𝙿𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝙿𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 - 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑦 | ✔︎

Chapter 45

"Fred? George?" Natasha called out in the boys' dorm one day. The two had been at a DA meeting but were expected back half an hour ago. She walked down to the common room, where only Lee sat, jotting down some homework notes he was behind on.

"Lee where are the twins?" Natasha asked, taking a seat next to him.

"I thought they were upstairs with you Nat, they told me this morning after their meeting they were going to plan some things, in fact I was just about to head up there," Lee said, with a confused look on his face.

"You don't think..." Natasha trailed off, and Lee looked at her, his eyes answering her question.

"We need to find them," she said, pulling Lee up to his feet. "I'll finish your homework for you later," she added, as she saw Lee looking towards his homework. He grinned for a second before pulling on his jumper, running out of the common room with Natasha.

The corridors were relatively quiet as it was later in the evening, but Natasha was quick to notice how deprived it was of fifth year Gryffindors, especially in the library where Hermione would usually be by now.

"This is odd," Lee pointed out, moving closer to Natasha. The two Gryffindor's stuck out like a sore thumb in the corridors where only Slytherins loitered, and Natasha was starting to feel uncomfortable until she ran in Adrian.

"Natasha? Oh, thank Salazar," he said, pulling her into a hug.

"What happened?" she asked, making sure Lee was close by. The Inquisitorial Squad walked past them, but with a quick nod from Adrian, they continued on, smirks blazing on their faces.

"Umbridge got a tip of a secret club run by Harry Potter, they're all in the Great Hall serving out their punishments now, Fred and George included," he whispered, and Natasha grabbed Lee, who shared her same scared look.

"No, that horrid, toad-faced, unintelligible troll!" Natasha cursed. Some students around them raised their eyebrows at her language, and she scowled at them all. "Curfew starts in twenty minutes folks, but I know spells to make time go faster!" she threatened, clearing out all of the Slytherins in the hallway.

"Natasha we can't do anything now, Umbridge has them already," Lee whispered, and Natasha inhaled deeply, clearing her thoughts.

"We need to get her back Lee, where are those Swamp thingies that the twins made?" Natasha asked, directing herself, Lee and Adrian in the direction of the Gryffindor common room. The boys had practically adopted the Slytherin into Gryffindor, though he would never be as brave or chivalrous as his Gryffindor friends.

"Are you sure I should enter the Gryffindor tower?" Adrian asked nervously, and Natasha linked her arm with his, giving him a reassuring smile.

"You're an honorary Gryffindor now Pucey, welcome to our tower," Lee said, muttering the password quietly, under the watchful eye of the Fat Lady. Adrian didn't know whether to bow or just walk past, so he stood there awkwardly, before Natasha eventually pulled him inside.

Instantly, he felt warmth, and looked over to see a fire in the fireplace, even though winter was well past. The reds were bold, just like the house itself, and Adrian was thankful that it was clear of any students, with most in the library, serving detention in the Great Hall or their dorms.

They opted for Natasha's dorm, as it was much more private than the dorm the boys shared, which was surrounded by other dorms. As they walked in, the Amortentia Natasha had placed months ago wafted over to Lee and Adrian, filling their noses.

Adrian could smell pineapple, caramel, and weirdly, a cologne he could not identify. Meanwhile Lee could smell vanilla, peppermint, and Alicia's favourite tea. He sighed with content whilst Adrian puzzled over the cologne.