Remember Me [ Fred Weasley ]

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 / 𝑬𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅

{ Song: Welcome Home, Son by Radical Face }

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The conversation that had just taken place in the headmasters office is playing over and over again in my head as I make my way through the corridors towards the Slytherin dungeons. I didn't script anything about my shifting process and how it would affect my life here. At this point I guess anything is possible, but just like Dumbledore had said there is probably no use in worrying yet.

Despite the seriousness of the situation, the excitement about being at Hogwarts fills my whole body as I walk through the corridors. Everything about the surroundings amaze me; the walls decorated with moving portraits, the beautiful details carved in the stone, the tall ceilings and the moving marble stairs.

It's everything I dreamed and more. It's real.

I have no idea how I know my way around the castle so well, but eventually I arrive at the entrance of the Slytherin common room. Once I'm standing in front of the stone wall, I realize that I don't even know the password. That's just perfect, I think to myself, wondering how neither Snape nor Dumbledore thought of the teeny tiny detail that I might need to know how to actually get into my dormitory.

I stand and stare at the wall, considering my very limited options. I could stay here and wait for someone to come along and let them open the entrance, but it would probably come off as quite suspicious and it might backfire if they expect me to open it instead. I could try to guess the password, but I don't even know where to start since it could be more or less anything. After a few moments of thinking I realize that none of these options are likely to successfully get me into the common room, and I decide to leave the dungeons and make the password future me's problem.

I walk up the stairs from the dungeons, even though this goes against Snape's instructions. Students are now walking up and down the stairs, making their way between floors and corridors and I assume this means that the last class of the day is over.

It goes without saying that I'm a little lost, unsure what to do or where to go next. I realize it probably would have been a good idea to script something about what would happen once I'd gotten here. Come to think of it, what did I script?

"Draco" I whisper to myself and my heart skips a beat at the thought of finally seeing him.

If my script actually works we're supposed to be dating, and now I just have to actually find him. I'm obviously unable to get to the common room at the moment, but many of the students seem to be walking towards the Great hall so I decide to do the same.

I'm surprised by how many students are completely unfamiliar to me, but at the same time it's a relief that I don't have to stop and talk to anyone just yet. Everything about this still feels surreal and even though Hogwarts feels more like home than any other place I've been, it's undeniable that it also feels... weird.

I walk through the entrance to the Great hall and I'm sure that people around me can hear my heart pounding inside my chest. It takes every bit of self control that I have to act casual as I make my way down the aisle between the long wooden tables. More than anything I want to stop to admire everything about the Great hall, but it would definitely come off as a strange thing to do to say the least. I don't think I would've gotten away with it without anyone questioning it even if I was a first year student.

When I see the golden trio sitting at one of the tables, only a few steps away from me, I come to a halt and a wide grin spreads across my face.

The first one to notice me is Ron. His face instantly lights up and Hermione, who's sitting opposite him with her back towards me, quickly turns around and gets the same expression of excitement as Ron on her face.