A New World ?G.W?

It's Halloween morning and I'm chatting with Luna as we make our way towards the entrance hall where we've all planned to meet before heading to the village. I see the group at the bottom of the staircase waiting for us and smile noticing that Neville has joined us.

"Oh sorry, are we late?" I ask worried, but Harry is quick to reassure me.

"No, no it's fine, we were a bit early. Are you ready to go?"

"Yes, let's go." Luna answers for the both of us and we head out the door and set down the long drive.

As we walk, we talk about everything from recent classes to muggle music, which makes the walk go faster than it usually would and before we know it we were in Hogsmeade.

"I was thinking we could go to the Three Broomsticks, grab a few butter beers?" Harry suggests and we all escape the cold into the warm crowded pub. We manage to find a table big enough to accommodate for the seven of us and order our drinks from a pretty barmaid who approaches us as soon as we sit down.

"How's the tutoring going Y/N?" Harry asks me.

"Really good. Neville's a good student and I really enjoy potions so it doesn't feel like extra work really," making Neville blush.

"Hold on, you enjoy potions?" Ron asks with a shocked look on his face, "As in, the lesson that Snape teaches? Are you okay in the head?"

"Yes Ronald, that potions" I say in a very Hermione-like-tone, "I mean I know Snape isn't the nicest, but the subject itself is interesting. Seeing nothing go to something that's useful, you know?"

"I totally agree Y/N" Hermione said with a pointed look at Ron.

Our drinks arrive and we chat some more, ordering more drinks when we finished the first round. About an hour after our arrival we decide to take a walk around the shops after Hermione announced she needed a new quill and maybe some parchment. It's when we're in Scrivenshaft's that Ginny asks me if I enjoy Quidditch. I've never really had a one-on-one conversation with Ginny and am struck by an unexplainable nervousness.

"Um I can't play at all, not really my thing. But I go to the matches and show house pride and all that, but I'm definitely more of a watcher," I laugh. "Do you play?"

"Yeah, I'm hoping to try out for the team maybe next year. I've always played with my brothers to make up the numbers, but I'm not bad." She looks around before adding, "better than Ron at least"

We both laugh and I come to the decision that I rather like Ginny, honestly I like all the Weasleys. After Hermione's done, we go to Zonko's, planning on heading back to the castle after Ron had stocked up on sweets. The store is really busy, everyone buying Halloween treats I guess, so I tell the group I'll wait outside, Harry offers to wait with me but I tell him to go ahead. While I wait with my head down, I hear laughs and loud voices and I look up to see Fred, George, and their friend Lee.

"Hey Ravenclaw!" Fred says before entering the shop with Lee while George hangs back.

"Hi Y/N, what's up, how come you're out here?" He says with his hands in his pockets and those damn butterflies start up again.

"It's so cramped in there you can barely move, I just told them I'd wait out here," I say shivering in the cold autumn air.

"Are you cold? Here take this," and he takes his scarf off and wraps it around my neck before I can protest. "Better?"

"Yeah, thank you" I smile up at him. 'I don't have a crush' I remind myself sternly.

I think he's about to say something else when the door next to me opens at my friends spill out. Ron eyes George suspiciously before looking at me and saying "You ready to go?"

"Yeah one sec," I start to take the scarf off ready to give it back when George puts his hand out to stop me.

"No it's fine, it's still cold," he says. "It looks better on you anyway," he smiles and disappears into the shop.

"You coming Y/N?" Hermione asks and I realise the group had already started to walk away, leaving me standing with my heart beating a little too fast.

"Yeah," I say breathlessly and join my friends heading back to the castle.

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I spend a few hours in the library doing some homework before heading to the Great Hall for the Halloween feast. I'm siting next to Luna as she talks to me about pudding and I half listen when the double doors fly open. Filch runs across the room causing everyone in the large room to turn to him and a few people laugh as he flings up his knees.

He mumbles something to Dumbledore which causes his eyes to widen. He leans across to say something to the other teachers before standing up and clearing his throat.

"Students, I must ask you to remain at your tables while I attend to a matter," he says and hurries from the hall with Filch, Mcgonagall, and Snape. The room erupts in chatter which Professor Flitwick tries to calm down but to no avail.

"Come on," I say to Luna and we crouch down and rush to the Gryffindor table.

"What's going on?" I say slipping in between Hermione and Neville.

"How would we know?" Asked Ron with his mouth full.

"Don't take things the wrong way, but it normally has something to do with you three." Luna says which makes Neville smile a bit.

"She's got a point," grumbled Harry. "But this time it's genuinely not us."

While the group discuss what could be happening, my eyes wander up the table and land on George, who is conversation with Fred and Lee while sipping on a glass of pumpkin juice. He looks up and our eyes meet and he smiles at me and Fred turns to see what he's looking at.

"Ravenclaw, thought we were told to stay put," he shakes his head, "when did you become such a rule breaker?"

"I guess you're a bad influence Weasley." I call back up the table which makes him laugh.

He opens his mouth to respond with probably something witty when Dumbledore enters the hall again and announces, "Prefects, please escort your houses back to the common rooms where you are to remain for the rest of the evening. Promptly please!"

With that the hall springs into action, prefects shouting for their houses attention and first years working themselves into a panic. Luna and I exchange a confused look with our friends before joining the other Ravenclaws heading out the door.

Rumours travel quickly about what happened. "A troll in the dungeons again?" "Maybe some kind of creature?" "What if it was a death eater?" But at around nine O'Clock, our head of house comes to tell us what happened.

"Attention students," he calls and the room quietens down. "I'm sorry to tell you this but a body has been found in the forbidden forest."

A/N

George gave us his scarf how cute! 

This chapter was hard to write but I actually love it! I love the way the Twins are starting to rub off on us haha

xoxo