first year.
You had woken up early. Far earlier than what you normally wake up at. Though you had very Vaild reason to wake up with out even thinking of whining about how early it was.
It's the day you go to Hogwarts.
You were in a half blood family. Your dad was a wizard, while your mom was a muggle. She found out after awhile of them dating, once she didn't leave and loved him even more, he soon after asked her to marry him, then boom, you arrived.
You had a good relationship with your parents, your dad was always telling you about magic and such and you've heard nothing but great things about Hogwarts, which made you get up so early today. you where excited to experience it. You swung your feet over bed, but your feet didn't touch the floor. Instead they where dangling off the side. This wasn't because your a short 11 year old though, this was because you slept on the top bunk.
"Mornin Sami!", you beamed while you jumped off your bed and land on the ground with a thud Sam, on the bottom bunk, groans and puts a pillow over there head.
You look over, "Sam, wake up now would ya? we gotta get ready! we go to Hogwarts today!" At this, Sam shoots straight up, smile now stretched on their face. They were just as excited to go to Hogwarts as you were.
Sam wasn't your sibling though, you were technically an only child. Sam was actually your cousin. They live with you because when you were both babies, Sams parents never made it home from a business trip..you could've swore you've heard your parents talking about it being from the dark Lord..but you never asked about it cuz in all honesty..you rather wouldn't know unless it was 100% true
and Sam felt the same way, they didn't wanna believe rumors.
Your dad was quick to take in baby Sam, he had always told his brother if something had happened to him, he'd take care of his child and vise versa. So now, 11 years later, you've been stuck with them. Though, you didn't mind it at all.
You and Sam had become inseparable. You two did everything together, it was weird seeing one of you without the other. Sam was your absolute best friend as you were theirs. If one of you had a bad idea, the other would happily support and do it right with you.
"HOGWARTS!" Sam shouts, jumping outta bed and quick to the closet to pick out a pair of clothes for the day.
You follow their lead and get your outfit for the day, once done, you both race to the bathroom, slightly pushing eachother out the way so one could get to the sink first. They won the race and had the majority of the mirror. leaving you stuck trying to look at yourself through the mirror behind them. Sam brushes their hair and teeth, smiling brightly in the mirror once they were done. You look at them for a second before you put your hand on their face shoving them out the way, you where tired of trying to look through them.
They stumble a bit then look at you as you finish up brushing your own teeth. They blink before shoving you back. You stumble and turn your head to meet their gaze. In the blink of an eye, they dash out the door, you quickly following behind them.
See, the two of you fought alot, but it wasn't fighting fighting. It was more play fighting. You two hardly ever really fought. You had arguments here and there, though it never lasted.
Sam dashes into the kitchen, which quickly catches your mom's attention. She watches as you chase after, the two of you running in circles around her. She cant help but sigh, but wears a soft tired smile. "you two better not break anything- you know what, no, get to the table. breakfast."
But you didn't hear her, the two of you kept running. Your mom watches for only a few seconds before taking a breath. "BREAK. FAST."
The two of you froze in place and look at her. she wore a smile, But it held quite a bit of annoyance for the non listening children. You two flash a quick smile at her before heading to your seats.
The annoyance on her face quickly left as she walks over to the two of you. She gives each of you a small kiss on top of the head as she sets your plates down in front of you.
" you guys are in a good mood, excited I see?" she walks to the kitchen to fix her husband a plate for when he walks down.
"yes! very! it gonna be so much fun, so much magic!" Sam said in excitement before they stuff their face with food.
you couldn't help but nod with a smile."yeah! think of all the prank possibilities!!"
you beamed. You mother let out an exhausted sigh but with a smile and lightly mumbles 'oh boy'.
She, better than anyone else, knew of pranks. the two of you were experts at them already at 11 years old.
You had been the one to spark the idea at a very young age.
You being a restless baby, was always up and moving the moment you could walk, same with sam. But one day you had found a roach on the floor, you werent scared of it at all, then again when is a baby ever scared to pick something up.
You were curious. It tried to run away from your grubby baby hands but failed.
You had looked at in awe, it was so small and squirmy.
Your mother had her coffee set on the coffee table and had went to the laundry room to fold some towels. Sam was on the ground playing with toys, but you had walked over to her mug on the coffee table and hovered the roach right over her mug then
plop.
the roach was swimming around in the dark liquid unable to climb out. You had a slight smile on your face when your mom walked back in, picking up her mug. she went to go take a sip till she felt something move against her lips.
Her eyes widen as her face went pale. she looked in the mug and screamed, dropping it and it shatters on the floor. she was swatting at her face since there was a roach there moments before.
You and baby Sam had looked at her in shock, before looking at eachother and BURST out into fits of laughter.
ever since pranking and jokes have been a passion.
Back to the now, you heard foot steps come down the hallway. Your dad entered the room with a big smile.
He was excited about yours a Sams first day of Hogwarts. He knew the two of you would do great things and this was only the beginning.
"good morning little bludgers! excited for today?" he beamed excitedly.
The two of you nod your heads quickly, un able to really say anything because your mouths full of food.
Your mom walks over with your dad's plate of food. they share a quick good morning smooch as she walks to make herself coffee, once done, she walks and sits at her spot at the table.
you swallow your food harshly, but wear a big smile, looking at your dad, "your coming right?? you'll be there to see us off?"
"of course I will bludger! I took off work and everything, even got the day off that you'll be returning to tell me everything" he says, grabbing his glass to drink.
You and Sam share an excited look and keep eating. Smiles seeming to have a permanent home on both faces.
Your dad couldn't help but smile softly as he watched the two of you rush to get your food finished.
If he was being honest, he was trying to hide his emotions. He was beyond emotional at the moment. He was watching the two most important things in his life growing up, and quickly.
He felt like it was just yesterday he was getting ready for his first train trip, getting sorted, making friends, learning magic and all that fun stuff.
Now watching his human bludgers doing the same thing. It was definitely enough to get him fighting back a tear.
"alright, if your finished rush up and get your luggage, best be off" he says with a slight smile.
His wife gives a soft smile, and kisses the top of his head. She could hear his tone of voice, she could tell he was full of joy as he watched the two bolt to put their plates in the sink and dash upstairs to get their belongings.
He'd had to admit...he was gonna miss the chaos and color the two brought to the home.
-
The luggage was in the trunk, and the two of you sat In the back, playing a game of slap Jack, using the middle seat as a table for the cards.
you had flipped down a jack and quick slapped your hand down, getting the deck, but at the price of Sam slapping their hand down very roughly ontop of yours. You jerk your hand back, groaning and Sam can't help but laugh at your pain.You go to throw at card at them but the car comes to a stop.
"we've made it!" you dad exclaimedYou two quickly rush to one side of the car, pressing your faces up against the glass to look at the train station as your dad parks the car.
Your dad let's out a chuckle as he turns of the car, and you a Sam bounce out the car, getting getting your trollies all set and ready to start the journey to platform 9 and 3/4.
Your mom and dad walks you and Sam through the ordinary train station, passing different whole number platforms.
"hold it bludgers, your going to pass it" you dad chuckles and the two of you almost freeze
instantly
"right...rightrightright" you nod as you look up at the numbers again.
Your dad has told you how you run right in between 9 and 10. You look back at him
"..this one right?"
"mhmm, exactly. remember, its always fun to run your first time" he smiles, giving a thumbs up.
You look back at the wall.
normally, running into walls was a normal for you, though you never went through them. so there's really nothing to be nervous of right..? you're a pro at this.
You take a deep breath and start to jog then slowly turn it into a run. you didn't dare close your eyes either. you wanted to see yourself take your first step into the platform.
Which you were very successful at doing. The steam from the Hogwarts Express filled the station and you eyes were full of awe.
You quickly look behind you, seeing sam run through the wall, but their eyes where closed tightly. Once the realized there was no impact of a wall, they peaked an eye open and soon their face twisted to be full of as much awe as yours.
Right behind them, was your dad and mom, giving proud and loving smiles to the two of you.
"there's so many people-" you started to a dialogue you and Sam will share. something you two did often.
"and animals!-"
"and trollies!-"
"this is bloody brilliant!" you both finished in sync.
"woah, if you think just this is impressive, wait till you start school. bloody minds will be BLOWN" your dad makes explosion sounds as he acts it out with his hands near his hands. He thought it was funny how the two of you got excited over small things. Once you had found a shark tooth at the beach and you both flipped out like it was a megalodon tooth.
"oh yes, very impressive stuff I've heard" your mom chuckles, she's seen the magic and loves it. She knew if she was in your spot she'd be freaking out just as much as you were.
"come on now, gimme hugs and kisses, it's almost time to go!" she holds out her arms. The two of you dart and give her a big bear hug, each of you kissing her check at the same time. she smiles, slightly tearing up
"you two behave now you hear! I dont want no prank related owls" she half jokes, half serious.
You and Sam chuckle, not making any promises. You guys run to your dad and give him a big hug, and he ruffles your hair.
"do good and most important, have fun" he smiles and the two of you shoot back determination grins.
"funs my middle name" you say all cocky.
Your dad chuckles and let's you go. you both put your stuff were it needs to go, then run to a door. before entering the train, you two turn around, shouting a loud I love you and waving super big. your parents gladly do the same. Then they watch as the two of you disappear into the train. The two of you quickly found a window to hang out of, to wave at your parents as The train starts to leave the station.
You wave till they are out of sight. you back up out window and look to Sam
"come on, let's go find a proper seat, we got planning to do"
"planning?" Sam raises a brow
"why of course, you really think we'd be on our top behavior? Fun and good behavior don't mix, you know that" you grin, raising your eye brows.
Sam shares the same grin, understanding completely. You walk around, looking for any empty seats, But there doesn't seem to be any. Sam keeps walking, determine to find one, but you sigh and stop. you start looking for some compartments that don't have to many people.
You come across one, two boys sat in there, flaming red hair and they looked identical. They definitely peaked your interest so you slid open the door.
"WhYYy, helloooo. You guys wouldn't happen to have any more room would you?" you grin at the two.
The two look at you, then share a glance and slightly nod.
"sure, pick a seat any seat" one smiles.
you smile and go to say something before Sam calls your name, "hey! I found an empty one, come on!" they wave you over. You nod and give a thumbs up, then look back at the twins.
"oh, looks like we found a seat carrot tops. Thank ya though, peace!"
you hop back and run over to Sam, sliding into the compartment and sliding the door shut.
as you left, Fred and George look at eachother and shrug. They liked how forward and casual you were, so were slightly disappointed when you ran off, they were hoping to be friend ya, which was what the nod was for. But then again, they didn't really know you, so they went on to their conversation. little did they know, you'd soon have a big..big impact on their lives.
You and sam sat across from eachother. Your legs were crossed and you had your hands folded together as if you where sitting for an important business meeting.
Sam rested their elbows on their knees and had there hands folded together as well.
"so," you started, pretending to sound professional
"no matter the house, we are going to make ourselves known."
Sam nods "by our second year, we are gonna have everyone knowing who we are."
"but where to start,should be an easy question" you state.
The two of you shared a love for pranks, everyone in your family knew it. Now it was time for your school to know it too.
You were always known for being big and loud, where ever you went. You Loved causing chaos and laughter where ever you went as well. You and Sam loved the joy you brought to others, but the two of you also thought it was funny when the victims of the pranks got their panties in a twist.
So, when you guys got your letter, you couldn't help but get the thought on how you wanted to leave a mark on the school.
You wanted students to know who you were. How you made Hogwarts a fun place. With your 11 year old ambition, you where bound to make it happen and Sam was right by your side the entire time. They two wanted to leave a mark the school would always remember. Sam knew, if even they didn't agree, youd still do your own thing, which is something they always admired about you, they knew your ambition would only grow from here, and so would theirs.
"Hmmm, so, while we were out shopping a couple of weeks ago, I snagged a few of these" you say with a grin.
In your hands, were a string of fire crackers.
Sam looks at them then at you and grins, "so your saying, once we are sorted, we pick out some soul, thennnn boom. literally"
You smile "exactly so."
The two of you share laughs, Thinking of the poor kiddo who will be the first of many victims. Well...you thought would be the first victim, This was untill you saw the shit eating grin on Sam's face.
"..I know that look. what is it?" you lean in closer, the corner of your lips tugging upward.
"well, my dear cousin, while you were snagging firecrackers, I snagged a few things of my own" They said while digging into thier pocket, when they pull it what they had, your face lights up.
"dung bombs, youre bloody brilliant!" you praised, to which Sam smiled proudly, agreeing with you
"yes yes, I know. now I say we make the first victim of many to come right now. on this train."
"I couldn't agree more" You hop up from your seat, the both of you walk over to the door and slightly peak out, looking down the hall.
surprisingly no one was there, except to familiar identical looking boys.
You couldn't help but grin at the faces you met earlier. You whisper down to Sam, "those two, throw it to those two feet".
Sam looks up at you then to the twins, they take the dungbomb and throw it at their feet, the oder smelling and surrounding them. the two boys cover their nose, they knew exactly what it was too, they were just pranked by a dung bomb, and now they'd probably smEll for their sorting.
People had looked at the two in disgust shutting their compartment doors. Fred looks to George who seems confused as he does. "bloody hell, who else has dungbomb" he still can't seem to get the smell to leave his nose, no matter how tight he squeezes it. they both stumble a bit, Fred pushing George a bit to get him to move quickly back to their compartment.
Fred looks down the aisle one last time to see if he can catch a glimpse of who could've placed it. To his surprise, he sees two other first years, peaking out their compartment, howling with laughter.
He blinks and the two have ducked back into their compartment. Fred grins a bit, walking to his seat, looking at his brother.
"George, I don't think we are the only jokesters arriving at Hogwarts this year."
This means war.
-
You and Sam have changed into your robes, getting ready to hop off the train.
You and Sam were STILL cracking up jokes from the prank a few hours ago
"There faces were priceless, couldn't process what even happened" You laugh as you walk out your compartment and to a train exit.
Sam, who was glued right to your side, laughs a bit nodding, "yeah! heh couldn't get out of there quick enough"
You laugh a bit but you face falls into amazmet the moment you walk off the train. The castle looked amazing, and you were very excited to learn about every crook and cranny of it.
Your attention although, was caught by a very tall man. He had a thick beard and thick hair as well. He was giant, You've never seen someone so tall. He was ordering all the first years to follow him and stay together, Which you and Sam do wanting to get to the castle quickly.
"alright! pick er boat and hop in" The tall man instructed.
All the kids got in a boat, you and Sam had gotten in one and sat at the very front, the other kids who got in with you were looking around in awe.
You look around too see the last of the first years filling up the boats, and you notice the twin in the boat next to you. The weren't looking at you, to busy focused on the castle In front of them.
You snicker a bit before looking back to the castle as well.
You had made it across the lake, and off the boats, the man, who you learned name was hagrid, walked you into the castle, handing you over to an old lady in green.
she had introduced herself as professor McGonagall.
You didn't really listen to her as she spoke though, you brain was far more occupied with other thoughts.
pranks. food. classes. pranks. adding professors to the prank list, houses, making a mark. You know, all the important stuff.
Before you knew it, McGonagall had finished speaking, and leads the group of first years to the great hall. There sat a hat on a stool, the sorting hat. As you watched it, it introduced it self by singing.
You and Sam share a glance at eachother then look back at the hat. Never did you think you'd see a hat singing...and you were very well aware of magic ever since you were a baby,
You were excited to learn more about things you never dreamed could be true.
McGonagall opens her scroll, and started calling names. you weren't really to focused on the other kids getting sorted, but you still watched..till a certain name was called.
"Fred Weasley." McGonagall spoke.
What caught your attention was after the name was called, the boy with firey red hair walks up to sit in the stool.
'Fred Weasley huh..?' you think to yourself as the sorting hat shouts Gryffindor for the boy. Right after McGonagall calls up George Weasley, he had also gotten Gryffindor with his brother. hm, Fred and George Weasley, that'd be easy to remember, even telling them apart appeared to be an easy task for you. you noted the very very slightly differences in appearance, not that you were looking or anything.
You were snapped out your thoughts though, from McGonagall calling out your name.
You smile and take a breath, running up and sitting on the stool. You can see Sam looking at you excitedly and from the corner of your eye, you can see the twins staring at you intensely.
"ooo.. difficult one here..." the sorting hat spoke slowly. "yes..yes youd do well there..theres much friendship and bravery.." this was it, you were excited. That hat was going to sort you into Gryffindor! The house your dad had! But you smile slowly fade when the hat speaks again. "But whats this..? oh yes...yes this decides it. better be.." he took a long pauses, like he knew you were on the edge of your seat. You crossed your fingers and shut your eyes tightly.
"HUFFLEPUFF"
Your eyes snap open. Did he just say huddlepuff? you? the most chaotic trouble making eleven year old? Hufflepuff?
McGonagall takes the hat off your head, and you slowly hop off the stool and walk over to the cheering table, confused and shocked. You look over to Sam who seem just as confused.
This made you think, will Sam get Hufflepuff too? This wasn't something you hadn't considered till now.
You felt your stomach start to twist, what if Sam got Gryffindor? what if you two were separated? You take a deep breath and shake your head, now wasn't time to think about bad stuff.
You decide to keep you eyes locked on Sam, they seemed to be as nervous as you, as though the same thought just crossed their head as well. Sam was fiddling with their thumbs when they heard their name.
They took a deep breath and walk up to the stool confidently and take a seat. The hat is placed on their head, and they glance up as the hat begins to speak.
"oh yes, another Knoxville..just like your cousin I see. very similar mind...small bits of bravery...but..the friendship is something to stand out, very witty I see...but whats this? you have it too... well then, must be-
HUFFLEPUFF"
the hat shouts. You and Sam both let out a very Shakey, relieved breath. Sure you were both confused on how you two of all people got Hufflepuff. The house known to have the kindest wizards and witches, a house that produces little to no evil.
You guys would never go evil, BUT you loved to cause nothing but choas...maybe you shouldn't have stereotyped the houses so much..But!!
that's doesn't matter right now. Your just happy you and Sam weren't separated. Sam walks over and you give eachother an awkward sibling type side hug, but your faces showed no awkwardness at all. You wear bright smiles and slightly cheer. Enjoying the attention you got from the older Hufflepuffs welcoming you to the table.
You look over to Sam, "well..you know what this means don't you Sam?"
"hmmm, I have a pretty good idea" Sam smiles, turning to face you. The two of you now face to face.
"let's bring a bit more color to the house" you say in sync.
-
You and Sam are eating, listening to your new house members talk about how they want the year to go. You even butt in a couple times to talk a bit and Same with sam. Though, there was this one Hufflepuff that sat across from the two of you.
He was a first year just like you, but he didn't seem to talk much, So you elbow Sam.
"oW-" they are cut off by you tilting you head to point at the boy which they start to catch on "oohhhh"
"oi!," you say, making him snap his head up "hey there, looking bit lonesome there" you smile
"yeah, that's no good either, what's your name mate?" Sam adds.
The boy slightly smiles at the two, "I'm Cedric Diggory..you guys?"
You smile and tell him your name as you shake his hand, Sam doing the same. He didn't seem like a shy lad at all actually, he was talkative, he probably just needed someone to make the first move. After a bit of talking you smile flicking a pea at his forehead.
"well, Cedric, hope you don't mind having us around" You snicker
"oh I don't! I like you guys!" he beams and Sam can't help but chuckle
"oh... we'll see how that last" Sam mumbles, unaware Cedric will become a dear friend.
Sam was talking to Cedric about quidditch, and how Cedric hoped to become a seeker next year or next next. You listen as you eat, but someone caught your attention at the Gryffindor table.
Fred Weasley? nah. it was actually someone sitting next to him. the boy also had flamming red hair, but he looked more..not relaxed. He also wore glasses, very clean glasses to be honest.
He caught your attention because he looked like he needed some excitement in his life, he looked as if he has his panties in a twist, talking to the twins about something
You elbow Sam for a second time that night, which causes them to glare at you. Their glare though, twist into a sly grin as you pull the firecrackers from your pocket, keeping them hidden.You lean over to whisper
"you light them, then I'll throw them, I've got the perfect target" Sam nods, and takes out their wand.
They knew a spell for fire very well cuz...well they did this alot. You hold up a few and sam mumbles a spell, lighting them all.
As Cedric keeps talking, you quickly look around before you quickly toss the firecrackers.You watch as the fly through the air and slightly shake Sam from excitement when they land right were the were supposed too. The firecrackers has landed right in Percys food, he looks at it confused, not able to process what it was before it blew up, sending food flying on his face.
You and Sam couldn't hold in your laughter as the boy stares dazed, the twin had bust out laughing as well. Percy snaps his head to his brothers
"did you guys really?! not even a full day of schoo-"
"we didn't do it!" the twins said in sync, trying to cover their mouths to keep from laughing.
Percy huffs, angrily wiping his face, not believing the two, but he knew it was no use to lecture the twins about their pranks, they'd just do it again.
What Percy refuse to believe though, was they didn't do it.
Fred looks at his brother and his brother shrugs, still chuckling. Fred and George decided to look around, to see if they can find the person who did it. to there surprise...it wasn't a person. it was people.
They saw you and sam laughing hysterically, leaning on eachother for support because him blaming it on the twins made it ten times funnier.
Fred and George glance at eachother then back at you guys with a slight grins. "I say we get to know the Knoxvilles don't ya think?" Fred asks
"oh definitely, they have great taste" George adds.
you and Sam stop laughing to look back to the table, only two be faced with the twins looking right at you, with a grin. You look to Sam, who is grinning right back at them, so you do the sam. You knew the look on their faces all to well.
"what are those two up too" you chuckle.
-
You have been taken to the common room after dinner and shown the password to get in. you didn't have to say anything, but you very much had to a knock. You learned you have to hit the barrels in a certain way for the entrance to open.
But once you were in the common room, you can't help but smile, the air was light and it felt calm in the room. Couches and plants everywhere you looked.
The calmness made you smile, you where gonna enjoy the times you get to disrupt it. Sam smile tell you they felt the same way.
But..it was also a good place to take a nap, so that was nice too.
You were shown to your room, you had 4 roommates including Sam. Your beds had curtains on them, to give you a bit of privacy which you enjoyed, you looked to your bed to see you trunk has already been put at the end of it.
You smile and go plop down on your bed, stretching out, slightly tired from all the food you ate. Sam on the other hand though, walks over to the desk in the dorm and sit down, pulling out a Quill and paper.
"whatcha doing there?" you ask sitting up a bit.
"I'm writing to dad, I wanna see how he thinks about Hufflepuff" they respond, and start to write.
You smile a bit when Sam calls him dad. they always had cuz that's what they grew up thinking, even if they knew he was just their uncle.No one could ever replace Sam's real dad, but Mr. Knoxville has ALWAYS been there for them, so In Sam's eyes, it was dad.
But what they are writing to him about caught your attention, that's right...you HAD been sorted into Hufflepuff.
"odd innit?" you ask, referring to being hufflepuff.
"it's...well it's definitely not what I'd think we'd get..I wondering what the hat was talking about. But this is the sorting hat we were talking about, we'll probably never know" they sigh, not looking away from there writing.
Soon Sam looks to you, handing you the quill.
"here, your turn, write something"
You sign and walk over, skimming over what Sam said, then write your own bit. Sam was mainly talking about how they were shocked about the house but overall had a great time, while you wrote how flabbergasted you were you were put in the house, then told him about the dung bomb prank. Once you were finished you signed it off and hands the quill back to Sam so they could do the same.
"There we are-"
"wait wait wait!" you interrupt Sam, and grabbing the letter before the can close it up.
You have learned a small spell from reading from your books, so you pull out your wand and mumble something before closing up the letter and handing it back to Sam
"..what was that just there hm?" they ask, raising a brow.
"heh, nothinnnn, when they open it glitter will pop out" you grin.
Sam just chuckles and give the letter to their owl, and opened the window, letting it fly out. Sam closes the window back and walk over kicking their shoes off and falling back on their bed.
You smile a bit and do the same, resting your hands behind your head.
"ready for this year Sami?" you ask looking up at the ceiling, feeling your eyes close on their own
"you have no idea" they say your nick name while they chuckle, there eyes closing as well.
-
The next day, you and Sam had almost slept in, still getting used to having to get up early. It felt nice to be in the robes of your house though, once you did finally get up and get dressed, it's not red like you hoped, but you had to admit, you looked dashing in yellow, so wouldn't complain to much
"you finally done flexing at your reflection In your new robes? I wanna go get breakfast now" Sam sighs heavily
You grab your stuff and snicker as you walk out with Sam "don't be jealous Sami, you'll grow into your looks one day"
Sam scoffs but chuckles as the two of you walk out the common room and make your way to the great hall for a lateish breakfast.
On the way, you two talk about the next joke to pull. their were plenty of opportunities in this big school.
"maybe we should play it cool for today, get to know the people in our classes, that way we know how to do better pranks, even think about THINGS to get, like prank candy" Sam suggested
You think for a moment, yes..it was a good idea, but you honestly didn't know if you could sit still that long. you sign and nod after a second. One day could hurt, besides it's beneficial to you guys.
What you didn't know, was this gave the twins a perfect window to get you back from the train.
You two had no idea of the war that was about to start.
You and Sam walk into the great hall, the breakfast still laid out on the tables. You let out a sigh of relief, Thanking Helga Hufflepuff you hadn't missed breakfast.
Though, as you and Sam started walking to your seats, you didn't notice the two pairs of eyes locked on you.
Something felt off, no.. something was off. Cuz one minute your walking on solid ground then in the blink of an eye, all friction from the bottoms of your shoes are gone.
You couldn't hardly stand up, your yanking your feet to different parts of the floor to try and get better friction, but they still slide from under you. You tried to hold onto Sam but they were having the same issue. You lean your body from side to side trying to keep balancing. It was as if you had stepped on ice and couldn't keep up.
You moved forward, maybe this was just the spot you were standing...
that definitely wasn't the case, as you moved, you started to slide quickly down the great hall. You weren't going down yourself so you fling your hand up to grip Sam's robes, but they barely had balance themselves so they came falling down on top of you, making you fall flat on the ground.
The thing that had you screaming, was you guys didn't stop sliding, you kept going and Cedric was a few feet ahead of you guys not knowing anything going on in front of him.
"CEDRIC MOVE-" you yell and he snaps his head in your direction.
But it was to late, the two of you ran into Cedric like a bowling to a bowling bin. He had falling ontop of you and Sam, making you stop sliding and finally were able to stay in one spot.
You groan out a struggled breath, this being because you are on the bottom of the dog pile.
"gET....oFf" you wheeze, trying to push Sam and Cedric off of you. Cedric quickly gets up, apologizing as he helps Sam up.
"I'm sorry, I didn't see you guys, are you okay? your not hurt are you?" he questions worriedly, you still on the ground.
"no, no, no, no worries, I don't need help or anything" You mumble, getting up slowly, making sure your feet stick to the ground. Once your fairly certain your not going anywhere, you sit straight up, stretching your back. This is when you notice all the students in the great hall laughing at the three of you.
You take a breath but start laughing and so does Sam. This causes Cedric to look at the two of you confused.
"..your not embarrassed?" he asked shyly. His red face showed he was a bit embarrassed from falling in front of everyone.
"blimey! why would we be?" Sam runs their eye from laughing, and starts looking around
"who ever did that have a great sense of humor!" you add, also looking around.
The two of you were looking for the culprit. Till your eyes land on a pair of ginger twins. You knew, from the way they were laughing, whispering to eachother and the way the looked over to your small trio, that they had done it.
You tap Sam's shoulder, point over to them, and you didn't even have to say anything cuz sam knew it too.
They make eye contact with you two, grinning wildly. They knew you knew.
You chuckle and stare Fred dead in the eye before giving him a slightly well done nod, then tug Sam and Cedric with you to sit down at your table.
Fred was taken off guard a bit for a second, you weren't mad at all, instead you had a look even more mischievous than his and he just did the prank. He looks over to George.
"you know Georgie...I don't think that was the last of them.." he slightly smiles
"You think so freddie?" George says as he takes a bite of his toast, taking a glance to were you and Sam sat.
You had a sly look as you talked to Sam, which Sam's grin slowly started to grow. This interested Fred alot more than before. They really HAD met another duo of pranksters..who seemed to think they were better. He'd quickly prove that wrong, well so he thinks
"oh.. I know so." He smiles a bit, looking over at you, and you were looking over at him ans seem to being saying the same exact words.
"You know what they've started don't you?" Sam ask, with a sly grin.
"yes, they've started a prank war, and I bet they are fully aware of it too." You say, grinning.
"you think so?" Sam ask, raising a brow.
"oh..I know so." you say, smiling and looking over at Fred, who was already looking in your direction, seeming to say the same exact words.
-
That day, you had gotten a letter back from your dad. He was happy that you guys had a splendid first day, but he was just as confused as you guys were when it came to Hufflepuff. he'd never ever admit it but he would've thought you two would've gotten Slytherin before you got Hufflepuff. There was nothing wrong with Hufflepuff, he just wondered what that dusty ol hat saw...
the school year went on. You had made it to the second month of school. The pranks went on and on, back and forth, everyday.
You've been hit with dung bombs, fire crackers, you've fallen down stairs, late to classes from being stuck to walls, drenched from black lake water. If You can think of it, it's probably happened.
The Same goes for Fred, His legs have been stuck together, forced to hop everywhere, He's had his hair on fire, hes 'lost' his robes, been stuck in a room, explosion from being handed he wrong ingredient purposely in potions.
it went on and on between the four of you. Though...Sam and even George could see, it's almost turned into a personal thing for you and Fred. You two always seemed to be butting heads the hardest. Determined for the best prankster title.
You have been so focused on best prankster title, that you haven't even realized you've started making your mark on the school. You and Sam have slowly started to become the most chaotic, careless, reckless hufflepuffs the school has seen.
You have been so focused on the twins, You weren't going to let them out prank you, you even started MAKING UP spells that would be useful. Sam had even made a few of their own.
One day, after a certain class, you and Sam stayed behind, setting up for your next prank. This one though, was for anyone, not just the twins.
"okay, so, let's go over the plan" you state, looking at the string you set up.
"The person who steps on this string, will set off the mini fireworks, that we made in Potions, and they will go off all around their head!" you say excitedly.
Sam nods, " exactly so!"
The two of you shared a fist bump and smile proudly. The fire works were definitely not meant to be made in class and if Snape found out you made them, youd probably get a months detention for using his equipment wrong. But hey, you weren't to worried about it.
Your thoughts were cut off by foot steps approachimg so you and Sam quickly go duck and hide behind a wall. You peak over and you can feel your heart twist a bit when you see WHO is approaching.
Professor Snape.
Well...speak of the devil you guess. All you could do was watch, in fact, you where kind excited to watch.
You watch with a slightly smile as he walks closer and closer to the string on the floor.
But you can hear laughter right behind him and so does he, so Snape quickly turns around, to see the twins running up to behind up.
"Weasleys! why aren't you in class!" he snaps, while he keeps walking
"sorry! running a bit late!" they both shout as the run next to him.
Your eyes widen though, as you see all three of them step on the string at the same time, making the fireworks go off surrounding all three of there heads in exploding fire works.
You felt yourself go weak, but not from guilt, but from trying to hold in your laugh. If you were to laugh, you'd get caught. You'd throw you and Sam under the bus, but DAMN it was so hard, you were really struggling and Sam could see it.
They quickly throw their hand over your mouth, trying to get you to be quiet as Snape was red with rage, yelling at the confused twins. Fred and George was still processing what happened.
Fred turns his head to look at George and you can see the soot cover his face and his hair slightly standing up.
This was your breaking point, you let out a sharp loud laugh at the look of all three of them. Your laugh was a funny sound when it was quick and sharp, it made Sam laugh every time, so when you did, it was Sams turn to break.
You both end up laughing, hardly being about to stand up.
Snape snaps his head to you and sam "KNOXVILLES." he says very sharply.
You and Sam look at him, holding in your laugh and breath, and you almost lose yourself again when the twins look at you even more confused.
"are you two responsible for this" he Snaps, looking like steam could flow out his ears at any moment and you scoff and shake your head
"what?? nooo, i- psshh, I would NEVER-" you start
"what kinda... delinquent would ever" Sam finishes
But Snape knew of you two. Every professor knew to keep an extra eye out for you and Sam in class.
"5 points from hufflepuff! each! and detention! for the both of you!" he shouts.
The twins snicker a bit and Snape whips his head to them "and you! 5 points from Gryffindor each and detention as well"
"Wha?! what did we do?!" they say in sync.
Snape ignore them and looks at all 4 of you. "you will meet in my class you after dinner for your detention. do NOT be late" he huffs and storms off, his cloak flowing behind him.
the Knoxvilles and the Weasleys all look at eachother for a second before breaking out into laughter.
"awww haha did you see the soot on his face?!" you laugh out
"yeah! bloody hell, I thought his face was gonna explode with how scrunched up it was!" Fred piped In.
You had to admit, it was kind of fun laughing with the Weasley twins. Out the whole time you've been pranking eachother, you've never really talked to them. This would also be your first detention with them as well surprisingly.
"well, Weasleys, I guess we will be seeing you later tonight" Sam says, holding out their hand.
George holds out his hand nodding, "yes, see you tonight Knoxvilles"
they shake hands, finally having a proper meeting. You and Fred don't really talk, but you just grin and shake hands. You relatives had already said what needed to be said.
The four of you jump, hearing filches voice echo down the hall, asking why you lot weren't in class.
To this, the four of you bolt away, parting ways down the corridor.
-
The night came quickly, alot quicker than it normally does. You and Sam found yourself already heading down to Snapes class.
"man...this is gonna suckkk" they let out a dramatic sigh.
"hey dude, it'll be fine, we always make stuff fun together" you try and cheer them up.
But that quickly was proven wrong as soon as you stepped into the classroom, Snape already glaring daggers
"good your here. George and Sam will be doing some cleaning in the great hall, while you and Fred here can make sure my class room is spotless" he says In his slow.. monotone voice.
"aw wait what but-" you start but are quickly cut off
"NO Buts Knoxville, you can get started now. I'll be back in a bit to check up on you. no..silly dally" He glares at the four of you, but soon leaves to do his own things.
He had definitely separated the duos up on purpose, he knew if he didn't absolutely no work would be done, and perhaps even more damage would be caused.
Sam's sighs "..okayyyy, which ones George so we can start this quicker".
"that one" you say, pointing at George, then head over to grab cleaning supplies.
Both George and Fred pause, shocked at how you knew it so quickly. You didn't hesitate for a second.
Fred shakes his head thinking it was just a lucky guess.
Sam grabs Georges robe and pulls him out the class room and too the great hall, wanting to get the cleaning over with, leaving just you and Fred in the classroom.
"Soo.." Fred started "how's you get your hands on some fireworks?".
"oh easy really, me and Sam made them ourselves"
you toss him a broom, which he just barely catches.
He blinks for a moment before he chuckles "wow, did you really? how'd you manage to do that?"
You pause and scoff a bit, but wear a smug look. "you really think I'm going to tell you Weasley? The person who thinks he could be better than me?"
You turn to look at him, he's face a bit shocked which makes you laugh.
It was funny..being able to catch him off guard. It may not last, but it still happened. From what you learned this year, Fred was a witty kid. He always has something to say up his sleeve, you wouldn't tell him, but it something you admired about him. In class, watching him always annoy a higher year student with his smart ass comment were always entertaining. Youve never seen him stumped till this very night. It definitely gave you an ego boost
"think? Oh, I know I'm better than you Knoxville" he states rather confidently.
"denial is a river in Egypt my friend" you start wiping down desk.
You could tell he was trying to start something, and this was a game you would gladly play. It one you found yourself to be rather good at growing up with Sam.
"friend?" he gives you a smug face "here I was thinking we were mortal enemies, battling t to the death" he dramatically acts act getting stabbed by the broom.
You watch for a second, blinking before laughing a bit at his terrible acting. "Yeah...your pranks are about as good as your acting there, which means I'm the better prankster 110%"
"my acting is splendid, I'd like to see you do better" he scoffs.
Was this a challenge? Doesn't matter because you took it as one. You took in a deep breath and took your wand, pretending it was a dagger and make it looks like it was stabbed into by putting it between your arm.
"AcK, you've got me, I've been hit" you dramaticly fall on the ground, pretend to bleed out. Fred watches his eyes wide. You really took him seriously...and you where proving him wrong. you weren't bad.
"teLl Sam..i--i love them, they were always my other half-" you then make a bleh sound as you 'die'.
Fred stares for a second before scoffing and starts sweeping around the classroom and mumbles 'show off.'
You get up with a big smile, putting your wand back in your robe and go back to wiping the desk.
The night went on, the two of you made smart remarks to eachother a few times but that was about it, and soon Sam and George came back, slightly laughing at the conversation they were having.
you look at them, your brow slightly raised at the two. Sam looks to you and their face slightly goes pinks before looking away quickly and back to George as he finished up his sentence.
"Snape said we all need to go to our dormitories 'right away'" George says as he mocks Snape on that last part.
You notice Sam chuckle a bit...
You narrow your eyes for a second and Fred is doing the same exact thing. Sam walks up to you, to stand in their normal spot right next to you, but you kept your narrowed eyes on them and they slightly look at you confused
"..what?" they asked nervously
"...oh.. nothing." you say slowly before looking over at the twins
"well! this was fun! I bid you, goodnight" you do a bow and start walking out the classroom, Sam waving at George as they leave.
You on the other, slip a note into Fred hand as you walk by them on the way out.
the twins watch as you too disappear after turning a corner. George smiles a bit "they actually seem kinda cool Freddie"
Fred does really answer his brother, instead he looks at the note in his hand, he felt his teeth grit slightly as he tosses it to the ground. "you only think so cuz you fancy Sam now"
he walks out, his brother walking after him with a flushed face "I DO NOT"
the note on the ground lay slightly open, the words written on it now crumbled.
'we will always be better than you.'
after a few seconds, it goes up in a small flame, now just ash, as if it were never there.
-
This continues, you and Fred giving eachother backhanded compliments while Sam and George secretly start building a better friendship.
the pranks war was still very much a thing. Ever since that night In detention, Fred and you have definitely made this a personal thing. While Sam and George went along with it, they could see the pranks getting more aggressive, so..they weren't going to bring up the fact they had become close friends.
they honestly don't think you and Fred would even listen to them if they were to say something.
You were walking to the last quidditch game of the year with Sam. You were talking about a big prank you wanted to pull before the year ends, but Sam cuts you off by putting their hand on your shoulder.
"hey, heh, let's take a break, you've worked yourself to much with pranks and school works. let's focus on the game yeah? it's Hufflepuff vs Slytherin. this'll determine if we can finally break Slytherin streak of house cup" they softly smiles.
You look at em for a minute before you sign and nod, slightly smiling back.
You two make it too your seats next to Cedric and sit down, he gives both of you a quick hug, beaming with excitement
"we are gonna win this one! we gotta!" he says sitting back down. Cedric had become quite the popular lad, he always had someome talking to him. Even in the common room. But, the Same for you and Sam. You two had climbed the popularity ladder as well, just for different reasons than Cedric. Yet the three of you still stayed close, still stayed your own trio.
The players fly out, and you, Sam and Cedric all stand up, cheering loudly for Hufflepuff
You and Sam have developed a strong love for quidditch, just like Cedric was explaining his in the beginning of the year. So much so, the three of you all agreed to try out next year, their seeker this year was a 7th year. Meaning they'd need a new one next year, and Cedric was determined to get that spot. He even invited us over this summer to all practice, Because while he was going for seeker, you and Sam had your eyes on the Duo position.
beaters. After all, your dad did call you two bludgers.
The whistle blew and the players began the game.
You yelled loudly for a beater on the team to watch out, a bluger coming right their way, you doubt they could hear you, but you still couldn't help but feel proud when they moved out the way, hitting back to the Slytherin team.
You went to go tell Sam, but when you went to nudge their shoulder, they weren't there. You quickly looked around to find them and when you did your jaw dropped.
They were talking to George just a seat up from where you guys sat. You saw Fred sighing, and making a bleh face.
You shove past Cedric, saying a quick sorry as you make your way to Sam. you lean in to whisper in their ear “bonding with the enemy?!” you say in a whisper tone. You were half joking half serious and Sam scratches the back of their head.
"I- uhm, uhm...well I was-" You noticed Sam genuinely struggling for words. You felt guilt hit your stomach. Were they nervous to tell you they were talking with someone cuz you weren't really a fan of them.
You felt horrible, you didn't mean to make Sam feel like they couldn't talk to a certain person.
You start thinking of all the time you and Fred were being aggressive twords eachother..and realized Sam OR George never had any aggression at all. They were there for the laughs, like it was in the beginning. You sighs and put your hand on their shoulder "hey, Sami, it's okay, I was just kidding. Just got worried when you disappeared" you chuckle "I'll be over here if you need me" you smile and Sam blinks, shocked but soon forms a smile.
You glance at Fred who looked at you, then at Sam, but you don't spend much time worrying about him. You go a sit next to Cedric, cheering and hollering with him.
Sam had ended up sitting with George, with George focusing on the game and Sami. Fred definitely noticed this, it was the first time they basically didn't do something together. Fred felt invisible sitting next to his brother, he wouldn't even spare him a glance. Fred takes a deep breath and gets up, sitting in the seat next to you.
You were spooked at the new presence next to you and quickly look over. You weren't really sure how to feel when you saw Fred Weasley sitting next to you. You looked at him then up to Sami and George, who haven't even noticed he left.
"heh, thing 2 ditch you?" you grin at him. He looks at you before he mumbles something.
You knew how it felt, this was Sam's first time not watching a game with you either. It...felt odd. It hurt even. You guys have done everything together for 11, almost 12 years now. So you knew exactly why Fred was so pissy, even if it was just him saying it's cuz he was next to you.
So you decide to put aside the prank war, the bickering and aggression and decide to treat Fred Weasley as a close friend.
"well come on then, help me cheer for hufflepuff so hopefully Slytherin won't win AGAIN" you chuckle and hold out your hand.
He looks at you for a second for he slowly takes your hand. You smile and look back to the field and throw your hand up in the air, making Fred so the same cheering loudly for Hufflepuff making a score.
Fred stares at you for a second, watching your smile. He found it being contagious, so now with a full smile he looks to the field, cheering on Hufflepuff loudly.
moments turned into minutes and minutes turned into hours untill-
"NOOOO, THATS RUBBISH" you, Fred and Cedric could be heard yelling loudly. The Slytherin seeker just caught the snitch. This meaning hufflepuff lost, and slytherins just earned all this points needed to win the house cup again.
You groan, plopping into your seat, rubbing your face aggressively. "THEY CHEATED!! MULTIPLE TIMES!" you yell towards the field.
Cedric and Fred both pat your back, just as upset but there was nothing that could be done.
"oh, I'll show Slytherin next year, I'll be the one to help break their streak" you huff determinedly
This makes Fred smile, you'd be joining the team next year too...well hopefully. That means you'll get to play together.
Not that, he was looking forward to it. definitely not.
Cedric chuckles a bit "yeah, but that only helps if you and Sam stop getting points taken from our house" he teases and Fred laughs a bit
"yeah, you two have lost over 50 Hufflepuff points for your house just in this years" Fred joins.
You gasp at this slander "hey! most of those are from Snape! it's not my fault he has no humor, you should know Weasley! you have no room to talk" You wave a finger at him and Cedric chuckles a bit as Fred throws his hands up in defense
"true true, bloody hell I swear the whomping willow has better humor than him" he chuckles.
You crack a small smile but still cant help but be alittle butt hurt over the loss. That was it. It'd take a miracle for different house to win now. Slytherin took the win again for the forth year in a row.
"slytherin is just lucky I'm a first year, wait till next year, they'll loose for sure"
You get up and dusted yourself off rather aggressive then turn to look for Sam, you were really starting to miss them.
Sam was hoping over the seat, walking over to you with George by their side. "that game was absolute rubbish" they huff as they get to you.
"yeah, that was an unfair game is what it was" George huffs and walks over to take his normal spot next to Fred.
"I agree, but hey, next year we'll make it different" Fred says to George, only slightly glancing at you.
You lightly smile before a grin covers you face "Yeah! we sure will. Are quidditch points will make up for the prank ones" you say confidently, "hufflepuff is sure to win."
Fred and George raise a brow, " you mean Gryffindor." they both say. You and Sam raise both your brows and scoff.
"no, we mean hufflepuff" you both say at the same time.
They four of you look at eachother, all with competitive grins, much like the ones you all wore in the beginning of the year, not as personal between you and fred.
You wip out your wand and mumble a quick 'Incendio' to dress robe, setting a small flame to it. You laugh as you and Sam quickly run off the stands, leaving Fred and George panicking and stepping on the flame. Once they put it out they look to where you guys had run off too and slightly smirk
"this year has been pretty interesting..and something tells me next year is gonna be even better" Fred states.
"yeah...I'll say" George chuckles
"..you only think so cuz of ur heart eyes for Sam"
"FRED, YOU'RE SO WRO-"
-
And so, it's the last day of Hogwarts, the house cup has been given.
You weren't as sad as you thought you be today though. Hufflepuff places second place, meaning they had more points than Gryffindor even with all the points Sam and you had lost for them.
You set with Cedric and Sam eating the last dinner as first years. You were all talking about what you were going to do for the summer.
"My offer still stands! I really want you guys to come over for the summer" Cedric smiles as he takes a bit of his food.
"hmmm, that's seems like a good idea to me, whatcha think?" Sam glances over to you who is nodding, giving a thumbs up, your face to full of food to actually say anything.
Sam and Cedric laugh a bit and you all continue your dinner. You though, couldn't help but make faces to Fred, making fun of him for loosing to hufflepuff. He glares and waves you off, man he couldn't wait till Gryffindor won against them, cuz he was so gonna rub it in your face.
The fest so came to an end, and you and Sam went to the common room with Cedric.
"i still have a few more things to pack, so imma go ahead and go up, don't stay up to late..I mean it" he looks at you two suspiciously, you and Sam were giving him the most innocent smiles you could come up with, he could've sworn he even seem a halo above your heads. He slowly turns away from you guys and walks up to his room.
Once you are sure he's gone and out of ear shot you and Sam look at eachother.
"one last sneak out as first years?" you suggest
"I was thinking exactly that" Sam grins.
You wait alittle longer, for the last few stragglers to make their way into the common room. Once you found the cost clear, you hop up from your spot on the couch quickly and make your way to the door with Sam following close behind.
"what exactly are we sneaking out to do?" Sam whispers as you slowly make your way into the corridors.
"so glad you asked, we are going to give Snape one last good bye pranks, dung bomb in the office" You grin.
Sam features twin into a shit eating grin, the two off you hiding behind things as you make your way to Snapes office.
When you make it, his door is locked. You huff a bit... completely forgetting you were a magical person, but luckily Sam hadn't forgotten. They pull out their wand and whispers alohomora, the door then creaks open.
"oh yeah...anyway, stay here and keep a look out, I'll put the dung bombs in" you whisper as you sneak your way into his office. You look around a bit, it was a dark room, so it being dark made it to where you could see ANYTHING.
You pull out your wand and mumble 'limos' and your wand gives you the light you need. You shimmy over to his seat, placing two dungbombs under his chair.
You smile proudly to yourself as you go to put one on his desk but Sam starts whisper shouting to you from the door. "Foot steps...foot steps? there are definitely foot steps!" they try and wave you to hurry out. You say a quick 'nox' and put your wand away, quickly running out his office. The two of you sprint away, not even bothering to close the door back.
You could hear filchs voice down the hall, saying he was going to catch them, even if it was their last night.
But what worried you is you didn't hear Ms. Norris with him, meaning she was roaming around.
The two of you quickly turn a corner, almost to the hufflepuff common room, but you run into a tall individual. The crash made you and Sam and the other two people fall on the ground harshly, you had the wind knocked out of you for a second.
But once you gain your breath back, you notice who you ran into.
"what are you doing up?!" you and Fred both whisper shouted.
Sam and George on the other hand, smile slightly bigger than normal seeing eachother.
"I asked you first" Fred gets up, Dusting him self off.
"nu uh." you cross your arms after you had gotten up.
"...alright. well we were pulling some last minute pranks" he crosses his arms as well.
you look at him for a second, before you decide to tease "stealing out ideas huh Weasley?"
"don't tell me that's why your up, eh, doesn't matter, our where better anyway" he glares a bit and you glare right back.
"well i-" you go to are you back but jump at the sound of a loud meow.
You and Fred wip your heads down to see Ms.Norris staring right at the lot of you. Sam and George stop their mini conversation to also look at Mr. Norris.
She meowed again, but louder, and filch heard it, cuz before you knew it, you heard foot steps again. You didn't even give the twins a goodbye before you grab Sam and book it to the hufflepuff common you. You fumble to get your wand out, but when you do, you quickly tap the pattern for the door to open, and when you do, you and Sam practically fall into it.
You two are both panting heavily from all the running. You lean on Sam, not really noticing the person staring down at you two.
"..I thought I said DON'T cause any trouble" Cedric has his arms crossed. You and Sam quickly look up at him. You struggle to rush to stand up straight, but you give him a bright smile.
"Diggory! heyyy how ya been long time no see" you pay his shoulder
"yeah! boy we gotta catch up tomorrow, right now I'm just way too tired" Sam fake yawns.
The two of you fake yawns and stretch as you ramble up the stairs to your dorm, not letting Cedric have the chance to lecture you.
Once you are out of sight, Cedric shakes his head slightly chuckling to himself before going back to his own dorm.
-
The year was over. Your trunks have been taken to the train, and you and Sam were taking one last look at the castle before you went home for the summer.
You can't help but smile to yourself, Hogwarts was a second home to you. You enjoyed every minute of being a first year, even those long dreadful detentions. You never thought school would've been fun, but Hogwarts proves you wrong. Next year, you had a feeling would be even more memorable though. You had the ability to be able to do more stuff, AND you and Sam had so many more tricks up your sleeves for next year...they just needed planning out. That what the summer was for.
You take one last look at the castle before you dip inside the train, Sam following close behind.
Now..here you are with the very same problem you guys had on the very first day.
you can't find an empty seat.
"we can always join the twi-" Sam starts but you cut them off.
"oh hey, would you look at that, there's Cedric!" You say, pulling Sam to the compartment Cedric was in. Surprisingly there was no one else In there with him.
"oh hey guys! I was saving these seats for you!" he beams and pats the seat in front of him which you and Sam gladly plop down into.
The three of you gladly talk the entire train ride, normally you and Sam would've pulled a prank by now, but you and Cedric were deep in sport talk.
You went to go say something to same about being beaters, but when you looked over, they were waving to George as he walked by the compartment with Fred.
you and Fred just look at eachother as the twins pass. Sam looks back to you Cedric smiling but soon it flattens when they see your faces.
"what...?" they say slowly
"you fancy one of the twins don't you" Cedric says all smug
"George to be exact innit?" you grin ear to ear wiggling your eyes brows.
"no! what! what would even give you that idea?!" Sam's face goes bright red and they look out the window
"come on mate, if you weren't with me you were with him, and you always got that dumb smile when he waves at you" you say casually
"yeah, he'd stare at you in the great hall...or maybe that was Fred...one of em always stared in your direction" Cedric points out.
"yeah, Fred stares over alot, but that was us glaring, Georgie though, his eyes were on you, aww young loVEee" you sigh dramaticly, batting your eyes.
Sam face flushes even brighter and they pushed your face away roughly, you gasp offendedly and shove their face right back,
Well this action caused a wrestlng match right in the center of the compartment. Cedric knew there wasn't probably any chance to stop it, so Instead he started cheering you guys on.
Sam pushes you into the compartment door which slides open the moment they do, causing both of you to tumble out of it. You two still hit eachother a couple times before you look up to see the twins staring down at you. you noticed another kid with them this time though, you knew him a Lee Jordan.
Both you and Sam quickly get up and dust yourselfs off
Sam smiles and greets George while you look at Weasley giving him a slight head nod in greeting.
"and, what are you guys doing here Weasleys..
and Jordan." you ask, stepping inside the compartment more to stand next to Cedric.
"well..Georgie here suggested we come sit with you" Fred cuts his eyes at George who is smiling at Sam and Cedric
"and the twins talk so much about you guys, I figured it was time to finally meet you" Lee says brightly, But his words cause you to grin.
"talking about us hmm?" you smirks a Fred, and you could see his cheeks turn slightly pink, but before he can say something Cedric pipes up
"oh heh, these two talk about the twins alot too! this never ending prank war is really something. Come sit down with us" he smiles as he takes a seat.
You though, are standing there with your mouth agap from Cedric obliviously throwing y'all under the bus like that, You slowly turn to look at Fred who is already grinning at you. You mumble under your breath a bit before sitting down
"...well go ahead, take a seat." you mentioned for the trio to sit down.
Lee goes to sit next to Cedric and George sits next to Sam, this really only leaving enough room for Fred to sit next to you
conversation between the 6 of you never died down, you and Fred butting heads most the time.
Sam and George even having to change the topic many times as you and Fred almost go into on who the better prankster was.
But the train ride didn't last forever, soon I'm was pulling up into the station.
George and Sam exchanged good byes and Sam gives George the first ever hug they shared. It was an awkward hug, but hey, 11 year old with a crush are awkward, and you and Fred weren't about to make it any better.
Sam and George looked around for you and Fred but when they made eye contact with you, their faces turned red...with rage or blush you didn't know
You were making a kissy face at Sam and Fred wiggles his eye brows at George and then you both darted off the train, the two 'lovebirds' quickly chases behind.
you and Fred split way while running, causing Sam and George to do the same. Sam stayed hot on your tail and you laughed looking back at them, they moment you looked forward though, you couldn't help the smile on you face, ans Sam saw it too.
"MUM! DAD!" you both yell, running up to them and crushing them both in a big bear hug.
"hey my little bludgers!! I'm so happy to see you!! ready for summer!" he hugs you both back tightly as you and Sam nodded
"yeah! We made this friend named Cedric! He said he invite us over for summer so we can all practice for quidditch next year!!" Sam rambled excitedly
"ooo, that game is perfect for you, your father has made me watch it with him alot" your mother piped in, a wide smile on her face.
"lemme guess...beaters?" you dad smirks and you and same both nod quickly with big grins.
"that's perfect! you guys will be the best theyve ever seen!" your dad praises "now let's go get your stuff! tell me about about your first year at Hogwarts! make any friends?"
"yes actually! we have our good friends Cedric and then we have the Weasley twins!" Sam beams, but you slightly cringe at. "they are actually over there" they point across the station, to a big family of red heads.
"oh I know the Weasleys, Im friends with their dad at work" you father smiles...you felt like that wasn't good for your sake though.
"we'll go say hi another time though, let's get home so you can tell us all those pranks you pulled that we were owned about" your mom's says, yet there seem to be a semi l lecture tone to her voice, so it made you and Sam smile nervously up at her.
You and Sam walk in between your mom and dad, getting your trollies so we can roll them too the car, as we pass by the Weasley family Sam and your dad give a big wave which they give one back
You make sure to make a face at Fred though, Instead of waving and Fred does the same thing, earning a slap on the arm from his mother and you couldn't help but laugh. You saw as she turns back to George though and he says something, earning his mom to look in Sam's direction with a smile. Sam flushes and looks away, pushing their trollie alittle faster.
"what's that bout?" your mother ask and you smugly grin at her
"samia got their first fancy on ol Georgie over there" you chuckle but grunt as Sam hits you in the back of the head. This makes your father laugh a bit as you mom smiles brightly "awww that's adorable!"
"muMmMmMm" Sam whines but it was too late, your mother already had the thought In her head and she was gonna run with it cuz she liked the Weasley.
You get to the car and put your things in the trunk then hop in the back seat. Before your dad pulls off he turns around to look at the both of you
"ready for summer bludgers?"
you and Sam both look at eachother and grin.
"you have no idea."