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Chapter 26

Fred's POV

I was hugging Percy. Then I was flying through the air. Then blackness. Then my name. I could hear someone; some someone's actually, calling my name. They were far away, it sounded like they were whisper yelling. Personally, I have never seen the point in whisper yelling, I mean do one or the other, they aren't really two things you can combine. Ah, they must have felt the same way because they are louder now, and louder, and louder. And lou… Light. I opened my eyes and saw light. When my eyes adjusted I saw Percy, Ron, Harry and Hermione kneeling over me.

"What happened?"

"The wall came down. Didn't you see it? Someone hit it with a curse or something." Ron explained.

"I didn't see anything."

"How'd you know to shield then?" Harry asked.

"Shield? I didn't. My wand was in my pocket," I patted my pocket, "is in my pocket."

I sat up and surveyed the room, well, what was left as the room. Movement in the doorway caught my eye, and I grinned. And laughed. And cried. I cried happy tears , the most happy tears I have ever cried in my life. The movement that had caught my eye had been someone leaving the room. I didn't see their face, I didn't need to. The glimpse of dirty blonde hair had been enough.

"Fred? Are you alright?" Ron asked, worried.

"I am. It was Alexis," I explained, "She was here. She shielded me. I just saw her leave."

"Fred, you hit your head pretty hard. You must have shielded yourself, there was no one else here. You must have performed wandless magic," Hermione reasoned.

"No Hermione, I didn't perform wandless magic. I didn't have any idea what was going on. She was here. She saved me," I stood, dusting myself off, "come on, there's still plenty more death eaters out there, we can argue my sanity later."

They followed me out through the door that Alexis had left via and into the carnage.

Eventually the battle ended. Harry defeated Voldemort. No one escaped uninjured, everyone would have battle scars. Physical and mental. It was the mental ones that worried me the most. My family, Harry and Hermione gathered in a corner of the room and I could see Mum doing a head count. Then she cried.

"You're all here," she sobbed, pulling us in for a group hug, "I'm so lucky that you're all still here."

"Fred almost wasn't," Ron began, "a part of the wall came down on us and Fred had his wand in his pocket. We thought… we thought…"

"But we found him and he was unconscious but alright. He must have performed wandless magic to shield himself," Hermione finished, leaving out the part about them thinking I was dead.

Mum cried more and hugged me.

"I told you Hermione, I did not perform wandless magic. I had no idea what was happening."

"What happened then?" George asked.

"Alexis has finally mastered her shield charms," I explained.

"What are you talking about?" Mum asked, looking at me like I was crazy.

"She was here. I saw her. She must have seen it happening or something and she shielded me. I saw her leaving the room."

"That would also explain why we didn't see any death eaters in the room," Ron reasoned.

"Alexis?" Charlie asked.

"Shield charm?" George asked, astonished.

"It was her, I'm sure of it."

"She could still be here."

"If she's here I'm sure we'll run into her Charlie. Come on guys, there's things to do around here. We can't stand around doing nothing with all of… this…" Bill said, gesturing to the carnage that surrounded us.

"What if she was…?" Charlie began, letting the thought go unfinished.

"She'll be fine Charlie, she's probably back at her place by now," I told him, trying to convince myself as much as him.

I know it's only short but I was starting to feel really bad leaving you all hanging.

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