of his annual rants.

"Please Fred, not in front of the children, If I weren't dead Angelina wouldn't have gone off with that muggle Samson would she? And we'd have kids of our own." Fred the ghost continued.

"Fred!" Molly snapped, her eyes flashing dangerously.

Fred the ghost looked at her calmly before disappearing through the floorboards. Craig, Lucas and the boy Fred knew better than to question anything that Fred the ghost as it could usually end on a tantrum on Molly's behalf.

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Arthur sat at the head of the table with Molly and Charlie either side of him. It was Christmas Day and so the whole family was over.

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"Now it's Christmas." Sam spoke suddenly, her voice shaky and weak.

The other three girls were taken aback as she hadn't said a word in what they suspected were weeks.

"How do you know?" Kerry asked quickly before the moment passed.

She was too late, Sam had fallen asleep.

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As Kerry slept Clhaire talked to Bridgette.

"I don't know how much longer Sam will hold on." She expressed her feelings.

"I know." Bridgette nodded.

"We said she's a fighter, but in reality she's so weak and timid." Clhaire added.

"She's not timid, just has nothing left to fight for."

"Her family."

"She doesn't remember."

"She does. She pretends."

"Sure!?!"

"Yes, sure. They're what she hates to remember, everything else is no-existent."

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After the New Year the students, whose parents would allow, them traipsed back into the school.

"Hey Rosy Posy, did you get a hair pin for your Christmas," Scorpius asked in a taunting voice, "Well, I suppose judging by your hair, I guess not."

He looked around at his two friends who Rose knew to be Horace Peters and Raphael Rodgers, who sniggered obediently.

"Get lost Malfoy! Or the whole point of Peter's ma telling him to change his underwear will be lost." Rose snapped.

"Pah!" Horace spat at Rose.

"Why I outta punch your lights out!" Joey Gray threatened, "That's no way to treat a girl!"

"You gonna take us on Gray?" Scorpius chortled.

"You and what army Gray?" Raphael stood up straight; he was at least a foot taller than the rest of the boys in their year.

"I, unlike you, have the decency not to result to violence for every little thing." Joey turned and walked off.

"Follow your little boyfriend Rosy Posy." Scorpius pouted pathetically.

"He's not my boyfriend Malfoy!" Rose made her sad retort.

"Your bodyguard then." Scorpius mock bowed.

"Have fun with Kingston Malfoy." Rose smirked and followed Joey up to the Gryffindor tower.

Horace turned on Scorpius, "What does she mean about Phoebe?"

"She's winding you up Peters." Scorpius assured him, "My eyes are for Sandy only."

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Paige sat with her back to the girls' stairs in the Ravenclaw tower. She was waiting for Garry. Daniel sat with her.

"Daniel, go see if he's in his dorm?" Paige asked it had been half an hour.

Just as Daniel stood up his brother jumped off the last step of the boys' stairs.

"Aw…was Paigie worrying about me?" Garry grinned.

"Maybe a little. I'm allowed to considering that of my cousins, my best friend and one of the sweetest girl's possible have all gone missing." Paige smiled meekly.

"I'm sorry anywho, my roomie roped me into helping him with his homework, don't know why though I'm hopeless at Potions." Garry shrugged casually, but still looked somehow apologetic, "And it's not like I'm going to do my own homework. I hate Professor Vane. It's always 'Mr. Corner what do you think you're doing with that merpeople's eyelash?', 'Mr. Corner this is a Potions class not a disco!' or 'Mr. Corner if you don't put away that Cornish Pixie Poison this instant I will send you to Professor Carmichal!'"

"Cornish Pixie Poison?" Paige questioned quizzically.

"For Fred?" Daniel replied, "He won't say what for though."

"Big kid only stuff Squirt." Garry laughed.

"But I am a Big Kid!" Daniel protested.

"Not big enough." Garry said firmly, "Oh God! Just as we were speaking about him. Fred calls and so does duty."

"Not another job!" Paige complained.

"Yes another job." Garry sighed, "Weird how he uses Pipes and not you eh?" And with that he was gone.

"Suppose I better find Lou and do my Potions essay." Paige exhaled heavily.

"Ha ha! You have an essay!" Daniel teased.

"Didn't you mention something about a History of Magic essay you have to do?" Paige giggled, "Wouldn't want to end up like your brother would you?"

"Oh crap!" Daniel exclaimed.

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"How are you Gwen?" Jake sat next to the thin pale girl.

"Fine thanks." Gwen picked up her Herbology book and pretended to read from it.

"That would make a lot more sense the right way up, you know." Jake turned the book round.

"I have an essay due in tomorrow." Gwen said simply as she got up and headed for the girls' stairs.

In her dorm she found her roommates Lucy, Laetitia and Chandra lounging on the beds. Lucy put on cutie pie face and smiled sickly sweet.

"You're clever, aren't you Gwen?" Lucy put her hand firmly on Gwen's arm and moved closer to her, "You'll help us do our History essays won't you?" Lucy's grip tightened.

"I…erm…have…stuff to do…" Gwen shrugged her off.

"But we're your friends." Lucy smiled her sickly sweetest smile.

"Yah!" Laetitia and Chandra chorused.

"Sorry…I…I have to go." Gwen ran out.

"Oh well!" Lucy chirped, "Guess you're stuck with our homework Chandra."

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Fred's head hurt with all the worrying he had been doing lately. He had worried about Sam, about Clhaire, about Kerry, about Bridgette, about 'Uncle Fred' and about the person who would be next to go.

"Fred have you seen Jake?" Neville asked as he passed him in the corridors.

Fred shook his head, "No, Professor." With his words Fred watched Neville go quite pale.

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