Outside, the Weasley children with Harry and Hermione stood in a circle around George. He placed the box in the middle, grabbed a butterbeer and took a place between his siblings. Ron closed his eyes as the warm breeze grazed his skin and swept his hair from his forehead. The sun was warm and bright and it beat down on them in the spring afternoon as though it believed the season to be summer.

"Dad, Mum!" Bill called, beckoning his parents come join them outside.

Molly emerged from the kitchen shielding her eyes from the sunlight. She wiped her hands on the front of her apron and called into the house.

"Arthur, they're all set."

He walked out into the light behind Molly, his hand over his mouth, gripping his chin.

"What have we got?" Asked Arthur as he joined the circle between Charlie and Hermione.

"Butterbeer." Said Charlie, handing a bottle to his father.

"That was supposed to be for tomorrow." Said Molly as she twisted the top off of one. Charlie gave her a cheeky look and wrapped his arm around her. "Supposed we can get some more tomorrow." She smiled to her son. She walked across the circle and took a spot between George and Ginny.

"That's our tribute to Fred." Said George pointing to the center of the circle and taking his mum's hand in his.

"Of course." Said Arthur smiling down at the box of mischief at their feet.

Molly stared around to her children, looking taken aback. She pulled a tea towel from her apron, and waved it back and forth in front of her face to dry her eyes.

"A toast," said Bill, holding his butterbeer in the air. "To Fred. Inventor, prankster, son, brother and friend."

Everyone lifted their bottles high repeating "Fred" before taking long gulps of butterbeer. Once everyone had lowered his or her drinks, Bill began again.

"To Tonks and to Lupin, loving parents, loyal friends."

"Here here" and "Tonks and Lupin" sounded around the circle. They drank and lowered their drinks. Silence lingered there in the sunlight.

"I love you all." Percy's voice broke through the quiet.

"Love you, Perce." Charlie said back. Everyone began to turn to the person standing next to them. They exchanged hugs and "love you's" and Ron noticed Harry and Ginny concentrating hard on each other from opposite sides of the circle. Ron took Hermione's hand and placed a simple kiss to the back of it.

"To family." Said Percy, who raised his butterbeer. Everyone echoed "to family."

"And to great friends." Added Hermione with her butterbeer held to the Weasley family and Harry as they stood around her.

Arthur wrapped his arm around Hermione.

"To family" he said smiling down to her. She placed her hand over her heart watching the Weasley's drink to her and Harry, acknowledging them as part of their family.

"To…" Charlie paused for dramatic effect. "Hogwarts." He finished with a smirk and tilting his bottle to the sky.

"YES!" yelled Bill.

"To Hogwarts." Everyone drank.

Bill gulped down the swig of butter beer and held up his bottle again before speaking.

"To… Gryffindor!" Bill grinned to Charlie, who also lifted his bottle high.

"TO GRRRYFFINDORRRR!" Charlie called loudly up to the sky with a laugh.

"TO GRYFFINDOR!" called everyone, laughing, and they drank.

Ron cleared his throat and held out his bottle. He directed it to Harry and tipped the bottle towards his friend.

"To Harry."

"And to you." Said Harry, nodding his head to Ron and Hermione. They both smiled back to him.

"To Harry." Said the group, then drank.

Harry raised his bottle in front of him, and everyone stood quietly before he spoke.

"To Dumbledore." Harry said.

"To Dumbledore." The repeated firmly, and drank.

Harry raised his bottle again. "To Severus Snape." He said slowly, but powerfully.

"To Snape."

"To Severus."

They drank.

Harry raised his bottle a third time. He looked around to everyone.

"To every hero, here and gone."

"Here, here!" said Arthur.

Everyone took a final drink.

Around the circle, a few coughed to clear their throats. Molly, who stood between George and Ginny pulled them both in and one at a time, kissed their cheeks. Ron took a deep breath and rubbed his fingers over his eyes.

"Thanks, Bill." Ron spoke first. Bill smiled to him, and gave him one supportive nod.

"Alright, what have you got for us, George?" Bill asked.

Ron felt Hermione's hand run over his back. She leaned against him and he looked down to meet her gaze.

"All kinds of stuff," said George as he got down to his knees and took the top off of the box. "Ginny." Said Fred as he plucked a wand from inside. "Give that wave."

Ginny placed her bottle on the ground and stepped forward to take the wand in her hand. The wand lit up, illuminating a very dull light.

"Not to worry, not to worry folks." Said George as he dug his hand into the box. He pulled out a Pygmy Puff and placed it in Ginny's free hand. A wide grin instantly spread across her face and the wand began to shine a very bright light. Everyone clapped.

"Thank you, thank you. Weasley's Wonderous Wands, everyone." Called Fred.

"Let's have a look, Gin." Said Charlie holding out his hands to catch it.

"I've got another one for you here, Charlie." Said George as he pulled a second wand from the box. Charlie flicked the wand and it burst into a bouquet of flower stems with chicken heads instead of peddles at the ends. Applause and laughter erupted again.

"Oh, I don't miss those lying about." Laughed Molly, her cheeks with single tears streaking down them.

"Yes, thank you. Our famous Trick Wands, everybody." Said George, taking a minor bow from his knees.

Ron looked back and forth between George's show and Hermione. From time to time she would notice Ron staring at her, and would look away from George to look back at him. Ron wished desperately to be alone with her.

George pulled a single rubber chicken from the box. He stood it on its feet next to him and the chicken began to perform an Irish step dance.

"Rubby O'Chicken, ladies and gentlemen." He announced. Everyone clapped for the talented chicken, which George left to dance as he fished around for more goods.

"Now, who's feeling brave today?" George daringly looked around to his siblings.

"I'm feeling quite brave." Said Percy from behind George.

"Great, could you give me a hand then?" he asked reaching up towards Percy. Percy took George's hand and was immediately shaken as an electric shock spread through his body. Every tiny red hair on Percy's head stuck straight out and the electric current travelled visibly between each strand. Everyone howled with laughter as George let go of Percy's hand. Arthur held a stitch in his side, laughing at the sight of his son twitching and waiting for the current ware off. Percy gasped for breath between his laughter and his jerking, electrocuted body.

"Percy Weasley, everyone. Give him a round of applause!" called George. "The Electric Shock Shake!"

George pulled out small bottles from inside the box. "Fellas, join me, why don't you?" he said looking back and forth between Ron and Harry. Ron shook his head, smirking to George.

"Go on!" yelled Charlie to Ron. Harry walked forward as if to dare Ron to do the same. Ron pulled his arm from around Hermione and reluctantly walked towards the middle. George stood them side-by-side and pulled the top off the jar in his hands. He dipped his finger inside and wiped straight across Harry's brow line. George dipped his finger in a second time, and wiped it clean across Ron's upper lip.

"In five, four, three, two, one. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you our grown up boys."

Ron could feel a prickly mustache sprouting from his top lip. He looked to Harry who had developed a dark, thick unibrow. They looked at each other and both laughed loudly. Laughter burst all around them as everyone took in their new appearances.

"Don't worry lads, the hair will be gone in less than a week." Said George as he patted them both on their shoulders. Everyone's mouths dropped open as they looked to George.

"I'm only joking," he laughed watching them sigh in relief. "Just a few hours. Magical Mustache Miracle Stubble Grow, everyone!"

They laughed and applauded again and Ron scratched his now itchy upper lip. Hermione laughed as he walked towards her and he wondered how she'd feel about kissing his newly mustached face.

"Brother Bill," George turned. "How about a romantic moment for the newlyweds?" he asked.

Bill walked bravely towards the center with his chest pushed out with humorous courage.

"What I have here, is a kissing concoction." Said Fred with a devilish glare.

"I'll do it." He said, holding his hand out to George.

"Bill, you don't 'ave to drink zis love potion to want to kiss me I 'ope." She smiled playfully at him.

"Not for a second!" he told her and downed the bottle in one gulp.

Everyone waited silently for the potion to take effect. Almost instantly, Bills eyes became dopey and his eyelids began to droop. He turned to see Fleur standing before him.

"Now, don't worry, Fleur. I do have a bottle to cure it in here somewhere." Said George looking through the box.

"YOU are BEAUTIFUL." Bill yelled at his wife and laughter exploded from everyone.

"It's here somewhere." Said George looking back and forth between Fleur and the crazy man he had created.

Bill threw his arms open and wrapped them around his wife.

"You are so pretty!" he told her between kissing each cheek. "You are the prettiest girl I know. I have the prettiest wife!" He told everyone, looking around to them. He squeezed her tightly in his arms and kissed her on her forehead. She laughed as he nuzzled his nose against hers.

"Bill!" said Fleur as she grabbed his face with both of her hands. She planted a big kiss right to his lips. When she pulled away his dewy eyes had melted away and Bill had gone back to normal.

"Well yes, that will do the trick. Anyone else want to give that one a go?" George joked. "No? Alright, Hermione, a Frisbee with fangs or do you want to start off these fireworks here?"

"I think I could do without the fangs." Hermione laughed as she moved forward towards George.

"Alright then, Granger. What'll it be?" He picked up the box to let her see inside.

Hermione reached inside and pulled out a long colourful tube.

"Good pick." George told her quietly. "That one was Fred's favourite."

He took the firework from Hermione's hand. "Stand back everyone. I'm going to light this, then you throw it in the air, Hermione." George told her.

He placed the tip of his wand to the firework and Hermione tossed it to the sky. Everyone scattered and watched as the tube propelled itself high into the clouds like a rocket. There was a loud bang and fireworks unexpectedly flew across the sky, branching off in every direction until there was no part of the sky left colourless. They continued to fire over and over in their place. Beside Ron, tears had begun to run down George's cheeks. The brothers turned to each other in an embrace.

"He would have really loved this, George." Percy called over the loud firing.

"I know." George replied as he and Ron broke apart. George and Percy shared a hug before he held his wand in the air and the fireworks faded.

"That was perfect, George." Said Ginny and she kissed him on his cheek.

"Yeah." He smiled. "I think I'm going to go to bed now though." He said looking around to his mum.

"Don't you want to have a bite to eat, first?" asked Molly sounding concerned.

"No, I'm not hungry. Just tired." He told her. He pointed his wand at the box and all sorts of fireworks shot from it in different directions and everyone turned excitedly to see all the incredible creations the twins had developed in their fireworks. He smiled to his mum and she kissed him before he walked back inside.

"See you in the morning, son." Arthur called to him and George waved a hand before he disappeared into the house.

Ron walked over to where Harry and Hermione were standing. They had their heads stretched back as they watched the display of sparkling, crackling, and fizzing colours that danced and shimmer across the sky. Harry lowered his head and looked to Ron. Ron snorted at Harry's furry forehead. Harry cracked a laugh too.

"Hermione, do you think you can do something about these?" Harry grinned, pointing to his eyebrow.

"Yes." She laughed. "I'll take them off after this."

Hermione didn't look away from the fireworks. Ron looked down to her as the colours radiated across her face. He felt like his heart was swelling inside his chest. He glanced over her skin, wanting to find a place to touch. He found the perfect spot between her ear and her jaw and dragged the back of his finger down her soft face. She leaned into his touch.

"Alright everyone, food will be ready." Molly called out to her to her family that was dispersed across the yard.

Hermione looked down from the fireworks and to Ron's face.

"Let's eat and then go to bed." Ron suggested, hoping to finally be alone with her.

"Yeah." She nodded through a yawn.

Arthur waved his wand to the sky and the fireworks slowly subsided. Everyone began to walk back to the house, exchanging hugs and kissed as the passed by others. Ron wrapped his arms around Molly and she pulled him in close to her.

"Love you, Mum." He told her. She was taking deep breaths and trying not to cry.

"And I love you, Ron." She leaned back and looked proudly into his face. "Come on, let's get you something to eat." She said as she turned them towards the house and they followed everyone into the kitchen.