Marauder's Map

## Marauder's Map

The Weasley Twins had snuck into the Forbidden Forest, hoping for a close encounter with a Dragon.

According to them, they wanted to get a Dragon scale that had fallen off, or even some Dragon droppings would do.

But Hagrid caught them and was furious, punishing them by making them clean the pigsty for half a month straight.

"Cleaning pig poop, scrubbing pigpens, and even bathing the little piglets…"

Fred laughed and said, "That's our job for the next two weeks."

"Percy was furious, saying we were disgracing the Weasley Family."

George said this while rinsing the ground with a hose, and even gave a nearby piglet a quick shower.

Fred asked, "Wade, what brings you here to see us?"

"Remember last semester, when you told me about the Secret Passage out of Hogwarts?" Wade asked.

"Of course!" Fred said. "Don't tell me you've only just started using it recently."

"Yeah, I left school for a bit a few days ago. The Secret Passage was even longer than I thought."

"Hogsmeade was fun, wasn't it?" Fred leaned on his shovel, chin resting on the wooden handle, and blinked. "You didn't get caught by Flume, did you?"

"Flume?"

"The owner of Honeydukes," George explained.

"Oh, no, I didn't," Wade said. "I just found one thing very strange…"

He looked at them both and said, "You said you saw me coming out of the corridor with the mirror, and then we met in front of Paracelsus's portrait…"

"Huh? Was it like that?" Fred seemed a bit fuzzy on the details. He scratched his head and said, "Probably."

"But when I came out of the mirror corridor, I even checked to make sure there were no other students around."

Wade said, "Someone later told me that you two should have just come out of the Gryffindor common room at that time."

The person who told him, of course, was Zoe.

Not much in this castle could be hidden from House-elves and the ubiquitous portraits.

"Hmm…" George tilted his head and asked, "So?"

"You guys must have a magical item that can show everyone's whereabouts, right? I heard it's a piece of parchment?"

Wade sincerely said, "Could I borrow it to study the Alchemy on it? I promise I won't break it! Would one Galleon a day for rent be okay?"

"One Galleon? That's not cheap!" Fred said, then shook his head. "But no."

Wade paused, then offered a higher price, "Then… two Galleons?"

"It's not about the money." Fred said solemnly, "The Marauder's Map is a precious gift left by our predecessors for those who came after…"

George nodded, sighing, "We owe them so much… how could we use it to make money?"

"You can study the Marauder's Map for free." Fred nodded seriously and said, "But there are conditions…"

"Don't let anyone else see it, especially the professors and Filch…"

"And… we also need to learn from the spirit of our predecessors and help the new generation of rule-breakers…"

The twins burst into laughter.

Then Fred pulled out a square piece of parchment. It looked very old and was completely blank.

"We stole this from Filch's office. He had it locked in a drawer, and it was labeled 'Confiscated Material, Extremely Dangerous.'"

George said, "He taught us more than all the teachers in the school combined."

"Remember the charm." Fred pulled out his Wand, lightly touched the parchment, and said, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good!"

Thin ink lines quickly spread out like a spiderweb, and several lines of green text began to appear—

Messrs. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs

Purveyors of Aids for Magical Mischief-Makers

Are Proud to Present

THE MARAUDER'S MAP

In a flash, the entire map of Hogwarts formed on the parchment, even showing every corridor and every room.

Tiny black dots, like sesame seeds, moved on the map, with very small letters forming names beside them.

These letters were much smaller than they appeared in the film.

In crowded places like the Great Hall, common rooms, and classrooms, it looked more like a large cluster of ants, impossible to make out clearly.

But the Weasley Twins didn't care about the students gathered together; they probably only focused on where the professors and Filch were patrolling during their nighttime escapades.

"After you're done, just tap it and say 'Mischief Managed,' and it'll turn back into a blank piece of parchment," George said.

Wade looked at the twins; their smiles were a bit silly, as if they had no idea how valuable the item they had just revealed was.

Wade folded the parchment and smiled, "Then may I invite you to study it with me? I remember you two are also studying Alchemy?"

The Weasley Twins perked up at the mention of it. "That would be great! But the magic on the Marauder's Map is very complex!"

"We've been working on some prank candies recently, but they're a bit too harmful..."

Before George could finish, Hagrid's voice boomed, "Hey, I hope you two have finished cleaning the pigsty while you've been chatting!"

The twins stuck out their tongues and quickly started hosing down the pigpens.

"Hey, Wade. Don't be like them and treat your own life like a game."

Hagrid came over with a large bucket of feed, gently nudged the piglets gathered around the trough with his finger, and then poured in the feed.

Wade asked him, "Is the Dragon okay in the Forbidden Forest?"

"It's fine. The creatures in the Forbidden Forest can't hurt Norberta."

Hagrid said fondly, "Ah, it's a good thing Dumbledore allowed her to stay... For Norberta, the most dangerous thing in this world is people... Her original habitat was also full of people..."

As he spoke, he picked up a few of the grown piglets, looked at them closely, and then placed them into the adjacent pigpen.

"Then... she won't harm the animals in the Forbidden Forest, will she?" Wade asked.

"Dumbledore reached an agreement with the centaur tribe," Hagrid said. "Norberta also lives very far away, and she promised not to hunt around the school or harm any intelligent species. She really is a good girl, isn't she?"

Wade looked at some of the burns on Hagrid's arm and couldn't bring himself to nod in agreement.

Hagrid invited him, "Why don't you come to my hut for a cup of tea? I just made some rock cakes."

"No, thank you," Wade politely declined. "I still have homework to do."

After saying goodbye to Hagrid and the Weasley Twins, Wade returned to the Room of Requirement. The first thing he did was spread out the Marauder's Map and look towards the Gryffindor common room.

If he wasn't mistaken, there should be an extra name there—

"Wormtail" Peter Pettigrew.

One of the Marauders, a good friend of James Potter and Lupin, and the true betrayer back then.

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