"I need your help."

Fred and George Weasley looked up at him from where they were hunched over some papers on one of their beds. One soon looked back down, crossing some things out and re-writing it, leaving him to talk to the other.

"What can we do for you, little second year?" He asked, smiling big.

"I need you to start a prank war with Ginny." Colin said seriously. The one talking looked confused while the other glanced up at him before going back to the papers.

"Now why's that?" He asked, shifting to sit in front of him better. The one still looking down mutter annoyed, "Fred..." as the shifting almost knocked over their papers, and the one talking (Fred, Colin thought relived. They are very hard to tell apart) gave him a sorry look before looking back at the second year. Colin gave him a bland smile.

"I'm sure you two have noticed how strained both of your younger siblings have been."

Fred blinked, before nodding and looking at him in suspicion. Colin was suddenly a little on edge from the look, though he wasn't sure why. Fred looked like he was about to question something when George talked first.

"You're acting a lot different than last year."

Colin frowned. He didn't mean too. Usually he was pretty merged, to the point where he acted like a twelve year old most of the time even around the others. But something about this meeting put him on edge, causing him to act like the Shield agent he used to be.

Maybe it was the how different the Weasley Twins were acting...

He mentally shook his head. That didn't make sense. Just because they didn't act like the same person all the time doesn't mean they are putting him on edge. It was probably just the worry from his friends. He was falling back into his old superhero babysitting role, but this time with an extra sibling. Yea, that's it.

"I'm just worried for the others is all."

George was about to say something else, but Fred beat him to it, smiling again waving his hands around as he talked. "So you want us to do a prank war with them to cheer them up. But why only Ginny?"

"Because she'll be the most likely to prank back. And if she does, then Luna and Ron will get pulled in, then Harry, Hermione, and Neville will follow quickly."

"Hm..." Fred made a thoughtful noise before looking back at George. They seemed to have a conversation just from their eyes before Fred smiled back at Colin. "We're in."

"...you didn't mention Draco." George noted. Colin frowned.

"I would love to believe that Draco would get pulled in as well, but I know how stubborn he can be. I don't think he has seen any of them outside of classes since Buckbeak happened... I'm going to have to think of something different for him..."

xXx

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"

Ron flinched at the yell before leaping up when he recognized it as his sisters. Harry, Hermione, and Neville were right behind him, but before he could run up to help his sister, Fred and George grabbed his arm and held him back. He glared at them confused (something was wrong with Ginny why were they stopping him?) but the one not holding his arm (Fred maybe) just smiled and put a finger to his lips.

Oh. They pranked her.

Ron blinked and thought that over again before a feeling a terror came over him.

Oh. They pranked her, the ex-god of mischief.

Ron knew very well not to do that. The one time he tried it caused Loki to change his red hair into blond. He never did get his original color back until he was reborn.

(Loki tried to get his red hair back, though Ron was still convinced that he only put through enough effort to get Frigga and Odin to calm down. His hair changed into a new color every day, from pink to blue to purple to rainbow, but never even close to red. Or even brown or black. Finally he was spared to embarrassment and kept his blond hair.)

He did that when he was actually 20, and you know how long they lived. He shuddered to think what Ginny would do to the Twins.

Though that didn't stop him from letting out a laugh as Ginny came down with green and silver hair. He considered this payback. But he kept quiet after that, as she looked furious and he wanted no part of this. She was looking everywhere, for any hint to who did this to her and Ron wasn't going to make her think it was him.

That was when Fred and George started laughing and bowing and praising Ginny for her new hair style. Ron watched as Ginny's eyes snapped to them and he couldn't help but feel sorry for them. Especially when Ginny's green eyes started glowing slightly. He felt Harry stiffen beside him, probably to step in before Ginny goes "Loki" on the twins.

He shook his head at his friend, not wanting him to get in his sister's war path. Harry looked at him for a long moment and Ron was afraid for a moment that he would get involved anyway. But they all were spared from the disaster that was about to happen by Ginny, somehow, calming down. Ron looked at her confused as her eyes stopped glowing and she backed up. He was lightly relieved honestly, before he realized what look she had on her face.

It was her calculating look. Ron gulped. Nothing ever good happened when she got that look, this lifetime or the last. The twins thought so too, slowing down in their praising and jokes as they look at her worriedly. Ginny just smiled at them evilly and left through the portrait. Ron looked at his brothers.

"You are both screwed."

xXx

"Three x's in a row." Ginny said in answer to the riddle to get into the Ravenclaw Tower. The riddles ranged from hard to laughably easy to just plain weird. The spell outside the tower judged the person in front of it to give them a riddle in their IQ level. When she first showed up, it gave her a terribly easy riddle. Probably because of the gold and red colors on her robe. It's been giving her steadily difficult ones in the last few months, which Ginny was glad for.

Though the funny thing was that it didn't recognize her this time. Normally it called her by name, or maybe just redhead, but this time it asked her name, called her a Slytherin, then asked her a medium level riddle. Ginny huffed, annoyed that it had thought she was stupid just because she was in Gryffindor. Though she was interested in the magic behind it.

Another time. A time when she wasn't planning revenge.

She scanned the room when she came in, glaring at any of the first years that looked at her in surprise, before sighting Luna on the other side of the room. She quickly walked over. Luna sighed, not looking up at her yet.

"Ya, Ginny?" She asked, still a little down about the conversation on the train.

"I want your help to crush my brothers."

"What?" Luna looked up at her, finally, before looking at her with wide eyes and saying very loudly- "What's wrong with your hair?!"

Ginny huffed, hearing mutters of "Loony Luna actually raised her voice!" and "What's got Loony Luna's panties in a twist?". She knew what revenge she would get next, but right now she has something else to focus on.

"My brothers happened. Hence why I want to get back at them."

"And…you want my help?"

"Of course. You're….." She paused before taking a deep breath and continuing. "You're my best friend."

Luna blinked before smiling at her. "Well, we need a plan to get back at the twins."

"Not just the twins."

"Huh?"

"I doubt he was actually involved with it, but Ron laughed at my hair. He is so getting crushed!" She sat across form her friend and crossed her arms annoyed.

"Well," Luna laughed. "You can get so petty. But I'm not complaining. If we're pranking, let's prank everyone, so no one and say who it was."

"Good idea." Ginny smiled a "Loki" smile. That's what Ron called her evil smile anyway. Luna smiled again and started talking about what they could do and how to do it, slowly turning into her dreamy manner of speaking she had before the merge. Ginny listened and nodded and added things in occasionally.

All in all, it was the most fun she had in a while.

xXx

The next week went by normally, leaving Fred and George more and more freaked out. Why wasn't Ginny doing anything? The longer their sister didn't do anything the worse they think their punishment was going to be. Honestly, they were about the prank her again to make themselves feel better when the prank hit.

It was a normal Monday morning. Everyone was sleepy, as every Monday, and you could hear various groaning noises as the first few people came trickling in, through the doorway that had magic dust coming down unnoticeably whenever somebody came under it. It wasn't until a Hufflepuff tried to speak that they even realized anything was wrong.

The little Hufflepuff boy barked, even though his friends could totally hear him say "Good morning!" his friends looked at him, then all around as other people began talking. There was a bark over there and a meow over there, and even a roar from the teachers table. Nobody knew what was going on. All they could do was speak in animal noises, even though they could understand each other. Soon there was a lower mumbling of animal noises as people tried to figure out what happened.

"Everybody!" Dumbledore meowed. It seemed the spell decided to give the roaring to Professor McGonagall. Professor Lupin gave a small little yap in agreement, and Snape hissed at him like a snake. "Please calm down, we can still understand each other. We'll figure it out, just go on with our day."

George glared playfully at Ginny. "You did this." He meowed. Ginny smiled at him innocently, making her green hair stand out even more.

"What are you talking about?" She hissed like a snake, turning her innocent expression into the thing that stood out. She got up and walked over to Luna at the Ravenclaw table. The two friends started to walk out, but not before Ginny smirked at Fred and George.

"It is so on…." Fred meowed, looking at George. His brother nodded and both of them ran out of the Hall. Ron groaned.

"And now there is a prank war…" He squeaked. Then blinked. Then blushed. This was the first time he had talked since coming in, and what the hell? Ginny did that on purpose!

He firmly ignored his friends snickering.

xXx

"Did you hear?" A girl barked.

"Hear what?" Her friend barked back.

"They're having a cutest couple poll!"

Ron listened to them from around the corner before smiling at his friends. "Ok," He squeaked but ignored it this time. "So I got a plan for the prank war. We can mess with the results of that poll!"

"Why are we joining the prank war?" Hermione….well, Ron didn't know what sound Hermione had, but since it gave him the shivers, it was probably something from a spider. Anyway, she was giving him the "Black Widow" look, so he explained quickly.

"Well, we can't leave my siblings to their own devices. The war will never stop."

"So you think we can keep up?" Harry grumbled like a bear, looking at Ron in disbelief. Ron shook his head quickly.

"Then why are we here?" Neville cawed, crossing his arms.

"We have no hope to keep up, especially without…." He cut himself off, not wanting to mention Draco, who they were still fighting with. "Anyway, we can do better than that. We can slow them down!"

His friends exchanged glances before shrugging at one enough. Ron was going to take that as a 'yes'.

xXx

"Me and Malfoy?!" A Slytherin girl screeched out (partially because of her animal and partly because she was just that screechy) at the breakfast table a few days later.

"I don't like Gretchen…" A Ravenclaw first year whined like a dog before gulping at the glare from the third year Gretchen.

"I'm not even dating Jason!" A Hufflepuff girl yipped, blushing. Her friend beside her smiled and took her hand.

"Do….do you want to though?" He asked. "I've been meaning to ask you…."

"J-Jason!" The girl blushed darker and started stammering.

"Ronald, why is my name and Harry's up there?" Ginny hissed dangerously. Ron gulped.

Maybe this wasn't such a good idea….

xXx

Who needs friends?

He certainly didn't. Look at what mess having friends brought him. Now he was alone, sitting in an empty classroom alone, tinkering with a prototype of his Ironman boot. He sighed and angrily set his screwdriver down on his desk. He used to be a lone wolf and he could go back. He could.

"Jar-" He cut himself off, partly from the yipping coming from his mouth and partly because there was no Jarvis. Ok, he thought as he absentmindedly put on the boot to make sure it fit. Next thing to do is make another Jarvis. There was memory magic right? Maybe I could use my memories to give Jarvis the vague idea-

He did not squeak, repeat did not, as the boot activated and knocked him around the room. And oh god did that hurt. He couldn't steer anything, not without another boot or the gloves. Both of which were not made yet. He hit another wall before he could continue that thought.

He was just thankful that he didn't feel any broken bones by the time that he flew out the door. (After breaking the door too of course) But he may have broken a few when he hit the hallway wall hard. Hard to tell, as everything was now sore.

He groaned as he slide down said wall, thankful his boot finally sputtered out. He sat there for a moment, panting, before getting up slowly and shakily. It was still painful, but not overly so. So he was pretty sure nothing was broken….probably. Maybe. Most likely not, but maybe he should go to the nurse anyway. He scowled at the thought, taking off the boot. Actually no, that might be a terrible idea. He hated hospitals-

He was pushed over before he finished that thought. (This was happening a lot). He hit the ground with an oof, before glaring up at the person who pushed him. It was a group of older Slytherins. He scowled. He recognized them. It was Henrik, a spoiled black haired 5th year, and his gang of younger Slytherins.

They were assholes. Most of them anyway. Some of the newer ones were ok, but he knew they wouldn't stay that way. Henrik laughed and pushed him back down as he tried to get back up and the second oldest, a blond, fourth year girl named Kathy, took his Ironman boot and held it above his head.

"Oh what's wrong, Malfoy?" Henrik mocked, taking the boot from Kathy. Kathy scowled but just stepped back. The two youngest in his gang, a second year and a first year, just looked around nervously. Obviously they were afraid of teachers catching them. "Can't handle the muggle toy?"

"Shut up!" Draco said, getting up quickly. He tried to reach the boot but Henrik was still taller than him. "I did better than you would have!"

Henrik opened his mouth to say something else when he suddenly yelped in pain. Kathy and the two younger Slytherins all jumped away from him as Draco watched electricity spark. He looked over quickly to see a livid Ron, holding his sword out, with static dancing on the blade. He hid it quickly, before the other Slytherins saw it. Draco smiled a little before making himself frown again.

"Hey!" Harry called from the other side of them and the Slytherins jerked to look at him. "Bullying isn't nice!"

"Oh what's it to you?" Henrik scowled, apparently already recovered. "You guys don't even like him anymore-"

An arrow landed beside him, making him and his gang jump in fear. Draco, of course, had figured out all of his friends were there, and just quickly spotted Neville on a high up ledge. This time he let himself smile.

"He's still our friend!" Harry said, crossing his arms, as Hermione knocked all of the gang out without them seeing.

Wow, she's been practicing.

There was a moment of silence, before Draco took a deep breath, and hurt his pride.

"Thank you. And I'm sorry."

His friends looked at him for a long moment before Neville jumped down in front of him smiling. He clapped his shoulder.

"Well, if you're really really sorry…." He said slowly, obviously messing with him. "Then you get to come back. But you get to think of a way to save Buckbeak."

"Of course!" Draco said determinately. Then he hummed in thought. "Hey, Hermione, you have that time turner right? Can we use that?"

"Eh!" And instantly, the assassin disappeared and the schoolgirl was back. Neville gave her a worried glance again. "How did you know about that?!"

"….that was a secret?" Draco, Neville, and Ron asked at the same time.

"You were really obvious…." Draco continued. "I mean, you got to class before us, even though you had the same last class as us. And we were walking together most of the way there."

"Plus, you had three classes in the same block." Neville added. "Not to mention the chain on your neck. Why would you randomly start wearing a necklace unless it was connected?"

"And-" Ron tried to join in, before sighing. "Ok, to be honest, Ginny and Luna figured it out then told me. I wouldn't of known otherwise probably."

"Wait, wait, wait," Harry said quickly, looking startled. "What do you mean Hermione has a time turner?!"

"Wow, Captain America's slow on the uptake." Draco sniggered, before pausing. "Hey wait…." His friends looked at him curiously. "Harry's a British Citizen."

"And?" Harry asked, suddenly looking like he shouldn't have asked.

"A British Citizen is Captain AMERICA!" Draco said, laughing a little. Ron and Neville joined in after a second. Harry huffed and Hermione rolled her eyes fondly.

And then Henrik started to stir.

The group of friends looked at each other before running down the hall, as far from the gang as they could be.

xXx

Ok, so this chapter was originally longer, but it was taking me so long to write that I decided to cut it up. Next chapter is the boggart lesson! So if any f you have any ideas, not just for the fears, but anything around the lesson would be awesome! Actually any idea in general would be awesome!

And for all of you that I used your ideas in this chapter, they were all awesome! Thanks!