Haven't updated in a while... sorry about that. I already knew what I wanted to happen in this Chapter but i just didn't know how to write it down. Eventually I was able to do that. Anyway, this is a Fred/OC (and a little bit of George/OC) fic and I fear that the paring is very slow to appear. Though there are some hints sorry if it doesn't really go to the pace of your choice. They're still 12 and far to young for anything to happen. Just stick with me and I promise that romance will bloom :D

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Chapter 9:

Zoey held a book in her arms as she dashed out of the Hufflepuff Basement. It was the day of the Gryffindor Tryouts and Zoey was running late. She dodged students and avoided crashing into walls, statues and suits of armor as she picked up her pace. The faster she was running the harder it was for her to slow down.

"Sorry!" she called out as she jumped over a Slytherin first year who was tying his shoe.

She skidded to a halt when she reached the doors of the Great Hall just in time to see Echo, Fred and George exiting.

"Hey Zoey, by any chance did you bring a brush? I want to fluff up their hair for the tryouts," Echo smirked as Zoey approached them.

"Ha ha," the twins laughed wryly as they glared at Echo. Their hair was still black and they were not happy about it.

"Sorry I haven't," Zoey muttered as she placed a hand on her knee trying to catch her breath. The book was slightly weighing her down.

"Anyway," Fred said as he fixed his gaze at Zoey, "Where were you? You missed breakfast"

"I was in my dorm-"

"That's not important right now," George cut her off as he nudged his head towards the direction of the Quidditch pitch, "We're heading out for the tryouts – You coming to watch right?"

"Of course," Zoey breathed as she composed herself. She re-adjusted the book in her arms and grabbed her wand out of her pocket. The twins and Echo gave her a confused look which Zoey returned with a determined one. Her she pushed up her glasses and her eyebrows furrowed in concentration.

"I'm fearing the worst," Echo brushed off and turned to watch whatever was going to happen next.

The twins gave Zoey a bewildered look and seemed as if they did not hear Echo's comment. They simply looked at Zoey's wand wondering what she was going to do. They held their breath. Zoey breathed in as she closed her eyes and muttered a spell. She waved her wand in a "Figure of 8" manner and orange swirls flew out.

The twins gasped as the swirls hit them and exploded with a warm feeling. Zoey pocketed her wand and gave a small smile.

"It worked"

"You ruin my fun," Echo laughed as she saw the twins' hair turn back to its original ginger color.

The twins gave them confused looks and almost out of reflex reached up to the top of their heads. Their hair still had its same soft texture and was still the same length.

"What-" Fred began

"-Did you do?" George ended.

Zoey grinned sheepishly as she reached back to the pocket of her robes and pulled out a small pocket mirror. She handed it to them.

Fred held the mirror at a distance so both he and George could look at their reflections. At the sight they gasped.

"I can't believe this is the first time you've ever seen you're troll faces. Such a pity," Echo mockingly shook her head

The twins appeared not to have heard her for they continued to look at their reflection as if they were marveled at the fact that they had ginger hair. Zoey inwardly snorted 'Vain much?' she thought to herself.

"How'd you do it?" Fred asked as he handed the mirror back to Zoey.

Zoey held the mirror in one hand as she raised the book with the other. They looked questioningly at it.

"I borrowed this from one of my dorm mates –though I can't remember her name- and found a spell that would redo anything in your body that is unwanted. You know like hair dye or nail polish of the sort… Come to think of it… I think that's why she has this book. Anyway, I read the article on the spell while she was putting on highlights and thought it might work on you both

"You were just pranked by a potion so I figured it was nothing to big the spell could handle right? But if you grew an extra limb or lost one I don't think the spell will be able to redo anything. You'd have to go to Madam Pomfrey for that," Zoey ended with a laugh. The twins joined her.

"Hmm, do you think it could reverse freckles that are removed?" Echo mused

At this the twins glared at her.

Zoey laughed, "Unwanted remember? I'm pretty sure the spell won't work if they wanted to keep their freckles… You do want to keep them don't you?" Zoey asked as she turned to the twins.

"Duh" the twins said as they pocketed their hands.

"Oh well. Then again, if that freckled-removing potion is brewed, the freckles won't return unless an antidote is created"

Zoey raised an eyebrow, "What are you talking about?"

"Oh nothing…."

"Yeah right," George said under his breath.

Zoey grinned before looking out the window. At the sigh she gasped and swore causing the three to look at her in surprise.

"Whoa," the twins said wide-eyed. Zoey was never the one to swear.

"I'm utterly flabbergasted, Zoey, I never knew you included those words in you vocabulary," Echo said as she too was rather wide eyed.

"Never mind that!" Zoey blushed, "The tryouts, they're about to begin!"

The twins, too, swore as they ran down the corridor and headed to the Quidditch Pitch, Zoey and Echo trailing behind them


The quartet made it in time and Zoey was once again out of breath. The Quidditch pitch was full of Gryffindor students second year and above ready to fill in the slots of Beaters and Chasers. Zoey gave the twins a slightly awkward hug.

"Good Luck," she said when she let them go noticing a small blush on their cheeks. They gave her a sheepish grin.

"Thanks," George said

"Not like we'll need it thought," Fred jokingly boasted.

"Tch. Feeling like they're already an expert at the game," Echo scoffed as she folded her arms over her chest.

Zoey chuckled and shook her head, her hair was already messy from all the running, and headed towards the benches and sat down. She looked downwards to see the twins lining up, waiting for their turn to tryout.

Uncharacteristically Zoey cupped her mouth and yelled, "YOU CAN DO IT!"

Those who heard her laughed.

She scratched the back of her head, blushing and calmed down. The twins were still laughing at her along with a few other people. Echo was sitting very comfortably with her legs crossed her hands at her sides.

"So when's the Ravenclaw tryouts?" Zoey asked as she watched the Chasers tryout first. They each had to catch the Quaffle and score. Zoey clapped whenever someone successfully scored.

"Tomorrow," Echo plainly replied

"Chaser right?" Zoey asked as another flew up on their broom to start their tryout.

"Yep"

"YOU CAN DO IT ANGELINA! SHOW THEM WHAT YOU GOT!" A voice boomed from behind Zoey and Echo. Zoey nearly slipped off her seat. She turned around to see none other than Lee Jordan. He grinned down at them and gave a small wave.

"Tone it down, Gryffindor," Echo hissed

Lee ignored her and looked towards Zoey, he bent down slightly and held out his hand, "And who might this lovely lady be?" he jokingly flirted.

Zoey laughed as she felt a blush warm her cheeks. She had figured he himself would be a joker since he was best mates with the twins. She shook his hand.

"Zoey Emeraude. 2nd year Hufflepuff," she said as she smiled up at him.

Echo rolled her eyes and focused her attention to the tryouts.

"Zoey? Can it be the Zoey the twins wouldn't shut up about? And when I say twins I mean Fred?" Lee wore a smug look as he wiggled his eyebrows.

Zoey coughed and blinked her eyes at him.

"W-what?"

"COME ON ALICIA! YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT!" Lee shouted not hearing Zoey.

There was a feminine yell that echoed "Shut it Lee!"

Lee just grinned before taking his seat.

"Seriously, shut your mouth," Echo grumbled. Lee didn't hear her as he continued to cheer.

Zoey laughed before turning to Lee, "You aren't going to try out?"

"Nah," Lee grinned, "I'm going to be the commentator."

Before Zoey could ask she felt Echo tap her shoulder and point at the Quidditch Tryouts.

"Oh look, Fred is next"

Zoey snapped her head towards the direction Echo was pointing and indeed it was Fred's turn. Zoey watched as he flipped the Beater's Bat in the air before catching it and gripping it tightly. He expertly mounted his broom and kicked off. He flew up into the sky and held the bat firmly in his hand. Determination etched on his face. Zoey bit her lip as they released the Bludgers.

The first Bludger flew at Fred with lightning speed and just as fast he hit it with all his might. Zoey's hands flew to her mouth when the second one flew behind him. As if he knew that it would happen, Fred turned around and hit the second Bludger with the same might as the first.

Fred's tryout was going smoothly though several times Zoey felt like screaming her head off because several times it looked like Fred was about to be knocked of his broom (He wasn't of course.)

"Don't be so worried," she heard Lee chuckle beside her but she couldn't help it. Nothing was safe with the Bludger.

Before long Fred was finished and it was George's turn. Zoey watched as they high-fived each other before George took position. He too had the look of determination on his face.

"Amateur," Echo sighed as she looked around, "Dang, no one's selling refreshments. Oh well."

Zoey gave her an odd look before turning back to the tryouts she let out a gasp.

"LOOK OUT!" she screamed. George turned around just in time to hit the Bludger to kingdom come.

She placed a hand on her chest and felt her heart beating unimaginably fast.

"Oh no no no no no," she whispered, I hope I didn't ruin his tryout for warning him…. "

"Don't be so dramatic," Lee said as he tapped her back in a rough but supposedly comforting manner, "At least he wasn't knocked off."

"I really hate Bludgers," Zoey complained. She covered her face in her hands as she took a deep breath. She looked up and saw George flying down and saw Fred giving him a one-armed hug as they thumped their fists into the air. Zoey smiled slightly.

"He better get the place or I'll never let him live it down," Echo crossed her arms over her chest.

Zoey rolled her eyes at her friend before standing up.

"Well, I think the tryouts are over," she said dusting her skirt and looking at Lee, "See you around," she said lamely.

Lee laughed and gave them a wave.


By the time Zoey and Echo reached the twins the Captain's decision was being announced.

"- and for our new Beaters – Fred and George Weasley!"

Everyone erupted into cheers as Fred and George yelled into the sky. They wore grins on their faces and were patted on the back by their new teammates on those who came to tryout and watched. When the crowd finally dispersed Zoey ran to them with so much force that it almost knocked them down.

"Congrats!" she grinned and ruffled their hair, "Knew you could do it."

"Thanks, Zoe," Fred grinned at her and Zoey blushed. 'The Zoey the twins wouldn't shut up about? And by twins I mean Fred?' Lee's words rang in her head as she continued to beam at the twins. 'He was just joking,' she thought to herself as she held her hands behind her back.

Together with the twins and Echo they headed back to the castle. Just as they were making their way George then turned to her.

"Thanks by the way. You know for warning me," he said with a smile.

"No prob-" Zoey couldn't finish because suddenly the twins jerked away from each other.

"What the?" they jerked again and seemed to be confused with their actions. It looked as if they didn't even know how to walk straight.

"What's happening?" Zoey turned to Echo.

"Seems like someone put a spell on them"

"Spell? You don't mean-" Zoey winced when the twins bumped into each other and groaned, "the Confundus Charm?"

"Seems like it. But you can never be sure"

"It's that other prankster. I know it," George groaned as he rubbed his forehead and slowly sat up. Fred mirrored his movements and looked up at the castle. His eyes widened and then turned into a glare.

"Right there!" he yelled and everyone turned to see a girl with light brown hair turn around to look at them. They stared at the girl as the girl stared back at them. No one moved until Fred and George shot up and yelled.

"HEY! COME BACK HERE!"

They girl seemed to have woken up for she swiftly turned back around and ran into the castle.

"Who was that?" Zoey whispered


Sorry if the description of the tryouts was kinda crappy. I really didn't know how to type it up. Oh well. Hope you had fun reading!

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