The flicking of a finger on the table; A sign of impatience, was the only thing you could hear in the room besides breathing. The twins were worried about what this might be about. Tom was impatient... He wanted this to be over with. Harry took a long suffering breath while glaring at Tom, who refused to explain in Harry's place.
Harry drew his glare at Sirius, who looked at Harry as if to say, 'What did I do?' and then finally his eyes landed on Fred and George. He huffed and prepared to explain to them what happened. Harry tipped his head back in the chair, two front legs coming off the floor as he tried to balance it.
"You know the Legilimency spell?" Harry asked hopefully. Tom was looking at the wall in complete boredom and surprisingly, so was Sirius. Harry thought Sirius would be more excited about this conversation because the twins were similar to him, prank wise anyway; Although they were not talking about pranks at the moment.
"Of course we do," George exclaimed wide-eyed.
Fred nodded. "You wound us," Fred said putting a hand to his heart. Harry snickered.
"Sorry," Harry pouted, "Now, one of you use Legilimency on me," Harry said, focusing on the memory of the explanation he gave Tom. Fred took out his wand and pointed it at Harry. Tom narrowed his eyes at Fred cautiously, even though he knew what was happening.
"Legilimens," Fred exclaimed, a blue wave flashed and Fred was sucked into Harry's mind. Fred materialized in Harry's mind and watched the conversation. When he was finished, Fred jumped back into his own mind and his chair tilted back, which made him almost fall on the floor. Harry nodded at Fred, who had a furious expression on his face. Harry then turned to George. They both nodded and George cast Legilimens, watching the conversation as well.
When the memory was given, the twins did not know what to do. They wanted to tear something in two, but they also wanted to weep for their best friend, brother even. What he had gone through, was something the twins did not ever want to happen again. They would make sure of it. Harry looked at them both and sighed for the thousandth time that night.
"This is a memory from my future," Harry said sadly, "It is what happened to the both of you." Harry focused on the memory of Fred and George being killed by none other then Albus Dumbledore, and they both viewed it. They both came out of the memory and did not say anything. They both looked at each other and wore identical sad smiles, then they both looked at Harry.
"Harry, you better not be blaming yourself for this," George said slowly. Harry looked up at George shocked.
"If we did this, it was something we both knew would happen. More than likely we have known what the consequences were beforehand when we were helping you escape from the cell," Fred said,
George nodded furiously, "We did it then, and we would do it again in a heartbeat," George said as well. Harry did not know what to say, he was speechless. Even Tom was gaping at the loyalty those two were showing to Harry. Sirius was raising eyebrows.
"T-Thank you, Gred," Harry said looking at Fred, "Forge," Harry said as well looking at George. Sirius was confused and looked at Harry, thinking how the hell Harry coud tell those two apart and he looked at Tom; he was probably thinking the same thing.
"No problem, Harrykins," Fred said, getting a bit of his spirit back.
"Yea," George said, "Not going to lie," He said slowly, looking at Tom, "You look a awful lot like The Dark Lord from the memory. Is it safe to assume you are?" Tom's mouth twisted into a smirk,
"And what of it?" Tom said coolly, Harry snorted and hit Tom lightly on the shoulder,
"Stop intimidating them," Harry said in amusement. Fred and George both shook their heads in bemusement.
"Do you know who I am?" Sirius asked curiously. Fred and George both snickered,
"Hard not to," Fred laughed, his chair tipping back, "Who else smells like wet dog?" George cackled.
"I am surprised Remus can stand to be near you," George said jokingly. Harry cackled as well to that. Sirius pouted. Harry sobered up after a minute but couldn't get rid of the feeling of foreboding at the mention of Remus. He didn't know how to contact Remus without the order finding out, but before he could continue contemplating what to do about it, there was a small knock at the door.
"George! Fred!" Ron's voice rang through the door. They all froze. Well, maybe not Tom, but he was cautious. Harry jumped out of his chair, everyone following his lead excluding George and Fred. They ran across the room and hid behind a dusty table. Tom put up a Notice-Me-Not Charm and Harry, being paranoid, also put up one strengthening it.
"You don't trust my work?" Tom whispered, acting sad. Harry gave Tom a look that said, 'Stop being a baby and focus!', Tom pouted and focused on the conversation between Ron and the twins.
Ron stalked in with a his hands full of merchandise from the store, he then held up a Self-Writing Quill, his face looked hopeful. "How much for this?" He waved his hand with the Quill in it.
"5 Galleons," Fred said with a look to his twin.
"How much for me?" Ron said a much more hopeful look on his face.
"5 Galleons," George said getting annoyed.
"But! I'm your brother!" Ron exclaimed madly, "Surely that must account to something?"
George and Fred both looked at each other, faking a look of deep consideration, then they looked at Ron again. "10 Galleons!" They both replied cheerfully.
"But that's more than what it was originally!" Ron stalked up to his brothers, his face taking an angry scowl.
"Your such an observant little brother, right Fred?" George turned his head to Fred in question, a hint of a smirk on his lips.
"You're right George, such an observant brother," Fred said shaking his head. Harry couldn't stop snickering long enough to notice Ron's face taking on a purple hue but when he did he couldn't stop the thought of Ron looking like a copy of Vernon, and with that thought he wondered why he even became friends with Ron in the first place. He was such a naive child.
"B-But!" Ron was stamping his feet on the floor like a petulant child.
"Look Fred! We made him speechless!" George exclaimed happily.
"I believe your correct George, maybe we should help him out just a bit..." Fred said and they both looked at each other with identical smirks. They were just about to spell Ron's hair blond when Molly's screeching voice came through the door.
"Boys!" Molly's grating voice called out. Harry twitched.
"Mother..." The twins muttered.
"Mum! They won't give me the Self-Writing Quill!" Ron whined.
"Now, now. George, Fred." Molly looked at George, then Fred. "We are family so we should get some say in this as well."
George and Fred snorted. "Just a while ago you said what we wanted to do was unsuitable and now you want some say in this?" Fred said.
"You think just because we are family and me and Fred have money you can just butt in and get whatever you want for free?" George said, "Whatever we have now we earned! Just because you have nothing doesn't me you can make us go down with you all!"
Molly was livid by the end of George's rant. "How could you! We are not poor, we get paid for taking in that Potter and from Ron's friendship with him!" Molly screeched, "And we will have more money when they get the obedience potion and love potion ready to give to him. Little Ginny will be Mrs. Potter then!"
"Let me at her!" Harry whispered furiously, his fang pierced his lip from growing out longer. Tom hauled Harry back and Harry landed on Tom's chest.
"Harry!" Tom shook his head, and Harry sighed letting his fangs grow shorter. "She'll get what's coming to her..." Tom said looking at Harry with a possessive glint in his eye. All Tom could think about was, 'Love Potion'. No one would dare give Harry a Love Potion if he had any say in it. Harry was his.
"Sorry..." Harry whispered, but he was still feeling angry. "We have to go to Gringotts now, I have to see what Dumbledore did to my accounts."
Tom nodded and Sirius nodded as well but not before looking at Tom. Sirius knew there was something going on between the two, he just didn't know if it was mutual.
George and Fred were still, they both looked like they wanted to do something about what their mother said but they didn't want to compromise any spot they had in the order. They wanted to help Harry any way they could and that was the only way.
"When will this obedience and love potion be administered?" George asked between gritted teeth. Fred nodded in question.
"The first week that Harry will be at the burrow." Molly replied easily.
"Yea, Harry won't know what hit him!" Ron said smugly.
"When will the first order meeting start?" George and Fred both asked.
"Before Harry arrives of course." Molly said.
"We can both go right?"
"Yes, if you both will be on your best behavior!" Molly said. "I mean it, you don't want to bring any trouble for Albus."
"Awesome! can I go too Mum?" Ron asked eagerly.
"You and Hermione can both go for the first part of the meeting, but you have to be back to greet Harry and make sure he doesn't know anything."
"Yes!" Ron cheered.
"Now, I came to invite you boys to a family dinner." Molly said. "I haven't seen you since Merlin knows when..."
"Okay!" George and Fred both said.
"Now I'll see you both at dinner, come along Ron." They both walked out the door leaving Fred and George, frothing at the mouth.
"How dare they!" They both hissed. Harry, Tom and Sirius came out of hiding and Harry started pacing frantically. "At least we have a spot in the order..."
"Does that mean you want to join us?" Harry said, his head popping up to meet George and Fred's gaze.
"Honestly, Harry..." Fred said exasperated.
"We've already told you, we'd do anything for you!" George said. "If that means joining the Dark Lord then so be it."
Harry beamed at them. George and Fred both found themselves in a big hug with Harry. Tom's eyes gleamed, and his wand twitched in his hand. Even Tom thought he was being too... What was the word... Obsessive? But he just couldn't help it.
Harry pulled back and came to stand next to Tom. "Okay, I have to go to Gringotts, Merlin knows what Dumbledore has done to my accounts." Fred and George nodded. Sirius was still standing by cursing the old fool and muttering about getting his dear cousin to go after Molly when they got her out of Azkaban.
"Approach me..." Tom said in his Dark Lord voice. Harry gave Tom a deadpan look. "What?" Tom pouted. George and Fred both approached Tom and lifted their wand arms. "Okay, one first. I still don't know how you tell these two apart, Harry." Tom grouched. Harry just smiled. Tom placed his wand on George's forearm and whispered, 'Morsemorde' and the shape of a skull with a snake coming out of its mouth appeared. He then turned to Fred and did the same thing.
George and Fred both looked over the mark and nodded. "I know what people think of the mark but Merlin this is cool!" Fred exclaimed and Georged nodded.
Tom smirked smugly and Harry just shook his head. "Gather up all the information you can find at the order meeting." Tom said. "Mr. Potter here has to go to Gringotts."
Harry pouted. "Stop calling me that!" Harry said. "You sound like Snape..."
Tom grimaced. "Come on, you minx."
"See you, Gred, Forge!" Harry said smiling and waving at them both. Sirius and Tom said their goodbyes and they made their way down into the shop and then made their way to Gringotts. Harry was happy that George and Fred both wanted to join him. It felt like a weight had been lifted from his shoulders. It made him smile broadly and Tom couldn't help but want to make it happen again. They were now at the front of Gringotts and they entered.
The sign inside Gringotts was still standing tall and proud, 'Enter, stranger, but take heed of what awaits the sin of greed, for those who take, but do not earn must pay more dearly in their turn. So if you seek beneath our floors a treasure that was never yours, thief, you have been warned, beware of finding more than treasure there.'
Harry shook his head bemused and then looked up at Tom. Tom stared back with an amused smile on his face. *Only you.* Harry said to Tom in his head. They approached the Goblins and Harry made his face go blank of emotion.
"I would like to take an inheritance test, please..." The goblin looked up from what he was doing with a scowl on his face.
"Right this way, Mr..." The goblin trailed off.
"Potter, Harry Potter."
The goblin's eyes widened. "Yes, yes. Mr. Potter, follow me."
"These two will be accompanying me, is that a problem Mr. Griphook?"
The goblins eyes widened to saucers at his name. "Y-yes that is alright, Mr. Potter."
The three of them followed Griphook into the halls of Gringotts and they came to a door that had a golden plate with the name, 'Cadhork; Head goblin' in whispy letters.
"Here we are..." Griphook knocked and waited for the shouted 'come in' before he attached his hands to the handle of the door and pushed it open. Harry and the other walked in and took their seats while Griphook took his leave.
"Now Mr. Potter, you wanted a inheritance test, correct?" Cadhork, the Head goblin asked leaning in his seat.
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