The next morning, Calli didn't see Fred at breakfast.
That by itself wasn't enough to worry her.
Fred and George were hardly famous for keeping normal schedules. They could have overslept, been finishing orders, blown something up before breakfast or simply decided that getting out of bed wasn't worth facing the last day of classes.
Then they didn't appear in Charms.
Calli kept glancing towards the door.
Their seats remained empty.
"Where are they?" She whispered.
Lucy looked over.
"No idea."
"Did they say anything to either of you?"
Stella shook her head.
"No."
Calli frowned.
Fred had walked her back to the Slytherin common room last night. He'd been perfectly fine.
She thought about the little music box tucked safely inside her dorm.
Maybe he had been caught out after curfew.
Except that didn't explain something else Calli began noticing throughout the morning.
Harry wasn't around either.
Neither was Ron.
Or Ginny.
By lunch, Calli's unease had become genuine worry.
Four Weasleys and Harry had disappeared from Hogwarts overnight.
That wasn't a coincidence.
And Hermione looked just as concerned.
Calli spotted her only briefly across the Great Hall, but before she could reach her, Hermione vanished into the crowd.
Something had happened.
Calli knew it.
Unfortunately, her final lesson before the Christmas break was Defence Against the Dark Arts.
Umbridge's classroom was the last place she wanted to be while already anxious and irritable.
She spent the entire lesson staring at the same page of Defensive Magical Theory without absorbing a single word.
When the bell finally rang, Calli shoved the book into her bag.
She had almost reached the door.
"Miss Nott."
Her shoulders stiffened.
Of course.
Calli slowly turned.
"Professor?"
Umbridge sat behind her desk, smiling that horrible smile.
"One moment, dear."
Lucy and Stella stopped outside the classroom.
Calli could see them waiting.
"I couldn't help noticing that two members of your year were absent from lessons today."
Calli's stomach tightened.
"Several students are absent from lessons every day."
Umbridge's smile sharpened.
"Fred and George Weasley."
Calli kept her expression blank.
"What about them?"
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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...
