A few weeks after the battle of Hogwarts Fred and George had decided it was time to clean out their shop. Of course they weren't going to do it alone. So they asked Harry who happily agreed to help them, glad to be out of the spotlight he'd constantly been in since defeating Voldemort.
As the three of them entered the store Harry gasped as he looked at the state of the shop. It looked like a prank war went wrong. There were a lot of sweets for the skiving snack box laying crushed on the floor. A mysterious powder that was suspiciously the same colour as their fainting fancies covered most surfaces.
Harry hoped the twins hadn't found a way to make those airborne as nobody would be conscious to survive their next family prank war if it were true. Everyone would be an easy target for the twins.
Looking at the carnage that surrounded him let's just say he was glad he wasn't one of the death eaters to attack the shop. As there were also multiple shelves knocked down and laying broken on the floor. The light had been knocked down as well and judging by the burn marks he'd have to guess it was knocked down by fireworks.
After he came back to his senses he looked at the two redheads standing behind him in shock and asked " What did you two do to them when they attacked this place". He was kind of scared to find out the answer.
"Harrykins have you ever heard of home alone?" Harry had seen that movie when Dudley had played it one the television in the living room. He nodded his head realising where this was going. 'When did they even have the time to watch it?' he thought.
"Well we inspired by Kevin so we decided to place hidden traps all around the store" they said alternating between themselves every few words.
"Hold on when did you two even have the time to watch home alone?" Asked Harry giving in to his curiosity. "After we left Hogwarts, when we were waiting for all the permits to sell this stuff to come in we came across the movie. It was very inspirational".
That was not the word Harry would have used to describe the movie funny, yes. Inspirational not so much.
"So let us tell you little Harrykins about what happened when the pesky death eaters entered our store. As they entered through the door in the middle of the night they stepped on a trip wire which set of a quiet alarm in our room waking us up. It also dropped a bucket of Pygmy puffs on them. Did you know they are violent when woken up in the middle of the night?".
Harry did not know that and he could have gone his whole life without knowing that. It did make him curious as to what made them so angry.
"As we made our way to the top of the stairs quietly we could hear their pained shouts as the adorable balls of fluff were latched on to them. When they had gotten them of they noticed us on top of the steps as the yelled at us in outrage as they made their way to the stairs. As they came towards us the bite marks all over them finally became visible and let us tell you those things are truly vicious".
Well that answered his question. Remind me to never piss of a Pygmy puff or the twins. Those two really are evil geniuses. If they wanted to they could probably take over the world. Now that was a scary thought.
"But we aren't idiots and we had prepared for this instead of paint buckets we had firework launch at them. You should have seen their faces Harrykins the looked so scared it was hilarious."
Harry could imagine the terrified looks on their faces he almost felt bad as he knew what the twins were capable of. But he didn't feel all that bad as he knew what kind of people they were.
"Back to the story after the fireworks knocked them down the steps we threw our special smoke bombs down. Before you ask what made the special is the fact that they were made using a new airborne fainting fancies."
Harry didn't know if he should be impressed by the twin or terrified of what they were capable of doing, looking at the identical expressions of amusement on their faces he came to the conclusion that he should be terrified of them.
"The smoke bombs only took out most of them but for the few remaining we had to get a little more creative. So thinking fast we added fireworks to a few of the fake wand. Those flew so fast it was magnificent. All those years of quidditch really improved our aim we only hit the wall a few times."
Well that explains the multiple holes in the walls, it must have hurt to get hit by wand cannons. Who thinks to attach wooden wands to fireworks. 'They're crazy' Harry thought to himself.
"For the remaining we took our time with you know those muggle items that make a bang when they hit the floor. We used those to scare them into our next trap as the went back to back we used the extendable ears to tie them together before dropping a big box of dung bombs on their heads and fleeing the shop before the smell got to us."
They finished up by saying " and that is how we pranked the death eaters sent to kill us." As they bowed.
"How are you still alive? With the amount of death eaters you have pissed of. " Harry asked after the finished waving to an imaginary crowd. The twins just looked at him and laughed.
Harry looked between the two and decided he was glad he was friend with them and not their enemy. He didn't think he could handle being on their bad side after all he has been through.
When they had finally finished cleaning the store Harry thought to himself ' Those twins really are terrifying'.