American Teen [George Weasley Love Story]

Attacked

I was right about the quidditch thing. At first, McGonagall was just going to give them a shit ton of detention, which is fine. But then Umbride stepped in with Educational Decree number 7890000000 which says she now has control over any punishment given, which means things are about to get a lot worse. I already had a lot of people coming to me to get the potion that helps with the blood quill, but that number will probably rise. Anyways, Umbridge decided that George, Fred, and Harry are banned from quidditch for life.

Angelina was a mess when she found out. Luckily, she still had a keeper and all three chasers. I think that kept her sane. We had to hold tryouts again, and it was terrible. We decided Ginny will be our replacement seeker, and chose a different reserve chaser. She's really good, so that raised Angelinas spirits. The beaters are another story. George and Fred were not only strong, but strategic. They could launch bludgers, sure, but they were able to aim well and hit their target 9/10 times. These new beaters can barely manage to hit a bludger at all.

But the worse thing to come out of this is that I had a fight with George. It was our first fight as a couple. I was just sitting in the common room talking about the tryouts with Ginny when he came in.

"You know, I thought we'd be worth more to you than a quidditch position." He growled at me.

"what?" I was genuinely confused.

"You just stood there while Malfoy attacked our parents! You tried to hold me back! You said nothing and did nothing!" He yelled.

"I did nothing because I didn't want to get in trouble, George. Also, I don't condone physical fighting unless someone else started it. You knew he was trying to provoke you and you attacked him anyways! It's not my fault, and I have nothing to apologize for. I will gladly stick up for you any second of any day, and I think you know that. But I won't start ganging up on someone just because they're being a pretentious asshole. I've punched someone before, yes, but that was because he had tackled my best friend and was trying to punch her. If that had happened, I would've fought back in a second. Now I'm going to leave, and you aren't going to follow me. And you are going to calm down and think about your actions before you try and accuse me of being a coward again." I started to walk away before he could make a bigger scene, but he stopped me.

"You would have done the same if he attacked your parents, Margaret." He called me by my full name which is how I know he was mad.

"Actually, that depends. If it was my father, I would have joined in. If I knew they were provoking me, like you did, I would have made a fantastically witty comment, as I do, or just walked away. If it was my mom, I'd be pissed. I'll give you that. But I would just walk away, mostly because any mention of my mom makes me want to cry since oh I don't know, she was kidnapped almost 6 months ago and I haven't heard from her. I honestly don't know if she's alive anymore. In fact, I wish Malfoy started attacking me parents because rumor is my mom is at his house. And that would tell me if she's alive or not. So, there you have it George. Now I need to go because I want to stay in control of my temper, and I'm about to punch you in the face" I change my course from my dorm to the portrait hole, wanting to escape. I didn't know where to go where the twins wouldn't find me. Plus, it was late and almost curfew. So I went to the bathroom and cried.

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A few nights later, I was sitting in front of the fire in the common room. I do that when I can't sleep, which is a lot. I'm constantly plagued by nightmares. By now, I can usually find my way back to sleep. But sometimes they get me so bad I can't. This one was about my mom. I saw her lying in pain, a pool of blood surrounding her. My father was standing over her. Every time I tried to cry out her name, I heard a shrill voice come out that says 'you must respect those in authority'. Subtle.

That's where I was when I saw Ron carrying a very pale Harry down the stairs.

"It's okay, Harry. I'll go get McGonagall." Ron told Harry.

"Why do you need McGonagall?" I asked. This caused Ron to jump; he hadn't seen me yet.

"Nothing." Ron said.

"Ron, I'm part of the order, remember? And I know every secret passage in this school. I'll go get her. You should stay here with him." I turned to leave.

"Margaret, Harry said he saw my dad get attacked somewhere by a snake. He says he's badly injured. Please hurry." I could hear Ron's plea in his voice.

"I will, but if this is true you might want to wake everyone up to save time." With that I hurried out of the portrait hole, rushing to McGonagall's door.

"What is the meaning of this, Margaret? Is something wrong?" She sounded genuinely concerned for me. I took a deep breath, everything will be alright. She calls me by my first name when we're alone now that she basically acts as my therapist every Friday.

"It's Harry. He says he had some vision that a snake attacked Mr. Weasley. He seems really sure and he's all pale and sweaty. I told Ron to wake up the other Weasleys in case you needed to talk to them." McGonagall's eyes went wide.

"Let's go to the common room."

When we got there, all the Weasley boys were sitting there in a circle. They looked distraught. Harry looked like he was going to pass out. Then I remembered, Ron couldn't reach Ginny.

"I'll go get Ginny."

"Thank you, Miss Hughes." I heard her talk to Harry while I sprinted up to Ginny's dormitory.

"Ginny, Ginny wake up"

"huh?"

"You need to come with me, I'll explain later."

With that we ran downstairs, the urgency in my voice obvious. McGonagall then rushed us all to Dumbledore's office. Harry described the attack to everyone, leaving us all in shock. Then Dumbledore's pheonix started to...cry? I guess that's the best word for it.

"Minerva, that's the alarm. She knows they're out of bed. Tell her any story but stop her from coming here right now." McGonagall practically sprinted out the door. "You all will be traveling by portkey. The floo network and apparating is being closely monitored right now."

"What about me, Professor?" I asked. It didn't feel right going with everyone. I had only met their father this past summer and I was only here because of a nightmare.

"Nonsense, Mags. You're coming with us" Fred said.

"But I barely know your father. I was only awake because of a dream. I'm not supposed to be here." I told him back.

"Miss Hughes, It would be wise for you to go with them now that you are here. I will arrange to have your stuff brought there. Besides, you are part of the order and I'm sure the Weasley's would appreciate having you." I saw a twinkle in his eyes.

"Please, Mags. I need you" I barely heard George, but it was there. I had never seen him so upset before. So, relunctantly, I grabbed onto the portkey and felt myself being transported.