I'm so sorry! I just kept getting sidetracked, and I feel wguilty. :( So you all will get two or three chapters from us, M'Kay? Again, sorry we left, I was lazy!
But we're back here now, and we have a bit of alcohol sage here. But nothing serious, just some spiking of drinks so they can have the time of their lives without teachers stopping them…
Disclaimer: I don't own them, neither does Shade honestly!
Quote: There are no stupid questions, just stupid people. –No clue again!
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By now, we'd sat down and were comfortable at a table. We hadn't bothered bringing dates, seeing as how we had literally a day to find our dresses, let alone a date. So, when asked where our dates are, we just said, "Eh, we're single. Living like gypsies and never getting tied down!"
Karkaroff had snorted at that. "Come now ladies. We all must find a partner in life. It's inevitable that we fall in love with another."
Mimic smiled at that. "We have found our partners. Our Pokémon are our companions for life, and they always will be. We don't need men."
McGonagall smiled. "You girls have a responsibility to life though, to pass on your genes."
I nearly choked when she said that. "That is not the meaning of life! The meaning of life is 42. It's proven."
Karkaroff shook his head. "Everyone believes life has a different meaning. For example, I think there is no set meaning of life. We all have different reasons."
I nodded. "Wise saying, sir. Now, Mimic, you know that conversation we were having before we got here?"
Mimic nodded. "About optimism and animals?"
Snape raised one eyebrow. "What do those two things have to do with each other?"
I mirrored his look. "What don't they have to do with each other?"
Mimic tapped my shoulder. "The fact optimism means you look at the bright side of things and animals are often thought to be dark things."
I smiled. "Oh yeah. See? Your optimism makes me feel all warm and cuddly inside. Like I just swallowed a bunny and it's tickling my insides."
Mimic cocked her head at that. "Um... Not sure how to respond to that."
"Well, what animal would your optimism be? Like, I said bunny rabbit because I think bunnies are warm and cuddly like the feeling I get from your optimism."
Mimic stared into space blankly. "Oh. That makes sense now."
I laughed a bit and noticed the teachers had disappeared to stop a few students from doing something. But then two familiar troublemakers and their Pokémon appeared. "Fred, George, what are you two doing?"
The first, Fred because of his Jynx, held a finger to his lips. "Shush! We're spiking their drinks with alcohol," he hissed, Jynx and George's Mr. Mime using Psychic to put a little alcohol in every drink, save ours. "Please don't tell any of the teachers."
I looked to Mimic, then Blade. Both nodded, as did Aple. "We will say nothing of this unless they threaten us with job loss. Put more in Karkaroff's to account for alcohol tolerance."
The twins nodded and disappeared as the teachers came back.
Within minutes, they were all drunk on whatever the boys had put into the drinks. I was forcing myself not to laugh at Snape; he was usually the straight backed, 'Mess-with-me-and-I'll-fail-you' guy, yet now he couldn't see straight. Karkaroff was the only one still halfway sober, and that was probably because of the heritage. But he was on his way still. Nothernmen and their stupid tolerance for this stuff...
So now, kids all over the Great Hall were joking to the point of danger to themselves. And what did we, as the only capable teachers do?
We sat and watched the students dare each other into daredevil stunts that should normally be done only by professionals. And when we finally did get up, it was only to tell them no killing or seriously injuring anybody or else.