Christmas was coming, and per usual Astraea and George acted as if the kiss did not happen between them. It was really the best way to stop any awkward tension between them. Harry's relationship with Astraea was back to being friendly and he even told her about Hagrid's little pet 'Fluffy' to which she laughed to the extinct of falling off the chair.
"I'm telling you 'raea", Harry said when she calmed down. "They are hiding something that has to do with Dumbeldor and Nicholas Flamel".
"I agree with that part, and that part where you said we should find out what it is, but I disagree with Snape being the bad guy", Astraea said.
"But you saw at the game, he tried to kill Harry", Ron insisted.
"Did he though?", she replied with a tight lipped smile and an unsure look.
"What do you mean?" Ron asked. "If Hermione hadn't lit his cloak and he lost focus, Harry would've-"
"Look", Astraea cut him off. "did you think that perhaps someone else was doing the jinxing? I mean Snape's cloak on fire might've distracted them"
They gave her a weird look.
"All I'm saying, is that Snape may be a prick and a moody arsehole, but I wouldn't think he is capable of killing a student and losing Dumbeldore's trust. Plus, where is the evidence? He was staring at Harry? Everyone was staring at Harry. He is the youngest Seeker for Merlin's sake!"
They seem at loss for words.
"Now if you excuse me, I have a prank to pull that's too good to miss by talking some sense into you losers", she smiled and stood up to leave.
"Losers?"
"What prank?"
They asked simultaneously. Astraea winked and left.
"Where have you been?" Fred whispered yelled.
"I was talking to Harry and Ron, do you have it?" she replied.
He nodded and gave her the map. She took out the wand and tapped on the parchment.
"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good", she muttered and the map Hogwarts with everyone walking.
"Shit hide", she whispered yelled. "Snape is coming"
They hid behind a small wall waiting for Snape to pass.
"Again why did we choose Quirrel?" George asked.
"Because my dear friend", Astraea muttered. "Quirrel is an easy target and I don't buy the whole st-tut-ter-ring act"
They laughed.
"And Snape will cut us a new one" Fred added.
"Coast is clear", Astraea said and they ran to prepare the prank.
Fred was gathering snow, George was making them into balls and Astraea was the look out.
After five minutes, Astraea saw Quirrell on the map coming.
"Ok hide", Astraea whispered yelled then tapped her wand on the map. "Mischief managed"
The map disappeared and she hid it in her pocket.
"Ok Fred, you said you learned the new spell which you refuse to tell us", George muttered.
Fred smirked and pointed his wand on the snow balls.
"Wingardium Leviosa", he whispered which caused George to smack him on his head.
"Are you fucking with me?" Astraea whispered yelled. "First years know this you idiot".
"But you didn't", he smirked.
Astraea glared but watched him as he hit the snow ball on the back of Quirrel's head. They had to suppress their laughter when he turned around confused.
"Come on", George said. All three of them started throwing ball at the back of Quirrel's head laughing at his reaction.
"WEASLEY, BLACK", they heard someone yell.
They turned around to see Snape standing at the end of the hall, with a smirking Malfoy.
"RUN", Fred yelled and they all started running, faintly hearing Snape coming behind them.
They ran to the other entrance of the castle doing their usual plan on going to different directions. Astraea went to the direction of the abandoned classrooms, entering one and sitting next to the door hiding.
She took out the map and muttered the words- I solemnly swear that I am up to no good- and saw that Snape was running behind Fred. They were obviously running around the Quidditch stadium. she put her hand on her mouth to stop giggling.
George however, was unfortunate for he was obviously caught by Minnie.
That leaves her with Peeves outside the classroom. She groaned internally because any wrong move or word, he might expose her.
"Peevesey smells a run-away", Peeves said floating in front of her.
"Hello Peeves", she whispered.
"The whole staff is searching for you, naughty naughty girl", Peeves said to which she smiled innocently.
"What did Riri dooooo?" he said
"I might have bewitched snowballs to bounce off Quirrell's turban", he smiled innocently.
"That's why Peevesey likes Riri", he smiled.
She looked again at the map and saw Filch coming her way.
"Crap, Filch", she whispered. She raised her head to asked Peeves to stay quite but saw him gone.
She sighed and muttered the words to close the map and hid it in her pockets.
"Hellooooooooo", she heard Peeves say.
"Peeves where is Black?" she heard Filch ask.
"Azkaban", Peeves replied and she had to suppress her laugh.
"Waste of time", she heard Filch mutter angrily.
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Black Soul- George Weasley
FanfictionIt all began on October 31, 1983, when James and Lily Potter were murdered by Lord Voldemort. Astraea remembers, in a blur, how her mother Aurora woke her up to take her to her aunt's Andromeda. She remembers them talking how her mother woke up to a...
