While Neville managed to drag Harry

While Neville managed to drag Harry to classes that day, the boy flat out refused to go the feast. Instead he accepted Nearly Headless Nick's invitation to the ghost's Death Day party. The twins and, surprisingly enough, Pansy went with him, since it was a more unique thing than a Halloween Feast… that and they didn't want to leave Harry alone.

The party itself turned out to be rather dull and the food was totally inedible and so Harry felt guilty for being the reason his friends came here:

"I'm sorry, guys…" – he muttered as they were going back to Gryffindor Tower – "… I didn't know it would be that boring…"

"Well," – drawled Pansy, as came to the staircase that led to the dungeons – "at least it was interesting from an academic point of view. Don't worry, Potter, as long you do not make your birthday party like that I don't think it matters."

"Yeah, like little Ms. snake said…" – chuckled Fred, earning himself a dirty look from Pansy – "We wanted to keep you company, so we went. No big deal, now hurry up, if we're lucky we can have a snack in the kitchens."

George rolled his eyes at the unoriginal nickname:

"Goodnight Pansy…" – then he frowned at something at the end of the corridor – "You guys, what is that?"

Harry and Fred turned to look and saw the huge puddle of water. Harry was confused and went to have a closer look:

"Shit! We have to get out of here!" – he ran back to Fred and George – "We can take the long way to the tower. If Filch sees us here, he'll kill us."

Fred, who was also quite curious and followed Harry for a closer peek was equally unnerved. Thus the trio ran off back to the Great Hall and took the stairs up to the Tower.


When Neville came back from the Feast, the boys told him all about the water in the corridor, the strange message on the wall and the apparently dead cat hanging from a torch by her tail.

"Enemies of the Heir beware?" – he repeated quietly – "The Chamber has been opened?... It does sound sort of ominous… you guys were really lucky you weren't caught."

George nodded with a sigh:

"That's true I suppose. I wonder… what is Dumbledore going to say about the episode?"

"My money goes on he tries to cover it up." – said Fred at once.

Neville rolled his eyes:

"That's so obvious that even I'm not going to argue. Of course he'll cover it up, as long as no one else saw the cat before he was alerted to the event. However we should really try and figure out who's this Heir and what Chamber they mean… because if someone is up to something serious, I don't think they'll stop with a dead cat."

George watched his friends with a smile, but he was really worried. Strange things always happened at Hogwarts, but not the sort of things that could kill someone… until last year that is. From all the bragging Ron had done over the summer, the twins, along with the rest of the family, were aware of pretty much all the detail of the 'Sorcerer's Stone' fiasco. However they didn't know what happened at the end, when Harry was left alone to face Quirrel who was trying to steal the stone.

'Really, why do these things happen around him?' – thought the older Weasley twin – 'It's like he's a danger magnet. Oh, well… I guess we should be more careful from now, because I'm pretty sure this will not end with just a cat…'

Harry sat down near George and asked nervously:

"Do you think I'll manage to avoid getting involved in this?"

The ginger ruffled Harry's hair with a smile:

"Well how should I know? I'm not a Seer. However, one way or another you have us: me, Fred, Neville, even Draco and Pansy. We won't let you face whatever this is on your own. You're not alone Harry."

The boy gave the older wizard a radiant smile:

"Thanks. You know, I really envy Ron and Ginny…"

"Oh? Why would that be?"

"They get to have you two as brothers… I wish I had brothers like the two of you…" – Harry's voice was a little sad.

Fred and Neville came over and dropped down to sit beside Harry. Neville gave him a pat on the back:

"You idiot, just because we're not related by blood… though I'm sure that if we study our family trees close enough, we'll discover that we are some distant cousins, like all purebloods are."

This caused Harry to pause:

"Yeah, I suppose that is true… I never really thought about it like that. Cool."

"Well anyway, boys, it's late." – Fred broke the moment – "Go to bed. Even though it's Saturday tomorrow, you really should get a good night sleep."

"Wow, Fred…" – drawled his brother as he stood up and went to the door – "That was the most mature thing you've ever said…" – with that he winked at the younger boys and ran out of the room with Fred hot on his heels.


Author's Note: And I'll stop here. Finally things began moving :) I hope you liked the chapter.
Now I have another question for you:
Should the Weasley twins be:
1) straight (paired with different girls);
2) bi-sexual (paired with each other and one of the girls);
3) gay (paired with each other or different boys or with each other and another boy).
Though I'll say this now - I'm giving the twins a creature inheritance, just not sure what kind.