-Chapter 1-

-The Bestest Birthday-

"Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Freeed n Geoooorge! Haaaappy Biiiiirthdaaay toooo yoooooooooooou!"

The five small green candles were blown out and applause erupted from the family gathered in the kitchen of the Burrow, around the two red head boys. They looked at each other and grinned, this was the bestest birthday ever! The small boys hopped off their chairs and ran around the large dining table to their mother. They gripped her very tightly around the legs and kissed her knees.

"Oh come now boys!" she was blushing scarlet at the love she was receiving from her baby boys.

'Actually,' she mentally corrected herself, 'They aren't my babies anymore.' She was holding her baby of two years in her arms, Ginny, a beautiful baby girl that all the brothers doted on. Molly Weasley smiled and sighed; she thought she had a beautiful family. Her two oldest boys were away at school, getting their wizard's education and doing splendidly. Bill was in his fifth year at Hogwarts, and was playing for the Gryffindor house Quidditch team, he was also taking his O.W.L.s this year and Molly was positive he would do exceedingly well. Charlie was in his second year; he had only just made the Quidditch team this year, and was the new seeker.

Molly still had five children a home to contend with, so she didn't miss the boys much. Percy was seven and he was always using his favorite word, 'NO!', quite regularly. Fred and George were her twins. She loved them to pieces, they were very naughty bundles of energy, but Molly was sure she could fix that. Her last boy was Ronald, at three years old he usually at in his little chair and watched with his large brown eyes, his brothers misbehave. The best part of all her children, aside from their smiles and sparkling personalities were their heads of flaming red hair.

The boys had left Molly's legs and were now banging their forks on the table and forcefully shouting,

"Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake! Cake!"

Soon Percy and Ron joined in and Ginny began to squeal with laughter at her brother's antics, which only gave them more of a reason to continue. Mr. Arthur Weasley walked into the dining room at that moment.

"What's all this?" he asked and the noise died down as four pairs of little feet scrambled over to their daddy, squeezing him and laughing.

"Happy Birthday Fred and George! Hello Percy. And here's my little man!" Mr. Weasley scooped up Ron and hugged him tightly. " But where is my little princess?"

Ginny squealed and began to pound her little fists on Molly' chest. Arthur set down Ron and sneaked up on Ginny. When Ginny could no longer see her daddy, she began to scream louder, she knew what was coming, so did Molly. She threw Ginny up in the air and Arthur bounded out of hiding to catch her. Ginny was laughing so hard it was shaking her little two year old body, and the boys were all rolling on the floor in hysterics.

Fred and George looked at each other through their tear filled eyes, yep, all in all, this was the bestest birthday.

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"Bed time!" Molly shouted and five pairs of little feet pounded and five voices protested.

"No!" Percy shouted firmly.

"Not yet!" was George's input.

"A little longer!" Fred pleaded.

"Please?" Ron chimed in.

"Pleeeze?" Ginny whimpered.

Molly and Arthur shared an exasperated look and consented to letting them stay up to the very late hour of nine o'clock. The children cheered and set about to finishing up their small tasks. Percy was trying to teach Ron how to play chess and that you can only move the knight in an "L" shape. Ron's three-year-old brain couldn't quite get it, but he loved moving the castle up and down. Ginny was listening to her daddy tell her a story about a little princess who loved to play Quidditch.

Fred and George were formulating a small skit in their minds (they don't know how to write yet!). It consisted of a little yellow bird and an enormous blue dragon becoming friends. They were having some slight trouble deciding who would play what, they both wanted to be the big blue dragon. George finally conceded on being the little yellow bird. They decided they would practice it in their room and then show it to their family when Bill and Charlie got home in a week's time from Hogwarts.

"Oh! Arthur! We forgot the boy's presents!" Molly exclaimed. She ran to the back of the house and retrieved the four boxes, wrapped in bright yellow and green wrapping paper. Ginny hopped off Arthur's lap and ran over to Fred. He smiled at her and set her down in his lap.

"You want to help me open mine?" Fred asked and Ginny nodded with bright eyes.

"I don't need any help to open mine! I'm a big kid!" George proclaimed, drawing a laugh from Molly and Arthur.

The gifts were set in front of Fred and George; they didn't reach for them though. They knew Mum always wanted a picture of them directly before the opened their presents and directly after, it was something she always did for their birthday, including Christmas. The boys froze and waited for Mum to reach for her wizard camera; snap went the shutter and rip went the wrapping paper!

"Ooooh! Look! Candy!" Shouted George and Fred. They loved candy like all five year olds. Their passion for it was only amplified by their ambition to make their own. They looked at each other and grinned, tomorrow would be a day spent indoors.

Snap from the camera.

"You still have another one boys," their father urged.

"It's a" they stopped.

"Book, dears." Molly said beaming. "Open it!"

The small red head boys flipped open their books and in it was an elaborate picture book of how people make all sorts of things. There was an entire section on just how people make wizard candy! George's jaw dropped he watched the rows and rows of candy go rolling past him in he picture. Fred hadn't gotten to that part yet; he was watching some funny looking wizards make candy that made your mouth turn green. He flipped the page and saw them making exploding gum. Fred nudged George and George watched the people testing the gum, it was fun to watch the surprise and laughter on the people's faces as they tested the exploding gum. Fred and George smiled; this was better than any other types of candy possible.

Snap from the camera.

"All right kids! Now it is really bed time!"

Protests were still heard but not from Fred and George as they were shoved up the stairs to their room. George ran in and threw the candy in a corner with the rest of their stash. Fred carefully closed the door and climbed up the ladder to his bunk bed. He opened the book and watched the goofy wizards making the hexed candy.

"George," Fred started.

No answer.

"George?"

Still no answer. Fred leaned over the side of his bed and saw his twin asleep with one hand resting on his book.

"Sleepy head!" Fred shouted. George rolled over and slumbered on.

Fred sighed and stayed up late into the night watching the funny looking wizards in his blue velvet book. When his eyelids bean to droop Fred closed the book and slipped it under his pillow, this was definitely the bestest birthday ever.