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"𝐼𝑓 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑎 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 . . . 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟."
—𝐴𝑙𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑇𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑦𝑠𝑜𝑛
𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭: 𝟑𝟗𝟏𝟑

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"𝐋𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐀!"

Liliana looked up from her book to see two identical faces grinning down at her, causing her to giggle. She set her book on the small table in front of her, leaning back on the couch after doing so, and raised her eyebrows. 

"Fred, George," she greeted, "what's up?"

George started, "So, you know how you're absolutely spectacular, incredible, beautiful, amazing, fantastic—"

"—truly superb, talented, intelligent, our favourite sixth-year, awesome, gorgeous—" Fred continued.

"What do you want?" Liliana questioned suspiciously as she narrowed her eyes, not buying into their compliments. They've done this to her too many times.

The guilty grin on George's face told her she was right. "Could you help us with our History of Magic essays?" 

"Sure," she answered with a shrug, receiving two cheers in return. "When's it due?"

"Tomorrow," Fred answered, his grin morphing into an awkward smile as he exchanged a look with his twin. "It's the first class of the day."

"Tomorrow?!" Liliana repeated in horror. She checked her watch, the small clock showing her that it was already half-past ten before looking back up at the twins and sighing. "The library closed an hour and a half ago, how do you expect to finish this on time?"

"With your help" —Fred shrugged— "we know we can."

She grinned and gave them a small nod of agreement. "Let's start. What's it on?"

"The International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy," Fred sighed as he sat down on one side of her, George sitting on the other.

She rubbed her hands together. "Ooh, fun." 

"In what world?" George scoffed as he raised his eyebrows.

"All of them," she replied with a grin. "Now get your stuff out!"

The two of them scrambled to get their parchment paper and quills out of the bags that they had thrown onto the ground.

As they prepared to write, Liliana questioned, "All right, so what do you guys know about the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy?"

Fred and George exchanged scrunched noses before George answered for the both of them, "Nothing," 

"Oh, dear Merlin," she sighed, although she expected nothing less; this was how it usually went whenever she helped them with homework. "All right, a brief rundown: It's a law in the wizarding world that was first signed in 1689, then established officially in 1692. The law was created by the International Confederation of Wizards to safeguard the wizarding community from Muggles and hide its presence from the world at large."

"Why do you know that?" George asked with furrowed eyebrows. "That's so much to remember for no reason."

"Oh, George." She ruffled his hair, only to receive a disgruntled look in response. "That was just a brief rundown. Would you like me to give you the full extent? Because I can—"