Five year old Fred Weasley hid in the closet by his parents bedroom, hiding from his twin George. The two of them were in an intense game of hide n seek. Fred heard someone scampering by, and assumed it was George. He held his breath, and heard the closet open.
"All right Georgie you found m-" he began, but he noticed it was only three year old Ron staring at him. "Ron? Close the door you toerag!" Toerag was a word he had picked up from Bill. Suddenly he heard George come running down the stairs.
"Found you Freddie!" George laughed, perching on the stairs to look at his twin.
"You little toerag!" Fred growled pouncing on Ron. Ron squealed as Fred and he rolled across the floor. Ron managed to kick Fred in the stomach, and Fred curled into the fetal position. Ron quickly got to his feet and scampered off.
"Fred!" George exclaimed. He leapt off the stairs, and knelt by his gasping twin.
"I'm fine, George," Fred wheezed. "but Ron isn't going to be." George helped Fred to his feet and the two trouble makers went to find their younger brother. Fred and George searched the first floor of their home. Not finding Ron, Fred went into his parents bedroom and found Arthur Weasley's wand lying on a small end table. Arthur was outside in the shed looking at the "fascinating" muggle things he had found. Fred grabbed the wand, and went back out to find his twin.
"Lookie here, George." Fred said as he held out the wand.
"Dad's wand!" George breathed excitedly. Fred nodded with a mischievous grin on his face.
"Let's go find Ronnie." Fred replied. The two ran upstairs and looked at the doors on the second landing.
"Split up. If one of us finds him, call the other." George said, setting off for his and Fred's room. Fred walked into Bill and Charley's room. He prowled around with cat like stealth and noticed the small rug by Charley's bed was messed up. He whistled for George, and his twin ran into the room. Fred gave the quiet signal, and pointed to the rug. George nodded his understanding and knelt down in front of the bed.
"Found him, Fred!" George shouted. Ron yelped and crawled out from under the bed. He barely evaded capture by the twins and ran to his room. He grabbed his teddy and hid in his closet. Fred and George stormed in seconds later, and went immediately to the closet. George threw open the closet door and Ron, along with several things, tumbled out. One thing caught Fred's eye, his toy broomstick…in pieces on Ron's left side. Ron had sat up by this point and was huddled against the wall. Fred glared at his younger brother and waved the wand threateningly, not thinking anything would happen. Suddenly the bear began to change. The trio looked at the bear then each let out a terrified scream as the bear was now a giant black spider. Fred and George tore out of the room and back downstairs. They rounded the corner to the kitchen and almost ran Molly Weasley over. Fred quickly put the wand behind his back.
"Honestly! Fred and George, what have I told you about running around the house?" Molly scolded.
"Sorry, mum." Fred panted.
"Won't happen again." George panted. They quickly walked around their mother, careful to keep the wand out of eyesight, and bolted outside. A few seconds later they were at the shop, panting heavily.
"Hi dad!" Fred exclaimed, startling Mr. Weasley.
"We brought you somethin'." George said. Mr. Weasley looked up, and Fred held out his wand.
"Oh, thank you boys. Don't tell your mother I'm out here." he said, nervously looking out at the house.
"Same for us. Don't tell her we're out here." the twins replied.
"What have you two done now?" Arthur groaned.
"Nothin'!" the twins protested. Arthur sighed.
"Just go out to the orchard, your brooms are over there." He nodded over to a corner of the shop where their cleansweeps were perched. Fred ran back and grabbed their brooms, tossed George his, and the two of them ran to the safety of the orchard.
"How did you do that?" George asked his twin.
"I'm not really sure. I had been thinking about that black spider we found when we were de-gnoming the garden, suddenly it was there." Fred laughed with a shrug.
"I bet mum finds out in 3-2-1..." George counted down, and suddenly they heard Molly shouting their names. She had found Ron and his new spider teddy.
"Great timing, George!" Fred whispered with a grin.
"What now, Fred?" George whispered back. Fred looking thoughtful for a moment then looked at the cleansweep in his hand.
"Well, I s'pose we could fly away from here-" Fred began.
"OR you can get back to the house and apologize to your little brother!" Molly Weasley interrupted. The twins spun around to face their angry mother and knew there was no chance of escape. The twins, followed by Molly, trudged back to the house. Ron was sitting at the kitchen table with his teddy which was no longer spider like.
"Apologize." Molly said sternly.
"Sorry." the twins mumbled.
"Honestly, you two…will you ever learn?" Molly sighed. Fred shrugged and the two boys ran out of the room back upstairs to their room. Molly shook her head and watched the twins go up the stairs.