Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 52: Marquee Map
"Fred, George, what are you doing here?" Albert pretended to be surprised as he looked at the roommates who pouted and mopped the floor.
"Mopping," Fred said dryly.
"By the way, why didn't I know you had become so hardworking." Lee Jordan looked at the twins with a gloating expression. Big dung bombs are not easy to clean, especially since Filch hadn't given them any detergent, and mops and rags wouldn't get them clean at all.
"This is the result of throwing big dung bombs in the corridor." Filch, who was next to him, said to the people who stopped to watch, "Don't think that you can escape if you do something bad."
"Don't worry, I will take time off for you from the Defense Against the Dark Arts class." Albert reached out and patted the twins' shoulders, comforting.
"Why do I always think you're a little gloat?"
"Is there?" Albert said, looking sideways at Lee Jordan, "No, who told them to throw dung bombs in the hallway and get caught by Filch?"
"I thought they would secretly throw big dung bombs into the corridor." Li Jordan was also very puzzled. Isn't this causing trouble for himself?
Of course Albert knew why, and if Filch wasn't around, he wouldn't mind using a descaling spell to save them trouble. Unfortunately, Filch was staring right next to him, and he wasn't allowed to do that either.
It took Fred and George hours to completely clear the hallways and offices of the dung bombs.
For this reason, they also missed lunch.
The two people with backaches only got a sandwich from the kitchen and are now sitting under a tree to eat.
"Where's the stuff? You got something, don't say anything." George put all the sandwiches in his mouth into his mouth, looked at Fred, and waited for the other party to take out the prohibited items he got in the drawer.
"Got it. Look, it's the thing." Fred took the envelope from his pocket and handed it to George.
"What's this?" George looked at the old-looking envelope and turned it upside down. There was no sender, and two sentences were written on the envelope: I solemnly swear that I have done nothing good, a prank. complete!
"Look at what's in there?"
George hurriedly opened the envelope and found a large, square, very old... parchment inside.
Well, it's a piece of old parchment.
Only, nothing was written on the parchment.
"What is this?" George looked at his brothers suspiciously, and they could all sense that there was a secret on this parchment, otherwise Filch wouldn't have put it in a confiscated, highly dangerous drawer.
"Will you need a password?" Fred suddenly remembered the two sentences on the envelope, "I solemnly swear that I have done nothing good."
"Idiot, wand, use wand." George took out his wand and pressed it against the parchment. "I solemnly swear I have done nothing good."
Ink lines began to appear where the wand had just touched, cobwebs meeting each other on the parchment, crossing each other, and beginning to extend to every corner of the parchment.
"You really need a password!" The twins' faces showed undisguised excitement.
Sure enough, this parchment hides some secrets.
"Look what's this?" Fred stared at the surface of the parchment and noticed a line of writing began to appear above the parchment:
Auxiliary Providers for Magical Prank Makers: Moonface, Wormtail, Bigfoot and Prongs Gentlemen proudly present the Marauder's Map.
"Marauders map?" the twins read in unison. "This old parchment is actually a map."
"George, look, the ink dots on the parchment can move." Fred shared his discovery in amazement.
"Nonsense, otherwise it would be called Marauder's Map."
The two got together to study the secrets of the Marauder's Map, and soon found that the map was a detailed drawing of the Hogwarts Castle and the exact location of each secret passage and the password to open the secret passage.
Finally, there is no need to worry about finding the location of the secret passage and being unable to open the secret passage.
On top of that, it also marks everyone's location with ink dots.
Albert came out of the library and appeared to be heading back to the lounge. Filch was on the fourth floor and Peeves, the teasing ghost, was on the sixth floor.
"George..."
"Fred..."
"You talk first..." The two of them said in unison, and couldn't help laughing after facing each other.
"Then, let's talk together."
"Night tour."
The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing again.
"We will travel at night in the future. Even if there is no Disillusionment Charm, we don't have to worry about being caught by Filch."
"Yeah, that's great, there are a lot of hidden passages that we haven't discovered yet."
"Try another password," Fred reminded, holding his wand against the map and whispering, "The prank is over."
The next moment, the marks on the parchment gradually disappeared, and within a few seconds it reverted to a blank old parchment.
"The traces have been wiped off!" George said in surprise, "The manufacturer thought a lot about it."
"If everyone knew that there was such a thing, it would definitely be known to everyone." Fred thought for a while and said, "It should be to prevent the secret of the parchment from being seen by others"
"You say, did Filch figure out how to use this parchment? He knew the location of so many secret passages better than all the students~IndoMTL.com~ George asked his own doubts, "And, why would he want to Keep the parchment in the drawer, if I'm sure I'll take it with me. "
"I don't know, it doesn't matter, anyway, the Marauder's map belongs to us now, do you want to tell others." The others here at George were referring to Albert and Lee Jordan.
"No more." After thinking about it, Fred shook his head and said, "The less people know, the better."
"Don't forget, Albert knew about it." George suddenly said, "He must know what we took from Filch."
"But if we don't talk about it, he definitely doesn't know there is such a thing." Fred raised his eyebrows.
In fact, the two don't mind sharing the Marauder's map with others, but they are also worried that there will be a big mouth that will make them lose this good thing.
"Don't think too much, let's go, let's go and see the other secret passages first." The twins looked at each other and walked away.
"Who do you say is the maker of this Marauder's Map: Moonface, Wormtail, Bigfoot, and Prong?"
"I think they should be former Hogwarts students." George raised the head of the light statue and quickly opened a secret passage.
"Come on, someone is coming this way." Fred, who was staring at the map, reminded the wind.
After the two hurried into the secret passage, the statue was restored.
"Where does this secret passage lead?" George let his wand glow, but unfortunately, his glowing spell has not been fully mastered, and it will suddenly go out after walking for a while.
"Fifth floor. Fred couldn't help but complain, "You haven't mastered the Glowing Charm yet! ””
"Speak as if you have mastered it."