"Hey, you three, what are you sneaking around for?"
Hagrid had just emerged from the Hunting Cabin with Harry, Hermione, and Ron, intending to head into the forest, when he spotted Fred, George, and Lee Jordan walking toward the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest. He bellowed at them.
"We're not sneaking around. Otherwise, you wouldn't have seen us at all," Fred loudly corrected him as the four people and one dog approached.
As if to prove he was not lying, Fred pulled his wand from his belt, cast a spell on himself, and vanished right before everyone's eyes.
"You lot..."
Hagrid nearly choked on his anger.
"A Disillusionment Charm?" Hermione raised an eyebrow as she studied the spot where Fred had disappeared.
"That's right." Fred reappeared.
"This spell is perfect for sneaking out at night. As long as you don't run into a professor, there's no problem." George grinned. "Filch doesn't understand magic, so he can't see through the Disillusionment Charm. You could walk right around him and he wouldn't notice."
"Want to learn it?"
"You three..." Hermione glared at her three troublesome roommates.
"Ahem. What are you going into the forest for?" Hagrid asked. He was not about to let three dangerous troublemakers wander into the Forbidden Forest.
"Obviously, we're going to watch the fight," Lee Jordan said as though it were only natural.
"This is a rare opportunity. You should come too." Fred slid his wand back into his wand holster.
"That's a nice thing. Where did you buy it?" Ron asked, staring at the wand holster on Fred's waist.
"No idea. Albert gave it to me as a birthday gift a while back. It's pretty useful. If you want one, ask him yourself." Fred's tone shifted. "Though I doubt you'd buy one anyway."
To Ron, that was