𝓘'𝓶 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓒𝓪𝓼𝓪𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓪 {𝓗𝓮𝓻𝓶𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓖𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻}

24

As we got back to the Common Room, we lifted the Golden eggs as people cheered. The Weasley twins raised us on their shoulders and shouted, "We knew you two wouldn't die!"

"Lose a leg!"

"Or an arm!"

"Pack it all together!"

"NEVER!"

"Go on, you two!" Seamus said as he handed us the eggs. "What's the clue?"

"You want us to open it!" I asked for their cheers. "You want us to open it!" Everyone cheered in delight in the wonder of the clue as we opened the egg to let out a loud noise that made us all cover our ears.

"What the bloody hell was that?" Ron said.

"Alright everyone," Fred said to them. "Go back to your knitting. This is gonna be uncomfortable without all you nosey sods listening in."

"It was someone being tortured!" Neville said. "You're going to have to fight the Cruciatus Curse!"

"Don't be a prat, Neville, that's illegal," George said. "They wouldn't use the Cruciatus Curse on the champions. I thought it sounded a bit like Percy singing ... maybe you've got to attack him while he's in the shower."

"Want a jam tart, Hermione?" Fred said.

Hermione looked doubtfully at the plate he was offering her. Fred grinned.

"It's all right," he said. "I haven't done anything to them. It's the custard creams you've got to watch -"

Neville, who had just bitten into a custard cream, choked and spat it out. Fred laughed.

"Just my little joke, Neville...."

Hermione took a jam tart. Then she said, "Did you get all this from the kitchens, Fred?"

"Yep," Fred said, grinning at her. He put on a high-pitched squeak and imitated a house-elf. "'anything we can get you, sir, anything at all!' They're dead helpful...get me a roast ox if I said I was peckish."

"How do you get in there?" Hermione said in an innocently casual sort of voice.

"Easy," said Fred, "concealed door behind a painting of a bowl of fruit. Just tickle the pear, and it giggles and -" He stopped and looked suspiciously at her. "Why?"

"Nothing," Hermione said quickly.

"Going to try and lead the house-elves out on strike now, are you?" George said. "Going to give up all the leaflet stuff and try and stir them up into rebellion?"

Several people chortled. Hermione didn't answer.

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December came around as we were all sitting for breakfast. I found Harry looking at Cho and he tried to smile at her, but some liquid slipped out of his mouth, causing her to laugh.

"Smooth Potter real smooth" I laughed.

"Shut up Chase" Harry replied.

"Letter for you, Mr. Weasley." Nigel Wolpert, a Gryffindor first-year said to Ron.

"Thank you, Nigel," Ron said to him, but Nigel stayed for a moment. "Not now Nigel. Later, go on."

He left as Ron looked back at us. "I told him I'll get Harry's and Chase's autographs. Wait, Mum's saying something about those robes we got..."

"Dress robes?" Harry said. "For what?"

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