A/N: Heh, sorry this chapter is so late being posted. I am a bit busy all the time now, with applying for college, doing homework, and all the other crap I have to do I haven't had time to write. Don't worry though; this is going to be a long chapter. I plan to cover a lot so I hope it was worth the wait. Now then, on to the story.

Previously:

Remus hurried after the twins.

He found them in the kitchen talking to dobby. Dobby was nodding vigorously and gesturing with his hands. This was followed by the twins grinning evilly.

Remus made a mental note to not eat tonight.

The Great Hall was full of jumpy students and professors when the two boys entered for dinner that night. No one knew the Weasley twins had invented that many new jokes. Now they were fearful of what ever else they did not know.

Remus was more fearful that now, because the twins' marauder genes were loose, he may never be safe again.

He had never wished more that James and Lily were still alive.

A scream of horror rang out through the Great Hall, or rather a squeak, followed by two little boys laughter. Remus stood in shock staring at what the twins had done now.

Chapter 35: Back to Normal (or as normal as it gets.)

Remus' gasp could have been a shout compared to the noise of the now 3 inch tall population of Hogwarts. Harry and Draco used Remus' shock as a distraction to run out the door to wreck havoc on the school. With only one full size person besides themselves, Harry and Draco had free reign of the school. Or so they thought.

They were just about to jump into the lake when Remus petrified the two boys. This was getting out of hand now. It was bad enough that they were pranking non-stop but that was nothing compared to what they could do if they were given free reign.

"You are to go up to your room. You will sit on your beds and you will wait for me there. If I find you doing otherwise, Merlin help you. I will not put up with this. Go now." Remus said sharply as he removed the spell.

The two boys made their way back to the school with their heads bowed, and their feet dragging all the way there. They knew they were busted now. Remus never yelled when he was angry. He only spoke quietly in a voice that would make even Snape wary.

The boys did as they were told. There they waited. Minutes passed, soon ten minutes had passed. The boys began to worry.

'I wonder what Remus is going to do to us.' Draco wondered idly. 'What if he's like Lucius, what if he likes tormenting people, what if he hurts us. No, I don't think Remus would do that. Would he?' Draco began to fidget with worry.

'Moony can't do like the Dursleys'. He just can't. He won't take away our food or lock us in a little broom cupboard. Or worse he might send me back to the Dursleys'. I hope he doesn't. I don't want to go back. What if they are mean to Draco? Maybe we shouldn't have done it. Maybe we should run away.' Harry began to worry about his and his brother's punishment.

The two boys' thoughts were ceased when the door creaked open. Remus stood in the door way looking disappointed with the two boys. He wasn't angry, or even irritated, just disappointed.

The way Remus looked almost calm disturbed Draco. Lucius looked that way when he had gotten in trouble. This was how Lucius always looked just before he hurt Draco.

Draco began to back away from Remus towards the wall. Harry's eyes darted toward his retreating brother. it worried him that Draco was acting like this. Remus was not acting as the Dursleys would in this situation and that reassured Harry.

Remus began to chose his actions carefully when Draco began backing up. Remus decided to make a move to reassure both boys. He knelt on the floor so that he was not towering over the boys.

Draco noticed that Remus had lowered himself to the floor. Lucius would have never done that. Draco took a step closer to his guardian.

"Now, I want both of you to listen to me." Remus said softly. "What you did today was wrong. Not because it was a bad thing but because someone could have got hurt. What if you added too much of whatever you did? What if it mixed bad with the food and made something else happen? You need to do research before you do something like this. If someone were to get hurt you would feel bad."

Harry and Draco hung their heads in shame. "We didn't mean for anyone to get hurt. We were just having fun." Harry tried to argue.

"I know you didn't want to hurt anyone. That doesn't change the fact that someone could have. We were lucky no one did get hurt."

"If we apologized to everyone, would we get out of trouble?" Draco asked suddenly with an idea.

"No. That is part of your punishment though. At breakfast tomorrow morning you will apologize to everyone and starting now you are grounded from flying. You will give me your brooms and you will find other things to occupy your time aside from pranks and flying."

Both boys let out exaggerated sighs and went to get their brooms. It was going to be a long night.

The next morning, the twins were motioned to the front of the Great Hall where they were to publicly apologize to the students and teachers (who were back to full size).

"We are sorry that we shrunk you at dinner yesterday." Harry started.

"We know that something could have gone wrong and someone could have gotten hurt." Draco continued.

"Will you forgive us?" Harry asked the crowd. This was embarrassing for him. He knew his friends would never let him live it down.

There were murmurs of acceptance and the boys were allowed to sit down. The twins made their way to the table and sat with their heads bowed in shame. Hermione offered them some eggs and tried to avoid the topic of the apology. Ron on the other hand lacked the brains to avoid the topic.

"So Remus came down pretty hard on you huh?" he asked earning an elbow in the side from his sister.

Ron shot her a confused look.

Draco turned red at the memory of Remus' lecture.

Harry refused to meet anyone's gaze. Ron finally realized what happened and shut up. It was already too late though, Harry and Draco looked ashamed, stood up, and darted out the door.

Half way down the hall Harry suddenly stopped. Draco was about to ask what was wrong when he felt it too. It was a tingling sensation that traveled from his toes to his fingertips, completely messing up his balance while doing it. The next thing that he saw was black as he lost consciousness.

"Wake up. Come on open those eyes. That's it. That's better." the calming voice reached Draco's ears. It was a familiar voice, one that was heard often.

As his vision began to clear, Draco's eyes met the worried ones of one Remus Lupin. He looked like he had had a panic attack, but at the same time, just woken up.

"What happened?" he asked looking around and noticing the familiar layout of the hospital wing.

"You and Harry apparently passed out during the last stage of your growth, it kind of took you by surprise as it wasn't potion induced." Remus tried to explain to the once again 16 year old boy.

"Where is Harry?" Draco asked just noticing that his twin was missing.

"Oh he will be right back. He woke a few minutes ago and just nipped down to the kitchens for a bite to eat. He should be back soon."

Draco sighed with relief. They were 16 again! He had never been happier to be in the hospital wing. His sudden groan drew Remus' attention to him once more.

"What are you hurt, sore, any pain what-so-ever?" he began feeling Draco's arms for broken bones.

"I'm fine. I just realized that we have almost a month and a half of work to make up for this stupid prank."

Remus' laugh was interrupted by Harry entering the hospital wing. "I brought some food for you, I figured you would be hungry."

The boys ate and were dismissed from the hospital wings with threats of being kept longer if they didn't stay away for more than a month. Ron, Ginny, and Hermione were thrilled to see the boys back to their age and began working in the secret apartment to catch the two boys up.

Aside from Snape's cruel statements, the week stayed rather cheerful and smooth (which is a shock in itself). Halloween was quickly approaching and a ball was scheduled for that night after the usual feast.

"Oh great, another ball. That's all I need. Just when people begin to forget my girlish dress robes from fourth year I'm going to get stuck wearing them again." Ron complained as he saw the notice in the common room.

Hermione rolled her eyes. "At least this year I don't have to wait for you to figure out that I'm a girl."

Ron turned red at the memory of his realization in fourth year.

Harry laughed and commented on his own situation. "At least this year I don't need to find a partner. I am allowed to go solo this time around."

Ginny looked outraged at that. Draco shook his head and looked around. "Hey Harry, you can always ask little Emily to be your date."

"Bloody Hell, don't even mention it to her. Or her sister for that matter. I couldn't stand them following me around again. Hey you could always go with Melissa, you seemed to take a liking to her." Harry teased his brother back.

"Ha ha ha. Unlike you brother, I can find a date." Draco smirked at his brother.

"I can too find a date!" Harry was outraged at his brother's accusation. By this point everyone else had gone back to their own lives instead of paying attention to the Potter Twins.

"Ok, I'll make you a bet. Whichever one of us gets a date first, and not just anyone, you have to try for a decent date, gets to pick the others date for them." Draco smiled at the thought of setting his plan into motion.

"Deal."

It was two days before the Halloween Ball and neither twin had a date. Not that this surprised most people. That was when Harry and Draco got a letter from Dudley. Curious, Harry opened it and began reading.

Dear Harry and Draco,

How is school going? Not causing too much trouble I hope. My classes are harder here but its kinda better here because you can get help whenever you need it. It is helping my grades. I'm getting average grades now. I made a few new friends, they aren't like Piers and the rest of the gang. You would get along with these people.

I figure I should tell you that I think someone has been watching me. I get this chill down my back like someone is trying to mentally kill me. I keep seeing this shadow everywhere I go. And there have been strange things happening to us here. Things are falling, barley missing me or my friends, things flying across the room almost hitting me...

I thought you might want to know.

Well I have to get back to studying so write back. I hope your owl gets this to you.

Dudley

Harry looked at his brother with worry etched on his face. His inner hero as some called it was acting up and he decided to take the note to Tonks as Remus was on duty.

Tonks looked at the note and quickly masked her shock. "I'll make sure someone checks it out. It could be nothing but we will have to check. You two better get to class. You have potions today if I'm not mistaken and you are far behind the rest."

Harry and Draco nodded and dashed to the common room to get their stuff. They would have to spend all night catching up on their work before they fell too far behind.

They sat towards the back of the class with their friends and got their books and parchment out.

Snape stormed in the room and shot a glare in their direction. "You have one week to get all of your assignments that you missed in. I will give you a list after class and you will be expected to brew the potions on your own time." he seemed angry to be forced to allow that.

Draco cringed at the thought. one week to make up a 6weeks of potions homework. They were doomed.

After their last class of the day, the twins claimed their necklaces from Hermione and opened the secret apartment. They began working on the many different assignments that were to be completed, completely losing track of time. It wasn't until Tonks walked in and handed them a dinner plate that they realized they had been at it for days in the secret room.

"Remus says if you don't eat, he will keep you grounded for a month."

Harry winced at the memory of his inability to fly for the week. It was not as if he had time but it would be a good way to relax.

By the time the boys were caught up with their work in the secret apartment, It was almost four in the morning in the actual time. The boys slumped into their beds unable to keep awake much longer despite the naps in-between the studying and catching up on homework. The two boys were totally exhausted.

"Hey guys, you're going to be late. You better hurry up or you won't get breakfast." Ron's voice came through to Harry's sleep ridden mind. He opened his eyes and moaned groggily.

Harry and Draco dragged themselves out of bed and after some trouble, managed to get ready. The real trouble started in Transfiguration later that morning.

A loud bang was heard in the transfiguration classroom as Professor Minerva McGonagall attempted to wake the two sleeping boys. Harry slowly stirred and mumbled something that sounded suspiciously like "coming aunt Petunia" before regaining knowledge of his surroundings.

Draco on the other hand jumped and pulled his wand out aiming it at the first person he saw and preparing to protect himself if absolutely necessary.

McGonagall pushed his arm down and rolled her eyes. "If you are that lacking in sleep, I would suggest you see Madam Pomprey about a sleeping potion. Twenty points from Gryffindor for your lack of common sense and I suggest both of you be sure to stay awake before I transfigure one or both of you into an alarm clock."

McGonagall headed back to the front to resume her lecture while Ron leant over whispering "You should have waited until we were in History."

Hermione smacked him.

A/N: You really can't complain that this is up so late. I posted it on the group a few weeks ago, no one bothers to check the message board though so you deserved to suffer. Hope you enjoyed. This was 7 pages.