𝙿𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝙿𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 - 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑦 | ✔︎

Chapter 33

Harry's trial was occurring in a few days, and the Hogwarts students residing in 12 Grimmauld Place were anxiously awaiting their letters for the year. A full moon had just passed, which meant Remus was currently recovering up in his bedroom.

Molly had just passed out the eggs and sausages, when seven owls entered the kitchen through the window, all carrying letters, though three were slightly heavier. Fred caught his and Natasha's letters with ease, his great height causing him to tower over his smaller girlfriend.

Ron was the first to look shocked as he pulled out a prefect badge, followed by Hermione who squealed. "Oh my!" cried Molly. "Another prefect in the family!" Charlie, who was visiting clapped his brother on the back and squeezed Hermione's shoulders, promising to give her tips and tricks on perfecting.

The biggest shock, however, was when Natasha opened her letter, and a shiny badge dropped from it, sporting the title 'Head Girl'. Her jaw dropped, and Sirius, who had just entered the room, dropped his fork, picking her up in a hug and swinging her around.

"MY GIRL IS A HEAD GIRL! JUST LIKE LILY!" he shouted, bringing a blush to her cheeks. Fred picked up the badge and admired it in the light as Sirius praised Natasha. As soon as he put her down, Charlie was the next one to scoop her up, hugging her tightly.

"Congrats sister," he whispered, ruffling her hair kissing her cheek. She squeezed his neck in excitement and Fred cleared his throat, attracting their attention.

"Can I please have my girlfriend back Charlie?" he asked, his left eye twitching. George snickered and Molly wacked him over his head, placing her arms on her hips and giving him a look.

Charlie let Natasha down, and Fred clung to her like a koala, kissing her lips repeatedly. George, Charlie and Sirius fake gagged as they kissed, and eventually Molly separated them, ordering them to sit down.

"Well, isn't this exciting!" said Molly, as Sirius clipped the Head Girl badge to his pyjama shirt, grinning like a mad man. Natasha rolled her eyes and summoned it back, causing her father to pout. She handed it back slowly, and Sirius' smile returned.

"Wait, does that mean I get my own dorm room now?" Natasha asked and Charlie nodded from his end of the table.

"You and whoever is head boy get separate dorms, though normally they're located inside of your towers still. Bill's was by the fireplace, so I imagine if the Head Boy isn't in Gryffindor, you'll get Bill's old room," he explained and Natasha nodded, taking in all the information.

"I do wonder who it'll be though," said Ron. "Everyone said Cedric was going to be Head Boy, but now, it could be anyone." The table silenced slightly at the mention of Cedric, and Natasha looked down to her hands.

"It's going to be weird not seeing him in class this year, we studied together a few times when Lockhart was the Defence teacher," Natasha mumbled and Fred rubbed her arm, holding her hand with his free one.

"I remember Diggory from when he was a first year, always smiling and helping out other first years," Tonks said, taking a bite out of her toast. The room was sombre, but then Fred chuckled, causing everyone to look at him with confusion.

"Didn't her try to ask you out once in our first year Natasha? Just after that study thing with Penny Haywood?" he asked, and Natasha nodded, a smile creeping onto her face.

"If I can remember Penny's words clearly, 'he looked like he was asking Madam Pince out'," she said. George snickered and Tonks smiled at the name of her old fellow Hufflepuff friend. Penny was currently a Potioneer, working in Diagon Alley, and she was meaning to visit her soon.

"Who is Penny Haywood again?" asked Harry and Tonks' smile widened as she stood on the table, disturbing Regulus' sleep.

"She was one of my BEST FRIENDS at Hogwarts, and the nicest girl in the school. She could even make Snape smile, and she was talented in potions. Helped me get out of a few scratches she did," Tonks explained, and Hermione's face lit up in recognition.

"She was in Witch Weekly's Top 10 Most Influential Witch's last year, alongside Tulip Karasu, the Frog Singer," she said, bringing out the magazine from the stack in the corner. They all skimmed through the magazine until they reached Penny's pages, with detailed explanations of her works.

"That's Penny alright. And the red head on the other side is Tulip," said Charlie, smiling fondly at the images of his two old school friends. "Penny was one of the smartest kids in our year level, completely outdoing Rowan even."

He paused for a second, as if a memory flashed his eyes, and Natasha stood up to give him a hug. The four younger Gryffindor's on the other side of the table didn't know who Rowan Khanna was, so Tonks explained.

"Rowan Khanna was a witch in Gryffindor, though really she could have been in any house. She was murdered during our sixth year by our old Defence Against the Darks Arts teacher protecting Ben Copper, a muggle-born wizard," she explained, bringing out a picture of the girl from her back pocket.

She always kept it on her as a reminder of why she was an Auror, and as the four passed it around, she sniffed back a tear before turning to her best friend. "Charlie here had a crush on Penny during our time at Hogwarts though, didn't you Charles?" she asked, and Charlie laughed heartily, flipping her off.

"CHARLES WEASLEY!" his mother scolded, and he gulped, running out of the room.

Even now, his mother could still scare his pants off.