The Weasley twins jogged all the way back and clambered through the entrance to the Gryffindor Common Room, panting.
Once inside, they found that no one had noticed them.
There were still quite a few people in the common room at this hour.
Hermione seemed to be coaching first-years in spells; the second- and third-years were also discussing something animatedly.
Some older students had tall stacks of books in front of them and were consulting sheets of parchment, seemingly looking up information.
After looking around, they finally spotted their classmates in a corner, rattling off something from memory!
Just then, their friend Lee Jordan noticed them and excitedly swung his formidable dreadlocks as he waved at them.
But a glare from Angelina quickly put him back in his place. He obediently picked up his copy of the "Potions Class Safety Regulations" to hide his face, making faces at the twins through a gap in the parchment.
For the first time, the Weasley twins felt a distinctly Ravenclaw atmosphere in Gryffindor.
They slung their arms around each other's shoulders and shouted excitedly:
"Hey, everyone, want to know what happened to us tonight?"
"Oh, I'm sure they don't want to hear about the Peeves-Repelling Charm!"
"Fred, since Professor Holmes's Immortal-Binding Rope Spell could tie Peeves into a peach,
"why isn't it called the Turn-Peeves-into-a-Peach Spell?"
"George, what did you say? Good heavens! Peeves actually signed a nonaggression pact with Professor Holmes?"
"Fred, you're amazing! Facing over a hundred ghosts alongside your brother!"
They successfully drew everyone's attention.
Bang!
An explosion rang out in the common room.
Many students instinctively looked toward the second-year Seamus Finnigan.
Seamus Finnigan hurriedly held up his book and said in alarm:
"It wasn't me! I was memorizing this. I haven't used my wand!"
Everyone gave him