"George, this is a very bad idea." I told her honestly as she continued to drag me towards the huge brick wall.

"Shush Fred. It's not that bad.", she said and I could feel the excitement radiating off her.

"George, stop. What if people recognise us?" I tried to reason.

"That's why we are wearing cloaks Fred. And trust me, this trip is going to be fun."

"You spelt Disaster wrong." I groaned, "See George, there is a simple rule our parents set for us: No going out unguarded. We can still turn around get three knights from the doorway and still go around for a trip." I told her, "Is that too much to follow?"

"Yes.", George replied, "I'm not going to follow mum's petty rules. Especially after what she did to me.", George gritted out, making me sigh.

Two months ago, dad was telling us his childhood recollections which included him and Uncle Caiden jumping out of the windows.

And George being George, had to try it too.

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With me.

I tried to stop her but she didn't listen and we both ended up breaking our ankle.

Mum lashed out real bad after hearing the news, lecturing me and George for an hour and then to our dad.

Now, usually when a royal or noble is injured, a healer mage can heal them just fine in a day or two.

However, to teach us a lesson, mum refused to let a mage heal us and instead went with the longer and natural method.

So the hyperactive George, who couldn't sit on the same spot longer than a few minutes, was stuck in the same bed for a month.

She was horrified at first and tried to emotionally blackmail mum but she didn't budge.

Mum shouldn't have pissed off George like that. Because as soon as she was healed, she again tried jumping out of the window (with a soft mattress below), just to spite mum.

But dad was a step ahead of her and had already made mean Uncle Mari cast a 'non-jumpable' spell on all the windows in the palace such that no human body can go out of it.

And now George was trying to find a new way to spite them both.

"I'm going to get my revenge." George said with a smirk, making me roll my eyes.

"It's a shit revenge, George. We are putting our own life at risk here."

"Well, I'm down for it."

"Then don't take me down with you."

George stopped at this and turned around to stare at my face for a moment before letting go of my hand.

"Okay, I'll go alone."

Then she swung that rope on one of the metal spikes on top of the wall and climbed up.

I watched her go before sighing and following behind her.

When I landed on the ground outside of the place she was already a few steps ahead of me.

I ran to catch up with her and saw a hint of a smirk on her face.

"It's just the twin bond." I said.

"Right." She smirked.

Then we walked towards the closest town in the capital.

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"Hey look at this one." I told George who was drooling over a sword.

She turned around to look at what I was pointing and gasped, "Woah!" She then started drooling over the metal shield I pointed.

We were inside a minor shopping street in the capital called 'Ancient Obelia' where a variety of historic items were available for sale.

As we walked towards a different store, a certain one caught my eye.

It had bowties and ribbons decorations and looked really small. George followed my gaze and then approached the shop.

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged woman who quickly attended to George's need.

After a few moments, George got a pink bowtie making me frown.

"You don't wear bowties. Why would you buy it?" I asked curiously as we walked away from the store.

"It's not for me." she replied with a smirk.

"How much was that for?" I asked.

"23 Bronze." She replied as she tucked them in her cloak.

"George, you gave her 25 Bronze." I deadpanned.

How can she still make mistakes on such essential but easy matters?

"I know Fred. I can count." She replied.

I raised my eyebrows as she continued, "The woman had children with her and by the looks of it, she was a single mother. I don't think her business is that much profitable, so a few extra bronzes shouldn't hurt." She explained.

"George, you can't go around giving every poor person some 'extra' money. It will empty the treasury one day." I argued.

"I spent my own pocket money, so it shouldn't be a problem. Besides, when I ascend the throne, I'll have some awesome scheme ready which can help the poor." She said, making me flinch.

She still thinks she'll ascend the throne...

She still doesn't know that I'm the one ascending the throne.

I knew it for a while that George had plans to rule this empire but I didn't say anything about it. Knowing her stubborn behaviour, she probably won't believe me if I say that a girl doesn't have the right to take over the Empire.

The sad fact is that, she hates history so she hasn't been studying it that thoroughly, so she probably didn't know this rule.

And even if she did, she probably thought that our parents would give us equal chance to become the heir.

And they probably would.....

.....if they knew George wanted to be the next heir.

Surprisingly, George had never, not even by mistake, had mentioned to our parents that she wanted to sit on the throne.

"George, why don't you tell mum and dad about your future plans?" I asked her.

"That's rude." She said, making me frown in confusion, "I mean they are still young and healthy and the current rulers. Me saying something like 'I want to rule this empire' in front of them...just sounds like I'm degrading them, to me at least." She explained, "Daughter or not, I would personally feel very offended if someone said something like that to my face, when I will be the Empress."

Ahh....it would be a lot less complicated if you just tell them.

George has a habit of taking things for granted, like how she thinks she'll ascend to the throne when I'm right beside her.

And I want to ascend the throne as well.

I mean why wouldn't I?

I've been trained for that, studying all day and then practicing sparing even though I have zero talent in it.

And the worst part is poison training.

That is pure torture and even after that, if I don't get the throne, I'll be pretty devastated.

George doesn't have any idea how it feels like when you even have a single drop of it in your body and I don't want her to feel that pain either.

Someone needs to tell her that she's not going to sit on the throne.

And I don't want to be that someone.

I don't want to hurt George like that.

I should at least convince her to tell mum and dad...

But before I could say anything, my nose caught a whiff of something amazing and before I knew it, my legs had walked me towards a pastry store.

My mouth watered as I looked at the piece of heaven they call a cake and quickly said, "Give me three pieces of everything in here."

The man beyond the counter shot his brows up in surprise, "Are you sure kid..?"

I ruefully shifted my eyes from the love of my life to the money pouch I had in my hand and quickly calculated how much money I had and how much I can purchase.

"Ahh...give me five pieces of that." I pointed at a chocolate cake who was begging to be eaten.

Two for me. Two for mum. Dad and George can share.

"Missy, can you even eat so much?"

I frowned and looked up at the middle-aged man staring at me weirdly.

"It's none of your concern." I replied coldly as I watched my cake being packed in a box.

Suddenly, I felt two hands shove me on the ground.

Ugh- why are people so nosy and stupid?!

"What did you say missy?" He sneered.

Before I could open my mouth to retort, I heard a voice which made me relax instantly.

"FRED! Found you- wait... Why are you on the ground?"

George quickly helped me up by holding my hand making me wince a little.

"Are you hurt?", she asked then examined my arm before her eyes widened.

I looked at my arm which was a little scraped, but George was looking at it as if I lost my arm.

"Oh, missy has another sister, I see~" The stupid man said as George narrowed her eyes at him.

"Did you hurt him?", George asked with an alarmingly chill voice.

"Pfft- yes I did, girl. What are you going to do about it?" The man taunted as he stood tall in front of George who barely came up to his waist.

"Hey! Pick someone your own size!", someone from the crowd, that had formed around us (wow, that was fast), shouted.

"He has."

Was the only thing George said before she smashed the top of her head on the man's crotch making him gasp in pain and then turned around in the blink of an eye and hit his tailbone with her elbow so hard that I heard it crack.

This much was to be expected since she practiced fighting with Brother Percy and Aunt Ly on a daily basis.

The man landed flat on his face on the ground as she climbed over him a and locked his arm backwards. The crowd cheered her on, muttering 'Daebak'.

Then she bent down and grabbed a fistful of his hair and whispered something in his ear which had him trembling on the ground.

Then she skimmed over to me as if she did not just beat a man twice her size.

She smirked,"I was so cool just now."

"Sur-", "

A chilling voice said and the next second, George and I were lifted up and on the shoulders of the said person.

"See, I told you they'd be here." A familiar voice said making me gasp and look at the redhead, "Eva?"

She just smirked and high fived Ezra as George gasps, "Traitors! How can you give us away like that?! You're supposed to be loyal to us!!!" George exclaimed.

"You shouldn't have sneaked out without us then." Was Eva's response and Ezra nodded in agreement.

"You should not just sneak out in general." Said the person who was carrying me and George on their shoulders.

"Aunt Ly?" George guessed.

"Who else" Aunt Ly replied blankly, "Your mother freaked out bad and sent me to get you two. And now you're going straight to the palace and be grounded for weeks."

George smirked, "That was the plan.", I groaned, "Minus the grounded part." I said before realisation dawned on me, "wait! I need to collect my cake."

"Just eat it at the palace." Aunt Ly responded in monotone, though she had a bit of agitation in her voice.

"But-", "-Eat. It. At. The. Palace."

"Okay." I mumbled sadly.

Aunt Ly then stopped in front of a carriage and threw us inside it as Eva and Ezra climbed in.

"I'm seriously disappointed in you George." Eva started, "I was there beside you all month when you broke your ankle while being stupid. And when it's time to have some fun, you conveniently leave me out of it."

George's eyes softened as she said, "It's not like that... But we were going to the shopping street called 'Ancient Obelia'"

Eva's face contracted with disgust as George and I announced at the same time, "See! This is exactly why we didn't tell you!"

We both gasped as we said the exact same thing at the same time and high fived each other while grinning.

Eva frowned and then looked at her twin beside her, "Why doesn't this happen to us?" She asked as Ezra just shrugged in response before looking at us and saying, "Don't act like you wouldn't react the same if we say 'the Great Perukan Empire'." And my eye twitched as George's lips turned downwards in disgust.

"See, we just have mutual hatred towards each others Empires. Though that doesn't mean we won't have fun there." Ezra concluded as Eva patted him on his back.

"Oh, I almost forgot." George smirked as she withdrew the pink bowtie from her cloak, "For you, smart Ezyy." She said and threw it at him, "Use that to tie your stupid long hair."

Ezra frowned and so did I, "Hey, his long hair look nice." I defended him.

George looked at me weirdly, "No it doesn't. He looks stupid."

I frowned and then quickly got up from her side and sat beside Ezra, just as Eva quickly stood up and sat beside George and started chatting with her.

"Don't listen to her, long hair suits you." I whispered to Ezra who blushed.

"Hey, Eva, don't you think Ezzy has a crush of Fred." I heard George whisper not so quietly making Eva snort and Ezra turn a darker shade of red, matching his hair.

"Pfft- more like Georgie has a crush on Ezzy." She retorted making George frown.

"What? No!" George responded.

"Right. Then explain why you only got him a gift?", Eva asked smugly.

"To make fun of his hair. Obviously." George said, "Besides, Sister Ginny would skin me alive if I even look at him in the wrong way."

"Oh right. The Archduke's daughter does have a crush on him." Eva nodded before saying, "Speaking of Ginny, I just remembered that all your cousins are in the palace right now.", she said making me frown.

"Why?" I asked.

"For that Harry Potter shit her majesty the Empress tells you all." She replied making George frown, "But that only happens when all the Weasleys are there." She said, referring to our cousins, "But Brother Percy isn't here?"

"He is."

"WHAT?!" Both me and George shouted out in unison.

We hadn't seen brother Percy for almost four months since he went on a small war in the west of Obelia, accompanying Uncle Caiden.

Mother had tried to stop him, saying he was just ten and things could go horribly wrong there but brother had been adamant on going to the war and experience it firsthand.

Uncle Caiden had also tried to make mum understand that brother Percy was an excellent fighter who can take down three adult men in less than a minute. Besides the war was a small one and he'd not let anything happen to his son which seemed to have mum finally allow brother to leave.

"Really? But he was supposed to be here tomorrow?", I asked.

"Yes, but they entered the capital city earlier than expected. They are probably in the palace by now and Aunt Ly was excited to see her husband and kid but then you two disappeared and she was ordered to fetch you two." Ezra said.

"That's why we decided to help her." Eva finished.

"Ooooooooo, yesssss! I'm so excited! I haven't seen Brother in like forever!!" George said as her knee started bouncing up and down.

"No wonder Aunt Ly looked pissed." I muttered.

After a few minutes, the carriage stopped and George jumped out if it and rushed through the gates, but not before Aunt Ly jumped down the horse she was riding behind us and ran inside the palace.

I rushed behind them and in the meeting room on the first floor, I saw two mops of blond hair.

Aunt Ly rushed to the taller one and banged her lips on Uncle Caiden's, making me blush and look at George who was running towards brother Percy who had his back turned to her while talking to mum.

"BROTHER PERCYYYYYYYYYYYY!!"

Brother Percy hadn't even turned fully when George jumped on him, wrapping her arms around his neck.

Brother Percy stumbled back, wincing as his injured hand (which George didn't notice) got crushed. However, he hugged her back with his good hand as George was lifted off the ground.

"I missed you!!", she said as they both let go of each other, " And- oh shit! I didn't notice your injured hand! You should've said it was hurting!"

Brother just shrugged and winced a little before ruffling George's hair and the two of them started talking about war and stuff.

"Freddie! My cute little small bean!" Came the voice that made me internally groan as sister Ginny gave me a bone-crushing hug and started pecking my cheek.

"Stop sister, I'm eight years old now." I tried to move away but she whined.

"Shut up. You'll always be my cute little small bean brother." She said before she suddenly let go of me, her eyes fixed on something behind me.

I turned around to see Eva and Ezra approaching and she quickly made her way towards Ezra.

"Hey, Ez." She started, casually taking his hand in hers, "Wow, you've grown really tall, you're almost my height now." She said, "long hair really suits you."

Ezra blushed as she stood too close to him and squirmed in her grasp before Julia, sister Ginny's companion came to his rescue.

"Hey Gin, your aunt is calling you." She said as sister angrily looked at her before reluctantly letting go of Ezra, "I'll see you soon."

She left Ezra and went over to Aunt Choco who once again started lecturing her about liking a kid '4 years younger' than her.

Then Ezra left with Eva and Julia to have their own chill time while we listened to mum's story.

"It's three and a half" Sister protested, "Beisdes, you don't get to say that when you yourself are crushing on a man 13 years older than you."

Aunt Choco blushed as I commented, "But seriously Aunt, Uncle Mari is too old."

"I don't blame her. That man is hot." Aunt June commented who was casually leaning over the wall beside us, "Anyway Choco, my offer still remains. We can still switch our positions if you want."

Aunt Choco lightly glared at her, "No thank you. I'm very happy being the Archmage's secretary."

"Aunt Lia," came a smooth voice as I turned to look at brother Bill making his way towards mum, "It's been a long time."

"Indeed," mum said, "Where's Seanna?"

"She's on her way. Ron had to pee so..." Brother Bill explained, shrugging.

Mum chuckled and they exchanged a few greetings before he came over to me and we chatted for a while before Aunt Seanna returned with small Ron in her hand.

"Auuuuntyyy Liaaaa!!" He exclaimed as his amber eyes shined and he quickly left his mother's hand and went over to hug mum, "I misseww."

"Awww I missed you too my adorable cute little ball of happiness."

"Hello, Aunt Seanna." I greeted her as she smiled and greeted back.

"So since all my Weasleys are here now, we'll continue the story where we last left. Gather up here now!" Mum exclaimed as we all sat down in circle surrounding her. Me beside Bill and Ginny while George sat beside brother Percy and next to Ron. Aunt June and Choco had brought over popcorn (which my great mother invented herself) and handed each of us one (though I had fought and got two). Then the two of them sat beside mum and Aunt Seanna.

And then mum continued on the story where she left all of them last time. George and I already knew what was going to happen but it was an activity which I personally enjoyed doing with everyone so I listened again.

Soon another adventure of Harry Potter was over and everyone was leaving for there houses. Aunt Seanna and mum again started crying as Sister Ginny also joined them (she was just being dramatic since she sees mum once a week while Aunt Seanna only came over four to seven times a year). Brother Bill had to step in and console his mother while George started making fun of mum's ugly crying face to get her to stop crying (which only led to mum giving George's share of popcorn to me, which I didn't mind in the slightest).

At the end of the day, I lay tiredly on my bed, facing the ceiling.