~Let's see how exciting I make this chapter, shall we?~

Fred had been home an entire week and yet, he was still afraid of George and Percy, he still didn't talk to anyone other than to Luna.

Luna went to see him everyday. She would arrive early in the morning and stay till late at night.

Fred had gotton better at being in the same room with George and Percy. He didn't act as scared as he used to be. The only thing that didn't change was that he would flinch at their every move. But even though Fred was better at being the same room as his twin, Molly still had made Ron switch rooms with George.

One day George asked Fred if he wanted to go the shop with him. Luna wasn't at The Borrow, because her father needed her help around the house.

Fred slowly nodded. George smiled. "Alright then. Let's go!"

"Wait a sec, I want to go too." Percy said standing up.

George rolled his eyes irritated. He wanted to be alone with his twin.

Percy grabbed his coat and Fred's. George was already wearing his.

Percy handed Fred's coat to him and Fred accepted with it a shaky hand. They floo'd there.

When they arrived Fred smiled as he looked around. George and Percy smiled at their brother.

"So? Fred? How does it feel to be back?" George asked his twin.

Fred didn't answer, he just wandered around the shop, looking at everything.

George sighed frustrated, he clinched his fists together tightly, so tight that they turned white.

Percy saw this and put a hand on George's arm. "Hey, it's okay. We just have to give him some more time."

George jerked out of his older brother's grasp. "He's been home a week! How much time does he need? I'm his twin! He should talk to me!"

"I know. But he's just been through a lot."

"Well we wouldn't know what he's been through, because he hasn't told us anything!"

Fred had walked back into the main room where his brothers were arguing.

George looked up at his double. "Why won't you talk to me? Why are you so afraid of me," George yelled, "All I've been is patient with you! What do you want me to do?" A few tears streamed down George's face.

Fred slid down the wall. He didn't know what to do. He was being yelled at. And he didn't like it.

"GEORGE! Stop it! Come on! Look at him. He's going to continue to be scared of you if you keep yelling at him."

Fred couldn't take it anymore. He got up and ran out of the shop, George and Percy too busy with arguing to notice. It was a good five minutes later that they noticed their brother had disappeared. Panic flooded through them as they ran through the rest of the shop and down the streets close by yelling and searching for Fred. Finally the two Weasley's went back to The Borrow. The whole family plus Luna, Harry, and Hermione were just sitting down for lunch.

"Oh good, you're home," She looked up at her sons worried expressions, "What is it? What's wrong?"

"It's Fred." Percy said.

Luna stood up. "What happened?"

George explained everything to his family. "It's all my fault he's gone."

Molly went over and hugged her son. "No, we have all been a little nervous since Fred came home."

"Okay, Molly and I will look in Diagon Alley, Harry, Ginny you look in London, Ron and Hermione look in some of the shops by Weasley's Wizard Wheezes," He pointed to Luna. And before he could say anything she said, "I'll go back home and see if he is waiting for me there."

Arthur nodded. "Good, good, and George, Percy, look anywhere Fred used go. With you, or friends. Everyone, meet back here in an hour."

George and Percy nodded. And the family set out in search for the boy that was once again missing.

An hour later:

Everyone met back at The Borrow empty handed. George slumped down on the couch. "I can't believe this is happening."

"I'm sure he's fine. Merely just taking a stroll, you know to clear his head." Arthur said.

"I'll make some tea. That will help calm everybody down a bit." Molly suggested going into the kitchen.

After everyone was settled down and drinking tea in the living room, the front door opened and in walked Fred, with a long nasty looking gash on his arm. Blood dripped down his arm and fingers to the floor.

George and Percy stood up. And Luna ran to him. She threw her arms around his neck. "Fredrick! Where have you been,? We've been so worried" She looked down at his arm. "What happened?"

"I - It. . .happened s - sooo fast. I - I. . ."

"Shh. It's okay. Come one let's get you cleaned up." She took him by the hand and up the stairs to the bathroom. Inside she closed the door behind her and Fred sat down on the counter. She got some bandages out and started to wrap and clean his wound.

"Where did you get this? What happened?"

Fred took a deep breath and closed his eyes as he rested the back of his head on the cool glass. "I - I don't know where to begin.

"At the beginning is always helpful."

He looked at her and smiled.

"It happened during the battle of Hogwarts. When I uh disappeared. I was captured by two death eaters." He paused, scared to say what happened next.

"Go on." Luna urged him.

"After the explosion, I woke up in a dark room. The only light was from the full moon that shown in through the barred windows. There were two death eaters in there. They drank polyjuice potion, to look like. . ." He stopped again, trying to gain the courage to carry on. "Like George and Percy. And they tortered me. Over and over again. Physically and verbally. I thought I was going to die there. The only way I survived as long as I did was I kept thinking that one day I would escape and see you again. You and my family. So one day when they came in to hurt me, I jumped at one of them, I knocked his wand out out of his hand and I grabbed it. And I hurt them badly. And then I ran here. But today when I ran out of the shop, they found me. And cut me. I managed to get my wand out and I stunned them. Luckily for me that someone from the Magical Law Encorcement was close by. He captured them. And I came here."

When Fred was finished he had tears running down his face, so did Luna. She put a hand to her boyfriend's face. "It's okay now. They're not going to hurt you anymore."

He put a hand over hers. "I know. I was just so - "

"You were scared. And that's okay. You went through so much. And no one will blame you for that."

"What about George and Percy? George is mad. And I know Percy is too, he's just hiding it."

She shook her head. "Never. They're just worried about you. They miss you."

Fred nodded.

"But you have to tell everybody about this. So they'll understand."

Fred stood up. "I will. Right now."

~Okay, I thought kept you waiting in the dark long enough. Tell me what you think. And you were right about The George and Percy thing, Magicgirl29.
Your writer, Rachel.~