CH. 3 Highway to Hell
A/N: Hey everyone time for chapter three and I think that this one is pretty good. In this chapter we get introduced into a new character that will be in the MM, so without further ado let us begin.
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Hogwarts Express
Luna and her friends, at least the ones that she could find, were sitting in their compartment trying to figure out why Harry and Neville weren't on the train. Their possible explanations had ranged from the unlikely, kidnapping, to the more probable, eaten by Crumpled Horn-Snorkacks.
They had searched the whole train and hadn't found them, like they had disappeared without a trace. They had asked everyone if they had seen the two missing Ravenclaws but no one had answered since they were all afraid that answering would make them a target to the pranks.
They had eventually given up on them and sat in a compartment, with one of Susan's childhood friends, a girl named Hannah Abbott. They had all been talking about their summer holidays when the door to the compartment opened revealing one of the worst sights in the known world… Cho Chang.
"Hey Loons where's Longbottom some kid found his toad and wants to return it," Cho said with a board expression on her face.
"Hello Cho how was your Holiday," Luna asked with a small smile.
"Look Loony I don't want to be here long so tell me where that idiot is so he can go pick up his toad," Cho said, looking at Luna annoyed.
"Don't insult out friends Cho, because then you might find yourself with a few… what's the word George?"
"Unnecessary, embarrassing, disgusting, or funny, take your pick Fred."
"Let's go with embarrassing, it seems to fit."
"Agreed good twin of mine."
"Whatever just tell me where the idiot is," Cho said, putting emphasis on idiot.
"Actually we don't know where Harry or Neville are, we didn't see them on the train. But if you see them can you tell them which compartment we're in," Luna asked still smiling.
"Look I don't care where they are, but just have someone go get his toad for him ok," Cho said before leaving without an answer.
"Where could those two be," Susan asked, worry written all over her face.
"Hey Neville can you put the radio on," Harry asked as they flew through the clouds.
"Yeah sure," Neville said as he flipped the radio on.
A guitar started to play followed but drums, and the boys slowly began to nod their heads to it.
Livin' easy
Lovin' free
Season ticket on a one way ride
Askin' nothin'
Leave me be
Takin' everythin' in my stride
Don't need reason
Don't need rhyme
Ain't nothin' that I'd rather do
Goin' down
Party time
My friends are gonna be there too
I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
"What is this Harry? I like it," Neville asked as turned up the music.
"Awesomeness Neville! Pure awesomeness!"
No stop signs
Speed limit
Nobody's gonna slow me down
Like a wheel
Gonna spin it
Nobody's gonna mess me around
Hey, Satan
Payin' my dues
Playin' in a rockin' band
Hey, mamma
Look at me
I'm on the way to the promised land
I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell
Don't stop me
I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to hell
(highway to hell) I'm on the highway to hell
(highway to hell) highway to hell
(highway to hell) highway to hell
(highway to hell)
And I'm goin' down
All the way
I'm on the highway to hell
"That was AC/DC's Highway to Hell here on Half-Blood Radio, bringing the music of Muggles and Wizards together, Next up is Aerosmith's Dream On."
"Do you think that's any good," Neville asked excitedly.
"Let's find out," Harry told him as he turned the radio dial up.
"It doesn't matter where Harry and Neville are right now, what does matter is getting Cho for calling Luna and Neville names, so Fred and I will be back in a few minutes," George said as he and Fred walked out of the compartment.
In another part of the train there was a young boy with mousy brown hair and brown eyes was wondering around the Hogwarts Express. There were many things running through this boys mind such as, 'This is the train to the most awesome Wizarding School in the History of the Universe and BEYOND! Ok that's pushing it a little, not really.'
This boy was none other than Colin Creevey, and he couldn't be more excited. He would meet so many new people, learn a whole list of spells, maybe even make a few friends and he would definitely meet Harry Potter, and no doubt document the entire thing with his trusty camera.
Put of all of those things that he was going to do Colin decided that meeting Harry Potter was at the top of the list. Why you ask? Well there were a few reasons for Colin wanting to meet Harry Potter, the biggest of them was to thank him. Not for defeating the Dark Lord, no he wasn't an idiot, there was no way that Harry could've defeated anyone while he was an infant. No he wanted to thank Harry for having the Potter Foundation. The Potter Foundation was set up by the Potter family that selected some promising muggle born's and who didn't have a lot of money for school and give them a full scholarship to Hogwarts. Yes Colin had it good right now.
He decided to go and explore the train and take a couple of quick pictures to send home to his brother Dennis. He walked down and took a few pictures of the passing landscape when a set of twins walked up to him and saw his camera.
"Excuse us good sir, we are in need of a cameraman-"
"And seeing as you're the only one here we must ask if you would be so willing to help us document something," they asked finishing with raised eyebrows and grins.
"Umm, well... I did say that I would take a lot of pictures for Dennis. Sure why not," Colin said, thinking that it would be a good way to meet people.
"Excellent," they said in unison.
That walked to a compartment and paused outside motioning for Colin to ready his camera while they pulled out several round and metallic objects. They opened the compartment and threw the balls in shutting the door again. After three seconds they opened it and Colin went to snap a picture. What Colin saw was a hilariously amazing picture moment. In the compartment was a group of girls who had been turned green with pink hair that went every direction. Colin quickly snapped a photo and exited with the twins. They ran to the other side of the train laughing the entire way.
"What was that," Colin asked when they stopped running.
"That our unsorted Firsty-"
"Was a bit of revenge."
"What did they do," Colin asked looking at the two in awe.
"Well it's not what they did to us, but what they said about our friend."
"Oh well I don't care what they did that was amazing. If you ever need to get a picture of a prank again then just find me. I'm Colin by the way, Colin Creevy," he said holding his hand out to for them to shake.
"I'm Fred-"
"I'm George-"
"But you can call us-"
"Fred & George!"
"But enough on what you can call us-"
"Tell us... what do you know about pranks?"
"Man that was an amazing car ride," Harry said as they turned off the radio and descend so they could pull alongside the train.
"Harry what exactly is the plan," Neville asked as he looked for the train.
"No idea. To be honest I'm just making it up as I go along"
"How are you in Ravenclaw," Neville asked.
"Hey! It's also for the creative, ten galleons that's how the Twins got in."
"Not important. Just pull up alongside the train so we can follow it to the school. Oh and do you mind if I feed Trevor?"
"It's not my car, but still don't make a mess," Harry said as he searched for the Train.
"Uh, Harry. I can't find Trevor."
"What?"
"I can't find him," Neville said in a panic.
"Well... maybe you left him at home," Harry said trying to console him.
"I had him with me at the station. We have to go back!"
"We can't we're pulling up alongside the train its too late."
"of course, this is probably why you wanted to drive. Just so that if clumsy old Neville forgot something, we wouldn't have to turn back."
The Twins arrived back to the compartment with Colin in tow, and once they entered the compartment they began to to introduce his as the newest initiate to the MM.
"Great we now have seven members, it would be eight if Hannah would join but apparently she doesn't want to," Susan said as she looked over to her best friend.
"I'm not one for pranks you know that Susie," Hannah said without looking up from the book she was reading.
"Doesn't mean that you can't be a part of the Mischief Family," Luna said as she looked up from her Quibbler. "Oh look its Harry and Neville."
"What are you talking 'bout Luna," Fred asked with a confused look.
"Look outside the window," she said with a small smile. The occupants of the cabin looked outside the window and what they saw was a shock to say the least. Harry was sitting in the driver's seat of the Weasley Family car shouting something at Neville while Neville shouted back.
"What do you think they're arguing about," Fred asked.
"Maybe the cars going to crash," Hannah said worriedly.
"Next time if you want to drive then say that you want to drive ok. Don't yell at me just because I drove if you wanted to drive say so," Harry growled at Neville.
"Oh like I had a chance to even say that I wanted to drive, you just hopped right in, so don't give me that," Neville yelled back at Harry.
"Look all I have to say is… Luna?"
"Listen Harry I know that you like her but I don't think that she is a good defense," Neville said with a mocking smirk.
"No Luna and everyone else they're over there," Harry said motioning behind Neville. He turned around and saw his friends plus two others staring at them with looks of either shock or excitement. Neville and Harry waved casually over to them, to which only Luna and a boy with brown hair replied with excited waves. Harry and Neville smiled and pulled away from the train.
"That was nice," Harry said.
When Harry and Neville landed the car just outside Hogwarts grounds and they grabbed their trunks before making their way to the castle.
When they got there they lined up their trunks up with the other students and making their way to the common room. Before they made it to the common room they were intercepted by Filch and brought to Professor Snape's office for punishment.
Snape had scolded them for stealing the Wesley's car but had reassured them that they would not be expelled but that their guardians would be informed about what they had done.
After they left they made it back to the Ravenclaw common room they were immediately assaulted by a barrage of questions from Fred and George about why they had taken the car. The two second years gave them a brief overview of what had happened and that the car was just outside of the Hogwarts grounds and that their parents should be able to pick it up latter, to which the twins told them that the car had a mind of its ow .
-Next Morning-
The MM got to the Great Hall early so they could pull a good Welcome back prank. Harry was getting several droppers filled with a specific potion designed for each house when the boy that he saw that was in the compartment walked over.
"Hello I'm Colin, Colin Creevey," he said nervously while extending his head.
"Nice to meet you Colin I'm Harry Potter."
"I know," he said with a smile. "I just um, I just wanted to thank you and your family."
"Why?"
"For the potter foundation of course," Collin said still smiling.
"What's that?"
"Oh it's an organization that gives promising muggle borns a scholarship to Hogwarts. It really helped out too. You see my family doesn't have a lot of money because my mum died about a year after my brother Dennis was born and my dads only a milkman, but he is one of the best ones out there. Anyway, the Potter Foundation really helped out because we didn't have to pay for anything but my wand and a few extra books," Colin told him.
"Wow Colin, I had no idea. I thank you for telling me."
"Yeah no problem, anyway let's get busy with this prank, it is my initiation after all," Colin said with a smile. The pranksters continued to set up for the first prank at the castle for the year and when they were finished they all headed to bed to prepare for what was to come
The next morning the Great hall was filled with excited first years to sleep deprived everyone else, as they ate their breakfast to get through another year of school. When Dumbledore had arrived he had cast a quick diagnostic spell on his goblets in order to make sure that there was nothing wrong with them, and when they turned up clean he smiled to himself and poured himself a very large amount of Pumpkin juice.
The students that had been watching him, and also had no affiliation with the MM, sighed in disappointment when the spell showed that there was nothing in his goblets. Chatter returned to the Hall when the headmaster drank from his goblet and nothing happened. Students continued to eat and drink, getting some last minute summer homework done or reading a few of Lockharts novels, or as he liked to call them textbooks.
Then there were snaps and students started to disappear. Some students looked frightened while others, the ones that had a sense of humor, looked excited. The teachers at the staff table also were split. Some looked on with excitement, like Flitwick and Sprout, while others looked on with fear and annoyance no matter how faked it might have been, most Professors including Snape and Dumbledore, and finally one had a look of tiredness on her face and no one seemed to notice her take a flask from her robes and pour most of its contents into her Goblet, McGonagall.
When the snaps ended the teachers rose from their seats to search for the students had been turned in to the infant versions of their house mascot. Under the house tables there were lion cubs, hatchling eagles, baby snakes, and baby badgers.
"Why couldn't this all of ended when James left," McGonagall said to herself.
"It would have been too easy, and he knew it," Severus answered her.
After the prank Harry and company had begun to get into the swing of school again and after a few lessons they were doing well. They were having a great time… until Hedwig came into the Great Hall with a red letter from Sirius.
"What's this," Harry asked as he picked up a small red envelope.
"Oh wow that there's a howler," George said.
"Nasty little things, our mum sent us one that gave us nightmares," Fred told Harry with a nostalgic look.
"Should I open it," Harry asked looking suspiciously at the envelope.
"I'll do it," Luna said snatching the howler out of Harry's hands and opening it. As soon as it was Opened Sirius' voice boomed across the Great Hall that made the Slytherins, across the entire Hall, Cover their ears.
"HARRY JAMES POTTER, HOW DARE YOU STEAL THAT CAR WITHOUT ME! Do you know how long I have wanted to drive a car let alone a car that FLYS?! A llloooooonnnnnngggg time buddy! Your mother never let me drive hers, I mean yeah I had a motorcycle, but it's just not the same thing! You better hope that there is another flying car out there somewhere, because if there isn't then you are grounded! Oh and McGonagall sent me a letter about the prank and I am so proud, good job everyone." When the howler was finished it tore itself to pieces.
"You have an awesome Godfather," he Twins said in unison.
A/N: Well here yo are, I know that my grammar isn't the best, and I apologize. So what did you guys think about Colin joining the MM, and how about tthat ride in. Review -Pacco1
