Enchanted [Fred Weasley]

Forty-Three

"You and Reese just pranked the whole school a month ago." Fred said as Grace peered around the corner.

"So?"

"Give me one."

"I'll give you five. Where's George?"

"Caught up in his own detention."

"Without you?"

"I got away." Fred said with a proud smile.

"Leaving a man behind? Fred, how dare you?"

"Just tell me how to use these." Grace smiled and held up one of the square shaped bags. It was about the size of Fred's palm and each one a different color.

"My father sent them to me. Basically, we use Depulso to send them flying, they'll explode in the air causing colored powder to spill from them. Since this one is pink, pink powder would explode. Not the most destructive, but fun to watch."

"Well then, let's get started."

"Watch and learn." Grace put the packet in her right hand and took out her wand. She tossed it up and pointed her wand at it.

"Depulso!" Grace shouted. The pink packet flew down the corridor in front of them. About half way down or exploded, leaving pink powder to fall on the students rushing to their next class.

"It's not harmful in any way shape or form, so don't worry about that." Grace told him.

"Alrighty then, let's get these packets popping." Fred tossed a green one up. "Depulso!" Both Fred and Grace tossed the packets up sending explosions of color onto students. There was blue, pink, orange, purple, red, yellow, and green.

"Alright, that's enough. Let's go!" Grace called. She gathered the remaining packets and began to run the opposite way.

"You two!" Fred and Grace skidded to a a stop. A very colorful Professor  McGonagall stood there with a very colorful Slytherin.

"Well, at least we tried." Grace muttered to Fred.

• • •

"You're lucky your only detention is polishing the trophies!" Professor McGonagall shouted at the two.

"I say we make them do it with a toothbrush." Filch mentioned to her.

"Last time I checked you're not the one giving the detention!" Grace burst into a coughing fit to hide her laughter.

"Sorry." She muttered.

"Tomorrow night report here after curfew!"

"We'll be here." Grace told her. Together the two out.

"I wouldn't care if we had detention the rest of the year! That was brilliant, Grace!" Fred cried once they left her classroom. "I'll have to tell George and we can put them in our shop!"

"Your shop?" But Fred didn't head hear her since he was already heading towards the Gryffindor tower.

• • •

"I better get going or I'll be late for my detention." Grace said as she stood up.

"Have fun at your detention, but not too much fun." Grace spun around to face Reese, who just winked.

"You disgust me."

"Oh blah, blah, blah." Grace rolled her eyes, but couldn't stop anything to conceal her smile.

• • •

"We've been doing this for approximately five minutes and I'm already bored." Grace acknowledged.

"Tsk tsk Grace, you shouldn't complain."

"Oh shut it." Grace said with a laugh.

"Remember last year when you came to my home because your aunt was visiting my father?"

"I do."

"You said you took things too seriously and didn't have the best sense of humor, but look at you now. You went from the girl with the journal to the girl who's always smiling."

"People say that?"

"Well, no, but it's true! See you're smiling right now!" Grave immediately quit smiling, but she just began to laugh.

"Speaking of last year. I noticed pictures of your family members I've never really seen. How many siblings do you have?"

"Well, there's George and I. Then there's Ron, Ginny, Bill, Charlie, and Percy."

"Merlin."

"I know, it's a lot. You're an only child?

"Wasn't supposed to be. Apparently my parents were planning on having another kid, but then that January she passed."

"I just remembered! George has a question for you!"

"He does?"

"What were those things called we used yesterday?"

"Well, I don't know their exact name, but my dad calls them party packets."

"Party packets?"

"He says they'd be great for parties." Grace and Fred laughed. "I was actually thinking of using them when I turn seventeen because you wouldn't be able to use magic go stop me."

"That's not fair woman!"

"All is fair in a love in war, but I guess that's when you're dating someone or something like that." Grace shrugged.

"What are you a poet?"

"Yes, yes I am. I wish we could use magic, this is very time consuming."

"But now you get to spend more time with me!"

"Like I said, wish we could use magic."

"It's bonding time, Grace!"

"Than I suggest we bond another time."

• • •

"How was your 'detention'?" Reese asked when Grace got back.

"It wasn't 'detention,' it was just detention."

"Whatever you say Grace! Are you sure nothing else happened besides cleaning trophies?"

"We talked, that's all."

"Mhmm sure it is."

"Reese!"

"I'm kidding!" Reese cried as she laughed.

"I would hope so." Grace muttered and made her way to the dormitories.

"I was totally not kidding." Reese said once Grace left. "Not kidding at all."