Yeah, I know the first two chapters weren't very different(1). This chapter is where the fun really begins (:
(1)but the prank does not involve turning all the Slytherins' hair pink, I promise!
What's your name again?
'Fred and George Weasley,' said Filch as they all sat down in his office and he began to write something down 'This is only your first night at Hogwarts and you are already in trouble.'
The twins smiled. It was actually the second time they had heard that from him.(1)
Then the man began to write down the others' names. Fred and George suddenly realised that they hadn't even known their realnames before.
'Potter…' muttered Filch. The twins looked at Prongs, thinking about how they had left the map in the right hands. Harry's father. Who would have thought…
'Pettigrew…' they looked at Wormtail. They had heard that name before, but weren't quite sure where…
'Lupin…' What! But it did explain why their DADA teacher was the only one who had never given them detention. And Moony did look kind of familiar…
'Black…' they looked around in shock. Was that him? Padfoot just sat there, clearly unaware of what he was going to become.
(1) But it was the first time he was saying it to them. I thought I'd managed to come up with a time-travel story that actually made sense, but apparently you can't avoid a little paradox when you go back in time.
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As they all left Filch's office, Potter, Lupin and Black were too busy being mad at Wormtail to notice, and Wormtail wouldn't have noticed anyway, but Fred and George were trying to hide behind each other's back as if it really could help them. They were also discussing the situation in terrified whispers.
'It doesn't even have to be him,' George said hopefully 'We don't know his first name or anything. It could be his -'
'I've heard that all his family were worse than the Malfoys anyway!'
'And Harry's dad trusting him like this…'
'And we gave the Map to Harry!'
'This is really scary!'
'So what d'you think we should do?'
'Can we even do anything? Dumbledore said it might -'
'But we can't pretend that nothing happened!'
'Well, technically nothing has happened… yet…'
'What's happened to you?' Lupin asked them when he was done telling Wormtail off.
'Err…' Fred said 'Nothing, Prof-' George gave his brother a meaningful look 'Err… I mean, Moony'
'Did we do something wrong?' James joined the conversation.
'Uh… no…' George answered.
'Not exactly you' Fred said quietly, so that George couldn't hear.
'What's going on?' asked Black, making the twins even more scared than they already were.
They looked around for somewhere to hide, but didn't find anything. At last George found enough courage to ask
'Err… I'm not sure you told us…'
'Could you remind us…?' Fred tried to help.
'What's your name again?'
He stared at them for a moment, slightly confused, and then he introduced himself.
'Sirius Black,' he said 'But what does it have to do with anything?'
It was the twins' turn to stare at him. In shock. They were talking to a fifteen-year-old version of the man wizards and Muggles all over Britain were talking about. And they weren't saying nice things…
'You… you…'
'Fred, we can't tell him!'
'But… but he…'
'We can't!'
'But - '
'Yeah, I know my family are pureblood-obsessed idiots,' said Black 'But it doesn't mean I have to be like them!'
'He's a Gryffindor after all,' Potter tried to defend his friend. But it didn't help much.
'Is it something about the future?'
The twins nodded.
'But you can't tell us, right?'
They nodded again.
'Then why don't we just stop thinking about it?'
They wished they could. But they were still frightened. Then Pettigrew (Where had they heard that name?) walked over to them as well.
'What's going on?' he asked.
'It's all your fault, Wormtail!' Black said angrily 'I'll kill you for that!'
Fred suddenly remembered, where he had heard Peter Pettigrew's name. Wasn't he the guy who… ?
'Run, Wormtail! He's not joking!'
'Fred, we can't - !'
'We'd better run too…'
