Ollie stirred from his sleep as his younger brother, Harry, came to wake him up

“‘Cmon Ollie!” he exclaimed “We’ll miss the train!” he added, leaving the room so Ollie could get dressed. He begrudgingly got out of bed and pulled on some pants and an oversized jumper before closing his trunk and getting his beautiful and sleek black cat, Howl, in the cage. Sighing, he realized that this was his third year at Hogwarts and Harry was going into his first. He was getting lost in memories of the years he had already spent at Hogwarts, when a disheveled Grey owl landed on his windowsill and dropped a letter he had been clutching in his beak.

Ollie walked over to it and stroking its feathers as he picked up the letter. He smiled right away when he looked down at the envelope and saw the familiar “W” logo of Fred and George, they used it for everything, he thought with a smirk. He carefully opened the envelope, as you never knew what was enclosed. To his relieved surprise the only thing that happened was that the envelope itself exploded into red and yellow confetti, revealing only the letter that was enclosed.

Ollie unfolded the paper and started reading with a smile.

Oi Ol,

It’s Forge and Gred, not sure when this will reach you ‘cause Errol is a dimwit, but anyways. Just wanted to let you know we’ll see you at the station to get on the train. This year will be fun, we’ve already got loads of prank ideas and it sounds like Quidditch Captain is open for the team! You’ll be up against Wood tho, so good luck with that. Anyways, see ya in a few hours!

Your friends,

Fred and George

Ollie stuck the letter in his pocket and sent Errol off, not having time to write a response, and started dragging his tote downstairs where Harry was waiting with Petunia and Vernon, Dudley sucked into the TV as normal.

“Alright, ready to get out of this hell-hole” Ollie muttered to Harry so the Dursleys couldn’t hear, and he cracked a smile.

“Alright, get your luggage in the car and we’ll drop you off you little gits” Vernon said in a gravelly voice, heading for the door and leaving Petunia behind with Dudley. Ollie and Harry exchanged a glance and followed behind him, loading their stuff and themselves into the car. It was a silent drive for the most part, except for the occasional grunts from Vernon and the noise from Hedwig and Howl.

Ollie smiled as they reached Kings Cross Station and hopped out of the car; grabbing a cart and practically throwing his trunk onto it, and set Howl’s cage on top before helping Harry with his.

“Bye Uncle Vernon, see you next year!” he yelled after the car as it sped away. He started showing Harry the way to the platform, and at the same time kept an eye out for the twins. He predicted that they would come out of nowhere, and they did. Which resulted in both of them getting punched.

“Oi!” they both yelled at the same time and smiled down at Ollie. As they were all the same age, they were very close but the twins were at least a foot taller than Ollie, and to his dismay loved teasing him about it.

“You two idiots scared me!” Ollie yelled back at them jokingly. “Now, where’s the rest of the Weasleys?” He asked, looking around

“Already on the platform, we hung around for you two gits to make sure you made it. You get our owl?” Fred asked.

“Yep, now, let’s get going! I don’t want Harry to be late for his first year!” he said. Starting to move again with Harry, who had been watching the interaction silently, following. The twins ended up walking next to the two of them, constantly picking at and teasing Ollie. They reached the platform and George ran through with his cart, followed by Fred.

“Alright Harry” Ollie said, turning to his younger brother “You need to run as fast as you can to that barrier and don’t let yourself slow down till you’re past or you’ll crash” he explained “Now go!” he said, pushing Harry in the direction of the barrier and quickly following behind him.

“Let’s get on the train, you should sit with Ron, he’s Fred and George’s younger brother, it’s his first year too.” He told him before walking off, leaving Harry to find his way to a compartment. Running off to the twins who were already in a compartment, he shoved himself in there and he tucked his trunk under a bench and closed the door before letting Howl out of his cage.

“Alright you two, whatcha got planned now?” He said, looking at the two twins in front of him who flashed him mischievous grins.

“Good question Ollie,” Fred said, getting up and sitting on Ollie’s right side.

“Very good question,” George said, practically mirroring his brother on Ollie’s left side.

“You sure you want to know?” Fred asked, looking down at the short person next to him “ What’s to say you won’t tell Filch” he added.

“Since when have I snitched?” Ollie said, raising an eyebrow and crossing his arms, glaring back and forth at the twins. “Just tell me already!” he added

“We’ve made new toffees’’ George explained “They make you fall into a deep sleep-like state and are laced with veritaserum, you can ask whatever you want and get truthful answers without the kid-” “Or professor!” Fred butted in “-Knowing whats going on” George finished with a smirk.

“And we want you to test it for us” Fred added with a pleading look..

“Nope! No way am I testing that, who knows what you could ask me, or how badly you messed up the veritaserum. Who knows what it could really do?” Ollie questioned, “No!” he said again.

The two looked disappointed, “‘Cmon, we wouldn’t ask if it could be dangerous, and we won’t ask anything too personal!” Fred replied, “Please?” George added

Ollie squinted his eyes, but finally gave in “Fine” he replied. The twins cheered with joy, “BUT! If I find out you asked anything you shouldn’t have I will make you regret it” he warned looking at them seriously.

“Alright, got it, we’ll do it tonight in our dorm” George replied with a smile. Ollie couldn’t tell if it was mischievous or not, but got sidetracked when the lady came round with the snack cart.

“Want anything off the trolley dearies?” She asked with a warm motherly smile.

The twins both shook their heads, taking out sandwiches their mom had packed them, before looking at Ollie.

“I’ll take three Cauldron Cakes, three Chocolate Frogs, three Sugar Quills, and three of Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans” he said, handing the lady the amount of galleons and sickles she needed, and as she left and tossed one of each thing to the twins.

“Hey thanks Ol” Frank said with a smile, taking out his Chocolate Frog and eating it. George nodded in agreement, his Cauldron Cake already shoved in his mouth.

“No problem guys, I can’t wait for Hogwarts this year! I’m so excited to watch Harry get sorted.” he said with a smile before getting up “Imma go change, be right back” he said. Fred piped up, “How come you gotta leave to change?” Fred asked, waggling his eyebrows before bursting out laughing. Ollie smacked his arm and left.

When Ollie came back five minutes later, the twins had already changed and Ollie just flopped into their laps. He sprawled out much like his cat on the other seat, much to the amusement of George and Fred. He should have known better as he looked up slightly before they smirked and started tickling him.

“H-Hey!” he yelled between laughs, as George joined in with the torture “S-Stop it!” he said before rolling off their laps onto the ground and glaring up at them.

“Really ya gits” He said, sounding annoyed but a smile tugged at his lips. “Oi, help me up” he added, holding a hand up and Fred grabbed it, pulling him up.

“Alright you two, I’m taking a nap, if you do anything while I sleep I swear…” He said, trailing off and glaring at them as he laid down on the opposite bench before turning his back to them.

Fred smirked and checked to make sure Ollie had fallen asleep before taking out a package from his robe and holding it in front of George.

“I’m doing it this year” He said, his smirk turning into a warm smile as he opened the box and revealed a ring of a silver and a gold band, Ollie’s name engraved on the silver and his engraved on the gold.

George smiled at him “Good luck Fred, good luck” was all he said in response before pushing Fred off the bench “Now sit over there, I’m taking a nap to, need our rest for tonight” he said as Fred sat down at Ollie’s feet.

Fred glared at George as he laid down, covering the entire bench. Ollie started stirring in his sleep before he shot awake,tears staining his cheeks and still flowing. Fred quickly turned to him and gave him a comforting hug.

“Hey, shh.” he said in a comforting way “It’s alright, what’s wrong?” he asked, looking down at Ollie and wiping his tears away. Ollie just shook his head, indicating he wasn’t ready to talk about it and buried his head in Fred’s chest, which wasn’t unusual when he needed comforting. Fred immediately started running his hand comfortingly up and down Ollie’s back until his breathing calmed to a steady tempo but didn’t let go until Ollie pulled back.

“Thanks…” Ollie said quietly, looking at the bench and petting Howl.

“You wanna talk about it?” Fred asked, looking at him worried but he just shook his head and looked up at him.

“Not right now…” Ollie replied, trying to give him a smile “But, can we cuddle..? It helps…” he added quietly.

Fred re-positioned himself so his back was against the side wall and opened his arms “C’mer” he said with a smile as Ollie flopped into his arm, face in the crook of his neck. It took a bit but the two of them fell into a calm sleep listening to the other breath.