Addison's POV
I woke up to my mattress bouncing under the weight of the people jumping on it. I opened my eyes to see Fred and George jumping on my bed.
"Wake up Addi!" George screamed
"It's time to go to the Quidditch World Cup!" Fred continued his sentence, also screaming.
I closed my eyes and wished they would just stop screaming, but when they continued, I jumped out of bed and ran into the bathroom before they could tackle me to the ground. I've been staying in Charlie's bedroom for part of the summer and his bedroom is directly across from the bathroom. I hopped in the shower, washed my hair and body then hopped back out. I did some light makeup and straightened my hair, then put my clothes on. I grabbed some high-waisted shorts with a greenish cropped t-shirt. Once I was finished, I walked out of the bathroom and made my way over to the twins' bedroom.
"Hello boys." I said with a smirk as I stood in the doorway.
They turned around and both of them were shirtless. They grabbed the shirts that were lying on their beds and draped them across their body.
"Knock much?" Fred asked with a laugh
I shook my head no and plopped down on his bed while they finished getting ready.
"So, are you guys excited for the World Cup?" I asked them, while I was laying on Fred's bed.
"Of course, we're excited to watch Ireland crush Bulgaria!" George laughed as he pulled on his Ireland Quidditch shirt. We continued talking about quidditch until the door was thrown open and we saw Ginny standing on the other side with her hair turned bright green.
"FIX THIS NOW!" Ginny screamed, loud enough that people in Japan heard her.
Fred and George were too busy laughing and admiring their prank to take her seriously. I was trying to hold back my laughter so she would calm down, but it wasn't working very well.
"NOW! OR I'M TELLING MUM!" She screeched.
This caught the twins' attention immediately. They got their shit together, stopped laughing, and fixed her hair in almost a minute flat. Once her fiery red color returned, she smiled, thanked the twins, and exited the room as quickly as she entered.
"Well that was a close one." I laughed
"You're telling us." George started
"Yeah, Mum wouldn't have let us go to the World Cup. I mean she's already watching us like a hawk after the Dursley incident…" Fred snorted remembering the prank they pulled on Harry's cousin before he realized that he had snorted and covered his face.
"Now that was a good one! I can't believe I missed it!" I exclaimed.
"You were the one who didn't want to go to pick up Harry with the rest of us." George teased
"I was helping your mom make dinner! You left without me!" I retorted
"We did no such thing! I am offended that you think we would suggest leaving while you and mom were cooking!" Fred said as he pretended to be offended. I just rolled my eyes as we heard Molly call everyone downstairs. The twins hurried and finished getting ready as I stood beside their door and ushered them out before closing it behind me. Once they were in front of me, we hurried down the stairs and into the kitchen. When we got there, Molly was waiting on us before she started her 'be good children' speech that she gives us before we go somewhere. Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny were all standing down there waiting on us as well.
"Okay children, now you need to behave for Arthur. Especially you three." She said eyeing Fred, George, and me before she continued to lecture all of us until Arthur came inside and said it was time to leave. All of us rushed out of the door in order to avoid another Molly speech. Once we were all outside, I linked arms with Fred and George and we walked over to the others.
"Is everyone excited?" I asked beaming with excitement
"I'm very excited! This is the biggest quidditch match I've ever been to!" Harry smiled
"I'm dying to see Bulgaria cream Ireland tonight!" Ron exclaimed
"There is no way that is ever going to happen, little brother!" George said defending the best team on the planet.
"Whatever you say…" Ron said not convinced
We walked and talked to each other for about an hour before we stopped in the middle of nowhere.
"Dad, where are we going?" Ron yelled towards Arthur at the front of the group.
"Haven't the foggiest! Keep up!" Arthur responded
"That's reassuring…" I laughed uncomfortably
"Arthur! It's about time son!" Someone exclaimed
"Sorry, Amos some of us had a bit of a sleepy start." Arthur said eyeing all the children. "This is Amos Diggory, everyone. Works with me, at the ministry." As he said this a handsome young man dropped down from the tree. "This strapping young lad must be Cedric, am I right?
"Yes, sir" Cedric replied with a hand shake.
Hermione, Ginny, and I all made eye contact and then looked back at Cedric. Arthur went over to talk to Harry, but Cedric came over to talk to Fred, George, and I.
"Hey, I've seen you guys around Hogwarts." He said shyly
"Yeah, I'm Addison Dumbledore but you can call me Addi." I said introducing myself
"Oh, I know who you are. Who wouldn't know the headmaster's daughter?" He chuckled before turning to Fred and George before they introduced themselves. We continued talking for a little bit, and it turns out Cedric is a super sweet kid. The four of us talked until we walked up on a boot which we were going to be using for a portkey.
"Okay everyone, get yourself into a good position!" Amos instructed as we all gathered around the boot.
"Why is everyone standing around that manky old boot?" Harry asked very confused.
"That isn't just any manky old boot, mate." Fred explained
"It's a portkey!" George finished the explanation as we gathered around the boot and grabbed onto it.
"Ready? After three. One. Two…" Arthur started the countdown, but I realized that Harry hadn't grabbed into the portkey, so I shouted "Harry!" and he slammed his down onto it before Arthur reached "Three." Once the countdown had finished, we were taken up into the air and it was only a few minutes before it was time to let go. We all let go of the portkey and all the Weasley children, Harry, and Hermione all fell very fast towards the ground. However, I have traveled by portkey a few times before this, so I know how to land safely and apparently Arthur, Amos and Cedric does as well. When we landed, I walked over to help Fred and George off the ground and back onto their feet. After everyone was off the ground, we started walking towards the field where the tournament was being held. We said goodbye to Amos and Cedric right before we entered our tent which was made to be about 17 times as big on the inside as it was on the outside. Fred, George, and I all walked into the dining room and sat down in the chairs that were positioned around the table.
"Fred, George get your feet off the table!" Arthur told them. They took their feet off the table for a split second but almost instantaneously put them back onto the table.
"So, George, are you excited to see Sophie?" I teased him. George has had a crush on her for the longest time and won't admit it to her.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." He said in a matter of factly
"She's talking about your undying love for her that you have yet to admit exists." Fred explained as I giggled at how shocked George looked.
"Do we want to talk about secret undying love, Freddie?" George taunted him and Fred turned whiter than I'd ever seen him.
"Fred's got a secret crush?" I asked teasing while Fred went over to George to make sure he stayed quiet.
"No. I don't"
"But Freddie, that's not what you said when you told me that you've never felt this way before and she was the most beautiful girl you've ever seen." George kept on teasing him
"George, stop." Fred said sternly.
"What's wrong, Fred? We were just teasing." I joked
"It's just still really soon and personal."
"Okay, we understand." I said nodding towards George hoping that he knew Fred was uncomfortable and stop teasing him. "Well, I'm going to change into some Irish pride. I'll be back in a few." I walked over the bedroom and grabbed my clothes from my trunk. I changed into the white pants and green crop top. I magically made my hair straightened and redid some lighter makeup. I grabbed my white and green pom pom from my trunk before I walked back out into the living area to see Fred sitting on the couch and George was nowhere to be found.
"Hey, are you okay?" I asked as I sat down beside him on the couch. "You just seemed a little angry with me and George earlier. You know we were just messing with you, right?"
"Yeah, I'm sorry about earlier. I overreacted but I'm just not ready to talk about it yet." He answered honestly.
"I understand that but you know that when you are ready, I'll be here, right? I'm always here for you." I smiled
"Of course, I know that Addi. I hope you know that I'm always going to be here for you too. You're my best friend." Fred said grabbing me into a hug as everyone else walked into the room ready to go to the game.
"Is everyone ready?" Arthur asked walking into the room. "The game starts in an hour and we should get going if we want to get to our seats before the game starts."
We all agreed and were quickly ushered out the door by Arthur. While we were walking, I locked arms with Fred and George as we headed towards the stadium. Once we got there, we started our hike up the stairs we were about 50 flights up before we were all out of breath and wondering how many more flights of stairs we would have to climb up.
"Blimey, Dad, how far up are we?" Rom asked as we all took a break to catch our breath and look out into the stadium.
"Well, put it this way, if it rains, you'll be the first to know." Lucius Malfoy teased from a platform below us. Even though I am close to Draco and Narcissa, Lucius always makes my skin crawl. We all looked over to not only see Lucius but Draco, Narcissa, Blaise, and Sophie as well all standing on the platform below us.
"We are all in the Minister's Box by a personal invitation of Cornelius Fudge himself." Draco boasted until Lucius shoved his cane into Draco's chest for speaking out of turn.
"Don't boast, Draco. There is no need with these people."
We turned to walk away but before we could Lucius clamps his cane onto Harry's jacket.
"Do enjoy yourself, won't you, while you can." He said smugly before letting go of Harry's jacket and walked away towards the Minister's Box. Sophie caught my eye and waved before hurrying to catch up with the Malfoy's. I turned around and continued walking up the steps but it wasn't much longer that we all heard a *POP* and saw Bill and Charlie standing in front of us.
"How many more flights of stairs to go, Dad?" Bill asked
"Only about 50 more." Arthur said chipper
"In that case, we will be apparating the rest of the way." Charlie said with a wink
"Wait! Take me with you! I can't do it anymore!" I said with a dramatic flair
"Fine. Grab on!" Charlie laughed and held out his arm for me to take. I grabbed his arm before anyone copied my idea and thought to bombard them with taking everyone up to the seats.
"Close your eyes." He warned but I have apparated before, so I'm pretty much used to the stomach drop and the dizziness that comes with it. I closed my eyes and within seconds I felt the stomach drop and the slight dizziness. When I opened my eyes, Bill, Charlie, and I were on the top row of seats looking out into the stadium.
"Wow… This is awesome!" I exclaimed as I looked out onto the field and into the air. We were there for about 15 minutes before the rest of the gang showed up. Fred and George took their seats on one side of me while Harry sat on the other side of me.
"How was the walk?" I teased Fred and George while they were still trying to catch their breath. They both threw up a gesture that they would never do in front of Molly as they hunched over the railing. We were waiting for the match to begin as the Irish team flew past our heads and onto the pitch. Fred, George, Ginny, and I all cheered for the best team.
"It's the Irish! It's Troy!" Fred exclaimed excitedly
"And Mullet!" George screamed
"And Moran!" I yelled
They all flew into the middle of the sky and set off a magical firework in the shape of a leprechaun that danced until the Bulgarian team flew right through the firework. The team flew around the stadium while Victor Krum did some broom tricks to the center of the field.
"Who's that?" Ginny asked
"That, sis, is the best seeker in the world, Viktor Krum!" George answered
We all cheered and were on the edge of our seats waiting for the game to start. It was only a few moments before Fudge started his welcome and then started the game.
After the game Fred, George, and I were celebrating Ireland's win by singing their little song and running around the tent. Ron started becoming defensive about the Bulgarian team and Viktor Krum.
"There is no one like Krum! He's like a bird the way he flies in the wind! He's more than an athlete! He's an artist!" Ron defended looking quite obsessed
"I think you're in love, Ron" I teased as I walked by on my way into the kitchen.
"Viktor, I love youuuuu" Fred sang
"Viktor I dooooo" George joined in
"When we're apart, my heart beats only for youuuuu" Fred, George, and Harry all sang together as I walked back into the living room. Arthur sprinted back into the tent as the outside sounds got louder.
"Sounds like the Irish is getting their pride on." Fred joked but Arthur looked very serious as he started grabbing small things and handing all of us our wands.
"It's not the Irish." Arthur stated and ushered all of us outside then we saw the real cause. We saw people in Death Eater clothing and masks shooting fire spells from their wands.
"Get back to the portkey and stick together! Fred and George, Ginny is your responsibility!" Arthur said before running towards the other Ministry officials trying to fight the Death Eaters. George grabbed Ginny's hand and Fred grabbed mine. The four of us took off running in the direction of the Portkey. There were people shooting spells at us and people pushing and running as fast as they could just trying to get out. At some point while we were running someone pushed me harder than I was expecting and I fell to the ground, almost dragging Fred with me.
"Addi, are you okay?" Fred asked frantically trying to get us both up and stable
"No! I think I hurt my foot! It hurts too much to put pressure on it!" I said through the tears I was crying from the pain. Fred didn't even take a moment to think before he frantically picked me up into his arms before he took off running to catch up to George and Ginny. He continued running for a few minutes before we got to the portkey where George and Ginny were waiting.
"Oh my god, Addi, are you okay?" Ginny said as she ran over to Fred and me.
"I'm not sure…" I winced as I tried to move my foot.
"We need to get her home." Fred said firmly
"What about the others?" George asked
"They will have Dad. He can apparate them home." Fred explained
George nodded, "Okay everyone grab on."
"Can you stand?" Fred asked
"Yeah, I think…" I responded as he set me on the ground but kept one hand around my waist for extra support. We all grabbed the boot and in a few seconds the portkey started to activate and it was time to let go. I didn't think this moment through because when it was time to let go, I realized that I would be slamming down on the hard ground. As I slammed into the grass it sent a searing pain through my ankle and into the rest of my body. I let out a loud scream as I realized the pain.
"Addi, Addi!" Fred said as he picked me back up into his arms.
"It hurts…" I whimpered as I cried almost silent tears into his shirt.
"I know, I know. We are almost home and we are going to get you all fixed up, I promise." He comforted me as I nodded into his chest. It seemed like it took much less time getting back to the Burrow, but it may be because Fred is pretty much running back to the house. Once we got back to the house, Fred hurried in the door.
"Mom! Mom!" He yelled as he entered the house.
Molly ran into the room followed by my dad who both looked very worried.
"Addison. Thank Merlin you're okay." Dad said as Fred walked us over into the living room.
"Dad, how'd you…?" I started to ask but he interrupted me
"You were in trouble, in pain. Our magic is connected, so I can tell when you are in trouble or in pain." He explained and I just nodded as a rush of pain went through my body. Fred laid me down on the couch, but I clenched my fist around his shirt. As he realized I was not letting him go anytime soon, he picked me head up, sat down, and put my head on his lap.
"Fix it, please…" I whimpered as another shot of pain went through my body. Dad nodded and almost immediately a wave of cool and calm swept over my whole body. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding in and once again could move my foot and it not have searing pain. I slowly got up off the couch and went over to Dad to give him a hug and to say thank you.
"Are you okay?" He asked after I pulled away from the hug.
"I'm fine, Dad." I said giving him a reassuring smile
"Okay, if you are sure you are fine, I will go and see you in a week." He said giving me one last hug before he apparated out of the Burrow.
George walked over to me and gave me a bone crushing hug, "I'm glad you're okay. Who else would I irritate to the point of no return and they would still be in my presence?" George joked, but I could tell he was seriously worried. I laughed it off because I know that is what he would want me to do before I walked over to Fred who was still sitting on the couch.
"I'm gonna go wait in the kitchen for the others." George said nodding his head over to the kitchen area and then it was just Fred and I alone in the living room.
"Are you okay?" I asked as I sat down on the couch beside Fred.
"I was worried about you. I'm just glad you're okay." He whispered as he wrapped an arm around me in a hug. "I couldn't live without you. You're my best friend."
I wrapped both arms around Fred and sighed into him. We stayed like that long enough for the both of us to fall asleep on the couch and not wake up until morning.
