by your side ~ fred weasley

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You were scared.

No.

That was an understatement.

You were terrified out of your mind. The order was moving Harry to the burrow, but to keep him safe, everyone was taking a Polyjuice Potion to look exactly like him, including you.

The twins walked in and you were relieved. You've known those two for as long as you can remember, and being around them always calmed your nerves. You went over to them, gave them each a hug, and stood by them.

As soon as everyone arrived, Professor Moody stormed into the room, and began to tell everyone the plan.

"Harry, you're still underage, which means you've still got the Trace on you," Mad-Eye said, looking over at him.

"The Trace?" Harry asked.

"You sneeze and the Ministry will know who wipes your nose. Point is, we have to use those means of transport the Trace can't detect: brooks, thestrals, and the like. We'll go in pairs. That way if anyone's out there waiting for us - and I reckon there will be - they won't know which Harry Potter is the real one." Mad-Eye pulled out a bottle from his jacket.

"The real one?" Harry looked puzzled.

Moody opened the bottle with a mischievous grin. "I believe you're familiar with this particular brew."

"No! Absolutely not!" Harry argued, furrowing his brows.

After the argument, that was quickly ended by Hermione just ripping a piece of hair off of Harry's head, everyone prepared to drink the potion.

"For those of you who haven't taken Polyjuice Potion before, fair warning. It tastes like goblin piss," Mad-Eye states, walking over to you, Fred, and George.

"Have a lot of experience with that, do you, Mad-Eye?" Fred joked, taking the potion from him.

Professor Moody gave him the angriest glare.

"Just trying to diffuse the tension," Fred added awkwardly, taking a sip of the potion. You stifled a giggle and Fred gave you a quick wink in response that made your heart leap.

You didn't always have a crush on Fred. You used to only see him as a friend. But slowly, you began to fall for him and his antics and pranks. The night you had detention with Umbridge when she was in charge, he comforted you and held you when you cried. He was always there for you.

"Come on, (Y/N). Bottoms up," George said, handing you the potion after he had taken a sip.

You caught a whiff of the scent from the potion and gagged. You held your nose and quickly downed a sip of the concoction, shuddering as it went down. You passed it to the next person.

Finally, everyone had taken a sip, and morphed into Harry.

Everyone had stripped down and changed into clothes Harry would wear and Mad-Eye began pairing everyone up. You were paired to leave with your father, Remus Lupin.

~*~

It was time to leave, and you became scared again. You began to walk out of the house but someone grabbed your hand. You looked back and saw Harry.

Well, everyone looked like Harry.

"Who are you?" You asked.

"Are you (Y/N)?" the clone questioned back.

"Yes, who are you?" You repeated.

"It's Fred!"

"Oh, hey, Freddie. Everything alright?"

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