The January air was cold, frost covered everything. Every night, tons upon tons of snow came down. The black lake was frozen. You could see students ice skating on the lake from my dormitory window. I wish I knew how to ice skate, I know the basics, but I haven't done it in so long. I never used proper skates before, either, I used my flat shoes to slide.
I told Fred about my ice skating issues when I was working on the next Saturday. Couples were on the ice, girls pretending that they are no good so the boys would help them out, and the boys weren't all that great.
"You never properly went ice skating?" said Fred in false sympathy.
"Oh, shut it, " I laughed and hit his arm, "I missed out on important childhood memories, for all I know I could be a pro ice skating person if I really went ice skating!"
"Would you like to find out? " asked Fred, a childish grin creeping up on his face.
"Fred, we both know I have no hope to be a pro ice skater person, " I said sadly.
"Would you like to go ice skating right now? " Fred asked me.
"Sure, that would be great, but I don't have-"
"I can go get some skates, I'll be right back!" said Fred as he hurried off.
Wow he was excited. I sat under a leaf-less tree, waiting for Fred told come back. I watched the couples fall over and pull the other down with them. When someone got off the ice, I would sell them the latest Weasley product. It was similar to the Muggle version of Hot Pockets, but they stayed warm for a month.
The Weasley sold them in packs if ten, for 3 Galleons. They've sold nearly 20 in the last hour. Yes, they were getting very popular, and rich. Soon, they will have enough money to leave Hogwarts and start the joke shop.
Fred came running down the hill carrying two pairs of ice skates twenty minutes later.
"Here, I found proper skates!" cried Fred proudly.
"Oh, cool," I said as I put the skates on. They fit snugly.
"Those are Ginny's, she never uses them, she won't notice that they are missing," Fred said, standing up, then reaching for my hand to help me get up. I grabbed it, I was wobbly on the this metal, but with Fred's help, I got to the edge of the ice.
Fred stepped on the ice, and started to skate, he made it look easy. I stepped onto the ice, determined not to fall. I put one foot forward, and promptly landed on my bum.
Fred laughed and skated over to me, and helped me up.
"Keep holding onto my hands, you won't fall," Fred grabbed both my hands and skated backwards, pulling me along. We probably looked like fools, but I didn't care.
"Do you think your pro yet? " he asked me.
"No! " I laughed.
"Well, it's hard for my to keep skating backwards, so I'm going to let go of one hand, so we will both be facing the same direction, okay? " Fred told me. I was scared, not that I would fall, but that I would hurt Fred.
We did the transition easily. It was getting easier for me to skate, I broke away from Fred and started to go around the lake on my own.
"Trying to get away from me, are you?" asked Fred, skating up behind me.
"No, just trying to see how long I can do this before falling..." I said, suddenly slipping and slipping backwards onto my butt.
"Not very long, huh?" asked Fred, helping me up.
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Lily Potter (Harry Potter's Twin)
Fanfiction"Awful things happen to wizard who've meddle with time, Harry." Lily Potter had never given any thought to how different she was to the other parent-less children at the orphanage. Weird things would happen to her, but she never gave it much though...
