Be Mine, Fred Weasley

Francis and my Fifth Year Begins

I wake up with a jolt. I had another dream, just like the one I had a few months ago. These people were hurting someone, asking for information about someone. Just then I have the vision again,

"NO, no please, not HER, please take me instead!" pleas a woman, whom I cannot see.

"Stand aside, woman. We do not want you."

"NEVER, you will not hurt her! RUN, darling RUN!"

"FOOL! AVADA KA-"

But, then the vision stops. I am on the floor on my hands and knees. My long black hair is draped all around my face so I cannot see my surroundings, but I hear footsteps coming towards me. Someone picks me up and sets me up on the bed.

"BETH! Answer me Beth!" I look up and see Fred holding my face in his hands. "Beth, what's wrong??"

"Nothing, I am fine..." I lie, "Why are you in here?"

He looks at me puzzled. "Beth, what is going on. I was on my way to Ginny's room and I heard screaming coming from yours. I knocked down the door to see you on the floor crying out 'don't kill her, please' over and over again. I thought someone was hurting you!" he says grabbing me in a huge hug. I wrap my arms around him.

"Bad dream. It was just a dream. I've had the same one before. I just cannot remember what it is about. When I wake up all I can remember is a woman and two men fighting, but I have no idea about what." I say still holding onto Fred. He loosens his grip and pulls away as I finish talking.

"It was only a dream, nothing too worry about. But, are you sure you are okay?" he asks looking into my eyes. I nod my head. "Alright,  you should get ready for the day, your Grandmother should be here soon shouldn't she?"

"That's right. I'll be down in a moment, I just need to get some clothes on." And this is when I realize I am in only a oversized shirt and my underwear, my room was super hot last night so I took off my pants to cool down. "OH MY GOSH! FRED! GET OUT! I DON'T HAVE SHORTS ON!" but instead of getting out he looks down and starts laughing! "FRED!" I walk over to where he is standing and push him out of my room. I then close the door  and run to my bathroom to change. How embarrassing!

Now that I have finished changing I run downstairs and order breakfast. The usual of course, but I do mix it up and get eggs  instead of a beagle, they have been tasting stale lately.

I take a seat by George and start to dig in. As I am eating George comes close to me and whispers in my ear, "So, Fred told me what happened, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, just a bad dream." I say. I think George gets the message not to talk about it anymore because he starts to lean away. But, when I think that he is finished he comes close again.

"It's alright, I would have had bad dreams too if I was wearing undergarments that had little owls plastered all over them."

"FRED!" I yell. Fred sees me from across the room and makes a run for it. Meanwhile George is laughing his arse off. I get up from my seat and start making my way towards Fred, when I bump into someone. I look to see who it is. "Grandma?"

To make things short it was indeed my grandmother. She was having trouble reaching my letters, and couldn't send any because where they went muggles were too suspicious about Witches and Wizards, they didn't want to draw attention to themselves. I tell her its fine, just not to do it again, she laughs and we go back to catching up.

"So, dear, tell me. How was your past two summers? I mean school is starting already tomorrow! Have all your books?" she asks me.

"It was great, both of them. And as for school i'm ready to go back. It was fun here, but I did miss the place, I've read all my books by this point so yes, I have them."

"Good, good. Well, now that all the boring stuff is over with, how are things with you boy?"

"Grandma! Fred? Nothing is happening with him. I've told you that. We are just... just friends."

"Well, I have yet to meet your friends, introduce me and I will be heading home, I just wanted to see you before Christmas. You will be coming home for that right?"

"Wouldn't miss it!" I say as I wrap her in a huge hug. Together we walk over to Fred and George and they being talking as they already knew my grandmother, must have been from the stories that I tell them. We sit together for a few hours and finally my grandmother rises and announces she must be leaving.

"Well Francis, it was a pleasure meeting you." says George.

"An honor really." says Fred as he kisses her on the cheek.

Grandmother turns bright red at this and laughs her little heart out. I walk her out of the building and I say my goodbye to her.

"See you Christmas? No skipping this time." I say with a smile.

"Wouldn't miss it." she says kissing me on the cheek. With that she gets into her car and drives off. Part of me was glad to see her, but another part has me wondering, what is going on with my Grandmother. Something was different about her, she looked tired and worried. I don't have the time to worry about that though, if something was wrong she would have told me.She is fine, I am fine, everything is just fine.

And with that final night here in Diagon Alley I pack my trunk and take one final rest, before I load the train back to Hogwarts. Before I know it we are all sitting in out compartment eating snacks and talking about the summer. That's when the train stops.

"What's going on?" I ask.

"No clue, this hasn't happened before." says George.

"Must be an engine problem, we will be on our way in no time." says Lucy. But, as she finishes the lights flicker, and suddenly everything goes black and cold. I see the air leave my mouth in a thick cloud of warm air, and I look out to the hall. I see something move on the outside, when the door opens. A cloaked figure sticks its head inside and then closes the door again.

"What the hell what that?!" says Lee.

"I don't know, but it looked scary." says Lucy.

"It was a Dementor, guard of Azkaban. It was looking for Sirius Black." I say. And as luck would have it as we arrive back to Hogwarts, Dumbledore says that they will be keeping watch over the Castle this year, until Black is found. I have a feeling that they will be here for awhile then, because its been a month already and still  no sign of him. Where could he be hiding?