Drabble
Written for The Houses Competition, Year Two, Round Eight
House: Hufflepuff
Year: 5th
Category: Drabble
Prompts:[Spell] Waddiwasi
Wordcount: 494
Betas: Aya
Title: Waddiwasi That?
Summary: How will Remus Lupin stop the children from slinging wads around Hogwarts?
Remus Lupin sat in his office with his head between his hands, bemoaning the fact that he'd inadvertently taught his students a very useful spell. He hadn't meant to use that specific spell in front of the children, but shooting a wad of bubblegum out of the keyhole was the quickest way he had thought to solve the problem at hand.
Since Peeves the Poltergeist had received the wad of gum up his left nostril, it had impressed the entire student body. Remus couldn't go one minute through the halls of Hogwarts without hearing it being cast. From first years, still struggling with their Wingardium Leviosa, to the seventh years who frankly should know better, everyone used it as their spell of choice.
"Waddiwasi!" a second year Hufflepuff screeched, causing his papers to wad into a ball and hurl straight into the fireplace in the middle of Remus's first class of the day.
"Waddiwasi!" cried a fourth year Ravenclaw at lunch, making her leftover meatloaf fly off her plate and land in her housemates ear.
A sixth year Slytherin had been devious enough to first Accio all the buttons from his female housemates' uniforms, and then fling them into the the Great Lake during his Herbology lesson when the class was out collecting Gillyweed.
Remus Lupin rubbed his forehead, trying to think of a way to stop the children from slinging wads of things around.
Lavender Brown had only gotten to "Waddi-" before her mouth was mysteriously zipped up tight, making her run to Madame Pomfrey in the middle of her study session. Everyone was getting sick of it.
Then a thought came to him. The whole reason the spell had become so popular in the first place was because Peeves had received the wad of bubblegum up his nose. It took some work, but he concocted a sidealong hex to the all-too-popular Waddiwasi spell meant to only work within the walls of the castle. Once the students discovered the consequences, they'd move on to other forms of childish entertainment.
Remus walked down the corridor, looking for a group of students congregating together. It was late afternoon, right before supper, so he shouldn't have to go very far.
Ahh, there was a good candidate right there, a group of Slytherin fifth years, gathering around a small Hufflepuff boy who had started to cry.
Normally, Remus would break up whatever was going on, but he hung back to see if his plan had worked.
"Now, you little runt, you'll get what's coming to you!" said one of the Slytherins. The little boy yelped as the word was spoken.
"Waddiwasi! Argh!"
The Slytherin boy staggered back, spitting and coughing.
"Get it out!" he cried, revealing a huge wad of gum hanging out of his nose.
The little boy ran, giggling to himself, and Remus smiled. News of the resulting hex would spread through the castle like Fiendfyre.
That should take care of things for a while.