A/N: Sorry about the long wait, but I haven't been able to work on the story due to vacations and other things like the
problems at this site. So anyway this is the fourth chapter which tells the tale behind the joke. I hope you like it. As
always, r/r.
The Jokers Meet
Hermione, Ron, Fred, and George were in the Transfiguration room. Proffesor McGonagall did not know, because it was the
middle of the night, and she was well asleep. Fred and
George had gotten in through the secret entrance to Hogwarts through the Three Broomsticks to go to the Gryffindor Commomn
room and then back to the Transfiguration classroom to meet with Ron and Hermione. Ron had borrowed Harry's Marauder's Map
to give to the twins so they could keep out of sight of the teachers, even though there was little chance of seeing one
seeing as how it was almost two in the morning now. They had finally arrived at the Transfiguration room almost an hour late.
As soon as they arrived, they gave it back to Ron.
"Where were you?" asked Hermione, "you were supposed to be here almost an hour ago. What took you so long?"
"Well, Harry was asleep until 1 o'clock before we could wake him up," explained Fred, "but we told him the second challenge,"
finished George.
"Did you get the pictures from the first challenge? You said you would sick Collin Creevey on him to get pictures of it." Ron
said. He looked at them expectantly.
"Er..." started George, "Well you see..." Fred continued, "We, er, were, well you know..." George said. He would have said
more, but Ron interjected sharply.
"You mean you DIDN'T get the pictures?!" exclaimed Ron, now thoroughly pissed off, "What the hell was Creevey doing? Where's
his" Ron said something so bad, that Hermione yelled "RON!" but Ron ignored this, "camera? Didn't he get any pictures at
all?"
"Well, er, Harry took his camera and ripped out the film, you know, what the pictures go on once they're," explained Fred,
but Ron started yelling at him.
"YOU MEAN HE JUST LET HARRY RIP THE FILM OUT OF IT? HAVE YOU GONE MAD? HAS HE? WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON HIM!!!" roared Ron.
"We could have humiliated him if we had gotten these pictures to the Daily..." continued Ron when Hermione cut in, turning
bright red started yelling at Ron herself. "CALM DOWN RON OR WE'LL BE HEARD!. Now, why would you, you of all people, being
Harry's friend, want to humiliate him not only here but also in the entire wizarding world? I mean, I think this has gone far
enough."
Fred and George couldn't suppress a snicker at her tone.
"What do you two think you're laughing about? Don't tell me you've made that second challenge even worse. If it's anything
worse than the first challenge and I'm going to tell Harry all about this scheme so he doesn't do anything stupid."
"Oh it's nothing," sniggered Fred, "Yeah, all he has to do is a simple thing in front of our joke shop tomorrow."
"Don't you mean later on today?" remarked Hermione snidely.
"whatever," snapped Fred, "Listen, you two, the next challenge is a delightful thing we'd like to call Total Humiliation."
"Yes, it's quite simple," George picked up, "all Harry has to do is make out with Snape at Hogsmeade. Luckily Snape's going,
and we can guarantee he's going to be hanging around our shop all day since we're going to tell him to watch out for mischief
around our shop. Hah! he's in for the surprise of his life tomorrow." He, Fred, and Ron started laughing hysterially.
Hermione, however, looked nonplussed about this challenge.
"You shouldn't have told him to do that!" she shouted shrilly, "He might even get expelled AT THE END OF HIS SEvENTH YEAR!
That is evil, malicious, and something I would only associate to Malfoy and his cronies who, thankfully, do not go to this
school anymore. Now, I expect you three to act like real adults and tell him not to. If you won't, then I will. I did not
expect the joke to go this far."
"Oh all right, Hermione," said Ron in a sort of exasperated tone of voice, but he winked at Fred and George behind Hermione's
back. "I'll tell him about this plot and clear it up with Dumbledore and the other teachers. I'm sure they'll understand it
was just a bit of harmless fun."
"You better not, Ron." said Fred in a fake severe tone. "You either Hermione." this time he was serious, "We already got him
convinced to do it, so nothing you say will work anyway. Just let him do the second challenge will you? The we'll tell him
the joke and things will go back to normal. I think." Said Fred, horrified that anyone would ruin his fun, even Hermione.
"Yeah, Harry will understand I'm sure, and when we tell him..." George started, but Hermione interjected.
"You can't be serious! Think about it, Harry makes out with Snape, his least favorite teacher in the world. To say the least
he'll be made fun of for the rest of his life throughout the world. And not only that, what if he IS expelled? And only a few
months before he became a full-fledged wizard? That would crush him! I wonder if any of you three even considered Harry's
feelings before you went ahead with the joke."
"But Hermione, you were in with the joke. You thought it might be funny to do this, too!" exlaimed Ron.
"To a certain point!" Hermione said peevishly. "I was only in on it until I found out what Harry has to do, but you three
have taken this too far! I demand that you do not make Harry go through with this. I intend to tell him later this morning
while we're at Hogsmeade. This would ruin Harry if he goes through with it. Good night!"
"Good night then," said Fred sarcastically. This made the three boys snigger when Hermione left.
"I suppose what she was saying was right..." Ron began, but George cut him off.
"Don't tell me you're getting cold feet now. Listen, maybe we should change the challenge before Harry leaves. I agree with
Hermione that it is kind of sick when you think about it. But I'm sure we can figure something else out. I just hope that we
can come up with something before Hermione tells him about it. Maybe we should ask him for 1000 galleons again like before.
That way it won't be sick, and we'll get what we want. Then we can tell him about the joke and everything. But I want some
sort of second challenge."
"Yeah, I guess that would be acceptable," said Ron, "as long as I get a share of the money," Ron added.
"You wish!" Fred and George said in unison. "We get it all, this was our idea."
"Fine then! I guess I'll do the same as Hermione and tell Harry about the joke. You can forget about getting anything if I
don't get a cut in the profits."
Fred and George relented. "Fine, fine, you can have 1/3 of the money. Mind, we'll probably have to give it up when we tell
him about the joke so spend it fast if at all."
"All right then. Just change it before Hermione tells Harry."
Little did they know, Hermione had went back and found Harry still up. She told him all about the joke, and Harry, when
finished cursing them all out in turn, even Hermione, he went to bed, planning on what he could do to get back at them.
Then he remembered what he had developed during his sixth year at Hogwarts and thought of the perfect way to get back at
them...
A/N: That was a hard chapter to write, seeing as how pivitol it is in the story. I am going to think up ways that Harry can
get back at them and will have the next chapter up shortly. I am thinking of exploding money, but I will not say more. I
hope you liked this chapter, and, as always, r/r
problems at this site. So anyway this is the fourth chapter which tells the tale behind the joke. I hope you like it. As
always, r/r.
The Jokers Meet
Hermione, Ron, Fred, and George were in the Transfiguration room. Proffesor McGonagall did not know, because it was the
middle of the night, and she was well asleep. Fred and
George had gotten in through the secret entrance to Hogwarts through the Three Broomsticks to go to the Gryffindor Commomn
room and then back to the Transfiguration classroom to meet with Ron and Hermione. Ron had borrowed Harry's Marauder's Map
to give to the twins so they could keep out of sight of the teachers, even though there was little chance of seeing one
seeing as how it was almost two in the morning now. They had finally arrived at the Transfiguration room almost an hour late.
As soon as they arrived, they gave it back to Ron.
"Where were you?" asked Hermione, "you were supposed to be here almost an hour ago. What took you so long?"
"Well, Harry was asleep until 1 o'clock before we could wake him up," explained Fred, "but we told him the second challenge,"
finished George.
"Did you get the pictures from the first challenge? You said you would sick Collin Creevey on him to get pictures of it." Ron
said. He looked at them expectantly.
"Er..." started George, "Well you see..." Fred continued, "We, er, were, well you know..." George said. He would have said
more, but Ron interjected sharply.
"You mean you DIDN'T get the pictures?!" exclaimed Ron, now thoroughly pissed off, "What the hell was Creevey doing? Where's
his" Ron said something so bad, that Hermione yelled "RON!" but Ron ignored this, "camera? Didn't he get any pictures at
all?"
"Well, er, Harry took his camera and ripped out the film, you know, what the pictures go on once they're," explained Fred,
but Ron started yelling at him.
"YOU MEAN HE JUST LET HARRY RIP THE FILM OUT OF IT? HAVE YOU GONE MAD? HAS HE? WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON HIM!!!" roared Ron.
"We could have humiliated him if we had gotten these pictures to the Daily..." continued Ron when Hermione cut in, turning
bright red started yelling at Ron herself. "CALM DOWN RON OR WE'LL BE HEARD!. Now, why would you, you of all people, being
Harry's friend, want to humiliate him not only here but also in the entire wizarding world? I mean, I think this has gone far
enough."
Fred and George couldn't suppress a snicker at her tone.
"What do you two think you're laughing about? Don't tell me you've made that second challenge even worse. If it's anything
worse than the first challenge and I'm going to tell Harry all about this scheme so he doesn't do anything stupid."
"Oh it's nothing," sniggered Fred, "Yeah, all he has to do is a simple thing in front of our joke shop tomorrow."
"Don't you mean later on today?" remarked Hermione snidely.
"whatever," snapped Fred, "Listen, you two, the next challenge is a delightful thing we'd like to call Total Humiliation."
"Yes, it's quite simple," George picked up, "all Harry has to do is make out with Snape at Hogsmeade. Luckily Snape's going,
and we can guarantee he's going to be hanging around our shop all day since we're going to tell him to watch out for mischief
around our shop. Hah! he's in for the surprise of his life tomorrow." He, Fred, and Ron started laughing hysterially.
Hermione, however, looked nonplussed about this challenge.
"You shouldn't have told him to do that!" she shouted shrilly, "He might even get expelled AT THE END OF HIS SEvENTH YEAR!
That is evil, malicious, and something I would only associate to Malfoy and his cronies who, thankfully, do not go to this
school anymore. Now, I expect you three to act like real adults and tell him not to. If you won't, then I will. I did not
expect the joke to go this far."
"Oh all right, Hermione," said Ron in a sort of exasperated tone of voice, but he winked at Fred and George behind Hermione's
back. "I'll tell him about this plot and clear it up with Dumbledore and the other teachers. I'm sure they'll understand it
was just a bit of harmless fun."
"You better not, Ron." said Fred in a fake severe tone. "You either Hermione." this time he was serious, "We already got him
convinced to do it, so nothing you say will work anyway. Just let him do the second challenge will you? The we'll tell him
the joke and things will go back to normal. I think." Said Fred, horrified that anyone would ruin his fun, even Hermione.
"Yeah, Harry will understand I'm sure, and when we tell him..." George started, but Hermione interjected.
"You can't be serious! Think about it, Harry makes out with Snape, his least favorite teacher in the world. To say the least
he'll be made fun of for the rest of his life throughout the world. And not only that, what if he IS expelled? And only a few
months before he became a full-fledged wizard? That would crush him! I wonder if any of you three even considered Harry's
feelings before you went ahead with the joke."
"But Hermione, you were in with the joke. You thought it might be funny to do this, too!" exlaimed Ron.
"To a certain point!" Hermione said peevishly. "I was only in on it until I found out what Harry has to do, but you three
have taken this too far! I demand that you do not make Harry go through with this. I intend to tell him later this morning
while we're at Hogsmeade. This would ruin Harry if he goes through with it. Good night!"
"Good night then," said Fred sarcastically. This made the three boys snigger when Hermione left.
"I suppose what she was saying was right..." Ron began, but George cut him off.
"Don't tell me you're getting cold feet now. Listen, maybe we should change the challenge before Harry leaves. I agree with
Hermione that it is kind of sick when you think about it. But I'm sure we can figure something else out. I just hope that we
can come up with something before Hermione tells him about it. Maybe we should ask him for 1000 galleons again like before.
That way it won't be sick, and we'll get what we want. Then we can tell him about the joke and everything. But I want some
sort of second challenge."
"Yeah, I guess that would be acceptable," said Ron, "as long as I get a share of the money," Ron added.
"You wish!" Fred and George said in unison. "We get it all, this was our idea."
"Fine then! I guess I'll do the same as Hermione and tell Harry about the joke. You can forget about getting anything if I
don't get a cut in the profits."
Fred and George relented. "Fine, fine, you can have 1/3 of the money. Mind, we'll probably have to give it up when we tell
him about the joke so spend it fast if at all."
"All right then. Just change it before Hermione tells Harry."
Little did they know, Hermione had went back and found Harry still up. She told him all about the joke, and Harry, when
finished cursing them all out in turn, even Hermione, he went to bed, planning on what he could do to get back at them.
Then he remembered what he had developed during his sixth year at Hogwarts and thought of the perfect way to get back at
them...
A/N: That was a hard chapter to write, seeing as how pivitol it is in the story. I am going to think up ways that Harry can
get back at them and will have the next chapter up shortly. I am thinking of exploding money, but I will not say more. I
hope you liked this chapter, and, as always, r/r