The Anger .

Hedwig hooted happily at him and raised her leg.

Harry, after shrinking the small envelope due to it's weight, tied it to the owl's leg. Hedwig gave the back of his hand a bit of a loving scratch with her beak before taking to the air and flying back out again.

'Well,' thought Harry. 'That's a prank on its way to being set up.'

After Hedwig flew off, Harry quickly grabbed his book bag and hurried down to the library. The next afternoon Harry was wandering down one of the more remote passages deep within the castle when he was suddenly grabbed and dragged into an alcove.

As he was released he drew his wand and spun about. Standing before him were a pair of identical twins wearing Gryffindor robes. Weasleys.

"Hello, ickle Harrikins," said one.

"What brings you wandering all on your lonesome all the way down here?" the other asked.

"I'm just trying to figure out my way around this mausoleum," replied Harry warily. "I'm just getting a feel for all the corridors and hallways into a bit of a map inside my head." "Well," said one. "Unless you're also aware that the castle has this tendency to rearrange itself, as needed..."

"...then your mental map is not going to do you much good," continued the other. "Sorry?" asked Harry. "You mean classrooms and hallways and the like can move?" "Indeed, they can!" exclaimed one. "You've noticed how the stairs in the grand staircase move, right?" Harry nodded.

"Well, that can also happen with other parts of the castle."

The look on Harry's face made both twins grin.

"Look, you know it's a magic castle, right?" Harry nodded. "Then why is it so hard to understand and accept magic can do this?"

Harry realised his expression must have been one of disbelief because the two twins grabbed him and took him back out into the hallway.

"Alright, ickle Harrikins; follow us and we'll show you a hidden passage that may help you understand."

"Alright," nodded Harry.

The twins then led Harry down a passageway until they came to a section of blank wall. One of the twins reached out and gave a wall sconce a twist ninety degrees to the right and a section of wall slid open.

With a grin, one of the twins grabbed Harry by his robes over his shoulder and dragged him inside. "Alright," said one of the twins. "Lumos!" And his wand tip lit up.

Harry knew the Light Charm, having been one of the first he'd learned in charms class, and lit his own wand tip.

"Alright, this is where we now walk for a little ways," said one of the twins.

"Watch your step and your head," said the other.

Harry then walked with them for what felt like only a few yards before he came upon a set of stairs. He climbed up only about a single floor when he reached near level ground again. A few turns and the twins stopped just ahead.

"And this is what we mean by a magic castle, Harrikins," said one of the twins.

The other simply pushed on a section of wall and it pivoted open. Walking out, Harry found himself standing behind a large statue where it nearly filled an alcove off one of the main castle corridors.

One of the twins stuck his head out from behind the statue and looked back and forth. He then pulled his head back, looked at his twin and Harry, grinned and stepped out.

The other twin and Harry followed. Harry found himself standing in a well lit hallway.

The twins then led Harry down the hall and through a door at the end. When Harry walked through he was shocked to find they were standing near the very top of the very tall grand staircase.

"Whoa!" said Harry in a little shock. "That should not be possible."

"That's magic, Harrikins," said one of the twins. "We've just left one of the dungeon level passages..."

"... and are now on the seventh floor," said the other.

"And it only felt as if we ascended a little over a single story between there and here!" said the first.

"That's magic!" they said together.

"How many of those - secret passages are there?" asked Harry.

"We know of six," said one.

"But one of them's blocked from a tunnel collapse," said the other.

"And three of those lead outside the grounds," said the first.

"But, we know of others that aren't so secret," said the second.

"They're just shortcuts," said the first. "Walk down a short flight of stairs and you come out two floors up; that sort of thing," said the other.

"Dead useful for getting from the Great Hall to the Gryffindor common room..." said the first.

"...to the Ravenclaw common room, too, I dare say," said the other.

After they stopped speaking they looked Harry, expectantly. In as straight a face as he could Harry softly intoned, "Love, fifteen."

The twins gaped at Harry, then at each other, then back at Harry. Together, they said, "Huh?"

Harry sighed and just shook his head. "Sorry," he said. "Muggle joke."

"If you say so..." said one.

"... ickle Harrikins," said the other. With a quick shake of his head, Harry said, "Change of subject. I've heard from my sources that you two are the so-called reigning pranksters of the school. Is this true?"

"Indeed, we are," said one.

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