International Magical Federation Candidate

"Oh! No!" Ron's face went pale in an instant. "Oh, no no no no no!"

"Oh, yes." Ginny replied with a grin. "Yes, yes, yes, yes."

Ginny looked delighted. Harry found it hard to tell whether she was laughing because she had seen her brother being embarrassed, or whether she genuinely cared about his love life.

"By the way, George, Fred, how did you get in?" Harry asked.

"We applied," George said easily.

"We originally came to Hogsmeade Village today to surprise Ron, but after waiting for ages without seeing any of you come out, we took out the Tarot Cards and asked Tierra what was going on," Fred said.

"And Tierra said that because things had been a little unsettled outside lately, the once-a-week trips to Hogsmeade Village had been changed to once every two weeks," George added. "Then we said it was Ron's birthday today and asked whether we could come into Hogwarts to surprise him."

"And Tierra said we could. We just had to fill out a form to register, then leave our wands with Filch at the gate."

"And that's how we got in," Fred concluded.

"Well, that... that really is convenient," Ginny muttered. "Why can't we get out while people outside can just come in whenever they want?"

"Don't ask. The answer is safety," George teased.

"But wouldn't it be safer to restrict us from leaving school and forbid outsiders from entering?" Ron muttered disgruntledly. He had clearly been looking forward to this Hogsmeade trip, which happened to fall on his birthday, for ages, only for Tierra to suddenly issue a security lockdown.

"Who knows?" George shrugged. "But it's true that things have been unsafe internationally lately."

"Unsafe?" Harry asked in confusion. "What kind of unsafe?"

"Um..." George Weasley drew out the sound before saying,