Because I - George Weasley

5: Because I Fought It

I'd made sure to leave my dorm fifteen minutes before breakfast was over for the possibility of just a few minutes of peace and quiet. Though I'd made a valiant effort, I wasn't surprised to find the twins and Lee were still waiting in the common room.

"You really don't need to wait around for me," I told them, sliding down the railing of the marble staircase.

"Just because we don't need to doesn't me we don't want to," said Fred cheekily.

I grimaced at the sentiment.

There were so few people in the Great Hall by the time we got there that none of us had trouble finding seats. Though, that didn't mean I didn't do my best to sit as far away from them as possible. I'd barely taken a bite of toast before Lee came scooting down the bench to sit right next to me. The twins followed suit.

I stood and grabbed my bag to walk away from them.

"Leave me alone!" I called back at them. "Can't you tell I'm trying to get away from you?"

The pattering of footsteps told me that they didn't care about what I wanted. I groaned and cut around a random corner which was nowhere near where we were supposed to be going. Suddenly, the twins were running ahead of me and stopping, so I couldn't pass.

"What the hell is your problem?" I yelled.

I tried to push past them but Fred grabbed my shoulders and tried to turn me back to face the wall. I kept my feet planted and elbowed him in the stomach.

"Hands to yourself, Weasley."

"Winters," George said, wrapping a long arm around my waist and practically picking me up to force me to face the wall. "This, is now your problem as well. You secret to keep."

I struggled out of his grasp and pushed him away from me.

"What the hell are you on about?"

Lee took his wand out of his pocket and tapped it against the brick diagonal from the closest painting three times. The hall seemed to open like a mouth and then we were standing in front of a massive curtain blocking off a narrow path.

"The secret to our success," said Lee.

"Never late to any classes," said Fred.

"Never seen when we don't want to be seen," said George.

"Never fail to get out of the scene of any crime..." I muttered. I pulled the curtain back and looked at passageway. It was as if someone had taken a shovel and dug a tunnel through the walls of the school.

We started walking through the tunnel, me following behind the others. Somehow, without seeing what was around us, I still knew exactly where we were. There were random forks where you could choose from between two and five different paths depending on where you were going.

We all slowed as we reached what seemed to be the end of the tunnel. Lee tapped the wall with his wand again and stairs appeared out of nowhere along with a curtain at the top.

"Watch your step," called Fred from the top of the passageway.

George smirked at me. I glared back and pushed past him, so I could walk up the stairs without the possibility of him falling down the stairs and onto me.

We appeared just around the corner from the DADA classroom. I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. The hall was practically empty because people weren't milling around outside of the class and talking like they normally did. Everyone inside already. They wanted to see what he was really about.