Party Police.

Chapter Sixteen.

(Y/n) sat in her little nook, watching the Weasleys bicker in amusement.

"Siblings," Charlie commented from beside her, rolling his eyes playfully. (Y/n) grinned.

"Hey, did you transfer?" (Y/n) asked. "Penny mentioned that you were in their year, but I have not seen you once." 

"Haywood? Penny Haywood?" Charlie asked affectionately. "Good friend, that one," he mused. "Anyways, I dropped out during my sixth year," he informed rather awkwardly.

"Oh!" (Y/n) exclaimed, trying to mask her hurt. She rather liked Charlie.

"I am still attending school, though," he continued. "In Romania. At a Dragon Sanctuary," he said excitedly.

"Dragons?" (Y/n) repeated. "Dragons actually exist?" Charlie gaped at her.

"Of course they exist! What kind of question is that?"

"Well, they are fantasy!" (Y/n) answered nervously. "You know, in the Hobbit, they have to kill a dragon—"

"Kill a dragon?!" cried Charlie. Again, (Y/n) panicked.

"They had to! The dragon stole their home and would have killed them if it was left alive!"

"They could have tamed it with magic!"

"The magic in Middle-earth does not work like that," (Y/n) laughed.

"Well! That's just stupid!" Charlie exclaimed. (Y/n) smiled.

"It is, isn't it?" (Y/n) answered. "Wha— Hey, Effie, leave him alone!" she scolded the cat. Upon hearing (Y/n) click her tongue, Effie waltzed over, leaving Ron alone for now. "Sorry," she apologized. "If it makes you feel better, she normally doesn't like people." That was a complete lie, but (Y/n) would tell it to anyone who Effie would mess with.

"Is it Ron she likes or is it that disgusting rat?" Charlie chimed. Bill laughed.

"Scabbers isn't disgusting!" Ron protested.

"Right, and I'm not Fred," answered one of the twins sarcastically.

"This is definitely a trick," Bill whispered.

"What do you mean? I'm taller!" said Fred.

"Barely," Bill mused.

"I'm Fred," said George. (Y/n) smiled, shaking her head.

"I tried my luck at making Butterbeer," said Anastasia. "And I made eggnog for you, (Y/n)."

"What's Butterbeer?" she murmured to Charlie, who sat at her left whilst Ron sat at her right.

"Uh— A wizard drink?" Charlie tried. It was rather hard to explain a drink to someone. "Nonalcoholic, I'm assuming." (Y/n) stared at him with wide eyes.

"Does it— Does it have actual..." she lowered her voice to a whisper as though saying a word would get her in trouble "beer?" Charlie snickered.

"No," he answered. "And if it does, it's very light."

"Did you hear Marlene and Dorcas are getting married this summer?" Yvette asked, serving herself some ginger garlic fried rice and shrimp. 

"Mhm," Molly hummed, swallowing her sip of Butterbeer. "We got a save-the-date a couple of weeks ago."

"Denmark," Valorie commented. "Beautiful place, that is."

"A real shame they'll only be seen as legally married there," Anastasia chimed. "Coconut curry, anyone?" she asked, double-checking before she set it down. (Y/n) raised her hand and Anastasia smiled, passing the dish over.