Became good friends with the Boy Who Lived

Chapter 143 Communication, Communication

There were two crisp "crackling" sounds, and Fred and George appeared in the bedroom.

"You two have learned to Apparate?" said Harry grumpily.

"Of course!" Fred said matter-of-factly, "And passed the exam!"

"And with excellent results!" said George.

"We heard your speech on the fourth floor, man!" said Fred.

"It's so exciting!" said George.

"That's enough, you two!" Hermione said with lingering fear, obviously frightened by the sudden appearance of the twins. "Mrs. Weasley has always hoped that you wouldn't do this. It will take you no more than half a minute to come down from the fourth floor..."

"Time is Galleons!" Fred said as a matter of course.

"That's right!" said George. "Don't hold it in, Harry. Let it out! There are at least two people fifty miles away who won't appreciate your speech!"

"Honestly man, you're jamming the reception," Fred said, holding up something in his hand, a long, flesh-colored string.

"Retractable ears," George explained, "You were so loud just now that we could only hear your voice."

"In fact, we have always wanted to know what they discuss in the meeting!" said Fred.

"Especially today, old guy Snape came, looking so arrogant!" George said.

"You better be careful!" Ron said. "If mom finds out..." Ron shuddered.

"It's worth the risk," said Fred.

"Their meeting today seems to be very important..." George said, "Mom has done a great job of protection every time..."

"No, wait a minute!" Harry said, "Snape is here too?"

"Yeah," Fred sat down on the bed dejectedly, "He's reading a report, top secret!"

"Snot!" George cursed.

"Don't do this!" Draco couldn't stand it any longer, "Professor Snape is our comrade now."

"That was his nickname when he was a student. What can we do about it?" said Fred. "Look at his contemptuous attitude!"

"Besides, Bill doesn't like him either!" Ginny's last sentence was the final conclusion.

Only Draco was there, his pale face flushed red. Aeris patted Draco on the shoulder, signaling him not to get excited.

Harry's emotions have now stabilized and he has stopped shouting and yelling. Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Harry began to learn more information from the twins, such as Bill and Fleur were basically in a relationship; Charlie was in Romania carrying out Professor Dumbledore's secret mission, and Percy... chose the Ministry of Magic... chose to stand on Fudge's side.

"Don't mention Percy in front of Mom later!" said Fred.

"Now, whenever someone mentions Percy, Mom can't stop crying, and Dad will smash everything on hand..." George said a little sadly.

"That's horrible!" Ginny whispered as well.

"What on earth happened?" Harry demanded.

"Mr. Crouch has resigned and is enjoying his retirement!" said Fred.

"Percy got a promotion!" said George.

"He came home looking very pleased with himself," said Ron. "Assistant Minister for Magic, can you imagine how pleased he was with himself? Man!"

"But when Percy came home, the first thing he said was... for our family to cut off contact with Professor Dumbledore." Fred said with a strange expression.

"Fudge was furious at the Ministry of Magic," George said. "He had always believed that Professor Dumbledore was spreading rumors. You know, the mysterious man was back. Fudge used his influence to get more people to ignore Professor Dumbledore, saying that Professor Dumbledore was destroying the stability of the wizarding world."

"That's why Percy came home," said Fred. "He also said a lot of bad things, saying that Dad was not ambitious, had a bad reputation, and made our family live in poverty..."

"How can he talk like that?" said Harry indignantly. "I have never met a more responsible person than Mr. Weasley!"

Ginny hissed angrily, like a little she-cat with its fur standing on end.

"Perhaps Fudge's purpose in winning over Percy was to monitor the Weasley family!" Aris said, "Or to be more precise, to monitor Professor Dumbledore. Obviously, Fudge knew that the Weasley family had always had a good relationship with Professor Dumbledore. Unfortunately, Percy messed it up."

"You really hit the nail on the head, man," said Fred.

"Percy's last words were..." George took a deep breath, and then said, "If Dad insists on supporting Professor Dumbledore..."

"He'll let everyone know that he no longer belongs to this family..." Ron said with a dry laugh.

Everyone in the bedroom was groaning.

"Then Percy packed up and left," Ginny said, "and now lives alone in London."

"Percy just believed Fudge's lies," Hermione said. "Between Fudge and Harry, he chose to believe Fudge. Fudge has been using his influence in the Daily Prophet to shape Harry into a..."

"A love-starved, attention-seeking, lying, selfish little liar..." said Aeris.

"How come I don't know that I'm the same as Lockhart?" Harry said sarcastically, almost laughing out of anger.

There were footsteps outside the door, and Fred and George quickly Apparated away, and Mrs. Weasley opened the door.

"The meeting is over," said Mrs. Weasley. "Let's all go to the restaurant in the basement for dinner!"

Mrs. Weasley walked out of the bedroom first, and Ginny quickly followed with a smile.

"Let's go," Ron said, "I'm starving. If we wait a little longer, our dinner can be turned into a midnight snack."

The companions left the bedroom one by one, and when they reached the staircase landing, Ron stopped them.

"Wait a minute," said Ron, "They haven't even left the hall yet, maybe we can overhear something..."

A long flesh-colored string hung down in front of Aris and the others. They were Fred and George.

But Professor Snape had already left their sight, and obviously left. Fred and George cursed inwardly: "What a hell..."

"Snape never eats here," Ron whispered. "Thank God."

Everyone started to go downstairs. Mrs. Weasley signaled everyone to walk lightly, but only a "bang" was heard.

"Tonks!" Mrs. Weasley shouted angrily, looking over her shoulder.

The noise woke up the life-size portrait of old Mrs. Black, who began to shout and curse.

As if it was a chain reaction, all the portraits around started to scream and shout, and Remus and Mrs. Weasley hurriedly used magic to calm them down.

Aeris felt his brain buzzing and everyone covered their ears.

Sirius rushed out from the basement, "Regulus, stop our mother!" Sirius shouted.

"As you wish, my dear brother!" Regulus's portrait rushed into the frame of old Mrs. Black, trying to calm his mother's emotions.

Finally the "noise" stopped, leaving only the silence after the "noise".

"Harry James Potter!" Sirius looked at Harry, "Welcome home!"