His Hufflepuff, Her Gryffindor - A Fred Weasley Story

Chapter Six - Spotted

Hey, I apologise for only updating once this week, I normally try to update twice, but I still have a lot to edit from the next chapter onwards, I had only edited up to this chapter, I was hoping to get a lot edited this week but that fell through due to other tasks creeping up.

Hopefully I'll get up to chapter 10 or 12 edited over the next few days/week and keep the flow going.

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Aurora -
It was lunch time and after Fred had calmed me down he brought me to the Hall for a bite to eat and to go over some notes for class. I was sat between him and George, Melba on George's other side as Fred held my waist. I had my head on his shoulder and my eyes closed.

"He's really laying it on thick, isn't he?" Ron spoke, "At least Hagrid didn't get fired" Harry said. "I hear Draco's father's furious. We haven't heard the end of this" Hermione said. When is Lucius ever in a good mood? I thought, just as Seamus came running in with a paper "He's been sighted! He's been sighed!" He yelled, his Irish accent filling the Hall. "Who?" Ron asked as Seamus put down a copy of the Daily Prophet. "Sirius Black!" My eyes shot open as I looked up.

Everyone at the table gathered around to see. I just sat there and pretended I wasn't interested. "Dufftown? That's not far from here." Hermione said. My head shot up to look at Fred, he could see the panic in my face as he rubbed my back. He was coming, was it for me? He was my father after all.

"You don't think he'd come to Hogwarts, do you?" Nevelle asked looking around at everyone. "With Dementors at every entrance?" A boy asked asked. "Dementors? He slipped past them once. Who's to say he won't do it again?" Seamus spoke. "That's right. Black could be anywhere. It's like trying to catch smoke. Like trying to catch smoke with your bare hands." Bem spoke. Thanks Bem, just what I needed to hear... not.

It was like the boys could sense my anxiety getting worse "It'll be okay" Fred said as he held me close to him, I gripped onto his jumper under his robes and pressed my nose to his neck. I could see Angelina in the corner of my eye looking at us from across the table, I could see a flicker of, hurt in her eyes? No, jealousy, she really was annoying, always staring, but he was comforting me.

She was always jealous and trying to get between us, but she was better than me in everything, I wasn't a Quidditch Chaser, I was just a book worm. She didn't need to have her estranged father coming for her. I breathed in Fred's scent, calming myself as he held me close.

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Later that day
I was on my way to see Uncle Remus to inform him on what I had learned at lunch, he was finishing up with his Third Years as I approached the door. "He knows how to ruin everything for everyone" I heard someone mutter to their friends who all agreed. "What was that? Was that a crystal ball?" I heard another student ask their friends, "Looked like a moon to me, but it could have been a crystal ball" their friend replied.

I shrugged it off as I walked in only to see Harry staring at a wardrobe and Uncle Remus looking at him. "Professor, can I have a word?" I asked. "Aurora, of course, give me a moment" Uncle Remus said before moving the wardrobe back to it's original place, at the back under the stairs leading to the office above.

"You okay Harry?" I asked him. He looked at me "Oh I'm brilliant, nearly got my face sucked off by a Dementor-Boggart" he said. "Boggarts, yikes, I remember my first encounter, hope to never see it again, or the real thing" I shuddered as I remembered my Thrid Year lesson.

"I heard you punched Malfoy" he said as Uncle Remus came back and looked at me. I nodded "He deserved it, but please don't broadcast it, I am a Prefect, I have to set an example to the younger students" I said as I noticed Uncle Remus looking at me. "Excuse me Harry, I need to talk with Un... Professor Lupin, I'll see you at dinner" I spoke, stopping myself. Harry frowned before leaving.