Chapter 4: Ready…Set…ACT!
George and Mundungus have complicated schedule that both of them hasn't got much sleep. They were forced to sneak into a muggle hospital to check for latest records of car accidents. But none of whom were familiar to neither Mundungus nor George. Though the place where Fred disappeared was the road to their city.
They have also to conceal Fred's disappearances from everyone. Though, Lupin and Sirius was suspicious at them because both 'Fred' and George were sleepy and Mundungus sleeps at the orders' meetings.
"… so I personally think that Dumbledore's bound to get Harry away from that terrible place." Ron said to Hermione. The teenagers were at the Dining room discussing about Harry's stay at the Dursleys.
"Yea… Harry's getting furious" Hermione said sympathetically.
"What d'you thinks George?" Ginny asks George as he was slowly bowing his head with saliva drips onto his shirt. "George?"
George suddenly wakes up with dazed look at them "20 knuts of sugar quills?" He said absent –mindedly. Ron and Ginny laughed while Hermione smiled.
"Really, what's gotten into you George? You've been sleepy these past few days" Hermione said in a concerned look.
"Er—I –Err… I stayed up all night" George said.
"Why?" Ron asked
"Mind your own business Ron" Snapped George
"Ooh… did you and Fred goes dating?" Ginny said mischievously and George seemed alarmed. Ron and Hermione sniggered
"Say, where's Fred?" Ron asked.
"Upstairs, sleeping" George said.
"Hmm… he's always sleeping, I wonder what got into him" Hermione said.
"Come to think of it, I haven't seen Dung everyday… he usually hangs around" Ron said disconcertedly. George was on sweat now.
"Erm… I think he's very busy" George suggested
"With Cauldron business?" Smirked Ginny.
"I want to ask Fred something." Ron said.
"Why not ask me?" George said with a fake voice of indignant.
"Well… Only Fred can answer Ron's question, I think I'll wake him up" Ginny said starting on her foot but George got up fast.
"I'll go wake up Fred. He does not want you sneaky prats on our bedroom" George smirked and run towards the stairs. He hurriedly takes the pumpkin juice and wore a green sweater made by Mrs. Weasley. He walked downstairs, ruffling his hair to show them that he had just woken up.
"George says you have something to ask me" George said with a fake gloomy voice.
"Well, yea." Ginny said. "But where's George?"
"Upstairs, err—cleaning" George said sounding alarmed.
"Okay, tell us Fred, What's with you and Angelina?" Ron said smiling evilly.
"What?" George said absent mindedly. "There's nothing between Fred- I mean me and Angie"
"Oh yea… How about these love letters you forgot to get every morning?" Ginny said holding a bundle of unopened envelopes on her hand.
"Hey! Those are Fre—I mean mine!" George said trying to grab the envelope from Ginny. Just then Sirius' head was hanging from the door peeking at them.
"Hey, where's George? I need to tell him about something" Sirius said.
"He's upstairs, cleaning" George said pointing up. Sirius looked up.
"Ok, I'll go upstairs then" Sirius said but George hastily blocked him.
"I'll go call him ok?" George said and run towards their room and drank a polyjuice potion containing his hair. Then he changed back to his normal look and ran downstairs. "Anyone looking for me?" he said breathlessly. Ginny looked at him
"Where's Fred? He still didn't answer our question." Ginny said.
"I'll call him." George said and again changed into Fred's form. "My answer is still—"Where's George? I still have to tell him something" Sirius interrupted. "I'll call him" George said, his face reddening with fatigue. When he came downstairs, he was panting and puffing. "You-want-to-tell-me-something?" George said breathlessly.
"Yea, it's about your—"Hey, I need to talk to Fred" Ron said. Then George again ran upstairs and found Mundungus. George explained everything to Mundungus and pointed him the polyjuice potion containing Fred's hair. So George went down as his form and grinned at the people. "Fred's coming." He said simply, quite relieved.
But then, someone thundering down the footsteps and saw another George coming. George looked at Mundungus in a horror. So did the occupants of the house.
"What's the meaning of this?" Sirius growled as he drew up his wand.
George and George exchanged dark looks. Then Lupin came over and he too, draws his wand at them. "Which is George?"
George heaved a huge sigh and said. "I am; this one here is Mundungus" George said.
"We know" Ron said and Hermione nodded.
"What?" George spat.
"We knew something's wrong with Fred. Because Dung here may be mischievous enough but cannot be compared with the real Fred" Ginny snickered.
"You knew then you let me run up and down to change form!" George said angrily.
"Yea, we thought of having a drama before testing our theory, it seems that we were right" Lupin said. "You might be clever enough to think about this plan, but think whom you're fooling."
"Yea, you can't fool the marauders" Ginny sniggered.
"So what happened to Fred?" Sirius asked. And George was off explaining everything what happened and their search for him.