"What was it that had you all so entertained back there?" Mrs. Weasley asked as the family filled up their plates with food.

"Pass the rolls!" James yelled to Lucy who was further down the table. She grabbed a roll out of the basket and chucked it to him.

"Lucy!" Percy scolded, shocked at what he had just seen his daughter do.

"Sorry, he wanted a roll." Lucy shrugged.

"And you say they take after me." Percy said to Audrey and he shook his head.

Audrey laughed, and turned to Mrs. Wesley. "Percy and I have been telling the girls our story; they wanted to hear the next part so everyone sat around to hear about the first holiday I spent here." She explained.

"I still remember seeing you two cuddled up together on Percy's bed. You were both so precious together, I knew right then you were going to get married." Mrs. Weasley said putting her hand on Audrey's.

"They you knew long before either of us realized it." Percy said.

"Not everyone can be as slow to pick up on it as you were." Audrey said.

"It was a mistake! I didn't realize." Percy said. "Are you ever going to let me live that down?" he asked.

"I'm sure." Audrey said with a smile. "One day."

He just shook his head, knowing there was no use in even trying to defend himself, he'd been fighting that battle since the end of 7th year and still hadn't made a bit of headway.

"When did Uncle Ron start school?" Molly asked her mouth full of food.

"Chew first, and then ask questions." Audrey reminded.

"Sorry." Molly said, her mouth still full of food.

"Your Uncle started your mum and my sixth year." Percy explained.

"What happened when he started?" Molly asked.

Percy opened his mouth, getting ready to answer her, but he was interrupted.

"Your dad could tell you, but then you'll skip a story that not even your dad knows." Audrey said.

George turned to her from the other end of the table. "You never told him about that?"

"Never told me about what? What happened that I didn't know about?" Percy asked.

"Oh let me tell this one!" George said.

"Alright." Audrey said. She could tell that Percy was upset by the fact that she had kept something from him. "It isn't a big deal, I promise." She whispered to him.

"Then why haven't I heard about it?" He asked in a loud whisper.

"It wasn't one of my finest moments, and I just knew you'd lecture me." She whispered back.

"Hey, keep it down over there; I'm trying to tell a story." George said.

"Sorry." Audrey said.

Audrey sat on one of the chairs in the Gryffindor common room finishing the second draft of her defense against the dark arts essay, an essay she would have been done with hours ago had Percy not instilled in her the habit of creating two drafts. Percy had gone off to bed early so he could make sure to be well rested for an exam they had the next morning. After finishing the last paragraph Audrey rolled up the essay and put it in her bag. She leaned back in the chair with a sigh, wishing she had something to do.

"Why so glum?" Fred said from one side of her chair.

"Missing the love of your life?" George asked from the other.

"Clearly." Audrey said rolling her eyes.

The twins looked around the room, making sure no one was in hearing distance.

"We're going on a mission. Care to join us?" Fred whispered.

"What sort of mission?" Audrey asked.

"Shh." The twins both whispered.

"Sorry, what sort of mission?" Audrey whispered.

"The really secretive kind and we need a look-out, are you in or not?" George asked.

"In, I guess." Audrey said.

"Alright, let's go then." Fred said pulling Audrey off the chair.

She followed close behind the twins as the three slipped out the door of the common room into the hallway. Fred and George looked to make sure the coast was clear before quietly walking off down the hallway. Audrey followed behind them as quietly as she could.

"We'll be in trouble if we get caught in the halls this late." She whispered to George as the three stopped so they could make sure the coast was clear around a corner.

"That'll be the least of our worries." George replied with a wink.


Finally after sneaking through half of the school they ended up hidden behind a statue just outside of Filch's office.

"What are we doing here?" Audrey asked.

"He took something from us, we need it back." Fred explained.

"Now follow our lead, and be very quiet please, we don't want to get caught." George said. Audrey just nodded.

George pulled out his wand and with a flick suddenly a loud noise was echoing through the hall near them. Filch was out of his office in a flash.

"What's the racket?" He said looking around. He realized it was coming from further away so he hurried off towards the direction it was coming from.

Fred and George ran off towards the office, and Audrey followed along quickly, not wanting to be left behind. Once they got into the office they rummaged around drawers trying to find where Filch kept the confiscated items.


"Keep your ears open, when that noise goes away we've got to get out of here." Fred said to Audrey, who nodded as she continued to look.

"I think I found it." Audrey whispered as she pulled out a few items, trying to see what they were.

"That's it." Fred said grabbing mysterious object they had lost earlier that day.

"What else is in here?" George asked as he looked through the drawer.

"What do you think this is in here for?" Audrey asked looking at map. There didn't seem to be anything distinctively different about it, it just looked like a regular Hogwarts map.

"It says that it's a Marauder's map, wonder what it does." Fred asked snatching the map from Audrey's hands.

"Hey, I wasn't done looking at that." She said.

"Sure you were. What do you think it does, George?" Fred asked.

"Something good if Filch took it, bring it along too." George said still looking through the drawer.

Audrey signaled for them to quiet as she listened. She heard nothing but silence in the halls.

"It's time to go." She whispered.

They were about to leave when they heard footsteps down walking down the hall. They looked at each other, wondering what to do. Audrey pointed to a closet near them so they all quietly piled in.

"This was a bad idea, what are we supposed to do, stay here all night?" George whispered.

"He has to sleep sometime." Audrey whispered back "Owe, you're on my foot." She said nudging one of the twins away.

"Shh." Fred whispered as the sound of the footsteps came closer. Filch was back in his office.

The three stood silently waiting for any sound of Filch leaving or falling asleep. Audrey rested her head on Fred's shoulder after what seemed like an eternity. She was starting to get tired. Finally after an hour they heard the sounds of snoring coming from the other side of the door. They looked at each other skeptically. Fred nudged George who opened the door just a bit so he could see out. He turned back and nodded. They opened the door and quickly ran out of the office. They reached the hallway and took off running towards the dormitory. They made it without any other snags, and they all piled through the door finding themselves alone in the common room. Audrey fell over onto the couch out of breath from all the running. The twins sat on either side of her, catching their breaths.

"I'm never letting you guys talk me into going with you every again." Audrey said.


The three looked at each other and bust out laughing, all thinking about the situation they had just gotten themselves into.

"I can't believe I was locked in a closet with you two for an hour." She said wiping the tears away as she laughed.

"It could have been worse, you could have been stuck in a closet with Percy, he'd have snogged you." George said.

"Oh shut up, he wouldn't have." Audrey said.

"You have so much to learn about the ways of life, young one." George said patting her head.

"You're a twit. I'm going to bed before you two try and get me into more trouble." Audrey said standing up. She said her final goodbyes and walked up to the girls bedrooms.

"You broke into Filch's office and ended up stuck in a closet with my brothers for an hour?" Percy asked shocked.

"Yea, well, yea." Audrey said looking at him nervously.

"In a closet, for an hour?" Percy repeated the last bit of his question.

"See this is why I didn't tell you." Audrey said with a sigh.

"What's past is past, I suppose." He said with a sigh. "But I'm officially of the hook for seventh year."

Audrey made a pouting face for a minute before laughing. "Alright, I suppose that's fair." She said.

Percy looked shocked. "Really?" He asked.

She nodded. "Really."

"I love you!" He said pulling her in for a kiss. They parted as the table threw rolls at them.

"Get a room!" Ron said chucking one last roll which flew across the table, hitting Percy square in the forehead. "And pass the pies."