AN: Sorry for the long wait, exams are approaching and studying takes up a lot of free time. This chapter was hard to write... Too many ideas! Well it is the longest chapter yet so YEY ME! Now thanks for reviewing Duskrider, i appreciate it. And once again a big hug to A Potter Persona just for being there :D On with the story! (I guess you know the story keys by now so i won't post them anymore.)
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Now on with the story! Again!
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Harry looked around and saw a lot of tearstained faces, but also a few happy ones; Parkinsson and Nott amongst them. The faces that tore his heart apart were Ron's and Hermione's. They looked devastated. As he looked around a little more he heard a gasp. A girl with long blond hair, a pair of weird glasses and radishes in her ears was staring at him.
Chapter 4 – Someone can see me?
Harry stared at the blond girl as she smiled at him and turned back to her meal. "Maybe others can see me to! They just didn't notice me when I entered!" Harry thought happily as he started jumping up and down in front of the tables, still not saying a word. When that didn't work Harry started dancing on the tables in hopes of raising some heads. But, as one might suspect, that didn't work either. So Harry tried one last desperate thing. He started doing a Russian jig on top of Dumbledore's plate. He almost kicked Dumbledore's face, but still nothing happened as Dumbledore continued to eat his meal in silence. Harry sighed dejected and started walking out wile muttering profanities. He did not notice as five heads snapped up and looked towards him in confusion as he left the Great Hall through the doors.
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Cedric sat in silence picking his food, he had no appetite. Harry was dead. Dead! Because he had saved him. It did not sit right with Cedric. "It's not supposed to be the younger kid who saves the older one…" He thought dejectedly as he twirled his fork in meatloaf. Suddenly he heard someone mutter something along the lines of:
"What the bloody hell am I going to do now… Nobody can fucking see me! Bloody fucking brilliant!"
As Cedric turned around to see who was talking during Harry Potters memorial dinner he saw a ghost like person who looked just like Harry Potter himself. "Did I just see what I think I saw? I wonder if I'm hallucinating or if someone else heard and saw him too…" Cedric though as he looked around the Great Hall and he saw the heads of the Wesaley twins and Neville Longbottom staring at the closed doors where ghost-Harry just disappeared. As they looked at him and each other they silently agreed to talk about it after dinner.
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"What the bloody hell am I going to do now…? Nobody can fucking see me! Bloody fucking brilliant!" Harry muttered to himself as he left the Great Hall. He continued to walk absentmindedly through the halls of Hogwarts trying to figure out what to do with his new predicament. As he past the ghost of Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, or Nearly Headless Nick as was his nickname he greeted him politely and continued floating down the corridor towards the kitchens. It was when the ghost greeted him back Harry stopped and slowly turned around.
"You can see me!" Harry whispered incredulously, as if he didn't dare to believe his own ears.
"Yes of course I can! But aren't you supposedly dead Mr. Potter?" Sir Nicholas answered back curiously.
"Well, I'm supposed to but… since when do I ever do normal? It's a rather long story but…" And Harry started telling his story about what had happened after he was struck with the killing curse; how his body was gone and now buried as he returned and how no-one except Luna Lovegood and now Sir Nicholas could see him.
"Hmmm… Interesting! I've got to speak to the other ghosts about this… Just please Harry, stay out of trouble… We certainly don't need another Peeves on our hands…" The last part Sir Nicholas muttered to himself as he floated through the wall in search of the other ghosts.
Harry stared confused at the wall where Sir Nicholas had disappeared. "Another Peeves?! Why would I turn into anoth…OH! Hehehe… No-one can see me (Except Luna, his inner voice told him) Well she probably won't mind… much… This will be fun! I've got to find Peeves!" Harry though gleefully and disappeared through the wall in pursuit of the poltergeist.
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As the memorial dinner for Harry Potter ended Cedric Diggory, Neville Longbottom and Fred and George Weasley gathered in an empty classroom in the third floor corridor. They were speaking animatedly when the door suddenly opened, unnoticed by the occupants, and a blond haired someone silently walked inside.
"-hoght I was dreaming or maybe hallucinating, but all four of us can't have the same hallucination, it's impossible!" Fred, or was it George, stated in a hushed whisperer.
"I agree with you, but if it really is him why didn't he say something…" Neville asked timidly but strongly.
"Maybe he tried but couldn't, maybe he…" Cedric started but was interrupted by a voice floating from the door. The four boys started and turned in the direction of the voice.
"Are you talking about the Spirtuvivi*, I hear it is their mating season now." Luna Lovegood asked in her usual oddly aloof voice. "They will gain reputation with different pranks and often takes help from poltergeists'. I should go and ask it if they are related to nargles and sprunkits, it would probably make the front page of The Quibbler." Her voice started to falter as she walked away from the stunned boy's. She continued walking with a smirk on her face. "There, that will make them think! Now to find Harry and try to talk him out of the pranking… Yeah right… that will be impossible… Merlin, give me strength. Oh well, at least he will happily go hunting Snorkack during spring break with me after our third year…"
The four boys looked at each other and shook their heads. They would never understand females and definitely not Luna Lovegood.
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As the four boys and Luna were talking in the empty classroom in the third floor corridor Harry was busy searching for Peeves while thinking about prank ideas. "Hm… Maybe I should change all the houses into their respective animal, or dye them all pink, or… nah better save that for next year. Hm… I need something small yet significant… I know, but for that I really need to find Peeves and I conjure some water ba…" His thoughts were abruptly disregarded as he bumped into a big white shape in front of the potions classroom. As he fell down and looked up he got a close-up of Peeves' face, which actually looked sad.
"Why so sad Peeves? Something happened?" Harry asked.
"N-not that it concerns you Potty but I happen to miss the Heir of the Marauders! He was fun to have around… He always made me la..! Hey Potty aren't you supposed to be dead! And here I am pouring my heart out and you are still alive…" Peeves continued to rant at Harry for a good 15 minutes before he looked at Harry who still sat frozen on the floor. "Well, what do you have to say in defense of yourself?!"
Harry stared gob smacked at Peeves before he gathered his wits and started explain everything to Peeves, including the pranking plan. Peeves were ecstatic to get a fellow partner in pranks and immediately agreed to the plan – It would go through tomorrow before the students left for the summer.
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The next day Luna sat down at the Rawenclaw table with a soft sigh. She hadn't found Harry last night so she knew he had found Peeves last night and that they would prank someone that wasn't her; she hadn't gotten all the details in her vision last night. She sighed again and started eating breakfast waiting for the inevitable. She didn't have to wait long…
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No longer than five minutes after the majority of the students had arrived to breakfast Peeves floated into the Great Hall carrying one end of a black sheet filled with many round things. The other end seemingly floating in the air all by itself. The whole student body grew silent as they looked at Peeves as he and the empty end glided over to the professor's table mysteriously unnoticed by the professors. Peeves seemed to look towards the doors for some kind of conformation and seemed to get it going by the large grin spreading on his face. But as he was about to drop it a deep voice rose from the Slytherin table.
"What do you think you are doing young man? And you to Peeves! I thought Sir Nicholas told you to stay away from him, but of course you didn't listen! Now young man, stop this foolishness and try to figure out a solution to your problem. Hunting the school with Peeves will not solve anything." The deep voice of the Bloody Baron echoed around the Great Hall and even made the professors look up from their meals. A few moments later there was a splash and a surprised shout from both Peeves as he hadn't dropped his end and the professors who got drenched as the water balloons from the black sheet dropped down on them. Peeves started laughing and quickly floated away through the wall leaving a confused student body, drenched professors and four ghosts who was glaring at something in the doorway leading into the Great Hall.
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"What do you think you are doing young man? And you to Peeves! I thought Sir Nicholas told you to stay away from him, but of course you didn't listen! Now young man, stop this foolishness and try to figure out a solution to your problem. Hunting the school with Peeves will not solve anything." The deep voice of the Bloody Baron startled Harry and almost made him loose control of his levitation charm. He looked at the Slytherin ghost and suddenly smirked. "He wants me to stop this hm… then I shall do just that." He thought as he ended the charm and started laughing completely ignoring the glares he got from the ghosts. Life was good.
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AN: So what do you think? Reviews are appreciated! Until next time!
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Mysteria Malfoy