A/N: Okay folks, I'm just going to outright say it...
Pairings: Fred/Hermione/George, Harry/Ginny, Neville/Luna, Albus/Minerva, Molly/Arthur, Bill/Fleur, Remus/Nymphadora, Sirius/Half-The-Women-In-The-Country... Though there will not be much of any of the pairings at all in this fic as most of the characters range from 5-8 years old!
I hope that clears some things up. Sorry to those that don't like those pairings. But, like I've mentioned, there won't be much active romance at all. But it really depends on a few things. I guess you'll just have to wait and see!
Once all the children had been tucked into the various rooms, Fred turned to George. "Now, what do you say we go find out where the fearless Alastor Moody ran off to?" Making it no further than turning around to head to the stairs, Fred let out a rather girly shriek.
George, who had been turning as well, joined in the shriek, though his was because Fred's shrill voice had startled him. "Damn-it Fred, don't do that!" George turned to look at the reason for Fred's scream and crossed his arms over his chest. "Moody..." He narrowed his eyes at the older man.
His magical eye spinning in place, Moody used his good eye to glare at the twins. "I certainly hope you weren't planning on going anywhere except to your lab to find a cure." He held up a pan that was covered in all the rest of chocolate chip biscuits.
"That's where those went!" Fred seemed cheerful once he had recovered from his shock. He swiped up the pan. "If you wanted some biscuits all you had to do was ask..."
His glare hardening, Alastor clouted Fred upside the head. "Get to work or you two will never see the light of day again!" He turned and clumped back through the house, noisy now that he'd already gotten his kicks by startling the twins...
"Don't worry, Moody! We still love you!" George grinned at Fred and the twins scampered to their room.
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The bruised and battered George placed the chocolate chip biscuits on the worktable while an equally battered Fred retrieved their testing kit. "Those stupid chips should have worn off ages ago..."
"Yeah, but Dictator Mad-Eye won't let us leave until either we fix an antidote or it wears off." Fred paused, looking at the shelf thoughtfully. "What I don't get is why they don't remember their older selves. When we tested them we didn't forget anything."
George shrugged, carefully cutting up one of the biscuits. After a moment, he paused. "Wait.. Wasn't Sirius planning on playing a prank at one of the parties sometime this week?"
Fred snarled softly, eyes shifting to gold as his body bulked up into his large tiger hybrid form. "That just figures. We never tested how those chips might react to other prank type ingredients!" He stormed out of the room.
Humming in thought, George couldn't resist thinking about the young version of their girlfriend. She was absolutely adorable. With the little Hermione running around, not to mention all the waist high red heads, George couldn't help having certain thoughts. Before those thoughts could get far, his twin returned.
"Found it." Fred held up a pouch filled with an almost clear white powder. "This stuff is supposed to make you act like a kid. That's not something that should be mixed with our chips!" He looked indignant, though thankfully he wasn't in his tiger hybrid form anymore.
"Though it is kind of funny. We should make another version of the chips that include that powder... Once we work out the antidote at any rate..."
"Brilliant."
"Hey, look. Here are Hermione's notes on the Animality potion." George held up the find. He had been searching for their notes on the Chip Off The Old Block Chocolates, but his and Fred's notes tended to migrate and sometimes Hermione's were kidnapped. He looked at them curiously as Fred came over.
"Finally, I've been wanting to see those since she started studying the potion with Snape." After a moment, he added, "Her thoughts certainly do wander when taking notes..."
Fred and George read through the notes curiously...
(A/N: I figured some people might be a bit interested in more info on the Animality forms... The notes are italics with potion names bold, Hermione's idle thoughts in the notes are italic and underlined and Fred and George's comments are plain text.)
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Animality Potion Research
Forms forced upon the body seem to take on an animal aspect most closely related to the emotional state of the victim. The initial transformation is painful, Stupid Peeves, and seems to always result in one to five days of unconsciousness. Only after awakening it is safe to take the Animality Booster Potion which allows an Animality to assume both the full and hybrid form of their animal. The Booster is wicked cool...
"I remember that. Thought poor Colin was going to die when he tried to take both potions at the same time."
"Since when does she use the phrase 'wicked cool?'"
Tests upon three subjects reveal that Animagi are immune to the effects of the Animality. Bloody funny watching Sirius rant because he couldn't have two forms. Further testing reveals that werewolves and veela are also immune. Not that Fleur or Remus really minded...
It is possible for a new Animality form to be chosen. For which Colin is very thankful. One must take the antidote, wait two weeks for the potions to fully clear their system, then take the Animality potion once more with a different emotional state held at the fore. Like he'd ever manage to be anything more than a hamster...
The Advanced Animaility Potion only works if a person has only had one animality form. The advanced formula combines the Animality Potion with the Booster Potion and draws the form from a pattern trapped in the DNA of a person. To trap the form pattern, one must remain in Animality form for more than a month. Which can be fun!
"DNA? What's DNA?"
"Beats me..."
Unlike the Animagus transformation, an Animality is not restricted in form. The Animality form can literally be any animal existing with a person's mind... As Harry Potter was first to demonstrate. As long as the person's mind knows exactly how the animal's body should be constructed from the inside out. God Luna's creepy...
"Still bloody creeps me out how Lovegood actually turned into a Crumple-Horned Snorkack..."
"No kidding! Then her reason for taking the antidote after the battle: 'I want to find a Crumple-Horned Snorkack, not be one!'"
The twins shared a laugh.
Plans for further testing will include finding the answer if an Animality form would bypass or be affected by a person's physical limitations. Must get Moody to agree somehow... Ropes and a sleeping draught?
Full and hybrid Animality forms are immune to the bite of a werewolf. Further testing is needed to determine if an Animality in human form would be immune as well and which aspect would win if they were not. Note to self: Modify the Wolfsbane Potion this summer to taste the same but have no effect.
Studies will be conducted to reveal what affects the Animality Potion has on those of advanced age. Bloody Dumbledore standing in the way of science... He just doesn't want to see himself turn into a meddling old coot, I bet...
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That seemed to be all Hermione had managed to note down so far. Though the twins had only found one page. She could have more stashed away somewhere, but they knew better than to get too nosy with her things.
The twins laughed over the notes, putting the parchment back with Hermione's other potions notes and turned back to their own project. They had to get the others cured, and soon!
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It seemed that George had only been sleeping for an hour before he was jolted from his sleep by a shrill scream. "Shuddup Fred..." But even as he attempted to quiet his brother, a second scream pierced the air. Wait, that's not Fred... George jolted out of bed and darted for the door.
CRACK!
George suddenly found himself sprawled on the floor with golden snitches darting around his head and no recollection of how he had arrived in such a state.
"Way to go, Genius." Fred's amused voice sang. "Try opening the door next time!"
Out the door, down the stairs and flinging open a door, wands at the ready... Their confused gazes fell upon a strange scene. A screaming blond was sitting in the middle of a large bed. Tears streamed down her cheeks and she ranted between screams in what could only be French. Four other girls surrounded her, giving her reassuring hugs while two of the girls spoke what was presumably soothing words to the girl.
Looking decidedly uncomfortable, Fred asked. "Is everything ok?"
The little black haired girl peered at Fred with a stern expression. "She says she had thought it was all a bad dream and that she would wake up at home." Fred winced at Minerva's tone. "I don't think she wants to see you two now. She's blaming you."
Giving a nod, the twins left the girls to whatever it was girls did when comforting each other. Turned out that nearly all of the boys had been awakened by the screams as well.
His tummy grumbling in an intimidating manner, the little fur covered bear of a Neville asked.. "So, what's for breakfast?"
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Breakfast hadn't gone too badly. The girls had made a fashionably late appearance, which thankfully was after the boys had gotten their minor food fight out of their systems. The twins had been shocked that it was Albus that had started the food fight by flinging food across the table at the conspiring Severus and Sirius duo. Of course those two had to retaliate...
The girls had been unimpressed by the mess that Fred and George were cleaning upon their arrival. Though the lime green locked Tonks and Ginny had both seemed disappointed that they had missed the battle. The twins received yet another glare from Minerva that made them wonder if she was starting to get her memories back. But the next moment she was chirping about little girl things and the thought went out the window.
A couple more waves of their wands and the boys were cleaned. Which was helpful as the twins didn't really want to worry about trying to give them baths. Wand cleaning could only go so far, but while the kids were still relatively fresh, they were getting wand washed...
"I'm going to go back up and work more on the cure. Think you can handle the kids by yourself?" George looked skeptically at his twin.
Fred looked indignant. "Of course I can handle them. What do you take me for?" He gestured to the kids that were quietly finishing their breakfasts. "See? Now that the fight is out of their systems, they'll be a piece of cake to tend to."
"Well, if you're sure..." And George was gone in the blink of an eye.
Shaking his head, Fred mumbled to himself about how silly George was to think he couldn't handle the kids. They were so well behaved! He turned back to the table and automatically took a step back in fright...
All twenty of the youthened witches and wizards were staring at him much like the kids in the Children of the Corn movie that Hermione had taken the twins to see last summer...
"Umm... So who wants to play Exploding Snap?" Fred held out the deck hopefully.
Fred hoped that some day he would see the humor in watching twenty pairs of eyes narrow in unison as the kids rose from the table...
A/N: For those that don't know, or in case I forgot to mention, the twenty order members turned into children are: Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Molly Weasley (though she still think's she's a Prewitt), Author Weasley, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Ronald Weasley, Ginevra Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Fleur Delacour, Nymphadora Tonks, Colin Creevey, Draco Malfoy... And let's not forget about Crookshanks! Anyway, I hope people liked this update. :offers out candy and cookies...none with chocolate chips: Happy Halloween!