that aged themselves a few months to try to get their names entered in the goblet. However, this did not work and they instead sprouted beards and had to be sent to the Hospital Wing to receive treatment. Even though they love their mischievous behavior, the twins explain to Hermione in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix that they do care about getting in serious trouble, giving evidence that despite all their nuisances, they have never been kicked out of school. "We've always known where to draw the line," says Fred. "We might have put a toe across it occasionally," adds George. With Dumbledore out of Hogwarts, they decide to cause real mayhem for the hated Dolores Umbridge, something that they had always stopped short of before. They create a swamp in the corridors to allow a diversion so Harry can sneak into a conversation with Sirius. Before Umbridge can punish them, they summon their confiscated brooms and depart the school, referenced as a "flight of freedom". This memorable scene would in later years still be talked about and referred to as a "Hogwarts legend." Other students echoed this sentiment and the term "pulling a Weasley" was said often by unhappy students who were ready to leave school as well. The twins display a genuine loyalty to Harry, Ron, and Hermione, generosity to strangers, and a protective nature. George was the first Weasley to befriend Harry (not yet realizing he was the famous Harry Potter). When Harry arrives alone at the train station before beginning his first year at Hogwarts, George sees him struggling with his heavy school trunk and calls Fred over to help load it onto the train. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Malfoy addresses Hermione as a 'Mudblood' and the twins get worked up at this vulgarity; they jump to her defense, so angry that Malfoy had to be blocked. When Harry is unable to go on Hogsmeade trips in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, they give him the Marauder's Map and show him a secret passage out of the castle so he can participate in the trips with his friends. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the twins show up in Hogsmeade to surprise Ron on his seventeenth birthday. After Ron had been accidentally poisoned that morning, the twins show genuine concern and worry for him. They deliver