Where The Sage Shrubs Grow,

Chapter 17

Sage's POV:
I was sitting in the great hall with the twins at the Gryffindor table. A few students gave me looks since I didn't exactly look like I belonged in my yellow and black robes, but Fred just stared them down till they got uncomfortable and left. Its kind of fun having the guy you like become overprotective even if it is just a friendship. I laughed and talked with the twins about almost everything, especially their joke shop they were planning. It was amazing to watch them talk so passionately about something. Though I wasn't paying attention to notice that Clementine had walked in until Hallie called me over. I went back to my table and sat down next to the girls. They naturally made fun of me but I didn't care. They were only joking of course, so why would I care?
"Hey I got a question for you." Hallie stated
"What's up?" I asked
"What. In. The. World. Is up with Fred calling you lovely?" She questioned "It's... weird."
"LISTEN- he says it's because that's just his personality it doesn't mean anything." I responded rolling my eyes dramatically
Hallie just eyed me with suspicion and moved on.

Time travel?

I was sitting in the library at a table reading religiously with Hallie sitting across from me, chatting it up with Clementine about Harry.
"So what exactly happened between you two?" Hallie questioned
"I confessed my feelings last year, brought it up again, turns out he didn't feel the same and actually thought I was joking."
"Didn't I specifically tell you to not bring up your feelings." I could feel Hallies death stare towards Clementine from here
"I couldn't not bring it up" Clementine mumbled
Somehow I had managed to read and pay attention to the conversation. I set my book down and entered the conversation.
"That makes sense."
"Ok, but what's up with you and Finn?" Hallie asked
"Uhhh, friendship?" Clementine mumbled in a tone that sounded like it was obvious
"This feels like when you met Harry, you have always been in denial." I stated
Clementine was silent for a moment, I assumed she was thinking about what I had said.
"I've got class." She said
Clementine gathered her stuff and headed out of the library

"So what do you think of Finn?" Hallie asked settling down with a book.
"I think he's fine... I don't really know much about him besides eye color, hair type, and house." I responded
I couldn't help but wonder if this was just a new friend or an act to make Harry jealous.
"Yeah I don't know how to feel about him either." Hallie stated
I simply nodded and we both settled into a comfortable silence both reading our books. Suddenly I saw Hallie look up and turn, her face brightened. I turned to see where she was looking and I saw Karl waving at her.
"Hallie, we have potions class!" He called
Hallie looked back at me with an apologetic smile, I just laughed at her and waved her off.
"Go, I'll catch up with you later Hallie."
Hallie left me, and I was determined to finish my book so I went back to reading diligently.

"Sage~" I heard two voices behind me, i flinched slightly, fixing my posture, I stared at the shelf straight in front of me.
"Hi Fred, hi George." Identifying the two voices
They both appeared on either side of me sitting down in the chairs.
"So are you just going to sit there all day," Fred started
"Or are you going to do something interesting?" George finished
I settled my chin on my hand and raised a brow at them.
"By interesting I assume you mean a prank?" I asked
"Naturally." They responded in unison
I stood up grabbing my book, going to put it back in its rightful place on the shelf. The twins stood up and followed me closely knowing that I wasn't going to tell them no.
"All right, fine." I smirked
We left the library stopping in the hallway trying to decide what prank to pull. Fred set his arm on my head while throwing out ideas. After much discussion we decided on 3 pranks to pull. We collected our supplies and we were off.

Prank 1: Bewitching water balloons to follow Draco and his two minions. Starting off it didn't take long to find Draco, just follow the sounds of daddy issues and the stench of spoiled rotten. Once we had gotten close enough we stopped to set everything up. I held the water balloons open while George poured in the water as best he could. Fred was our watch guard, making sure none unwanted walked by and that our target didn't leave. Finally, we were ready. Fred bewitched the balloons and they made a b line for Draco. Boy was it worth it so see Draco get hit smack dab in the face and get drenched but once you see it you gotta run because a professor is never far behind. Especially once Draco starts shouting about how his father will hear about this.

Prank 2: Dying Filch's cat a new color. This prank, was by far the most fun. Now finding the cat was never too difficult. Either she would be in Filch's office or she would be with Filch. If she had been with Filch then we'd be screwed. But not today. Once we had decided what color to dye the cat the twins mixed up the color and I was off. Somehow it had been decided that I should be the one to carry out the job. Seeing as I was the smallest and the quietest the boys thought I would have the best chance of success before the cat called for help. I snuck into the office trying to make it around his desk to the cat bed, this office always gave me the creeps. The room was dimly lit with only one dingy lamp and dirt covered every inch of the place. During first year I claimed to could hear children screaming from in here, but that was never confirmed.

Anyway, I managed to make it around the desk and to the cat, I poured the potion onto the cat and she flung around to face me. I froze under the demonic stare of those red eyes, but right as it made a move to let out a howl it started turning colors. Right before my eyes was a raggedy hot pink cat, I couldn't help but burst into laughter. By the time I was out the door and George had grabbed my arm the cat had let out several strangled cries for help and I was laughing so hard I could barley walk faster than a waddle.

Prank 3: Switching McGonagall's ink with invisible ink. This was the most high risk prank, the chances of aprofessor walking by were high and the fact that McGonagall could change into a cat made this prank even more tedious. Fred handed me the jar and explained what I needed to do, George just gave me a pat on the back for good luck. I began my long trek up to her desk with trembling hands. It was a long ways up to her desk since her office was also her classroom, I turned around halfway there to look back at the twins for reassurance that I was still in the clear. Once one of them had shot me a thumbs up I made the rest of the way to her desk and crouched down. I scanned the area to make sure again that all was good and carefully switched the ink bottles. I placed the prank bottle as similarly to the original as I could so she would notice no difference. I was just about to make my way back when I heard Fred whisper yelling.
"Come on Sage we've got to go! Hurry!" He called
I had just made it out of the door when I turned to see Snape right on our tails.
"Hey, what are you students doing?" He roared

Fred grabbed my hand, and all three of us started booking it down the hall. We had decided to go to the Gryffindor common room, since anyone could enter the shared one, and Hufflepuff was too far away. Hopefully we could camp out there till Snape got tired of searching. While we were running Fred had slipped off his rope and draped it over me in attempts to conceal my uniform, I slipped my arms into the sleeves of it and wrapped it around me just as we made the corner to get to the common room.

Once we had gotten in we plopped down on the couch and laughed about what had just happened. Once our laughs had dissipated we sat in a comfortable silence and I took in my surroundings. Their common room was much more cozy than mine. They had a fireplace, comfy sofas, bookshelves, and wizards chess. I took in a deep breath and my nostrils were invaded with the best scent ever to exist, Fred's scent. I had forgotten I was wearing his robe, it was much too big for me since he was built so much stronger and taller than me. It smelled just like him, fireworks, cinnamon, vanilla, and firewood. I could have lived in that scent forever and never get tired of it, of course I couldn't. It was Fred's scent.

Once it was time for me to return to my dorm Fred insisted on walking me back, in case I got in trouble so he could go down with me or hopefully take the fall for me. He's so chivalrous, once we made it to my common room I have him a hug and expressed how much fun I had with him and George that day. He waved goodnight and then disappeared into the darkness of the hallway. I went ack to my dorm and Hallie raised a brow at me... obviously she noticed the Gryffindor robe that I was wearing that was too big on me, that I had forgotten was wearing. I jokingly ignored her teasing and headed to bed. Yeah, I slept with my face buried in his robe. Honestly you would have done the same thing!

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