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A/N (4-23): I really cannot remember the days. Oh well. Er... leave reviews, please? *giggles* Very short chapter, by the way... And Anna wrote all of it. By the way, the part where James changes his mind about Chess... my idea! *waves flag in the air*
CHAPTER 7: What Floats Your Boat (When Ron says it in the 6 chapter... my idea, too!)
(Anna... she wrote the entire chapter)
Everyone was exhausted after their full day, so back at the Room of Requirement they went right to bed, dropping off one by one.
Harry woke the day before Halloween from a dream in which he had been a chess piece-the result of so much thinking about the game yesterday.
It was eleven o'clock on a Tuesday, so of course, Sirius, James, and Pettigrew were at their lessons. Hermione was in the library again, searching desperately for some way to go back. Ron, his chess fever increased rather than satisfied by their little tournament, had given up on getting his tousle-haired big brothers to play and was practicing ways to evade Bob's checkmate.
Harry sat up ("Finally, I was beginning to think you'd died!") ate breakfast ("Think of bagels, the Room'll get you loads of cream cheese, too!"), and got dressed ("Look, Harry, I can get you a Prefects' badge from any house! See, I'm a Hufflepuff who's Ravenclaw Prefect!").
"Hey, Ron, planning to come back from the world of Chess anytime soon?"
'Speaking of that, why d'you think your dad didn't like chess, Harry?" asked Ron.
"Speak of that, you-"Fred chuckled into a hand, "You really didn't mean it about the boat, did you, Ron?" It was clear Fred and George had thought this a great joke.
"Ah, no, I thought I was being funny- but you really believed I was taking you seriously?!"
"Could've fooled us, Ron," said Harry, yawning. Up 'til now he'd been too tired to speak.
They tolerated Ron's chess lectures until about lunch time, when James, Sirius, and Pettigrew turned up. "Hey, Ron," Sirius joked, "We've found your boat!"
"Really?! Where?" asked Ron.
"Down at the lake, Gudgeon's gonna do something stupid again. Wanna go watch?"
"Sure!" said the twins immediately and in unison, so they went. Strolling along the lawn, they spotted Bertha Jorkins.
"Dumbledore's gonna lock Gudgeon in the cabinet," she told them.
"Eh?" James looked at her confusedly.
"Oh, I know you know about Dumbledore's new discipline," she said conspiratorially, "Gudgeon's gonna do something on the lake and Dumbledore's gonna lock him in the cabinet. It's a good thing I'm not bad," she continued thoughtfully," 'Cause I don't think I'd fit in his drawers!"
She sauntered off. "Whew!" sighed Harry, coming out from behind Ron, "I was sure she'd notice two Jameses and go straight to Dumbledore."
"Well, that counts us out of Gudgeon's little show. If she knows, you can bet every teacher in the school knows. We're not getting caught there."
"So what are we gonna do?" asked Pettigrew.
"Talk about the future," said Sirius promptly.
"Uh-uh, no way!" said Fred.
For once in his life, George didn't appear to share his twin's thoughts, staring dumb-foundedly at him like the rest of them.
"We wanna know more about the past!" he announced.
"Aaaah," George grinned, catching on and relieve that their empathy had only been interrupted by a bit.
"You can learn the past from history books, "James said waving his hand dismissively.
"Y'know, we can..." said George.
"But not actual thing," Harry protested, "Just things like goblin rebellions, not like... y'know... real stuff..." he hesitated, trying to figure out how to get his point across.
"Harry's right, you can't learn actual things, like the funny little stories parents and grandparents tell... History's got no feelings, no heart," said Fred with emphasis.
"Oh, you just think that 'cause Binns is our teacher, history's really fascinating," said Hermione, "If you'd just read the book instead of finding out everything from Binns..."
"Yeah, remember someday the fight between the Order and Voldemort will be history, too," said George.
"What about the fight between the Order and Voldemort?" said Sirius quickly.
"Uh-uh, past first," said Fred.
"Oh, why can't we tell them about the future? You're not scared, are you?" said George.
"No, I'm not scared, but you're stupid...as stupid as Ron!" Fred bit back angrily.
James and Sirius watched the developing quarrel with interest, Pettigrew looked like he hoped it would come to blows.
Ron was now looking at Fred in shock. The twins had teased him before, but they'd never been flat out contempt, as was Fred seemed to be now. George put a hand on Ron's shoulder. "Thanks, Fred, Ron's pretty smart, unlike you."
"Now, I'm sure Fred didn't mean that, so let's just-"Hermione seemed to be trying to salvage the situation.
"Fine," said Fred, "Fine, side with Ron, I knew you would. C'mon, Harry," and without waiting for an answer he pulled Harry away by the arm.
Harry was so startled by the twins' fight that at first he didn't react, allowing himself to be pulled along for a few yards before planting his feet in the grass and refusing to budge.
"What?" asked Fred irritably.
"Ron's not stupid," Harry insisted.
"What are you talking about, 'course he is, all that boat nonsense-"
"He says he was joking around and I believe him," said Harry firmly.
"He just said that so he wouldn't look like an idiot-"
"He's my friend and I'll believe what he tells me. So, Fred, if doing this to your little brother floats your boat, there's nothing I can do to stop you, but don't' expect me to act this way to my best mate," he said coldly.
"Right..." said Fred, "Right... well, I don't need you! Any of you! From now on, Fred Weasley goes solo!"
We'll talk to him," explained James before he, Sirius, and Pettigrew hurried after him. Harry caught something about "Can't really mean you'll go solo," before the four boys disappeared from sight.
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Well, seeing as I typed this right after the first one, and no one is expecting this chapter to be up, there are no reviews to answer! I shall just put here that this part isn't my favorite... poor George... poor Ron... Fred is being stupid, so who cares about him. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it! I'll probably answer reviews on Sunday because I'm having a friend over on Saturday. I'm hoping to get Chapter 8 up tonight as well... Chapter 9 isn't finished! Now you'll have to wait for chapters to be put up...*cackles*
A/N (4-23): I really cannot remember the days. Oh well. Er... leave reviews, please? *giggles* Very short chapter, by the way... And Anna wrote all of it. By the way, the part where James changes his mind about Chess... my idea! *waves flag in the air*
CHAPTER 7: What Floats Your Boat (When Ron says it in the 6 chapter... my idea, too!)
(Anna... she wrote the entire chapter)
Everyone was exhausted after their full day, so back at the Room of Requirement they went right to bed, dropping off one by one.
Harry woke the day before Halloween from a dream in which he had been a chess piece-the result of so much thinking about the game yesterday.
It was eleven o'clock on a Tuesday, so of course, Sirius, James, and Pettigrew were at their lessons. Hermione was in the library again, searching desperately for some way to go back. Ron, his chess fever increased rather than satisfied by their little tournament, had given up on getting his tousle-haired big brothers to play and was practicing ways to evade Bob's checkmate.
Harry sat up ("Finally, I was beginning to think you'd died!") ate breakfast ("Think of bagels, the Room'll get you loads of cream cheese, too!"), and got dressed ("Look, Harry, I can get you a Prefects' badge from any house! See, I'm a Hufflepuff who's Ravenclaw Prefect!").
"Hey, Ron, planning to come back from the world of Chess anytime soon?"
'Speaking of that, why d'you think your dad didn't like chess, Harry?" asked Ron.
"Speak of that, you-"Fred chuckled into a hand, "You really didn't mean it about the boat, did you, Ron?" It was clear Fred and George had thought this a great joke.
"Ah, no, I thought I was being funny- but you really believed I was taking you seriously?!"
"Could've fooled us, Ron," said Harry, yawning. Up 'til now he'd been too tired to speak.
They tolerated Ron's chess lectures until about lunch time, when James, Sirius, and Pettigrew turned up. "Hey, Ron," Sirius joked, "We've found your boat!"
"Really?! Where?" asked Ron.
"Down at the lake, Gudgeon's gonna do something stupid again. Wanna go watch?"
"Sure!" said the twins immediately and in unison, so they went. Strolling along the lawn, they spotted Bertha Jorkins.
"Dumbledore's gonna lock Gudgeon in the cabinet," she told them.
"Eh?" James looked at her confusedly.
"Oh, I know you know about Dumbledore's new discipline," she said conspiratorially, "Gudgeon's gonna do something on the lake and Dumbledore's gonna lock him in the cabinet. It's a good thing I'm not bad," she continued thoughtfully," 'Cause I don't think I'd fit in his drawers!"
She sauntered off. "Whew!" sighed Harry, coming out from behind Ron, "I was sure she'd notice two Jameses and go straight to Dumbledore."
"Well, that counts us out of Gudgeon's little show. If she knows, you can bet every teacher in the school knows. We're not getting caught there."
"So what are we gonna do?" asked Pettigrew.
"Talk about the future," said Sirius promptly.
"Uh-uh, no way!" said Fred.
For once in his life, George didn't appear to share his twin's thoughts, staring dumb-foundedly at him like the rest of them.
"We wanna know more about the past!" he announced.
"Aaaah," George grinned, catching on and relieve that their empathy had only been interrupted by a bit.
"You can learn the past from history books, "James said waving his hand dismissively.
"Y'know, we can..." said George.
"But not actual thing," Harry protested, "Just things like goblin rebellions, not like... y'know... real stuff..." he hesitated, trying to figure out how to get his point across.
"Harry's right, you can't learn actual things, like the funny little stories parents and grandparents tell... History's got no feelings, no heart," said Fred with emphasis.
"Oh, you just think that 'cause Binns is our teacher, history's really fascinating," said Hermione, "If you'd just read the book instead of finding out everything from Binns..."
"Yeah, remember someday the fight between the Order and Voldemort will be history, too," said George.
"What about the fight between the Order and Voldemort?" said Sirius quickly.
"Uh-uh, past first," said Fred.
"Oh, why can't we tell them about the future? You're not scared, are you?" said George.
"No, I'm not scared, but you're stupid...as stupid as Ron!" Fred bit back angrily.
James and Sirius watched the developing quarrel with interest, Pettigrew looked like he hoped it would come to blows.
Ron was now looking at Fred in shock. The twins had teased him before, but they'd never been flat out contempt, as was Fred seemed to be now. George put a hand on Ron's shoulder. "Thanks, Fred, Ron's pretty smart, unlike you."
"Now, I'm sure Fred didn't mean that, so let's just-"Hermione seemed to be trying to salvage the situation.
"Fine," said Fred, "Fine, side with Ron, I knew you would. C'mon, Harry," and without waiting for an answer he pulled Harry away by the arm.
Harry was so startled by the twins' fight that at first he didn't react, allowing himself to be pulled along for a few yards before planting his feet in the grass and refusing to budge.
"What?" asked Fred irritably.
"Ron's not stupid," Harry insisted.
"What are you talking about, 'course he is, all that boat nonsense-"
"He says he was joking around and I believe him," said Harry firmly.
"He just said that so he wouldn't look like an idiot-"
"He's my friend and I'll believe what he tells me. So, Fred, if doing this to your little brother floats your boat, there's nothing I can do to stop you, but don't' expect me to act this way to my best mate," he said coldly.
"Right..." said Fred, "Right... well, I don't need you! Any of you! From now on, Fred Weasley goes solo!"
We'll talk to him," explained James before he, Sirius, and Pettigrew hurried after him. Harry caught something about "Can't really mean you'll go solo," before the four boys disappeared from sight.
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Well, seeing as I typed this right after the first one, and no one is expecting this chapter to be up, there are no reviews to answer! I shall just put here that this part isn't my favorite... poor George... poor Ron... Fred is being stupid, so who cares about him. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it! I'll probably answer reviews on Sunday because I'm having a friend over on Saturday. I'm hoping to get Chapter 8 up tonight as well... Chapter 9 isn't finished! Now you'll have to wait for chapters to be put up...*cackles*