Confident | Fred Weasley

Chapter 12 | Dragons

Sarah found herself being dragged along by George and Fred, as the two brothers proclaimed loudly about how it was extremely important to meet the two people. Today was the day of the challenge, so Fred and George's mother and eldest brother, Molly and Bill had come to support Harry.

Fred and George were eager for Sarah to meet them and she couldn't lie, she was too. After having met Charlie and Hallie several days ago, she couldn't wait to meet the other Weasley's.

"I'm so sorry if mum starts gushing over you, she does that quite often - " Fred told her, sharing a look with George, who nodded in agreement.

"Oh, don't worry," Sarah chided, a small laugh leaving her lips.

"Actually, whilst we're alone, I need to ask you guys something," Sarah continued. Fred and George's heads snapped in her direction, clearly interested in what she was to say next.

"Go on?" George urged.

"Why do you both have boxes tied around your necks?" Sarah reached across, lifting Fred's box to eyelevel. Scratched into the ageing wood, it said 'Bets'.

"Oh, you see, we're betting on what's going to happen in the first challenge," Fred replied, a smug smile appearing on her face.

"That's wild! Where'd you get the idea from, then?" Sarah's eyes flickered between the boys, her mouth agape in shock.

"The World cup! Ludo Bagman was doing bets. We did a bet and won," George said casually, whilst Sarah tried to wrap her head around it.

"Hold on. That game was won by the Irish, but Bulgaria caught the snitch. That means you would've had to predict that would've happened!" Sarah gasped, running a hand through her hair. Fred and George shared a look.

"You have no faith in us?" Fred asked.

"Clearly not what I said," Sarah replied with a roll of her eyes.

"Mmhm!" Fred muttered, whilst Sarah continued to work things out.

"Alright, did you use the predicting potion, or liquid luck?" Sarah asked the two, but was met by two shakes of the head.

"Are you implying that we cheated?" George teased, making Fred laugh.

"Using those potions isn't cheating if nobody knows about it - " Sarah began.

" - Miss Copper!" Fred exclaimed, staring at her in shock.

"Mr Weasley!" Sarah replied in the same tone, shaking her head in amusement.

"I honestly don't know why I'm shocked, I should be used to this," George sighed, causing Fred and Sarah to laugh.

The three made it to the Quidditch stadium, which was empty except for the family of Champions sitting in the stands. Fred and George led the way towards a small huddle of redheads.

"Fred!" Molly Weasley called cheerfully, pulling her son into a hug.

"No, I'm George."

"Oh, sorry," Molly replied, hugging her other son and patting his cheek gently.

Finally, Molly's eyes landed upon Sarah, who'd previously been staring down the twins to see if they were lying about who was who.

"You must be Sarah!" Molly began, approaching Sarah with a kind smile on her face.

"Yeah, that's me. It's nice to meet you, Mrs Weasley - " Sarah cut herself off as she pulled into a bone crushing hug by none other than Molly.

"It's so lovely to finally meet you too, dear. Fred and George have been telling me lots about you," The redheaded woman said. Sarah glanced at Fred and George.