CHAPTER NINE
"Ok, a little to the left." Percy directed his three brothers and Harry. Bill, Fred, and George all lived with him, but he called Harry for extra help. Percy explained it to them as urgent, but Harry thought otherwise.
"Why do these muggles [I]bother[/I] with these things?" Bill asked as he dropped one side of the piano he was supposed to be carrying up the stairs.
Fred banged on some of the keys. "It makes noise?" He asked.
"Percy, why are we doing this?" Harry asked, as the side that Bill had dropped was almost on top of them.
Percy rolled his eyes. "I've told you already. Nick Numbug was trying to fly it, so therefore we had to compensate it."
All four of them started at him. "Perfect Percy, can I ask why we just don't enchant it so its small and light and we can carry it up in our pockets?" George asked.
"Because that is illegal. You cannot enchant a muggle object!" Percy started calmly. "Wait! What are you doing! Fred! George! Bill! Harry!" He screamed.
It was too late though, as the four of them had made it the size of a large seashell, and the weight of a feather. Percy rolled his eyes and walked away, leaving the four of them wondering why that hadn't thought of that before.
"Well, not I'm hungry." Fred declared, and started to walk off to the kitchen. He got about four feet from where he was when a large owl flew in from the window. Shocked, his first instinct was the duck, and soon George was right by his side on the ground as the owl swept over the rest of them.
Finally, it came to halt and dropped a letter onto the floor before it flew out the window again.
Slowly getting up off the ground, Harry walked over and picked up the letter. He look at the Weasley brothers, and they were all nodding for him to open it.
Dear Harry, Hello, it is Sirius. I'm glad to see that you are back. My name has been cleared for almost five years now, and I think I am going to try to get the job as Headmaster at Hogwarts. Things just keep getting worse and worse. So far the only place where nothing has happened yet was at Hogwarts and Diagon Alley. People are being attacked left and right. Yesterday we just lost three Aurors to Voldemort. He has to be stopped soon, otherwise nothing will be left. As soon as you get them, I want you, and when I say that I mean all of you, to go to the Hogsmeade. I think you know where to meet me. Sorrowfully, Sirius
"Come on, we have to go to Hogsmeade." Harry said, and started walking to the door. Harry, being probably the more serious one of the group, didn't drag them places for no reason, so apparently this was very important. Curiously, the four brother followed him.
They were even more surprised when they went into Fred and George's store.
"Harry, I believe you are trespassing." Fred said.
"Yes, we can have you evicted for this." George added.
"What is it that you want? Some canary creams?"
"You want the world to look like canaries? Or maybe some ton tongue toffees."
"He's out to destroy the world. He wants everyone to be canaries with fifteen foot long tongues!"
Harry grinned. "Maybe not [I]everyone[/I], but defiantly a certain pair of twins that just so happened to be named Fred and George." After many years of being the unwilling testers for their tricks, Harry and Ron learned how to get them back.
"Bill and Harry, can I ask what on [I]Earth[/I] are you doing?" Percy asked in disbelief. The two of them were prying floorboards loose.
Fred and George finally understood what they were doing. "Good thing we gave you that map Harry." George said.
"Really comes in handy."
"What map?" Bill inquired, confused. Percy agreed and repeated him.
"There is tunnel under here to Hogwarts. At Hogwarts, we have just have to stop the womping willow, and then get into the shrieking shack."
Fred and George agreed that it was a good plan, but Bill and Percy were staring at the three of three of them. Percy had always been the head- boy-rule-bearing-perfect son, but Bill at times could be almost as bad.
"And you know about this, how?" Bill asked. Percy was still in such a state of shock at the rules he was about to break.
"From the map that the marauders made." Fred said as if that explained everything.
"What is this map?" Percy finally yelled, frustrated.
"Will explain later." Harry said as he slipped through the hole in the floorboards. "Whoa. Fred. George?"
"What's the matter, Harry?"
"I think we have a problem." Harry echoed back from the ground.
"Ok, a little to the left." Percy directed his three brothers and Harry. Bill, Fred, and George all lived with him, but he called Harry for extra help. Percy explained it to them as urgent, but Harry thought otherwise.
"Why do these muggles [I]bother[/I] with these things?" Bill asked as he dropped one side of the piano he was supposed to be carrying up the stairs.
Fred banged on some of the keys. "It makes noise?" He asked.
"Percy, why are we doing this?" Harry asked, as the side that Bill had dropped was almost on top of them.
Percy rolled his eyes. "I've told you already. Nick Numbug was trying to fly it, so therefore we had to compensate it."
All four of them started at him. "Perfect Percy, can I ask why we just don't enchant it so its small and light and we can carry it up in our pockets?" George asked.
"Because that is illegal. You cannot enchant a muggle object!" Percy started calmly. "Wait! What are you doing! Fred! George! Bill! Harry!" He screamed.
It was too late though, as the four of them had made it the size of a large seashell, and the weight of a feather. Percy rolled his eyes and walked away, leaving the four of them wondering why that hadn't thought of that before.
"Well, not I'm hungry." Fred declared, and started to walk off to the kitchen. He got about four feet from where he was when a large owl flew in from the window. Shocked, his first instinct was the duck, and soon George was right by his side on the ground as the owl swept over the rest of them.
Finally, it came to halt and dropped a letter onto the floor before it flew out the window again.
Slowly getting up off the ground, Harry walked over and picked up the letter. He look at the Weasley brothers, and they were all nodding for him to open it.
Dear Harry, Hello, it is Sirius. I'm glad to see that you are back. My name has been cleared for almost five years now, and I think I am going to try to get the job as Headmaster at Hogwarts. Things just keep getting worse and worse. So far the only place where nothing has happened yet was at Hogwarts and Diagon Alley. People are being attacked left and right. Yesterday we just lost three Aurors to Voldemort. He has to be stopped soon, otherwise nothing will be left. As soon as you get them, I want you, and when I say that I mean all of you, to go to the Hogsmeade. I think you know where to meet me. Sorrowfully, Sirius
"Come on, we have to go to Hogsmeade." Harry said, and started walking to the door. Harry, being probably the more serious one of the group, didn't drag them places for no reason, so apparently this was very important. Curiously, the four brother followed him.
They were even more surprised when they went into Fred and George's store.
"Harry, I believe you are trespassing." Fred said.
"Yes, we can have you evicted for this." George added.
"What is it that you want? Some canary creams?"
"You want the world to look like canaries? Or maybe some ton tongue toffees."
"He's out to destroy the world. He wants everyone to be canaries with fifteen foot long tongues!"
Harry grinned. "Maybe not [I]everyone[/I], but defiantly a certain pair of twins that just so happened to be named Fred and George." After many years of being the unwilling testers for their tricks, Harry and Ron learned how to get them back.
"Bill and Harry, can I ask what on [I]Earth[/I] are you doing?" Percy asked in disbelief. The two of them were prying floorboards loose.
Fred and George finally understood what they were doing. "Good thing we gave you that map Harry." George said.
"Really comes in handy."
"What map?" Bill inquired, confused. Percy agreed and repeated him.
"There is tunnel under here to Hogwarts. At Hogwarts, we have just have to stop the womping willow, and then get into the shrieking shack."
Fred and George agreed that it was a good plan, but Bill and Percy were staring at the three of three of them. Percy had always been the head- boy-rule-bearing-perfect son, but Bill at times could be almost as bad.
"And you know about this, how?" Bill asked. Percy was still in such a state of shock at the rules he was about to break.
"From the map that the marauders made." Fred said as if that explained everything.
"What is this map?" Percy finally yelled, frustrated.
"Will explain later." Harry said as he slipped through the hole in the floorboards. "Whoa. Fred. George?"
"What's the matter, Harry?"
"I think we have a problem." Harry echoed back from the ground.