Here We Go Again: Chapter Six: Setting Up the Pranks: With Harry

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After lunch had finished the two groups went their separate ways. Each one with their own task to do. All during lunch, potions and spells were told and given out so as to have the castle set for the perfect all out prank. It wouldn't do though, for anyone to be suspicious of them so they were forced to act their day out as they normally would while still setting the pranks up at doorways, parts of the walls that had to have a handprint and password to open, seats in the library, common room and the Great Hall, Weasley's broomstick, Granger's book bag and the books themselves, and of course their beds. Harry appointed himself to set up pranks against the Headmaster and so he stayed in the Great Hall.

WITH HARRY:

"Mister Potter, lunch is over. I suggest you go and enjoy your free day while you can," said Professore McGonagall as she walked towards him. His friends had just got up to leave and he was the last student in the Hall.

"Professor, would it be alright if I stayed in here for a few minutes? I would like to go through all of the Valentine's I received earlier," asked Harry, although he was only using this as an excuse to stay and prank the Headmaster's seat.

"Why don't you go and do that in your dormitory, Mister Potter?" said the Professor.

"Well, I tried doing that last time and everyone else kept coming up to me and ask about the stuff I got. In the end, I didn't get more than half done. At least here it will be quiet and no one can bother me. I felt bad about not being able to make replies to the people who sent me stuff last year," answered Harry.

"Alright, Mister Potter. Make sure you are gone within the hour though. The house-elves and staff will need to prepare the Hall for the Valentine's feast by then," allowed Professore McGonagall. WIth that she made her way out and waved off Harry's shout of thanks.

"That was way too easy," mumbled Harry. He looked up towards the Head Table and noticed that the rest of the staff seemed to have left the Hall sometime during the conversation he had with his Head of House. Harry quickly made his way up to the center of the Head Table where the Headmaster's seat was. Soon bright lights lit up the entirety of the Hall as Harry cast spell after spell onto the seat and even the general are of the table.

"Mutare ad hircum..."

"Odor asinus..."

"Rictumsempra..."

"Immobulus laeva..."

"Immobulus dextera..."

"Ad quietem..."

3With all of the spells cast onto the chair, Harry set about layering time spells on top of each of his charms so that they would go off at a certain time and more than once. He was feeling extra proud of himself when he finally mastered the hiding spell, one he created to make it so that no one will know there are spells placed there and if anyone where to find out they would be placed under a confundus long enough for them to forget about the spells.

"Hm...the Headmaster usually comes in from the main entrances so I should put some spells for him on those doors. But, once he notices that he's been embarrassed in front of all his students, he'll want to make a quick getaway. Which means... yup, the side staff entrance. More spells on that door too. And maybe one to stop him from leaving for ten minutes so that he can get even more embarassed," pondered Harry. Harry spent another ten minutes setting up the last of the spells before he made his way to the kitchen. There was a certain house-elf who he knew would be more than willing to help him exact his prank revenge.

"Maybe I should set up some pranks on other people. It would be less suspicious especially after the Golden Trio broke up this morning..." pondered Harry.

Harry was broken out of his thoughts when he tripped over something furry. It just happened to be a small brown puppy. Tied around it's neck like a collar was an emerald green ribbon holding a letter and one dozen roses that were clearly magicked a light purple. The note read:

"Hello, love.

Forgive me if you see me as forward due to my greeting, but that is what you will always be for me. My love. Even if you reject me when you are told of my true identity. Which I dearly hope that that will not be the case. It may seem strange to you when you find out who I am, especially when you consider our history. I have attached with this letter a certificate worth 500 Galleons at Honeydukes and a letter from Professor Snape allowing you to leave the castle grounds for today only. I recently learned that you have a great love of chocolates through a mutual acquaintance of ours. Hopefully you will put these to great use at sometime today before dinner.

With much love,

YSA"

Well, that's informative. And a bit depressing. They said that they were told by a mutual acquaintance that I love chocolate. If my secret admirer were Draco they wouldn't have said that. Draco was there when I was joking with Severus that I love chocolate. He heard it come straight from my mouth.

"Master Harry, sirs! What we be doings for yous?" asked Dobby who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere in front of Harry.

Huh. When'd I finally get over here... I need to stop zoning out.

"Hullo, Dobby. I was wondering if you can help me out with a little prank I'm planning. And stop calling me master," said Harry.

"Of courseys Master Harry! Dobby be happy to help Master Harry with his pranks!" exclaimed Dobby.

"Oh, before that, there's a bunch of flowers on my bed, can you go and put them in one huge vase on my bedside table, please," asked Harry [I just realized I never said what he does with these flowers.]

"Right away, Master Harry! Dobby is being back soon," said Dobby before he blinked away. It only took Dobby five minutes before he returned to the kitchens in front of Harry.

"Okay, Dobby, I want you to help me prank the Headmaster and two of my former friends, is that okay?" asked Harry.

"The Headmaster and two old friendsies?" squeaked Dobby.

"Yeah, it's nothing big so you won't get in trouble. I'll understand if you don't want to help me," assured Harry.

"Oh noes, Master Harry! Dobby be's happy to help you!" squeaked Dobby.

"Okay, great. Now, what I want you to do is place these in a bowl right next to the Headmaster's seat," instructed Harry.

"What these do, Master Harry?" asked Dobby, always curious.

"These are laced lemon drops. The potion will make it impossible for the Headmaster to stop telling embarrassing secrets about himself. It won't make him say anything that could land him in jail, of course. After all, Hogwarts still needs her Headmaster," explained Harry.

"Okays, Master Harry! Dobby be doing this for yous!" said Dobby cheerfully.

"Dobby, just Harry is fine. I don't feel right you calling me master even though you technically work for the school," grumbled Harry.

"But, Master Harry helped frees Dobby from mean old Master!"

"Anyway, Dobby. About Ron and Hermione, can you create some fake love letters and sneak into their school bags. But, make sure that they can find it really easy, okay?" asked Harry.

"Will Dobby be putting a names on these letters?"

"You can leave it blank for the sender. Just make sure that they know it's meant for them. Do you know how to write love letters? Or should I do it for you?" wondered Harry.

"Dobby's be knowing how, Master Harry. Dobby can even make it like Howlers. Letters be read out loud for alls to hears!"

"That's brilliant, Dobby! You do that, please?"

"Yes, Master Harry!"

"Anyway, I have to go now. Bye, Dobby!" And with that, Harry made his way out of the kitchens as Dobby said his goodbyes. With this part of his prank set up, he took out the Maurader's Map to see where the headmaster was. Just as Harry thought, he was in his office. Hm... I wonder how I can get him out of there... heh. time to go see Severus. Harry made his way out to the hallway but as soon as he opened the portrait, all he saw was a huge painting. But this was unlike any other Hogwarts painting. One, it was floating in the air; two, the person painted on it wasn't moving; and three, the person was Harry himself. Suddenly, a scroll appeared and on it was written Follow this portrait for a surprise like no other. Ever curious, Harry decided to follow the portrait when it began to move. He figured that there was someone in the area levitating the portrait to where he wanted to go. Along the way were two red roses tied together with a silver ribbon. When they stopped outside the boys' first floor lavatory Harry had already picked up thirty more roses. Taped on the entrance to the lavatory was another note:

Good job on following the portrait this far. However, you will now have a new guide to the next note.

Feel free to keep the portrait of you. A friend of mine painted it a while ago for me but I thought that you would like to have it.

I hope you don't mind all the flowers that you have been getting from me.

Y.S.A

The note brought another smile to Harry's face. He was a bit weirded out that he never noticed someone having a painting of him before considering that the people who could be his admirer lived in the same dorm as him. So, he has a friend that paints...Harry quickly shrunk the painting and placed it in his bag. He was wondering what his next guide would be when the same cat from before skidded to a stop in front of him.

"So, you're going to be my next guide, huh?" Harry asked the kitten though he felt strange doing so.

"Mreow!"

"Well then, lead the way," chuckled Harry. This time Harry made his way out onto the castle grounds. Similar to before there were pairs of flowers along the way, this time they were yellow lilies with a black ribbon. Harry was reminded of Hufflepuff House.

"Umm...can you wait for a minute?" asked Harry to the kitten. In reply, the kitten stopped beside Harry's leg.

"Dobby!" called out Harry and not a second later did the house-elf appear before him.

"Master Harry! Dobby be doing what you asks of Dobby! Dobby put fake letters in bags!" exclaimed Dobby.

"That's brilliant, Dobby. I have another favor to ask of you. Can you do it right now?" asked Harry.

"Dobby be doing anything for you Master Harry! But, only if house elves be allowed, Master Harry!" replied Dobby.

"Well, that's fine cause I just want you to put these flowers with the rest of the ones from earlier please," asked Harry.

"Okay, Master Harry! Umm...but, I be needing new vase, Master Harry. The other vase be full," said Dobby.

"Oh. That's fine. I have a feeling that we're going to be needing a lot more than just these two vases," Harry said as he passed the red roses to Dobby. He wanted to wait until he had all of the yellow lilies before calling for Dobby again.

"Master Harry be keeping yellow lilies?" asks Dobby when he notices that Harry is still holding onto them.

"Err...yeah. Just until I pick all of them up, okay, Dobby," explains Harry.

"Okay, Master Harry!" exclaims Dobby before he pops off with all of the red roses. The kitten had gotten impatient and began butting its head against Harry's leg.

"Okay, I get it. Lead the way, then," chuckled Harry. The kitten ran off leading towards the edge of the lake where the next note was floating lazily above the water's edge.

Don't you just love the view of the lake? I learned a while ago that you really like to be out in nature, especially near the water.

I hope you like the lilies. I didn't really know if you liked lilies or not. But then, your mother's name is Lily so I thought that

this would be somewhat appropriate. I hope that you have enjoyed your day so far. New fact: while I have dated a number of other people,

you are the one person who has remained constant in my mind and heart. Well, this is actually the last note for now! I love you, Harry.

Y.S.A

Harry blushed when he read the last part of the note. Surprisingly, he had picked up a total of fifty yellow lilies, most likely because it was a longer walk to the lake. I feel like a bloody girl with all these flowers. Harry made his way back to the castle to speak with Severus. He made it to the dungeons in no time and not surprisingly, the corridors here were completely void of student or professor. He knocked three times on the classroom door knowing that the Potions Master would be continuing his brewing from earlier.

"Enter," said a deep voice from within. As expected, Severus was brewing potions that were similar to those he saw in the infirmary every time that he was sent there.

"You're still not done, Severus?" teased Harry knowing that on a regular day, Severus would have finished these hours ago.

"And you're the reason, brat. You know that these would have been finished long ago if you didn't ask me to help with the chocolates," replied Severus but there wasn't any bite in his tone.

"Tsk. If I didn't come here asking for help, you would have gone looking for me cause that's just how worried you are about me," said Harry.

"Well, what is it now?" asked Severus.

"I want you to distract the Headmaster for a few minutes. Get him out of his office for at least ten minutes. Can you do it?" asked Harry.

"Do I wish to know why you want me to draw the Headmaster away from his office?" asked Severus with a raised brow.

"No, not really. Besides, wouldn't you like to be surprised when you finally get to see what happens?" laughed Harry.

"-sigh- Fine. I can get him out of his office for fifteen minutes," agreed Severus.

"Thanks, Severus!" exclaimed Harry before hurrying out of the classroom. Harry decided to wait a while outside of the Headmaster's office to watch him leave. Severus had said that he would walk out with him so that Harry was sure that the office was empty instead of just relying on the map. And with that he waited for Severus to do as he said he would.

This will be so much fun! But I wonder how the others are doing.

A/N: That's it for now. BYE!