FORTY TWO

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"What did you put for question ten?" My eyebrows furrow as we leave the hall, Daphne and I had completed almost all of our newts now. "Um ten? The severing charm I think." Daphne's eyes widen and she snaps her hand over her mouth, "oh no you're right, I've failed." I smile slightly and link our arms, "you haven't failed, it may have just been one mistake." I try and assure her, "ok what did you get for-"

"Daphne let's not dissect the exam please, it was annoying enough to sit once, besides what's done is done now you can't change anything and it won't make you feel better." She sighs, "you're right, what can we do that'll take my mind off it." Before I can answer the twins come running past us. "What did you do?" I ask already knowing by the looks on their faces. "No time to tell you." George says not even slowing his pace. "she's chasing us, so you haven't seen us." Fred says stopping to kiss my cheek a second before they both disappear.

Daphne and I share a glance as Umbridge and Filch come running up to us. "Where are they?" She screeches through a pant, "I um, where are who?" I ask as Daphne also feigns confusion, "you know." I shake my head, "Miss we're not mind readers." Daphne says making her scowl at us. "The twins, have you seen them?" We shake our heads. "Don't lie!" Umbridge snaps her voice breaking, "well we have seen them." I start, "yes?" She asks eagerly. "But not today of course." Her face drops at Daphne's words.

"Oh wait actually I think they did just run past." I say making her stop as she was just about to go in the direction that they had. "You did?" She asks excitedly, "oh yes actually." Daphne says making her glance at us expectantly as we remain silent. "Well?" I fake confusion, "well what?" Her toadish eyes bulge. "Which way did they go?" Daphne and I glance at each other and smirk, "that way." We both say pointing in different directions. "They split up?" We shake our heads, "oh no sorry they ran off very much together, must've been this way." We say switching the directions we had been pointing in, "or maybe it was that way." We say switching to the directions we had originally pointed in, making her face swell as it floods red.

"Useless! Absolutely useless! The two of you are no help whatsoever! I don't have time for this I will have to deal with them later! And the two of you get to class!" She heaves before storming off with me Filch as she has to get the hall ready for the fifth years owls. We laugh when we're sure that she's gone. "Her face was priceless." Daphne giggles. "That was brilliant!" We turn to see Harry Ron and Hermione stood behind us. "Very clever." Hermione praises, "her face was bloody hilarious." Ron chimes, "do you know what your brothers did?" I ask wondering why she had chased them so urgently. "We set off a portable swamp." I jump as they appear behind us. "A portable swamp?" Daphne asks in interest.

"Should've pushed her in it." We say in unison laughing once we realise we'd said the same thing. "Dont you guys have an exam to be getting to?" I ask the three younger students making Hermione's eyes widen. "Yes we do thank you!" She says before pulling the boys along with her.

"Speaking of exams how did yours go?" George asks, "not great." Daphne says absentmindedly, "who was talking to you?" I smile as I look between them, George smirks finally using Daphne's line back on her, enjoying how her face flushes. "I uh-" George laughs, "I'm just kidding what went wrong?" Fred and I share a glance as they speak. "How didn't you find it?" Fred asks me making me shrug, "ok I guess, I forgot a dee things and had to guess but I think I did ok." I had worked hard for all the exams that I had done so I had to have faith in myself whatever happened, happened, there was nothing I could do now.

"I'm sure you did great." He grins, "I hope." He slings an arm around me, "I know you did, after all that work you put into it, it'd be impossible for you not to get all O's." I smile at his encouragement, "well don't jinx me I've still got my potions next week, it's like they saved the worst till last." He shrugs, "you're good at potions though." He assures me, "yeah when you're not blowing them up." He laughs, "that was only like three times get over it." I push him slightly, "you burned my eyebrows off." I say making him laugh harder at the memory. "Well they grew back didn't they?" I shake my head with a smile, "luckily for you."

"Fred it's time." George says after checking the time, "time for what?" I question confused, "we have a little leaving surprise planned for the headmistress." My eyebrows furrow, "you're leaving already?" Fred had already told me of their plan to leave Hogwarts early especially since the toad was headmistress but I wasn't expecting it to be so soon. "Better late than never, plus we've got the shop all set up now." I nod, "well then, good luck." I smile seeing their excitement. "Don't need it but thank you." I laugh, "come and watch the show." They say as they get their brooms ready Daphne and I look at each other and nod.

"See you soon." Fred says kissing me, "see you soon." I say before he mounts his broom, they burst into the hall and disrupt the exam by throwing their magical fireworks all around. It was pretty fantastic to watch everyone was laughing and having fun everyone except umbridge who looked afraid and overwhelmed with all the chaos. I can't help the loud loud laughter when they set a firework dragon on her. She runs her eyes wide and afraid as we all laugh our heads off, she totally deserved this. The best part was when the dragon devoured her.

"We won't be seeing you," Fred told Professor Umbridge as he and George flew over her and towards the door, "Yeah, don't bother to keep in touch," said George as they lead the students outside. Fred looked around at the assembled students, and at the silent, watchful crowd.
"If anyone fancies buying a Portable Swamp, as demonstrated up- stairs, come to number ninety-three, Diagon Alley — Weasleys' Wiz- arding Wheezes," he said in a loud voice. "Our new premises!"

"Special discounts to Hogwarts students who swear they're going to use our products to get rid of this old bat," added George, pointing at Professor Umbridge, the twins throw a few more fireworks and Fred winks at me as the crowd erupt into loud cheers and they fly away out of school forever.

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