PEEVES' PRACTICAL JOKE
CHAPTER 2
Hermione woke early the next morning, to excited to sleep she made her way down to the Great Hall for breakfast, narrowly missing Peeves as he attempted to tip a vat of bubotuber puss on top of her. She sat down next to Harry and Ron,
"Peeves is up to his usual tricks again, I see" she commented, Harry and Ron nodded, the excitement of guessing what Peeves was up to had obviously worn off, "Ready to hand in your Potion?"
"I was up late finishing it, but yeah I finally got it done" Ron replied showing her a small vial of pink liquid,
"What is it?"
"A liquefied version of the Jelly Leg jinx" he replied, smiling proudly,
"Wow Ron, I'm impressed" she said handing the vial back "But why is it pink?" Ron blushed a little and stuffed the vial back into his pocket,
"I may have made a tiny error when mixing the moongrass and snakeskin" he mumbled, Hermione smiled at him encouragingly,
"At least you tried and did it on your own" she said, Ron smiled at her and went back to his porridge "What about you Harry?" Harry held up a vial of orange liquid,
"I haven't got a fancy name for it, but basically it is a form of the disillusionment charm" he said, Hermione beamed at him,
"That would be really useful" Hermione said taking the potion from him and studying it, "I thought about that but mine seemed like so much more fun" she replied, she handed the potion back to Harry who was busy scribbling down last minute notes for his essay, Hermione picked up her water and scanned the Great Hall, he eyes resting on a familiar blonde Slytherin, was she imagining it or was he staring back?
"Morning Hermione" Lavender said as she took a seat next to Parvati, Hermione smiled at the blonde girl and took another glance around the Great Hall, she had uneasy feeling that something strange was going on,
"Why does the water taste like wet dog?" Ron complained, Hermione laughed,
"Have you tasted wet dog before Ron?" Harry asked, Ron turned beat red and put his glass down, Hermione studied her glass, the water did seem a bit murkier than usual,
"So who are you going to the dance with Hermione?" Lavender asked, ignoring Ron who was trying to wipe the taste out of his mouth,
"No one has asked me yet" Hermione replied, she was suddenly interrupted by a disturbance at the Slytherin table, everyone turned to stare at Malfoy and Pansy who seemed to be having a very public break up,
"WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME, DRACO?" Pansy squealed, causing Hermione to wince at the sound, Draco stood, "WHY CAN'T YOU JUST COMMIT TO ME!" it was lucky that almost everyone was sitting down, what happened next would have made everyone faint, Draco opened his mouth to respond,
"I'm the type of guy who never settles down, where pretty girls are, you'll know that I'm around, I kiss 'em and I love 'em 'cause to me they're all the same, I hug 'em and I squeeze 'em, they don't even know my name, They call me the wanderer, yeah, wanderer, I roam round and round and round and round" he sang, Hermione's jaw dropped, Draco Malfoy was singing, in the middle of the Great Hall, if the students hadn't been watching the show before, they were certainly paying attention now,
"How many other girls are there?" Pansy spluttered, tears streaming down her face,
"There's Flo on my left and there's Mary on my right, and Janie is the girl, that I'll be with tonight, and when she asks me which one I love the best, I tear open my shirt and show Rosie on my chest" he didn't seem to be able to stop himself, most of the Great Hall was rolling on the floor laughing, Hermione couldn't help but chuckle at the spectacle he was making of himself, then as if the singing wasn't bad enough, Draco stepped out from behind the table and started to dance,
"'Cause I'm the wanderer, yeah, wanderer, I roam round and round and round and round" Hermione looked up at the staff table, all of the teachers were staring, Snape was trying to break free from Professor Dumbledore's grip to stop the boy from making a scene, still Malfoy continued;
"Well, I roam from town to town, Live life without a care, I'm as happy as a clown, with my 2 fists of iron but I'm goin' nowhere, I'm the type of guy that likes to roam around, I'm never in one place; I roam from town to town, And when I find myself a-fallin' for some girl, I hop right onto that broom of mine and fly around the world, 'cause I'm the wanderer, yeah, wanderer, I roam round and round and round and round" finally Malfoy seemed to regain his composure, he looked around the Great Hall before fleeing without looking backwards, Hermione bit her lip and pondered what had just happened, it seemed very strange that Malfoy had just decided on the spur of the moment that he needed to make his life a musical, standing quickly she hurried after Malfoy, determined to find out what had happened.
Hermione wasn't the only one concerned with Malfoy's behaviour, Dumbledore had watched from the staff table, as Draco had performed his song and dance, most of the students were still laughing loudly about what had just transpired but none were in more hysterics than Peeves, Dumbledore steepled his fingers and surveyed the poltergeist through is half moon spectacle's, Peeves' had done something and the Headmaster had a feeling he knew what he had done, most of the students had filed out of the Great Hall by the time Dumbledore had finished pondering the repercussions of Peeves' actions, Dumbledore was about to leave himself when Hermione Granger approached him,
"Excuse me, sir" she said politely, Dumbledore gave her a polite smile, "Sir, I need to tell you that I think someone stole some of the potion I was brewing for Professor Snape's class and fed it to Malfoy" she said timidly, Dumbledore raised his eyebrow's
"Why do you think that, Miss. Granger?" Dumbledore asked,
"I read in a book that sometimes when potions haven't finished brewing, side effects of the potion occur more often" she hesitated before continuing "The potion I brewed for class, was a version of Veritaserum, but instead of telling the truth, the drinker would admit their true feelings" Dumbledore studied the Head Girl, it was possible that this may have been the case,
"Thank you Miss. Granger, I will ask you to speak of this to no one, one can only guess at the panic that may be caused if this information were to be leaked" Hermione nodded and turned to leave, "One more thing Miss Granger" Hermione turned to look at her Professor, "May I have a sample of this potion, you have brewed" Hermione reached into her bag and withdrew the potion she had been intending to hand to Professor Snape, Dumbledore took it and swept from the room.
Hermione made her way to her Heads dorm, she knew Malfoy would be in there and would probably be in a foul mood, but she needed to collect another sample of her potion before enjoying her day in Hogsmeade. As she walked, she was reminded of Lavender's question, no one had asked her to the dance yet, she had thought that Ron would have asked her by now, but as usual, he would leave it till the last minute, Hermione slipped quietly into the potions lab near her room and filled another vial, just as quietly she slipped back into the hallway to join the hustle and bustle of students heading out for the day, but before the door closed behind her, she could swear she heard a sob coming from somewhere inside.
Outside on the lawn, the students were gathered in a large circle, Hermione made her way over to see what was going on. In the middle of the circle was Ron and to Hermione's dismay, Padma Patil,
"Well, I was just….I was just wondering if……." Ron was stuttering pretty badly "Doyouwannagototheballwithme?" he mumbled Padma looked at him shocked,
"After what happened at the Yule Ball, are you kidding me? You can't dance, why would you want to go the dance!" she laughed, Ron turned beet red, and before he could stop himself, he opened his mouth to reply,
"You broke my heart my, 'Cause I couldn't dance, You didn't even want me around, and now I'm back, to let you know, I can really shake 'em down" Hermione couldn't believe what was happening, Ron backed by Seamus and Harry started to sing and dance, "Do you love me?"
"I
can really move" Harry and Seamus sang
"Do you love
me?"
"I'm
in the groove"
"Ah do you love?"
"Do
you love me"
"Now that I can dance"
"Dance" Ron offered his hand to Padma who took sceptically, "Watch me now, oh"
"Work,
work"
"Ah, work it all baby"
"Work,
work"
"Well, you're drivin' me crazy
"With a little bit of soul now"
"Work" Ron looked as though he had no idea what was going on and Hermione knew his fancy footwork had nothing to do with dance lessons and everything to do with the potion
"I can mash-potato"
"I
can mash-potato"
"And I can do the twist"
"I
can do the twist"
"Now tell me baby"
"Tell
me baby"
"Mmm, do you like it like this" Seamus and
Harry sang,
"Tell me"
"Tell
me"
Tell me"
Finally Ron seemed to realise what had happened, but before he could run off like Malfoy, Padma had thrown her arms around his neck and agreed to go to the dance with him, Hermione sighed, it looked like she would be going on her own this year, Hermione made her way down to Hogsmeade thinking about all the happy couples at Hogwart's, she was the only one who didn't have a boyfriend, it wasn't like she wasn't interested in boys, the just never noticed her. Hermione sighed, why couldn't somebody find her attractive.
A/N: I hope you are all enjoying this as much as I enjoy writing it. Please review if you would be so kind, but even if you don't I'll still update cos this so much fun to write.
