Illegal Picnic
As exam season approached at Hogwarts Castle, the entire school seemed to change.
Students whispered nervously in corridors, piles of parchment filled the library tables, and even the usually carefree older students looked slightly panicked.
Callidora Nott, however, had taken studying to a completely different level.
Most days Lucy and Stella barely saw her.
If she wasn't in the library, she was at the Quidditch pitch training for next year.
If she wasn't there she was in the Dark Forest doing animagus things.
And if not there, Severus Snape had probably detained her after class again for another long lecture about potion precision and theoretical spell structure.
Even in the Great Hall she rarely stayed long enough to eat properly.
Which was why, late one evening, Calli walked down a torchlit corridor during Prefect patrol with a book floating open in front of her face.
Her wand hovered beside her temple, keeping her hair tied back in a loose floating ribbon so she could read properly.
She turned a page without even looking up.
"Calli."
Calli didn't stop walking.
"Fred."
Fred Weasley appeared from behind a suit of armor.
Calli glanced at him briefly before returning to her book.
"You're out after curfew."
"So are you."
"I'm a Prefect."
Fred walked backward in front of her.
"You're reading while walking."
"I'm efficient."
Fred leaned sideways to read the title.
"Advanced Defensive Spellwork."
Calli flipped another page.
"O.W.L.s."
Fred stared at her.
"You've been studying for three weeks straight."
Calli shrugged.
Fred reached forward and gently pushed the floating book closed.
Calli stopped walking.
"Fred."
"No."
"I was reading that."
"You've memorized it."
"That's not the point."
Fred suddenly grabbed her wrist.
Calli blinked.
"Fred?"
"Come with me."
"Absolutely not."
Fred started walking anyway, dragging her gently down the corridor.
Calli dug her heels in.
"I am on patrol."
"You are being kidnapped."
"Fred."
"Yes?"
"I will hex you."
Fred grinned over his shoulder.
"You won't."
She didn't.
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Callidora ☆ Fred Weasley
FanfictionCallidora Nott has always known exactly what is expected of her. As the daughter of one of Britain's oldest pure-blood families, her future has already been carefully planned; alliances, power, and a life shaped by tradition she never chose. At home...
