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Today is Saturday, and as I didn't have classes and I had already done all the essays for the week that the teachers spent, I was walking around the castle thinking about what would be my next project.
"Look who we have here, my dear brother," just then a familiar voice said beside me, and I felt an arm being placed over my left shoulder.
"I see, my identical copy" another voice said from my other side, one arm being draped over my right shoulder, "Isn't this one our favorite raven?"
"Or eagle" George, who was the one on my left side, added.
"I prefer raven," I said grimacing at being called an eagle.
"Oh, so it's our favorite little raven" Fred said, nodding his head, "But that's not it, right my brother?"
"Yes... Because our young raven is also now known as..." here George stopped for dramatic effect.
""The troll slayer!"" they spoke in unison, and I rolled my eyes at their antics.
"Yes, yes. Feel honored to be in my presence" I joked along.
"Of course, Oh great troll slayer" George said bowing.
"And?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.
"And sexy and smart Ravenclaw," Fred said, also bowing.
"And a great prankster" George added.
"Hmm, I trained you guys well," I said with a satisfied look.
"And so…how do you feel about being the new topic of Hogwarts…again" George asked me after standing up.
"Well that's kind of…boring" I replied honestly, "No matter where I go people look and point at me. It's not like they can't come talk to me in person, and the rumors are starting to piss me off" I said irritated.
"Like the one where they say you played a female troll to seduce and then kill the other troll?" Fred asked me, and just hearing that I could feel my left eye twitch.
"Yeah...Like this one," I replied slowly.
"Oh...I think I know who spread this rumor" George said sheepishly, and my head whipped in his direction.
"Who?! Who was the bastard?! Tell me so I can destroy the motherf—" I started to say with an insane, menacing look on my face.
"Wow, calm down, alright? Hehe" George said, chuckling awkwardly as he looked anywhere but me.
And seeing his strange behavior, I started to stare at him even more, making him uncomfortable.
"George, who was?" I asked again. George then started scratching his neck nervously as he mumbled something under his breath.
"Who?" I asked, thinking I had heard it wrong.
"It was me," he repeated, only louder.
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"George?" I said with a blank face.
"Yes?" he asked suspiciously.
"Run" I pulled out my wand.
"Wait! Calm down! We don't need to be too hasty," he said quickly, holding up his hands, "Right Fred?" he called, asking for help from his brother, only to see him eating a bag of popcorn he took from who knows where while enjoying the show.
"*Chew*... Don't... *Chew*... involve me in this... *Chew*" Fred replied between bites, popping another popcorn into his mouth.
'Where's that whole brotherhood thing when you need it?!' George thought. He then turned his gaze to me only to see me staring at him with my wand in my hand and sparking.
"Eh... How about a negotiation?" George asked, swallowing hard.
I then started looking at him carefully, and deciding to listen to what he had to offer I lowered my wand, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.
"What negotiation?" I asked, and Fred in the back also looked with interest at what his brother was going to do.
"I show you one of the most incredible artifacts, if not the most incredible of all, we have in our possession. And with that you let me go without trying to hunt me down like you did the troll. What do you think?" he asked with a smile on his face, but I could see sweat running down his forehead.
'Most amazing artifact? What is he talking about? Since when have they— Wait! I only know of one item they could consider that important... Don't tell me it's this item!' I thought hopefully inside, but keeping the facade calm on the outside.
I then started to stare at him, for no other reason than to see him squirm in his place.
"I accept," I said after a while, nodding my head.
"Phew!" George sighed in relief, then grinned at me, "You won't regret it" he said.
He then pulled a piece of parchment from his pocket, and Fred beside him widened his eyes when he saw which parchment it was.
'Are you looking to use Marauder's Map as a trade!? We hadn't already agreed to show Ethan anyway?! Couldn't you be less shameless?' Fred thought as he looked at his brother critically, who was obviously ignoring him.
"This is the most important artifact we have" George said, opening the parchment in front of me, "It may look like a simple piece of old parchment but the truth and the magic behind it... It's amazing" he said with admiration.
George then took out his wand, pointed at the parchment, and said, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good" and the parchment began to change.
"That, my friend Ethan, is the Marauder's Map!" he presented.
What was once an old scroll is now a full-scale map of Hogwarts that showed where all the residents were. It's just as amazing as shown in the movies.
"Marauder's Map?" I echoed, pretending not to know the map they had in their hands.
"Yes, my young friend. This is a map created by the Marauders themselves, which has all the passages and entrances to the castle, as well as the terrain outside, and the most amazing part of this map is that it shows the location of people in real time!" Fred then came and answered.
"Incredible!" I said honestly in awe.
"I know, right?" George said, smiling, "To activate the map, you need to put the tip of your wand on it and say the password you heard before. And to deactivate it you need to say 'Mischief managed', and that will make it look like a simple piece of parchment," he said, demonstrating.
"This is awesome!" I said.
"And we want you to have the map," Fred said, surprising me for a moment.
"What?" I asked shocked.
"We want you to have the map" George repeated, "We know you don't need a map as we've seen you go through almost every pass that this map has..." he said giving me a knowing smile, and I just shrugged, "But we've already memorized the whole map so we won't need it that urgently..."
"And we thought you could use it to dodge or hide from people so you don't need to be pointed out and watched wherever you go," Fred said, and I looked at them gratefully.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"Of course... And if we need it at some point, we can always get it from you" George said, closing the map and placing it in my hands.
I then looked for a moment at the parchment, then back to the twins.
"Thank you," I sincerely thanked, tucking the parchment into my bag.
"No thanks needed" George dismissed with a wave of his hands, "You'd do the same for us"
"Well... If it was to keep you guys from being pointed and looked at by everyone at school I'd threaten the other students first... And then I'd give you the map" I said, and the twins started looking at me strangely.
"The worst thing is, I actually see you threatening the whole school... And that's not even the weirdest, scariest thing I expect from you," Fred said, and I didn't know whether to feel offended or proud.
"It doesn't matter the method, it's the effectiveness of the results" I shrugged, and the twins looked at each other for a few seconds before nodding their heads.
""Fair""
We then stood in silence looking at each other.
"So…would you like to do some pranks?" Fred asked with a mischievous smile, which was followed by George and mine's own smile.
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(End AN: Well... I would like to say that for the first time since I started posting this story, I deleted a review.
Before you guys think I did this because it was a 1 star review, I wanted to make it clear that I don't mind bad reviews, even if it's unfair, because at least the person who rated it said something about my story.
The specific review I deleted was a simple "5 star anti-spam", which basically was one user who decided to give 1 star to every story just to "prevent" 5 star spam (He did this with many other stories ).
I found this ridiculous, so I decided to delete his review. And no, I'm not one of those writers who deletes all the bad reviews, as you can see from the 4.3 rating of my story and the 3 or 1 star reviews that are still here.
That's all I wanted to say, thanks :)