That Damn Weasley Charm II G.W

Part 2, Chapter 12- Marauders Map

"Yeah find out and scare poor Kenneth right out of his underpants!"

"Couldn't hurt to try..?"

"You just want to impress Violet."

Walter, Lee, Emma, and I all stand quiet as the two boys argue in half-finished sentences. "Well, it sounds like the best plan we have at the moment so will one of you cast the summoning charm and get us out of here!" Lee whisper yells at the boys.

Fred grumbles about his brother's stupidity and shoves the map in his back pocket. "If you're wrong about this, I'll have your neck."

"If I'm wrong about this I'll give it to you."

Fred pulls out his wand and huffs. He closes his eyes, picturing the object like Flitwick told us to, "Accio Decoy Detonator." He whispers as he forms an arch in the air with his broom. He opens one eye like he's testing the waters. "George I swear on great aunt Tessie..." suddenly there's a loud crashing noise and an object flies through the broom cupboards wall.

George catches it in midair and looks at his brother with wide eyes. "And you guessed my judgement."

"Stop gloating and get us out of here." Emma snaps. No one was expecting that apparently because we all look at her shocked. "I want to go to bed!"

George cracks open the door and tosses the detonator down the opposite hallway that we need to be in. One second. Two seconds. Three seconds. BANG! We can hear Professor Babbling screech and Fred quickly pulls the map out of his pocket. We stand still, hardly breathing, as we see her name rush past the closet that we are in, going towards the sound we caused.

"Go now Go!" Fred whisper screams. George pulls the door open again and races towards the portrait of the crying man. We all follow him as quietly as possible, he hits the brick with his fist and a small hole near the floor opens up. George stands there and ushers all of us through before him and Fred crawl through to the other side. Once in, Fred pushed the brick back into position and the hole closes up.

George lights his wand again so we can all see, Fred unfolds the map a bit more to explain our next moves. "We go up these stairs which will take us to the fifth floor, inside of the prefect bathroom. We'll have to figure out how to open the passage because Georgie and I have only done it once before but it can't be that difficult."

Emma gulps and grabs a hold of my hand tightly. "After that, it's rather simple. We go into the music rooms that no one ever uses, open the old instrument cupboard and go down those stairs which will lead us here." George points to the dungeons with his wand. "Which is perfect because your common room is..."

"Here," I say pointing at the edge of the lake that's right beside the dungeons.

"Whoever made this map first must have been a Gryffindor because that's the only common room that's drawn." Walter points out, peering over my shoulder, which isn't a difficult task given he's the tallest out of all of us.

"Wait, before we go up the stairs, everyone takes their shoes off and tie them around your neck. We'll make less noise that way." George says to us all.

"I knew there was a reason I keep you around Georgie boy," Fred says, clapping him on the shoulder.

"Ugh gross, it's so dusty, I'm going to have to wash my feet a dozen times after this," Emma complains as we start up the stairs. I smile and shake my head at her comment.

We try to go up the stairs as quietly as possible, one by one because the staircase is very narrow. On occasion, George turns around to check that I'm okay but other than that there's no communication.

"Okay, we're here. What's behind this door again Georgie?" Fred whispers when we reach the top.

"The entrance is hidden by a toilet if I'm not mistaken. Remember we had to blow it up to get out of here during second year?" The twins laugh at the memory before getting serious again.

"There has to be an easier way though I mean what if there's..."

"That might work but what if we try..."

"No don't be stupid George, how in the world would that work!"

"We just have to think like very old wizards cause they're the wankers that made this castle..."

"Boys, will you please talk in full sentences so we can all understand what you're thinking?" Emma yawns, we can all tell she's very tired of all of us.

"I mean I understood it all. It's not that hard really, all you have to do is..." Lee starts.

"What we have to do is get out of this damn staircase!"

I push my way to the top of the stairs where the boys are standing staring at the wall, it takes me a second but I notice a toilet handle protruding from the wall. "George brings your wand over here for a second, I need light." He does as I ask and lowers his wand to what I'm looking at.

"How the hell did you see that!" Fred says excitedly.

"If this works I'll lose my mind," I whisper, and with that, I push the handle down, like I'm flushing a toilet. The brick wall swings open and we are face to face with a bathroom stall.

"God, you're fantastic." George sighs. We all step out into the bathroom very quietly. Once we are all out the wall swings shut again. We all go to the door that leads out to the hallway but before we leave the bathroom Fred checks the map again.

"It's the third door on the opposite side of the hallway. No teacher insight. Let's go." He whispers. He cracks open the door and him and George both pop their heads out just to double-check if the coast is clear. Then they dash out of the door and we all follow like lost puppies. This transition from one location to the other is a lot faster than the one downstairs because in no time we are all safely in the music room with the door closed behind us.

"I can't believe this is actually working." Lee gasps for air.

"Why'd you go and say that? Now we are going to be caught." Walter groans.

Fred throws open the instrument closet door, pushes a few boxes out of the way and opens a trap door in the middle of the closet's floor. "Right this way, please. Next stop, the Hogwarts dungeons." Fred heads down the stairs first. Followed by Emma, Lee, and Walter.

"Thank you for tonight Georgie," I say to my boyfriend as the others head down the stairs. "It's been fantastic."

George smiles and plants a kiss on my lips before telling me to go down the stairs. He follows behind, fixing the boxes over the trap door again before fully closing it behind him. We rush down the long staircase to meet with our friends at the bottom.

"Snape is by the entrance of the dungeons. Best if you all go one at a time." Fred whispers to us looking very carefully at the map.

"I'll go first. Just tell me when." Emma whispers. She waits for Fred's signal and she dashes out from our hiding spot and quickly opens the common room door without being seen by anyone.

We wait for what feels like ever before Fred sends Walter next. It's his first time opening the common room door by himself in four years. My breath gets caught in my throat as I watch him through the crack in the wall but he manages to get in smoothly. I turn to look at the boys. "I'll see you lot tomorrow. Don't get into trouble." I hug Lee and Fred in turn and kiss George on the cheek before I turn back around and head out of the hiding spot.

I dash over to the door, place my fingertips on the wall and as soon as I go to say pureblood, "Miss LeStrange. What a pleasure it is to see you tonight." Snape sneers from behind me.

"Bloody hell"