Chapter One: Find Me the Folio Bruti
It was Harry's last year at Hogwarts. He had been looking forward to taking his NEWTs, and now he was ready. Upon arriving at Hogwarts, he went up to the common room only to find that everyone was gathered around a table, and Fred and George were on top of it.
"What are you doing here?!" asked Ginny.
"We'll tell you in a second," yelled George.
Fred cleared his throat and began, "Hello everyone! It's great to be back at Hogwarts! Anyway, this message is for sixth and seventh years only! I repeat, sixth and seventh years only! For you sixth and seventh years, we're going to have a bit of a scavenger hunt. This will last the whole year. Each week, we will give you an item to find. We're pretty sure we're the only people to have these items. For instance, this week's object is the Folio Bruti, I book containing information on how to beat certain creatures! We have hidden only three of these in the castle. The first person to find a Folio Bruti and bring it back to us gets 500 points! Second to find it gets 400 points, and third to find it gets a mere 100 points. If you don't find an object right away, don't worry."
"Now," said George, "let me explain where we're going to hide these. They won't be outdoors, ever! Also, they will not be in the dungeons or the entrance hall. They can be, however, anywhere else. Stay tuned to the notice board each week - we'll post one clue there every Wednesday. So, who wants to play?"
Hermione, Ron, Harry, and Ginny all shot their hands up in the air. "Okay, so you four will be playing. Good luck, guys, and remember, find us the Folio Bruti! Here's a hint, since it's Wednesday anyway - Search the common room. Well, that's all I can say. Oh yeah, if any of the other Gryffindors find it before you, they will not have it. However, you can get hints from them if you like. So, go on, start searching!"
Suddenly, the four of them ran around the common room. "They're in secret places... sometimes hidden passages and such, okay?" Hermione got an idea. Looking at the fire, she muttered "Glacius!" which revealed a small room behind the fire. Hermione crawled in, and didn't come out. After three minutes, she came out, clutching the Folio Bruti in her arm. "Thought it might be there, I caught you guys using Glacius to freeze Peeves two years ago."
"Excellent, Hermione," said George.
George tapped his wand on the chalkboard and there, in big white letters, was:
1. Hermione Granger, 500 pts
Harry, Ron, and Ginny sped up. Harry looked inside a cupboard, and there he found a bottle of Butterbeer. He grabbed for it, thinking it may help him, only to feel his feet rising off the ground. A wave of green light flashed at him, and - he fell.
He was in a small room, and he guessed that he had just set up a Portkey for the scavenger hunt. There, in the middle of the room, was the Folio Bruti. He touched the bottle again, and transported back to the common room.
"Well done, that was the hardest to find, too!" George appeared from behind Harry. Fred tapped his wand on the chalkboard, and it read:
1. Hermione Granger, 500 pts
2. Harry Potter, 400 pts
Ron cursed under his breath and look through the common room. He must have noticed something, because he got a big grin. Ginny, however, rushed up to a little dragon statue that Ron was also running too. Ron tripped and snapped his wand. "Great!" he yelled, but Ginny didn't notice. She ran faster and faster... "Avifors!"she yelled. The dragon statue turned into a big, bright bird and flew off, revealing a crawlspace. Ginny, crawled in, then returned to the common room with a huge grin. She was clutching the Folio Bruti. "Damn it," Ron muttered.
The chalkboard now read:
1. Hermione Granger, 500 pts
2. Harry Potter, 400 pts
3. Ginny Weasley, 100 pts
4. Ron Weasley, 0 pts
"That's enough for today. See you next week!" Fred and George hurried out of the Common Room. "I can't believe I tripped! I would have had it!"
Harry went to bed, looking forward to Sunday. This was going to be one fun year...