Fred and George - Prefects?

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 125168


Shaun wrote:
Firstly, who could say that only Fred and George were appointed in
this way? If there is some reason for appointing secret prefects,
perhaps to do with the magical defences of Hogwarts, or the ability
to give ghosts orders, etc, it's possible that a few of them were
appointed. If Fred and George revealed they had been appointed in
this way, it would make it far more likely somebody would look for
others who might still be within the school. It would also make it
more difficult for Dumbledore to do it again. If something like
this was being done, you would keep it secret for as long as
possible.

Secondly, I suspect quite strongly that Fred and George are now, or
soon will be (if they can get around their mother (-8), members of
the Order of the Phoenix. If it became known, somehow that they had
been given an office of special trust by Dumbledore while they were
at schoool, then those under Voldemort, would certainly be more
likely to suspect them of possibly being tied up in the activities
of the Order.

vmonte responds:
I find your post quite interesting, and I think that F&G know way too 
much about Hogwarts for Dumbledore to not be using them for special 
jobs. I'm not sure whether they were appointed as prefects or not but 
it would be cool if they quietly did side work for Dumbledore. 

I have a question for you:

Do you think that Dumbledore told the twins to give Harry the map?

The reason why I ask this is because F&G really do something here 
that is very much like something Dumbledore would do. Harry is always 
given the materials, animals, knowledge, etc. to help him accomplish 
certain goals. 

In one of the books (maybe SS/PS during the NitWit Oddment speech) 
Dumbledore warns the students to not go into the forest. JKR makes a 
point to tell us that Dumbledore looks directly at the twins. Was 
Dumbledore warning/signaling them that the forest was particularly 
unsafe at present? 

What have F&G been doing in the forest anyway? I have a feeling that 
F&G know a lot of information that will become useful when the war 
breaks out fully.

Vivian