Present Mixed in the Past

Chapter 25| Sword Duel

"I can't believe that worked." Harry felt his body vibrating with excitement, his face pulled into a wide smile.

The others smiled to him, looking greatly amused. He ran a hand through his hair as he paced the floor of ROR. Luna was happily curled in Hermione's lap, reading a book upside down with one of her wacky glasses and the clever witch was brushing the Lovegood's silver hair into an elegant braid.

"I still can't believe-" Fred began, who was currently wearing his Gryffindor colors.

"That you can Draco were-" George continued, wearing his Slytherin colors.

"Able to speak just like us, so easily and effortlessly!" They chirped together.

Neville snorted out a laugh at the pair, smiling to them. The twins smiled to him, wrapping their arms around him in a warm hug. The teen blushed before relaxing into the hug.

"I can't believe you were able convince him to do sword dueling first." He hummed.

Harry scoffed, rolling his eyes a little as he remembered all the stupid stories that the idiot would tell, using him as a toy or prop for it. His neck was getting sore just remembering all of that.

"He's egoistical and wants to think of himself as a strong and capable opponent. He believes that we can learn things from him, so let's just let him believe that for now."

The group nodded, mischievous smirks on their faces before the twins perked up. They suddenly stood up and pulled out six folded parchment papers. The parchment was clean and neatly folded, as if it was pressed. Happily, Chaos handed the parchment out to everyone, keeping one for themselves and handing their leader two.

"What are these?" Hermione looked at the paper with a raised eyebrow, carefully twirling it in her hand.

The twins looked proud of themselves, puffing their chests up and tilting their heads back a little. Even people who hadn't known the twins long would've known they did something, and the group before them had known them for years. The twins had definitely done something leading to their names.

Pull out their paper, they also pulled out their godly wands. Smirking and playfully wiggling their eyebrows, they placed the tip of their wands onto the paper.

"I solemnly swear I'm up to no good, for Chaos is what I bring to these woods." The hummed together.

The ends of their wands glowed faintly, but the real magic happened with the paper. The once neatly folded parchment quickly unfolded itself and revealed the entirety of Hogwarts, even places that the twins shouldn't know about!

Everyone's mouths opened and their eyes were glued to the map. A map that showed where everyone was at all times. It was much better than what the Marauders had done, and the twins would know that too.

"We spent our years learning of everything about the castle, and the maps aren't stagnant either. If you find a new room or chamber, it'll mark it down on the map, and if there's a requirement to get into it." Fred hummed, grinning very widely.

"Also, the maps only show this," George motioned to the map in his hand, "when they say the right words and have our true wands. Otherwise, they're just going to see the Marauders' Map. So don't forget the words." The Slytherin Weasley warned.

The group chuckled softly and nodded. After that the twins gave them all their words, whispering it into each of their ears so none of them could spill about the others. Though they all just assumed they were messing around.

Harry pocketed the maps into his cloak pocket, enchanting it so only he could grab the maps from there. And only if he was willing and awake/alive to do it. You never know when it comes to the likes of Dumbledore.