Order Only: George is awake!

[alt_fred]

He woke up this evening, about a quarter hour ago. He's groggy, and keeps asking me to repeat things I tell him, but he did manage to laugh when the Professor just about licked his nose off.

He's managed to sit up, and he's eating a bowl of soup under Mum's anxious eye.

As for magic, I don't know. I have his wand, but he hasn't asked for it yet.

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Private message to Pansy Parkinson

[alt_fred]

He asked about you right away, and he brightened right up when I told him you were sitting with him the night he was injured. He was shocked to realise that several days have passed and you've already gone back to school. He's asked me three times what day today it is.

I haven't told him about Hitty yet. Would you prefer that I do that?

It might be that we can wait awhile. He isn't asking many questions yet, and his eyes are already drooping again. Poppy warned he might need a lot of sleep in the beginning of his recovery.

Re: Private message to Pansy Parkinson

[alt_pansy]

Oh. Oh, Fred. Thank you.

That's such good news. Really and truly.

Yes, when he's a little more together, that would be best. I might write him through you, too, if you don't mind reading it out loud.

Re: Private message to Pansy Parkinson

[alt_fred]

Course I don't mind! I'll even put in extra mushy bits, if you like.

I hope you'll sleep better tonight, knowing he's on the mend.

Re: Private message to Pansy Parkinson

[alt_pansy]

You're a really good friend, you know that? A decent brother too, mind, but I really

I'm just so very glad that you're there.

And I will.

[alt_bill]

That's wonderful news. Thanks for letting us know, Fred.

Private message to Bill

[alt_molly]

Bill, are you free to break away from whatever you're doing?

Could you do me a favour? There's something I really want to know, except that I don't want to leave George at the moment, now that he's awake.

Could you please apparate home to the Burrow and check to see what George's clock hand says?

Re: Private message to Bill

[alt_bill]

Sure, Mum, I can do that.

Re: Private message to Bill

[alt_bill]

Mum,

His clock hand is pointing to 'Lost.'

Re: Private message to Bill

[alt_molly]

I see.

That's what I feared.

Re: Private message to Bill

[alt_bill]

But he is awake. Has Poppy seen him?

Re: Private message to Bill

[alt_molly]

No...no, not yet. But I'm sure she'll come back to Moddey Dhoo to give him an examination once she sees Fred's journal entry.

Oh, he's awake. And he's alive. Those are the important things.

[alt_hermione]

Oh, that's good news!

[alt_fred]

It's freaking fantastic news! Could you make sure that everyone there knows?

[alt_luna]

I was so happy to open my journal and read this. Say hello to him for me, won't you?

[alt_fred]

Sure I will. Looks like he won't be awake much longer, but he'll be real happy to hear from people.

[alt_susan]

And a hello and congrats from me too!

[alt_poppy]

Excellent news. I'm very pleased to see it.

I rather assume the patient will be asleep again before I can return, but do tell him for me that I am encouraged by his progress so far and that I will examine him as soon as he's awake again. That should encourage him to sleep well and soundly and take the rest his body needs, don't you think?!

[alt_fred]

Well, he wanted to stay up and talk, but he conked out nevertheless.

We'll be glad to have you cast an expert eye over him and tell him he needs to be eating more vegetables. (Mum, especially).

[alt_hydra]

Nice to get good news.

And tell him well done.

Private Message to Fred

[alt_ron]

So. How is he, really?

Re: Private Message to Fred

[alt_fred]

He's weak, but his sense of humour is intact. He's worried about Pansy. He was VERY relieved and happy that we saved the people we did.

I certainly didn't say anything to him about his magic, but he knew perfectly well when he cast the spell the risk he was taking. He woke up fully expecting he's going to be a squib. For a long time, if not permanently.

Mum had Bill go home and check his clock hand. It says, 'Lost.' Mine says 'Working.'

The thing is, he was simply happy that he woke up at all in the first place. Right before he cast it, the two of us thought we wouldn't live to see another sunrise. Merlin, those inferi are terrifying.

One of his first vistors was Fu, one of the people we saved. Fu knows the odds George is facing, of course, since he was living at Moddey the whole year Frank's magic was gone. So Fu, clever bugger that he is, started talking about how he could use someone to help with testing defensive stuff who knows magic, but isn't magical. Someone who understands the underlying theory, but who can help him fine-tune defences for muggles.

Fu won't let him fret. Neither will I. Frank talked with him too, briefly, before he fell asleep again.

I think he'll be okay, really okay, whether his magic comes back or not. I hope Pansy will.

I guess we'll know a bit more when Poppy has a chance to give him an examination.

Re: Private Message to Fred

[alt_ron]

Hang on. Why's everyone assuming the worst?

Of course, he's going to get his magic back. Got to think positively. Think positively or go home, yeah?

I mean, who d'you know that's more magical than George? (Except you, maybe.) No one, that's who!

It's just a matter of time. Waiting it out like Frank did.

And he woke up loads faster than Frank, yeah? So that's a sign.

Re: Private Message to Fred

[alt_fred]

Oh, obviously we're all hoping his magic will be right there when he picks up his wand. Or it'll come back after a little while, if it isn't there right away.

My point is, we've been working really closely with Fu for a number of years, and we've discovered there are a LOT of things we can do, that we like to do, the Muggle way. Including one of our favourites, explosives.

Of course I'm hoping he'll have his magic. It'll be no picnic trying to come up with products for the shop if he can't help design them, although of course he can still help dream them up. But if he can't it's going to be hard. Especially with Hitty being gone.

[alt_jeremy]

Good-oh. Progress.

[alt_charlie]

That's wonderful news. Tell me what I can do, yeah?

[alt_fred]

I think he'd really like a visit, whenever you can break away to stop by Moddey. Of course, they're treating him like royalty here.

We're going to have to think of a cover story for running the shop, so any thoughts you have on that, send 'em our way.

[alt_ron]

Say. Here's a bit of news to cheer you up.

One of the younger Hufflepuffs is having a birthday today. Not sure which one. I mean, they all run together, innit? But at breakfast there must've been twenty Huffs setting off your confetti bombs and blasting on those hilarious horns that make all the mad sounds. And in the corridor on the way to first lessons, someone set off one of your bedazzlement blitzes, which had everyone crashing into everyone else and laughing like mad.

I'd be expecting a load of orders. The Huffles're gonna need to restock, and everyone else'll be wanting to order, cause, seriously, this place needs a bit of livening up!

Maybe you could just ship in a giant complimentary box on the first day of exams!