A/N: What's up, guys? So anyway, I am going to be doing some explaining because I know some of you are probably like, "What about the full moon?" I'm not going to spoil anything. Read on.
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"Isaiah!" sighed Fred, then winced. It was almost the full moon again, and apparently Isaiah and Jax were suffering from the pain, too. "Hey, Hermione, can you watch these two? I need to go out for a little bit."
"Yeah, sure," said Hermione. Fred Apparated to the bookstore in Diagon Alley, looking for a book on werewolves. He found one, and flipped through to the chapter labeled "Children With Werewolf Parents" and looked through it. He took out his notepad and pencil, making a checklist on what he was reading.
Children who are werewolves usually don't start transformation until they're at least nine months old.
He checked this off; Isaiah and Jax were ten months old and would turn eleven months old on October third; it was September twenty-second.
Only kids who have both parents as werewolves can inherit lyncrothopy.
Fred checked this off.
They have a stronger friendship with other werewolves, Animagi, and dogs.
Check that off the list; Isaiah and Jax were best friends with George and Venus. Fred put the book back and Apparated back to the shop.
"Hermione, I have a checklist," he said once he got to the back room. The shop was closed; Fred and George had agreed to close it before each full moon so they could relax. Fred gave the checklist to Hermione and sat between Isaiah and Jax, who looked like they were arguing. Fred grabbed Isaiah and got back up, walking over to George.
"Would you like to hold him so he doesn't continue to fight with Jax?" he asked. George nodded and took Isaiah. Jax tried to stand up but fell over. He started crying, and everyone looked over at him when it sounded like he said "Iza". Hermione looked over at Fred, then grabbed Jax and took him over to Isaiah. He repeated what he'd said after being separated from his twin, but he wasn't crying.
"Well—" started Fred, but was interrupted when Isaiah said "Jax".
"You were saying?" said George, smiling, and was hit in the head by Isaiah. "Hey, don't hit, Isaiah."
"Don't hit Isaiah, Jax," said Hermione, looking at Jax. He smiled and tried to wiggle out of Hermione's arms to join his twin on the couch.
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"How're we going to get these two to take it?" asked Fred, looking at Jax and Isaiah who were playing on a blanket next to the table in the Burrow.
"I have an idea," said Neville, grabbing the bottles that were on the blanket. "Put it in these."
"Why didn't I think of that?" said Hermione and Fred in unison. They laughed, and Hermione put the wolfsbane potion in the two bottles. She gave them back to Jax and Isaiah, then got some for herself, Fred, and George. It was now the full moon, and Neville had come to keep Isaiah and Jax out of trouble while they were in the forest. Fred grabbed Isaiah and George grabbed Jax, and they went to the edge of the forest, waiting for the moon. It finally started to rise, and Hermione, Fred, George, Isaiah, and Jax started transforming. When they were in their wolf forms, Isaiah and Jax would've been a few weeks old in wolf pup age. They jumped on Neville, and George calmly walked over and grabbed them.
"Thanks, George," said Neville, smiling. "Come on, you two," he added to the two pups tackling each other. They looked up, both tilting their heads to the side. Neville started walking towards the forest where Fred, Hermione, and George were going. Isaiah and Jax followed.
Then Neville heard growling, then a yelp. He looked up, and saw Hermione laying on the ground, seemingly unable to stand.
"Hermione! Come over here, Fred and George can handle it!" he whisper-shouted. Hermione looked at the werewolf pups that were currently hiding behind Neville, then at the adult werewolves defending their territory and quickly limped over to them. She laid in front of them, making sure they were out of harm's way. Neville kneeled down by her and checked her over for any injury, and saw that her right front paw was broken. She whined as Neville examined it.
"Hermione, I'm going to wrap your paw, okay?" Hermione nodded. Neville quickly healed it with the spell that had been used on his wrist after his broomstick accident and used magic wrapped her paw. "Better?"
Hermione barked, causing her twins to bark too. She very, very lightly nipped their ears to tell them to be quiet. Isaiah barked again, and Hermione stood up defensively. The werewolf Fred and George were fighting had apparently heard Isaiah, because a few seconds later a white wolf came running towards them. Neville ran behind a tree. Fred bit the wolf's tail, causing it to turn around and look at him. Both Fred and George started attacking it. Hermione quietly barked to tell Neville to grab one of the twins, so he walked behind her and grabbed Jax. She then grabbed Isaiah, and walked behind the tree Neville was behind, poking her head around the trunk.
"Hermione, what—" started Neville, but was interrupted when both pups were thrown at him. "Hermione, don't, your paw could still be hurt!"
Hermione clawed at the other wolf anyway, and was eventually bleeding from his shoulder. He fell over, and when he tried to get up, he fell over again. Fred and George walked over to Hermione and Fred licked her ear affectionately. Both pups ran out from behind the trees and jumped on Fred.
"Happy family reunion?" said Neville, laughing, as he walked out from behind the trees, following Isaiah and Jax's paw prints. George ran over to Neville, who started scratching him behind his ear. Hermione and Fred barked, but then George and Neville realized they were growling. Another wolf had come, apparently to attack them again. George quickly jumped in front of Hermione and the pups, and Neville tried to get Hermione, Isaiah, and Jax to him, but had to tempt them before they would move. Isaiah and Jax hid behind Neville, but Hermione left to keep fighting.
"Hermione, no!" shouted Neville, but the other wolf scratched her face before she could dodge its claws. "Hermione!"
Fred ran in front of her, trying to defend her. While Fred was fighting the other wolf, Hermione quickly ran back to Neville. Then she realized the moon was setting. Sunrise would be in a few minutes. Isaiah and Jax hid behind Hermione, trying to stay safe. When the sun finally rose, Fred and George transformed back into humans and ran to Hermione, who was laying down, Isaiah and Jax curled up next to her.
"Hermione, are you okay?" asked Fred, grabbing Isaiah.
"I'm fine," answered Hermione, covering the wound on her face.
"How bad is that scratch?" said Fred, trying to move her hand.
"It's fine, Fred!"
"Hermione, let me see it!" shouted Fred, grabbing her arm as she tried to walk away. A mixture of blood and tears ran down Hermione's face. "Hermione…"
"Can't we go to the Burrow or the shop first?" asked Hermione, removing her hand from her face and crossing her arms with her back turned towards Fred.
"I want to make sure I don't have to take you to a hospital," said Fred.
"You know how to make a healing potion," said Hermione, picking up Jax.
"Good point," said Fred. "Let's use the Floo, I don't want you to get hurt worse than you already are if you get Splinched."
They got to the twins' flat, and Hermione showed her injury to Fred.
"It's still bleeding, but I think you'll be fine. We should probably wrap it just to be safe," he said, grabbing a bandage like the one they'd put on George when he lost his ear. He cleaned it, then wrapped it. There was a crack from downstairs. Then two more.
"I'll go see who it is," said George, Disapparating downstairs. Fred rolled his eyes, then laughed when he heard three very familiar voices shout in surprise. Isaiah and Jax laughed too. A few minutes later Luna, Neville, and Ginny walked up the stairs. George came about two minutes later.
"Sorry," he said, panting. "Disapparated wrong. Let's just say I had to unbury myself. I may have fallen on a shelf."
"Sounds about right," said Fred, laughing. "You sure surprised these three. Did you clean it up?"
"No," said George. "I'm guessing you want me to do that?"
"Please do," said Fred, smiling. George sighed, then walked over to the stairs. Before he even got to the fourth step, he tripped, falling down the rest of the stairs. "Are you okay? Did you have a nice trip?"
"Ha, ha, very funny," said George sarcastically. "I'm fine!"
"Okay," said Fred, walking back over to Hermione. So did Ginny, Luna, and Neville.
"Hey, Hermione," said Ginny. "Neville told us what happened."
"Are you okay?" asked Luna.
"Yeah," said Hermione. "I was just protecting Neville and my little troublemakers."
"Luna!" shouted George. She looked at the staircase, and then they heard something like pained sobs.
"George? Are you okay?" asked Fred.
"N-no," said George, and the sobs got worse. Fred, Ginny, Neville, and Luna ran downstairs.
"George, what'd you do?" asked Fred, looking at George's leg. It was bleeding badly.
"I Splinched myself when I Disapparated, but I didn't think it was too bad so I ignored it," said George. "Then I fell and it got deeper."
"We need to get you to St. Mungo's, mate," said Fred.
"But—"
"No buts, little brother," said Fred, smirking.
"I'm only younger by twelve minutes!" shouted George. Fred ignored him.
"Luna, grab him under his right arm." Luna did as Fred said, and then had Ginny grab his left arm. Then Fred went back upstairs to get Hermione. "Hermione, we need to go to St. Mungo's, George Splinched himself."
"Okay, grab Jax, I'll get Isaiah," said Hermione.
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Two days later, George was doing fine. His leg was healed, so he was released.
"Thanks again," he said for the fifteenth time to Fred, Luna, and Ginny.
"You don't have to thank us," said Ginny, rolling her eyes.
"You have no idea how painful getting Splinched is," said George. "Besides, I could've bled to death."
"What is it with you and exaggerating?" said Fred.
"It makes things sound better than they really are," replied George. Fred sighed. "And I might be an attention hog," continued George, shrugging. "I think it's natural with four older brothers."
"Yeah, well, anyway," said Fred.
"Where're we going now?" asked George.
"The Burrow," said Hermione. "Your mum's been owling me constantly since you got Splinched."
"Yep," said Fred, rolling his eyes. "Sounds about right."
"It'd probably be better if we used the Floo Network to get there," said Hermione. "It could be dangerous for George to Apparate."
"C'mon, Herm—" started George, but getting interrupted by Fred.
"George, Hermione's right," he told George. "You got Splinched not even four days ago."
"Iza!" Jax said from next to George.
"Can't we just take the car?" he said.
"Yeah, but the Floo Network is faster," said Fred.
"Can we please drive?"
"Fine. Why do you want to drive anyway?"
"Because it takes longer," said George, grinning and tickling Jax. "It'll give me a chance to draw some product designs. I do my best work on the road."
"Okay, then," said Fred, laughing. They started heading in the direction of the Burrow, and George started drawing and showed the art to Isaiah and Jax. When they got to the Burrow, Ginny met them at the door.
"How in the world did you know we were coming?" said George, grinning at his only sister.
"I was in my room, and I saw the car from the window," answered Ginny.
"Okay, well, we decided to visit," said Fred, who was holding Isaiah.
"Well, duh," said Ginny. "You're obviously not visiting for some other reason because you all look too happy to come something else."
"'Too happy' isn't in my dictionary, sorry, sis," said George, grinning.
Ginny rolled her eyes, then escorted Fred, George, Hermione, Isaiah, and Jax inside. She led them up to the twins' old room, where two old cribs were already in place.
"Hello, you five," said Mrs. Weasley, who had just come up the stairs. "I decided to put your cribs in your room so Isaiah and Jax have somewhere to sleep over here, Fred and George."
Fred and George's ears turned red. They looked at each other with annoyed looks on their faces.
"Thanks, Mum," said Fred, going to put Isaiah, who was now asleep, in one of the cribs. Hermione put Jax in the other. Fred yawned.
"You three can take a nap if you want," said Mrs. Weasley as George yawned. She left with Ginny, who'd seemed to be having a party with Neville in her room. Luna Apparated into the room with a crack, luckily not loud enough to wake Isaiah and Jax.
"Hey, George!" she said quietly. She hugged him, nearly knocking him over.
"Bonjour," said George, smiling at Luna. "We were about to take a nap, if you wanted to join us."
"Okay," said Luna. Fred and Hermione got into Fred's bed, and Hermione curled up with her head on his chest. George and Luna got into George's bed and Luna curled up like a cat next to him, her back facing him.
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A/N: I made the ending WAYYY too cute. I was actually rereading all of the chapters so far the other day and only now do I realize this has only gotten darker. Because I intend to make the next chapter the second to last, it'll probably have good news. But I won't spoil that. The last chapter will be a few years later. I'm foreshadowing, look at that. Bye.