Again I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters. this is quite long so it'll make up for the last one being so short. I'm sorry about the lack of Fremione moments but I promise I'll make up for it.
Chapter 21 – Number 12 Grimmauld Place
Fred had been counting down the hours until the arrival of his girlfriend Hermione. The time seemed to drag in and he was getting impatient.
"Will you stop pacing or you'll wear a hole in the carpet and Mum will go mental!" George spoke "Either that or I'll put a full body bind curse on you until Hermione comes." Fred stopped pacing the room and sat down on his bed.
"Have you made sure we've got everything we need packed for our products?" he asked George.
"Yes bro, I have everything we need. I've checked twice." George answered. "We might need to order in some more stuff or take a trip to Diagon Alley if Mum will allow us."
"Mum won't let us out of her sight until we go to Hogwarts. We'll be cooked up in this new place until we leave." Fred answered.
"You'd think we were about 10 still to hear Mum, not 17. We are of age now and she won't even let us do magic in the house." George said.
Little did Molly know but they had been using magic right under her nose for years.
"Fred and George get down here right now!" Molly bellowed up the stairs.
"Sounds like we're in trouble." George spoke.
"When are we not in trouble?" Fred wondered following his twin out of their room and down the stairs. On entering the living room Fred noticed his girlfriend stood in front of the fire having flooed to the burrow.
"HERMIONE!" He screeched pouncing on the poor girl to hug her.
"Fred give the poor girl room to breathe." Molly said. Fred pulled away while Hermione blushed frantically. "Dinner will be ready soon then we are going straight to head-quarters. Sirius and Lupin are waiting there for us."
Molly ushered Hermione into the kitchen to inform her of the letter regarding Harry. This also gave her a chance to talk to her about Fred while she kicked the boys and Ginny outside.
"How have you been dear? Have you been having a good summer so far?" Molly questioned
"I have been good thank you Molly. It's been ok, I was supposed to be going on holiday with my parents to France but I made them cancel so I could start preparing for my OWLS." Hermione answered.
"Oh but that's not until next year. You have a right to enjoy your summer." Molly spoke making the saucepan stir on its own.
"I know but I want to start planning now. No doubt we'll be snowed under with work this year." Hermione answered.
"And what about you and Fred? I have to say I was very surprised when I heard you two were dating." Molly spoke. Hermione's face blushed a little.
"Fred and I are going well. I'm quite surprised too. I mean it's only recently that I developed feelings for him but I'm really happy." Hermione replied.
"Oh good. I'm glad you're both happy. Maybe you'll end up a Weasley one day. I always thought you would and I've always seen you as a daughter anyways." Molly spoke.
"You are like a second Mother to me Molly." Hermione grinned feeling a huge amount of love towards Molly.
"Aww thank you dear. That really does mean a lot." Molly said. "Are you ok with me dating Fred?" Hermione asked.
"Of course I am dear. I am just hoping he'll look after you well. If not he'll have me to deal with. I've already had words with Ron about how to treated the two of you when you started dating." Molly answered.
George had written a letter to their Mother informing her of Ron's jealous behaviour. Molly was not impressed at all with her youngest son.
"Don't be letting him get in the way of your studies though when you go back to school, you know what he's like." Molly then said.
"Don't worry Mrs Weasley I won't." Hermione answered.
Once the Weasleys had tucked into a hearty meal prepared by Molly they packed up their things and headed off to number 12 Grimmauld Place – the head-quarters of the Order of the Phoenix. Hermione went alongside Fred; Ginny went with Molly and Ron with Arthur as they weren't old enough to apparate yet. The group landed in a side street so not to be seen by muggles. Arthur led his family down a normal looking row of houses.
"Are you sure this is the right place Arthur?" Molly questioned.
"Yes Mad eye showed me earlier on today." Arthur answered.
Upon looking at the row of houses there was no number 12. Arthur tapped a walking stick three times and the houses numbered 11 and 13 before we separate revealing number 12. As soon as the houses clicked into place Mad Eye appeared at the door and ushered everyone in side quickly. The house was not a pleasant site. It was dark, dingy and every part of it seemed to be covered in cobwebs and dust. Fred sneezed startling one of the horrible portraits hanging on the wall which started wailing in a high pitched tone.
"Will someone shut that bloody portrait up!" Mad Eye snapped limping into the kitchen.
The Weasley family and Hermione followed Mad Eye into the kitchen which was surprisingly clean. Sirius, Lupin and a young woman with bright pink hair called Nymphadora Tonks were already there.
"What is this place?" Ron questioned looking around clearly not impressed.
"This was my parent's old house. I lent it to Dumbledore for head-quarters for the order, the least I can do." Sirius answered. "There's a lot of work to be done to it however so I hope you're all prepared for a little cleaning." None of the children looked too impressed.
"Right I'll show you to your bedrooms." Molly stated pushing the children out of the kitchen.
"Just don't make too much noise or you'll start that bloody portrait off again." Mad Eye said his magical eye spinning.
Molly led the five teens up the dusty, dark stair case to their new bedrooms. Fred and George were obviously sharing, Hermione and Ginny together and Ron would be sharing with Harry when he arrived.
"You can all start sorting out your rooms, cleaning them up. Ron I'll give you a helping hand." Molly spoke. The teens separated into their rooms, wands out ready to give them a good cleaning.
"So she won't let us use magic in general but she will to let us clean." Fred stated entering their room. The room was just like the rest of the house; covered in dust and cobwebs.
"I'm pretty sure this place isn't safe for humans to live in." George said.
"You'd think with the amount of powerful witches and wizards that's been in through these doors lately they could do something about it." Fred added. Molly delivered a box full of cleaning products to each room for everyone to use.
"Mum why hasn't any of the order at least attempted to make this place liveable? It's a disgrace." Fred wondered waving his wand so the dust on top of the dressing table disappeared.
"They have been very busy dear with trying to contact previous members of the order, seeing whose most at risk and what not." Molly answered.
"Yes but there is no way this place is safe for us to live in, it's disgusting." George added.
"Yeah there are some of the most powerful witches and wizards in the order who could have this place cleaned with a wave of a wand but we have to do it." Fred whined.
"Look I'll see if I can talk Kingsley or even Dumbledore into doing something but they are exceptionally busy people." Molly answered.
"All they have to do is wave their bloody wands. It won't take them all day." Fred muttered.
George nodded his head in agreement before sneezing. The two of them worked for the rest of the evening trying to get their new bedroom clean so they could actually sleep in it. The moth eaten curtains were buzzing with Doxy's which they managed to stun before spraying them with the spray Molly had given them.
"I'm not liking this place at all Gred. It's dirty and we won't be able to go outside to play Quidditch. Plus there's an eerie feeling about it too." George spoke repairing a lamp.
"Tell me about it. I know it's Sirius' old house and everything but come on they could have got somewhere for us that was a hell of a lot cleaner." Fred answered.
"I suppose it's safe for everyone and that's all that matters." George spoke.