In The Moonlight

Chapter Nineteen-

"Unbelievable. Un-bloody-believable."

Fred sat down at one of the four long tables and shoveled spoonfuls of sickly-sweet cereal into his mouth wiping away the milk that dribbled down his chin. The first task was approaching and students gathered in the Great Hall to fuel up, ready for what daring events they would witness later on. 

"Some git's gone and changed the Slytherin common room password." Fred looked disgruntled at Lee and George, waiting for a dramatic reaction from the two Gryffindors who sat with him.

A while earlier, a thin weedy first year Slytherin had walked up to the tall prefect and whispered something into his ear, wringing his hands nervously. Other students wearing the same green ties shuffled closer and confused faces spread through the group.

"C'mon spit it out, why's it my problem if you've forgotten your coat?" The prefect growled at the boy who was shrinking back, he stuttered a response which only made the older boy more annoyed.

"Forgotten the bloody password have you?"

"No... it's just that... well I tried it... and it...wouldn't open." The child squeaked, his face growing more pale, he really looked like he'd rather be anywhere else than talking to the burly fifth year.

The older boy began to march towards the dungeons and muttered a string of rude words directed at the small boy who quickly scurried after him.

After they hadn't returned for a while, one by one, more Slytherin students wandered towards their common room to investigate what was going on.

Spotting the commotion, Fred offered to go and investigate, which George did not argue with seems as he knew exactly what was going on, and returned a few minutes later to explain what had happened to his friends.

"Why's that a bad thing...?" George questioned, avoiding Fred's eye, trying to hide his smirk.

"Because it wasn't us! Someone's gonna get credit for this brilliant idea because let's face it, they're not the master pranksters we are, and they're gonna get themselves caught.Then everyone will be patting them on the back saying well done." Fred wiped some more milk from his chin that had escaped his mouth in the middle of his angry rant. "And they're gonna be thinkin' they're all amazing because they pulled one prank... and then bang." He slammed his fists down on the table making Lee jump.

"Before you know it they're pulling more and more pranks..."

"So? We can handle a little competition can't we Freddie."

"Don't you see? We'll be replaced if we're not careful!" Fred exclaimed shooting an exasperated look at George.

George laughed at his brother.

"It's only one prank mate I don't think you've got too much to worry about." Lee responded.

Fred shoveled more cereal into his mouth, "Mhm, 'spose ur 'ight." He said between chews.

Swallowing, he sighed and placed his spoon down, now slightly more calm. "Still, they used a locomotion spell on a paper airplane that's almost as good as the ones you do Georgie."

George raised an eyebrow he wasn't sure if he should take this as a compliment or insult seems as it was actually him that cast the spell.

"It was even dodging the Slytherins as they tried to get it, I recon that's got the new password on it, you've got to admit that part's pretty clever. They were jumping around like right prats trying to get at it."

George took a sip of his tea and smiled into the cup, both hands wrapped around it, making the porcelain mug appear very small next to his large hands.