Summers at The Burrow - Fred Weasley

Chapter Fifty-one - A Wormy Confrontation

Today at the Burrow we had been tasked with many chores that were more unusual since we were getting ready for Bill and Charlie to come home. Mr. Weasley and the twins were going to take the Floo Network to Harry's residence to go and get him and then we would have everyone here to enjoy Harry's birthday and then head off to the Quidditch world cup after that.

We had all picked sides for the cup and since the Irish would be going against the Bulgarians the twins and I decided to root for the Irish since they had a better team by far. Bulgaria might have Viktor Krum but Ireland had a whole team of amazing players that we had been keeping up with.

Once we finished our chores the twins and I went out flying to test some moves that we had read about in the paper about Ireland's recent semi-finals match. Oliver would be proud of us but he had left Hogwarts and would no longer be our captain. He appointed Angelina as the new Captain but seeing as he spent more time with Alicia we were all a little surprised by his decision.

As the sun began to set we heard a loud crack in the distance and we raced on broom to where the gate was to see Bill had appeared close to the house.

"Hey Bill!" I called as we came flying up to him.

"Hey Chloe." he replied waving at me and then the twins.

"Want to fly back?" Fred asked.

"Why not." the older boy said and sent his things off to the house using his wand to then summon his old broom from the Weasleys shed.

He mounted his broom and the four of us began racing before we heard another loud crack and moments later Charlie came zooming past us on a really fancy broom. I leaned forward and flipped upside down and managed to catch up to him, cutting him off as I got ahead and flipped back to an upright position.

Once we made it to the house we landed and Charlie and Bill collected their luggage and went inside while the twins were called in by Mr. Weasley to go fetch Harry. I was left alone to put away all five of the brooms so I took my sweet time packing them away nicely so I would not have to do manual chores. It was getting quite difficult to not do magic outside of school because I had developed a habit of doing impulsive magic. I had to keep my wand in my trunk so I didn't do it by accident.

When I returned to the inside of the house I was tasked to help Bill and Charlie unpack and to get them sheets and towels and such so that they were comfortable. Mrs. Weasley had been quite busy and had not gotten the chance to take care of the guest room yet.

On the way to the linen closet I passed Percy's room and decided to bother him a bit before doing what I was told. I quieted my footsteps and stepped on certain floorboards that creaked more than others to somewhat alert him of my presence. I repeatedly swayed back and forth on the same two floorboards loudly until I heard shuffling and the door swung open. I jumped out at Percy and he screamed and fell to the ground as I scrambled off. I was not sure if he even realized it was me who had scared him. He never came out of his room anymore so it was unlikely for him to know that the twins were not even home right now. He probably thought it was them.

After my laughter subsided and the stitch in my side from the laughing went away I opened the linen closet and took out two sets of sheets for the bed and some pillowcases then walked off leaving the door askew as I raced up the stairs to the guest room.

"Was that you who made percy scream like a girl?" Charlie asked as I entered their room.

"Yeah." I replied.

"Nice!" he said, giving me a high five.

"Gave him a right fright, you did." Bill said, taking the sheets and tossing them on the beds.