a fred weasley love story(hp fanfic)

chapter 2-flashback to 1st yr (part 2)

Once we approach the castle we go our separate ways. As I make my way towards the crowd I find myself thinking about Fred and the way whenever I caught him looking at me he’d bite his lower lip, when I bumped into a boy with messy black hair and big glasses. I apologize and introduce myself. He tells me his name is Harry Potter then he introduces me to his friend, who I hadn’t noticed was standing awkwardly to the side, as Ron. After I ask Harry if he really has a scar, we agree to share a boat up the lake to the castle and I tell Ron how his brother saved me and I advice him to be very careful and to watch his back when it comes to them this year. He doesn’t look shocked at all and explains that he had a feeling they would do something like that and thanks me for the heads up.

The first years as a group are told to wait at the top of a staircase, as were waiting I look around thinking when my thoughts are interrupted by a boy saying “the rumors are true then, Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts.” I look around and discover the voice is Draco. He walks up to harry putting out his hand and introducing himself. Ron lets out a little chuckle and Draco looks mad. “Think my names funny do you? No need to ask you yours, red hair and hand-me-down robes, you must be a Weasley.”

I step up and say “leave him alone Draco.”

Draco looks stunned, he had convinced himself that I had chickened out and didn’t come. “Charlie I thought you missed the train or chickened out knowing you couldn’t be a good witch. Guess I was wrong.” Giving me a disgusted look he turns to harry. “You’ll soon find some wizarding families are better than others, I can help you there.”

“I think I can figure that out myself thanks.” Harry says just as rude. At that moment Mccongall comes back telling us their ready.

We walk into this huge room with four long tables. I spot Fred and George immediately and wave, Draco watches this and gets royally pissed at the thought of me being nice to the family he had bashed over and over in his letters.  We are called one by one to a chair in the very front of the room to be sorted. Draco is called first he’s put in slytherin. I’m called next, I try and be brave, the hat puts me in Gryffindor, I get a huge round of applause from Fred, George, and lee as I join the table and Fred puts his arm round my shoulders (much to Draco’s dismay).

That night in the common room Fred, George, Harry, Ron and I stay up and swap stories of our childhood. They even convince me to show them  my animagus form. Fred, George, and Ron telling us wizarding stuff, Harry and I tell them what muggles are like. Fred asks me why my parents never told me I was a wizard. I hesitate before I answer.

“I’ve never met my parents, they’re both in Azkaban.” I said picking at something on my pjs.

“Are you serious? What’d they do?” Ron asks in shock

‘I don’t know. All Snape told me was they were followers of the dark lord and when he was defeated they were arrested.” I explained. “Can we drop it, I'm going to bed.”

The next morning I completely ignore Fred, every time I see him I turn the other way and act like I didn’t hear him calling my name. He finally corners me in the library that Friday.

“Why have you been avoiding me? Did I do something to make you mad?” he asks worried

“No I’ve just been really busy” I lie

He sees right through me and says “is it because your parents are in Azkaban because they were death eaters?”

I start to cry as he says the last 2 words. He hugs me and says “I don’t care what they did. It’s not your fault they did that. Don’t let it bother you.”

“But it does bother me. Harry went off on me the first day before we went down to breakfast because my parents are the reason his are dead.”

“He’s a git if he blames you for what your parents did. And it’s not their fault his parents are dead, the dark lord killed them his self.”

Fred’s still hugging me when Draco rounds the corner with the books we need for our project. Fred looks mad but when I explain what we were doing he calms down, he kisses my forehead and says he’ll see me in the common room.

That night I go to professor Dumbledore and ask him what he knows of my parents, he says he knows my mother’s name was Katrina Malfoy when she was at school but when she graduated and refused to marry the man her parents had chosen for her she was disowned. She wanted to marry my father but Dumbledore said he didn’t know who he was. I asked him if there was any way I could meet my mother and he said he would set up a day over the summer. Then on my way to the common room I ran into harry Ron and Hermione, I asked harry if we could talk.

“look I'm sorry about what happened to your parents but it wasn’t because my parents, my mother was already in Azkaban before your parents died. I cant change who my family is but if I could change what they did I would.” I said

“I understand that. I'm sorry I went off on you like that but when you mentioned the dark lord you didn’t even seemed phased that he killed my parents.” He replied.

“I'm sorry but for a moment I forgot who was responsible for their death.”

“It’s ok, I forgive you.” We hug and walk up the stairs into a door we’ve never seen, Hermione says it’s the third floor which Dumbledore said was off limits, we go to turn back when filchs cat blocks our way out we take off running to a door. The doors locked, Hermione pulls out her wand and says “Aloha Mora” and it opens up. We find out just why the door was locked, a three headed dog was inside.

The rest of the year is spent with us trying to figure out what is under the dog and us going in the trap door only to come across voldemort.

When school is over Dumbledore tells me that I am to stay with a wizard family that has been trying to have kids but are unable. He also tells me that he will come retrieve me on June 25th to go see my mother.

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