Aedie ✨️

"I can't wait to see their faces, they're going to look like tomatoes!" George snickered with a big grin as they stood in the corner, watching, waiting for their victims.

Aedlin seemed to be coming their way, blissfully unaware with another student from their year, Elizabeth Jones, another pureblood Slytherin that was also often the butt of Fred and George's pranks. The girls were laughing, smiling and cracking jokes happily and blissfully unaware of what was to come.

"I'm telling you, Lizzie! James literally got his hands stuck together with that broom polish. Madame Pomfrey had to get some Glow Shroom sap in order to unstick him," Aedlin laughed while telling her friend a story, falling right into Fred and George's clutches.

George watched with a smirk, nudging Fred as the two girls grew near their trap and noticed the sweets. "Huh?-" Aedlin commented upon noticing the cookies. "Oh these must be Andy's! They did say they were making cookies for everyone today!" Elizabeth commented with a smile before grabbing herself a treat. Aedlin felt skeptical but decided to trust, knowing her classmates had indeed stated they were going to make them cookies that day. "Alright, one can't hurt then!" She smiled all the while grabbing a treat and taking a gleeful bite.

Fred and George's smiles dropped almost instantly as the girls took bites from the sweets making both violently cough and hold their chests in pain. They might've overdone it with the potion by a smidge. "How much did you put in?" George asked Fred with a concerned look. "The whole bottle like you said!" Fred admitted while glancing at his twin. His words made George look horrified while the girls suffered nearby. "I said don't put the whole bottle!" He whisper screamed at his brother.

"Fuck-" George mumbled as he watched Elizabeth rush inside the Slytherin common room while Aedlin fell to her knees, coughing, wheezing with tears running down her cheeks, the potion had been so spicy that it was burning them in a painful manner and it made them both feel guilty as they had intended for a more 'Oh merlin, why is that spicy,' reaction not 'Oh god, my mouth is on fire, it's hurts!' Reaction

Eventually the pair decided to cut their losses and rushed off, leaving the girls and cookies behind. "If anyone asks we were down by the Quidditch pitch!" Fred stated quickly as the pair ran down the halls of Hogwarts and away from this mess.

Days went by since then and both girls had to take some time away from classes as they were taken to the hospital wing, which made the boys feel even worse. When the girls returned they were extremely quiet, especially Aedlin as their mouths were still burnt and it hurt to speak.

This silence from her stretched all the way until the end of the year much to George's dismay. He hated her but still liked hearing her talking with her friends and looking happy and now because of him and Fred, she was silenced until their train ride back home.

Now late june, everyone was bidding farewells to one another, happy waves and cheers towards their professors who some might never see again. It bittersweet end to their time in their home away from home and bit of a rocky one due to their prank. Lee, Fred and George got to a compartment early, making sure to grab some good seats for the long journey home.

"What are you two gonna do over the summer?" Lee asked in glee as he leaned back into his seat with a bright smile. "I dunno, probably gonna mess with lil' Ronnie-ickles!" Fred beamed with a mischievous grin. "That and eat some of mum's cooking, been missing that one," George snorted while taking a bite of a licorice wand he had stuffed before leaving the tracks.

The three began to mess around in their compartment, talking about next years quidditch, current games going on during summer break, classes they couldn't wait to get to and so much more. The energy was lively and on a pure high as the train trecked forward back to London where they would meet up with their families respectively.

At one point as night began to pull, George left the cabin and made his way towards the restrooms. Once there he bumped into a certain girl that had been making his stomach twist after the cookie incident.

"Bloody hell!" George stumbled as he practically slammed into her, his hands quickly going to either side of her against the carriage wall to keep them from falling over. "Ow, dammit!" Aedlin exclaimed while rubbing the back of her head which had smacked the wall. George stared at her wide eyed for a couple seconds, not really knowing what to say, as that guilt from earlier in the months came back in full force. "I-I... are you... alright?" He managed to choke out while taking a step back.

"I'm fine.... just watch where you're going," Aedlin huffed while pushing past him to leave. "Wait-!" George called out, his hand snapping forward to grab her wrist. "Look, I'm sorry, ok?" He blurted out without thinking. "What?" She asked in confusion, her eyebrows furrowed as she gazed into his eyes. "I'm sorry about the cookies, we didn't mean to-" George began before getting cut off by her. "That was you two!... ugh, I should've known! Madame Pomfrey had me on regenerative potions because my vocal cords got destroyed by those cookies! You caused almost 3rd degree burns on my mouth!" Aedlin squeaked out in anger.

"3rd degree?.... god I didn't know, look, I'm really sorry, it wasn't supposed to go that far," George explained only for her to scoff and pull her hand away from him. "Well it did and people got hurt, why can't you just leave me alone!" Aedlin exclaimed with a frown before storming off in a rage, leaving George behind. He felt awful but didn't know why he wanted her to forgive him so badly, but he did and that seemed like something that wasn't happening anytime soon.

Eventually the train stopped right back where it had left from in king's cross. Students getting off one by one to greet their families. Fred and George bid Lee farewell before rushing towards their Mother and Father who stood proudly towards one of the edges of the tracks with their little siblings. "There's my boys!" Arthur beamed in glee as he pulled in the pair into a tight hug as Percy and Charlie both greeted their mother. "I thought you couldn't come Dad!" Fred exclaimed with a grin only for George to continue. "Yeah, I thought you worked!"

"Ah, I asked to leave early! I wanted to hear all about your first year!" Arthur laughed as the family all shared welcomes and hellos, greeting one another happily, now reunited for the summer. At one point a certain girl rushed right passed the Weasleys towards a man in the corner. "Daddy!" Aedlin squeaked happily as she jumped into the mans arms. The man was tall, fairly lanky, wore patchy clothes, had graying hair and scars on his face, claw like marks right across his skin, like if some animal had marked his territory on the man. He looked happy to see her, holding her tightly in his arms almost afraid she wouldn't have come home that summer.

George couldn't help but stare at the scene, 'She's a Black.... and her father looks like that?' He thought to himself watching the moment unfold, he had always figured she came from an extremely wealthy family but perhaps she came from a side not so lucky financially. Maybe that's why she had been so upset at the glitter, they probably couldn't afford the robes. That made him feel worse of the situation, how could he have been so ignorant especially given his own families financial problems.

*'Bang!'*

The sound of the present exploding came from the distance as a green mist poured out of the Slytherin doors, making all three boys laugh.

"YOU TWO!" Aedlin barked in fury as she stomped over to the group of boys who were laughing in pure delight at the sight of Slytherin after Slytherin coming out of their common room coughing and holding their noses in disgust. "What's wrong, Sparkles?" Fred laughed as he glanced over to the fuming girl. "Jeez someone forgot to shower last night," George teased with a mischievous smirk on his face, looking proud of their work.

"What the hell is wrong with you two!? A stink bomb during Christmas! Really?!" Aedlin yelled in annoyance while motioning towards the Slytherin common. "You do realize we live under the lake right?! As in no ventilation?!" She growled at them while crossing her arms.

"Who says we had anything to do with this?" Fred asked while smiling as he nudged Lee who was containing his laughter. "Perhaps a lucky guess or... I don't know, the Weasley colored wrapping paper? Or the fact that you just so happen to be right here when it happened?!" Aedlin glared at them to which Fred shrugged. "Please, just a coincidence,"

"Liar! What do you have to say for yourselves!" Aedlin exclaimed clearly getting ready to call a professor on them. "Well... guess you're gonna need a lot of baking soda for that stench," George snorted as he waved his hand infront of his nose at her, as if to say she stank, which she did because of their prank.

Aedlin seemed to see red as she pounced on George. "I'm gonna kick your ass!" She huffed while trying to beat up the red head who immediately tried to defend himself. "Hey! Get off me, she devil!" George cried out as he began to struggle with her. Scratches and bites began to come left and right from the two during their struggle. She then grabbed a tuff of his hair in the process which made him yank on hers. "Let go of my hair!" Aedlin cried out in anger to which he answered. "You first!"

"Woah! Woah! Break it up, stinky!" Fred yelled as he and Lee began to try and break Aedlin and George apart, just then with a burst of magic the four were split away from eachother and made to face whoever casted that spell. "Professor!" Aedlin squeaked quickly as Professor Snape suddenly spoke. "What is going on here?!" he demanded with a glare. "They set off a stink bomb in the common room and completely ruined our Christmas-" Aedlin began to explain only to be cut off by George. "Tattletale! Liar!"

"I'm not lying, you dingus!" Aedlin growled at George. "You so are, you hormonal princess!" He called back in a rage. "Enough!" Snape yelled at the pair. "Detention, for all of you! Now!" He stated while using magic to drag them all off.

Hours seemed to pass from that and all of them were separated into various forms of detention. George and Aedlin now stuck together having to scrub down from top to bottom the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

"This is all your fault," George grumbled as he dusted some shelves off. "MY fault!" Aedlin scoffed as she polished some artifacts at the other side of the classroom. "Yes, your fault! Had you kept your bloody mouth shut, we wouldn't be in this mess!" George expressed with a scrunched up nose as he glared at her. "Oh real mature, blaming others for your problems! This is the consequences of your stupid actions!" Aedlin groaned in annoyance at him.

George just huffed and puffed as he continued dusting away, he knew she was right and hated it with a burning passion. He hated this, he hated her, loathed her. "Stop huffing like a petulant child over there!" Aedlin groaned at him only for George to snap at her. "Shut up! Shut up already! You're so annoying! You act so high and mighty, like you deserve everything handed to you like some princess! I bet your mum and dad give you everything you want like the spoiled little rich girl that you are!"

Aedlin went quiet turning away from him as she continued to polish, she didn't want to admit it but his words stung, 'high and mighty', 'spoiled little rich girl', 'princess'. If there was one thing she hated, it was people assuming she was some spoiled brat due to her last name, and that was exactly what he basically insinuated.

George however felt no mercy, at least at first, upon hearing her silence while continuing to work. A slight tinge of guilt crept up his spin after a couple of minutes, this wasn't like him, he wasn't a jerk, he wasn't rude or snappy, so why did she make this side come out, he hated it. "Look I-" He began before getting cut off. "Can we just finish this stupid detention and never speak to eachother again?" Aedlin stated firmly while organizing some shelves.

"Right..." George agreed while continuing to work, the guilt eating him alive as he kept his gaze forward. He had been messing with her all year so far and it came to a breaking point during this detention. Perhaps it was for the best they didn't speak to eachother ever again.

Detention came and went with a tense silence that could be cut with a knife and that was that. After that day Aedlin refused to speak, look or acknowledge Fred and George in any way shape or form, much to George's dismay.

Months went by with Fred and George continuing to mess with her until they decided it was best to probably just drop it, she wasn't giving them the reaction they wanted after all. Then came Quidditch try outs for next years line-up. Excitement brewing between the twins, Angeline, and Lee. The four determined to be in the Quidditch pitch in anyway shape or form. Lee right off the bat managed to land the commenter position for the next year, moving forward making him one of the youngest commenters in years. Fred, George and Angelina however had to try out with Quidditch Captain and seeker Charlie Weasley and keeper/captain in training Oliver Wood for the team.

"You two sure, you're up for this?" Charlie asked his younger brothers as the three made their way towards the pitch. "We were born ready, Charles!" Fred beamed with excitement as he fidgeted with his broom. "Yeah, and I mean you see how we play back home, these positions are as good as ours!" George commented while strutting as if the pitch was his.

"I'm just saying, you might have some competition, who knows," Charlie expressed with a shrugg as he walked down the pitch, his captain robes flicking in the wind like some power he held, making him look intimidating and awesome to his two younger brothers. As the made their way into the pitch something caught their eye, green robes. "What are they doing here?" Fred snarled as his nose turned up towards the Slytherin team which seemed to be wrapping up their own tryouts. "They're leaving, calm down," Charlie stated with a huff.

"Is that-?...." George suddenly spoke as he stared at a certain girl wearing a 07 jersey, Slytherin seeker. "Damn.... she tried out?" Fred huffed in slight annoyance as he watched the girl. "Hmm? You two know her?" Charlie asked as he watched his younger brothers glancing at the girl.

"Just a nuisance, that's all," Fred grumbled as they walked passed towards the pitch. Aedlin merely ignored them as she passed by, but George couldn't take it, quickly grabbing her by the wrist making her yelp in surprise.  "You tried out?!" He asked in annoyance. "Yeah, I'm next years seeker, why do you care, Tweedle Dee?" Aedlin grumbled at him. "I don't.... but I hope you're ready to lose! We're gonna wipe the floor with you especially with Charlie as our seeker," George stated proudly, boasting about his older brother with pride.

"I don't care, I'm still going to wipe the floor with you," Aedlin stated firmly while roughly pulling her hand away from his grip. Charlie raised a brow at her statement and George's insistence in talking to her. "Well, I can't wait to see what you bring to the field," He spoke with a more playful energy towards the younger girl. Aedlin realizing this older boy must be Charlie merely nodded to him before stating. "Don't go easy on me when I play against you, I intend on winning," That statement made Charlie laugh with a bright smile, it was nice to see someone so competitive, he loved it. "I won't, that's for sure," He stated before Aedlin just glared at George then turned on her heel and left.

"She's the seeker?" George grumbled quietly more in shock than anything. "Dude just drop it, we'll kick her ass on that field!" Fred commented while dragging George away with Charlie towards the pitch, where in merely minutes the twins knocked the competition out of the park with their skills as Beaters. After tryouts the twins went off to celebrate with Angelina and Lee for their new Quidditch positions, stealing sweets from the kitchens as a reward.

"Don't worry, mum, you'll won't get any letters.... during the first week," George spoke out with a laugh, winking at his twin. "Exactly, we gotta let them think we're angels first," Fred laughed as he chucked his luggage into one of the storage compartments of the Hogwarts Express. With a shake of his head, Charlie ever the responsible one pulled Molly into a small side hug. "Don't worry Mum, I'll keep an eye on them," He spoke kindly while giving his younger brothers a look. Just as Molly was about to thank him, the train let out a loud roar, indicating that it was time to go. "Merlin! Look at the time, best be on now! Be good! Stay safe! Write to me everyday!" Molly rushed punctuating each action between her five boys as they all bid their farewells, leaving behind their mother, a 9 year old Ron and 8 year old Ginny behind.

Soon steam filled the station alongside parents and children waving goodbyes to one another as the train began to leave the station. This was it, no more parents! Freedom! At least that's what Fred and George believed. The pair began to make their way down the corridors of the comparments, looking for a place to sit during the long train ride. They couldn't just go and sit with their brothers, they believed that doing so would make them look like wusses or nerds and they couldn't have that. They needed to make a good first impression. After a bit of searching they found a compartment with a curly haired boy, around their age inside, who was reading a quidditch magazine. "Yo! Is that the Chudley Cannons interactive poster edition!" Fred loudly called out as he threw open the comparment door in excitement startling the boy. "Oh! Yeah! My dad got it for me!" The boy stated with a grin as he showed them his magazine.

"Wicked!" Both boys stated in unison before George pointed to each of them. "That's Fred and I'm George," Just as the boy was going to speak Fred quickly joked. "Or I can be George and he can be Fred, take your pick,"

The boy laughed shaking his head at the twins. "You two are funny, I'm Lee, Lee Jordan!" He introduced himself with a grin. "Well Lee Jordan!" Fred began dramatically with a grin. "Mind if we join you, everywhere else is full," George finished while motioning to the empty seats.

"Not at all, go ahead!" Lee motioned for them to sit as he began to show them his quidditch magazine. This was definitely the start of a great friendship the twins thought to themselves as the three began to joke and laugh while the train trecked on and on, up towards Scotland.

As time passed the twins began to get restless, they have never gone this long without messing with someone, that someone usually being their younger brother Ron. But he, wasn't here anymore, so they had to find new targets.

"Anything from the Trolly, dears?" Bingo, was all they thought. Now they definitely weren't as heartless to go for the sweet old lady selling candy, no, no. They were going to mess with the ones who bought the candy. Starting with some Slytherin kids a few doors down from them.

"You two sure about this?" Lee asked nervously as he watched the twins setting up some glitter bombs. "Trust us, Lee, this is going to be epic!" Fred laughed as he backed up from the Trolly. "We're professionals!" George grinned as the three boys stood to the side and watched as their targets grew closer and closer, then walked right passed the Trolly. "Huh? What gives!" Fred grumbled as he watched his targets just walk on by.

"Maybe they got candy earlier," Lee commented with a shrugg just as a girl walked over to the Trolly lady. She looked to be around their age, wearing those unsorted robes that they themselves had to put on soon enough, with long messy black hair and a pretty complexion. George seemed to take a liking rather quickly, his eyes never leaving her. Just then he remembered the glitter bomb. "We can't let her get hit, can we?" He asked, knowing their targets had been some older Slytherins instead of this girl. "Don't go soft of me, Georgie!" Fred muttered as he held both Lee and George from intervening.

"Freddie! It's like pranking Ginny!" George warned thinking about how much trouble they could get in for pranking a girl of all people, he was raised by Molly after all. Fred knowing all too well he was right sighed begrudgingly and nodded. "Alright, let's stop her from-"

Poof!

The sound of a small blast quickly cut them off as the girl was suddenly covered in bright orange and purple glitter. "What the-!" She gasped while trying to dust herself off. Despite knowing it was wrong to prank a girl, Fred couldn't help the laugh that erupted from him, at least now he knew those bombs worked, this however made her lock right onto them. "Was this you three!?" She growled at them and stomped over in a rage.

"Uh oh," Lee mumbled looking nervously at the twins who looked like they were both panicked and amused by the sight of the glitter girl. "No, but whoever did this definitely knows how to do a good glitter bomb," Fred stated while trying to contain his grin. "And they know how to pick good colors," George muttered instinctively without thinking.

The girl growled at the two. "Oh, you! You've ruined my robes for the ceremony!" She yelled at them in a fury, her cheeks flushed in embarrassment from the whole ordeal.

"I'm sure they'll be fine, nothing a bit of water can't fix," Fred shrugged as George looked a bit guilty knowing how important the sorting ceremony is to a lot of students, including himself.

The girl looked beyond mad but decided fighting these two would be a loosing battle, with a huff she turned on her heel and stormed off, leaving the twins and Lee behind.

"Jeez, I don't feel too good about that one," George expressed with a small frown as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Whatever, that girl was just a stick in the mud, let's go change, I'm sure we'll be at Hogwarts soon.... and you know Percy is going to yank us by the ear if we're not proper soon," Fred grumbled as he motioning for both Lee and George to follow him.

The train soon came to a gentle stop at Hogsmead station, where students began to get off in piles, walking in crowd towards the gates that led up to the castle. Right at the base however stood a large burly man holding a lantern and shouting "First years! Stay with me!.... First years! You're with me!"

Fred, George and Lee all looked at eachother curiously, wondering who the man was, as if on cue, as if he had read their thoughts Charlie spoke up behind them. "That's Hagrid, the grounds keeper for Hogwarts.... he's nice, gonna take you up to the sorting ceremony," George raised a brow and glanced at Charlie who was already dressed up with Percy soon joining them. "So who's gonna take us to our dorm again?" He asked with a raised brow.

"Whoever your Head Boy is ofcourse!" Percy stated with a huff as he pinched the bridge of his nose, like if he had heard the stupidest question ever. "Most likely me, so behave you two.... now go on, Hagrid will take you from here" Percy commented before nudging them forward.

The three boys seemingly went on their way and joined Hagrid alongside all the other first years, making their way up towards Hogwarts on some little boats. George couldn't help but glance over to the girl from earlier with a frown, her hair slightly sparkling in the moonlight from some glitter residue left behind. He felt bad, for once, he felt bad about pranking someone that wasn't Ginny. Maybe it was because she was a girl, or maybe because it had been an accident, he doesn't quite know but he definitely felt bad and now he had made an enemy of her for sure.

The boats docked and all the first years made their way up and up towards the castle. Where they would be met by none other than Professor McGonagall, a tall strict looking woman that was ready for them. "Tonight you will be sorted into yiur houses. In these you will find friends, rivals, family and so much more. You will create bonds that will last a lifetime and learn things that will stick with you for the rest of your lives... Each house represents great qualities within you all and it will do good that you show it well.... Your houses are Gryfindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin.... when time comes I will place the sorting hat ontop of your heads and you will then sit with your respective house.... I will not repeat myself.... good luck to you all," She stated before disappearing into a pair of large doors that called to them like magnets.

"Hey.... psst... hey," George called out quietly towards the girl from earlier. "Leave me alone, Red," She grumbled towards him without even looking, she didn't have to, she knew it was him. "Look about the glitter I-" George began before getting cut off by Fred. "Well, well, what's going on Sparkles? I see you got the glitter off," He laughed making George snort slightly without thinking which made her angrier at them. "Listen here Tweedle Dee and Dum! I swear if you two try to come near me again, I'm going to make sure your trousers are full of glitter until you graduate. You're going to loose every single left sock you own and I'm going to make sure your soda is flat every time you go to drink one, now leave me alone!" She growled at them, which made both boys raise their hands up in mock defeat and take a step back from her. "So much for making a first impression," Fred shrugged as she rolled her eyes at them and turned back towards the doors.

Soon enough they were summoned inside where rows and rows of students waited for all of them with excitement and smiles. A table of professors and the Headmaster waited for them at the end, right behind a stool where Professor McGonagall stood with the sorting hat in hand. "When I call your name, you'll come up and I will place the hat on your head, showing your house," She stated before calling out name after name, sorting after sorting. One of the first names just so happened to be the girl from earlier. "Aedlin Black-"

Aedlin walked up towards the stool and sat down letting the hat fall gently on her head. "Interesting.... very interesting... you could go here... no there.... I know.... Slytherin!" The sorting hat called out, her robes changed color in that moment into that rich shade of green as the Slytherin table erupted into cheers. With a smile she politely thanked Professor McGonagall and went to go sit with own. "Tch... of course she's a Slytherin," Fred grumbled as he turned up his nose at her. George seemed to mimic Fred's sentiment as he also turned up his nose. She wanted to be all cold then fine, who cares, it's just some girl after all. "We'll find better company," He stated as Professor McGonagall continued the sorting. Soon enough Lee and Fred both got sorted into Gryfindor with loud cheers and smiles, that left George as the last person in their year to be sorted. "George Weasley," Professor McGonagall called out to him kindly to which he nervously sat down and the sorting hat didn't even hesitate. "How many more Weasley's am I going to get?..... Gryfindor!"

With that the sorting ceremony came to an end and a grand feast began after a few words for Dumbledore. Fred and George stuffed their faces alongside Lee and a girl named Angelina who had gotten sorted with them. The night was going wonderfully and ended on a high note as Percy led all the first years towards Gryfindor common.

Everything was going perfectly that is until the next day when they started their clases and were met by those green robes while they made their way towards Charms class and by met, I mean literally bumping or more so, slamming into a certain girl as George turned the corner. "Watch it!" Aedlin growled as he shoved George off her and towards Fred, Angelina and Lee. "You watch it, Sparkles!" George huffed at her.