Chapter 243: Natural Enemies
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When Ginny started talking about how she got her hands on the Marauder’s Map, her eyes lit up imdiately—she was clearly proud of herself.
"Fred and George, tsk tsk, you probably don’t know this, but they both have a crush on Angelina. No—scratch that—it’s not even a secret crush anymore. They’ve already started writing love letters."
"So, you saw their letters and used them to blackmail them?" Tom guessed.
Ginny nodded, then shook her head. "Sort of. I did see the letters, but the point isn’t that I caught them writing them, it’s..."
The girl suddenly burst out laughing so hard she had to hold her stomach.
"It’s that the letters were co-written! George wrote one line, then Fred wrote the next. I saw them in the library scratching their heads for hours just to co up with a single sentence."
She was practically wheezing as she continued, "So tell , whose love letter is it supposed to be? If Angelina actually says yes, who exactly is she saying yes to?"
Tom blinked. "They... pieced it together?"
Fred and George, of course. It was so ridiculous it almost made sense—those two were so used to talking in turns that maybe they just couldn’t write a full sentence without the other finishing it.
That wouldn’t do, though. They’d have to grow out of it sooner or later.
"So, to save their reputations and be able to show their faces in school again, they handed
the Marauder’s Map."
"How thoughtful of them," Tom said dryly, ruffling Ginny’s hair. "The Weasley family’s truly blessed to have such a clever little sister."
"Exactly!" Ginny didn’t catch the teasing at all—she just looked even more smug. Luna, who was standing quietly nearby, twitched the corner of her mouth in silent despair for her friend’s IQ.
"Tom, do you know how much I’ve suffered lately?"
Ginny’s expression crumpled into a pout as she started her dramatic complaint. "Just to help you get that stupid map, I’ve been tailing Fred and George every chance I get! I haven’t even had ti to hang out with Luna. You can ask her if you don’t believe —she’s totally mad at ."
"No," Luna said seriously, shaking her head. "I could never be mad at you, Ginny."
Ginny: "..."
That was touching, sure—but she was in the middle of playing the victim to get a reward!
"Even if Luna doesn’t mind, I still feel guilty," Ginny quickly added, steering the conversation back to her goal.
Tom gave her a sideways glance. "You want a reward, don’t you?"
"Umm.. ok if you insist!" Ginny nodded eagerly.
"Alright," Tom said.
Ginny blinked in surprise. She hadn’t expected him to agree that easily.
"You’re not kidding ?" she asked, leaning forward a little, eyes wide with disbelief.
"Why would I?" Tom gently flicked her forehead to make her lean back. "But I’m busy lately. I’ll give you your reward in a few days."
He’d been so caught up in other things he’d nearly forgotten about the map entirely. The fact that Ginny hadn’t forgotten deserved at least so credit.
"Promise you won’t go back on it!" she said, delighted. Then, taking Luna’s hand, she happily skipped off.
Tom watched them go, then turned back to the parchnt in his hand, ready to get back to studying it.
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anwhile...
Professor McGonagall had just finished grading the first batch of "exams
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