The Potter Twins: Heroes of Two Different Worlds

Chapter 16 (Part 1)

Hey guys, Butterlover328 here with the next chapter of the Potter Twins!! After this upload, things are going to slow down for a while as school has started back up for me, and this semester is loaded with homework. It's only the first week, and I've been up until at least midnight each night trying to finish my homework. (Well, at least there's only 17 more full weeks to go, but this semester is also when all the random days off happen (because they don't want to save those up for snow days apparently) so it'll take longer than that. Anyways, it's going to go back to that horrible waiting period of a few months before a 4000 word update, and this one's shorter than normal, so I'm really sorry about that, but like I said, I just don't have the time to write.

However, I may end up taking any time that I have to start the full-scale edit of this story (as I have changed my mind on several plot points and in order for this story to continue the way I want it to it needs to be fixed) so that might mean that there will be more updates, but they will be revised versions of the chapters. YOU WILL NEED TO READ THEM, especially the first few chapters, as basically everything will change about them. I will also be condensing the split chapters together and reordering the chapters. Each time I post a revised chapter, I will change the chapter title to match with the ones on the other websites, and there will be a note at the beginning that says that it has been revised. Again, you will need to read the revised chapters so that you aren't confused as the story continues. And on that note, I'm just going to end the A/N here and let you guys read, so I hope you all enjoy the chapter, and I'll see you later (no matter how much later it is). Bye!!

~Butterlover328

After spending nearly a week in the Hospital Wing, Madam Pomfrey finally gave Harry and Percy a clean bill of health after they both showed her they could perform simple spells without using an excessive amount of magic. But as much as the twins loathed to admit it, the days they were stuck in the Hospital Wing were a blessing. Apparently the rumor mill had gotten wind of the story Harry told Dumbledore and had spread it like wildfire all over the school. However, they had all come up with their own ways as to how Harry had stopped Quirrel, since no one had been able to get the true story as to what happened. Though not surprising, even the craziest rumor hadn't come close to what Percy could remember of what really happened, as none of the rumors had mentioned Voldemort sticking out of the back of Quirrell's head. The one the twins found the funniest was the one that said Harry had beaten him "with the power of love", especially since even the ones who were spreading that rumor had no idea what that meant.

"I bet it's Dumbledore's explanation." Harry said when they calmed down enough to be able to speak normally again.

"Eh, probably. After all, it takes a lot of suspicion off of him. I just can't believe how many people bought that excuse and started spreading it themselves." Percy made a face that Harry subconsciously mirrored as they thought about the number of girls who had asked Harry if they helped him beat Quirrell with his supposed love power. After they had gotten swarmed at breakfast the day the twins escaped the Hospital Wing, Percy, Neville, Draco, and Hermione had taken to forming a barricade around Harry to escape the barrage of students asking for the real story about what happened. If Draco and Hermione weren't around, Harry made good use of the Invisibility Cloak to get around.

The Weasley Twins even let them use a map they had of Hogwarts in exchange for some information about what actually happened when the five first years went into the third floor corridor. Harry and Percy told them about the Cerberus (which Fred and George already knew about, having tried to sneak into the corridor themselves, but they had never gotten past it) and some of the other traps there, and they also told them that the Philosopher's Stone (which they explained was what was being protected) was a fake, so the entire thing was a waste.