It was 2 a clock, May 2nd 2013 and most of the students at Hogwarts school for witch craft and wizardry, were down in the great hall or out on the school grounds. They were all taking part in the "We-won-the-second-wizarding-war" celebrations that always took place at the school on this date. downstairs
Almost every student could be found downstairs with the exception for the three student admitted in the hospital wing (two third years boys who had been hit by a bludger two days prior and a first year girl who had stumbled on a disappearing staircase step and broken her arm severely.), a couple of the seventh years that had been up until 5 in the morning decorating the great hall and was now sleeping in.
And 15-year-old, fourth year Gryffindor Teddy Lupin and, to the day, 13-year-old, second year Ravenclaw Victorie Weasley who had snuck in to the same green and blue common room style room as last year to avoid the celebrations.
This year Teddy's hair was to the length of his shoulders and brown, almost glowing golden.
Victorie was currently spinning around showing of the pink dress she had gotten for her birthday last year and laughing, as she insisting that she still wanted Teddy to try it on. He still refused.
Much like last year they started with opening all of Victories birthday presents.
She held a bit of a fashion show trying on all the new clothes she had been given and they carefully opened the present from her aunt Gabrielle sense the birthday card last year had filled the room with flowers.
This year it wasn't flowers though. It was fireworks exploding loudly in the small room and lighting it with bright colorful shapes of all kind and once again filling the room with the sound of happy birthday being sung in French.
The fireworks left scorch marks up on the ceiling.
Since they had wanted to avoid the celebration downstairs, neither of them had eaten lunch and so they survived the whole day eating the ordinary candy she had been given and the apple pie Grandma Molly had once again sent her!
They played with the brand new wizard chess set she was given by her uncle Ron (who loved chess). They were both just about as bad at it that mostly they just joked with each other about how their game pieces was giving them directions.
"No!" Victories knight screamed at her as she had told a pawn to move two squares ahead. "Can't you see his queen!" the small white marble figure franticly waved his arm at Teddy's red queen peace. "If you move him there, she'll take him and you'll lose! You should move the tower over there instead!" The man pointed violently at the other pieces as he screamed.
"Yes Vicky, do as the tiny marble man tells you now!" Teddy said in a teasing manner.
"Oh look who's sure of himself, do you really think you can beat me?" she said with a glint in her eye and moved her tower like the knight had suggested.
"Of course little girl!" Teddy boosted as he made his move.
"Well than how about a bet?" She looked at him in expectance.
"Fine what did you have in mind?"
"Well if I win, you'll have to try on my pink frilly dress!" Victorie could hardly keep from laughing as she suggested it.
"Fine, but if I win all your chocolate frogs belong to me!" He said with a triumphant smirk as he hinted to the insane XXL box of chocolate frogs her siblings had sent her. Victorie shock her head with a sigh. "Chocoholic!" She smirked at him.
"So do we have a deal?" he asked determined, and she shook his hand on it.
In the end they both got bored of the game and settled on both loosing.
Victorie gave him her chocolate on the condition that he shared with her.
And Teddy tried on her dress on the condition that she didn't take any pictures. And that she never told anybody!
Victorie laughed her head of as she saw Teddy in the pink frilly dress.
Last year's "normal-him" would possibly have fitted in to it. But he had joined the Quidditch team this year and had gotten a lot more muscles over the past six months making him look very misplaced in the dress, his uncomfortable look didn't help him either.
He got his revenge by flicking his wand at her as he was changing back and sending her up on to the calling beams.
It took her half an hour to get down. While Teddy was laying on of the couch eating chocolate frogs, coming with less than helpful suggestions.
Just like the year before they left the room a tad bitt messier than they had found it Trying to suppress giggles from the hilarity that had ensued with them trying every one of the personal box of trickery pastilles her cousins Roxanne and Fred, with the help of her uncle George, had put together for her.
It had, for a scared moment, turned Victories hair bright green. It had made them both have to say every word they read, out loud weather they read it intentionally or not.
That would be fun to sneak to a couple of fifth or seventh years in her house and have them read all there text books aloud at the same time in the common room.
And the final pastille, which still was in effect as they realized they had to leave, made Teddy only be able to speak French but without the luxury to understand the language. The last thing Vicky herd him say before they left was an annoyed whisper (in French) hopping that he would be able to speak English again by the time he reached the Gryffindor tower of the Fat lady may not let him in.
He ended up locked out for 20 minutes before a sixth year couple, that had snuck away from the party and lost track of time, came up and let him in.
He still spoke half in French the next morning, severely confusing his dorm mates.
Victory on the other hand managed to return to her dorm room without alerting any particular suspicion at all.