Author: Lady Firebird
Disclaimer: Harry Potter, and all the characters that I borrowed do not belong to me. And no cucumbers were hurt during the writing of this piece.
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"Misters Weasley, follow me please." Dumblebor turned and left the Griffindor common room, the Weasley twins in tow. Fred reached out and grabbed George's hand so that they could share their thoughts, and worry together.
'Do you think the found out about the Blue Bubbles?' 'No' 'How about going into Hogsmead? Someone could have seen, and told him.' 'I don't think so.' 'Argh. This is frustrating.' 'I know. I wish we knew what we are getting in trouble for.'
"Canary Creams." Dumbledor said to the stone gargolye that protected his office. He headed up the stairs and the twins followed. "Have a seat please." Fred and George sat on the loveseat that was across from his desk. Dumbledor looked out his window for a moment before facing the scared young men.
"You aren't in trouble." The magic words. Both Fred and George gave a sigh of relief and gave eachother a small smile before turning their attention back to Dumbledor. "I am actually asking you for your help." Dumbledor sighed and gave a half smile. "As you know... Voldemort is gathering forces again. He is gaining power. And I'm doing as much as I can to stop him, and I'm trying as much as I can to use people that are ready to face him, but things are happening so quickly, and I'm trying desperetly to stay a few steps ahead of him.... which is where your help comes in." Dumbledor stood and went over to a door on the side of the office. Into the room stepped Remus Lupin and a large black dog.
"Hello Fred, George, how have you been?" Lupin asked smiling at them. The twins smiled back and exchanged greetings with the ex-Professor.
"Sirius, you can change." Dumbledor said and the black dog blurred and changed into a thin man with long dark hair. He turned to the twins expecting to have to explain the presence of Sirius Black, but the twins weren't looking very shocked. "You know that Sirius isn't guilty of the crimes that he was imprisoned for?"
"Well Dad might have said something." Fred said slowly.
"...to Mum... while we were in the next room, and we overheard." George finished. Sirius gave a small laugh.
"And that would be one of the reasons that I am requesting your help. Your ability to find information that others can't. Hmmmm... I wonder, have you come across Sirus's nickname that he had during school? Or Remus's for that matter...?" Dumbledor asked.
"No." George answered. Fred shrugged. Dumbledor nodded and smiled.
"It's good to know that you haven't figured out everything. Misters Weasley, may I present to you Mr Moony, and Mr Padfoot. Two of the legendary Maurauders." Fred's jaw dropped and George's eyes got wide.
"Really? Reallyreally? Ohhh! Great! Bloody brilliant!" George started to babble.
"We owe the Maurauders so much. Most of our mischif making has depended on things that we have learned from you." Fred said, still awed. Sirius gave a little bow.
"They're here in hiding really. They have been busy gathering forces for me, and now I need them here... to teach you two." Dumbledor smiled at the twins who jumped up out of their chair, hugged eachother, and then hugged Dumbledor, Remus, and Sirius. The older men laughed and hugged the boys back. George and Fred hugged eachother again, and then grabbed his hand so that they could share they're happiness. Dumbledor raised a white eyebrow and smiled.
"That's another reason that we're going to be teaching you." Remus said, indicating their joined hands. "Sirius and I have a bond that is similar to yours. Although yours is natural, and ours is the result of a few well chosen spells." The twins exchanged a suprised look.
"You can share emotions and thoughts when touching?" George asked.
"We don't even have to touch to feel eachother. We can show you how to make your bond stronger." Sirius said grinning a bit.
"They're going to be teaching you many things to ready you for the upcoming battles. We need the both of you, and since we have the time, we can prepare you." Dumbledor said seriously. The twins shared some thoughts, and worries, and Fred gave them voice.
"What about Harry?" Fred asked. "He needs trainging more than we do." Dumbledor smiled again.
"Young Mr. Potter is going to get training. Professor Snape is teaching Harry what he needs to know right now." Sirius groweled at Dumbledor's words. Dumbledor threw him a glance, and Remus put a hand on his shoulder.
"He needs to know what Snape can teach him. It's okay." Sirius said darkly.
"Hmmm... well, we should get going. Our first lesson is just a discussion. We can have it on the way to Gryffindor tower." Remus said smiling. Sirius changed back into a dog and followed Remus and the twins out of Dumbledor's office, down the stairs and towards the tower.
"What did you want to know?" George asked.
"I need to know how close the two of you actually are." Remus said blushing lightly.
"We're twins... it doesn't get much closer than that." Fred answered brow furrowing.
"No, I mean like a physical relationship. The reason that Padfoot and I are as close as we are is because we're lovers. It ties us together. Ummm. Have you ever kissed eachother or anything?" Remus was now completely red.
"We used to when we were younger, but Mum and Dad didn't like it much... like it was wrong or something, so we stopped." George answered. Fred squeezed his hand.
"Well, you might want to start again. I'm not telling you that you should be lovers, but it is something that will combine the two of you in a way that no spell could. You should also think about sleeping together, if you can manage it. It will blur the boundries between your auras." Remus stopped in front of the portrait of the fat lady and gave the boys a smile. "That's enough to sleep on isn't it? Goodnight boys." With that said, Remus and Padfoot left.
George and Fred went up to the sixth years boy's dorm and sat next to eachother on Fred's bed. Their hands were grasped and there were no barriers between them. As one they stood and readied themselves for bed. They cast a few illusion spells to hide the fact that they were sleeping together, and climbed into Fred's bed. George arranged himself so that he was half on top of his twin.
"Fred?" George whispered.
"Yeah?" Fred answered. George looked up and kissed his twin on the lips. It wasn't a long kiss, or a graceful one. It was just a stepping stone for the twins, on the road to becoming as one as they possibly could. George snuggled in, and Fred put his arms around his twin sighing in happiness.
'Lessons are going to be good.' 'yeah' 'I wonder what we'll learn?' 'Lot's of stuff.' 'For what? What is Dumbledor going to have us do?' 'I dunno' 'Will we be ready?' 'We will if we're together.' 'Yeah.'
Finit (for now)