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"SURPRISE MOCK NEWT'S NEXT WEEK! WHAT IN GODRIC'S NAME WERE THEY THINKING?!" Alicia shouted after she read the new announcement pinned in the Gryffindor message board.
"I think Ali is going to have a nervous breakdown," George whispered when the girl began pacing around the room cursing the heavens through gritted teeth.
"She's not the only one, I'm not prepared for mocks yet! They were supposed to do them later on!" Madeleine ran her fingers through her hair.
"Maybe we should get breakfast and then start revising before we all end up killing each other because of stress," Lizzie said softly.
"And we have to go to study halls too! They surely know how to ruin Easter break," Lee huffed as they all walked to the great hall.
When they stepped inside, all of the seventh years were having the same crisis they had in the common room. It wasn't only the fact they they wouldn't get to have a break at all, but it also meant the beginning of sending pre-job applications and those who had top marks always managed to get the best positions first. They all sat on the table and piled their plates with food when a beautiful eagle owl landed in front of Madeleine gracefully, carrying a medium sized parcel wrapped in pastel colors.
"What is Malfoy's owl doing here?" Ron scowled looking at the animal with hatred.
"Don't know, probably got confused or something. I'll go give it back," the blonde stood up and picked up the parcel, the owl hopping on her shoulder. "I believe this must be for you, maybe your owl got confused," she said to Draco who sat on the Slytherin table with his friends.
"It's not for me, my owl never gets confused and besides I already received my Easter care package. I do believe however that mother sent that one for yourself, otherwise it would not have been delivered to you," he rolled his eyes and the owl moved to display proudly on his shoulder.
"I um, I guess I didn't see the note sorry for bothering you," she rummaged the box and took out a note addressed to her.
"Madeleine, she actually enjoyed your company. She told me once you left," he whispered when his idiot friends got distracted from the conversation they were having.
"Tell her thank you for this, have a nice day Draco," she said politely and strutted back to her table.
"So Narcissa Malfoy sent you this? Are you sure it's not poisoned?" Fred asked quietly when she set the package back on the table.
"Pretty sure it isn't, she's my godmother after all so I don't think she'll try to poison," she replied in the same tone looking at the assortment of sweets and snacks placed neatly on the box. She took out the note and tried hiding a smile as she read it over and over again, she hadn't received a motherly note for almost two years and a small part of her wouldn't mind getting accustomed to Narcissa.
NEWT's season will start soon so I figured you needed some extra love to get through them. You are a smart girl and I know you will get top marks. I understand if you want nothing to do with me but I am still your godmother and I would like to get to know you, time has taken too much from the both of us. Good luck my dear.
Love, Narcissa.
"Was that a smile I just saw?" Fred leaned a kissed her cheek.
"Perhaps it was," she muttered and went back to eat her brekfast.
Much to Madeleine's displeasure, the library had no empty spaces left because of the fifth and seventh years preparing for mock OWLs and NEWTs respectively. The common room was filled with loud younger students who were in fact enjoying their well deserved break and the twins were making more fireworks in their dorm so the only two places she could study in were the Astronomy Tower and her favorite tree with a clear view of the lake.
She sat down resting her back against the tree and took out everything she needed to start revising. Thankfully undetectable extension charms made everything fit into her bag perfectly with no extra weight whatsoever. Madeleine sat in silence with her earphones plugged in, going through flashcards she made in advance with potion recipes, transfiguration spells, charm pronunciations and wand movements and magical plants with their uses and handling. She was so focused that she didn't even notice that Regulus was keeping her company after a couple of hours later.
"I still remember my NEWTs," he grinned once she acknowledged his presence, "potions was the most fun if I'm being honest."
"I bet that's because you didn't have Snape as a professor," she laughed.
"Who would have thought, Snape as a teacher," he shook his head, "I remember he hated children even when he was a kid."
"Well he's a pretty miserable old sod," she said solemnly.
"Gotta go, your boyfriend's coming," he teased.
"He's not my boyfriend," she huffed but he only gave her a cheeky smile in return before disappearing.
"Why am I not surprised you're here?" Fred grinned and sat behind her, replacing her back with his so that she could rest against his chest instead.
"Common room was too noisy, there were explosions in your dorm and library was full," she shrugged and lightly kissed his jawline, "and besides, the weather's pretty nice today."
"Why don't you take a break and read to me instead for a while, I'm starting to miss Lizzie and Mr Darcy," he said in a fake posh voice.
"Alrigh then," she laughed and summoned the book from her bag.
Fred's arms were around her waist, eyes closed as he listened to her read, savouring every word that came from her lips. Maddie was holding the book with one hand, her other tugging grass blades from the ground, her heart filled with contentment as they spend time together under the cool spring sun.
The rest of the first week of break was simply frenzied. Fifth and seventh years were having meltdowns all over the castle, Madeleine included. Everyday she would stay up until dawn studying, practicing spells and her alchemy skills, memorizing things for every subject until she couldn't keep her eyes open anymore. She would usually cry in the shower if Fred wasn't with her because of her stress levels and anxiety and for the second time since school started she began to regret taking that many subjects.
Fred would often stay with her, helping her memorize the information on her flashcards and giving her little kisses as rewards for every right answer but she lost her mind at last during the second week of break after a potions study hall with Greaseball himself. She came inside the room where Fred was reading shirtless with the pendant of his chain pressed between his lips. He could tell by the look on her eyes and the tint in her cheeks that she had been crying prior to her arrival.
"What's wrong angel? Who made you cry because I'll beat them up," he stood up and wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head.
"Snape is making us take a mock NEWT tomorrow and if we don't pass he will kick us out of advanced potions and I feel like I'm going to fail," she sniffled.
"You won't fail because you're the smartest in our year and if someone will get an outstanding in potions it's you love," he cupped her cheeks and wiped a tear with his thumb.
"But that is beyond the point! If I fail this mock I won't be able to keep taking this class and even though I hate Snape I love potions!" she said, her voice muffled because he was squishing her cheeks.
"Looks like you need to relax love, come here," he kissed her forehead and laid on the bed with his legs open, patting the empty space between them.
"I can't have sex right now, I literally don't have time 'cause I need to study," she whined.
"We won't have sex Mads it's fine, just let me help you relax a bit so that you can go back studying with your head clear," he said softly.
"Fine," she said and threw her bag on the floor.
"Take off your shirt, skirt and your panties and sit here, I don't want you to think about anything school related okay," he rasped and had to hold back a grunt when she laid between his legs almost naked.
"What are you gonna do?" she turned her face around to meet his eyes and shivered when his hands caressed her bare sides and tighs, spreading her legs open.
"You'll see, trust me?" he grinned.
"Of course I do," she breathed when his lips trailed opened mouthed kisses on her neck as his hands massaged her inner thighs.
A small gasp left her lips when his middle finger ghosted over her clit, but he moved his fingers to trace her parted lips. "Open up," he said and gently pushed his index and middle finger into her mouth. She swirled het tongue around them getting them wet, while he tried his best not to moan at the thought of having her lips wrapped around his throbbing cock.
His fingers travelled back down to her aching cunt, already glistening with arousal in anticipation, a needy moan eliciting from her lips when his fingers circled her most sensitive spot. His lips were pressed on her jawline as his free hand grazed her thigh, his fingers alternating between running up and down her slit and circling her clit changing the amount of pressure occasionally to add a different sensation.
"Aren't you my good girl? Only wanting to get O's in everything," he cooed, his hot breath fanning over her ear as he kissed behind her it on top of the already healed tattoo.
"Mhm," she hummed, closing her eyes when one of his fingers slid inside her, gently thrusting it in and out as his other thumb circled her clit.
"Does it feel good when I touch you angel? Bet no one can make you feel this way with only their fingers," he said, softly nibbling her earlobe.
"Only you Freddie," she moaned a bit louder when the warmth began spreading over her lower stomach.
"You look so pretty squirming under me love, my pretty little good girl you're doing so well," he said softly attaching his mouth to her neck leaving a trail of purple bruises.
"Fuck Freddie I'm close," she mewled and dug her nails into his arm, creating crescent moon shapes on his milky skin.
"Look at me don't move you're eyes from me angel, I want you to look at me when you come alright," he smirked and tilted her head so that she could look at him while she came.
He took out his fingers from her heat and moved them to circle her clit faster, her breath quickening and her small moans becoming high pitched. Fred was completely lost in her eyes, her cheeks were flushed, eyelashes fluttering relishing in the feeling of being pleasured so tenderly by him. With one last shaky moan, she came with a cry of his name as pure ecstasy coursed through her veins.
"Did that help love? Are you feeling more relaxed?" he asked sweetly pressing a soft kiss on her lips once her breathing normalized and legs stopped trembling.
"Yes chéri, thank you," she smiled and nuzzled her nose against his.
"You will do amazing in that mock exam and all of your NEWTs, I know it gorgeous. You're the most intelligent person I know and I promise you'll have top marks in everything," he said encouragingly as he helped her get dressed.
Fred was in fact right and Madeleine did manage to get outstandings in all of her mocks making her feel more confident about the exams that would take place in June. She was sitting in the common room by herself, catching up with some Astronomy reading when Harry sat next to her resting his head on her shoulder. He mentioned quietly that he really wanted to talk to Sirius about something important but there was no way he could do so without the pink old hag finding out.
"Well yeah, Ginny told me that the thing about growing up with you Fred and George is that you start thinking that anything's possible if you got enough nerve," he chuckled.
"She isn't wrong, I'll see what they can do so that you can have a window to speak to Sirius in Umbridge's office," she smiled.
"Is something wrong? You always refer to Sirius like Padfoot or Snuffles."
"Everything's fine, don't worry about it," she said, her lips pressed into a thin line. "Have you lot been studying?"
"Well, kind of I guess. Ron and Clo have quidditch so 'Mione has been making me study when they're not around," he shrugged.
"OWLs are really important Harry, have you thought about what to do after school?"
"Maybe an auror but I'm not sure yet."
"I'm so exhausted, Alicia is really making us work for the upcoming match," Clo huffed and plopped down next to Harry. "Can you tell her to stop being so obsessive?"
"I can but it won't work anyway," Maddie chortled. "It's pretty late so you should to bed."
"Yes mum," the two fifth years replied sarcastically as she left to get some much needed sleep herself.
Lee wasn't in the room so she assumed that he must have been with the Hufflepuff boy he fancied and Alicia was probably so tired from practice and studying that most likely she had passed out from exhaustion in her dorm. Lizzie and George were on his bed cuddling and talking quietly and Fred was in his twirling his wand around listening to music
"Finally," he said dramatically when the blonde got into bed with him after putting on her nightwear. "I thought you were going to abandon me tonight."
"You're so clingy Weasley, I was finishing up some reading and it's not really like I have any other place to sleep," she teased and snuggled against his bare chest drawing patters with her fingertip as he played with her hair.
"Night you two, try not to shag while we're sleeping," Fred joked and sent his twin and Liz a wink before closing the curtains of his four poster bed with his wand and pressing Madeleine closer to him.
"Are they asleep?" George asked quietly.
"I think so," Lizzie replied but in fact she was wrong which made Fred and Maddie's curiosity peak.
"Well Liz, there's you know something I've wanted to say for a while but I just didn't know how-"
"Are you breaking up with me?" her voice cracked.
"Merlin no! Are you mental?" he said nervously.
"Then what is it Georgie? You're acting weird," she said softly.
"Okay here goes nothing," he breathed. "Elizabeth Bennet I know that we are young and we have our entire lives in front of us, but I also know that life can be cut short and I can't imagine mine without you in it. Without seeing you everyday, without hearing your laugh and seeing your smile, so when school's over I want you to come live with me and Fred in the flat above the shop if you're alright with that of course. And I promise that one day I will marry you and give you the life that you deserve my love because you are my entire world and without you I would be lost."
Unaware that Fred and Maddie were listening to his every word with mouths agape, they heard Lizzie's voice break clearly trying to hold back tears. "I um, Georgie I don't know what to say-"
"Just say yes you prat! That's the most romantic thing I've ever heard so just say yes!" Madeleine said eyes poking her head out of curtain.
"You a romantic?! Get a grip Frenchie!" Fred laughed and pulled her back.
"Shove off can't you see my best friends are getting engaged like right now," she huffed and with a wave of her hand the curtains of the bed were pulled open.
"You know it's rude to eavesdrop right?" Lizzie and George raised their brows at the other two who were grinning widely.
"Leave the lecture for later and just say yes, we're gonna crash in the common room," the blonde winked and left the room with Fred trailing behind.
Fred laid on the couch first and she got on top of him, covering the two of them with a knitted patchwork blanket Molly made. His chin was placed on the top of her head and his broad arms wrapped tightly around her middle as she rested on his chest.
"You knew didn't you?" Maddie smirked.
"Of course I knew, George can't hide anything from me love," Fred laughed. "Go to sleep angel," he said softly and hummed until her eyes fluttered close and she fell asleep on his chest.
Lessons began again the next morning and like normally, Fred had a hard time trying to wake Madeleine up, who refused to move from her comfortable spot on top of him. They were receiving looks from all the Gryffindors who walked past the common room but she was too dazed and tired to care and Fred was just Fred so he enjoyed the attention. He managed to get her off of him by reminding that she had her final career advised with Minnie in ten minutes and in no time she ran to the dorm to change into fresh clothes and was out the door to meet with her Head of house.
"Madeleine dear, sit down," McGonagall said from her desk once Maddie came inside panting.
"Hi Minnie, this is about job applications right," Maddie shifted uncomfortably on her seat. With everything going on she completely forgot that after school, real life began and she needed to find a job.
"Well yes dear, but Dumbledore requested for this letter to be given to you before he left. I assume it has to do with the Order and such," the older witch smiled and handed her a letter.
Dear Madeleine,
I know that carreer searching is a difficult thing to do, especially when you have not found what truly interest you but I must ask something from you. Even though you are not a part of the Order yet, I need your services. The Minister is looking for a translator, fluent in English, French and Spanish and I for a fact know that you are fluent in those three languages. The Order needs someone with direct access to the Minister's office and I am aware of how big of a sacrifice this is but you are the only person that can help us. Minerva has been given an application for this post and with your academic record and prospected results in your NEWTs, you surely will be given the job. This will be your first mission as an indirect member of the Order of the Phoenix and your first mission as an official member will be given to you shortly after you graduate. Always remember that happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if only one remembers to turn on the light. Once you are done reading this, please hand it to Minerva who will take care of its proper destruction.
Albus Dumbledore.
"Well, I believe I must fill the Minister's translator application Professor, orders from above," she chuckled.
"Madeleine just because Albus asks this of you does not mean that you have to do it against your will," McGonagall said truthfully.
"It's all I have Minnie, quite literally. I didn't even know what to do with my life after school and I guess that this is a start. Perhaps when the war is over I'll find something else," Madeleine shrugged.
"I did not know you could speak Spanish," Minnie said looking at the requirement on the piece of parchment.
"In Beauxbatons it is mandatory to take a foreign language, most people take English but since I already spoke English and French, I took Spanish for five years," Maddie said.
"Here is your application dear, once you're done just hand it over to me so that I can attach your grade record and it will be ready to send once your NEWTs results are here."
"Thanks Minnie," Maddie grinned taking the parchment and putting it gently inside her bag before she bid McGonagall goodbye.
That night, Fred was helping Madeleine review some more with the flashcards she had made when an idea came to his head and he had never felt more thankful for extendable ears in his life. "So I was thinking," he said closing the book she was holding and throwing it aside before tracing feathery kisses all over her neck.
"So you were thinking, that's never good," she said breathily closing her eyes, hands flying to stroke his fiery red hair.
"That we could do something crazy," he said between kisses.
"Crazy like you level or me level," she opened her eyes and stared at him suspiciously.
"Both combined," he grinned.
"I'm intrigued," she cocked and eyebrow up.
"So I was eavesdropping on Minnie and Snape with the extendables and they have a long order meeting tonight..."
"Keep going," Maddie beamed kissing his jawline.
"So what would you say if we redecorate Snapes class a little, make it less, boring," he smirked.
"Are you serious?"
"No, I'm Fred," he smiled.
"That's insane," she shook her head.
"Come on love, I know you want to," he wiggled his brows and stood up with his hand extended.
"Fine, lead the way," she giggled and took his hand, letting him sneak them over to Snape's class.
Who would have thought that getting bent over by Fred over the desk of the Professor she despised the most would have been so much fun, especially completely turning his class inside out leaving for him to find and clean on his own.
Maddie had already talked to Fred and George about Harry's need to talk with Sirius so after much thought they decided to help him out. Unluckily for Fred and Madeleine, the week after Easter break the amount of homework she received was immense so they couldn't spend their last weeks together as they had planned. The only time of the day they were together was after midnight when she kept catching up with her homework in the empty common room.
*****
"Hey," George said in Harry's ear making him jolt from his seat on the couch. The twins and Maddie joined the four fifth years who were previously discussing possible career paths.
"Mads and Ginny's had a word with us about you," said Fred, stretching out his legs on the table in front of them causing several booklets on careers with the Ministry of Magic to slide off onto the floor making Clotilde and Hermione huff in annoyance. "They say you need to talk to Sirius."
"What?" said Hermione and Clotilde sharply, freezing as they were picking the booklets up.
"I don't think you get the concept of subtlety so well, remind me to explain it to you later," Maddie said to Fred rolling her eyes.
"Yeah.." said Harry trying to sound casual, "yeah I thought I'd like-"
"Don't be so ridiculous," Hermione straightened up.
"With Umbridge groping around in the fires and frisking all the owls?" Clotilde shook her head in disbelief.
"Well, we think we can find a way around that," George stretched his arms smiling. "It's a simple matter of causing a diversion. Now, you might have noticed that we have been rather quiet on the mayem front during the Easter holidays?"
"What was the point, we asked ourselves, of disrupting leisure time?" Fred continued. "No point at all, we answered ourselves. And of course, we'd have messed up people's studying too, which would be the very last thing we'd want to do," he gave the two younger girls and Madeleine a sanctimonious little nod and pulled the latter closer to him.
"But it's back to business as usual from tomorrow," Fred said briskly. "And if we're going to be causing a bit of an uproar, why not do it so that Harry can have his chat with Sirius?"
"Yes, but still," said Hermione, "even if you do cause a diversion, how is Harry supposed to talk to him?"
"Umbridge's office," Maddie said confidently.
"Are you insane Madeleine?" Clotilde hushed.
"I don't think she is, I've been thinking about it too," Harry said quietly.
"And how do even plan in getting into her office?" Clo crossed her arms.
"Sirius' knife, Christmas before last he gave me this knife that'll open any lock," he shrugged.
"And what do you think of this," Hermione demanded of Ron, quite resembling like Mrs Weasley appealing Mr Weasley.
"I dunno," Ron mumbled. "If Harry wants to do it, it's up to him, isn't it?"
"Spoken like a true friend and Weasley," Fred grinned clapping Ron's back hard. "Right then. We're thinking of doing it tomorrow, just after lesson, because it should cause maximum impact if everybody's in the corridors - Harry, we'll set it off in the east wing somewhere, draw her right away from her own office - I reckon we should be able to guarantee you, what, twenty minutes?" he said looking at George and Maddie.
"Don't look at me, I don't know how much time it'll give. It's your invention after all."
"Easy," George beamed.
"What sort of diversion is it?" Ron asked.
"You'll see little bro," said Fred as he and George got up again. "At least, you will if you trot along to Gregory the Smarmy's corridor round five o'clock tomorrow. Mads you coming?"
"I'm gonna study some more and finish some essays due next week, I'll be there soon," she smiled and headed to an empty table dragging her heavy book bag.
"Lee, I need to ask you a favor," Fred said quietly looking up at him once he entered their dorm.
"Anything mate, what is it?" Lee shrugged from his bed.
"When I'm gone I need you to take care of her," he breathed.
"Care how?" Lee raised his brows.
"Well with exams coming up you know how she gets, so I need you to remind her to eat and drink water and sleep and if she refuses to sleep carry her back to the dorm and don't let her leave, that's the only way," Fred chuckled.
"Alright, anything else?" Lee shook his head.
"Remind her to take breaks and that life doesn't revolve around exam results. When she's down vanilla ice cream does the trick and make sure that she doesn't smoke too much 'cause when she gets anxious that's all she wants to do. If she gets a panic attack you have to hold her close to you and do the breathing exercises with her and also this thing called grounding so make her tell you five things she can see, four things she can feel, three things she can hear, two she can smell and one she can taste. When she gets her period she gets cranky 'cause she's in loads of pain so if she's mean or says anything rude know that she doesn't mean it so don't take it personally. She also gets cravings of this specific type of chocolate so I left a stash in your bedside table in case she runs out of hers."
"I think I'm gonna need to write all of this down," Lee grinned.
"Already did, left it in your bedisde table. Please promise me you'll take care of her, don't let anything happen to her Lee, please," he pleaded.
"I promise mate, she'll be alright, in two months we'll be done with school and you two lovebirds can go back to your business," he wiggled his brows to a blushing Fred.
Lee, Fred and George went down to the common room to get some final fireworks ready for the second phase of their leaving plan. It was pretty late at night, the fire had died hours ago and Madeleine was still sitting on the table she had been in for hours, trying her best to keep her eyes open despite how heavy they felt. Fred stopped what he was doing and stared at her for a moment before standing up and walking towards her.
"Come on love, I'm taking you to bed," he chuckled lightly.
"But I have to finish this, I was just resting my eyes," she yawned.
"You were not, you were falling asleep and this is due next week, come on let me take care of you angel," he smiled softly.
He picked her up, wrapping her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck. Her head was pressed against his chest and just the warmth and scent that emitted from him was enough to send her into dreamless sleep. Lee and George were watching the scene with wide eyes as they disappeared from the common room and into their dorm.
He was holding her tightly with an arm around her waist to keep her from falling. When he got into the room, he placed her gently on the bed and walked over to his wardrobe, taking a pair of sweatpants and his quidditch jumper out. As gently as he could, he removed her uniform and changed her into his clothes, trying his best not to wake her up.
When he was done he picked her up and again and put her inside the covers. He went to the bathroom and took the makeup wipes that Lizzie had left the day before and carefully removed her makeup remembering what she told him during the summer. 'You should never go to sleep with makeup on because it will clog your pores'.
He changed into the pair of red flannel pajama bottoms he knew she loved and got into bed her with her. Fred draped his arm around her frame and her unconscious form felt his his touch, snuggling closer to him. He chuckled and kissed her temple, his hand traveling to play with her hair.
She was perfect, even in her tired state after not sleeping for days she looked perfect to him. The way her hair looked like the summer sun, the way the vast forest of her green eyes were enough for him to die and come back to life. She was perfect and for him, no one else could ever begin compare with her. She always said that he was like the sun and she was the moon, but in reality she was his sun. His happiness revolved around her, she was the embodiment of the sun even though she claimed she was the moon instead.
Madeleine woke up the following morning completely disoriented but when she felt his body next to hers she relaxed immediately. "Morning love, are you hungry? Want me to go to the kitchens and bring you something?" he asked softly peppering kisses all over her face.
"Yes please," she smiled and hid her face on the crook of his neck.
"Alright, try falling asleep for a little longer and I'll wake you up when I'm back, sounds good?"
"You spoil me Freddie," she chortled, "but yeah, sounds good." Maddie managed to fall asleep for a little bit longer, not minding that most of her day was lost when she remembered that that afternoon both Fred and George would be leaving school.
Fred returned carrying a couple plates of different foods for them to share and woke her up again, a bright smile on his face when her eyes fluttered open. They sat on the bed talking and joking around when a particular annecdote of his made her fall into fits of laughter, only making him smile widely.
"You've been so stressed that I haven't heard that in a while angel," he stroked her cheek with his thumb.
"What?" she wiped a tear from her eye after laughing so much.
"Your laugh, every time I tried to cheer you up you didn't pay attention because your nose is always buried in those books," he chuckled.
"I know I've been distant lately, I'm sorry and I know that we were supposed to spend the entire three weeks together but I had no clue that they would make us take mocks during the holidays," she sighed sadly.
"You don't have to apologize," he took her hand into his, "I know that NEWTs are important to you, even though I think they're a waste of time, but I'm here for you always Mads."
"Thank you Freddie, for everything really, for always taking care of me and making me laugh and for making me happy," she caressed his cheek with her delicate hand, allowing him melting into her touch.
"We're leaving today, last period," he said feeling pain going through his chest the moment the words left his mouth.
"I know, what's the plan then?"
"First we do the portable swamp and make her think that we're already gone when in reality we'll hide in the room of requirement until the mock OWLs for a final firework display and leave with a bang," he shrugged.
"I'm proud of you, I really am," her voice cracked slightly and pulled him into a tight embrace.
"After the swamp thing come see me in the room of requirement, I wanna spend some time alone with you before we leave for good."
"I'll be there Red," she nodded and clung onto him for a while longer.
At five o'clock sharp, Maddie, Lizzie, Alicia and Lee casually trotted to the the corridor where the twins would cause chaos in and in fact, they stayed true to their word. There was a large crowd assembled, probably the ninety five percent of the school was present including several professors. Many of the ones in front were covered in what looked like Stinksap and the members of the Inquisitorial Squad were looking exceptionally pleased with themselves. Fred and George standing proudly in the middle of the floor with the unmistakable look of two people who had just been cornered, Peeves the poltergeist floating above them.
"Argus, please retrieve the form we spoke about from my office, it is in my desk," the pink woman said through gritted teeth.
"Yes your Headship, thank you, they've had it coming for so many years, thank you so much!" Filch looked as if he was about to cry from happiness and ran faster than he ever had to the overly pink office.
"So!" said Umbridge triumphantly standing on the steps looking down at the twins like a predator looking at its prey. "So... you whink it amusing to turn a school corridor into a swamp, do you?"
"Pretty amusing, yeah," Fred winked at Maddie and looked back up at Umbridge without the slightest sign of fear.
Filch elbowed his way to stand next to the Headmistress almost crying with a happy expression on his face. "I've got the form Headmistress," he said hoarsely, waving the piece of parchment. "I've got the form and I've got the whips waiting... Oh, let me do it now..."
"Sick fuck," Maddie muttered to her friends who nodded in agreement.
"Very good, Argus," Umbridge said. "You two," she went on, gazing down at Fred and George, "are about to learn what happens to wrongdoers in my school."
"You know what?" said Fred pretending to think, "I don't think we are." He turned to his twins, "George," he said, "I think we've outgrown full-time education. You know, I've always felt our futures lay outside the world of academic achievement."
"Fred, I've been thinking exactly the same thing, been feeling that way myself lately," George said lightly.
"Time to test our talents in the real world, d'you reckon?" asked Fred.
"Definitely," said George.
Before Umbridge could say anything about the matter, the two of them raised their wands and said together, "Accio brooms!"
A loud crash could be heard from somewhere in the distance, and a moment later Fred and George's broomsticks, one still trailing a heavy chain and iron peg were hurtling along the corridor toward their owners. They turned left, streaked down the stairs and stopped sharply in front of the twins, the chain clattering loudly on the flagged stone floor.
"We won't be seeing you," Fred told Umbridge swinging his leg over his broomstick.
"Yeah, don't bother to keep in touch," said George mounting his own broom.
"And you know what? This is what I think of your eight inch rule!" he yelled and flew towards Madeleine, kissing her passionately his free flipping Umbridge off. He pulled away from the kiss to a flustered Maddie whose mouth was completely ajar and smirked.
Fred looked around at the assembled students and at the silent watchful astonished crowd. "If anyone fancies buying a Portable Swamp, as demonstrated upstairs, come to number ninety-three, Diagon Alley - Weasley's Wizards Wheezes," he said loudly. "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 Umbridge.
"STOP THEM!" shrieked Umbridge, but it was too late.
As the Inquisitorial Squad closed in, Fred and George kicked off from the floor, shooting fifteen feet into the air, the iron peg swinging dangerously below. Fred looked across the hall and met Maddie's eyes, giving her a knowing smile and then looked at the poltergeist bobbing his level above the crowd. "Give her hell from us Peeves!" he yelled.
And Peeves, whom no one had ever seen take an order from anyone, swept his belled hat from his head and sprang to salute as Fred and George wheeled about to tumultuous applause from the students below and sped out of the open into the golden sun. Of course, no other student nor professor really suspected that what they had just done was only part one of their two stage epic goodbye to the magical school.
Once the crowd dispersed and Umbridge stormed to her office fuming, Maddie subtly making her way to the room of requirement without being seen. When she stepped inside and closed the door, she saw Fred staring out a large window into the green scenery outside, clearly reminiscing his best memories around the grounds. Madeleine hugged him from behind and inhaled his scent as if it would be the last time she would ever smell the cinnamon and gunpowder in his clothes.
"George is hiding with Liz in our dorm so we have the room to ourselves," he sighed not doing a good job hiding the faint sadness in his voice.
"You kissed me in front of the entire school," she giggled when he turned around to cup her cheek with his hand.
"Well, they had to know that just because I was gone didn't mean you were available," he grinned. "May I have a dance mademoiselle?" he took her hand when a small radio appeared out of nowhere and Landslide began playing.
"Dance?" she raised her brow but he already had her pressed against him, hands placed on her waist as he swayed to the soft music.
"Yeah, like the first time in the Astronomy Tower," he smiled softly, the two of them recalling the memory. Madeleine had her arms around his neck, her cheek resting on his chest simply hearing his heartbeat and enjoying their last moments together before he left.
"Promise me you won't do anything stupid or reckless," he looked down to meet her eyes.
"Says you?"
"Promise it Frenchie, I won't be here anymore and if you get hurt I don't know what I'll do from miles away," he said hoarsely feeling a sting in his eyes.
"Fine, I won't do anything stupid, I promise," she smiled softly.
"I'm gonna miss you way too much," Fred whispered and pressed his lips on her forehead.
"It's all gonna be over soon, and in no time I'll finish school and we'll be together again," she reasured him.
"I'll pick you up from the Hogwarts Express alright?"
"I'm counting on it," she beamed.
"You have to get to class," he cleared his throat, tears threatening to spill from his eyes and feeling unable of saying the three words he wanted to tell her so bad. He knew damn well that she had no more classes that afternoon but she had never seen him cry and he didn't plan on it being the first time she saw him so vulnerable.
"I do," she nodded, catching the hint and pulled away from him, walking towards the door when his hand grabbed her wrist.
"Kiss for good luck?" his eyes shimmered.
"Kiss for good luck Red," she chuckled and kissed him deeply before leaving.
One hour later, all the fifth years headed to the great hall where they would have their first mock OWL supervised by Umbridge. They had been in the great hall for a solid thirty minutes when Fred and George mounted their brooms again with bags around his shoulders filled with more of their fireworks. The other four were hiding in a corner near the great hall, excited to see the firework display at last.
Smaller fireworks were already exploding around other floors which clearly had upstet the Headmistress since she opened the large oak doors to the great hall infuriated. A firework circled around Umbridge and it soared straight to the middle of the great hall, bursting into blue and gold sparkles. The pink woman looked confused for a moment, since she thought that the biggest rule-breakers of the schook were gone but as she stepped forward, Fred and George appeared on their brooms again making her scream in horror.
"All right, Professor!" Fred shouted and flew into the great hall with George.
The mock exams the fifth years we taking flew into the air as Fred and George threw more fireworks at them, creating nothing but a bright colorful mess. Umbridge was walking to try and catch them, failing hilariously as she tried to dodge the fireworks being thrown at her. Filch showed up with a mop in hand looking paler than usual with an angry expression on his face at both the mess he would have to clean and the twins.
"Thought you'd seen the last of us didn't you old hag?" Fred yelled to Umbridge.
"This is how we do a Weasley style exit you pink toad!" George laughed. "Ready when you are!" he shouted to his twin who laughed and gave him a thumbs up.
George released another firework that turned into a giant Chinese dragon when it bursted. The dragon went straight for the Headmistress, the other four hollering in laughter from their corner as it enclosed it's mouth around a shrieking Umbridge. When it did, smaller fireworks appeared again and went straight to each of the educational degrees nailed on the wall, destroying the parchment and glass of the wooden boxes before they all dropped on the floor, finally being demolished.
The twins flew out of the great hall and into the courtyard where another crowd of students and Professors had already formed, clapping and cheering as they flew higher into the air throwing more and more fireworks laughing loudly, forming a giant W made with exploding fireworks as they departed the school at last.
"They surely did history," Alicia laughed as they all watched the firework W in the sky.
"I bet this will definitely be in books," Lee grinned happily as Fred and George became a dot in the distance.
The next couple of days, Fred and George seemed to be everything anyone wanted to talk about. During meal times or while they were doing homework and even in Alicia's quidditch practices, students would gather around Lee, Maddie, Ali and Lizzie to ask stories about the infamous Weasley twins.
Every night, Madeleine would sleep holding one of Fred's knitted jumpers, smelling it until it lulled her into sleep which was usually disrupted by nightmares involving Bellatrix hurting him. Most days she didn't want to get out of bed but it had to be done, she felt like a part of her was definitely missing, her heart aching everytime she passed by the swamp that still no teacher had figured how to get rid off. She was significantly more quiet, prefering to spend her little free time cuddled up in the bed that still carried his scent while reading Pride and Prejudice over and over again, the words already memorized in her head. Lizzie had had enough. She was tired of Madeleine moping around and decided to confront her best friend about her obvious feelings for the older twin, despite all of Alicia's protests for her to not do so.
"We need to talk," Lizzie said sitting next to Madeleine on Fred's old bed.
"What do you want? I'm not in the mood," Maddie groaned.
"Liz, leave it," Alicia said warningly to her.
"Why don't you and Fred admit that you love each other?" Lizzie said making Madeleine sit on the bed abruptly.
"What did you say?"
"I just don't understand why you and Fred just don't admit your feelings for each other," Lizzie pushed her luck.
"Bloody hell," Alicia muttered.
"There are no feeling between Fred and I, Elizabeth. The only thing that's between us is sexual attraction and friendship and that is all there will ever be. You have to learn that the world is not pink and ponies and rainbows like things work between you and George! Stay away from my business with Fred just as I stay away from yours and George's. I don't understand how many times I have to tell you word by word that Fred and I, it's never going to happen because there are no feelings there!
Not all of us think with our hearts like you and George do! Fred and I think with our brains and we both know and we both agreed that nothing is ever going to happen so stay fucking out of it!" Madeleine snapped and stormed out of the room, heading to the Astronomy Tower to clear her thoughts.
"I told you it was a sensitive subject and what did you have to go and do?" Alicia turned around to Lizzie who was now pale after Maddie's outburst.
"Poke the hippogriff," Lizzie mumbled.
"You'll have to say it louder Liz," Alicia shook her head.
"I went and poked the hippogriff alright!"
"Exactly, you went and poked the hippogriff when I specifically warned you not to," Ali huffed annoyedly. "When are people gonna start listening to me for once?"
"It needed to be done alright! What they have is love and they can't keep denying it!"
"I know Liz but they move at their own pace and you trying to rush them into saying things and putting labels on is not okay! She's not you and he's not George and you know why she is scared of commiting to someone, just let them do things at their own rhythm and for Merlin's sake stay out of it before you do something that can hurt the two of them and yourself too," Alicia said exhasperatedly.
"Fine, I'll stay out of it then," Lizzie rolled her eyes and left Alicia alone in what used to be the chaos trio's dorm which now belonged to Lee and Madeleine.
AN: first of all i would like to apologize from robbing you all of smut but i was in a fluffy mood while writing this. second, i really can't believe this is chapter 50 omg that feels surreal. third, i want to thank all of you for all the support you have given me. ever since i was little i felt drawn to writing but never really had the guts to actually do it and now that i am, it still feels like a dream that people actually enjoy what i write so from the bottom of my heart, thank you and i truly love all of you <3