December 22, 1992

The teasing all in all wasn't that bad, in fact the only one who teased us full heartedly was Lee. But he wasn't that bad, in fact he was kind of funny; he would run around making kissing noises and swooning. We mostly ignored him but when he got into our faces we had to start laughing. I guess he thought that he had won, but my original prank had yet to be completed… and lee would soon come face to face with the finishing blow.

Now everyone knew that Lee was a little shorter than the rest of the boys in our year. Heck, even some third years were taller than him. So naturally he was sensitive when it came to height, and I always take advantage of people's weaknesses….

"Fred, George, Allison! I've grown! Look!" lee said excitedly as he ran out of the fourth year's boy bathroom, looking quite ridiculous in his midriff Chudley Cannons tee shirt and short pant legs.

"What do you mean?" Fred asked confused, "you don't look any taller then you did last week…"

"Or the week before then." George finished

"Yah Lee, you haven't grown an inch since last summer." I said coolly, not looking up from my potions book.

"Oh come on Allie you didn't even look up…" Lee sighed

"That's the point, I don't need to." I answered and turned the page.

"Well if you people won't be supportive of my newfound growth spurt then I'm going to have to go downstairs and seek support from my other fellow Gryffindor's!"

"You do that lee." I muttered

"Your right! I will!" he said dramatically before he ran out of the room.

Once he was gone I smirked.

"Allison, what did you do?" Fred asked with a mischievous glint in his eye.

"Oh… nothing much… I just put a delayed bottled shrinking charm on all of his clothes yesterday…" I replied

"Brilliant." Fred and George said simultaneously.

I laughed "Come on you guys… lets go see how this blows over…"

"This is going to be good…" George grinned

"Oh yes it is…" I agreed, and then with an evil smirk I closed my books and headed out of the room.

I was halfway down the steps when the scene unfolded; there Lee was standing in the middle of our common room… his clothes gradually shrinking on his body as he tried to describe how he had had a sudden growth spurt over the past week. Everyone stood there with their hands over their mouths trying to their laughter, and then just on cue his clothes grew even smaller… they now looked like they belonged on a five year olds body. His pants looked like Capri's and his shirt looked like it belonged to a belly dancer.

It was then that my aunt decided to walk into the common room, her usual serious expression looked utterly flabbergasted, "Mr. Jordan … I hope you realize how completely ridiculous you look…" my aunt said with wide eyes.

"Well that's what happens when you have a growth spurt, your arms get long and gangly and—"

"No… Mr. Jordan you haven't grown at all… your clothes just shrunk…"

"What do you mean—"He cut himself off as he looked down at his outfit, he was silent for several seconds before he screamed, "ALLISON! WHAT DID YOU DO!"

Everyone broke out with their held in laughter, who wouldn't laugh at him? His hair still looked as ridiculous as yesterday and now his clothes looked like those of a demented belly dancer. His face was bright red and matched his hair, and just as he opened his mouth to scream at me again I shouted, "NOW COLLIN!"

A bright flash went off from across the room. Instantly lee's mouth dropped open, and Collin, with a very satisfied look on his face pulled away and said, "Perfect Shot!"

Lee turned to face me with a murderous look on his face before he turned and chased Collin past me up the stairs, but before he could grab his camera the door slammed in his face, hitting his nose. He turned to look back at me, "Oh, I swear you haven't seen the last of this Allison… when I get back from winter vacation prepare for…"

"War?" I laughed,"Oh Lee have you learned nothing from these past two days? You're not going to win!"

He opened his mouth to make a retort but failed, and with a sigh he turned around and went back into the dorm.

"Well I guess that about sums it up… have a wonderful Christmas everybody!" my Great Aunt smiled, satisfied that he hadn't had to say anything to us before she turned and walked out of the room….

December 25, 1992

It was about six in the morning when I woke Fred and George up with a singing Christmas card.

"Come on you dolts! We need to go down to the kitchens!" I whispered excitedly

"Why?" George moaned

"You know with the bad rep that harry had been getting lately I figured that we should sneak down into the kitchens and bring back some Christmas cookies! " I said quietly

"You didn't get him a present did you?" asked George

"No, I got him a present…" I sighed, "Now come on… let's get going…"

George and Fred stayed in bed.

"You guys can get the first cookies…" I bribed, and smiled as they shot up out of bed.

"Were in!" George smiled

"All yours!" Fred agreed

"Great, let's go." I nodded before running out the door.

You would not believe how cold a magical castle's stone floors are in the middle of the winter, especially when you're running down them in bare feet to help avoid capture, "oh come on… couldn't the creators of Hogwarts enchant the floors to keep them warm or something?" I sighed when we came to a stop to catch our breaths.

"Well, you are the one who wanted to come out here love." Fred smiled at me and I blushed

I heard George clear his throat and we looked away from each other.

"Well, were all clear, Snape is still in his office." George said with an awkward voice, "Let's go…"

And yet again we took off down the hallways.

"Besides," Fred whispered as he ran past me again, "I don't think that the founders thought that they're students would be up out of bed at six in the morning sneaking down to the kitchens either."

I laughed and hurried off after him…. After a couple more minutes of running we finally reached the kitchens, I smiled as I pushed my feet in front of the fire and lay down on my back. I loved the smell of the kitchens, the roasted turkeys in the afternoon and the warm syrupy pancake scent in the mornings… I especially loved the smell of the Christmas cookies, my favorite smell of the holiday… they made my mouth water. I had been laying there on the floor for a couple of minutes before I heard footsteps and felt someone sit down beside me. I opened my eyes just a peek and looked up to see Fred smiling down at me, "Well hello …" I smiled sleepily, "how are you?"

"Just fine Allison, and you?"

"Same." I smiled, "So what are you planning to do today?"

"Hmm… I don't know." He laughed, "But… I was thinking about spending some time with you."

"Really… I was thinking the same." I grinned as I slowly sat back up

"Well then that proves it, were on the same wavelength." Fred smiled before he leaned in and kissed me on my cheek, "So how about we head off on an un-authorized trip to Hogsmede?" he asked playfully, "Nothing will be open, but the village is beautiful."

I smiled at him and nodded, "Of course, I'd love to go…"

"Great," he smiled, "So it's a date?"

"Definitely." I agreed

"Err… I don't mean to rain on your little romantic moment here but the cookies are done, we can go back to the common room." George said uncomfortably

"Right! We should be getting back, everyone grab a plate!" I said, slightly embarrassed by the way Fred and I were caught looking at each other. One quick look at Fred and I knew he felt the same way. But something seemed different about George, he seemed to be getting more and more awkward around us whenever we acted like boyfriend and girlfriend, it only took a few seconds to figure out why, "George, if Fred and my relationship is bothering you, we can act normal when were around you. You know, like we used to act."

"No… you don't have to do that Allie, it's just—"

"You're upset because you don't have a girlfriend."I finished

"Well it's not like there's many pranksters running around Hogwarts!" he sighed,"Fred pretty much scooped the only one up…"

"Hey…" I muttered playfully, "I'm not a piece of property you know…"

George grinned, "I know you aren't Allie… it's just… I don't feel like any of the girls at Hogwarts really are meant for me you know? And I don't want to get caught up in a relationship just so I can have something to do while you two are out…"

"George," I sighed, "Don't worry about it… there's someone out there for you and until you find her we can just hang out together…"

"Listen, I'm not going to interfere with your date today… let's just think about this on some other day okay?" He sighed

"All right…" I said softly, before I turned and left the kitchen…

Yay! Another chapter done on time :D so… what do you think? If this update is absolutely terrible I'm sorry! But this chapter also contains some serious foreshadowing! :D like I said before, there will only be one OC other then Allison in this fanfiction… so yah :D See you next chapter! And as always please review! :D

-Drakefan077

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