Arielle: The Girl Who Changed

Chapter 15

(A/N this chapter is literally all about the World Cup so you can skim through, but there's an important scene in here so don't completely skip this chapter please!)

It was the 24th of August 1994, and all around the Weasley household, energy buzzed. It was the day before the Quidditch World Cup Final that was being held in England. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity to go, especially with the seats Arthur Weasley had managed to get from his job at the Ministry. They all had seats in the Top Box, the best seats in the house, and Arielle couldn't wait to get there and see the action between the two teams in the finals. Bulgaria and Ireland. Both were top notch teams, clearly or else they wouldn't be in the Finals, but Arielle was rooting for Ireland to win.

It was half past 5 o'clock and Arielle sat on the living room couch watching as Fred, George, Ron, and Mr. Weasley lined up to use the Floo Network to go get Harry Potter from his aunt and uncle's house for the Quidditch World Cup. Mr. Weasley went in first, the green flames always startling her as they took Mr. Weasley away. Next went Fred, then George, and last but not least Ron.

When they were all gone, Arielle looked out the window for an owl response from one of her best friends, Cedric. Stuck in her thoughts, Arielle was startled by Ginny and Hermione as they snuck up on her, Ginny shouting, "Whatcha looking for?" She jumped and let out a small scream that caused Mrs. Weasley to turn the corner from where she had been to check on them.

"Bloody hell you two, tryin to scare me to death?" Arielle said.

"Well not to death," Hermione laughed, "Remember what you said last summer?"

"Yes, that only a Killing Curse will get rid of me," Arielle smiled, "But what I'm doing is waiting for my owl to come back."

"Oh yes, another letter from Cedric," Ginny said and fake swooned.

"Just Cedric. Just Cedric, Ginny," Arielle laughed.

"Right, right, just Cedric," Ginny said as Hermione laughed and shook her head.

Suddenly while they hadn't been paying attention, Fred Weasley came back out of the fire, followed by George and a school trunk, and then right after, Ron. Fred and George suddenly high fived when the trunk was set down, "Now that should sort the little git out," Fred said.

"What happened? What did you two do this time?" Ginny asked, a slight smirk on her face knowing it was more than likely another one of the twins famous pranks.

"Harry's cousin," George said.

"I 'accidentally' dropped a few of our Ton-Tongue Toffees at Harry's aunt and uncle's," Fred continued.

"If all goes to plan, the kid will more than likely eat one," George interrupted his brother.

"And then-" Fred laughed.

"Boom," they both said at once.

"If the candy works, he will have his tongue be over a foot long and the color of whatever toffee he chose," George said smiling.

"And then we will finally know if they work," Fred said as Harry flew out of the fire, "Did he eat it? Fred asked excitedly, holding out a hand to help Harry up off the ground.

"Yeah, what was it?" Harry asked.

"Ton-Tongue Toffee, George and I invented them, been looking all summer for someone to test them out on," Fred said brightly and looked at the group of girls on the couch in the other room and they all started laughing. Harry looked around and saw sitting at the table George, Ron, Bill and Charlie.

Bill and Charlie introduced themselves, but before anyone could say anything else, there was a popping sound and Mr. Weasley appeared out of thin air into the small kitchen, "That wasn't funny, Fred!" Mr. Weasley shouted, "What did you give that boy?"