Author's Note – This was inspired by that little short Summer Glau and Joss Whedon did for the movie Serenity. For those of you who do not know what I'm talking about just go on to Youtube and type in "R. Tam Sessions". This fic features torture and other implied situations of the same nature (I don't actually write torture or anything because, well, I'm not good at it), but mostly its about the relationship between Fred, George, and Percy (the brotherly relationship I mean, but view it as you like). This takes place during Goblet of Fire and is completely AU.

My Brother's Keeper

Prologue

"What are Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes?" Harry asked as they climbed.

Ron and Ginny laughed as they began to describe all of the tricks and jokes Fred and George created over the years. "They were planning to sell it at Hogwarts to make some money, and Mum went mad at them." Ron explained, still laughing lightly. "Told them they weren't allowed to make any more of it, and burned all the order forms… She's furious at them anyway. They didn't get as many O.W.L.s as she expected… started to compare them to Percy and how many O.W.L.s he got and you know that didn't go over to well with the twins."

"Where is Percy anyway?" Harry asked, realizing for the first time that he has yet to see the third Weasley.

Ron rolled his eyes. "He got accepted to the Seeby… the Sinebike… the-"

"The Siebenkees Institute for Higher Learning." Hermione quickly supplied, excitement creeping into her voice.

"Yeah, that." Ron stated. "He wouldn't shut up about it. Went on about it for weeks. Granted they don't usually accept someone as young Percy, but still. He left for the Institute about a month ago, thank God."

Harry looked puzzled. "Err… what exactly is the Sienboke… the Senbeek…"

"The Siebenkees Institute for Higher Learning."

"Yeah, that."

"Oh, it's wonderful!" Hermione exclaimed as they entered into Ron's room. "They do loads of research about magic, trying to reconstruct ancient spells and techniques that have been lost throughout the ages and experimenting with new forms of magic. Oh, I wish I could go there!"

"It's not all that great." Ron said, wrinkling his nose in disgust. "It's actually… kind of creepy. We all went up to take the tour with Percy and it was just… so… clean."

Ginny cracked a grin as she walked around Ron's very messy room, kicking a pair of underwear out of her way. "Yes, those dastardly janitors! How dare they do their job!"

"That's not what I meant."

"Well, anyway, I'm sure Percy's loving it there." Hermione said.

Ron laughed. "Of course he is. Research is his favorite pastime."

"Right after alphabetizing" Ginny stated.

"And color-coding each piece of homework he got back from the professors according to the year and class it was for."

"That's insane." Harry stated, boggled that someone would actually keep old homework, let alone file it.

"That's Percy." Ron said with a smile.

To be continued…