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Bubbling for a spell: vintage cauldrons through the ages.
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tdciago · 3 months
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Fargo: C and Ch
(Originally posted to Reddit on 1/20/24)
I want to point out a couple of significant things that Noah Hawley did with alphabet letters in the finale. You can reject my interpretation of their meaning, but we should at least acknowledge that they were done.
The first is the absence of the letter C, but its repeated use as a sound in a spoken phrase.
The episode title, Bisquik, leaves the letter c out of the brand name, even though we've seen the correct spelling on the box several times during season 5, and the product has been mentioned many times.
Lorraine, in her description of Roy's punishment, mentions that she's helping prisoners in cell blocks D, B, and A, but not C. Once again, the C is missing.
During the scene in Dot's house, the phrase "across the sea" is spoken three times. If we think of sea as c, this phrase becomes part of the motif that highlights the letter c in this episode. We've also had references to "seeing" throughout this season, including eye patches and complete blindness, or lack of seeing/c-ing.
One of the meanings of C is cancer, as in the big C. Roy has said, "Cancer can't survive outside of the body," and Jordan Seymore repeatedly emphasized that he had cancer, and that, "I need this cancer out of me!"
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Cigarette smoking is a major cause of cancer, and Lorraine gives Roy a pack of cigarettes with the fictional brand name Original, as in "original sin."
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This "gift" can be seen as paying off the Trojan horse idea that was depicted in the shot through the windmill blades, showing two buildings on the ranch configured like a Trojan horse. The blades of the windmill itself look like matches with red tips, and the windmill is a gravesite. We can associate this with the cancer-causing cigarettes accepted by Roy. They are presented as a gift (because he can theoretically use them to bargain away abuse), but they are actually something harmful, just like a Trojan horse.
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Munch also mentions being approached by a man with a "wealthy horse" to be given food and two coins. This was also a Trojan horse, because the food was actually sin.
Munch's sins are like a cancer that he can't get out of him.
Now for the second unusual thing with letters in the finale.
In the space of a few minutes, we hear the words chili, cheddar, chopsticks, chocolate, chimpanzees, and choice. That's an odd assortment of words, particularly the decision to include chopsticks and chimpanzees. What's going on with all those ch words?
The letter combination ch is a digraph: "two letters used to represent one sound," from Greek di- "twice" (from PIE root *dwo- "two") + -graph "something written," from Greek graphe "writing," from graphein "to write, express by written characters," earlier "to draw, represent by lines drawn" (see -graphy)."
I've theorized that season 5 is a story being written by Gaear Grimsrud, the kidnapper and killer of Jean Lundegaard in the Fargo movie, and that he was representing himself in the narrative as two characters: Ole Munch and Roy Tillman.
Munch is the pancake lover who just wants some peace and quiet. Roy is the domineering Marlboro Man side of Gaear, who commits ruthless murders.
In the movie, another character says of Gaear, "You know, he looked like the Marlboro Man." She proposes that this may be a subconscious thing, "'cause he smoked a lot of Marlboros." And Noah Hawley described Roy's look as the Marlboro Man.
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The purpose of writing this story would be to pay a debt to Jean in the only way possible now, and to gain her forgiveness and hopefully some measure of redemption.
Just as Dot (who represents Jean) gives Munch the biscuit and speaks of forgiveness, the movie theme music kicks in. The victim has forgiven the perpetrator. In the previous episode, the perpetrator literally pulled the victim from the grave, resurrecting her in the form of this fictional character, Dorothy Lyon.
The only thing left now is redemption. So Munch eats the biscuit and is apparently freed from the curse of sin. At the same time, Roy (his other half) is damned to eternal hell for the crimes he has committed.
So there is both acknowledgement of Gaear's crimes, and recognition that they deserve punishment, but also some measure of salvation in the fact that his victim forgives him.
This is my interpretation of the finale. I also believe these events are taking place, within the story, as a bardo in the afterlife, a liminal transition space in which earthly trauma and sins can be worked out before reincarnation, much like Camp Utopia was for the abused women in Linda. As Munch says, "This is the other side."
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We've had various discussions before about reincarnation and cycles, and if we look back, there are a lot of hints along the way that could point to smoking and cancer. I think this is what the author is dying from.
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However you interpret the finale, we should recognize that Noah Hawley was trying to convey something with his emphasis on C and Ch.
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Bardo: False Chronicles of a Handful of Truths (2022)
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kuroikamome · 23 days
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been on the verge of a revelation for months 
old man tigers....🥺
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leonleonhart · 1 year
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its a mystery how rai can tolerate visiting them at all
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mayomayson · 2 months
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I always draw Bardo with a ponytail, and I started wondering what he’d look like without one.. I made him hot PLEASE HELP-
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float-me-now · 2 years
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It's ok girl, season 7 never happened. Bellamy, Gabriel and Diyoza never died, Madi didn't end up paralysed, Murphy's storyline didn't suck, Sheidheda didn't explode, Gaia wasn't useless, Raven didn't get a disgusting storyline, there were no stupid alien gods, no time travel, no one transcended, Callie didn't make up trig when she was fucking 12, Cadogan was just a long-dead cult leader, Bardo was just another inhabitable planet, everyone is living in peace on Sanctum and they're not even dressed in those hideous Sanctum rags but have nice clothes, yeah that's it
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Plaster decor workshop in the Museum of Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia
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artfoold00k · 11 months
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Commission. Brazil Riot Games for Dia dos Namorados (Lovers day). Some of the heroes of the League of Legends game. They became a collection of cards with lovely messages on them that, but not available anymore.
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One day, I thought it was a good idea to remove their facial hair to prove something.
But um, let’s just say there’s a REASON curiosity killed the cat.
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chapter1991 · 7 months
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Amici In Perpetuum “Hi Fred. I'm sorry.” She whispered as twirled with the bracelet under her sleeve. “I'm sorry we never got the chance to really get to know each other. I'm sorry that I was always on your back about your products.” She took in a deep breath as she looked over to George, who was still staring at the same spot but she knew he was listening. “I just wanted you to know I thought you were brilliant, I thought your products were amazing. I'm sorry I never got a chance to say it before.” She gently reached for his hand and when her hand touched his, everything happened at the same time. Fred died at the battle of Hogwarts. And Hermione went to the great hall to say goodbye to him, to the man she never really knew. But then everything changed when she reached over and touched his hand.
Hermione walked back into the great hall after Voldemort's defeat when her eyes fell on the fallen hero, Fred Weasley, for the first time. His identical twin sat right next to him in shock as he stared in front him, looking into nothingness, his eyes glazed over and full of tears.
When Hermione slowly came closer, George didn't notice her, or maybe he did but his gaze was still fixed on a point in front of him. She looked over at the rest of the Weasley family, they were huddled together a few meters away, tears falling down their cheeks as they looked at anything but Fred. The only one that was missing was Harry, but she already knew where he was as he felt guilty about the losses they had that evening. Fred, Remus, Tonks and many more. He isolated himself in his room and didn't want anyone to disturb him, so she came down to see the ones they’d lost. She had come down to say goodbye.
Hermione looked over at George once again before she knelt down nervously next to Fred. She studied his face, a few bumps and bruises scattered around his face and neck but if she didn't know any better, it just looked like he was asleep. She sat there in silence for a few minutes, glancing over the other people they had lost that night, before her gaze fell back to the ginger in front of her.
“Hi Fred. I'm sorry.” She whispered as she subconsciously twirled with the bracelet under her sleeve. “I'm sorry we never got the chance to really get to know each other. I'm sorry that I was always on your back about your products.” She took in a deep breath as she looked over to George, who was still staring at the same spot, but she knew he was listening. “I just wanted you to know... I thought you were brilliant; I thought your products were amazing. And I'm sorry I never got a chance to say it before.” She gently reached for his hand and when her hand touched his, everything happened at the same time.
George’s head snapped in their direction as he fell to his knees next to his fallen twin. The other Weasleys that were huddled together, sprung to their feet and looked over, all eight sets of eyes on her. She saw George's mouth move but she didn't know what he was saying. She didn't hear anything anymore. All the sounds that surrounded her a few seconds ago were gone. She suddenly felt her wrist burn, before a bright golden light sprung from the bracelet that was hidden underneath her sleeve. At the same time a light came from Fred's right arm. Hermione's eyes went even bigger as she looked at the light that closed her and Fred off from the rest of the world.
Hermione tried to reach over and look at his arm, but something was pushing her back. She turned around looking for the person that was holding her back but there was no one. No one could pass the barrier; it was just her and Fred. More people came over when the light brightened the great hall.
George and Molly were pounding on the light that formed like a barrier around her and Fred with tears falling from their eyes. Their mouths open as they shouted. She looked at the panicked Weasleys before she focused her attention back on the one that was lying in front of her.
With all her might she pushed and pushed against the force that held her back. When she finally reached Fred's sleeve, she pushed it up and saw a bracelet just like hers, a set. Her heart started beating faster as she saw the nearly identical bracelet on the fallen Weasley. She swallowed hard before she reached over.
When her fingertips brushed Fred's bracelet, it went ice cold at the same time as hers. Suddenly the bracelet on Fred's arm became engraved, an infinity sign with the letters F and H appeared on it. Hermione's eyes went wide when she pulled up her sleeve and saw the same thing happen on her bracelet. Her eyes shot up and locked on George's, who stared with large blue eyes between her and Fred's bracelet, mouth dropped open in shock. Her eyes fell down once again when she suddenly felt a heartbeat. It wasn't hers; it came from her bracelet. She felt a soft but steady heartbeat beneath it, while hers was raging like mad. She looked back at the older Weasley twin's face and to her shock, his mouth dropped slightly open and let out a small breath of air before his eyes slowly fluttered open.
In the corner of her eyes, she saw George fall down and crawl as close as he could get to his brother’s head, crying in relief, in shock; the golden light barrier still separated the twins. When Fred's eyes opened fully, they landed straight on her. Her heart skipped a beat when he looked at her, alive. The twinkle back in his eyes before his eyes fell shut again. The moment his eyes closed, she fell on his chest as everything turned black, feeling the steady heartbeat on her cheek and the soft rise and fall of his chest. The golden barrier slowly faded, and she heard the sounds, the screams, the sobs coming over her before she fell completely unconscious.
A bright light woke Hermione up, she squinted her eyes before opening them fully. She pushed herself up and glanced around to see where she was. Blue skies above her with the sun shining brightly down on her. She felt the grass tickle under her hands and bare feet, she was wearing a light blue summer dress instead of her dirty clothes from the battle.
“What in the world?” She whispered as she looked at her clothes. Not only was she wearing different clothes, but she was also clean and looked well fed, not like she did a few minutes ago. The only thing that was still there was the engraved golden bracelet. She looked back at her surroundings and noted she was in sitting in the burrow's orchard. She scrambled to her feet when she heard a branch snap behind her. She immediately searched for her wand, but it was nowhere in sight.
“Hermione?” A voice came from behind a tree.
“Fred?” She choked out as she turned to the familiar voice. Fred stepped from behind the tree wearing beige summer pants and a magenta shirt, her breath hitched before she ran up to him and tackled him to the ground. Fred wrapped his arms around her as he hugged her back. “Am I... am I dead?”
“No, love.” He whispered as they sat up. Fred still had his arm around her waist as they rested against the tree. Hermione frowned as she looked around.
“Are we at the burrow?”
Fred nodded as he pointed to the house in the distance. “It's my home after all.”
Hermione looked back at Fred while he rubbed small circles on her back. Her eyes fell on his bracelet that was still firmly wrapped around his wrist.
“Fred, you died.” She said so softly that he barely heard, her hand twirled with his bracelet.
“Hmm... Yeah, I figured.” He said as he stared at the trees in front of them.
“But you said -”
“You're not dead, Hermione, I promise.” He smiled before he took his arm from behind her and took her hand. He held her hand in the air and placed his next to hers. “I think this has something to do with it.” He shook the bracelet on his wrist. “How did you get yours?”
“I found it in the room of requirement after a DA meeting in fifth year. We were cleaning up and I found it on top of the dresser in the corner. I don't know why I looked up there but there was this kind of pull.” She shook her head at the memory. “You?”
“In my fifth year. George and I were running from Filch when the room of requirement appeared. It was full of lost things, mountains and mountains of it. And the moment I stepped in the room, I was drawn to it. I don't know why or how but I started walking passing piles of stuff and rubbish, and pulled open one single drawer and there it was. And as you know, we never had something fancy or new with seven kids at the house, so I kept it. I've been wearing it since the day I found it. But most of the time I had a glamour on it because I was afraid one of the teachers would ask me to put it back. I tried to find the room again but never found it until you three started the DA.”
They sat in silence for a bit, just staring at each other’s bracelet. A soft wind rustled the leaves above them. They both looked up before their eyes met.
“Do you feel it?” She asked him, still holding his gaze. He nodded.
“A heartbeat.”
“My heartbeat.” She corrected as she took his hand. “I feel yours.”
“But how? What happened? The last thing I remember was fighting alongside Percy when a blast happened, then everything turned black, and I was here... alone.” Hermione watched his expression turn grim. “Then I heard your voice.”
“My- my voice?” She stuttered.
“Yeah, I was just walking in the orchard when your voice rang in my head. You said I was brilliant.” He gave her a lopsided grin, making her blush lightly. “That you liked our products.”
“You heard all of that?” She asked with a soft voice as she looked in his deep blue eyes.
“Yes.” He chuckled. “Then a bright light appeared, and I felt a heartbeat – your heartbeat underneath my bracelet. When the light disappeared, you were here lying flat on the grass.”
Hermione dropped her gaze to her wrist as she started turning it. “Something similar happened to me.” She took in a deep breath before continuing, still looking down. “I came over to your – to you and started talking, which sounds like you heard every little thing I said.” She chuckled. “And when I touched your arm… my bracelet started to burn, a golden light appeared and the same happened with yours. The light created a barrier between us and the rest. It was like a force field. George was sitting right next to you when it happened, but he couldn't get in.”
She saw Fred flinch at the mention of George, but he kept silent and waited for her to continue.
“I couldn't hear anything anymore, all the noises, the voices, everything disappeared. When I reached over to touch your hand...” She said as she reached for his hand again, Fred automatically took her hand tightly in his.
“I saw the bracelet.” She rubbed her thumb over the newly engraved armband. “I saw the engraving appear and when I looked at mine, the engraving was exactly the same. The moment I touched it, it went ice cold and I could feel your heartbeat. You opened your eyes for a second and let out a breath of air before everything turned black and I woke up here.”
Fred's eyebrows furrowed as he looked at his wrist. “What does this mean?” He whispered as he pulled on the bracelet. “Can you take it off? Because I can't.”
“Me neither.” She answered as she tried to clasp it open.
“They will never come off.” An unexpected voice said. Hermione and Fred jumped up and looked at the smiling faces of Remus and Tonks. Hermione's eyes filled with tears as she ran up and wrapped her arms around the both of them.
“I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.” She repeated. She felt a hand on her shoulder and when she looked up, Fred gave her a small smile. She stepped back next to Fred and looked at her old professor and his wife.
“It's okay, Hermione.” Remus said in a soft voice.
“How can this be okay? You just had a baby!” She let her tears fall and Fred gently started rubbing her back again.
“And we'll look over him for the rest of his life.” Tonks said with a smile. “With the help of you two and Harry, he will do great.”
“But we are here for a reason.” Remus started and he and Tonks showed their matching arm bands. Fred and Hermione's eyes went big as they looked at their wrists and back to each other. “Maybe we should sit down.”
Remus pointed at a picnic table that had appeared near the burrow. Hermione's legs trembled as they made their way over. Fred's hand a calming fixture on her back. Fred and Hermione sat down on the opposite side of Tonks and Remus.
“You are probably wondering what is going on.”
Fred and Hermione nodded fast. Remus and Tonks smiled at each other before glancing back at them.
“These bracelets are called una in perpetuum or more known amici in perpetuum.”
“Soulmates.” Hermione breathed.
“Yes.” Tonks smiled as she looked at her and Fred. “The bracelets just appeared to you, yes? Around the time you were sixteen?”
“Many people, couples, think they are soulmates, but it doesn't happen as much as everyone thinks. It is extremely rare that people find their soulmate, if they even have one. You two are the only other couple I know that are true soulmates.”
“Lilly and James.” Hermione said as she looked wide eyed at Remus who nodded.
“But why didn't it save you or the Potters? Why is Hermione here after I died?” Fred asked as he looked between the married couple. Hermione was surprised he didn't laugh about the idea of her being his soulmate.
“Because we found each other, we got married, had a child together.”
“For only a year.” Hermione said softly as she looked at them with sad eyes.
“It may have been brief but it was the happiest time of my life. I found my one and only.” Remus said lovingly as he looked at Tonks. “And we'll find each other again.”
“You're not just soulmates here.” Tonks explained as she saw the younger ones’ confused faces. “You have been soulmates in your previous life and will be in the next. You two will always find each other.”
“You two never had a chance together, with you running around with Harry and Ron, the war and now Fred's death.”
“But is he dead? I mean, I felt his heartbeat return, I saw him breathe before I came here. Or-” She looked over at Fred who smiled as he reached for her hand.
“No, like Fred said, you're not dead.”
“Told you.” Fred chuckled and winked at her.
“Nor are you.” Remus pointedly looked at Fred. “The magic of these bracelets, the power of soulmates goes further than anyone can imagine. When you went to talk to Fred, told him you were sorry you never had a chance to really get to know him or vice versa. That was the moment the bracelets connected, and it healed him. From now on you'll be connected, you will always feel each other’s heartbeats until the day one of you dies.”
“Right now, you are both comatose. Lying in the hospital wing at Hogwarts.” Tonks waved her hand and an image appeared in front of them. They were lying side by side on an enlarged hospital bed, their fingers intertwined with the Weasleys and Harry around them. George looked white as a ghost as he sat next to Fred, while Harry sat on her side of the bed, holding her hand. They all sat in silence around the two of them as they slept.
“How long will we stay like that?”
“That depends.”
“On?” Fred asked but Tonks and Remus suddenly looked up at the sky.
“I'm sorry. Our time is up. We can't stay.” Tonks said with a sad smile. Hermione jumped up and tried to hug them one last time, but they faded away. “Take care of Teddy.” Was the last whisper of Tonks she heard before they were gone.
Hermione sat back down on the bench as the tears ran freely down her cheeks. Fred immediately wrapped her up in his strong arms, tears threatened to fall from his own as he whispered reassuring words in her hair. After a couple of minutes Hermione pulled back and Fred wiped the remaining tears from her cheek with his thumb.
“Are you okay? Dumb question I know.” He gave her a small smile as he looked down at her.
Hermione laughed as she looked up at him. “I will be.”
“I like your laugh.” He said as he gazed in her eyes, his hand still rested in her neck. “I guess we never spent that much time together for me to hear it.”
“Yeah, but I heard you laugh more than once.” She chuckled.
“Well yeah, me and George go through life laughing, it's hard to miss. But when we get back, we'll have plenty of time to hear each other laugh. And after hearing yours, I'll promise you, it will be my mission to make you laugh at least once a day.”
Hermione laughed again as Fred wiggled his eyebrows at her. “That's two.” He winked at her.
“We first have to get back.” Hermione smiled as she glanced around the garden. “Have any ideas?”
“Maybe one.” He whispered as he cupped her face in his hands. Hermione looked up at him as her eyes fell to his lips and back up. Before she could fully register what he was about to do, he bent down and captured her lips.
The kiss was amazing, it felt like it was meant to be (which it was), long overdue and even before it ended, she longed for more. They felt the world shift around them as they kissed but didn't let each other go. Hermione even held him tighter around his waist, not wanting to part from him. They didn't feel when they started floating in the air and after they finally parted and smiled at each other, everything turned black.
George was watching the rise and fall of his twin's chest, still in shock of what happened. He was dead. Fred was dead, he was certain of it. Madam Pomfrey checked on him, he even did a muggle check that he learned from Harry at one point, but there was nothing, no heartbeat, no breathing, nothing.
And still Fred was here, next to him... alive. Comatose but alive. All of the Weasleys including George were in shock, they all saw what happened but couldn't explain. The only thing George knew was that the bracelets must be involved. He knew his twin had one, he found it a couple of years back, but Hermione had the exact same one on her wrist, that both got engraved at the same time. He saw Hermione's shocked face and instantly knew that she didn't know Fred had the same one, that she didn't know what was happening.
When Hermione fell unconscious on Fred, the barrier disappeared and Mr. Weasley hysterically called Madam Pomfrey over. Madam Pomfrey became as white as a sheet as she told them Fred was alive. He and Hermione had gone in a coma.
“Together?” Mrs. Weasley asked bewildered.
“Everything points in that direction. They are going to come out of it together or they stay in it together.” Madam Pomfrey answered as she stood up. “Let's get them to the hospital wing.”
She waved her wand to levitate them on different stretchers. The Weasleys stood up as Hermione and Fred floated in the air. The moment she tried to separate them the golden barrier appeared again as Fred and Hermione in their comatose state intertwined their fingers together. Madam Pomfrey looked surprised at the development with a raised eyebrow before she enlarged the stretcher and placed them together. The moment Fred and Hermione laid back together the barrier disappeared once more.
They followed her out of the great hall, carefully avoiding the rubble that got in the way when George turned to Ron.
“Ron, maybe you should get Harry.”
Ron looked up from the ground and looked at his older brother. “Oh right. I-” Ron glanced over to his best friend.
“You go, Ron, I'll stay with her.” His sister smiled and took her place on the other side of the stretcher next to Hermione.
“Thanks. I'll be right back.” He said before he ran up the stairs.
When Harry and Ron came back, the former took his place next to Hermione and didn't leave her side once. The others explained what happened in the great hall. Harry had many questions that they couldn't answer. The only thing they could do was wait and hope they would come out of it together. And maybe then they'll get some answers.
That was almost over a month ago. Weeks had passed since the end of the battle and still no sign that they would wake up. After a week, Mrs. Weasley had convinced Madam Pomfrey to take them both home as they were in a stable condition. They placed them in the twins' room as Mr. Weasley enlarged Fred's bed. George didn't want to leave his twin’s side and demanded him to stay in their room. They all took turns to sit with them, talk to them. Only Harry and George took a break if the others practically had to push them out for a shower or something to eat. Harry even slept in the same room on Hermione's old cot. So of course, the both of them were there when they finally woke up.
Hermione bolted straight up as she filled her longs with a deep breath. She was sitting in a dark room, only a streak of moonlight shining through the window. She felt something warm, familiar in her hand and when she looked down, she saw her fingers intertwined with another hand. She followed the arm up and looked at the lopsided smile on Fred's face.
“Fred.” She sighed in relief as she wrapped her arms around him. “You're really here, you're really back.
“Hermione.” He whispered before he kissed her once again. When they pulled back smiling, Hermione asked,
“Where are we?”
“I think we're in my room.” Fred said as he squinted his eyes.
“What?” She asked surprised and looked around. “Weren't we supposed to be at Hogwarts?”
“Dunno.” Fred turned and saw his wand lying on the nightstand, he grabbed it and whispered. “Lumos.”
Fred pointed his wand across the room and saw George sleeping on the bed next to them and Harry slightly snoring on the floor.
“George.” Fred choked out. Hermione gave his hand a squeeze before she let go and Fred jumped out of bed towards his brother, but he fell down with a loud thump.
“Fred!” Hermione cried as she rolled out of bed and sat down next to him.
“Harry? What are you doing?” George groaned before he opened his eyes. “Fred? Hermione? Am I dreaming?” George asked as he rubbed his eyes.
“No twin-o-mine. I'm really here.” Fred said with a grin. George didn't hesitate as he jumped out of bed and tackled him to the ground.
“What's going on?” Harry's sleepy voice came from behind Fred's bed. Harry’s head popped over the bed and saw Hermione staring at him.
“Hermione? Hermione!” He cried and leaped over the bed and flung himself around her, only a little more carefully than George did. “Are you okay?” Harry asked as he cupped her face looking at her for any signs of pain.
“I'm alright.” Hermione chuckled. She glanced over at the twins who finally sat up straight as Fred rubbed his legs. “Fred?”
“Just a little sore.” He said as he kept rubbing.
“I think that's normal for lying in bed for over a month.” George said with a sly grin. Hermione and Fred looked at each other in surprise before they cried out.
“A MONTH?”
Before either one could answer, the door flew open. All the other Weasleys stood in the doorway, wands at the ready. All the wands fell to the floor with a clatter the moment they saw the four of them sitting between the two beds.
Ginny was the first one to recover and ran up to Hermione when Harry sat her down on Fred's bed. Followed by Fred and George, the former planting himself right next to her.
“Hi, Ginny.” Hermione smiled as she hugged her back. “Before you ask, I'm okay.”
Molly hurried herself over as she wrapped her arms around Fred. “My boy.” She whispered as she cried on his shoulder.
“Hi, mum. I'm fine just a bit parched.” Like he thought, Molly straightens immediately and softly padded his cheek.
“I'll make us all a batch of tea. Let's go downstairs and talk.” Molly walked out of the room and down the stairs, the rest of them came over and hugged them tight before following Molly.
“Can we get a minute?” Fred asked his twin. George hesitated for a moment before he got up and followed Harry outside. Fred turned to Hermione and grabbed her hand. “Do you remember?”
“Yes.” She said with a shaky breath. “I remember everything.”
“Are we going to tell them?” Fred asked as he glanced at the door.
“I don't know.” She bit her lip. “Maybe not everyone, not everything, not just yet. We can tell George if you want. I'm not sure about Harry. I hate lying to him, but he feels guilty enough already.”
“Let's just see how thing go downstairs and see from there.” He leaned over and kissed her cheek. A knock came from the door and Harry and George poked their heads in.
“You two ready?” George asked as he walked in. Hermione and Fred nodded and stood up, but both wobbled on their knees. Harry instantly wrapped his arm around her waist while George did the same with Fred. They slowly made their way to the living room and Harry placed Hermione on the couch next to Fred. Harry sat on her other side while George positioned himself next to his twin. Molly walked back in with two trays floating behind her. One with tea and twelve cups on it, the other filled with sandwiches.
“Here you go, dears.” Molly smiled at the newly woken pair. “Drink up.”
They both accepted the hot cup of tea and drank it slowly, their throats sore from the lack of liquids for over a month.
“So, you two are finally detached.” Bill grinned at them.
“What?” Fred and Hermione asked in unison.
“After what happened.” Bill looked at Hermione. “We couldn't separate you. The magic that saved Fred, linked you two together. Your hands were intertwined from the moment you became comatose.”
“Oh.” Hermione blushed as she ducked her head. Even Fred's ears turned a bit red as Bill grinned at them. Molly was nervously tapping her foot as she glanced between her and Fred.
“Can someone explain to me what happened?” Molly asked impatiently.
“I wish we could.” Hermione started.
“I can't remember a thing after the --” Fred choked on the last word of his sentence. Hermione reached over and wrapped her hand around his. He glanced sideways to her and gave her a small smile.
“The only thing I can think of is it had something to do with these.” Hermione held up both their hands and showed them their wristbands. Bill and Fleur raised their eyebrows at each other before they came forward.
“Can I?” Fleur asked as she pointed at the bracelets. They both nodded and Fleur and Bill took a seat on the coffee table in front of them.
“Fleur and I have been researching the golden light and the bracelets over the past month.” Bill said as he took Fred's hand while Fleur took Hermione's. They both felt a little emptier with the loss of touch. They tried to remove the bracelets from their arms but to no avail. They took their wands out and cast different spells on them. Both eyebrows shot up when una in perpetuum appeared on the bracelets for a second before it disappeared.
“What was that?” Ginny asked as she sneaked up behind the young married couple, looking at their wrists. Fleur and Bill jumped a little as they were busy staring at her and Fred.
“Uhm..” Bill started unsure.
“It said soulmates.” Hermione whispered as she dropped her gaze at her hand the moment Fleur had let go.
“Soulmates.” The word was whispered around the room. She felt Harry's eyes on her.
“But they – Ron – where did you get it?” Molly stumbled.
“Mum, Hermione is just my friend. Best friend.” Ron smiled at Hermione.
Bill turned to his mother and the rest of the Weasleys. “Soulmates, it is very old magic. It doesn't happen often. Soulmates find one another in each life, they always find a way back to each other.”
“You found the bracelets when you were sixteen right, or the bracelets found you?” Fleur said with a French accent.
“Yeah, I found it when George and I were hiding from Filch. I felt drawn to it. I didn't know it was there, but I walked straight up to it.”
“You see...” Fleur said as she looked from the pair to the rest of the Weasley clan. “When soulmates turn sixteen the bracelets appear, no one knows from where they come or how it works but they do. I don't know for sure, but I think when Hermione went to Fred, to say her goodbyes the bracelets connected, bringing him back.”
“But how?” Harry asked. Fred and Hermione looked at each other before staring back at the curse breakers.
“Over a hundred years ago in Egypt something similar happened. A girl died of the flu and when the doctor came to take her away a light appeared around them, and the girl woke up. Not much more is known but the two of them never met before. It was their second chance.”
“So, you think it's because they didn't have a chance in this lifetime, the bracelet brought the girl back, brought Fred back?” Charlie asked as he looked from Fleur to her and Fred.
“Oui.” Fleur nodded and smiled sweetly at Hermione.
“Whatever it means, we're just happy you're back.” Arthur said with tears in his eyes as he stood up and walked over to Fred. Fred came to his feet and hugged his father tight. Molly too came over and wrapped her arms around the both of them. Molly looked over her shoulder and gestured for Hermione to join them. Hesitantly she walked over and Mr. Weasley held out one arm, so she was squished between him and Fred. After a moment George joined and then the rest of the family including Harry and Fleur joined the group hug.
“Now let's give them some room. I think they have a lot to talk about” Mr. Weasley said as he cleared his throat and placed his hand on the back of his wife and led her up the stairs, followed by the rest of the family. Ron, Harry and Ginny both gave Hermione a long hug before sauntering up to their room. George waggled his eyebrow at his twin before he disappeared out the room.
“Come here.” Fred gently took her hand and led her to the couch. “How are you feeling?” He searched her eyes looking for any discomfort, fear, anything really.
“I'm okay, really. I should ask you that.” She chuckled.
Fred waved her off. “I'm brilliant. Strange we lost a whole month but other than that.”
“Yeah, that is strange. It just felt like an hour or so.” Fred hummed in agreement before he asked.
“Hermione? How do you feel about this, us?” Fred asked uncertain.
“It's new.” She looked in Fred's eyes. “Since the bracelets connected us, every time I lose your touch it feels like something is -”
“Missing.” They said at the same time.
“I feel the same. It's weird because we don't really know much about each other and still, I already feel like I can't live without you.”
“Yeah.” She said as she played with his fingers. “Maybe we should do something about that.” She grinned as she looked up.
“I'm not following.” Fred said with a slight frown.
“Frederick Gideon Weasley, would you do me the honour of going on a date with me?” Hermione asked theatrically. Fred's eyebrows shot up in surprise at the way she asked him.
“Oh, I think we're perfect for each other.” He grinned before he swooped down and kissed her. Hermione's hands automatically wrapped around his neck and pulled him closer, deepening the kiss. “I could get used to this.” He whispered when they pulled apart. “And before I forget or kiss you again.” He winked at her which made Hermione laugh. “I would love to go on a date with you, love.”
And that was when the first day started of his promise to make her laugh at least once a day.
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