The Egg Hunt

“Why did we agree to do this again?” Ron asked with a sleepy yawn as he made his way down the winding stairs of the Burrow. “We're on holiday.”

“They said that not participating would have dire consequences.” Harry reminded Ron, though he was much more happy than his sleepy friend.

The twins had invited, or forced, a select group of people to participate in whatever they had planned for the day. Obviously, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were the first they had thought of, but to even out the number they also asked Ginny, Neville, and Luna to join in. When the group of witches and wizards had all gathered in the small living room Fred and George made their appearance.

“Welcome, welcome, welcome...” George started with a wave of his arms.

“...to the first annual…” Fred continued stepping up next to his brother.

“...Weasley Wizard Wheezes…”

“Easter Egg Hunt!” They finished in unison with their arms spread wide.

Most of the group looked around with the amount of uneasy that was proper when dealing with one of the twin’s activities. Only Luna seemed to still be smiling at the idea of participating in this event.

“I’m sure you all are very eager to get started so we will get right to the rules.” George said and looked to his brother.

“You will be broken up into three teams of two.” Fred stated as he got down to business.  

“We have preselected your teams so no single team has any particular advantage over the others.” George added and took out some note cards.

Fred glanced at the top card and read out the team. “The pink team will be Harry and Ron” he said with a grin as his younger brother grumbled about being pink.

“The lavender team will be Ginny and Neville.” George read and then turned to Hermione with a huge grin.

“And the peach team will me Hermione and Luna.” Fred said with his own grin.

Hermione rolled her eyes at them and shook her head.

“Here is how the game is played. Each team will be entering the maze...” George started but was soon cut off.

“Maze?” Ron asked and looked at the other with an uncomfortable expression.

“Yes maze, now let us continue without interruption please.” Fred glared at his brother. “Each team has their own entrance into the maze.”

“To progress through the maze a team much find an egg of their color…”

“...and perform the task they find within.”

“How many eggs does each team have?” Hermione asked, sounding a little interested at this point.

“Good question.” Fred said and winked at the younger girl. “Each team needs to find three eggs and then get to the center of the maze.

“They will have to place their eggs in a basket  of the same color.”

“Once that’s done, you’ve finished the maze and won the hunt.”

“There’s a prize for each team, but if you don’t finish the maze…”

“...all you’ll win is our eternal ridicule.” George finished with a grin.

“We’ll be flying above to make sure no one cheats.” Fred added and eyed his younger brother.

“I don’t cheat!” Ron snapped.

“Right.”  George said sounding unconvinced.

“Now, shall we head out to see the maze?”  Fred asked and motioned to the door.

As each person stepped out of the Burrow they were stunned to find a large wall of green where a field had been just yesterday.  The neatly cut hedges were more than ten feet tall and seemed to go on for miles on each side.  Directly in front of the house was what looked like an archway of purple flowers, only what should have been a space in the center of the arch was filled with more hedge.

“Bloody hell.”  Ron said what they were all thinking.

The twins beamed in front of them all as they could see the dumbfounded looks on their friend’s faces.

“This is the lavender entrance.”  George told them all.

“It and the rest of the entrances will open on a signal from us.”  Fred added.

“That way no group gets any more time than any other.”

“The maze is a triangle cut into three sections that are exactly the same.”

“Each side is exactly one mile long, so you should be in there a while.”

“But don’t worry, food is provided if anyone gets hungry.”

“Is everyone ready?”  The twins asked together and clapped their hands.