THE HOGWARTS ROUGES

CHAPTER NINE

JUNE 29th 1994

The rouges sat at their house tables for the last day of the school year with private grins plastered over their faces. They'd made it through the year not being caught on pranks with a ninety percent success rate. The Weasley twins were the ten percent caught but that was to be expected. The bullying situation in their year had been turned down with Mr and Mrs Weasley joining the meeting at Gringotts as well as the Malfoys. The two howlers delivered to the youngest male Weasley and to Malfoy at breakfast had been the surprising highlight of everyones day. The teachers faired a little better too. McGonagoll caught onto the pattern after giving Luna a questionable detention after giving in her homework. Professor Lupin too had caught onto the pattern and dropped all contact with the rouges outside of class. Much to Harrys dismay. He'd been looking forward to the stories Lupin had been telling them about James and Lily potter, especially Lily since Harry had proven over and over again he was more like his mother than his father.

Letters from Susanne and Sirius had the inner rouges confident that Sirius was healing well and that Harry would be out of the Dursleys control and in Sirius's care by the time the meeting was to happen. Many harmless and crowd rousing pranks echoed across the hallways of Hogwarts for two weeks afterwards. Colour changing butterflies followed many a student around as Suits of armour sang many a rousing drinking song and football chant. Fireworks would set odd on alternate nights from the roof of Hogwarts and dictate many a battle between different races although harry was sure it was the work of others rather than the rouges. Besides apart from the harmless pranks the rouges were pretty much clear. The Weasley twins had finished their OWLs and felt quietly confident they'd gotten the required passes for their summer jobs.

As Dumbledore stood up to give his end of year speech still looking like a partially deformed goat Harry thought back to a week earlier when he and Danielle were strolling through the courtyard on their way to their classes when Malfoy stopped before them without Crabbe and Goyle at his back and with a dark frown on his face.

FLASHBACK

"This is all your fault potter" Malfoy shrieked attracting quite a few other students attention who instantly formed a crown around them.

"Erm what's my fault Malfoy?" Harry asked with a slight frown of his own and a tilt of his head

"My friends abandoning me, consistent pranks and attacks on my presence" Malfoy answered shrilly "And your constant parade of mudbloods and half-breeds"

"Let me get this straight Malfoy 'cause you've lost me a bit" Danielle began stepping forwards "You're blaming a series of unrelated problems along with your insecurities with the mundane-born and people of dual heritage being friends with The famous Harry Potter"

"I wasn't talking to you" Malfoy spat stepping incredibly close to Danielle with venom in his eyes "You filthy little mudblood"

For a brief moment Malfoy looked triumphant as Danielles face switched through a few looks of rage disgust then determination. Rearing back slightly whist clearing her throat Danielle gobbed in Malfoys face with surprising accuracy before rubbing her hand in it

"YOU'VE GOT MUD ON YOUR FACE, YOU BIG DISGRACE WAVING YOUR BANNER ALL OVER THE PLACE" she screamed loudly

"WE WILL WE WILL ROCK YOU" Harry began joining in Danielles singing as he caught onto what she was doing

many students rushed forwards to join in the singing and as such the courtyard was soon host to several rousing renditions of Queen songs prompting Headboy Percy Weasley to run off to get the professors. The cover of the group gave Danielle and harry the chance to pull Malfoy out of the way and attach an annoying reoccurring pranks to him. They knocked him out, cleared their wands and left to go to class as the teachers arrived followed by an out of breath Headboy.

END FLASHBACK

Harry was brought back to the great hall by a nudge from both Neville and Hermione just in time to hear Dumbledores final words.

"I hope you all enjoy your summers away from here and come back next year willing to learn and improve" He finished with a smile and a flourish of his hands. Harry cleared his mind quickly as he met the headmasters eyes and mentally gave him the two finger salute.

The faint flinch from Dumbledore had Harry smile as he turned to eat the last dinner at Hogwarts in the morning they were taking the Hogwarts express back to London and the muggle world. As Dumbledore sat down the final prank of the year exploded. Four different coloured fires attached tot he four house banners pulling the house animals from the fabric and giving them some form of life as they prowled around the Great Hall sniffing at the laughing students as coloured sparks fell from the ceiling and fading mere feat from students heads. Along with brightly coloured words hanging in the sky saying

"WELL DONE LEAVING STUDENTS OF 1994, SEE YOU NEXT YEAR SINCERELY THE ROUGE SQUAD OF HOGWARTS"

Harry and his fellow rouges shared a look and shook their heads at the laughing Weasley twins before joining the celebrations. Tomorrow was a new day and new pranks would have to wait to be played.

JUNE 30TH 1994

Ron Weasley sat on the Hogwarts train heading back to London with a tick in his shoulder, an eye to the door and a frown on his face. Ever since the beginning of the year he'd been pranked mercilessly, he thought it was the twins at first but as they varied over the year Ron fell into himself more and more apart from the occasional outbursts of bullying to the younger years who he felt laughed at him. Ron's mind drifted to the two major pranks which made him question both himself and his Hogwarts experience at large.

FLASHBACK

Ron Weasley watched the lone fifth year Gryffindor from across the common room with obvious disdain. Carroll Lewisham had turned down the youngest Weasley boy for the last time. Ron waited until the common room was mostly empty and Carroll made to go to the girls dorms. Ron struck and pulled Carroll out of the common room and into an abandoned room further along the seventh floor. Unaware that he was being watched by two pairs of eyes.

"I'm so going to enjoy this Lewisham" Ron purred trying up the fifth year without magic before reviving her.

"The Fuck Weasel" Carroll eventually spat out when she realised what was happening

"I'm going to take what I am due Lewisham and since you're a muggle born you're going to experience the grace of a pure-blood"

Ron Weasley never saw his twin brothers open the door behind him and attack with several magic spells as well as having superglue lathered on his hands and attached to his groin. It took five hours for a teacher to realise Ron Weasley was missing and it took another two on top of that for the spells on Weasley to wear off enough for a teacher to hear him and take him to Madam Pomfrey...who had the unenviable task of removing his hands from his crotch.

Ron entered the great hall and suddenly felt both satisfaction and annoyance flair up as he saw second year Ravenclaw Luna Lovegood.

"Hey Looney" Ron called out barely recognising the rouges sitting around her "Why are you so weird?"

"Hello Ronald" Luna replied sweetly buttering her toast "How are you today?"

"Don't you hello me Looney we're not friends...and guess what you don't have any friends either...Looney Lovegood is a Loner"

"The hell is wrong with you Weasley?" Harry asked as Danielle and Blaise shifted themselves to both covertly cast a spell each and to look threatening enough to deter Ron Weasley. Ron frowned at Harrys intrusion

"No-one asked you to interfere Potter...Looney is a loner I can deter from bothering anyone else with her looniness"

"Mr Weasley that will do" Professor Flitwick said frowning at the youngest Weasley male "Twenty points from Gryffindor and detention tonight with me"

"They started it professor" Ron grumbled as both Blaise and Danielle fired off their spells "Always being bullies professor"

"Be that what you believe Mr Weasley" Flitwick replied with a frown "On your way Weasley, eat breakfast then go to class"

Ron Weasley did as he was told and flounced off to the end of the Gryffindor table. He frowned at the laughter which followed him through the rest of breakfast, down the corridor towards the Transfiguration classroom unaware he had a pair of antlers growing out of his head. It took until the end of Transfiguration for even Professor McGonagoll to notice and send him to Madam Pomfrey.

FLASHBACK END

Ron Weasley was drawn out of his reverie when he heard the carriage door open and looked up to see Danielle Greenwood swan through on her way elsewhere. Ron knowing the pranks on him were reoccurring and had the rouges trademarks over them, shrank back into his seat as not to be seen by the Hufflepuff earning a strange look from his brother Percy and his girlfriend Penny Clearwater. The previous Headboy and girl made a few connections and got to their feet with the intent to confront the serial pranksters.

Further along the train in a private carriage Draco Malfoy sat mumbling to himself over nothing. Both Crabbe and Goyle tried to engage the Malfoy heir in conversation earlier but to no avail. Draco Malfoy was too wrapped up in his mind and thoughts over the past year and the two major pranks which worried Malfoy and made him think over his time at Hogwarts.

FLASHBACK

Draco Malfoy couldn't help but smirk as he saw Lisa Smealton try to push past him and fail due to being pushed into the wall.

"You are rather pretty" Malfoy purred rubbing himself against her rather uncomfortably. "I have a proposition for you Smealton"

"Let me go Malfoy" Lisa semi-begged as she struggled to pull out her wand to hex him

"Hmm No" Malfoy replied still smirking "My proposition is for you to warm my bed Smealton you're a worthy pure blood despite being a black girl"

Malfoy saw stars as Lisa kneed him in the groin hard and cast a disorientation spell on him before fleeing down the corridor. It took the rest of the day for Malfoy to show his face in the great hall and by then word had reached the Rouges ears. Malfoy sat down and began eating unaware he'd ingested a strong long-lasting impotency potion, he wouldn't learn of the damage until seventh year.

It was so close to the end of the year and Draco Malfoy couldn't shake off the feeling that what he'd done to Danielle Greenwood and Harry Potter was coming back to haunt him. He saw Ginny Weasley standing and talking with a mudblood first year Malfoy thought was named Edward Bryce. Malfoy pushed the weird feeling aside and ignored the calls of Crabbe and Goyle to ignore the other students so they could get back to do their homework. He swanned over to the two Grifindors with strong intent to berate them for their status as Mudblood and blood traitor.

"Weasley why do you sully your status as Pureblood with the filth?" Malfoy asked eyeing the young Hufflepuff beside her with disdain "Even if you are a Blood traitor there's no reason..."

"What I do with my time and who I talk to is none of your concern Heir Malfoy" Ginny replied with a cool tone and a raised eyebrow "Now Clear off before I prank you"

"How dare you..." Malfoy began not recognising the

"You heard her Malfoy shove off" Edward Bryce added showing he wasn't as scared as some of the other first years were

"Bryce you're a filthy mudblood and not worth my time" Malfoy said turning on his heal to walk away before something struck him out of the blue and music began playing loudly down the hall. Malfoy paled significantly as he recognised the music.

"YOU GOT MUD ON YOUR FACE YOU BIG DISGRACE WAVING YOUR BANNER ALL OVER THE PLACE!"

Laughter and the music of Queen followed Draco Malfoy as he fled down the corridor towards the Slytherin common rooms.

FLASHBACK END

Draco Malfoy continued to brood as both Crabbe and Goyle, having watched Malfoy for the past hour with both sorrow and worry in their eyes. They had attempted to reconnect with the Malfoy heir but the past hour proved otherwise, they quietly left the carriage to go find potter with the intent to apologise for their actions of the past few years and offer a hand of friendship. Both boys were hoping to at least have a clean slate with the rouges if nothing else.

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