The Boy Who Protected

The Marauder's Map and Memories

Kaden POV:

After the quidditch match against Harry, a month had gone by and snow now covered the ground. Today was the last Hogsmeade trip before the holidays meaning another date with Aurora.

Before Harry and I could meet up with the others though, Fred and George Weasley grabbed us and pulled us into a classroom.

"Harry, Kaden, before you both go." George said.

"There's something we would like to pass onto the both of you." Fred finished.

"What is it?" I asked.

They pulled out an old piece of parchment and handed it to Harry.

"It's time you two joined the big boys." George said.

"What's this rubbish?" Harry asked.

"What's this rubbish he says." Fred mocked.

"That Harry is the secret to our success." George said.

"It's a shame giving it to you two, but we decided your needs are greater than our own."

"Georgie if you will." Fred said to his brother.

We saw George take out his wand and placed it on the parchment.

"I solemnly swear that I an up to no good." George said.

We watched as the parchment came to life, there were names appearing all over. We saw Hermione, Naomi, Ron, and Aurora all waiting for us in the courtyard. Mum and dad were patrolling the castle with Tulip. I then saw what the map said.

"Messer's Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs are proud to present the Marauder's Map."

"We owe them so much!" Fred said.

I looked and saw that Dumbledore was pacing his office.

"Is that?" I asked.

"Dumbledore." Fred Replied.

"In his office." George said.

"Pacing, he does that a lot."

"So this map shows..." Harry started.

"Everyone."

Everyone?" I asked.

"Where they are."

"What they're doing."

"Every minute."

"Of every day."

"Brilliant! Where did you get it?" Harry asked.

"Nicked it from Filch's office of course... first year." They said the last part in unison.

"Now, there are seven secret passages out of the castle, if you ever want to sneak to Hogsmeade, we recommend this one. The one eyed witch passageway, it will lead you straight to Honeydukes."

"Oh, almost forgot, to wipe it, just do say this 'Mischief Managed.'" Fred said as he tapped his wand on the map as it went blank.

Harry and I shared a look as we grinned at one another before the twins left. We then met up with the others to make our way into the village.

When we got to the village, it was covered in Christmas decorations making the atmosphere perfect for the holiday season. Aurora and I split up from the others so we could have some alone time. She wanted to go to the Shrieking Shack so we made that our first stop. When we go there, we were enjoying the view and each other's company. We got closer to one another before we were shoulder to shoulder.