Books
"There's also these candies that you eat and they let you have thirty minute daydreams. They are uncatchable, no one knows. Peruvian Instant Darkness powder. Good if you want to make a quick escape. Ah, there's so much to tell you. How about, when you get out of here, I'll take you there to look. There's too much to tell." George laughed again. Fred grinned.
"When do I get out?" Fred asked, suddenly serious. George frowned.
"I don't know. But believe me, I'm going to get you out soon." George said. He patted his brother on the arm and continued his stories.
"You've told me about some things, but what about others?" Fred questioned, watching George empty his pockets.
"It would take forever to tell you everything, Fred." George sighed, dumping a pack of Drobbles Bubble Gum and a few acorns onto the sheets. Fred picked up the small nut.
"Well, what about these?" He asked, watching a little worm poke out.
"That's an acorn. Animals eat them. And that's a worm. They eat everything. Garbage, dirt, acorns, you name it." Fred's worm slid back into its home.
"Well what about these?" Fred asked again, and George looked up from the bottle of love potion from WWW he was admiring.
"Fingers." Fred wiggled them in front of his face. Then he grabbed his foot and held it out to George. He sighed.
"That's a foot, and these are toes." Fred nodded and held up his other foot.
"If that's a foot, what's this?"
"Still a foot. You have two of them. Wow, I forgot how much you didn't know. This is going to take a while, which is why, I brought you something. If I could just find it." George grumbled, returning to his pockets. A jar of something sticky, a half eaten muffin, some rumpled pieces of paper, and a tiny little book. He grinned and held it out to Fred.
"I can't even see what it says." Fred said. George winked and tapped it with his wand. The book started unfolding itself, and became about the size of a bathroom sink and about just as wide.
"George what's a yranoitcid?" Fred asked.
"You're reading it backwards."
"Oh. What's a dictionary?" George took it from his hands and turned to a page.
"It's a book that has words in it and it has their meanings. Like-" George looked at the page. "Like Incendio: Spell used to set an object on fire. It's a wizard dictionary so it has all the meanings of Wizardry and muggle. I think it even had people and places. Diagon Alley : Wizarding alley and shopping area located in London, England. Doxies: A small Fairy-like creature. Sometimes mistaken for a Fairy, the Doxy is covered in thick black hair, and has an additional sets of arms and legs. Doxies have shiny beetle-like wings, and a double row of sharp venomous teeth. See, it's got every thing."
"Cool, thanks! But, I can't lug this huge thing around with me. How do I make it smaller again?"
"Tap the cover with your wand." George did so, and the book refolded itself to about the size of Fred's palm again.
Fred was about to reach for his wand, but it slipped off the table and out the door. George and Fred watched it go with a confused look.
"Janice, can you find who's wand this is?" A Healer called from outside the room. A few typing sounds and the Healer who was called Janice spoke.
"Fred Weasley, room 374." she reported.
"Take that to the Medically Ailed Wand Owners department and ask someone to go there and explain the rules." the first Healer ordered. Janice scurried off. Fred and George looked at each other. A few minutes later, a plump wizard with unleveled gray hair and kind eyes knocked on the door.
"Hello, I'm Darius. From the Medically Ailed Wand Owners department." He held out a wrinkled hand. George took it and then Fred.
"My you have lovely fingers!" He cried. Darius gave him a strange look and George elbowed Fred in the arm, trying to give his the telepathic message that that was not what you say to people.
"Any who, I assume I'm here because Mr. Weasley tried to use his wand. I'm afraid that there is a certain rule about patients using wands. To ensure that St. Mungo's I kept save, we need to regulate wand usage. Not that we think you would do anything intentional, just that with memory loss, you sometimes do not know the outcome of spells and charms." Darius carefully explained.
"What does that mean exactly? Is he ever going to be able to use his wand again?" George asked.
"The way it goes is, we give the patient a book that has all of the non-Dark spell and charms. We give them a goal, say, to learn and successfully complete a certain number of spells and charms per week. We also charm their wand, so it has a blockage to spells and charms that they have not learned yet. We have a special option for more ambitious people. They are allowed, after they have learned and completed that weeks goal, to have more spells and charms unlocked from their wand." He said. George and Fred watched as Darius turned to his briefcase and retrieved a palm sized book. He tapped it with Fred's wand and it grew to the size of the one George had given him. He stumbled to the side f
Fred's bed and placed the book in his lap.
"See? Week One, Week Two, Week Three," He said as he pointed to each page "I think it goes up to about Week Thirty-seven. You learn about five spells or charms a week. Over all, about two thirds of the next year."
"That's not so bad. How do we lock my wand, Darius?" Fred asked.
"For that time that you are in the hospital, an administrator like myself with come here every Monday to unlock it. After you leave here, you have to come in every Monday."
"That sounds reasonable." Fred said.
"One more thing. At the end of the thirty-seven weeks, you will take an exam to see how well you learned. If you fail, you have to work on those spell and charms which you had struggled on. Pass, and you will be able to use your wand as much as you want. Also, at the end, we have books similar to this on Potions, Astronomy, Magical Creatures, what not."
Fred and George both shook Darius' hand as he left, and Fred earned himself another elbow after marveling over Darius' fingers.
Sorry, this chapters kinda short. But, I already have the next one half written out, so it won't take quite as long. Please review and tell me what you think!
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