Rejection and Acceptance

"Alright, so what is it you wanted to talk about you filthy blood-traitors?" Draco demanded with a sneer.

"Well, you poor"

"Decrepit"

"Pure-blooded"

"Dork"

"We want to try"

"And find some"

"Hidden passageways." The twins answered.

"Gonna make fun of me too?" Harry asked wryly.

"No, we would"

"NEVER insult"

"Such a sweet"

"Adorable"

"Muggle-loving"

"Boy-who-lived"

"To-be-our-slave"

"And-saviour-of-the-wizarding-world."

"Whatever gave you."

"Such an idea?" The twins teased.

Draco was hard-pressed not to laugh outright at their stupid comments and Harry's face. "Why should I help such agonizing freaks?"

"Because if you don't."

"We are going to have to."

"Tie you naked to a bed."

"And have our wicked."

"Wicked way."

"With you." They leered at him.

"You would rape my boyfriend?" Harry snorted.

"Absolutely."

"Not." They answered, seeming aghast.

"But you just said..." Draco pointed out.

"Wicked."

"Wicked."

"Way." The twins answered.

"We wouldn't."

"Ever want to."

"Touch a poof."

"Such as yourself."

"In a sexual."

"Manner."

"We like our."

"Bollocks the way they are."

"And so do our girls."

"And our men."

"Having them hexed off."

"By Harry."

"Is not in our."

"Plans."

"Then what..." Harry started.

"He will be the newest."

"Nakedest."

"Weasley."

"Wizarding."

"Wheezes."

"Product tester." They answered and giggled at the horrified faces of the two boys.

"I'd rather rape." Draco gulped.

"So how can we help you?" Harry asked.

"Well you know our special map shows ever so many shortcuts, hideaways, secret passages and things right?" George asked as Fred ran off.

"Yeah." The two chorused.

"Well we found this book and apparently we have about fifteen more hidden passageways and stuff." George explained.

"Okay, so why do you need our help?" Harry asked.

"We need your help because you guys actually spend time in the dungeons and you aren't likely to kill us if we come with you. Nor will any other Slytherins. Because of how all the other passageways are set up on all the other levels we think there are about ten on each and every level. That means, ten in the dungeons haven't been found, one on the ground floor, one on floor three, two on the sixth floor and one more on the seventh floor." As George finished explaining, Fred ran up.

"I'll finish here, Angela wants to speak to you." Fred told his twin.

"Alright, thanks." George answered as he ran back the way Fred had just come.

"This is the book we found. We figure too much time has passed to get any prize, but we want to finish the challenge. Finding the last fifteen would make an awesome goal for our fifth year. So want to help us?" Fred asked smiling.

"Absolutely." Draco answered, already having shed his pretend uppity airs.

"Sure, it seems really cool. We'll have to make plans though. Let's meet tomorrow at lunch and plan it out." Harry suggested. Once it was agreed, Fred ran to join his twin and Harry and Draco disappeared to discuss the new events and have another fun snogging session.

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The next day found the four boys at the Slytherin table during lunch, sectioned off at the end, and a privacy bubble encompassed them, with the strength of all four boys, no one would be able to sneak in and listen to them. Even though they knew they should probably give the marauders map to Dumbledore, they all figured they could keep it safe enough, and no one knew who could use it even if they DID lose it.

"However," Harry conceded. " Maybe I should put a returning charm on it, so no matter what happens, it will always return unto mine arms, unharmed and unused?"

"Brilliant." Draco declared giving him a chaste kiss on the cheek, as Harry smiled back with glee.

"Okay, well as we figure it" George interrupted them.

"There is only really one way to do this." Fred announced.

"Search EVERY nook and cranny!" The twins chorused.

"That'll take a while." Draco mused.

"We have until the end of the year." Harry pointed out.

"Christmas break is a month away, we should have plenty of time before that if not after." George agreed.

"It's not we need to study for anything important at all." Fred grinned.

"Cause O.W.L.s are not important right?" Draco snorted sarcastically.

"So glad you."

"Finally understand." The twins laughed at him.

"So, once we finish eating, we'll look at the map and the different passageways and see if we can't figure out the way they're placed. Then me and Draco can look in the dungeons, and we'll draw a map, and you guys can look upstairs and see if you can't find them?" Harry suggested as a game plan.

"Agreed." Fred answered.

"Well, I know the dungeons best I suppose." Draco announced airily.

"Fourth best." George pretend-coughed. "Let's make a wager then? Whoever finds the most today... Has to do one thing each of the other teams two members decide."

"Absolutely." Draco agreed. They polished off their lunches quickly after removing the privacy bubble.

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"Alright, let's meet back here in four hours." Harry suggested from the Entrance Hall.

"And whoever has found a passageway, or the most, gets to use the others as personal slaves for a day." Draco suggested. "Just to an extent however. No truly torturous or sexual things."

"Aww, what if we really, REALLY want those sexual things to happen?" Fred whined.

"NO!" Harry decided backing Draco up.

"Alright, how about the losers choose the limitations, to an extent?" George offered.

"I guess that COULD be worked out." Draco agreed.

"Yeah, as long as we accept the limits of the target." Harry affirmed.

"Alright."

"Time set."

"Everyone ready?"

"Let's go!" The four boys tore off in two directions.

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"Ok Draco, if you look at the upper floors, they don't seem to meet up at all..." Harry mused.

"They do kind of. I mean look here." Draco pointed to a point on the map. "Then each is like subsequent, It's creating a circle on the outside, but the what is the figure inside? There are too many pieces missing to tell. Fortunately, if you look here, there should be four hidden spaces in the dungeons, here, here, here and here." Draco tapped each point on the map.

"You're BRILLIANT." Harry beamed and leaned in for a quick enthusiastic kiss.

"I know." Draco smirked. "Don't I deserve a better kiss?" Draco pouted.

"You want to win don't you? If we stay here all day and make-out we
aren't going to win." Harry pointed out.

"True... and it's almost worth it... But we'll have another make-out session once we win." Draco decided, he grabbed the map they had and dragged Harry out the door.

~~ ~~ ~~ ~~

"Alright, are we looking at the map first or just gonna look around and hope to stumble? We know how many on each floor right?" Fred asked.

"True, abso, but we need to see the layout how everything is, maybe try and connect the dots.." George suggested. "We need a place to start, we can't search every painting doorway, wall and everything."

"Alright then, your way it is." Fred sighed in agreement. George spread out his map. Using a quick incantation he put up a small three dimensional image with points for all the known secret passageways.

"Alright, look at this, if we look from the top, it's a circle with four points missing."

"Yeah, here, here, here and here." Fred agreed pointing them out.

"Yes, well for us to figure out where there would be any we have to figure out this middle picture."

"But there's like six pieces missing from the dungeons and like five or more from other floors. All for the centre design." Fred pouted.

"Come on handsome, we'll figure it out." George tried to raise his brother's spirits.

"Yeah, well, what if we look at it from other sides as well?" Fred suggested. A flick of his wrist later and they were staring at the image from the north side.

"It' just a jumble of dots." Another flick of the wrist brought them to the east side.

"It looks kinda like something, but not really anything." Another flick.

"Dots again." George sighed and flicked his wrist.

"Hey look, this looks like... something..." Fred pointed out.

"Maybe if we connect this... And this over here... That doesn't look right." George mused.

"Because it goes like this" Fred changed the line.

"Alright, and then this."

"And here."

"It curves a bit more over here..."

"And if we cross off where the lines all intersect..."

"There should be point over here.. and here." George lit up the indicated spaces.

"Well, if we turn it around this way."

"And using these dots already."

"We add these lines over here, here and here."

"Curve them this way."

"And perfect!" Fred announced.

"Not quite. If those all look that way, then there has to be two more pictures." George scolded.

"Well if we look at these drawings... Can't we infer that."

"Of course. And then here would be..." George muttered excitedly.

"Abso and fabu." Fred answered grinning evilly.

"Alright draw the lines over there I'll do this side and we'll see if they all interconnect." Once they were done they looked at their little cube. After minor adjustments of where their lines should connect they had the complete picture.

"And now we have... ONE hour... Where did all our time go?" George panicked.

"It's all right. They probably haven't figured anything out yet. We're way ahead." Fred assured him as they ran to the closest point on the map.

"It has to be here somewhere..."

"Or over here... But does it come with a password..."

"Does it have a crack in the wall?"

"Can't we just give up?" Fred at last huffed leaning against the wall.

"We only have AHHH!"

"Fred... Fred, where'd you go!?" George demanded.

*Thump Thump... "Mmpgh, Mmetmmm mmmmeee mmmm thump thump"* The wall where Fred leaned against answered.

George looked at the wall stunned... Fred had figured it out... But how.

"Get back out here! That's not funny!" George shouted at the wall.

Muffled angry shouts were his answer. "Oh brother." George sighed leaning against the wall. Suddenly he was in a black space.

"Hey get me out of here!!!" George thumped against the wall. "This isn't funny!!!" Then he was pulled into the light again.

"All right, we found a secret passage!!" Fred announced happily.

"But how? How did we get in? And how did you get me out?" George grumbled.

"I sent a suit of armor in your place." Fred answered calmly. "And you got me out by leaning against the wall."

"Glad to be of service. Let's go meet up with the others."

"Yeah. And we're gonna win!! What shall we have them do?" Fred grinned evilly.

~~ ~~ ~~ ~~

Harry and Draco decided to start on the closest point they figured on finding a hidden passageway. This was the one facing the front of the school, the driveway and the whomping willow.

"All right, how do we figure out exactly where it is?" Harry mused aloud.

"Well that is easy. We look about for clues and tough all the walls first. To see if any of them are not solid or if they can be moved. It should be within ten metres either way." Draco offered.

"Alright. I'll search this side, you that." Harry offered. The boys quickly got to work and soon the only noises came from the brushing of hands against stone, wood, tapestries and metal. There were a few curses that brushed into the air when one of the boys got a splinter or scraped their hands too hard. Harry jumped when Draco cursed very loudly and the sounds of metal and another object thumped on the ground. Whirling around, he saw that Harry had tripped over a suit of armor and was now rubbing his sore arse.

"Are you alright?" Harry asked Draco.

"I'm perfectly fine." Draco pulled himself up and tried to retain his dignity. Harry giggled. "Don't laugh at me!" Draco snarled with a total lack of menacing emotions.

"Yes sir, sorry sir, won't happen again sir." Harry teased.

"Damn straight you poof!" Draco mocked, slinking closer.

"Don't hurt me sir, I'm just a wee lil boy." Harry pouted in a small voice.

"I think I'd better teach you a lesson in manners." Draco smiled as he pushed Harry against the wall.

"Will it be a good lesson milord?" Harry teased again.

"Oh yes. It'll give you shivers." Draco teased, catching Harry's mouth in a kiss at the end of the sentence. After kissing him senseless, Draco curved his arm around his boyfriend to keep him upright and reached out a steadying hand. The stone however shifted under his fingers and then both he and Harry were falling into the wall. Harry gasped in shock when he started falling backwards and then his breath was forced out of his lungs when Draco fell on top of him. Once they finally landed at the end of a short pipe, they were both dizzy and disoriented.

Just as Harry's eyes were slightly beginning to get used to the darkness a bright light was lit and a wand was shoved into his throat.

"Who are you?" A rough voice demanded.

"I I am H-Harry P-P-Potter." Harry stuttered against the wand at his throat.

"Oh Great Merciful Merlin." The voice rasped out and Harry was hauled to his feet and into an embrace. At Harry's squeak of surprise and fear, Draco jumped to his feet and pulled out his own wand.

"Get OFF!" Draco demanded pointing his wand at Harry's attacker.

"Oh stop that boy. Get walking over that way if you don't want your friend to get hurt. And put that wand away before you poke your eye out." The voice demanded gruffly.

Draco complied out of fear for his love and within ten minutes they had walked from a small narrow path onto a larger higher path.

"Turn right." The hoarse voice instructed. Finally they arrived at a set of stairs and the stranger used his wand to open a hidden trap door in the floor of the building.

When the two boys and the stranger climbed through the trap, both boys jumped to one side of the room and away from the strange man.

"Harry Potter. I haven't seen you since you were nothing but a baby." The stranger commented.

"Who are you?" Harry demanded, standing solidly beside Draco.

The stranger lit a couple of lights with his wand. "I am your godfather, Sirius Black."

A.N.: All right everyone, I've gotta say sorry for taking so long first off, thanks to Crazy Pedantic for getting back to me and I hope everyone likes this chapter please review if you liked it i love knowing what people think. i don't mind reviews that just say 'i liked this chapter' so don't be shy.

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