Marauders vs. Weasley Twins
Disclaimer: I solemnly swear that I don't own Harry Potter. Legal issues managed.
Author's Note: So, as for the Disclaimer, I sort of had to do something like that since well, the title of this story is Marauders vs. Weasley Twins. Therefore, I had to have something to do with the Marauder's Map!
"And I'm telling you, Fred, the Marauders are cooler than the Weasley twins! I'm sorry!" James nearly shouted at his cousin.
"NO! Dad and Uncle Fred are worse trouble-makers than the Marauders! It's simply a fact!" Fred (the second) replied equally as loud.
"Hey! That's my grandfather that you're insulting!" James scowled at his cousin with which he usually got along very well.
"And you're insulting two of your uncles, one of which being my dad!" Fred retorted.
"Well….Give me a reason why you think Uncle George and Uncle Fred are better pranksters than the Marauders?" James shouted and a few people turned to stare at them.
"They found the Marauders map and figured out how to use it in their first year!"
"The Marauders made the map!"
"Did you hear what Dad and Uncle Fred did to the school when Umbridge was here! It was put in a new version of Hogwarts a History!"
James was about to retort, but then blinked and said, "How do you know? You brag about never reading that book."
Waving an impatient hand, Fred said, "Rose showed it to me once a couple of months ago."
"Oh," after blinking a couple more time, he seemed to remember what the conversation was about. "Well, two of the Marauders became animagi in their fourth year! And another one is his fifth year!"
"Dad and Uncle Fred started a joke shop after Hogwarts! They became professional pranksters!"
"Well…..I asked Professor McGonagall and she said that Granddad and Sirius broke the Hogwarts record for number of detentions held by two people at the same time! Apparently, she'd never given more double-detentions to anyone than Granddad and Sirius!"
"Yeah, 'cause Dad and Uncle Fred didn't get caught! Avoiding punishment for pranks in the mark of a true prankster!"
"Well….Most of what Uncle George and Uncle Fred did was unoriginal! The Marauders did most of that stuff first!"
"So? Peter Pettigrew turned out to be evil!"
James opened his mouth like he was going to say something, then closed it. He opened his mouth again, then thought better of what he was going to say, and closed it yet again. Finally, he said, "Yeah, well, nobody cares about him! He was stupid anyway!"
Suddenly, the two of them heard laughing. They turned around to see Professor McGonagall. "Are you two really arguing about that?"
"Yeah," James said sheepishly. "Hey, who was worse: the Marauders or the Weasley Twins?"
She thought for a moment then replied, "I can't answer that."
"Why not?" Fred asked.
"Because I can't think straight about anything anymore! I have to deal with you two! Oh, and Mr. Potter? Sirius Black and James Potter had five-hundred six double detentions in their seven years at Hogwarts. You two have had six-hundred twenty-nine and you still have three years to go!"
James and Fred grinned at each other and whispered, "Brilliant!"