A/N- Hello all! I hope you all had an awesome New Years! I've just returned from NJ (my cousins house) I spent the week there, so here I am with posts! Yay! LoL! I've forgotten to make a New Year's resolution, but ah what can you do? So I bring you this chapter..full of angst, (who will win?), humor (duh Fred and George do happen to be home) LoL, and erm...drama, (the youngest Weasley), so alls good in this department! LoL! I hope you enjoy it!! On this very special day of..01-02-04...cool numbers ;-) LoL! So, here you are!

Disclaimer- I woke up, yawned, looked in the mirror, and hey! I'm not JK.

Dedication- to my 90th reviewer Ben! Thanks so much I couldn't have gotten this far without all of you! : ^ )

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Apples and Quidditch

"Captain Potter and Captain Ron shake hands." Remus called down.

"Hey why not Captain Weasley, has a sort of ring to it doesn't it Harry?" Ron questioned grinning.

"Ok Ron, and the other five of us don't exist, don't be daft." Charlie called from his position above the field.

"They shake hands and the apple is released!" Remus called out.

"Potter shoots straight up and patrols the skies as Ginny beats Fred and George to the apple snatching it from under their noses." Remus yelled punching the air.

"Taking no sides eh?" Ron shouted loudly flying to a basket hanging from a tree (as a goal post) also flying against Ginny trying to gain distance though failing, even if Ginny had an older broom.

"Come on you bloody thing." Ron exploded, and suddenly blanched as Harry was hovering right in front of him. Successfully blocking Ron, causing him to turn off course and become behind.

"Damn you Potter!" Ron called at Harry good naturedly causing Harry to grin sardonically at him, and Mrs. Weasley to yell from the ground.

"An excellent maneuver pulled off by Potter, who I might add is flying a fashionably old Shooting Star 220 designed in 1978 and is known for its loss of speed." Remus called out mimicking the former commentator Lee Jordan, causing Fred and George to go into gales of laughter. Harry shook his head sadly. It would be disappointing to not have Lee commentate any longer.

"And she scores!" Remus yelled bringing Harry from his reminiscing.

"An excellent attempt at a save by Ron, Ginny's goal was just untouchable!" Remus yelled and Bill and Harry flew to congratulate Ginny who was grinning.

"King Weasley" Fred yelled mock furious at Ron, who blushed.

"It will be good for Ron to have those two prats gone, than maybe he could play a decent game of quidditch without screwing it up." Charlie said flying over glaring at the twins.

"Why brother, we're glad you think so highly of us!" George called out. Harry could sort of understand where Charlie was coming from, considering that Charlie was even more of a fanatic of quidditch than Ron.

"Ron throws the apple to Fred who tosses it to Charlie who zooms down the field, where is Bill?" Remus called out as Bill was staring at Fluer who was blowing kisses. "Apparently in la la land." Remus said grinning.

"BILL GET BACK IN THE GAME!" Ginny hollered as Charlie feinted to the left past Ginny and flew straight.

"And Potter is coming up behind Charlie, can he make it in time?" Remus yelled, Bill was hastily trying to get back to the basket.

"Come on" Harry urged the broom, who, Harry could feel was slowing down.

"Not yet, not yet" Harry urged lying flat on his broom attempting to get ahead and snatch the apple.

"Potter dives avoiding Fred narrowly." Remus called out as Harry pointed the broom down and then brought it up just as quickly.

"George" George called out correcting Remus of his name, who in turn looked sheepish.

"Potter trails Charlie after a minor set back and he is slowly gaining on him!" Remus shouted. "YES! He has done it!" Remus yelled.

"He's knocked the apple from the crook in Charlie's elbow and is now flying hard in the other direction, while Charlie continues to fly in the WRONG direction, causing his teammates to become angry." Remus yelled to Charlie, who shook himself and punched the air hard, promptly switching direction and flew back well behind the others.

"And Potter flies upward trying to escape from Fred and George's grasp, but no! He throws the apple downward to an awaiting Ginny! And they've pulled off the Porskoff Play!" Remus yelled. "They've done it!" Remus called out again for good measure.

"Ginny rushed toward Ron with Potter on one side." Remus yelled, "It seems they are charging the goal posts!" Remus yelled. Ron looked petrified as Ginny and Harry shot toward him and he seemed to be questioning if he should dive out of the way or hold tight. He seemed to be indecisive as his broom handle shook.

"Left!" Ginny yelled and Harry shot to the left, Ron going to the right where Ginny and the apple were going.

"Get it!" Ginny yelled out as she threw the apple hard at Harry who caught it, Ron seemed to realize his mistake and attempted to quickly turn his broom when Harry shot the apple into the basket.

"AND HE SCORES! POTTER WITH THE HELP OF GINNY SCORES WITH A BRILLIANT FAKE!" Remus yelled as Ginny flew into Harry and Bill came hurtling into him as well, he knew they were making a big deal out of it purposely but he could help but be happy with his friends. Harry grinned and laughed contentedly though it was completely muffled by Bill's robes as he flew into him.

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They finished their game well after four o'clock but Harry didn't mind, what a way to waste a day, playing quidditch. Mrs. Weasley insisted that they end and wash up to prepare for when Hermione came back over, to which Ron immediately called the bathroom.

"Damn he's going to be in there for hours and I wanted to get out of these." Charlie grumbled.

"Why?" Harry questioned.

"Because I'm all..." Charlie started being cut off by Harry.

"No, why's Ron going to take so long?" Harry questioned side glancing at Ginny who was grinning as well.

"It doesn't happen to be for a bushy brown-haired girl does it?" Harry questioned to which Charlie and Bill smirked.

"Hmm" Charlie said grinning, "that must be it." Charlie finished as if discovering a great idea.

"Couldn't be" Bill said enjoying cracking jokes on his younger sibling. "Could it?"

"I don't care, all I know is that they better stop fighting, I can't stand it, it's like my head is going to implode." Ginny said holding her head.

"Yeah mate." Fred said clapping Harry on the shoulder, "I don't know how you deal with it each year!" He said.

"Drives me batty." George added.

"I don't usually, I just stop talking to them and then they only have each other to talk to, or I don't sit next to them in classes, if all else fails I go to the pitch." Harry said grinning wistfully.

"Amen to that." Charlie laughed.

"You smug bastard." Fred said grinning. "I'm gonna miss the pitch." He said grinning at Harry who mocked affrontedness at being called a bastard.

"Too bad that cow restricted us brother, if one of us could play we could've taken turns." George said.

"See," Fred said to George, "that's why you're the smart one." Fred finished.

"What?" George exclaimed in outrage. "We scored the same on those bloody OWLs." George said.

"Just kidding brother." Fred said grinning, "I knew it was me" he grinned taking a bow, but right when he bent over George pushed him to the floor.

"Come on." Bill said rolling his eyes at Fred and George.

"They're right. They're both incredibly stupid." Ginny laughed.

"So Harry, how'd you fair on the OWLs?" Bill asked sounding oddly like a very relaxed Percy (A/N-is that an oxymoron, lol)

"Er... I think I got nine" Harry answered.

"That's brilliant" Bill exclaimed. "I got ten." Bill said proudly.

"I got seven." Charlie added.

"We got..." Fred said running up to them with George behind him.

"Was it two? Or three?" Fred asked.

"I'm not sure." George answered looking puzzled.

"Thus the bad grade" Ginny said cracking a smug smile at Fred and George who grinned back idly.

"What's the highest you can get?" Harry asked.

"Not really sure, I don't think any one's gotten a perfect score in fifty years." Charlie said.

"Leave it to Hermione" Harry said grinning.

"Do you know who it was?" Ginny asked curiously.

"Yeah, some bloke called Tom Riddle." George said causing everyone to stop in their tracks except Fred and George.

"How do you know?" Ginny asked in a strained voice.

"Please, I've had to clean the trophy room how many times?" George said seeming proud at this accomplishment.

"You do know Voldemort." Harry paused as the five in front of him shivered, "is Tom Riddle?" Harry questioned darkly. All except Fred and George nodded their heads.

"Honestly aren't you two in the order?" Charlie questioned quietly.

"How were we supposed to know? Ugh I can't believe I said his name" George said sticking out his tongue and rubbing it on his shirt.

"You should call him that you know." Harry said, "Tom, because he hates his name and Voldemort is a name he thinks is powerful, he created it so people wouldn't call him Tom."

"Tom's father was a Muggle." Harry paused as they all looked on surprised. "Left him and his mum, right when he was born his mum named him his father's name and then died." Harry explained.

"You-Know-Who's a half blood?" Fred asked loudly.

"Yeah, call him by his name" Harry pushed.

"How do you know this?" George asked.

"That's a stupid question." Ginny said darkly.

"He told me." Harry answered with a sinking feeling in his stomach as the four of them (minus Ginny) paled.

"I know what Dumbledore meant." Bill said with a hint of wonder and fear in his voice.

"What?" Harry questioned curiously.

"He said you could put Godric Gryffindor to shame with your bravery." Bill said eyes fixed on Harry. Harry felt a strength build in the pit of his stomach, Albus Dumbledore, the most powerful wizard of Harry's time, called him braver than Godric Gryffindor. Harry couldn't help but grin slightly.

"No need to be modest Harry." Charlie said grinning "we're all family here." He added and then put his arm around Harry's head, messing up his hair, causing Harry to laugh.

"It's supposed to bother you, not make you laugh." Charlie said in mock outrage.

"It's not that" Harry said still laughing, not even bothering flattening his hair as it wouldn't work. "I just understood why you said you needed to shower." Harry calmed down, "you stink." Harry said bursting out laughing again with Bill's booming laughter and Ginny's, Fred and George's.

"Are you saying I smell Potter?" Charlie asked seriously.

"No," Harry said wiping away his smile, "you reek" Harry stated seriously slowly breaking into a grin as Charlie did the same, at the overly cliched line.

"Hey Gingersnap, wanna smell?" Charlie asked grinning evilly to a throughly disgusted Ginny who looked affronted.

"Pardon?" Ginny asked shocked and disgusted.

"You heard me ginger." Charlie answered.

"You are SO disgusting" Ginny muttered.

"Ah come on Gin." Charlie said moving closer.

"Stay away." Ginny warned as Charlie moved closer.

"Get Away!" Ginny yelled as she ran from Charlie who started to chase after her.

"Charlie!" Ginny screamed as Charlie blocked her path.

"Try and I'll hex you." Ginny threatened kicking at him.

"You do. You die." Charlie said stalking closer. Bill took out his wand next to Harry and muttered something under his breath, throwing Charlie across the yard. Charlie got up and threw a glare at Bill and stalked off toward the house.

"You're so lucky I can't do magic over the hols Charlie Weasley!" Ginny called after him angrily.

"That was the most foul thing I've ever seen him do, no wonder he doesn't have a girlfriend" Ginny said darkly to the rest of them who promptly laughed in agreement.

"I swear he still treats me like I'm seven." Ginny huffed.

"Aye, Gin, he's just doing that because he still thinks you're his little girl that he needs to protect." Bill explained.

"I don't envy when you bring home your boyfriend. He's going to have five angry red heads after him." Bill added laughing looking at Harry oddly.

"Unless its Harry here," Bill laughed punching him in the arm, "then we're going to be really mad." Bill added seriously. Harry glanced between them not really knowing what to say.

"I'll keep that in mind." Harry finally answered lamely as Bill, Fred and George seemed to be expecting him to say something. Harry saw out of the corner of his eye Ginny throw death glares at her brothers. Bill opened his mouth attempting to say something when Ginny snapped at him.

"Just shut up." Causing him to close his mouth. "What is it with you people? I can handle myself." Ginny said angrily.

"You making stupid comments." Ginny said pointing at Bill, "you two being the daft gits you always are." Ginny said getting louder.

"Hey then there's no reason to single us out now" Fred said being silenced by Ginny's stare.

"And Charlie trying to make me smell his bloody arm pit!" Ginny exclaimed. Harry knew the meaning of a red heads temper from Ron, but this was worse. He was only glad she wasn't shouting at him.

"Ginger, we're sorry, look, do you want me to help you get back at Charlie?" Bill started as Ginny opened her mouth looking cross, he quickly continued.

"No, I know what you're mad about, everyone's treating you like a little girl Gingersnap, you've turned into a lovely young woman." Bill said causing Harry to desperately want to disappear, although he couldn't disagree.

"Do you really think so?" Ginny said sweetly batting her eye lashes and turning in a circle as if to model, George, Fred and Bill all nodded.

"They you must all be really daft." Ginny said hardly, stalking away. When she reached the house they heard he say loudly "SEVEN" and slammed the door shut.

"Don't envy you lot" Harry laughed uncomfortably, "did Ron tell you what she did to Malfoy?" Harry questioned, the three he was talking to paled slightly and nodded glumly.

"Come on Harry, help us?" Fred begged.

"Er...no I'd rather not get involved if it's all the same to you lot." Harry smiled as they headed inside.

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