A/N: This is a one-shot that wouldn't leave me alone while I was writing chapter 3 of my other story, Scorpius Malfoy and the Quest for Redemption. Albus, the little sneak, blackmails James, saying he knows what he did last April. I don't think that James would do anything really bad, but enough that if Albus told, he could be in quite a bit of trouble. Hope you enjoy this silly little one-shot! Reviews are loved and reviewers receive virtual cookies.
Disclaimer: Not mine. If it was I'd probably be vacationing in Italy with all the money that I made off of this fantastic series.
What Happened Last April?
James Potter and his partner in crime and cousin Fred Weasley were hiding under James' inherited invisibility cloak. The two were shoved behind a column on the fourth floor that barely left enough room for the two small first years to fit. It had been nearly an hour since they had set their trap and both boys were getting impatient.
"If this works, then we will forever be known as the best pranksters Hogwarts has ever seen," Fred whispered reverently.
"Shush. I think she's coming." A Ravenclaw girl pushed open the door to the girls' bathroom that the two boys were hiding across from. The boys had selected their target carefully, studying her schedule until they found out that she would often use the fourth floor bathroom after Defense Against the Dark Arts. "Sammy Finnigan won't know what hit her," James snickered. There was a bang and a scream echoed through the halls as the two boys erupted into laughter.
"There really isn't a way to get it off unless she agrees to do both of our homework for the rest of the year?" Fred chuckled.
"Yep. Some of my finest work yet." The two waited for Sammy to come out of the bathroom, but as the minutes ticked by they grew more worried as the door stayed shut.
"Maybe we should go peek, see if she's really upset or something," James muttered nervously. Still underneath the cloak, the boys entered into the bathroom and found themselves ankle deep in water. Fred yanked the invisibility cloak off as the two boys ran and found the results of their prank. The toilet they had charmed had exploded, spilling water everywhere and blowing the stall apart. They found first year Ravenclaw genius Sammy Finnigan against the opposite wall, with a toilet seat secured around her neck. The most concerning thing about the scene wasn't the toilet seat or the rapidly flooding bathroom, it was that her head had lolled to the side with blood dripping from it staining the water pink.
Albus Potter watched the Marauder's Map that he had stolen from his father's desk as his brother and cousin moved slowly with Sammy towards the hospital wing. "Mischief managed," he said before tucking it back in his father's desk. As the weeks passed, he listened to his parents, aunts and uncles discussing his cousins letters and the stories of how Sammy Finnigan ended up with a toilet seat stuck on her neck for a week and how James and Fred ended up in the hospital wing for an entire weekend when they were mysteriously hexed. None of the adults were suspicious when James and Fred started getting better grades, but Al tucked these facts away and vowed to make his brother's life difficult when he went to Hogwarts the next year.