Managing Mischief

Chapter 2: Gred and Forge

      Leo soon returned to the group with Fred and George Weasley in tow. Both sets of twins were the same height, with similar builds and lean muscles from all their years as quidditch players. With both sets of twins standing next to each other it was clear that they were related in some way or other.

"What's so important-" Fred began.

"That you dragged us away-" George continued.

"Risking our mothers wrath-"

"Upon all four of us!?"

"Oh great they do it too!" Sirius commented, rolling his eyes and throwing his head back exasperated.

Harry snickered next to his uncle "This is nothing, wait till the four of them start doing it with each other. It's creepier than when it's just one set of twins at a time." Harry finished clapping his uncle's shoulder.

A twinkle shone in the Wisp twins eyes smirking at their twin cousins.

Leo stood straighter "May we present-"

"The most famous-"

"Most ingenious-"

"Most mischievous mischief makers-"

"Whom we owe all our achievements to-"

The Wisp twins dramatically threw their hands directing the Weasley twins to look at the group waiting behind them "The Marauders! Messrs Moony, Padfoot, and Prongs!" Aries and Leo finished together.

Remus, Sirius, and the Potters' mouths hung open in utter disbelief and shock. They knew who they were because they had the map.

Fred and George looked just as shocked as the group behind them.

Fred was the first to speak again. " You're telling me James Potter-"

"Remus Lupin and Sirius Black are-"

"The creators of our most prized possession?!"

Aries and Leo nodded excitedly. Speaking at the same time at lightning speed they began their tale of how they found out who their heroes were. As they talked the Weasley twins' faces slowly came to life showing their pure excitement with this new information.

"Our dearest cousins!-"

"Have we expressed lately how much-"

"We adore your super human hearing!"

Before Aries or Leo could respond Fred and George pushed them out of the way and began asking questions to the marauders at a frighteningly fast pace. They talked so fast the marauders had no time to answer the questions they rattled off. And it was very clear they wouldn't be able to get any of their own questions in to be answered. 

All of a sudden Aries and Leo's eyes widened comically large "Fred! George! Aunt Molly is coming!"

Their warning was too late as an irritated Molly appeared before them. "WHAT DO YOU FOUR THINK YOU'RE DOING!? Aries, Leo don't make me owl your mother!" Molly turned towards the others, eyes softening as they landed on Harry "Hello Harry dear how are you?" She asked while bringing Harry into a bone crushing hug.

"Aunt Molly! You look absolutely beautiful!" Aries tried to deflect their Aunt's anger.

"Did you do something different with your hair?" Leo added in hopes to further distract her.

Fred and George chuckled to themselves, glad to not be the ones on the receiving end of Molly's famous wrath in the middle of the train station.

Keeping an arm around Harry's shoulder, Molly turned back to her nephews, "Oh no you don't! Your mother would be furious! You know the rules! You meet us at the Burrow and we come together!"

Aries and Leo looked at each other, panic clear as day on their faces.

"Aunt Molly, can we please not bring mother into this? She's been so busy at the ministry dealing with the Wizengamont working on changing the werewolf laws." Leo whispered to his Aunt looking around making sure they weren't drawing too much attention. They had a reputation to uphold and being scolded by their Aunt definitely wouldn't help them keep it. 

Aries, looking much more panicked than his brother continued, "Plus she's scarier than any werewolf we've ever come across."

This had the Marauders doubled over laughing hysterically.

"Molly they're fine really. We've been enjoying their company immensely!" James said, wiping tears away from laughing so hard.

Molly looked around the group and with a large sigh conceded " Well alright as long as they were behaving themselves. But you lot better get on the train, it's almost time for the train to leave." Molly began shoving the children towards the train. "You better behave yourselves this year! I Don't want any letters home this year!"

Molly truly didn't want to tell her sister that her nephews were talking to their fathers. When Nicola found out she was pregnant she had decided it was best to keep it a secret. Molly didn't agree with her little sister but didn't push it. Instead she did her best to help her sister raise Aries and Leo. Nicola was sure that Remus and Sirius wouldn't want anything to do with them. Remus, because he was a werewolf, had made it clear to Nikki that he didn't want children. And Sirius, with his troubled background, had told her on multiple occasions he didn't want children either in fear of being like Orion. So Nikki took it upon herself to raise the twins on her own.

Nikki started working at the ministry under the name Willow Wisp, a play on will-o-wisps. A pun she found amusing to no end. She made sure to keep her face out of pictures and work in the shadows to improve the lives of werewolves in the wizarding world. Being inspired by her mate and the stories he had shared of hardships that plagued the werewolf community.

She also helped the Order behind the scenes. Molly always thought her little sister would have been quite the Slytherin, with how cunning and ambitious she was. Once Nikki set her mind to something there was no changing it, she was such a stubborn witch!

After having the twins, she dedicated her life to her work and boys. Never dating again because she had already met the loves of her life, Remus and Sirius. She longed for them everyday but stuck by her decision to raise the twins on her own.

Growing up the twins didn't understand why their mother refused to date, but once they were older she told them the truth, albeit not the whole truth. She told them how she had two mates and loved them both too deeply for any other wizard to ever fill the void of leaving them. After finding out the truth they never mentioned it again. They wanted to know who their fathers were but didn't dare ask their mother. They knew she was heartbroken leaving them and hated seeing the pain in their mothers eyes so they made a silent agreement to wait till she was ready to tell them herself.

Though Molly worried about her sister and her choice, she was incredibly proud of her for raising two amazing young men. Who in her opinion were so much like their fathers. The twins may have never met them, till that day, but their temperaments and personalities were so similar to that of Remus and Sirius.

" Have a good year boys, I'll see you all at Christmas!" Molly said after hugging the four boys.

After their figures had disappeared from view onto the Hogwarts Express, Molly's thoughts returned to the idea of whether or not to tell her sister about Aries and Leos interaction with their fathers. But, as Aries had pointed out, Nikki was indeed scarier than a werewolf. Nikki, much like Molly and their brothers, had quite the temper and she wasn't sure she really wanted to be on the receiving end of it. She decided she had a bit of time to mull it over before she came to a final decision and with that thought in mind she disapparated from the station to the Burrow.