Harry let his eyebrow rise. "Map?" he asked. He obviously knew the map they were referring to was the Marauders' Map, but he didn't want them knowing that. The twins shared a look before Fred spoke, "We have in our possession a rare magical artefact."
"A great treasure George said.
of
noble
cause,"
"May we present the Marauders' Map," they finished together, brandishing the map before Harry.
"It is capable of showing everybody in the castle, where they are, who they're with, what they're doing. We found it at the end of last year and we've studied it completely."
Harry nodded, "How does it work?" Together the twins said the password: "We solemnly swear that we're up to no good."
Harry watched as the map came to life and smiled. "Interesting," he said. "I'm sure Sirius and Remy will be happy to know their map is helping this generation of pranksters."
The twins looked at Harry shocked. "Sirius and Remy?"
"Yes, you might know them better as Padfoot and Moony."
"But—" "What?"
Harry chuckled at the twins. It was rare for them to mess up their joint speech.
"My dad was Prongs, Sirius is Padfoot, and Remus is Moony. Wormtail was Peter Pettigrew. They were best friends in school."
The twins shared a look before grabbing Harry and pulling him into a three-way hug.
"You're a legacy!"
"Please, oh worthy!"
great
one,
we
are
not Harry snorted and pulled away with a laugh. "I'm surprised you managed to work the password out."
George snorted. "It took us a whole afternoon."
Harry was shocked - it would have taken most people weeks, if not years, to figure it out. Then again, he always knew the twins were smart, they just applied their brains to things they deemed worthy of their attention.
"If you knew about the map, why did you ask?" Fred asked.
"I wasn't 100% sure," Harry told him. The twins shared another look before turning to face Harry.
"I think you were trying to distract us, baby birdy."
"Yes, trying to get out of answering our question."
Harry laughed. "Ask away."
"Why did you disappear from the map?"
"The map only shows areas that the marauders found," Harry said truthfully.
"So there's a secret passageway in the first floor girls' toilets?" "One that they never found?"
Harry smirked. "Something like that."
"Oh, such a mysterious baby bird."
Harry laughed. "I swear, if you guess correctly, I'll tell you."
The twins shared a look and nodded. "Deal," they said in perfect synchrony.
Harry smiled. "Well then gentlemen, it's been a pleasure," he said before turning. However, before he could get far, they called him back.
"Wait," Fred said. He and George had quickly shared a conversation. "Yeah," George agreed.
"Here," they handed the map over to Harry.
Harry took it and looked at the twins. They looked happy but he could see the slight disappointment in their eyes.
"It should belong to you, really."
"Your dad worked on it and, well, if it was us, we would want something he had made."
Harry smiled and tucked the map into his bag. "I'll ask Sirius and Remus about how they made it, maybe we could duplicate it. If not, I don't mind lending it back to you," he promised.
The twins smiled and looked relieved. "Little bird, I do believe this is the start of a beautiful friendship."
Harry was happy to hear the words. "I do believe you are correct, my good sirs." Realising the time, Harry quickly said his goodbyes and managed to reach Ravenclaw Tower before curfew. Harry smirked when he thought about all of the adventures the twins could get up to with Draco and Neville.
Entering the tower, Harry made his way over to Luna, who was sitting alone reading a star chart. "Hello, Little Moon," he said, sitting down next to her.
"Hello, my Lord," she said. "Did you have a productive meeting with the goat and his minions?"
Harry snorted at her dismissive tone when it came to Dumbledore. "It was certainly interesting. I also decided to trust a few more people."
Luna hummed and looked thoughtful. "I think you've made the right choice," she said before pulling on her hair and looking at Harry with big doe eyes.
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