Nim Lewis and the Big Adjustment

by Raviel Eryn

Dora Longbottom is a child born after the Battle of Hogwarts being raised on the stories of the brave men and women who died because of Lord Voldemort and daydreaming about all the adventures she could have had if she lived during that time. They were all just dreams until one day and experiment in one of her classes goes terribly wrong and she gets flung back in time. Bit AU later

11. Sticky Situation

Nim watched from her position in the Gryffindor common room as Fred and George Weasley reluctantly put on their ties. Katie was telling her something about an article she had read the night before, but she wasn't listening. All she could think about was the twins' reaction when they realized that their ties were stuck on their necks.

She walked out of the common room with Katie on her right and Angelina on the left. It was almost Halloween and they were telling her all about wizarding world Halloween traditions. Finally, they reached the dungeons where they were to have double potions with the Slytherins. She spared a moment to smile at Professor Snape who was scowling a bit more angrily than usual.

Nim barely noticed the day go by, but during dinner she realized that it was only a matter of time before the twins would take off their ties in the common room. She abruptly excused herself from dinner and practically sprinted to the painting of the Fat Lady that was the entrance to the common room. Upon getting inside the common room, however, she found that the only person in the room was Percy Weasley who was sitting in an armchair by the fire immersed in a book.

She frowned, thinking she had missed the twins' getting upset over not being able to remove their ties. Her frown quickly turned into a satisfied grin as the boys ran out of their room pulling at the satiny fabric around their necks.

"Perce! You've got to help us!" George yelled.

"Percyyyy," Fred moaned, "the ties are stuck to us!"

Not even looking up from his book, Percy Weasley said, "Looks like someone got back at you for pranking them." The twins moaned and started rolling on the floor. Percy looked up from his book and winked at Nim.

Nim was a bit taken aback, how could he know that I did that, she wondered, looking away from Percy and turning back toward the twins. "Need help, boys?" she asked innocently.

"Nim, you're smart," George said.

"Yeah," Fred continued, "I bet you could get us out of this… Sticky situation!"

Nim rolled her eyes and was about to give them a bit of a negative response when she thought of something better, "Alright," she began as the twins began whooping with glee, "But I have one condition," the twins groaned, "Stop pranking me!"

"Fine!" Fred said quickly as Nim began to walk to her room. She promptly turned around and with a wave of her wand the ties stopped sticking to their necks.

As she walked up toward her room, she heard Percy Weasley say, "I think you'd better stick to your promise, boys, after all, Nim was the one who glued your ties to your necks in the first place."

She laughed a bit to herself before picking up a book and flopping onto her bed, for once not even thinking about her family or the people from her time who were probably wondering whether she was alright or not.

AN: Reviews are always welcome (good or bad)! Thanks for reading!