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Fred and George couldn't believe their luck. Not only was there a house up for rent, but it was number 7 Privet Drive; almost exactly opposite to Harry's house! Apparently the owners who lived there had gotten fed up with some of their neighbours and decided to move.

Thanks to the money received from harry and the prior postal purchases around Hogwarts Fred and George had already payed the deposit for the shop and now that was up and running they had plenty of income to pay the rent.

And so- here they were, already signing the papers and unloading their stuff into their new home (it helped when you had magic to help you pack and move thing quickly).

They hadn't told anyone about the move yet; George had suggested they hold off until it was official so no-one could try and disrupt their plan. After all; once it was in play they were sure everyone would come around.

Harry's first inclination that something odd was happening came from Hedwig. The owl had been dozing halfway between asleep and awake when two mops of flaming red hair drew her attention to the window. Perking up at the familiar sight she let out a squark to alert her companion who was still laying on his bed- looking like a cross between a corpse and a vampire.

Noticing her agitation Harry got up and looked out the window, only for both twins to have already entered the house. As a result all the teenager saw were some unknown neighbours moving into number 7. He spared a quick thought to the previous residents who had opted to move after Dudley and his gang had attacked there 10 year old son and boken 2 of their windows- of course his aunt and uncle wouldn't hear of their son causing trouble and tried to blame Harry.

Not thinking any more of it he sat back on the bed and soon drifted off into a fitful sleep.

Meanwhile Fred and George were looking around there new house. It was clean. Too clean, and almost mirrored Harries in structure and colouration; they would definitely need to decorate.

Unpacking didn't take long thanks to them knowing their way around the ministry department due to their dad (and some past antics best saved for another story), allowing them to get the forms for registering in a muggle residence pushed through nice and quick; as long as they were not in view of the wrong people they could do as much magic as they liked (something they also hoped to use to help harry out with should trouble come calling, after all, if harry could be blamed for Dobbies magic, they could be blamed for his).

Soon enough they had claimed the master bedroom as their own (with two double beds squeezed in), a spare room with bunk beds for Harry, as well as any family or friends who wished to stay, they planned to invite Ron and Hermione to visit, and the 2 other upstairs bedrooms converted into a lab and office.

Picking a moment when they happened to know Mundungus Fletcher was meant to be on guard but 'happened' to get a business call that would certainly distract him they decided it was high time the introduce themselves to their new neighbours.

Hey there. Sorry if this chapter is a bit slow (the last chapter got a bit darker than planned) but thing will start to pick up really soon. Hoping to update within a few by Wednesday at the latest (decided to put these 3 out now as i have a super busy weekend ahead). p.s. sorry for the short chapters so far.

Hope you enjoy and let me know what you think. Thanks