Chapter 10: Remember Me

July 16, 2008 – Fred's Flat

It was around five years ago when Fred moved out of his and George's flat. George' stayed in the same flat, his now-wife moving in with him, and Fred moved into the floor above George's floor.

Fred sat in front of his trunk in the middle of his room. He was going through his Hogwarts trunk, clearing out some of his stuff so his fiancé could move in. Fred had been dating Angelina Johnson for the past four or five years and just asked her to marry him a week ago. Now Angie was moving in with Fred.

Lots had happened over the past few years. Hermione and George got married and were living with their girl, Hope-Anne. Ron and Luna had got married and had a child, Harry and Ginny got married and had two children, Bill and Fleur had three children, Charlie got engaged, Percy got married and had two children, and Fred had got engaged.

Nothing else had changed. Hermione, Fred, George, and Angie all hung out a lot because of their closeness before the war and after the war. Even after ten years, Fred hadn't regained any memories. There was nothing he could remember from the years of dating Hermione. Fred only knew what happened from what people told him. He didn't remember any of his own memories, any of his own feeling, or anything.

Fred pulled out his last broken quill at the bottom of his trunk. That was the last thing in the trunk.

Fred smiled and tossed the broken quill to the garbage bin on the other side of the room. It landed in the bin with a clunk. Fred turned to the pile of loose notes and papers from his school years. Fred picked up the stack of around twenty pages and started flipping through them.

Fred read the first three words to see if it was worth saving or not. He found a few pages worth keeping of transfiguration notes, a few recipes of prank products, and a letter. Fred put down all of the papers other than the letter, and opened the letter up.

Dear Freddie,

Fred paused in reading. He never remembered receiving a letter that addressed him as Freddie. Fred looked back to the letter and read through it slowly. Fred looked at the very bottom of the letter and swallowed a lump in his throat.

With lots of love,

'Mione (June 30, 1997 – 5pm)

The letter floated down from Fred's hands and a glossy look came over his eyes. After a few seconds Fred fell to his knees in front of his Hogwarts trunk. His hand clutched his shirt over his heart and he closed his eyes tightly.

"I remember."

So how did you like the story? I thought it was quite good. Any thoughts about how Hermione acted? How Fred acted? How I messed up writing or something?

So if you liked anything in this story, you can vote for me on the "Twin Exchange" profile. The poll opens on July 20th and closes on Aug. 10th.

To the questions...

Will there be a sequel?: Sadly there will be no sequel. I don't have many good ideas for a sequel. And this story was written for the Twin Exchange Challenge, meaning that this story has to be done before July 20th. I wouldn't be able to write a sequel before then, sadly. I'm sorry! I loved this story, and if I had more time I probably would have made a sequel and made this story better. (No sequel also means no continuing with this story, sorry!)

Are you saying that all these years all he had to do is read a letter he got from her to regain his memories?: Yeah, pretty much. With Fred going through his Hogwarts trunk and seeing items from his past with Hermione it pulled some memories up. And with Fred thinking about Hermione's family, and thinking about Angie, and reading a letter from Hermione made him remember. So yes, if Fred went through his trunk before (like ten years before) then he would have got all of his memories.

How did Fred get his memories back?: The letter is dated June 30, 1997. This is the day that Dumbledore got murdered, thus starting the war. Fred recodnized the date from stories that people told him and remembered that, that was pretty much the start of the climax of the war. Fred then got all of the memories of his back from the war and before that.

What did the letter say?: It pretty much described the events of Hermione's day. Nothing special, but Fred could tell that she really loved him through the words.

Thanks for reading!

Kisses,

Paw

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