47. The Burrow
**Hermione's POV**
I was at the Burrow, waiting for Mr. Weasley, Ron, Fred, and George to get Harry from his Aunt and Uncle's house with Ginny. I met Ginny's elder brothers, Bill and Charlie.
"You okay, Hermione?" Ginny asked.
"Ya. Why?"
"You seem rather pale" She answered.
"Is it mum's cooking?" Charlie asked with a smile.
We all let out a laugh and Bill gave Charlie a high-five when Percy called out "Keep quiet, down there!"
"Sorry, Perce!" Bill shouted back.
"What is he doing up there, anyways?" I asked.
"He's working on some Ministry of Magic reports, I think," Bill said.
"He joined the Ministry?" I was surprised.
"We asked him the same thing," Ginny said with a smile.
We saw Mrs. Weasley coming from upstairs.
"Hi, Mrs. Weasley," I said happily.
"Hey, Mum!" Bill, Charlie, and Ginny said.
"Hello, dears! Now stand back, the others will be here in a moment" she said going to get dinner ready.
Then, Fred and George came and Fred came down and took a seat next to me.
Just then, Ron came in through the chimney.
" 'Ello!" He said brushing off the dirt on his shirt.
"Hi, Ron," We all said.
Harry then came in laughing.
"Hello, Harry. Bill Weasley" Bill said shaking Harry's hand.
"M'names Charlie." Charlie said doing the same.
"Did he eat it?" Fred asked.
"Ya, what did you give him?" Harry asked.
"Ton-Tongue Toffee. George and I invented them over the summer and were waiting to test it out on someone
"Harry? Where's dad?" George asked, taking a seat next to Charlie.
"Well, um- you see-" He said hesitating when Mr. Weasley came in.
"Fred! What did you give that Muggle boy?" Mr. Weasley yelled at him.
"I didn't give him anything! I just dropped it... It wasn't my fault he ate it, I never told him to" he said winking at me.
"You did it on purpose! You knew he would eat it, you knew he was on a diet" Mr. Weasley roared.
"How long did his tongue get?" George asked, smiling.
"T'was four feet long before his parents let me shrink it!" Mr. Weasley said.
All of us burst with laughter and after a while we couldn't breath.
"It wasn't funny! That sort of behavior seriously undermines wizard- Muggles relations! I spend half me life campaigning against the mistreatment of Muggles and my own sons-"
"We didn't give it to him because he was a Muggle!" Fred shouted.
"No, we gave it to him because he's being a bloody git! Isn't he, Harry?" George asked.
"He was Mr. Weasley," Harry answered.
"That's not the point! Just wait until I tell your mother-" Mr. Weasley started.
"Tell me what?" Mrs. Weasley asked, coming from the kitchen. She noticed Harry and smiled and said "Oh hello, Harry, dear." She turned to Mr. Weasley and asked again "Tell me what, Arthur?"
He hesitated and said "It's nothing, Molly. It's just, Fred and George- but I've had words with them-"
"What did they do this time?" She asked, narrowing her eyes at the twins. "If it's got anything to do with their Weasley Wizard Wheezes-"
"Why don't we show where Harry's sleeping?" I said.
"He knows where he's sleeping. Like last time, he'll be sleeping in my room" Ron said.
"We can all do it," Ginny said.
'We will go, too!" Fred said.
"Ya! Come on everybody-" George said but was interrupted by Mrs. Weasley.
"You two will stay right where you both are!" She said pointing at Fred and George.
Fred looked at me and I just laughed lightly. Ginny, Harry, Ron, and I went to Ron's room.
**Ginny's POV**
We walked up the stairs and Harry asked "What are Weasley Wizard Wheezes?"
Ron and I both started laughing, but Hermione didn't.
"Mum found this stack of order forms when she was cleaning out Fred and George's room" Ron said.
"Great long price list of stuff they've invented. Joke stuff, you know. Fake wands and trick sweets, loads of stuff. It was brilliant, I never knew they'd been inventing stuff like this." I said with a smile.
"We've been hearing explosions from their room- Well, all of it, really- was a bit dangerous and we both thought they like noise" Ron said.
"You know they were planning to sell it at Hogwarts to make some money, and Mum went mad at them. Told Em they weren't allowed to make any more of it. She burned all of their order forms... She was furious with them anyway. They didn't get as many O.W.L.s as she expected" I continued.
"Mum wants them to go to the Ministry of Magic like Dad and Percy, but they want to open a joke shop" Ron finished.
Percy then opened his door and poked his head out the door and Harry said "Hi, Percy."
"Oh hello, Harry. I was wondering who was making all that noise coming up the stairs. Been trying to work here so please keep it down" Percy said with a smile and closing his door and returning to his work.
