On their last evening in the burrow, Mrs. Weasley conjured up a sumptuous dinner that included all of Harry's favorite things, ending with a mouthwatering treacle pudding. Fred and George convinced Astraea to help rounding off the evening with a display of Filibuster fireworks; they filled the kitchen with red and blue stars that bounced from ceiling to wall for at least half an hour. Then it was time for a last mug of hot chocolate and bed.
Astraea went to the bedroom she shared with Ginny the whole summer and laid on her back on the bed.
"'Raea", whispered Ginny.
"Mhm", she hummed.
"I'm nervous"
"About Hogwarts in general or Hogwarts with Harry?" Astraea smirked.
"Wha- I don't know what you're talking about", Ginny stuttered.
"I don't know if you heard, but I can read minds and you are no Miss Subtle", Astraea chuckled.
"Good night", Ginny muttered making Astraea chuckle more.
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It took a long while to get started next morning. They were up at dawn, but somehow they still seemed to have a great deal to do. Mrs. Weasley dashed about in a bad mood looking for spare socks and quills; people kept colliding on the stairs, half-dressed with bits of toast in their hands; and Mr. Weasley nearly broke his neck, tripping over a stray chicken as he crossed the yard carrying Ginny's trunk to the car. When at last they were all in the car, Mrs. Weasley glanced into the back seat, where Harry, Ron, Fred, George, Astraea and Percy were all sitting comfortably side by side, and said, "Muggles do know more than we give them credit for, don't they?" She and Ginny got into the front seat, which had been stretched so that it resembled a park bench. "I mean, you'd never know it was this roomy from the outside, would you?"
"Not a clue", muttered Astraea earning a chuckle from the backside people and a glare from Mr. Weasley.
Mr. Weasley started up the engine and they trundled out of the yard, barely moved when they stopped since George had forgotten his box of Filibuster fireworks. Five minutes after that, they skidded to a halt in the yard so that Fred could run in for his broomstick. They had almost reached the highway when Astraea shrieked that she'd left her book. By the time she had clambered back into the car, they were running very late, and tempers were running high.
Mr. Weasley glanced at his watch and then at his wife. "Molly, dear —"
"No, Arthur —"
"No one would see — this little button here is an Invisibility Booster I installed — that'd get us up in the air — then we fly above the clouds. We'd be there in ten minutes and no one would be any the wiser —"
"I said no, Arthur, not in broad daylight —"
They reached King's Cross at a quarter to eleven. Mr. Weasley dashed across the road to get trolleys for their trunks and they all hurried into the station.
"Percy first," said Mrs. Weasley, looking nervously at the clock overhead, which showed they had only five minutes to disappear casually through the barrier. Percy strode briskly forward and vanished. Mr. Weasley went next; Fred and George followed. Then Astraea.
"Quick let's go", Fred rushed.
"But the others-" Astraea started to be interrupted.
"Mum and dad are with them, they'll be fine", George said rushing her.
Once they got seated George looked at Astraea.
"What's that book?" asked George.
"My mum put it in my stuff", she muttered. "I always nag that I have nightmares so she suggested once that I write them down, I never did. I guess implanting it in my stuff without telling me is a way to tell me I should do it"
"Oh Dear Diary, today I broke my nail, it was heartbreaking", Fred imitated her voice causing George to laugh.
"Oh Dear Diary, Professor Lockheart locked eyes with me. I think I will faint", George did the same as him brother laughing.
"Oh Dear Diary, today I morphed into Snape and slaughtered two red head twins. Now three of annoying people that existed in my life are gone", she raised her eyebrows daring them to laugh.
They just gave her horrified glances causing her to mutter, "Thought so".
Lee soon joined them and they started playing exploding snaps and wizard chess. Astraea all could think about is the copybook and whether she should listen to her mother's advice and right.
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Black Soul- George Weasley
FanfictionIt all began on October 31, 1983, when James and Lily Potter were murdered by Lord Voldemort. Astraea remembers, in a blur, how her mother Aurora woke her up to take her to her aunt's Andromeda. She remembers them talking how her mother woke up to a...
