"'And'?" Fred and George echoed with emphasis, the teasing in their eyes practically overflowing.
They exchanged a knowing glance and grinned at Wizet.
"Looks like our description wasn't accurate enough!" Fred deliberately drew out his words. "It's not that he's 'welcome wherever he goes'—there are still people who find him annoying..."
"How could those be the same?" George immediately chimed in. "Staying at home means not moving from the spot. That doesn't count as 'welcome wherever he goes'!"
"Oh! Now I get it!" Fred said, suddenly enlightened. "Makes sense! Perfect sense!"
Fred and George's back-and-forth sent everyone into peals of laughter.
"Ahem, ahem!" Xenophilius coughed repeatedly, rubbing his nose as he said, "Skeeter, there are some things you don't need to say... Get back to the main subject! Stop talking about irrelevant things!"
"All right..." Rita Skeeter shrugged. "In short, Mr. Lovegood was worried that something might happen to you, and since this place isn't too far from England..."
"He simply brought all the parents along. With Mr. and Mrs. Granger's help, they booked plane tickets and came over to see for themselves what exactly happened here."
"Yes!" Mrs. Weasley nodded in agreement. "It was all thanks to their help! We're truly so grateful!"
"Please, don't say that!" Mr. Granger said hurriedly. "It was no trouble at all!"
Mrs. Granger said, "We should be the ones thanking you... If you hadn't informed us, I wouldn't even have known something like this had happened."
"That about covers our side of things," Rita Skeeter said. "Next... it's time for what we're curious about. What exactly happened today?"
She opened the ever-present crocodile-skin handbag, and a quill and parchment flew out, floating at either side of her as though ready to begin.
"On the way here, I already learned quite a bit about