#That completely defeats the point??? Then melody would just be here with someone she isn't as attached to and won't fucking play with her??

[lexicals]

Swear to god I don't know why I ever try to bring anything up with that woman it's never a good idea but every time I'm like "what if this time I'm not immediately told I'm wrong". Call me either an optimist or a fool

[queenofsaltinesss]

the lion and the fox

fred weasley x female oc 

authors note: im making this into a longer fanfic on wattpad. but i wanted to post a little snippet on here to see if it was something people actually wanted to read. let me know what you think xx 

The large raindrops slammed against the library windows, creating a soft melody that floated through the otherwise quiet library. The cold rain made the large stone castle feel even colder than usual, and Nevina kept cuddling further and further into her knit sweater.

She had been sitting in the library for well over two hours, not yet noticing how the sun had went down and left the sky dark and full of clouds. She was leaning over the desk, eyes shifting back and forth between the textbook and her notes.

She had almost forgotten about the tall redhead seated across the table from her, his head also buried in a textbook. The two had never talked prior to Nevina becoming his tutor, what with her being a slytherin. It had taken Fred quite some time to get used to. He was extremely wary of her at first, but now after almost three weeks of studying together, her warm and kind energy had made him grow quite fond of her. 

“ i don't understand this” 

Nevina looked up from her notes for the first time in a while, focusing her attention on him. He was flipping through the pages of the book with a frown. She found the frown on his face quite adorable, although she would never admit it or tell him that. He was quite attractive, and well aware of it too. 

“what part?” she asked him. 

He sighed dramatically, “the whole thing about how you need to be strong and honorable to rule successfully, but how you also need to be willing to deceive and resort to the so called evil...blah blah blah” 

She tilted her head at him in a questioning matter, so he continued. 

“i mean a trustworthy leader shouldn't have to lie and deceit, it defeats the whole purpose does´nt it?”

She smiled at the way his eyebrows scrunched at the pages, like he was trying to force the book to give him the answers. He looked just about ready to give up on studying. 

“have you ever heard about Machiavelli?” she asked him, giggling at the way his face fell when he realized that she wasn't going to just give him the answer. 

“who?”

“i'll take that as a no, anyways, Machiavelli lived from 1469 till 1527 and was an official. After he was deposed, arrested and then released, he wrote “the prince”. it was about the relationship between power and law and justice” 

Fred teasingly faked a yawn, “is there a point to this?”

Nevina slapped his arm, “yes! there is! just listen for a second, in it he talks about how as a prince you must be able to take on the role of an animal. You must choose both the fox and the lion. The lion is helpless against snares and the fox can not defend itself against the wolves. One must be a fox to know and thereby deceive the snare, and be a lion to frighten the wolves. However, those who cling exclusively to the lion, set themselves up for failure”

Fred looked a lot more interested now, “so...what you're saying is that deceiving isn't necessarily lying, it's more like tricking someone to protect yourself” 

“exactly” 

He frowned, “so you do need both” 

She nodded with a smile, “right again, although you need one more than the other”

He signed once again, even deeper this time if possible, “i'm more confused now than before” 

“he also says, the one who best understood playing the fox, has done best” she explained. 

“meaning?”

“meaning, one must understand to hide the fox nature and be a master of hypocrisy and pretense, for humans are simple and conform to the needs of the moment, and the one who will deceive, will always find someone who will allow themselves to be deceived” 

Fred couldn't help but smile at the girl, “so youre the fox” 

Nevina was completely thrown off guard, now taking over the role as the confused one. “what do you mean?” 

His widening smirk made her blush involuntarily. She found herself doing that a lot around him. 

“you're the fox. You're a slytherin, but you're nice, compassionate and open, you just avoid going against the other slytherins so that you don't create conflict. You trick them into believing you're like them so they won't bug you” 

“i'm not afraid of them if that's what you think” she bit at him slightly, a pink blush still lingering on her cheeks from his compliments. 

“that's not what i meant. What i mean is, you're smart enough to not fake it completely and be their friend. But you also know that going against someone like malfoy and arguing with him and his idiot friends, won't get you anything but disappointed. You just tiptoe gracefully along the line, not crossing it to either side” 

Nevina moped slightly, never having met someone who could figure her out so easily. She especially didn't expect it from fred weasley, who always seemed to be goofing around so much that she didn't think he paid attention to those things. Her moping turned into a smile at the triumphant look that spread across his face. 

She finally found her voice, “and you don't see that as a bad thing?” 

“why should i? like i said, you're not a cruel person and you've never acted like one” 

She shrugged, tilting her face back towards the table and trying to keep herself from melting completely, “i guess that's open for perception, i just uhm, thought the theory applied” 

He leaned closer to her, lowering his voice “so...if youre the fox, am i the lion?”

She faced him again, not missing the way he gulped, eyes flickering between hers, “i don't know weasley, you think i could trick you?” 

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Authors note - again -: Ihhhhh i really hope people will like this