Harry wasn't sure what to do next. Kingsley had left after Harry got him to promise he would vouch for the twins, after all, they hadn't done any harm and Harry had argued they knew the wizarding world better than he did so they were more likely to recognise anyone suspicious. Thankfully the older man had promised he'd try and make Harry's case for him.

Now, all the boy could do was wait. He still had lots of questions, how would Dumbledore and the order react? What was this gift the twins mentioned?

... And why did Kingsley want to know his sandwich preference?

Looking around contemplating these questions and more Harry caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror and suddenly realised why all three of the wizards had seemed worried; he was a mess! Un-washed, hair not combed in days (not that that would make much difference, and he had definitely lost weight. 'How did I get like this?' Harry wondered, before remembering he had barely moved since getting back from Hogwarts! Only enough to write the mandatory 3 day letter to the order saying he was alive and that was with his uncles prodding. Crossing his fingers, he hoped the twins would still be gone a tad longer and rushed to the bathroom to wash his face and hair in the sink (he'd shower after they left) and apply deodorant. When he got back to his room he opened the window to let some fresh air in and threw on some clean clothes.

When all this was done a thought struck Harry hard. He was up. Up and moving and taking care of himself for the first time in days! For the first time since before being back with his relatives recognised that he was hungry, tired, confused, and had so many emotions flowing around inside him. After feeling numb for so long the sensations hit him like a hurricane! For a long time, even before the Ministry fiasco his main emotional spectrum of the year had been angry, sad, tired, depressed, and frustrated. Sure there were brief intervals like Dumbledore's Army where he'd feel something else but those times were not nearly enough to be considered healthy. Now, despite being nervous, and part of him still holding that strange numbness, he was also feeling warmer emotions, excitement at the prospect of having two friends so close by, amusement at the thought what mischief they would cause, and happiness. The last one was the strangest, like Harry had forgotten what it was. But he was happy, happy his friends hadn't abandoned him again, happy about the kindness they were showing, happy to know they cared about him.

Another thought suddenly hit him like a brick, for the first time since it happened, he wasn't thinking about the ministry fiasco. He wasn't thinking of the Department of Mysteries, or Voldemort, or the Prophecy, or even Sirius. That last one made a knife of guilt impale him. How could he feel happy when he just got his godfather killed? But then, would it help avenge Sirius to simply wallow in misery? Harry was conflicted. How should he feel? It was at times like these he wished Hermione was there.

…

Fortunately, Harry was soon saved from his confusion by the re-appearance of the Weasley twins. They had apparated back this time rather than using the muggle way they left for three main reasons: 1. they wanted to be quick as they now knew the order was sniffing around, 2. they just saw Tonks apparate so they knew the wards wouldn't be thrown off too much, and 3. They didn't thing the Dursley's would open the door a second time.

When they arrived they noticed Harry was looking conflicted, and also cleaner- apparently he had felt the need to spruce himself up a bit now he had guests. They decided not to say anything though as they didn't want him to feel embarrassed. No- Harry had definitely had more than his fair share of negativity, it was high time they brought some fun back to his life!

The two arrived holding a large tank covered by a blanket. The tank would take up about half of Harry's desk and he was starting to get worried as to what could be in it. As the twins put it down on said desk on the end closest to the window Harry decided to bite the bullet and ask.

"What's in there?"

Once again, Fred and George took turns in speaking

"We're glad you asked my good man"

"Given our recent success is thanks to you we decided to bring you a house warming present" (Harry debated with himself if he should point out that it's usually the other way round)

"And as we fully intend to give you full access to our stocks free of charge"
"We decided something special would be in order"

"And so, with a special shout out to The Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures for giving us the licence to make this possible"

"We give you your very own" they whipped the cover away and finished together:

"POFFLE!"

Harry blinked at them as they waited expectedly

"And a poffle is?" he prompted edging towards the tank

"The official group name of our latest triumphs: Pygmy Puffs!"

"What?"

"Take a closer look and see" Fred said, giving him a gentle push forward, grinning

Harry peered into the tank, the bottom was covered in soft sawdust with a few small cat toys dotted about with a dish full of what seemed to be various sweets and a water dish enchanted to look like a mini lake (which Harry noticed had a squid painted at the bottom) with a mini-castle standing next to it which looked just like Hogwarts. And right in the middle were 4 small balls of multi-coloured fluff that seemed to be squeaking. Harry looked closer and saw they each had a small, mouse like face (almost hidden by the fluff with just the nose and two large black eyes poking out) and were each a different colour. They were: blood red with a gold nose, custard yellow with a black nose, forest green with a silver nose, and royal blue with a bronze nose, the house colours!

"There awesome!" Harry grinned "and adorable" he said with a blush

"Our thoughts exactly" smiled Fred

"And these ones are extra special" George added

"How come?" asked harry, examining the blue one which had apparently decided to go for a swim while the green one took a dust bath and the red and yellow ones seemed to be snuffling each other by the sweet bowl

"All the others are pink or purple" Fred explained, we thought we'd make them as back to school gifts as there great for young people, but the colour breeding proved tricky as they always seem to wind up some shade of pink/purple, so we figured we'd leave them to it

"That makes sense" Harry replied "how do you look after them?"

"There low maintenance, so no worries there" George stated "Just keep the water clean and topped up and make sure they have a nice range of sweets to nibble on- mind you watch out for the tongues if you hold them near you face, like their full size counterpart they have a taste for bogies" Harry suddenly recalled reading about something called puff skins in his care of magical creatures book and made a note to look them up

"There durable" Fred continued "so don't worry if you drop one, though they like being handled so wont wiggle much and will happily perch on your shoulder"

"Other than that, fresh sawdust once a fortnight and you're set, there house trained so they don't need to stay in the tank permanently as long as they have a newspaper- they don't go much anyway, but I would recommend you train Hedwig not to mistake them for food before letting them roam about" George finished

"Go on mate- say hello" Fred egged Harry on hopefully, Stage two was officially in progress, they say pets are great for a person's mental state and the two brothers figured these were perfect; special, cute, friendly, and not likely to drop dead anytime soon.

Harry reached into the tank and put his hand flat on the bottom, palm up. The balls of fluff scurried over immediately and started to sniff his hand before climbing on. Harry lifted them up and started stroking them gently with his other hand, using a finger per puff. He laughed slightly as their fur tickled his nose and the red one started to lick his finger.

"How do you tell gender?" Harry asked, trying to think of names for them

"These are all girls" Fred stated with a smile, glad to see his friend smiling "the one issue we have is they breed like crazy if you mix them

'Well' Harry thought 'the red one won't be Godric', though he was kinda glad as he didn't feel like calling the green one Salazar.

"Guy's, this is amazing!" Harry exclaimed "I don't know how to thank you enough"

"No thanks needed Harry" George said. Harry gently placed the small creatures back in the tank but kept stroking them. Suddenly, he remembered something

"Kingsley was here just before you left!" Harry exclaimed, looking between the two "he was asking about you and why you were here- I was able to make some case for you but I'm not sure it will be enough!"

Fred and George just smiled at Harry, they somehow knew Tonks wasn't alone

"That's OK mate" George started "we just saw Tonks so we figured we were busted"

"Never fear though!" Fred exclaimed dramatically, getting another laugh from Harry "we are prepared for the mighty onslaught and have our case prepared for battle!"
"Plus- this whole move is legal so they can't actually do much about it" George added with a wink

Seeing Harry and how much he'd changed with a few minutes of friendly presence they felt they had more of a case than ever that what they did was right.

Let the Order do their worst, if they dared!

OK everyone- contest time! Rather than pick names myself I decided what Harry calls his Poffle (yes: according to my research a group of pygmy puffs is called a poffle) I'm leaving it up to you guys, you can leave suggestions and I'll pick either the most popular, or if there's a split the most interesting and give a shout out to the winner(s)! Good Luck Everyone :D

Anyway- I figured the Twins would have to have gotten a licence as experimental breeding is illegal and while they may not stick to rules, I'm pretty sure they would need to keep what they sell legally. Unfortunately I couldn't find there official diet so let's just say they have a role in teaching kids to share sweets.

Slightly shorter Chapter than last time- it was going to be longer but I decided to post it as it is for two reasons: 1. the next part will be focusing on the Order and I want that to be fairly long, and 2. I wanted to give you guys some time to vote for the names, I'll try and leave it a few day's but will still do my best to update soon.

Until thank: happy reading!