The Twins Who Lived

Pettigrew?

Harry and Dahlia were in his dorm, looking over the marauders map "look, pom pom has company" Dahlia said, pointing to Professor spourt's room, harry looked closer, Alastor Moody's name appearing.

The ball turned their heads to the Head of Hufflepuff, Looking between her and the Head of the Aurors, Alastor grumbled about noisy kids minding their own business, Sprout simply beamed, removing the glamor over her wedding ring.

"Yea, Pince and Poppy are together too, guess the twins owe us money after all" harry smirked, pointing to a different part of the map.

"I knew it!" James yelled, standing up, he had been convinced they were together, no matter how much the rest of the marauders thought he was crazy, the others rolled their eyes, knowing he was never going to let them forget this.

"Spiders! Spiders... spiders. They want me to tap dance. I don't want to tap dance!" Rob gasped in his sleep, shooting up, Dahlia tried hiding a laugh, "You tell those spiders, Ron." Harry said, smirking slightly, "Oh, yeah. T-Tell them. I'll tell them. I'll tell them." Ron nodded, falling back to sleep,snoring.

Ron blushed, sinking down in his seat as the hall laughed

"Haz, look" Dahlia said, pointing to the little mark that said Pettigrew "let's get him" harry said, the pair left the tower, using their wands as flashlights. "Put that light out." One of the paintings snapped, "Sorry." Harry muttered, dimming his light, they see the dot approaching, looking around them for any sign of man or rat "Watch it there, girl." "We're trying to sleep here." "Yes, we are." Several paintings grumbled, covering their eyes from the light. They look at the map again, Pettigrew went down a different hall, dahlia's eyes widened as she saw snape's footsteps rapidly approaching "mischief managed" Dahlia said, "box" the twins said, turning off their lights. Snape shines his wand in Harry's and Dahlia's faces, "Harry,Dahlia. What are you both doing wandering the corridors at night?" Snape drawled, "we were letting Onyx and noir out, it's the first clear sky in days" Dahlia said quickly. "Turn out your pockets. Turn... out... your pockets, What's this?" Snape asked, holding up the parchment paper, "Spare bit of parchment." Dahlia said, "Really? Open it.  Reveal your secrets. Read it." Snake said, his eyes narrowing as he used his wand. "Messrs. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs, offer their compliments to Professor Snape and request that he keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business." Harry read, hiding a smile, Dahlia rolled her eyes.

"Why, you insolent, little-" Snape began, stopping as Remus interrupted him "Professor." Remus greeted, "Well, well. Lupin. Out for a little walk in the moonlight, are we?" Snape said, glaring at him. Harry, Dahlia, are you both alright?" Remus asked, concerned, "That remains to be seen. I have just now confiscated a rather curious artifact from Mr. Potter and Ms.Black Take a look, Lupin. Supposed to be your area of expertise. Clearly, it's full of dark magic." Snape said. "Oh, I seriously doubt it, Severus. It looks to me as though it's merely a parchment designed to insult anyone who tries to read it. I suspect it's a Zonko product.  Nevertheless, I shall investigate any hidden qualities it may possess. It is, after all, as you say, my area of expertise. Harry, dahlia, would you come with me, please? Professor, good night." Remus said, holding the parchment, a hint of nostalgia in his eyes. "Come in. Now, I haven't the faintest idea, Harry, Dahlia, how this map came to be in your possession, but quite frankly, I am astounded that you didn't hand it in. Did it never occur to you that this, in the hands of Sirius Black, is a map to you? No?" Remus lectured, his eyes showing his disappointment. "No, sir." They murmured, neither thought now was the right time to mention, sirius's innocence "You know, your father never set much store by the rules, either, but he and your mother gave their lives to save yours. And gambling their sacrifice by wandering around the castle, unprotected with a killer on the loose, seems to me a pretty poor way to repay them! Now, I will not cover up for you again, Harry, Dahlia. Do you hear me?" Remus said sharply.

Tears welled up in dahlia's eyes at his harsh tone, a horrible feeling washing over her, her parents would be disappointed in them, she quickly left the classroom before she broke down. "Yes sir" harry spat, his eyes narrowing at their uncle before he started to leave as well "oh, just so you know, Pettigrew was on the map. moony" he said, his voice cold. He went after his sister, knowing she would need the comfort.

"They never had to repay us for that moons" James said, Regulus and lily immediately went over to their children, reassuring them, their sacrifice was not something to be repaid, they did it out of love and they would never be disappointed in them, James joined the hug, Remus felt awful about what he said, knowing that had probably damaged their trust in him.

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Until next time my pups

• Mischief Managed•