crashing down // Fred Weasley

Hiding in the trees

Although Sophie was never close with Moody, nor did she like him that much due to her first year at Hogwarts, she still couldn't help but feel the loss of his spirit. There were no more constant vigilance talks at meetings nor in general, there was nobody barking orders when they were all in one place and there were no incoming patronuses trying to organise order meetings.

Everyone was taking it with grief, everyone eventually blamed Mundungus weather they agreed to it or not. The only thing everyone was looking forward to was Bill and Fluer, and Sirius and Remus's wedding which was just under two weeks away.

Another thing coming up was Harry and Sophie's birthday, the day they finally would come of age; but neither of them were too excited for it.

The daily prophets were getting worse, nearly all the shops on Diagon Alley were raided in the middle of the night, by death eaters of course. Olivanders being the most recent, Fred and George were in over their heads; they had an idea that they weren't going to get raided, Molly however was completely against their view.

"What is this!" She shrieked one day when they had arrived home after work. "Your going to get yourselves murdered in your sleep!"

She was furious at a new sign they had made and hung outside their shop, in large letters written;

Why are you worried about You-Know-Who when you should be worried about
You-No-Poo!

"Honestly do you ever learn!" She was raging. "For the love of Merlin please take it down!"

"Mum we'll be fine." Fred would say, every time she spoke up about it. "It's a simple joke I'm pretty sure he isn't that petty."

Sirius had tried to get Harry to come back to Grimmauld place with him for a while but with Voldemort back on the rise Molly wouldn't let anyone leave. So Sophie had took it upon herself to visit Remus's old cottage; without letting him know of course. Her and Ginny went one day to 'check it out' in Sophie's words because they were bored. However Sophie only needed Ginny because she knew where it was.

After that Sophie visited everyday for an hour at most and began cleaning it up and bringing it to life again. No offence to Sirius but she couldn't stand living in Grimmauld place anymore and by the looks of it neither could he, due to the screaming portrait of his mother.

So she decided 1) something to keep her busy and 2) a wedding present, that they could all share of course.

"WHAT!" Sophie heard Hermione yell one day, she hurdled down the stairs and into the kitchen where she found the bushy haired girl sat upon the kitchen table, coffee in one hand and the daily prophet it another.

"You scared the shit out of me Mione what in the name of Merlins left tit happened!" Sophie panted taking a seat.

"Here." She said handing over the paper.

Sophie looked from the girl to the parchment narrowing her eyebrows slightly she took it out of her hand hesitantly and began to read the following words, her mouth opening in shock.

Severus Snape, long-standing Potions master at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, was today appointed Headmaster in the most important of several staffing changes at the ancient school. Following the resignation of the previous Muggle Studies teacher, Alecto Carrow will take over the post while her brother, Amycus, fills the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts professor."I welcome the opportunity to uphold our finest Wizarding traditions and values"