Gryffindor Girl

Page 3 | Chapter 2

     Lucy spun faster and faster, elbows tucked tightly into her sides, blurred fireplaces flashing past her until she started to feel sick and closed her eyes. When she felt herself slowing, she held out her arms and stopped, falling into her kitchen floor. She coughed and blew ash out of her face. She looked up to see Fred holding his hand out. She took it graciously and stood up. A few seconds later, Ron and George fell out of the fireplace. They chattered for a few seconds before Harry popped out. 

     Fred took a step towards him and held out his hand. "Did he eat it?" he asked excitedly, pulling Harry to his feet.

     "Yeah," said Harry, straightening up. "What was it?"

     "Ton-Tongue Toffee," said Fred brightly. "George and I invented them, and we've been looking for someone to test them on all summer." Lucy snorted as she then remembered that that was how she recognized them.

     Before any of them could say anything else, there was a faint popping noise, and Mr. Weasley appeared out of thin air at George's shoulder. He was looking angrier than Lucy had ever seen him.

     "That wasn't funny Fred!" her father shouted. "What on earth did you give that Muggle boy?"

     "I didn't give him anything," said Fred, defending himself. "I just dropped it. It was his fault he went and ate it, I never told him to."

     "You dropped it on purpose!" yelled Mr. Weasley. "You knew he'd eat it, you knew he was on a diet-"

     "How big did his tongue get?" George asked eagerly, interrupting their father. Lucy nodded in agreement, "Yeah, dad, how big?"

     "It was four feet long before his parents would let me shrink it!" Everyone started laughing again.

     "It isn't funny!" Mr. Weasley shouted. "That sort of behavior seriously undermines wizard-Muggle relations! I spend half my life campaigning against the mistreatment of Muggles, and my own sons

     "We didn't give it to him because he's a Muggle!" said Fred indignantly.

     "No, we gave it to him because he's a great bullying git," said George. "Isn't he, Harry?"

     "Yeah, he is, Mr. Weasley," said Harry earnestly.

     "That's not the point!" raged Mr. Weasley. "You wait until I tell your mother -"

     "Tell me what?" said a voice behind them. Lucy whipped around to see that her mother had just entered the kitchen. "Oh hello, Harry, dear," she said, spotting him and smiling. Then her eyes snapped back to her husband. "Tell me what, Arthur?"

     Mr. Weasley hesitated. Lucy could tell that no matter angry he was with Fred and George, he hadn't really intended to tell their mother what had happened. Behind Mrs. Weasley, Lucy saw Ginny appear. She smiled at Harry, who smiled back, she then turned a very bright red. Lucy had known that she had been infatuated with Harry ever since he first came to their home.

     "Tell me what, Arthur?" Mrs. Weasley repeated, in a dangerous sort of voice.

     "It's nothing, Molly," mumbled Mr. Weasley, "Fred and George just - but I've had words with them -" While the two of them bickered, Lucy turned to her older brother, Ron.

     "Why don't we show Harry where he's sleeping, Ron?" She tried to give him a look that signaled that they needed to leave the room. 

     "He knows where he's sleeping," said Ron, "in my room, he slept there last -" Lucy interrupted him. 

     "We can all go," She glared at him, trying to get him to understand what she was meaning.

     "Oh," said Ron, finally understanding. "Right." He took a step forward, grabbing Harry's arm and pulling him towards the stairs.

     "Yeah, we'll come too," said George, taking a step after them. He stopped immediantly when their mother yelled at him.

     "You stay where you are!" snarled Mrs. Weasley.

     The rest of the kids made their way up the stairs, all dying to get away from their mother. She was very scary when she was mean. 

    "What were they talking about?" Harry asked as they climbed. Ron, Ginny and Lucy all explained Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes to Harry, basically telling him that the twins wanted to start a joke shop, but their parents didn't approve. 

     For the rest of the evening, all the kids hung out in Ron's room. Fred and George joined them soon after that. They joked around for a few hours before they decided that they should go to bed. Ginny and Lucy said their goodbyes and departed to their own room. As Lucy was falling asleep, she couldn't help but think of what was going to happen the next day. They were going to the Quidditch World Cup! She'd never been to anything like it.

A/N: Yes, I use words from the actual book. I'm sorry if that seems unoriginal, I just really wanted canon interactions. Plus, it makes the pages longer!! In one of the next updates, there will be some Draco/Lucy interaction so beware!!