December 12, 1993
Sleep… the best part of the weekend…. So lovely, so serene… so … comfy…. Ah… if only it could last forever, the OWL's were swiftly approaching and the teachers were really starting to crack the whip when it came to the loads of homework that we kept being forced to do over the weekends…. What can I say? The time that I get to rest on Saturday mornings were a blessing… the only thing that could possibly make it any better was perhaps a plate of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies and maybe a kiss from Fred… of course that would mean that I would have to get up… nah, I was perfectly comfortable right where I was.
I let out a quiet sigh and rolled over onto my other side and imagined a plate of chocolate chip cookies being brought up to me… just imagining the taste of the gooey chocolate was enough to make my mouth water…. I felt myself slowly drift off into sleep… Fred was there and—an ear shattering crash filled the room and I jumped up out of bed with such speed that I managed to actually smack my head on my bed's backboard.
"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL!" I screamed in outrage as my hand flew back to rub my now tender head. My head turned sharply to face the intruder… there was no one standing up as far as I could see, on closer inspection however I managed to locate the one who had charged in, efficiently ending my 'Saturday- morning- sleep- in- fest'.
"Fred! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN HERE!" I snapped as I jumped out of bed and hopped across the cold floor to reach him.
He groaned from the floor, "Sorry love… I had to tell you that… it's… it's…"
I kicked him over onto his back with my foot, "It's what? And what are you doing on the floor?"
"It's… it-it's…" he coughed dramatically and his eyes rolled back into his head, his tongue lolled out to the side.
I sighed and fell to the floor on my knees beside him, "Oh no! Fred! You…" I fake sobbed, "You can't die now! You're too young… to…" I let my head fall onto his chest, "die… come back! Don't go into the dark beyond!"
I felt Fred chuckle from beneath my head and I grinned, "Well that's new…" he mused from underneath me.
"What is?" I laughed and sat up to look down at his now smiling face.
"The dark beyond part…" he laughed
I beamed as he sat up next to me and leaned back up against my bed, "So… what is it that you were going to tell me?" I asked after several moments of comfortable silence.
"Do I really need to tell you?" he smirked from beside me.
"Yes." I muttered, "you woke me up…"
"It's ten o' clock in the morning!" he exclaimed
"So..?"
"So? So? Allison, everyone's already outside!"
"Why are they outside?" I asked in surprise, "It's freezing out there!"
Fred grinned and stood up.
"Fred… where are you going?" I asked nervously
He took a step towards the window…
"NO!" I screamed and I jumped forwards to stop him, but I was too late… he opened the curtains to reveal a blinding light of terror.
I screamed in overdramatized agony as I fell to the floor in pain, clutching my eyes, "I can't see! I can't see, I can't see, I can't see!"
Fred laughed, "Look out the window."
"No." I muttered from my pile on the floor.
"Go on, look…"
"NEVER!"
"Please Allie?" he sighed
"Is Dumbledore dancing down by the lake?"
"No…"
"Oh! Oh! Is Flitwick declaring his undying love for Madame Rosmerta?" I asked
"Err… no."
"How about Filch and Madame Pomfrey?"
"Um… Allison?"
"What?"
"Nobody is making a fool of themselves outside… at least none of the adults anyway."
"Then I'm not looking!"
Fred sighed and I felt his hands reach down and pick me gingerly up off the floor by my arms. I squeezed my eyes shut as he led me across the floor to my window.
"Open your eyes…" he murmured into my ear, "and you'll see what I'm so excited about…"
"Fine…" I sighed, and when I opened my eyes several things flooded through my head. My first thought was, holy shit its bright out! My second however was quite different, in fact it was one that made my heart soar up and out of my chest, "It's snowing!" I exclaimed in surprise, and indeed… it was, it had snowed a lot over the night and still was.
"H-how many inches?" I asked awestruck
"About seven, maybe eight… I don't know." He replied and I turned around to face him, a huge smile on my face.
"It's brilliant! I have to get outside! I just have to!" I exclaimed as I ran over to my trunk and pulled out my scarf, mittens, and other winter attire, I was rambling aimlessly all the while, "We can build a snowman, and make snow angels, and shove some snowballs down Lee jacket, and-."
I turned around to look where I had left Fred by the window, he was gone…
"Weasley…" I muttered darkly, "You knew that would wake me up…"
I huffed and blew my dark brown bangs out of my eyes, only succeeding by managing to make them fall right back into my eyes.
"Oh well… might as well get some chocolate chip cookies from the kitchens before I go… I'll be fulfilling at least one dream that way." I muttered before I headed into the bathrooms to get ready for the rest of my day…
After my trip downstairs to get some chocolate chip cookies for breakfast I headed out into the courtyard to be greeted by a wall of frigid air. My eyes searched over the white plane of snow until they landed upon my favorite pair of gingers, Fred and George. They had started to build a snow man without me (much to my aggravation). I opened my mouth to call over to them but before I could even for them word 'hey' a soft crunch sounded from beside me, my head turned sharply to my right—there was nothing there. Absolutely nothing.
"What the bloody hell..?" I whispered and stretched out my hand to make contact with—, "Harry…" I hissed, and grabbed him by his invisible arm.
It was then of course that Fred and George picked up on my presence, "Oy! Allie! Where are you going?" Fred called over as I dragged Harry threw the door into the clock tower.
They must have noticed the drag marks that Harry had left behind him because they followed me into the tower…
Once we were all safely sheltered behind the stone wall I pulled the cloak off to reveal, as I suspected, a very stunned looking Harry.
"What do you think you're doing?" I snapped under my breath, "You can't just sneak off into Hogsmede with a killer on the loose!"
"Yeah mate, especially if someone as daft and out of it as Allison can spot you before you even leave the grounds…" George grinned
I slapped him playfully on the arm, "I am not daft!"
Fred chuckled, "The point is mate if Allie can spot you like that in your invisibility cloak then your plan isn't exactly perfect." I nodded in agreement before Fred continued with an astonishing conclusion, "So we're going to let you in on the secret of our success…"
My eyes widened in shock as George nodded at me, a thoughtful expression on his face, 'Allison, the map please?" George asked with a smirk
"Wait… were going to…" I asked in a stunned shock
"Come on Allison, his need is greater then ours." Fred insisted
I had to agree with that, he had Sirius Black after him and he needed to know how to get to Hogsmede without getting caught….
"Alright…" I sighed and my hand reached into my front pocket to pull out… the Marauders Map, "here Harry." I reluctantly held out the paper towards him.
He stared at it in silence.
"Go on, take it!" I insisted and waved the map in front of his face to enforce my point.
"Allison… it's just a piece of old parchment." He looked at me like I was insane.
"Oh come on! You've seen crazier things… this is actually quite brilliant." I rolled my eyes, "Now come on! Take the map and we'll show you how it works!"
Harry reluctantly took the paper from me.
"George, if you will." Fred nodded and pointed at the paper
"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." George said and tapped the map
Harry stared at the parchment in stunned silence, "Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs are proud to present the marauders map…"
"We owe them so much." George said
"hold on this is Hogwarts… and is that really..?"
"Dumbledore." Fred answered
"In his study," George continued
"Pacing,"
"Does that a lot actually." George finished
Harry stared at the map transfixed, "So this map shows..?"
"Everyone." George grinned
"everyone?"
"Everyone."
"Where they are," Fred picked up
"What they're doing,"
"Every minute,"
"Of every-"
"Okay Fred... George, I think he gets the point..."
"Bu-" George protested
"No, no more showing off your twin telepathy skills..."
Harry laughed " It's brilliant you guys, where did you get it?"
"Filch's office, where else?," I grinned
"First year to." Fred smiled back before George continued
"Ah yes.. the olden days..."
"Harry there are several secret passages out of the castle…" I smiled "We'd recommend this one." I pointed at the passageway under the one eyed witch, "takes you right up underneath Honeydukes! You can sneak out a whole bunch of candy that way."
"Filch is coming!" Fred warned as he pointed at the map
"Oh and Harry" I asked as he turned to walk away
"What Allie?" he asked and turned back to face me
"To clear the map, all you have to do is tap it and say 'Mischief managed'."
"Right, thanks!"
"No problem, have fun Harry!" I smiled and ran back outside to find Fred and George… despite the fact that we had just given away the Marauders map I couldn't help but get the feeling that this was going to be a great day….
A/N
This was originally going to be longer but I don't want to keep you waiting any longer… anyways, here it is! The surprise you've all been waiting for! I'll continue it this Friday so you'll just have to wait until then… of course you'll need to review for that to happen! :D
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