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Chapter 4 something hidden something shown
Fred glared at the wall. How could he let Hermione trick him like that? The first rule that him and George had established as being pranksters was expect the unexpected. It was like law! And Fred just had to go and believe everything that she had said. He moved his eyes to glare at the couch across the way. It was basically the only thing he could do until the curse wore off. And with Hermione, he didn't know how long that would be. He had never been on the receiving end of one of her curses, and Fred decided that it was the worst thing that could of happened to him.
He perked up when he heard laughter coming from outside. That must of meant that the Quidditch game was over. And it was obvious who had won. Even with Hermione, which was a handicap for the girls, they still won. It was all because Fred was stuck here, no voice, no movement. He was definitely going to get his revenge on Hermione, even if it meant walking in on her while she was taking a shower and using the bathroom every time. Sure it wasn't a great revenge, but it was something to work with.
Ginny was the first one in. "Fred!" She shrieked, that grabbed George's attention and he ran towards his brother in need. Fred wanted to hit him, for not being able to sense his need, some brother he was.
"What happened to you?" George questioned.
Fred could only glare at the witch in question as she walked into the room. She was laughing with Ron and Harry. He couldn't figure out why she was so quick to forgive that boy for everything. But she could hold a grudge against Fred for over a week. He guessed that's what best friends do, no matter how much pain and misery they caused.
"It looks like he's been cursed." Charlie said running up to his younger brother.
Brilliant deduction smart one. Fred thought angrily.
Harry and Ron started to laugh. "Great job Fred," Harry started.
"Yeah, what did you do?" Ron continued.
"A prank,"
"Gone horribly,"
"Wrong?" Harry finished.
"About time." They chorused giving each other a high five.
George and Fred both glared at the Boy-who-wouldn't-die-no-matter-what-the-circumstance-is and the Boy-who-wouldn't-die-no-matter-what-the-circumstance-is's-best friend. "You know, that only works if you're a twin." George stated sternly, his voice almost scolding like his mother's.
"And if your twin isn't fully paralyzed and silenced." Harry added. "But Ron and I could practically be twins."
"Yeah, a black haired Weasley, that would be the day." George muttered. "Fred who did this to you?"
Ginny hit George in the back of the head. "You idiot, he can't answer." She pulled out her wand and waved it a couple of times muttering a couple of counter curses. Fred was thankful for his little sister, but of course she would never know that.
Fred stood up and pointed a shaky finger at Hermione. "I will get you for this. I don't care if it takes me a hundred years, I will get you for this Hermione Jean Granger!" Fred yelled, then Apparated away.
Hermione shrugged as the Weasleys and Harry all stared at her. "I don't know what he's talking about. It was a great game of Quidditch guys. But I must go, I have to meet my fiancé." Hermione then followed Fred's leave by Apparating away.
"Strange isn't it?" George brought up.
"What?" Came a chorus of questions.
"Well, it seems that every time they get into a fight they both go running off."
Ginny finally caught on to what her brother was saying. "You don't think?"
Ron shrugged. "Fred's not man enough to take Hermione as his own." You could hear the bitterness in his voice.
Charlie and Katie smirked. "You're just upset that Hermione didn't choose you." They told him.
The youngest male Weasley's ears began to turn a maroon color. "I didn't say that."
Ginny laughed slightly. "I don't think so George." Ginny answered his unvoiced question. "I really don't think that Fred and Hermione are going to get married. And it doesn't matter how many times Fred walks in on her naked, it's not going to happen."
"But there's a spark!" George insisted. "I can—"
"LUNCH!" Mrs. Weasley called.
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Hermione ran her fingers through her hair a couple of times before looking in the mirror. Why she was even trying to look decent, it was beyond her knowledge. She wanted to look best for her fiancé. Or maybe it was something deeper than she realized. Maybe she just wanted to make Ron jealous, it would teach him to treat her like dirt.
She was nervous about meeting him face to face. Maybe she should of just told Ron the truth. Hermione quickly shook her head, her brown hair flying everywhere. She would not stoop down to that level. She was above the youngest male Weasley.
He was almost as bad as Fred. How dare he seek revenge? She was just feigning innocent. There was no reason to seek revenge. But she had to keep on her toes; she was dealing with a master prankster after all. And if she didn't keep on her toes he would get her back, and that would be the end of it. She would get out of the Weasley house, but she would be taking that boy down with her.
"Fred," she moaned in frustration, leaning her head back.
"When you moan someone's name like that, you're supposed to be in bed with them. And they are supposed to be doing something to pleasurable." Fred joked. He still had that smug look on his face that and a glare.
"You know, you're supposed to knock before entering." Hermione snapped, pulling her hair back. She narrowed her eyes angrily towards Fred.
"Now Hermione, what's the point of doing such a horrible thing?" Fred teased. "It's just not fun."
"What do you want?"
"I was thinking that we could hang out, maybe a rematch with Quidditch, just you and me." He offered. "You're truly better than you give yourself credit for."
Hermione smiled. "Love to but can't. I'm taking my fiancé to meet my parents for lunch." She tied her long brown hair into a ponytail. "I was thinking about bringing him here next."
Fred smiled. "I was thinking that maybe you and I can hang out, as friends." He insisted.
"And I told you, I have plans with my fiancé!" She barked.
"'Mione, why can't we be great friends again?"
"We weren't really good friends to begin with."
"I remember a time,"
"You think you remember a time." Hermione interrupted. "Fredrick, you've always been the crazy twin to me. Not that George isn't either, but you've always caused trouble. That's who you are."
She turned to leave but Fred grabbed her arm. "Why? Why don't you see me as someone else? Someone who isn't a prankster, someone…"
"Let go or you will be stuck here once again, straight as a board and quiet as a dead person." Hermione snapped.
"Hermione,"
"Fredrick." Her tone held anger and hatred towards the twin. All he could do is sit there and smile. "Let go of my arm. I need to meet him. I don't want to be late."
Fred looked down at the younger witch. She was just Ron's best friend; there was nothing between them. He let go of her hand and she stood there blinking. "Aren't you going to go?" Fred snapped.
"Thank you Fred, for understanding." She stood on her toes (as for she was several inches short that him) and kissed him on the cheek. She backed away then Disapparated.
Fred stared at the spot were she was standing. What kind of revenge was that? He allowed her to get the best of him. It didn't matter what she was to him, she was getting married in a few weeks. His biggest problem, currently, was helping George get to Luna before anyone else did.
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"I can't do this."
"Yes you can, I believe in you."
"But it's…"
"Are you a man or a girl?"
"I'm sorry." Came the whimper.
"It's not like it's a huge step into life."
"No, I'm only asking her to marry me. What if she says no? I'll be like…"
"Shut up."
Fred and George were currently crouched inside a bush. Fred practically had to drag his twin by the ear (the remaining one) to get him to actually do anything. Ginny was currently talking to Luna trying to get her to come out of the house ("I can't, there are Nargels in that bush trying to get me."). She was failing horribly. George was getting more nervous by the second and if Ginny couldn't get Luna to come out he was just going to ask Angelina, even though she was going to be engaged to Lee. For some reason he thought it would be better than getting turned down by Luna.
Ginny turned around and pointed to the sky. That was George's cue. Fred glanced over at his twin. "I swear if you don't do it, then I'm going to pose as you."
"She'll know the difference."
"How do you know?"
"She just will. She's one of those girls that…"
"Oh for God's sake George just ask her to marry you!" Fred couldn't take it any more; he pushed his twin out of the bush. This caused Luna to run straight to him.
"Oh goodness George, are you alright?" She said, running straight into his arms. She dusted him off and checked around for something or other. Fred took this moment in time to Apparate out of the bush and next to Ginny.
"Why didn't he come out sooner?"
"Because he was afraid to."
"Are you serious?" Ginny nearly screeched. "I'm going to hit him in the head one of these days, and it's not going to be pleasant."
"Well, Mum did drop him on the head as a kid." Fred pulled out an Extendable Ear and made sure it was close enough so that they could hear.
"That bush was infested with Nargels!" Luna fussed. "You could have been hurt."
George was currently blushing several different shades of red. "I know… but…but…"
"C'mere, Ginny is here and we'll get you all fixed up. George you're a mess did you know that?" Luna said, trying to pull one half of the twins towards the house.
"Luna no."
Fred smiled it was a total of two words that George was able to get out that made enough sense to everyone. "Why?"
"I wanted to ask you something, and I don't want to do it in front of Ginny."
"What's that?"
George got down on one knee and took a deep breath in. He then pulled out a black velvet box. "Luna, will you do me the honor of marrying me. Not because of this stupid law thing, but because you truly love me."
Fred and Ginny both took in a deep breath and held it. It would crush George if she had turned him away. Ginny also was leaning around, trying to see Luna's reaction, but she had her back towards the two Weasleys.
"Luna, I've loved you since the DA, well maybe not that soon, but during the final fight. You are the love of my life. I don't know if I can stress that enough." George was actually forming a complete sentence around her, which was a first. His ear on the other hand, they were still turning the normal Weasley red when a Weasley blushed.
Luna's shoulders seemed to sag. Ginny took this as a bad sign and grasped onto Fred's arm, her own diamond engagement ring shining in the light. Fred made a mental note to ask his baby sister when Harry asked her.
"George," her voice almost held disappointment. Fred bit his bottom lip. He knew that today held some sort of curse on it for the twins. It was Friday the thirteenth. Who cared if it was in the middle of August, it was still a bad day for both twins. It always seemed that everything went wrong for them that day.
"Please say yes," Ginny whispered. "I want my brother happy. Even if he causes other people to miserable."
Fred nodded in agreement closing his eyes tightly. Listening to the breathing of their friends. "George, there's so much about you I love. The fact you don't let the Nargels attack you, you like to make people laugh, and you're a successful businessman. But I can't do it."
"What!" Ginny yelled from on top of the hill where Luna had left her.
"What can't you do luv?"
"I can't keep up this charade any longer." Luna said, sitting on his knee.
"What do you mean darling?"
She took the ring and put on her finger. "I love you so much George, and I'm already going to get married to you. Remember you asked me a few hours ago? You just didn't have the ring."
"That little stinker." Ginny said. "She was in on it?"
"I'm going to kill him."
Fred and Ginny both ran down the hill. "Evening Fred how is that Nargel repellent working?"
"Great." Fred said rolling his eyes.
George wrapped his arms around Luna and kissed along her neck. "So, surprise."
"When did you do this?"
"As soon as we found out. And Dad confirmed it. I went with Ron and Harry."
"Without your own dear twin?"
"Yeah, yesterday, well, early this morning. I still needed to get the ring, but now it's all official." George smiled and Luna leaned back and they kissed.
Ginny stuck her tongue out. "That's wrong. Luna as much as I like you, I really don't like having to watch my brother make-out. It's wrong." She made a gagging sound.
George pulled away and smirked. "Sorry, we had this worked out before the Quidditch game. Then Ron went to Lavender and Harry Ginny."
"Thanks for ruining the surprise." Ginny snapped. "Well, I guess we're going to have three announcements tonight."
Fred nodded. He then heard something from the distance. It sounded like yelling. "What in the world?" George voiced Fred's question. He stood up and Luna held onto the holy twin tighter. "Fred, I think we should go check it out."
"It's not coming from our place is it?"
"No. But I'm worried." George answered. He looked from the left to right. "It could travel towards the Burrow."
"Maybe we should alert the Order first."
"Does the Burrow have protection?"
"We never took down the barriers from when Voldemort…" George hit his forehead as a bunch of Death Eaters surrounded them. George pushed Luna away from him and held out his wand. "I forgot that they had put something on Voldemort's name."
Ginny shuddered as she pulled out her wand also. "You-Know-Who's followers still listen to that?"
"Some people just don't know when to give up." Fred said, and like his siblings whipped out his wand. "I think we should show them what a Weasley is really like. George, left, Ginny I want to see as many Bat Boogey Hexes as you can throw out." Fred commanded.
Luna held out her wand. Fred could remember her in the days of the DA. How she had changed since then. Sure she was still blonde and believed in strange things like taking protection from Nargels. As the three year younger blonde pulled out her wand he smiled. She was a very powerful witch and was able to do anything that she wanted to.
"Luna, I want you to hex and curse everyone and everything. Remember guys, no Unforgivable curses!" Fred shouted as he threw curses at a few of the Death Eaters in front of him. "Harry taught us better than that!"
Ginny smiled as she pulled out a Plastic Plinkie. George gave his sister a smile. She knew what she was doing; as she squeezed it another Ginny appeared. "I want you to go off somewhere, as far as you can, and yell He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named's name as loud as you can." She commanded. The fake Ginny nodded and Apparated away.
Fred looked at his sister, brother, and brother's fiancée. He had to watch out for them, he remember Harry or someone telling him that DA members needed to stick together. He smiled as each of the Death Eaters Disapparated. It gave him time to relax before the single Death Eater regained consciousness as soon as the man was up, Fred let out a stunning spell.
George took out a Confuzled. This allowed a person to lose control of everything, even the ability to walk straightly for about three hours. It was still in the developmental stages, but Fred knew exactly what it was like to walk around trying to get your own thoughts and movements to obey your commands.
"Drop it on his head," Luna stated. "That one's been sneaking around here for the past week. We got to interview him for the Quibbler the other day."
George looked at his future wife. "How did you manage that one?"
Fred snatched the Confuzled out of his twin's hand. "Now isn't the time," he then dropped it onto the guy's head. "There, now lets head back to the Burrow. I want to warn Mum and Dad about this, and George has some explaining as well as Ginny about their engagement." He was talking about this more to Luna than either of his two siblings. "Mum's probably waiting for us anyway."
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"Where have you three been?" Mrs. Weasley demanded when the three Weasley children walked in. "I've been worried sick about you! Oh hello Luna, how have you been?"
"Fine Mrs. Weasley, thank you for asking." She did a little curtsy. She had learned not to bring up any of the Nargels or anything that her father had taught her in front of Mrs. and Mr. Weasley.
"Well, we went to go see George's girlfriend. And it turns out they're getting married."
Mrs. Weasley looked like she was ready to bring George into a bone-crushing hug. It was lucky for George that his twin still had more news to give to their mother. "That's great…"
"That's not all Mum." Fred interrupted her. "We were attacked." Not the right words to choose, but it was the only way he could get her to stop advancing on George.
"By who? Are you hurt?" She immediately went into over protective mother mode. "Let me…"
"We're fine Mum." George reassured her. "But it turns out that You-Know-Who's name is still cursed."
"Figures." She muttered. "Bastards don't know when to give up. I warned your father about that the other day. Told him that he should mention something to Kingsley about it all."
Ginny smiled. "But I had a Plastic Plinkie on hand and we were able to drive them off." The twin's sister continued to smile. "We also had a Confuzled on hand and…"
"A what?" Their mother asked.
"A Confuzled, it allows the person to walk around aimlessly for hours and have no control over their thoughts or movements. It's kinda humiliating really." Fred answered shooting a glare at his look alike. "But the Death Eaters are still strong. We were lucky Ginny is a quick thinker. She quickly cloned herself, and had the clone yell You-Know-Who's name after leaving the area. We need to alert the Order."
"I can see that, but you're all alright right right?" Mrs. Weasley was still fussing over them being attacked.
"Thanks to Harry,"
"And the DA lessons,"
"We've managed to come out with,"
"Only knowledge." George finished up. "I'm more worried if they're going to attack here next Mum. Maybe we should have a few extra precautions taken. Like alerting the Order Mum."
"Like what are you suggesting?"
"Possibly alerting the Order. Or some of the higher Order members staying for the wedding." Ginny stated for the third time.
"I mean it was at my house that we were attacked." Luna put in. She was roughly pulled closer to George. She leaned her head on his chest.
"She…"
"You two will not stay in the same room. We will put her in the tent with Ginny, Ron, and Harry. Hermione will just have to sleep in Ron's room." Mrs. Weasley finally stated firmly. "I trust Hermione with my own life, and she's got a fiancé who isn't a part of this family."
Fred shrugged and sighed. "Mum, we are serious though. We should alert the Order now."
"Hermione did owl us," she continued waving Fred's comment off. "She's bringing her fiancé to dinner."
"Do we know who it…"
Mrs. Weasley again avoided the question. "I want you two (Fred and Ginny) to help Luna get her living arrangements sorted out. Then I want you two (George and Fred) to make sure that Ronald's bedroom has living conditions for Hermione and you two."
"Yes Mum." They chorused.
"And George?"
"Yes Mum?"
"Congratulations."
"Thank you Mum."
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Mrs. Weasley was busy getting dinner ready. With Luna now joining them plus Hermione's fiancé it would put them at a huge number of fifteen, sixteen with baby Victoire. This made her slightly nervous, she was going to have to expand the table, plus expand the room. It wasn't anything that magic couldn't take care of, but it still made the old mother of seven nervous.
By the time she had the seating arrangements arranged she could hear the hungry voices of her family coming in. It wasn't long before they were all seated. Mrs. Weasley counted heads, glad to see that Harry and Ginny were finally getting married, though haven't made the announcement yet. She was missing two: Hermione and her mystery man.
"Where iz Herminie?" Fleur asked. "Iz zhe not comin'?"
"She'll be here." Fred defended, looking around nervously for his outspokenness. "She's just running a little behind schedule." His eyes then returned to his empty plate. He was hoping that it would be soon. He was starving.
"Yeah, probably having a snogging session with her mystery man." Ron snapped too. This caused him to get elbowed in the side by Ginny. "What?"
"Nothing just shut up." She snapped. She was hungry like the rest of them, but that didn't give her a reason to talk bad about Hermione.
The sound of an Apparated pop was soon heard and Hermione walked into the dinning area. "I'm sorry I'm late Mrs. Weasley, but my date was taking his sweet time." She said, shooting a dirty look towards the living room.
"That's okay dear, we've got all sorts of announcements tonight." Mrs. Weasley said, as she waited for Hermione to sit down on her side between Harry and Fred (Hermione of course being closer to Harry).
"Weasleys, Luna, Harry, Katie, Angelina I would like you to meet my loving fiancé, Draco."
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K15: So this chapter was really good. I'm personally proud of this one. I'm glad that everyone is liking it so far. It makes me happy. :) I hope to get at least 21 reviews. So when you guys get the chance please review. Fred: Then you get the next chapter.
Me: Exactly update soon. Later. K15