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[unholeytwin]

The more people told Fred and George not to do something, the more they wanted to do it.  And that didn't change even here, so far from their families and everything they knew.  Which was exactly why the two of them had decided it was a brilliant idea to go investigate the woods.  Warnings would be taken in consideration, but otherwise mostly

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[holeytwin]

"We'd definitely have come across something by now back home." Not that he was willing to discount the reports of large animals - which apparently were happening more frequently. But large animals were an entirely different matter than say, werewolves or giant spiders or Death Eaters. They were intelligent (well, maybe not the Death Eaters) and if they were going to come after you they'd think up an equally intelligent plan. Then again he couldn't shake the feeling that maybe, just maybe, the similarities between the two woods went deeper than just the surface feeling.

But that's what they were going to find out.

George grinned back at his twin, keeping close behind him for the moment. They had had enough of staying behind walls, no matter what size, and the woods offered the perfect challenge. And it felt right to be toeing the line with Fred once again.

"Maybe it just needs a threatening name - like the Wicked Woods."

now i might be done

[unholeytwin]

"Exactly," he said, nodding in agreement. "Even if it was some small sort of thing. Or even invisible." He was almost hoping to run into something out here, anything, if only to give more of a sense of familiarity.

Fred slowed a bit, trying to keep in equal step with George as best he could, but weaving in and out required single file from time to time, which meant they had to begrudgingly do so. But he always preferred standing next to his twin, because that was what they did best, how they worked best. It was hard to be a productive member of society if your partner in crime was behind or in front of you.

His lips twitched with a smirk. "Wicked Woods. Quite catchy. I've always been fond of alliteration."

are you sure? are you really sure?

[holeytwin]

"And here I thought you just liked words beginning with 'W'."

Falling silent for a moment, he sidestepped a root while catching up to Fred. He still felt a twinge of guilt for somehow managing to leave his twin alone for three days. Three days of worry and unknown, and even though it killed him to not know what was happening back at Hogwarts with every passing day he had Fred. It made things bearable at the very least and a bit like home at the very best.

"Could be going about this all wrong. Who knows, they might not show up when people go looking for them."

yes. get out.

[unholeytwin]

"Well, a combination of both tends to yield the best results."

Having George with him made being here easier. He wouldn't want to be out here in the woods with anyone else, really. Fred trusted no one as much as his twin to have his back, especially when it came to shenanigans of what might perhaps be the more dangerous sort. His favorite kind!

"Then you'd think they would have showed up with everyone just sitting around in the barracks," he replied, pushing a branch out of the way. "Won't hurt in trying ourselves first, though. Maybe they're waiting for people to come to them. Lazy sods."