"LEE, IF YOU'RE NOT IN FRONT OF THE CHIMNEY READY TO GO IN THREE MINUTES, I'LL CUT OFF YOUR EARS AND STAPLE THEM TO YOUR NECK!"
I look over when I hear a loud thump from around the corner, and all I see is a middle finger flipping me off from the hallway. Sighing, I walk over to see what the cause of the sound was, and I find Lee lugging his trunk through the hallway, struggling to hold Kiki's cage at the same time.
"Little help?" Lee says, huffing loudly as he yanks his trunk forwards.
"Fucking hell," I mutter under my breath. "Wingardium Leviosa," I say, levitating the trunk and Kiki easily off the floor and moving them gently in front of the chimney. Kiki squawks excitedly when she sees Nori, who ruffles his feathers and hops closer to Kiki.
"I love magic," Lee says happily.
"Fucking use it then," I retort, rolling my eyes. "Have you got everything? Nonna is visiting her sister for a few days, remember, so she won't be able to mail us anything and she won't appreciate us walking around without her here more than we have to now."
"I've got everything, Christ," Lee mutters, and then he looks over to Nori and Kiki, who are peering back at us from their cages. "Let's just let them fly over. Owls don't really enjoy travelling by Floo Powder, and besides- they look desperate to get out of their cages."
Together we let the two of them out and give them the address, and they each ruffle their wings before flying off into the night, disappearing into the inky blackness. We gather our things, and I go to stand in the chimney, grabbing some Floo Powder and chucking it down while saying where I want to go.
In an instant, I'm rocketed through England until I come to a jolting stop in the chimney of the Weasley family. Fred and George stand by the dishes, muttering and laughing to each other as they flick each other with the soapy water. They have their backs to me, and haven't heard me arrive, so I creep up behind Fred. Placing my hands over his eyes, I whisper, "Guess who?" in his ear.
He grabs my wrists and flips me over in a matter of seconds, and before I can blink, I'm on the floor, dazed and confused. When he sees that I'm the culprit, he gasps. "Venus, I'm so sorry, are you okay? I didn't mean to do that, I'm so sorry, I-"
George begins cackling with laughter while he watches the scene unfold in front of him, and as I stand up, I flick him on the nose. Turning to Fred, I wrap him in a hug. "It's okay, Fred, I'm fine. I missed you!"
He buries his face in my hair, and I can feel the smile on his face. "I missed you too, Aphrodite," he whispers in my ear. I pull away as he places a kiss on my forehead and turn to George.
"Staying out of trouble, I hope?" I ask as I hug George.
George scoffs. "Unlikely," he replies.
"You guys do know that you can use magic to do the dishes, right?" I ask, eyeing the soapy water. Is there something with boys and forgetting magic exists today?
Fred shakes his head. "We tried to dye Ginny's hair blue while she was sleeping again, so Mum put us on dish duty and confiscated our wands."
"Surely you do stuff like that a lot," I reply. It's what they're known for, after all.
"Yes," George said, his face falling slightly as he recalls the memory. "But we haven't played any pranks on Ginny in a while, and she woke up when we were about to do the spell and got all shaky and found it really hard to breathe. We thought..." he trails off. "We thought she was dying."
"We didn't really know what to do, so we just talked to her until she calmed down, but in the morning, she was still really shaky. She wasn't going to tell on us, but Mum knew something was wrong, so we turned ourselves in."
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chaos ~ fred weasley
Fanfiction"What are you doing?" "What does it look like?" "It looks like you're putting eggplants in a pile outside my room." "That's exactly what I'm doing." ~ Venus Jordan hasn't been to school with her twin, Lee, in years - and Ilvermorny just isn't a...
