Not Like The Rest - Fred Weasley x Reader

Chapter 5

Previously on Not Like The Rest...

His screams still ring in my ear as a I fall onto the ground. The world started to slow down, then everything went black.
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I woke up next to Harry. He too fainted once the dementor entered the compartment. Uncle Remus, Ron, and Hermione towered over our bodies lying on the floor. Fear was clearly written across all three of their faces. Once they saw that I became conscious, they were relieved. Harry also awoke beside me.

All I remembered from the event was when the dementor came in and a man's screams. Trying to remember cased me to have a headache.

Uncle Remus came over to me. "Are you alright?" He asked with concern.

"Yeah, I think so." I said rubbing my forehead. "Did anyone else hear that man screaming?" I asked. They all looked at me weird.

"No, no we didn't." Hermione said.

"I heard a woman screaming, not a man." Harry said. Now everyone was confused. Everything was silent for a few minutes until Ron said something.

"I'm sure you guys just had a dream or something while you were passed out." Ron said.

"I'm going to the front of the the train to talk to the conductor, stay here." Uncle Remus said turning towards the door, but then stoped. He pulled out two chocolate frogs from his pocket and hand one to both Harry and I. "Eat this, you'll feel better." Harry and I accepted the chocolate, then Uncle Remus left out the door.

     I slowly open the small box to reveal the treat inside. The frog looked so real that if it wasn't a shiny brown, you would have sworn it was alive. The frog jumped out at me, landing on my shoulder. I giggle, then remove the frog from my body and drop it into my mouth. Chocolate frogs always tasted amazing. The candy was rich and melted in my mouth almost instantaneously. I tried to saver the taste as long as possible. Harry finished his frog a lot sooner than I did.

     I looked into the box and pulled out the card that comes with every frog. This time, I got Godric Gryffindor. I don't usually collect these cards, but I have gotten Godric many times in the past. He's pretty common. Kind of ironic because I'm a Gryffindor.

     After a few more minutes, Uncle Remus returned to the compartment and the train was back up and running. Harry and I were both still on the ground for some apparent reason, so he helped us up and we sat back down.

     "So, everything's fine?" I asked.

     "For now, yes." Uncle Remus replied. We all nod.

     None of us really knew what had just happened to Harry and I. I don't even remember much of what happened. Ron and Hermione were telling us about how Uncle Remus scared the dementor away, but I don't remember any of it. Must have been because I fainted.

—(Time skip brought to you by the common Godric Gryffindor card)—

     The rest of the ride they were talking, but my mind was still focused on the screaming. The screaming consisted of pain and loss, off of what I heard at least. The screams were very familiar as well. I couldn't explain why they were familiar, but all I could do is analyze the sound. This man sounded young, but not too young. His hollering lasted a decent amount of time. Who could it be?

     "What's on your mind, Y/N?" I looked over seeing Ron looking directly at me.

     "Nothing. Just, I'm excited to get back to school." I lied. It was quite obvious, but Ron decided to ignore it.

     The last time he tried to get information out of me, his hair turned pink and his tongue turned purple for a week. Did I get in trouble? Yeah. I had to scrub the kitchen floors without magic. Was it worth it? Definitely. To see the look on his face was priceless. He hated me for a while, but I knew he couldn't stay that way for long.

     "I should go get changed. You guys should too." I said getting up and leaving the compartment with my folded uniform in my arms.

—(Time Skip brought to you by your amazing pranking skills)—

     The train finally arrived at Hogwarts. I stood up, stretched, then gathered my belongings and left through the door. The rest followed me out with their stuff as well. As we went to the carriages, I saw Fred and George approach me obviously concerned.

     Fred looked worse than George. He looked like a mess. His eyes looked full of fear and he looked like he'd just seen 10 of his bogarts in the same room. When he saw me he looked extremely relieved. Once they reached me, they both embraced me in a hug.

     "Are you guys ok?" I ask nervously. They pull away from the hug and look at me in shock.

     "Are we ok?" George asks.

     "You fainted! Ron said that you were out for a good 15 minutes!" Fred shouts. I didn't know I was out that long.

     "Yeah, but I turned out ok. Both of you look like you walked in on your parents 'doing it'." I said using air quotes. They both had a hard time trying not to smile, but continued to baby me.

     "N/N, we were scared!" George yelled falling his arms in the air.

     "Ok, ok, I believe you. Just, please don't act like this at school." I asked. They nodded, then each put one arm round my shoulders while I put my arms around their waists. "Now, ONWARD WE SHALL GO!"

     We all skipped to the carriages yelling at the top of our lungs 'make way for the queen'. Almost everyone within 10 feet of us covered their ears and moves away, giving us a wide path to a carriage.

     We hopped on, then the 'horses' pulled the carriages towards the castle. I've never been told what the 'horses' were, but this year I hope I can learn about them.

     "So, N/N, how was your break?" George asked.

     "Ok. Difficult, but ok." I answered. "How about you?" I asked.

     "The usual. Played quidditch, pulled pranks, did chores, and more." Fred said. "I wish you could've came."

      "I do too Freddie, but you know my Uncle. He doesn't like me gone during break." I said.

     "That's dumb. You're perfectly safe with us..." Fred muttered under his breath. I smile at him, then turn to look at the castle.

I've always loved the castle. It's just so beautiful. Just the small details alone make me hold my breath in awe. I've always loved Hogwarts. It was my home away from home. Boy, what I would give to stay here forever. To stay with the twins, pulling pranks on students, eating food from the kitchen late at night, and of course sneaking out of the castle and sitting down by the Black Lake, admiring its beauty.

Right as I finished my thought about the Black Lake, our carriage came to a stop. I almost fell onto the floor of the carriage during the impact, but managed to keep myself up on the seat. We all got out of the carriage and made our way towards the castle. I couldn't wait for this year!

Hey Guys! So, I just wanted to say that I plan on making the chapters gradually longer as I keep writing. I have a pretty good plan for this story and I hope all of you enjoy! There's not that many people who have read this, but I hope that can change soon! It would be so cool to have this story blow up! Well, I'm done with updating you guys and I'll try to write every chance I get! Bye!