Disclaimer: See one of the previous chapters.

A/N: Hehe. I've been eating strawberry jelly crystals. Whooopeee! I'm slightly hyper. Thanks to my reviewers from last chapter. Meenal, Meredith, Addy and Christina. Yep. All four of you. I'd be sad if I wasn't so hyper.

Yay! Knights are still undefeated! Whooooo! Andrew Johns is a god! Yiipeee! Ok, no more jelly crystals for me. Here's the last chapter of first year!

Chapter 7

The first Quidditch match of the season was somewhat of an anti-climax. Gryffindor were disgraced 300-80.

They were now mid-way through December. All six of the Gryffindor first years were going home for Christmas. Angelina was looking forward to having time away from the twins, particularly Fred. The three girls were discussing their holiday plans on the Hogwarts Express.

"My family's going to Spain!" Katie said excitedly.

"Why Spain?"

"My older brother Liam lives there. I haven't seen him for over two years."

"I've never bothered to ask, how many brothers and sisters do you have, Katie?" Alicia asked.

"I have three older brothers. Liam is the oldest, he's twenty-one. Then Samuel is nineteen and you've met Tristan."

"He's in his sixth year isn't he?" Alicia vaguely remembered meeting a blonde Gryffindor boy. Katie usually preferred to avoid him.

"Yeah, luckily I only have to spend one more year with him."

"So Liam would have gone to school with my sister, Kiana. She's twenty-one as well," Angelina said.

"Probably, I'll ask him. So what are your plans?" Katie asked Alicia.

"Nothing exciting. I'll probably read some Muggle books. My dad teaches English at a Muggle high school. He brings novels home for me, thanks to him I read well above my age."

"Will you see Fred and George over the break?"

"Definitely. Our families spend Christmas Eve together; it's a tradition unfortunately. What are you planning to do on your break?" Alicia asked Angelina.

"Nothing much. I might go visit my dad in Manchester. I'm really just looking forward to some peace and quiet away from Fred."

"Angie! I'm hurt!" Fred, who had been standing in the doorway for the past few seconds, put his hand over his heart.

"Don't call me Angie."

"We should have locked the door," Alicia groaned as Fred entered, closely followed by George and Lee.

Lee was looking particularly pleased with himself. He was now officially the commentator at Hogwarts. All the students loved his unique enthusiasm.

"Hey, Katie, I have a Christmas present for you." He smiled at her as her face lit up.

"A present! For me?"

"Close your eyes and I'll give it to you."

Katie obediently closed her eyes and held out her hands. Lee grinned and moved in and planted a kiss square on her lips.

"Lee!" Alicia shrieked reproachfully.

Katie's eyes flew open. Her normally calm blue eyes were ablaze with fury. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

He grinned broadly and stuck out his chest. "No need to thank me for the present."

"You immense prat!" She made a grab for him but he stepped back.

"I think it's time we left. We'll be at King's Cross soon," George said, then hastily grabbed Lee and dragged him from the compartment.

Katie slammed the door behind them whilst calling Lee every name under the sun. Alicia hadn't even heard some of them. Katie was quite a creative with her curses

"Boys. Who needs them?" Angelina said soothingly as she put her arm around the seething blonde.

"Not me," Alicia said truthfully. She was sure that she was over her crush on Oliver. After he was injured in the first game he had expressed his intention to continue playing Quidditch. Alicia now thought he was a little crazy. After all, breaking that many bones couldn't be a good thing.

"You know who I think is cute," Angelina mused.

"Fred?" Alicia said without thinking.

Well, if looks could kill…

"Not Fred! Cedric Diggory."

"From Hufflepuff?"

"Yeah, that's him. You've talked to him a couple of times in Herbology, Leesh. Is he nice?" Angelina asked in a semi-casual manner.

"He seems nice enough to me. Meenal Romano says he's really sweet though."

"He'd never go for a girl like me though," Angelina said drearily.

"Don't say that! All the boys in our year talk about you," Alicia said.

"Really?"

"That's what Lee told me anyway."

"Please don't mention that name around me ever again," Katie growled in a very un-Katie way.

Twenty minutes later the Hogwarts Express pulled into Platform 9 3/4. Excited students alighted carrying suitcase and backpacks. The platform was crowded with witches and wizards waiting to greet their children. Alicia jumped from the train and searched the crowd for her parents.

"There's my mum!" Katie pointed to a short blonde witch who was waving furiously in their direction. "I'll see you girls soon."

Alicia and Angelina hugged her and she skipped off to her parents.

"Do you think Katie enjoyed my present?" Lee asked.

The two girls turned around to see the three boys smirking. Lee was looking extremely smug.

"Katie was right, you are an immense prat. I ought to punch you right now." Angelina took a step towards Lee and he took two steps back.

"Oh, look there are my parents. I have to go now, what a pity. See you all later." Lee hurried off. Alicia was willing to bet he hadn't seen his parents at all.

"Bye!" the twins called after him.

"He's cool," Fred told the girls emphatically.

"Well, if you ask me, he's nothing but a cocky son-of-a-" Angelina stopped abruptly. A small girl was running towards the four of them.

"Alicia!" the little girl cried as she ran with her brown pigtails streaming behind her.

"Jasmine!"

Alicia opened her arms to her little sister. They embraced and the twins rolled their eyes and Angelina smiled. Then, surprisingly, Jasmine went and hugged the twins, whom she'd never been very fond of. Alicia finally spotted her parents standing with the Weasleys.

Alicia looked at Angelina questioningly. "Come meet my parents?"

"Sure, I can't see my mum anywhere," Angelina said.

Jasmine ran back to the adults and began pointing to the prodigal students and bouncing gleefully. She'd evidently missed her big sister a lot.

"I think she missed you way too much," Fred said as he wiped his cheek where she had kissed him.

"I think she's adorable. She's your half-sister right?"

"Yeah, different father."

"Do you know her father?" Angelina asked as they gathered up their belongings.

"Mum won't tell anyone. She says it's in the past now."

"Oh, too bad, she's a pretty little girl."

"Everyone seems to think Jas is the cutest thing, they should try living with her."

"Hurry up you two," George called over his shoulder.

"I swear Fred is such a tosser." Angelina shook her head as they followed the twins.

"That was George."

"Right. Just when I thought I had it figured out."

"Hi, precious!" Alicia's dad ruffled her hair.

"Dad, don't call me that." She blushed slightly and looked at her shoes.

"We've missed you, honey." Her mother bent down and kissed her on the cheek.

"This is my friend, Angelina."

Natalie smiled as she shook her hand. "You're a girl," she said, looking pleased.

Angelina didn't know what to say to this, so she just nodded. Molly had finished greeting and lecturing her sons and was now smiling at Angelina.

"Angelina is in Gryffindor with us," Alicia told everyone.

"Another Gryffindor girl? Boys, are you going to introduce us to your little friend?" Molly asked the twins.

"Well, she's not really our friend…"

"Frederick."

"Ok, don't get your knickers in a twist, mum. Angelina, this is my mum and the kid staring at you with the pink ears is Ron. Ginny is over there talking to Jasmine. Happy?"

"That wasn't so hard. It's nice to meet you Angelina," Molly said, greeting her with a polite smile.

"It was very nice to meet you all but I should go find my mum now. I'll owl you Licia," Angelina said.

Alicia dropped her bags and threw her arms around Angelina. They broke apart slowly, both looking a little dismal.

Fred rolled his eyes at the display. "Girls."

"Well, see you in a while, Leesh. Bye, George. Fred," Angelina added as a bitter afterthought.

Alicia waved as her friend disappeared into the crowd. Alicia's mum grabbed her suitcase and they followed the Weasleys back into the Muggle world.

"I made lots of friends!" Alicia told her mum excitedly. "There's Katie, Meenal, Meredith, Charlotte, Cordelia - she's Australian - and there's Crystal- Jade and Madeline. I also talk to Danny Johns and Cedric Diggory from Hufflepuff sometimes."

Alicia's mother stopped abruptly and dropped her suitcase, which hit the concrete with a dull thud.

"Natalie, are you ok?"

"Sorry, mum, I know they're boys but I like talking to them," Alicia apologised. She knew her mum wanted her to make friends with girls, but she couldn't really see how a few boys would hurt.

"It's quite all right, dear," Natalie assured her daughter then ran her fingers through her short brown hair.

"Let me take that." David picked up the suitcase with a worried glance at his wife.

"Erica should be home from work, she can't wait to see you."

Alicia smiled. It was good to be back with her family.

Christmas passed rather uneventfully. As Alicia had predicted she saw the twins quite a lot. All Fred seemed to do was complain about Angelina. Alicia suggested that this was because he fancied her. He denied it profusely and chased her around his house.

When they returned to Hogwarts for their last six months of first year they were all refreshed and ready for work. Except in the boys' case, they were ready to cause more trouble.

The rest of first year passed without anyone getting expelled. This was mainly thanks to the Marauders Map. The twins and Lee could roam the castle and not get caught. They only ended up with thirty-six detentions in their first year. They were only eight short of breaking the record set by two previous Hogwarts pranksters.

As was expected, Slytherin won the Quidditch Cup and the House Cup. Without Charlie as Seeker, Gryffindor lost every Quidditch game that season and narrowly beat Hufflepuff to finish third on house points.

Nothing much had changed between the six new Gryffindors. Katie and Lee still had the same love/hate relationship there was still the animosity between Fred and Angelina. Alicia was always stuck playing peacemaker and George found the whole thing very funny.

So after a successful inaugural year the students headed home for their break. The first month of the holidays was incredibly enjoyable. Alicia and Angelina spent a few days at Katie's house and none of them saw the boys.

It wasn't till the last week of holidays that Alicia had to encounter Fred and George. Her grandmother was ill so her parents were going to visit her in Middlesbrough. The Spinnets used to live in Middlesbrough and Erica had decided to go back to visit some of her friends.

Alicia and Jasmine wanted to visit their grandmother too but she was a Muggle so they couldn't use Floo Powder and, of course, they were too young to Apparate. Traveling from one side of the country to the other wasn't very appealing so it was decided that Erica and Alicia would stay at the Burrow for a week.

Alicia wasn't very happy about this arrangement and she continued her complaining as her mother dropped her and Jasmine off.

"But I have homework to do!" she said desperately as struggled with her suitcase. Her father had laughed when he saw how much she was taking for a week long visit. Alicia insisted it was all essential.

"Well, you can do your homework with Fred and George, then," Natalie said as she lugged Alicia's Hogwarts trunk from the car.

"Mum, the word homework shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence as Fred and George. I know you think they're a pair of angels but homework isn't even in their vocabulary."

"Then you can get them into the habit."

Bill emerged from the Burrow followed closely by Charlie. "Let us help you with those."

Bill took the suitcase from Jasmine and Charlie took the trunk. Fred and George came running out. They stood in the doorway and watched Alicia drag her luggage up the driveway.

Alicia groaned and dropped it. She glared at the twins and pushed a strand of hair from her face. "Either of you going to help me?"

"Nope," they replied in unison.

"Insufferable gits," Alicia mumbled.

"You have two arms and legs, don't you? You can do it yourself."

"Bugger off, Fred."

"I'll take it for you." Bill grabbed the suitcase with a sharp look at his brothers.

"Oh, you're such nice boys. Real gentlemen," Natalie said as they followed the boys inside.

Alicia glared at the twins. "Yeah, they're gentlemen."

They flashed her identical grins, as if she'd complimented them, and dashed upstairs.

"Don't run in the house!" Molly called after them as she came out of the kitchen.

"We can't thank you enough for this Molly. We really owe you one," Natalie said as she hugged the girls.

"They're no trouble at all," Molly smiled.

"Behave yourself and have a good year at school, Alicia. We'll be back to get you in a week, Jasmine. Now, I must hurry back," Natalie said apologetically as she gave her daughters a kiss then left in a rush.

"Mum, where are we putting this stuff?" Charlie asked of the luggage he and Bill were still carrying.

"The girls are sleeping in Bill's room and he's in with the twins."

"Right." They nodded and disappeared upstairs.

"Jasmine, Ginny is out in the garden waiting for you."

Upon hearing this, Jasmine ran out leaving Alicia by herself. Molly looked down at her and smiled sadly. She looked very young just standing there with her teddy clutched to her chest like a security blanket.

"You poor dear. Ginny and Jasmine are too young to play with and the twins are, well, they're the twins. I'll tell you what, would you like to help me prepare dinner?"

"Sure, I'll just put my bear upstairs."

"You're such a good girl," Molly cooed.

Alicia forced a smile and headed upstairs. She almost screamed when she saw the twins sitting on the stairs. They had been sitting there listening to everything.

Fred reached over and pinched her cheek. "You're a regular angel."

"Don't start with me," Alicia warned.

"What are you gonna do?" Fred yanked Tiger from her arms and eyed it scornfully. "Why does a twelve-year-old girl need a teddy anyway? Do you still suck your thumb?"

"I've had Tiger my whole life and you know it. Give him back!"

"Give her a break," George interjected smoothly. He grabbed the bear from his brother and handed it back to the stunned girl.

Alicia nearly fell backwards down the stairs. George Weasley was defending her? Hell had just frozen over. Pigs were flying.

"Am I trapped in some alternate universe?" she demanded.

Fred, just as stunned by the display, placed his hand on George's forehead. "Are you feeling all right?"

"I'm fine," he replied, slapping Fred's hand away in the process. "I just think it's time you gave Alicia a break."

"What's going on with you, George? You're the President of the Let's Annoy Alicia Club."

"For the last time, Leesh, nothing is wrong! I just don't think it's fair to pick on you all the time," George said simply, then promptly turned and walked the rest of the way up the stairs.

Fred stared at his brothers retreating back then turned to Alicia slowly. He raised his eyebrows at her equally confused expression.

"Hey, don't look at me. He's your brother," Alicia said. She too went upstairs

Fred just stood there in a daze for a second. He was still confused about the scene he had just witnessed. Since when had George defended Alicia? He didn't know what was going on, but he certainly didn't like it.

A/N: I know the chapter jumps around a lot but I wanted to get first year out of the way. Second year is much more exciting. George and Alicia become best friends and Fred gets a little miffed about it. You can also look forward to lots of Quidditch!