Twice Over
Okay, I have a plan for this chapter. I hope it will be good. Anyways, what's going to happen to Alicia, and what's up with the parchment that George STILL can't stop thinking about?
Jagged Epiphany- thanks for reviewing, yeah… Alicia needs to learn not to be so stubborn. Question for you! Did I read Yule Ball, Take Two? And is it separate from Old Faces, New Tricks? I've been confused about that… This is a shorter chapter than before, sadly, but I couldn't make it any longer without going completely off course. Anyways, thank you for the advice with defiantly and definitely, I ALWAYS seem to type that in homework and stories… it's annoying because I get the right word when I write it on paper, but my hands seem to run all over the keyboard and I end up putting the wrong one… it's like a habit! Well, anyways, I am going to pay careful attention to that. If its wrong again in the next couple of chapters, its because I write a bit ahead sometimes. Thanks so much for reading!
Sunnysweetie- it is so true, high school is tough when teachers drone on forever… I feel Lee's pain. I'm so happy you reviewed! I love hearing from you! I like how you're writing your reviews, it's interesting to see how you feel throughout the chapter!
Calypso- long time no talk… or rather, type… anyways, that's not the point! Thanks for the review, yeah, George is so cute! He can rescue her! Hehehe… well, thanks for the review, I hope you enjoy this chapter!
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Chapter 7- I'm up to no good!
"Severe loss of blood…" Madame Pomfrey muttered. She tutted and clicked her tongue as she looked at Alicia's hand. "What happened?" She asked, turning a sour face to George.
George shrugged. "She got cut in Herbology this morning and didn't tell anyone, I guess." He said.
She nodded. "Well, you can leave now."
"Can I stay?" George asked.
Madame Pomfrey gave him a look that said it bothered her, but then she sighed and told him he could as long as he was quiet.
George smiled. He sat in the chair next to her, looking at her with worry.
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Lee cracked his knuckles a couple times for some source of amusement, but at the look on Snape's face, he quickly stopped. He wasn't even aloud to tap his foot! He bit the inside of his cheek and looked around, pushing his hand through his dreadlocks and then putting his face in his hands and rubbing his eyes.
He was watching the fireworks that seemed to erupt in his eyes when he pushed on them for something to do, but then he heard Snape clear his throat and he looked up at the Potions master who was staring at him with a look of anger drawn on his face.
"Look forward, Jordan. This is detention. Not a time to sleep like you did in Professor Binns class." He spat.
Lee bit his lip to keep his anger in and he stared angrily at the front board.
'He doesn't know what it's like to sit through one of Binns talks. It's not my fault I fell asleep. Stupid Snape.'
Lee rocked his head back and forth and kept his black-brown eyes open wide so that he didn't fall asleep by accident again. He would hate to think of what Snape would do if that happened.
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Angelina sighed and looked up from her essay. She had just finished, and a feeling of relief rushed through her. It had taken her a while to finally finish the boring essay, and she doubted Binns would even look to see if half of the stuff she had put reference to was in the same time period.
She shrugged and put her books in her bag, making her way down the hall and running into Fred. She screamed in surprise and her bag flew across the hall, scattering books everywhere.
"FRED WEASLEY!" Angelina yelled, rubbing her head from where they had banged heads together.
Fred stood there cursing for a bit at his throbbing head, and then he looked at Angelina. "I'm really sorry." He said, walking over to her books and beginning to help her pick them up.
"What the hell is the hurry?" She asked.
Fred handed her the books and stood up with her. "Well, George was running after Alicia and I was on my way to find him." He said.
"Going two-hundred and fifty miles a minute?" She asked, sarcastically.
"Well, you know…" He said, shrugging.
"All right then, I'll help you find them." She said. "So, George was running after Alicia?"
"Yeah… I don't know why though, but I bet he has good reasons." Fred said.
Angelina shrugged. "Well he better, because now you're worrying me."
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Alicia opened her eyes and put her hand on her forehead. Then she sat up slowly and looked over at George. She began to smile, but then it quickly changed into a scowl.
"What the hell did you do that for?" She asked.
George raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, don't give me that, 'what are you talking about' look. You know very well. Why did you take me here?" She asked angrily.
George shook his head. "Oh, well I'm sorry, I didn't know that you were supposed to leave a person who had fainted, where they were. Especially when they were suffering from severe loss of blood. It's why you fainted you know." George replied.
Alicia huffed and yanked the needles in her arm that were sending her blood, out. She then turned herself so that she was sitting on the edge of the bed, and stood up. Quickly, she realized it was a mistake, and she put her hand to her head.
George stood up quickly and helped her stand, moving her slowly back onto the bed. She groaned and he carefully pulled the covers back onto her.
"Sorry for being sarcastic with you." George said.
Alicia shook her head. "Stop apologizing." She bit her lip, wanting to tell him that it was her that should be apologizing, but she didn't need such a drastic change in attitude with him. She didn't know what that would bring. George was sensitive, funny, cute-… Did she just say cute?
'Stop it, Alicia. Stop it.'
"Look, how long am I going to be in here?" She asked.
"As long as you need." George replied. "Now, uh, I'm going to get the nurse to put those needles back in you."
Alicia sighed and put her head back into the pillow. Soon, the nurse was looming over her and jabbing needles into her arms and veins.
"You can leave, Mr. Weasley." Madame Pomfrey said icily.
George nodded. "Okay." He said. Then he turned to Alicia and said, "Hope you feel better later."
Alicia smiled. "Thanks…" Then she shook her head and frowned at him. "I mean, whatever Weasley."
George smiled and walked out of the Hospital wing, shaking his head.
"George!"
George turned to see Angelina and Fred running up to him.
"Oh, hey." He said casually.
"Where have you been?" Angelina asked worriedly. "We've been looking everywhere-…"
"I was in the Hospital Wing with Alicia. She didn't tend to a cut she got in Herbology, but she's doing better now." George said.
Angelina looked as though she was going to faint. "What? Is she okay? Oh my god!"
"Yeah, she's good now." George said.
Fred nodded. "Okay. Well, we better go up to our dormitories before dinner. Thanks Angelina." He said.
Angelina looked appalled that they were leaving her, but then she nodded and decided to try to get into the Hospital Wing.
The twins made their way to the common room and walked into their dormitories. Fred fell onto his bed and pulled out the plan book.
"I made a few more prank idea's." Fred said, flipping through the book.
George nodded and sat down at his desk, taking out the yellowing piece of parchment once more. He took out his wand as well and muttered, 'reveal'.
The piece of parchment, for the first time, did something. On it, words were appearing, and soon they were readable. George read them aloud: "Messer's, Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs remind you to keep to your own boring business." He muttered. "What?"
George angrily took his Quill and started to write, but more words appeared and the ink that he had placed on it disappeared. It read: 'stop writing on this, freckle face!'
George read it and raised an eyebrow. "What a comeback." He said sarcastically as the words disappeared.
"What?" Fred asked, sitting up. "Who are you talking to, and are you even listening?"
George snatched his wand up from the table as Fred walked over.
"What's all this, then?" He asked, looking at the table. "George! I thought you said you weren't obsessed."
"I'm not!" George answered.
"Yeah, sure… your putting pranks aside so that you can figure out some stupid mystery, that might not even be one at all!" Fred said, crossing his arms.
"That's not true! This thing talked, I know it! Look, Fred, believe me," George said, swinging his wand about and putting a hand over his heart, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, and you know it!"
Fred sighed and sat down on his bed. "All right, just concentrate more, okay?"
George nodded. "All right." He looked back to the parchment, when he saw words in clear view: words that hadn't been there before.
'Messer's Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs, are proud to present: The Maurders Map.'
George did a double take, and he couldn't hear Fred talking about his plans in the background any longer. All he did was read the sentence over and over again, running it through his mind.
"Fred! Fred! Look!" George said excitedly, jumping out of his seat and grabbing the map.
Fred looked up. "Oh, not that thing AGAIN! George, what is it?" He said angrily.
"No, look! What did I say to make it happen?" George asked, shoving the paper into Fred's hands.
"What is it?" Fred asked, now clearly interested.
George smiled and snatched it back, opening it up. "I don't know… but there are these things scattered everywhere… they are footprints… with names." He said, looking it over. "Cedric Diggory, Dumbledore… even Percy is here! There's Wood, and Alicia… she's in the Hospital wing with Angelina… wow…"
Fred ran to the side of George and looked at it with him. George opened more flaps and it showed them more areas.
"It's a map… with people and their names." Fred said slowly.
"It shows what they're doing!" George said excitedly.
"Every minute," Fred began.
"Of every day!" George finished.
"This is amazing!" They said together.
George gave Fred a cocky smile and raised his eyebrow. "I hate to say it-… well actually, I don't, so, I TOLD YOU SO!" He said, doing a goofy victory dance around the room. He suddenly stopped and turned to Fred. "But what did I say to activate it?"
Fred thought for a moment and then said, "you know it." He said. "The last thing you said was you know it."
George looked to the parchment. He put his wand to it and said, "Does 'you know it' activate you?"
The word 'no', was then shown across the top.
"Great." George muttered.
"No…" Fred said, "But good! You said, I'm up to no good!"
"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good!" George said, tapping it with his wand and the words ran across the top of the page. Then, across the top yet again, it said, 'Mischief Managed'.
George placed his wand in the centre of the parchment and recited, "Mischief Managed."
The parchment quickly became blank and Fred looked at it in amazement.
"Fred," George began slowly, "I think our lives are about to change."
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I know this chapter was a bit shorter than usual, but I needed to get the point of the chapter across after all of those detours. Next chapter is longer though, I promise. If you notice any major mistakes, feel free to tell me. I like to be pretty true to the books. Anyways, I'm glad all of you are reading, and I hope this chapter was good enough!
-Kit
