Home was just as I remembered it. My parents were waiting for me when I came through the fire place. They never did question me about the things that went on at school. I had been home for a week now. The past year seemed to seem more and more like a dream. I was laying back in bed, my hands underneath my head, when I heard something tapping against my window.
I looked up to see a brown owl staring at me through the glass. I got up and opened my window. The owl flew in and dropped a letter in my hand before landing on my desk.
Hey Sammay,
Just thought I'd write to make sure you haven't forgotten us. I hope you don't mind, I got your address from Dumbledore. He told me that you would probably like someone to write to. All of us are heading to Egypt for the summer. Olive here will take a letter back to me if you feel like writing back.
Your friend
Fred.
I smiled. Here was my reminder of the school year. How could I ever think the twins were just a dream. Even I don't have that big of an imagination.
My friends and I were curled up around a campfire. It was midway through the summer and this was the first time we had gotten to get together since summer started. There was a total of 6 of us sitting in camping chairs, blankets around our shoulders, and marshmallow endowed sticks in the fire.
"So, what is this new school like where you were all year that you couldn't even call us from?" Shanon asked me.
I thought for a minute how to describe the fun, scary, and insane events that had taken place in my life in the last year. "Magical." I said smiling at the implied meaning behind it.
They looked at me skeptically.
"So did you find any great new friends to replace us?"
I reached into a bag next to me and pulled out pictures of Fred, George, Ginny, and Luna.
"Wow, you must like this one guy a lot. There are a lot of pictures of him. What's his name?" Cara held up a picture of Fred and me.
"That is , as for the matter of there being a ton of pictures of him, that is because some of those are of George, his twin brother." I answered laughing at their shocked faces.
"That is so cool."
"Yeah, that is mostly who I hung out with while I was at school. But enough about me. What has been going on since I left." Karma peeked out from my blanket where she sat on my lap. An owl hooted from up in the tree and I smiled. It flew down and perched on the back of my chair. The other girls squeaked.
"Hello there." I said looking up. It dropped a letter in my lap without the other girls seeing. "Thank you Olive. I will give you one later." I whispered the last part. The owl hooted softly at me before flying off.
"What was that about?" Cara squeaked.
"Nothing. It is my friends pet, he is very well trained. He comes to visit me every so often. They say that he likes me." I laughed.
"What did he drop on your lap?" Kelly asked.
"Oh, Olive here kinda works like a messenger pigeon between the four of us... Well actually make that the two of us mostly"
"Really? How sweet!"
"Which friend?"
"Fred." I said back.
"Well, what does it say?"
I rolled my eyes and opened it.
"Dear Sammay,
It is sooo HOT down here. You wouldn't believe how much sand there is. You would love all the pyramids to." I skipped over the part that he had sent me a picture as well. It would have been difficult to explain why all the people were moving in it. "I hope you are not bored out of your mind without me and George there. What have you been up to? Are you still planning on going on that camping trip with your friends? Hope you have fun. Ron, Ginny, Pearcy, and George all say hi.
Later Kiddo
Fred,
P.S. Stop glaring at the page." I stopped reading laughing. All my old friends were looking at me like I was crazy.
"He really knows you well doesn't he?"
"Yeah, I guess." I was still laughing and blushing.
"Well, I think we've tortured the girl enough for one night. Let's hit the sack." We all got up and walked inside licking our sticky fingers. We all went inside Cara's house and into her bedroom. While the other girls curled up in their blankets I grabbed a notebook and wrote a letter to Fred. Then I got up and slipped outside and gave the letter to Olive. Then I went back inside and fell asleep.
