Confident | Fred Weasley

Chapter 84 | Passport

"I miss being on holiday," Capri grumbled as she placed a cardboard box on the floor.

"At least you can go on holiday," Sarah retorted, also dropping a heavy cardboard box on the floor.

The pair were in Copper Beech manor with boxes on new furniture. The six cardboard boxes were all filled with shrunken furniture that Sarah had to unpack into the house. She'd roped Capri into helping as they were on a time limit. Tonight was going to be the first Order meeting in the new headquarters.

They were currently stood in the foyer, having apparated with the boxes from Diagon Alley. Then, they had to carry the boxes from the gate of the property, all they way inside. It was easier with magic, and since the front garden was no longer overgrown.

"Why can't you?" Capri asked.

"My boyfriend's a workaholic," Sarah responded with a grin.

Capri closed the front door. She turned back to Sarah with a thoughtful expression, "Maybe you two should go somewhere?"

"We were actually thinking about it. We were going to ask you about recommendations for Italy," Sarah answered, getting down on her knees to be in line with one of the boxes.

"Italy is lovely this time of year," Capri got down too, dragging a box closer to herself.

"You'll have to tell us all the cool places to go," Sarah said. She dragged the tip of her wand across the seal of the cardboard box, tearing it open.

Inside, it was filled with shrunken dining chairs. With a wave of her wand, she sent the box sliding into the dining room.

Capri had also opened a cardboard box, "This is filled with books. Where do you want it?"

"Uh - the spare sitting room," Sarah answered.

They continued like this until all the boxes were in the appropriate rooms.

Sarah clambered to her feet, followed quickly by Capri, "Let's start with the dining room. That's where the meeting will be tonight, so that's the most important."

Capri nodded in agreement, following Sarah into the vast dining room. Stretching across the space was a large wooden table, one that had certainly seen better days based upon the faded and scratched wood. There was two corresponding chairs, just as battered and rickety.

"Evanesco," Sarah pointed her wand at one of the chairs. It disappeared into thin air.

"Don't need those?" Capri asked.

"Nah, they're broken. I've brought enough new chairs to fill the table, anyway," Sarah responded, vanishing the second chair.

Capri, using her wandless magic, enlarged all the chairs and sent them flying. Sarah ducked her head to avoid being hit by a stray chair leg. The wind of the chairs flying around died down, and Sarah looked up to find them all slotted neatly into the dining table. The oak wood tone matched well enough with the dining table.

"Brilliant," Sarah stated, grinning at her friend.

They continued to unpack the rest of the boxes, leaving the house looking completely different to how it was before they arrived. The beige love seats in the living room were replaced by long, comfy sofas to maximise sitting space. The basement had been turned into a potions lab, with multiple hobs and large shelves to keep potions cool. Whilst she did that, Capri went about turning all the bedrooms in the house into habitable spaces by getting rid of old, worn-out beds and dressers and replacing them with new ones.

Inspired by the Room of Requirement, Sarah turned the spare sitting room into a space that duelling and magic could be practised. There were bookshelves on the far wall, filled to the brim with books regarding defensive magic. She'd also found some target dummies that looked like knights, as well as a plethora of fun, patterned cushions.