Chapter three
"Twentieth detention this week and in the second week I ask you! Do you find this funny?" The howler finnaly exploded. "Pretty amusing yeah." Fred grinned. The whole great hall seemed to be waiting for the daily howler the Weasly children would receive. Percy became very cross and by each howler it seemed he just became worse. Fred didn't understand a simple howler just a joke right?
It was nearing midnight. Fred couldn't understand his charms work. George had explained it at least a hundred times before heading to bed. It was then when a sudden inspiration came to him. He shuddered with excitement and scribbled some rubbish on his parchment. He woke up George and Lee to their annoyance until he whispered his explanation.
They had been down only a few corridors when they came across Peeves. "So much for getting to the kitchens." Lee hissed. Peeves grinned," Aww Ickle Firstys out of bed. I should get Filch you know. " "Yeah you should" George agreed. "What are you doing?" Lee spat. " Really but I didn't think firstys want to get into trouble? " Peeves asked defiantly enjoying himself. "No we dont." George answered "But you can tell Filch if you want i do mind but it's alright." This left Peeves completely confused.
Lee grabbed an open mouthed Fred who was trying to work out what was going on. They raced down many corridors heading straight into Proffesore Mc Gonnagle. "How dare you when I get my hands on... Peeves!" Peeves had dropped a bucket of ice cubes on her head and was attempting to pour some boiling water on her to. She chased after him forgetting Lee and the twins. The fan to the common room.
A few days later, a new howler arrived "To many letters." Was the last thing it shrieked before exploding. They were in a corridore by then letting of some dungbombs. They hadn't bothered to go to breakfast if was to much of an opportunity to miss. George tugged on Freds sleeve to show him a strangely large dung bomb. Fred was stock still.
Filch took them to his office and was attempting to anger them but Fred had noticed a draw labelled 'confiscated and highly dangerous' Fred pulled out a dung bomb and George grabbed a piece of parchment from the draw. "All in all a detention for this parchment wasn't that bad" Fred smirked. Lee was listening intently and eventually asked to look at the it. It was blank. Fred sighed so perhaps it wasn't that good. However, Lee was looking excited "Invisible ink or a special charm or or ..."
Five days had passed and the parchment had stayed blank. Fred was about to throw it into the fire when Peeves appeared. "What's this Firsty a piece of paper. Why so old and blank is it perhaps a secret code. Should tell your head of house perhaps if you have a secret code or..." Peeves eyes had lit up. " That came from Filch didn't it? Oh you are in so much trouble. So how does it work? " "No idea" Fred sighed and he threw it on top of the burning logs. "Fred!" Lee cried (he was watching the entire thing.) Lee picked it out of the flames but to his amazement, nothing had happened to it.
Peeves grinned "Off to get Filch then shall I." No one payed him any attention so he blew a raspberry and glided out the room. They stared at the thing. It made no more signs of having any magical properties. Fred set off to bed slightly pleased with his discovery. There was still hope in the object.
It was almost the end of term when Proffesore Mc Gonnagle called them into her office. "Great so we don't even finish the term." George grumbled. Mc Gonnagle told them to sit down and began a long lecture. "You two are some of the worst Hogwarts students we have ever had. We usually get one to three howlers per year. However you have broken that record. However I have noticed you are receiving less howlers. Yes I did tell your mother not to send any as they caused such a disruption but i had no need. I hope you spend more time on your homework however as I am sure you could become two fairly clever students. I do not want to expel you and I hope you are not planning anything. But all i want to ask is anything troubling you?"
Fred and George had Told Mc Gonnagle something about sensitive ears although they could tell she didn't seem to believe them. "Well bowlers do explode." Lee was finding their excuse very funny. He had tryed to get the parchment to work with no luck. "What do you think it even does?" Lee grumbled.
On the last day of term Lee discovered the kitchens. He was following a hufflepuff fith year who had sworn to get him lost. Lee was well and truly stuk. The Hufflepuff was watching him navigate his way back. Lee fell on a portrait his hair tickling a pair. He ran through a doorway too embarrassed to think straight. "Your going the wro..." The Hufflepuff called but the doorway had sealed. The Hufflepuff shrugged and left to his common room.
Many hours later Lee found his way back to the common room heaving with baskets of food. Fred and George
put on a small party that Bill reinforced. They are all of Lees food and Fred showed off some of his exploding inventions. All in all Free and George would be remembered by Percy as the worst brothers ever.