Hogwarts' Protection

The One-Eyed Witch

"Harry Potter's been missing for over three days!" Percy Weasley exclaimed as his younger twin brothers sat down at the Gryffindor table.

"And they still haven't found him?" Fred asked exaggeratedly.

"Bummer," George commented.

"That was very inappropriate," Bill scolded. "This is a serious matter."

"The only thing we find inappropriate," Fred responded. "Is that everyone is making a big deal about it, just because it's Harry Potter that's missing."

"Exactly," George agreed. "We just want people do act the same way if we ever go missing."

"Can't they just use a tracking spell?" Fred asked.

"They tried it," Charlie said as he joined them. "Didn't work, Dad told me."

"It didn't work?" Bill frowned.

"Yeah, they don't even know why."

"I don't think our brothers heard a thing we said, Fred," George said.

"They're all mutating into Percy," Fred sighed dramatically. "Oh, hey Lee!"

"Hey," Lee Jordan greeted.

"Got to go," they said to their brothers, but they were not listening.

"What have you planned for today?" Lee asked when they sat down next to him.

"Saturday is my favourite day of the week," Fred said.

"And Hogsmeade weekends are the best weekends of the year," George added.

"And a Hogsmeade weekend on Halloween just calls for mischief."

"We can't go to Hogsmeade yet, you know that," Lee interjected.

"Says who?" Fred grinned.

"Don't worry, we won't pull you into it," George said.

"Meaning you're still not telling me that secret of yours," Lee mumbled.

"What was that?" George asked.

"I asked how you're going to get there."

"That, my friend, is a secret," Fred said and the twins burst out laughing.

"We'll bring you sweets," George promised.

"Whatever," Lee said. "You better not let McGonagall catch you."

"Never."

Throughout the morning of the thirtieth of october, the great hall of Hogwarts filled itself with even more cobwebs and spiders and bats, the faces of the jack-o-lanterns seemed to become more like grimaces and the windows darkened to let in less light, giving the hallways an eery glow.

Fred and George Weasley returned to their dormitory when the older students got ready for the trip to Hogsmeade. There in George's trunk lay a blank piece of parchment. He grinned at his twin and pocketed it, before both left the dormitory again. 

On their way through the halls, George got out the parchment and lightly touched his wand to it, muttering: "I solemnly swear, that I am up to no good."

Ink started to spread over the parchment and the twins eyes fell upon a dot of ink, right behind the two named Fred and George Weasley.

"Lee," Fred called as George stowed away the parchment. "You better stop following us, or we might forget about those sweets."

"You got me," Lee grinned as he stepped out from behind a suit of armour.

"Go back to the dormitory," Fred said.