"We'd like to do you a favor." the other twin said. Harry immediately became suspicious of this supposed 'favor' that Fred and George wanted to do for him.
"Really?" Harry asked skeptically.
"We're offering you the once in a lifetime chance to become part owner of Weasley's Wizard Wheezes!" George replied proudly. Harry merely raised an eyebrow in response. "That's our business, of course."
"Right you are, Fred." the other twin, who Harry believed actually was Fred, said. "For the low, low price of one thousand galleons we are prepared to make you an equal partner. One third of our empire will be yours."
"How convenient that I just happened to have won a thousand galleons in the Triwizard Tournament." Harry noted with a laugh.
"Did you?" George asked.
"We must not have noticed. How convenient, indeed!" Fred replied.
"So, partner? What do you think?"
"Why not." Harry shrugged, knowing he had more money in his vault anyway. "But I get to be a silent partner, ok?"
"No problem!" Fred answered with an enthusiastic nod. "I can cast the silencing charms myself."
"That's right." George agreed. "You'll never have to say another word in your life." At that both of them began to laugh as if what they had said was the funniest thing in the world. Ginny dramatically rolled her eyes at their antics but Harry just smiled. It was good to be back with friends and away from the Dursley's.
"You'll never see those galleons again, Harry." Ginny warned.
"We'll see." Harry answered. "But I've got a feeling these two are a good investment."
"What's so funny?" Ron asked as he sat down at the table. He had a plate of cookies in front of him and was greedily munching on one.
"These two just conned Harry out of his prize money." Ginny answered. Ron's jaw dropped in shock and he looked back and forth between the twins and Harry who merely shrugged.
"What a horrible thing to say, my sweet sister!" George replied, looking offended. "Just watch, in a year you will be kicking yourself for not letting us con you, too."
"So how long have you guys been here?" Harry asked, changing the subject.
"A couple of days." Ron answered between bites. "Mum's been working us like house elves the whole time. She's got us cleaning without magic like a bunch of muggles."
"You guys do know you can use magic now, don't you?" Harry said. From the looks the four Weasley siblings were giving him it was obvious that they didn't know the restrictions on underage magic had been lifted. Harry found it all incredibly funny and started laughing.
"He's lying. He's got to be right?" Ron said. "Somebody would have told us…" Harry shook his head and pulled out his wand. To prove that they could indeed do magic he cast the summoning charm on one of Ron's cookies and caught it in his other hand. As he began eating it the Weasley's all started grinning, happy that they now knew they could use magic. Even Ron, who Harry didn't think had smiled in his presence in months, looked genuinely happy.
"Uh oh, Molly." Sirius called from the other side of the room. "I think Harry may have just let our little secret slip." Sirius just sat back and laughed as the Weasley children began asking, all at once, why she hadn't told them earlier. In her defense the changes to the law had only been in effect for less that twenty four hours, but they felt like they should have been told at once. Harry laughed as well, knowing that Sirius had expected this result from his comment. Harry and Sirius used the distraction the Weasley's argument provided to slip out of the room so they could look at the rest of the house.
"You know this house is bigger than it looks." Harry said as they turned down a hallway.
"Of course!" Sirius laughed. "It's a magic house. Your room is this way, right across the hall from mine. Molly thought it would be a good idea for you and Ron to share a room, but considering I'm your guardian and you'll be spending summers here from now on I thought you'd appreciate your own room."
"Thanks, Sirius." Harry said gratefully. "I have to share a room with Ron almost ten months out of the year and his snores could wake the dead. It'll be nice to get away from that for a while." Sirius nodded in understanding as he led Harry towards a door which he assumed led to his new room. Once there Sirius dramatically opened the door and showed Harry inside. A smile immediately appeared on Harry's face as he looked around his new room. It, unlike the rest of the house, was bright and happy showing that Sirius had put quite a bit of time and work into it. Red and gold, Gryffindor colors, were on most of the furniture which also looked brand new.
"Do you like it?" Sirius asked hopefully.
"I love it." Harry answered, to which Sirius smiled happily and hugged his godson in relief. Harry continued to look around and his eyes caught sight of something he wasn't expecting: a fireplace. "Sirius, is that connected to the floo network?"
"I was wondering if you'd notice." Sirius replied. "It is, although I trust you won't abuse this privilege. No one can floo in or call unless they have been told our address because of the Fidelius, but you should be able to floo out and call anywhere without a problem. Do you want to try it out? I bet I can think of someone who's been dying to hear from you these past few weeks. Go ahead, I'll be in the kitchen waiting when you're done."
"Thanks Sirius." Harry said gratefully. Sirius grinned at Harry's happiness with his new room before walking out the door and heading back down the hallway. Harry walked towards the fireplace and found a container full of floo powder sitting on the mantle. Taking a small handful, Harry threw it into the flames and watched as they turned bright green. He then stuck his head into the flames, as he had seen others do, and said the address that Daphne had given him: "Greengrass Manor:"
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