Forbidden yet Foreseen
Birth
"That's what sisters are for!"
Ginny remembered Fred's words months and months after that. Over a year had passed: She was in the middle of her fourth year, her brother Ron and his friends Harry and Hermione were stuck in their fifth years with their OWLs arriving soon and the twins happened to be in their last and seventh year. Soon it would be only Ron and her left of all Weasleys ever spending their time at Hogwarts.
It certainly would be weird without Fred and George… but at least it would have been only during school term. She still had the holidays to hang around them. Such as now…
They were in the middle of their Christmas holidays, every member of the Weasley family available (though Bill had to work in Egypt, Charlie couldn't leave Romania for some reasons containing the escape of a highly dangerous dragon and Percy was off working in the Ministry) and Harry Potter and Hermione Granger were around at the Burrow to spend the holidays together.
Snow covered the landscape and everything just looked incredible. Ginny stood at the edge of the frozen pond, admiring the ice flowers and snowflakes. She was deep in thought when suddenly a snowball hit the back of her head. She stumbled forwards, almost slipping on the frozen water. She turned around only to see red hair disappearing behind some snow covered bushes.
Bending down to mould some snowballs, she began walking slowly into the direction the snowball had come from. She quickly discovered the twins running into the white forest, a girl with brown hair running at the top. Ginny looked around to see Ron, Harry and Hermione threw snow at themselves at the other side of the pond, laughing hysterically. She then continued her way to the forest where Fred, George and apparently Alicia Spinnet (who visited the Weasleys now and then) had disappeared.
Ginny quickened her steps and soon passed some high trees that were fully covered with snow that you could be afraid the snow might fall down every minute. She then saw footsteps in front of her, two pairs vanishing behind some more trees that led to a nearby clearing – and one pair abruptly ending in the middle of the path. She looked around, trying to find the owner of these prints when she suddenly had the idea to look up – just in time to see a red head fall down on her.
She was kicked off her feet, landing in the snow on her back, with Fred pinning her to the ground by sitting on her.
"Hey little sister", he said with a grin, mischief glimmering in his blue eyes.
"Hey Fred", she replied, grinning almost as mischievously as he.
They both grinned at each other before Ginny broke the ice by literally throwing a snowball right into Fred's face. He jerked his head backwards but the snow hit him all the same. Ginny laughed at the sight of his surprise. He threw her a seemingly hurt glance before turning to revenge.
He grabbed some snow from next to her head and shoved it down the collar of her jacket. She almost jumped when the cold substance touched her skin but quickly reacted by grabbing some snow from next to his knee to shove it under his sweater. She watched him wince in shock when the snow hit his stomach.
"You little –", he laughed, grabbing her hands and pinned them to the ground.
She stared up at him, grinning. "Tell me what I am", she said. "I'd like to know!"
"You're just brilliant", he replied, letting go of one of her hands to grab some snow. "And you know that."
"And do you know that?", she asked and tried to move her free hand towards the back of his coat.
He looked at her, still grinning, moulding the snow to a large ball right in front of her eyes. "Of course", he said. "So tell me, clever girl, where do you want to have this?" He lowered the snowball towards her nose but she merely chuckled.
At the same time as he wanted to throw the snow at his sister's face, Ginny leapt up into a sitting position, using his surprise to almost knock him over and grab the collar of his coat. Their faces were so close now she could count the freckles on her brother's nose. They stared into each other's eyes – before Ginny broke the moment by shoving a handful of snow down her brother's neck, who immediately winced and shuddered.
Ginny laughed at the sight of his suffering face. "I'm brilliant", she said, still holding the collar of his coat with both hands to keep her in an upright position.
Fred soon recovered from the shock and grinned at her out of small eyes.
"You know what this means?", he asked challenging.
"If I wouldn't, you'd tell me anyways", she replied. "So… go ahead!"
Fred just grinned – but before he could pin her to the ground again, she leapt forwards, knocking her brother over. She now pinned his arms to the ground, sitting on him with a victorious smile.
"How's that?", she asked. "Being knocked down by your little sister?"
"You'll regret this, Gin, and you know that!", he said, staring up at her.
"Really?", she replied, smirking. "Show me!"
"I'd love to!"
Fred then moved under her, freeing his arms from her grip. He grabbed her hands and pulled her towards her so that she had difficulties not to fall right over. She locked eyes with him before he turned around, rolling sideways with her held by his arms. They rolled through the snow until a nearby bush got hold of them. Ginny finally lay again beneath him, pinned to the ground by his arms. A grin spread across his face.
"That's all?", she asked, seemingly breathless. "I'm almost disappointed…"
"You are?", he replied, turning his head a bit. "Alright, little sister", he added, letting go of her hands, and shifted on top of her. "What about a little race?"
"A race?", she asked, trying to read in his eyes what he was up to.
"Do you see that clearing over there?" He motioned her to look to the right. She nodded. "The one who reaches the clearing first, with both hands full of snow, is allowed to dupe the other one. Without being revenged."
"Sounds… stupid", she chuckled.
He frowned. "It's just a fair chance for you to pay me back!"
"Fair chance? Well, I'll remember that!"
"So, do we have a deal?", he asked, standing up, holding out his hand.
She grabbed it, he pulled her up on her feet and she nodded. "Deal!"
With that she let go of his hand and ran towards the clearing, Fred immediately on her tail. Her footsteps echoed through the forest, snow was slightly falling down when she ran past trees whose twigs were hanging that low that they touched her shoulders. She soon reached the clearing, but before she could bend down to grab some snow she felt Fred's arms grabbing her from behind. She was lifted off the ground, her feet dangling in mid-air.
"Let go off me!", she laughed, quite out of breath. "And you were talking about 'fair chance'!"
"Never trust a Weasley-twin, dear", he chuckled, holding her high in the air on his arms.
Being not afraid of heights, she used her high position to grab some snow from the higher twigs. She then threw it down at her brother, who immediately shut his eyes against the snow and held her close to his chest. His arms around her, her feet still not on the ground ('It is a shame to be that tiny or at least to have such tall brothers', Ginny thought), Fred turned her around so that she could face him. She then planted her hands on his shoulders, trying to free herself out of his grip.
Soon she stopped struggling, being caught into his blue eyes. She frowned, watching him smile up at her. Suddenly she felt a bit eerie, as if someone had ripped out her heart and put it right back in. Her breath stuck inside her throat, her mind was racing in high speed. Before she could, however, clarify this feeling, he let go off her and placed her back on the ground.
Towering over her with more than a head's space between them, he looked down at her. She stared up at him, shaking her head to get rid of these thoughts that lurked on her mind. She quickly bent down to grab some snow but before she could throw it at him, he grabbed her hands again, grinning down at her. She fast caught herself again and replied his grin. The snow still between her hands, she suddenly leapt forwards, shoving the snow inside his coat. Almost jumping against him, she stumbled onwards, knocking him over once more. They fell to the ground, Ginny lying on top of him.
"You'll never learn, will you?", Fred asked, smirking.
"Nope", she replied. "I certainly need some more lessons from you, I guess!"
"You'll get these", he said, quickly leaping sideways to change his position.
He was now on top of her, their faces only inches away. He leant on his lower arms and grinned at her. She was lying beneath him, unable to move at all. But she still was able to smirk at him.
"Alright, you win", she said, trying to free her hands from underneath his body.
"I win? You surrender?"
"Yeah, I do."
"Why's that? I thought you could last longer in this battle, soldier?"
"Well, I'm not", she said and quickly put her cold hands on his cheeks, holding his face firmly.
Their eyes locked and before she could even think about it, she raised her head to plant her lips on his for a short kiss. Using his surprise to free herself from underneath him, she stood up again, shoving the snow from her clothes. He sat up, staring at her rather puzzled.
"What?", she asked, looking innocent. "We never said that the weapons of a woman were forbidden in this battle."
Fred stood up slowly. With Ginny smirking at him, he quickly grabbed a handful of snow and ran, grinning brightly again, towards her. She fast turned around to run from him but he was faster and the snow hit the back of her head. She then tripped over a snow-covered root, almost smashing into the nearest tree. But then Fred was behind her and caught her just in time before her head hit the wood.
She panted, feeling herself again held by her brother. She muttered a thank you and rubbed her forehead.
"No problem, that's what –"
She stared at him, remembering the words he had said to her before. She felt herself lost in a moment of deep thoughts, before she laid both hands on his cheeks and leant in closer.
"Yeah. And that's what sisters are for", she whispered before leaning in to kiss him more passionately this time.
He quickly grabbed her upper arms and pulled her away, looking at her with concern in his eyes. He didn't say a word. He just shook his head.
Ginny glared at him, her heart missing a beat. She felt stupid, yet she couldn't stop these thoughts from bursting in her mind.
"Fred, I'm… I'm sorry, I –"
"Forget it", he said and let go off her.
Her heart suddenly sank and her throat seemed to be squeezed by an invisible force. She abruptly felt the cold around her. She couldn't help but stare at Fred with her mouth slightly open. Shivering, she rubbed her arms, unable to say or do anything.
It was his turn to do something.
"Hey, before you start crying", he said, the old grin back on his face. He then grabbed her hands and pulled her after him through the forest, heading to the Burrow.
"I definitely will not cry, Fred Weasley!", she blurted out, stumbling at his tail. "I'll never cry!"
"Yeah, of course", he said, chuckling.
"Stop laughing at me!", she protested.
He then suddenly stopped walking, so that Ginny ran into him. He put a hand on her shoulder, resting the other one under her chin. His blue eyes sparkled down at her. Before she realized what he was doing, she felt his lips on hers that felt rather warm after all that cold. With him holding her, she seemed to lose every sense of space. First it was weird and she quickly closed her eyes (and shut the thought that she was kissing her brother), yet after a while she just… enjoyed it.
But he soon pulled away from her again, his hand still resting on her shoulder.
While she still felt a bit taken aback, he smiled down at her.
"Come on, now, Mum's certainly waiting with dinner!", he said, painfully throwing her back into reality.
She bit her lip and followed him back to the Burrow.
A/N: Again: this is a story about Fred and Ginny and now things get certain I think -gg-
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