**JKR and her genius own HP 1-5(+ 6 and 7), and I am humbled that I can
write about it
-Feather Pillows-
"Sorry I'm late, Professor." Roxanne said entering in to the Charms classroom two minutes late, slightly out of breath. She looked up at Professor Flitwick where he stood on top of his desk, "I tripped and it took a moment to collect my things."
"Ah. Perfectly understandable on your first day, Miss Potter. Please take a seat."
Roxanne looked around the room. The two seats beside Fred in the second row were, unfortunately, already occupied by George and Lee. Nor was there a seat behind her crush. But as luck would strike, there remained a seat below him, in between two Ravenclaw boys. As Roxanne made her way to the vacant spot, Fred lost interest in passing a note between himself, George, and Lee.
Although Fred and his brother were often referred to as mischief masterminds, they had a softer side that was just as charming, but no one had seen (except possibly Mrs. Weasley when she held something that the boys wanted desperately). Fred dated Katie Bell in their third year until they got into a large argument two days into their relationship about the positives and negatives of practical joking. They broke up no more than an hour later and this greatly affected their civility during Quidditch practice. After Oliver had been hit by both bludgers as Katie Sloth Grip Rolled out of the way, he created a new rule: no dating team members because it affected the level of good play on the pitch.
That aside, Fred had not taken any girl to much liking for a long while and was not about to waste this opportunity.
"Now today, young minds," Professor Flitwick began his lesson, "to begin the year, I thought it would be best to review what we did prior to the end of last semester. Does anyone remember?" There was a quiet rustling as students looked through their notes. A girl raised her hand and politely answered,
"Combination Charms, Professor."
"Specifically?"
"Combination Flight Charms, Professor." She replied again.
"Good. Very Good. Now if you all do remember."
Roxanne twirled her wand subconsciously and Professor Flitwick's voice trailed off in her head, replaced by song she had heard a few day's prior. Fred seemed to no longer hear Professor Flitwick as well as he gazed down at Roxanne slightly, his eyebrows narrowed a bit as he tried to think of what to do. As an idea came to him, he smiled and picked up his wand. He poked her on her left shoulder and leaned quickly toward George who was to his right. Roxanne turned and looked at Lee, who didn't look up from what he was writing. She gave him a suspicious look that he did not see and turned back to face forward. Fred, soon after, poked her right shoulder with his wand and leaned toward Lee. Roxanne turned, finding herself looking at George who, fully aware of Fred's purpose, pointed at Fred. Fred leaned toward George, now in Roxanne's view, and mouthed,
"It was him!" as he pointed back at George. Roxanne giggled quietly but quickly stopped as Professor Flitwick's voice popped back into her head,
"Wands up! Now remember-"
"Swish and Flick" the class, minus Roxanne and Fred, repeated routinely; Roxanne and Fred did repeat the words but did so a noticeable few seconds after the rest of the class.
"Ready? And, aimed at your feathers, Wingardium Leviosa!" The class did as instructed and everyone quickly had their feathers hovering in the air. "Now. True, that Wingardium Leviosa allows your wand to control some movement in the air, it is very difficult to move at all, and hence why we have combination charms! Now, keeping your wand pointed at your feathers, cast Mobilarbus, like this." Doing as he instructed himself, Professor Flitwick kept his wand pointed at the feather and shouted loudly in his meek voice, "Mobilarbus!" and was able to move his feather around very quickly to wherever he pleased. "Now the rest of you! Go on, go on!"
Biting her lip just slightly as she thought about the spell, Roxanne cautiously said "Mobilarbus!" as did the rest of the class and feathers soon raced around the room. There were sword fighting feathers and feathers that were writing on their own, feathers that danced, feathers that tickled noses, and one particular feather that managed to weasel into one of Roxanne's braids and began to float upward. Roxanne screamed and laughed and pulled the feather out of her hair. She turned and smiled at Fred who was looking the other way and whistling with his wand behind his back. She turned around and sat and Fred flew his feather back into action. This time, instead of tickling Roxanne's neck, he accidentally tickled the neck of the boy on her left. He turned and smiled slyly and Fred, raising his eyebrows suggestively. Fred seemed to lean back a bit with a surprised and confused look on his face and he shook his head,
"Sorry, _really_ didn't mean to do that." The boy shrugged and looked vaguely disappointed and turned back around. Fred shook his head as if trying to shake the thoughts from his mind and went back to flirting with Roxanne. His feather was about to nose-dive Roxanne when Professor Flitwick called out,
"Wands down!" and all of the feathers almost immediately dropped. The Professor clapped happily, "Wonderful, wonderful. Onto bigger things! If everyone would please help themselves to a pillow behind their desk, and then begin the lesson again." Everyone's pillow soon sat on their desks and Professor Flitwick called out "Wands up!"
"Wingardium Leviosa!" The class exclaimed, quickly followed by, "Mobilarbus!" The air was quickly thick with the bulky feather pillows.
"Splendid! Now toss them around a bit, see what you can do!"
Moments later, the back of Roxanne's head was nailed by a zooming pillow. Caught by surprise, she fell forward onto her desk. Before she even stood up again, her pillow made contact with Fred. Fred went to hit Roxanne again but she used her pillow to hit his away, consequently hitting George. George, only stunned for a moment, flew his pillow to hit Fred, who ducked, and George's pillow hit Lee. Lee went to hit George back but George knocked Lee's pillow down to the boy on Roxanne's other side. ((i.e. not the boy who sorta attempted to pick up Fred)) He had set his pillow down long ago and was working on writing something and was flustered by this sudden attack of fluff. He glared up at George who motioned his pillow back to him and then casually smiled. The boy huffed and turned and continued to work and then there was a period of silence between Fred, George, Lee, and Roxanne. It was broken quickly after as all four began to bomb the others with pillows. Roxanne was the first to grab hers out of the air and hit Fred with it but couldn't bring it down to hit him. It turned out to be Fred's pillow instead of her own and he soon had her flying through the air.
Unfortunately, pillows are not the sturdiest of things. And after one lap around the classroom, it ripped apart and Roxanne fell down a good six feet onto Fred's desk and feathers fell around her. There was another silence between the four, and the rest of the classroom for that matter. Roxanne began to laugh a little, moaning a little as well.
"That hurt!" She exclaimed, hitting Fred playfully on the shoulder. He leaned back in his chair and laughed some himself. The bell sounded.
"Lunch!" George exclaimed as he and the rest of the class filtered out. Fred stood up,
"Can you stand?"
"Yeah!" She said as she went to sit up and roll of the table. She landed on her feet and fell back down again. "Ow.okay, apparently not." She said through laughter.
"Mr. Weasley, if you would assist her I would be much obliged." Professor Flitwick said as he headed toward the door to his office.
"Certainly Professor, not a problem." Fred said casually as he picked up his bag and Roxanne's back, and then Roxanne herself and left the room.
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-Feather Pillows-
"Sorry I'm late, Professor." Roxanne said entering in to the Charms classroom two minutes late, slightly out of breath. She looked up at Professor Flitwick where he stood on top of his desk, "I tripped and it took a moment to collect my things."
"Ah. Perfectly understandable on your first day, Miss Potter. Please take a seat."
Roxanne looked around the room. The two seats beside Fred in the second row were, unfortunately, already occupied by George and Lee. Nor was there a seat behind her crush. But as luck would strike, there remained a seat below him, in between two Ravenclaw boys. As Roxanne made her way to the vacant spot, Fred lost interest in passing a note between himself, George, and Lee.
Although Fred and his brother were often referred to as mischief masterminds, they had a softer side that was just as charming, but no one had seen (except possibly Mrs. Weasley when she held something that the boys wanted desperately). Fred dated Katie Bell in their third year until they got into a large argument two days into their relationship about the positives and negatives of practical joking. They broke up no more than an hour later and this greatly affected their civility during Quidditch practice. After Oliver had been hit by both bludgers as Katie Sloth Grip Rolled out of the way, he created a new rule: no dating team members because it affected the level of good play on the pitch.
That aside, Fred had not taken any girl to much liking for a long while and was not about to waste this opportunity.
"Now today, young minds," Professor Flitwick began his lesson, "to begin the year, I thought it would be best to review what we did prior to the end of last semester. Does anyone remember?" There was a quiet rustling as students looked through their notes. A girl raised her hand and politely answered,
"Combination Charms, Professor."
"Specifically?"
"Combination Flight Charms, Professor." She replied again.
"Good. Very Good. Now if you all do remember."
Roxanne twirled her wand subconsciously and Professor Flitwick's voice trailed off in her head, replaced by song she had heard a few day's prior. Fred seemed to no longer hear Professor Flitwick as well as he gazed down at Roxanne slightly, his eyebrows narrowed a bit as he tried to think of what to do. As an idea came to him, he smiled and picked up his wand. He poked her on her left shoulder and leaned quickly toward George who was to his right. Roxanne turned and looked at Lee, who didn't look up from what he was writing. She gave him a suspicious look that he did not see and turned back to face forward. Fred, soon after, poked her right shoulder with his wand and leaned toward Lee. Roxanne turned, finding herself looking at George who, fully aware of Fred's purpose, pointed at Fred. Fred leaned toward George, now in Roxanne's view, and mouthed,
"It was him!" as he pointed back at George. Roxanne giggled quietly but quickly stopped as Professor Flitwick's voice popped back into her head,
"Wands up! Now remember-"
"Swish and Flick" the class, minus Roxanne and Fred, repeated routinely; Roxanne and Fred did repeat the words but did so a noticeable few seconds after the rest of the class.
"Ready? And, aimed at your feathers, Wingardium Leviosa!" The class did as instructed and everyone quickly had their feathers hovering in the air. "Now. True, that Wingardium Leviosa allows your wand to control some movement in the air, it is very difficult to move at all, and hence why we have combination charms! Now, keeping your wand pointed at your feathers, cast Mobilarbus, like this." Doing as he instructed himself, Professor Flitwick kept his wand pointed at the feather and shouted loudly in his meek voice, "Mobilarbus!" and was able to move his feather around very quickly to wherever he pleased. "Now the rest of you! Go on, go on!"
Biting her lip just slightly as she thought about the spell, Roxanne cautiously said "Mobilarbus!" as did the rest of the class and feathers soon raced around the room. There were sword fighting feathers and feathers that were writing on their own, feathers that danced, feathers that tickled noses, and one particular feather that managed to weasel into one of Roxanne's braids and began to float upward. Roxanne screamed and laughed and pulled the feather out of her hair. She turned and smiled at Fred who was looking the other way and whistling with his wand behind his back. She turned around and sat and Fred flew his feather back into action. This time, instead of tickling Roxanne's neck, he accidentally tickled the neck of the boy on her left. He turned and smiled slyly and Fred, raising his eyebrows suggestively. Fred seemed to lean back a bit with a surprised and confused look on his face and he shook his head,
"Sorry, _really_ didn't mean to do that." The boy shrugged and looked vaguely disappointed and turned back around. Fred shook his head as if trying to shake the thoughts from his mind and went back to flirting with Roxanne. His feather was about to nose-dive Roxanne when Professor Flitwick called out,
"Wands down!" and all of the feathers almost immediately dropped. The Professor clapped happily, "Wonderful, wonderful. Onto bigger things! If everyone would please help themselves to a pillow behind their desk, and then begin the lesson again." Everyone's pillow soon sat on their desks and Professor Flitwick called out "Wands up!"
"Wingardium Leviosa!" The class exclaimed, quickly followed by, "Mobilarbus!" The air was quickly thick with the bulky feather pillows.
"Splendid! Now toss them around a bit, see what you can do!"
Moments later, the back of Roxanne's head was nailed by a zooming pillow. Caught by surprise, she fell forward onto her desk. Before she even stood up again, her pillow made contact with Fred. Fred went to hit Roxanne again but she used her pillow to hit his away, consequently hitting George. George, only stunned for a moment, flew his pillow to hit Fred, who ducked, and George's pillow hit Lee. Lee went to hit George back but George knocked Lee's pillow down to the boy on Roxanne's other side. ((i.e. not the boy who sorta attempted to pick up Fred)) He had set his pillow down long ago and was working on writing something and was flustered by this sudden attack of fluff. He glared up at George who motioned his pillow back to him and then casually smiled. The boy huffed and turned and continued to work and then there was a period of silence between Fred, George, Lee, and Roxanne. It was broken quickly after as all four began to bomb the others with pillows. Roxanne was the first to grab hers out of the air and hit Fred with it but couldn't bring it down to hit him. It turned out to be Fred's pillow instead of her own and he soon had her flying through the air.
Unfortunately, pillows are not the sturdiest of things. And after one lap around the classroom, it ripped apart and Roxanne fell down a good six feet onto Fred's desk and feathers fell around her. There was another silence between the four, and the rest of the classroom for that matter. Roxanne began to laugh a little, moaning a little as well.
"That hurt!" She exclaimed, hitting Fred playfully on the shoulder. He leaned back in his chair and laughed some himself. The bell sounded.
"Lunch!" George exclaimed as he and the rest of the class filtered out. Fred stood up,
"Can you stand?"
"Yeah!" She said as she went to sit up and roll of the table. She landed on her feet and fell back down again. "Ow.okay, apparently not." She said through laughter.
"Mr. Weasley, if you would assist her I would be much obliged." Professor Flitwick said as he headed toward the door to his office.
"Certainly Professor, not a problem." Fred said casually as he picked up his bag and Roxanne's back, and then Roxanne herself and left the room.
**Much love to all those who review and love to those who read - hey, why not review? Like it, hate it? Want to gut me and hang me on a wall for writing it? Lemme know, kay? ^_~