Fred and George Meet One of the Heroes
Beth woke up and found Artie and Ginny were both getting dressed even though it was only just sunrise.
“What you doing up so early?” muttered Beth.
“Quidditch try outs,” said Ginny beaming, “the teams down one chaser, a keeper and a beater.”
“Whos captain then?” asked Beth.
“Megan Llewellyn,” said Artie, “seventh year beater.
“See you both tonight then,” said Ginny waving as they left, Hannah was still asleep.
“Come on Sus,” sighed Beth, “we need to explore the castle.”
Susan grumbled slightly but got out of bed all the same.
Beth pulled on her jeans with the flowers embroidered on them and a soft pink cashmere jumper.
Ernie, Zach, Neville and Justin were restarting the Bertie Botts Trick or Treat championships that weekend, so Beth and Susan spent the day exploring the castle on their own.
Their search however has fruitless. Beth and Susan came back in the evening and hadn’t found anything.
That evening Ginny and Artie came into the dorm and Ginny was ecstatic.
“Hey Gin!” called Susan, as Artie joined the boys by the Bertie Botts.
“I made the team!” exclaimed Ginny her face lighting up like a lightbulb.
“I’m the new chaser,” she explained flopping herself down in front of Beth and Susan’s armchair.
“That’s great Gin,” said Beth nodding.
“You two had a good day?” asked Ginny.
“No, we couldn’t find anywhere private,” sighed Susan.
“What?”
“Oh um Susan and I have been trying to find somewhere we can find some privacy. We spent the whole day looking for hidden rooms.”
It wasn’t a lie, but she didn’t want to tell Ginny about Theo for some reason.
“Ohh! Sounds fun!” exclaimed Ginny.
“Can I help you tomorrow?”
“Sure,” said Susan nodding.
The next morning they all woke up at the crack of dawn and scoured every inch of the castle, checking behind tapestries, trying to touch bricks, but nothing worked.
“It’s a pity,” sighed Susan as they sat down for dinner, “there’s nothing we can do about Theo.”
“I know,” muttered Beth as she pushed her stew around the plate.
Beth looked up to see Ginny pulling Fred and George across the Great Hall.
“I’m sorry we couldn’t find anything today,” shrugged Ginny, “but Fred and George have agreed to help you both.”
“What are you talking about?” said Susan shaking her head.
“This has to be discussed in the upmost secrecy,” said Fred.
“Even Gin cant know,” agreed George.
Fred started to shepherd Beth away leaving Ginny and Susan at the table.
“Hey no fair!” protested Ginny as a very confused Beth followed Fred and George from the Great Hall and into an empty classroom.
“First off what do you want this for?” asked Fred.
“Because,” said Beth, “I’d like some privacy occasionally.”
“And the newly formed Beth Potter fan club isn’t helping matters?” asked George.
“No its not,” giggled Beth.
“We’re only doing this because we owe you one,” said Fred.
“You saved Ginny from the Basilisk last year,” agreed George.
“And we’ve got a feeling that you’re the reason that Percy’s started acting more normal,” said Fred.
“I’m not the reason,” said Beth.
“You put up with him, and he’s becoming a better person,” said Fred.
“That’s enough for us,” said George handing her a piece of blank parchment.
“What the hell is that?” asked Beth.
“It’s just a piece of old parchment,” she muttered picking it up.
“Never judge a book by it’s cover,” beamed Fred.
“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good,” said George tapping the parchment with his wand.
“Messers Moony Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs, proudly present the Marauders Map.”
Beth’s jaw dropped open as she watched tiny little labelled dots move around the parchment.
“They’re out idols,” said Fred with a catch in his throat.
“We owe everything to them,” agreed George.
“But we already know it back to front, so it’s yours.”
Beth was slightly speechless as she looked at the map.
“Um Fred George,” said Beth nervously, “there’s something I need to tell you about the Marauders.”
“What?” asked Fred.
Beth fished in her bag and pulled out her sketchbook and handed it to them.
“The Marauders?” asked George raising his eyebrows.
Then they flicked it open to the first page.
“This is just a picture of some kids,” muttered Fred.
Beth turned the page to a drawing later on in the book.
It showed the Marauders from when they were about twenty and they were all labelled with their nicknames.
“These are Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs?” asked Fred his eyes popping out as if he was looking at gods.
“But who are they?” asked George.
“Yeah, how do you know them?” added Fred.
“Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Sirius Black and James Potter,” she said slowly pointing to each person.
“Your Dad made this?” asked Fred.
“Sirius Black made this?” asked George.
Beth nodded slightly biting her lip.
“And Professor Lupin is Moony?” they asked simultaneously.
She nodded and couldn’t help but chuckle slightly.
“You’re turning this in aren’t you?” asked Fred.
“I am going to give it back to Remus,” said Beth, “but you won’t get in any trouble, he’s not like that.”
Fred and George looked at each other and nodded before handing her the map.
“Lupin is seriously Moony?” asked Fred.
Beth nodded giggling.
“Hang on wait, if both your Dad and your guardian are Marauders, doesn’t that mean that you’re a Marauder?”
“I suppose so,” shrugged Beth as they left the classroom and headed up to Remus’ office.
Fred and George came with her because they still had so many questions.
“So this map we’ve been using for five year,” said Fred, “was made by Sirius Black?”
“Yes,” nodded Beth.
“Awesome!” exclaimed Fred and George as she knocked on the office door.
“Can I help you?” asked Remus opening the door.
“Oh hello dear,” beamed Remus.
“Fred, George great to see you.”
Fred and George’s mouths dropped open in shock.
“All hail the great Moony!” muttered Fred.
“We owe you so much!” nodded George shaking Remus’ hand.
“I’m sorry?” muttered Remus in great confusion.
“Um Fred and George showed me this,” said Beth handing him piece of parchment.
Remus’ face split into a look of dawning comprehension.
“So this is how you two get into so much trouble?” he chuckled.
“Thank you again,” stammered Fred.
“Sorry for disturbing you oh great Master Moony,” said George bowing as they walked away.
“This is one of the weirdest experiences of my life,” said Beth shaking her head as she walked into his office, “Fred and George being polite.”
“I haven’t seen this in years,” said Remus sighing reminiscently.
“I thought you might like it,” beamed Beth.
“Remus,” she asked curiously bending her head, “if you made this map do you know if any places people could meet in secret.”
“Do you mean do I know about any secret passages and rooms?” asked Remus raising his eyebrows, “of course I do!”
“That’s amazing!”
“Why do you ask though?” asked Remus.
“Susan and I want some privacy sometimes, get away from the fan club.”
“Fair enough, but there’s another reason isn’t there?”
Beth sighed slightly.
“Well Susan, Ernie, Hermione, Ron and I always do our homework together in the library every night.”
Remus nodded knowingly.
“The thing is Theo joined our group last week.”
“Theo?”
“Theodore Nott, he’s in Arithmancy with me and Ernie.”
“He’s a Slytherin isn’t he,” said Remus starting to understand the problem.
“Yes and he doesn’t have any friends, so he started to come to our group, he’s really nice he’s just shy. Unfortunately, Blaise and Draco found out.”
“Of course, they did,” sighed Remus.
“Draco told Theo that he would write home to Theo’s father and tell Mr Nott that he was associating himself with blood traitors and muggleborns, if he kept on seeing us.”
“But Theo still wants to be friends you?”
“But we need to meet in secret,” nodded Beth.
“So then why have you given me back the map?” asked Remus.
“Because it’s not mine it’s yours, also there is a murderer trying to track me down, this map might help him a lot.”
“You have done something very responsible today Beth,” said Remus giving her a hug, “I’m proud of you.”
“You still need somewhere to meet though?”
Beth nodded.
“Come with me,” he said beaming leading her out of the room.
At five thirty the next day Beth meet with Susan, Ernie, Hermione and Ron in the library.
“We’re actually not meeting here today,” said Beth.
“What?” asked Ron picking up his bag.
“Did Fred and George show you somewhere?” asked Susan.
“Not exactly no,” said Beth chuckling slightly.
They headed up to the seventh floor and found Theo waiting by a painting of dancing trolls.
“I see you found the note I left,” said Beth.
“Yeah,” nodded Theo, “why a deserted corridor?”
Ron was glaring slightly at Theo, he thought they’d gotten rid of him.
“Who said this place is deserted?” said Beth smirking.
We need a place to study, thought Beth walking in front of the wall three times.
“Jesus Fucking Christ!” yelled Ernie as a door suddenly appeared in the wall.
“You have got to learn other swearing,” muttered Ron.
“This coming from Mr Bloody Hell,” said Ernie.
“Point taken,” admitted Ron.
“What is that?” asked Theo.
“That is the Room of Requirement,” explained Beth, “it can turn into anything you want. Uncle Remus showed it to me yesterday.”
“We spent the whole weekend searching for a room and we could have just asked Remus?” asked Susan.
“The whole weekend?” stammered Theo, “you guys gave up your whole weekend to find a room to study in?”
“That’s what friends are for aren’t they,” shrugged Hermione as she reached for the door and opened it.
Beth went in the door after Hermione and found a small sitting room. There was a cosy fire and several squashy armchairs, there was also two desks, and one of the walls was covered in bookcases.
“Woah!” muttered Ron.
“Do Fred and George know about this place?”
“I don’t think so,” shrugged Beth.
“Awesome,” he nodded flopping down in one of the chairs by the fire.
“Look at all the books!” exclaimed Hermione as she and Theo ran over to the bookcases.
“There’s better books in here than in library,” nodded Theo as he pulled out a history reference book.
“Are we going to get some homework done?” asked Beth.
“Sure,” nodded Theo bringing over the reference book.
Beth had History and Astronomy homework that night.
Theo had to write his History essay too, so they flicked through the reference book together to find the dates.
“We need to start on the astronomy,” said Beth as she finished.
“This is when it could be good to be in the library,” muttered Hermione, “they’ve got star charts.”
As Hermione said this a piece of rolled up parchment appeared on the table, which unfurled itself to reveal a detailed star chart.
“Bloody Hell!” stammered Ron.
“Ok I’ll admit this place is awesome!” said Susan.