HARRY POTTER :flash forward.

"Think about what you can do with them if a notice-me-not charm can be placed on them; with a long enough piece of string," explained Daphne. "You can hang one in Dumbledore's office directly above his desk with the string hanging down to somewhere where you can listen in.

"Or, you can still do that, but maybe you can place a listening charm on the knob end of the string; and listen in from somewhere else."

Harry and Hermione, again, looked at one another before Harry said, "I think we need to talk to the twins again."

Turning to look at him, Hermione asked, "Harry, are you going to fund the twins for their shop again?"

"Yeah," he replied. "Their store was... will be... brilliant! I definitely didn't lose anything by funding them. Actually, I'm pretty sure I turned a decent profit."

"You don't know?" asked Daphne.

Shaking his head, Harry replied, "I was a little busy attending sixth year, getting tortured by Snape under the pretence of Occlumency lessons and hunting horcruxes while the store was operational. I only know it was turning a good profit from what I saw of the store in operation. Plus what the twins told me."

"But surely, your..." she began before halting. "No. You wouldn't have been receiving your bank statements, or hearing anything else from your Account Manager."

"Exactly," affirmed Harry.

"The twins developed quite a good range of products that aided the aurors, last time through," said Hermione. "Those Shield Hats were one such product. However, the Death Eaters also made use of some of their products, such as the Peruvian Darkness Powder."

"Yeah," said Harry. "Maybe, this time, we can voice our 'concerns' about Death Eaters getting hold of their products and see if something can be done to stop that; or, at least, greatly reduce it."

"I was always surprised those two created such a good business," said Daphne. "After all, word has it they're below average students."

Harry grinned and said, "They're fudging their assignments and exams."

"They're what?" asked a dismayed Hermione. Clearly, she didn't know they were doing that.

"They're deliberately downplaying just how brilliant they are by turning in average assignments and doing poorly in exams," replied Harry.

Dismayed that anyone would do such a thing, Hermione gasped, "But, why?"

"Because, if they do well, their mother would force them to take jobs within the Ministry," he explained. "By doing poorly... or just seeming to do poorly... with their schooling, they make themselves pretty much unemployable for the Ministry. So, when they want to open their shop, they believe their mother will not put up such a stink."

"Just how good are they really?" asked Daphne.

"Just about every prank they've come up with since about second year has included potions and spells they've invented," he explained. "That's second years, inventing potions and spells. Lately, they've also been inventing rune-based pranks and products. Shield Hats, Extendable Ears, and such; that involves enchanting with permanency. There's your evidence of just how brilliant those two really are."

Hermione sat back and looked a little upset. "Why didn't I see that?"

"Because they're also brilliant at hiding what they're doing," replied Harry, trying to soothe Hermione's distress. "If you can figure out what they're doing, then so can one or more of the staff. That would then lead to letters going home to their mother." "And how did you figure it out," Hermione grumped. "Did they tell you?"

"Because I used to do the same thing; both in muggle school so I wouldn't get better marks than Dudley, and here so I wouldn't look like such a swot to Ron."

"And yet you let me," she grumped.

"I'm sorry, Hermione love. But, those loyalty potions I was getting dosed with..." he began.

Hermione looked horrified for a moment before she almost leapt into Harry's lap. "Oh, God, Harry! I'm sorry! I forgot!"

Giving them a moment, Daphne asked, "So, does this mean we can see a vast improvement in your scores, now?" "It does," he firmly replied with a grin.

Hermione used the opportunity to give him a kiss on his cheek before hopping off.

"Thinking further about it, I think we should share the secret of the Room of Requirement with them," he suggested.

"Give them somewhere to develop their products?" asked Daphne.

"Yep," he nodded. "Plus, I think it's time for them to be properly introduced to the last two original Marauders, Padfoot and Moony."

Having been told about the Marauders by Sirius while he was sharing anecdotes about Harry's father, Daphne snorted and said, "Give them ideas and ammunition for further pranks?"

"Yes," agreed Harry. "However, I'm more interested in Sirius and Remus giving them more ideas for products.

"I think it's Moony who kept their pranking journals. But, I also seem to remember Padfoot also has a few notes. That way, I can start our partnership with the twins by coming to them, not just with the one thousand galleons prize money, but with an introduction to the original Marauders and their depth of knowledge."

"I want to read those journals first," Daphne said, quite firmly.

"Me too!" said Hermione.

"Gemino," said Harry, reminding them of the copying charm. "No, I just want to make sure there's nothing in them that Slytherins consider secrets; or, can only be used against Slytherins," corrected Daphne.

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