Has there ever been an instance when my lovely brothers are forbidden from doing something and they abide by it?

No. Not at all.

Even though Headmaster Dumbledore had mentioned clearly that the Goblet of Fire would accept names only from those students that are seventeen and above, for which reason an Age line had been drawn around it, but still Fred and George were adamant on figuring a way around it.

The prize money was too much for them to back off by merely an Age line.

This morning the other two schools that were taking part in the tournament arrived as well; Durmstrang Institute from Bulgaria and Beauxbatons Academy from France. The two had made a rather elaborate entrance with the Bulgarians arriving by ship that materialized in the Giant Lake while the French came by a flying carriage.

Durmstrang's headmaster was Igor Karkaroff, a sharp featured man with a shrewd set of eyes and a slightly uncomfortable vibe to him. Whereas the Headmistress of Beauxbatons was Madame Olympe Maxime, a half giant who towered above us all.

Another highlight of the day was Viktor Krum, the Bulgarian Seeker who we had seen playing in the International Quidditch World Cup as well. Apparently, he was a student at Durmstrang and had arrived with the school to take part in the tournament.

Though he had a rather huge fan following at Hogwarts as well for people, including Ron, wanted him to sign autographs wherever he went. For once, it felt refreshing to see another person getting all the attention other than Harry.

Since the participating schools had arrived, the eligible students were allowed to put their names in the Goblet. It was near evening and we were all free from our classes so a crowd had gathered round the Goblet, waiting to see who would put their names in.

I couldn't see Fred or George anywhere and that could mean only one thing. Those two troublemakers were definitely up to some mischief regarding the disruption of the Age line and finally succeeding in putting their names in the Goblet.

Let's wait and see what happens.

From Durmstrang quite a number of students put their names in, with Krum going first. Beauxbatons too had their fair share of entrants and from Hogwarts, there were two entrants that I really wanted to get chosen.

One, Cedric Diggory, a rather popular Hufflepuff from our year. And the other, my dear friend Angelina Johnson who had luckily turned seventeen a week before. No wonder Fred and George would be getting really envious of her.

Thinking of Fred and George, I spotted them entering the Hall. A lot of the crowd had cleared up by then but seeing the twins many students stopped. They entered among cheers as they gave high fives to all the students that were present there.

"Oh looks like you won the tournament already," I remarked, noticing the phials they clutched in their hands.

"At last, we've done it," Fred exclaimed.

George added, "cooked it up this morning."

Oh, so they are using an Ageing Potion?

But before I could voice out my surprise Hermione spoke up in a sing song voice, "ah, it's not going to work."

The two turned their attention to her, "oh yeah and why is that, Granger?"

"You see this," she pointed over to the circle drawn around the Goblet, "this is an Age line, Dumbledore drew it himself."

"So?"

"So... A genius like Dumbledore couldn't possibly be fooled by a dodge as pathetically dimwitted as an Ageing potion."

Both of them had mischievous grins on their faces and I knew that look way too well. They were not going to back off no matter what Hermione told them.

"Yeah but that's why it's so brilliant," Fred remarked while George finished the sentence, because it's so pathetically dimwitted."

I watched as the two stood up.

"Ready, Fred?"

"Ready, George."

Then interlocking their arms they down the phials, "bottoms up!"

The Ageing Potion had been of a lesser intensity as it only aged them by an year and then the two jumped into the circle. There wasn't even a single flicker in the Age line, much to my surprise and nothing happened for a whole minute.

Convinced that their plan had worked, Fred and George put their names in, giving each other a congratulatory high five. By then quite a lot of students had assembled around the Goblet waiting to see whether they would succeed in their feat or not.

But before the two could step out of the circle, a burst of bluish fire sprouted out from the Goblet throwing them out.

Of course their plan failed.

The two feel on the floor but much to our surprise their shoulder length red hair turned grayish as beards came out from under their chins. They looked quite a sight; two old men sprawled on the ground. Laughter broke out from the audience shortly afterwards.

"You said..."

"You said!"

The twins got into a hands on fight right then and there, rolling on the ground and on top of one another. I couldn't help but laugh as well at their antics. These two surely were a legendary duo who somehow always managed to be a source of entertainment.

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