A/N: See first chapter for author's note. Do not own anything from Harry Potter or Young Justice. The four British members of the team were absent for the mission in the episode Image so the episode happened like it did in canon.
BELLE REVE
NOVEMBER 14, 08:16 CDT
Count Vertigo had eaten the horrible breakfast that was provided at the metahuman prison and got up. Just as he did a copy of the Batman costume appeared around him that had no functional weapons on it. An invisible wave of magic spread out from the villain which spread magic to every one of his fellow prisoners it touched. The magic put an illusion spell on all of the prisoners except for Count Vertigo that made them believe the former member of royalty was Batman. As anyone with two brain cells could predict the prisoners began to beat the crap out of Count Vertigo who had no chance of defending himself and was quickly beaten into unconsciousness. When the villain was unconscious the spells all wore off and the prisoners saw what they had done.
The magic seemed to move on to the five ice villains that were suspected of being responsible for the recent ice storm. The five of them found that their skin and hair flashed between all the colors of the rainbow. They then asked the individuals that acted as the prison guards to marry them, but were immediately rejected (not surprising). The prison guards put all of the prisoners into an unconscious state at that point through the activation of the shock function of the collars.
BATCAVE
NOVEMBER 14, 09:22 EST
Harry and Hermione were hard at work on their gift for Superboy and therefore didn't notice when Robin walked in.
Robin said "I can't believe you convinced Batman to allow you to use the Batcave. It took me weeks before he allowed me to see the Batcave and that was only because I was his partner in crime fighting."
Harry said "Well it wasn't easy but I could swear he sees a little bit of himself in me."
At that moment Fawkes appeared in a flash of flames and sent a message to his bonded over the familiar bond.
Dick after he got over the surprise said "I'll never get used to that; so where did your bird come from?"
The bird in question seemed to take offense at being called a mere bird and dropped the video recorder he carried on Robin's head. It was only Dick's quick reflexes that he was able to catch the video camera before it fell onto the floor.
As Dick rubbed the top of his head where the video camera had hit he said "Ouch! Harry why did your pet have to get your sense of humor?"
Hermione held in a snort and then said "Fawkes went to Apokolips to drop off a surprise and record the results, and Fawkes won't do that if you treat him like the intelligent being he is."
Fawkes flew over to land on Hermione's shoulder and nuzzled her while Robin rolled his eyes and then viewed the video.
Flashback to two hours earlier on Apokolips
The ruler of Apokolips sat on the throne when a flash of fire appeared in front of the despicable thing. The flash of fire was brighter than the usual one that comes from Fawkes, and was so bright that it temporarily blinded all the occupants in the room. Fawkes used the opportunity to drop the load that his bonded gave him and start the video recording, and then dropped the recorder on the wall where it attached itself and blended in with the surroundings. When the occupants of the room had regained their sight they looked for the cause of their temporary blindness but were unable to. Just when Desaad spotted the object on the ground that Fawkes had dropped, another blinding flash of light once again overwhelmed the eyes of the occupants in the room.
The flash of light originated from the object that Fawkes had dropped, and the object had disappeared when the blinding light faded. When the occupants of the room were once again able to see, they found that they now looked like supermodels. The walls of the room had also turned from dreary to flowers, ponies and rainbows. There were also cute puppies all over the room that were so numerous that the floor was no longer visible.
The new room actually made the occupants of the room sick as they were used to the despotic and dreary look. The ruler of Apokolips attempted to use his Omega Beams to destroy everything in his path, but to his horror he found that he was no longer able to use this power. The ruler of the planet then turned to a trembling Desaad and started to try and beat the villain to death. The other occupants of the room in the meantime tried to get rid of the unwanted scenery but found that all of their weapons were not working
Before Desaad was beaten to death the prank was finished off with Fawkes singing, which knocked all of the occupants of the room out due to them being so evil. When the occupants of the room had come to an hour later the ruler of the planet ordered Desaad to find out who from Earth it was that did this. The ruler of Apokolips was horrified when he realized that he now looked like the leader of the planet New Genesis. The ruler screamed at such a high volume that it was heard on the whole entire planet of Apokolips.
End of Flashback
Robin laughed at the scenes he saw on the video of the prank and said "Harry can I give this to Batman?"
Harry who didn't even look up from what he was working on answered with "sure I have three copies of the prank, and was going to have Fawkes give one copy to the beings on New Genesis."
Harry then called to Fawkes and said "I need you to deliver this to Dreamer on New Genesis for me Fawkes."
Harry then held up a holographic projector that was programed to show the results of the prank. Fawkes who had been fed by Alfred flew over and snatched the holographic projector before he flamed away.
Robin after he blinked in surprise said "I've got to say that being friends with you two has kept my life very interesting."
Hermione then said "but wasn't your life already interesting with your career in crime fighting?"
Robin was about to give Hermione a look when he saw Harry who nonverbally conveyed to not argue with Hermione as she always won. While Hermione when back to the gift they were working on for Superboy Harry walked over to Robin.
Harry with a whisper said "so who's the girl in your life that always wins?"
Dick Grayson answered with "her name's Barbra Gordon and she always wins against me."
NEW GENESIS
NOVEMBER 14, 14:44 UTC
(Note: the conversation and video was in the language that the residents of New Genesis speak, but for convenience I have written it in English)
On the planet that hosted the New Gods Dreamer was with the rest of the Forever People when Fawkes appeared in a whirlwind of flames in front of her.
Serifan in an old west accent said "I'd better shoot this thing it might be a threat from Apokolips!"
Serifan lined up a shot and would have shot Fawkes if Dream at that moment hadn't knocked his aim off by batting his arm off target.
As she knocked Serifan's aim off target she said "no it isn't; that bird's a phoenix. Phoenixes are known to be a being of the light and to oppose the ideals of Apokolips."
Dreamer then took the package that Fawkes held, and the bird sang in to them which made the Forever People feel light-hearted. Fawkes then flamed out and back to Harry and Hermione to inform the two that the delivery was successful.
Dreamer in the meantime read the note that went with the holographic projector that described in her language how to use the machine and said who it was from.
Dreamer said to the other Forever People "This note says it's from a friend of Superboy's and that he hopes we enjoy the entertainment."
Dreamer then turned on the projector and the Forever People watched the video. By the time the video was over, they were laughing so hard that they couldn't speak. Moonrider clutched his ribs and would later swear that he cracked two of them from laughing so hard.
Bear was the first to regain his bearings and said, "We should show this to Highfather immediately."
The others agreed and they set off to get to Highfather and show their leader the entertaining video.
MOUNT JUSTICE
NOVEMBER 19, 18:16 EST
The team watched the news report of Lex Luthor who was shown to have thrown a fit on TV for unknown reasons as far as the news stations was concerned. What the news reporters didn't know was that most of the black market busts that had happened in the last week were from his company. While Lex Luthor was able to hide his involvement in the illegal trade, it still cost him tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue.
The news station had publicized that the illegal black market arms trades were busted due to an anonymous tip. The anonymous tip was actually from Harry and Hermione and was yet another prank they had pulled on Lex Luthor. The team watched and laughed at the hissy fit Lex Luthor had thrown on live television.
Another news story was how Vandal Savage had been found unconscious and in a pirate suite with the peg leg included, and on the villain's head was the dirtiest sock ever seen. Vandal Savage had had an inhibitor collar put on him and was carted off to Belle Reve for his crimes.
The team looked at Harry and Hermione as if they expected the two to have all the answers, and unsurprisingly (at least to the team) Supermagus said "I had Fawkes drop a heavily modified portkey on the guy's head."
MOUNT JUSTICE
NOVEMBER 24, 7:42 EST
Harry and Hermione talked to Batman and Aqualad about what they had done to protect Rumaan Harjavti from any revenge Queen Bee might have planned.
Harry said, "The magic we placed on Rumaan Harjavti will be nearly undetectable until it is needed."
Hermione continued with "The magic will be drawn from the surrounding and will last indefinitely. When his adrenaline starts to go up the magic will flare up and form a shield strong enough to withstand almost any attack, and the shield will adsorb the attack and increase in strength as a result."
Harry finished with "we also put wards up that would repel Psimon in case he tries to do anything like this again. Oh and by the way you might want to turn on the TV."
Batman didn't have a good feeling about this but regardless of his feelings he turned on the TV as Harry suggested. When the TV was turned on a special report that was about Queen Bee came on. The news story talked about how Queen Bee was observed acting like she was a little kid again. She also had on kiddy clothes and she had actually been heard to say she had a crush on Batman and Superman.
When the news story ended Batman turned off the TV and looked at the couple as if to ask what they had done.
Harry said "Hey I thought she deserved that for what she tried to pull, and after this prank maybe she'll lay low for a while due to the public humiliation. Besides we were both discreet and weren't detected by the enemy if that's what you're worried about."
Batman knew he shouldn't argue with these two as they would have him go around in circles, so he said "good job, now I've got to go."
Batman then walked over to the Zeta Beam terminal and was transported off to his destination.
Megan at that moment walked past with Conner and stopped for a moment to congradulate Harry and Hermione for the prank they pulled on Queen Bee. Megan then continued to walk with Conner off to probably snog if the looks they were giving each other were anything to go by. Robin and Zatanna then walked by hand in hand and when they saw Hermione and Harry they walked up to the two of them to talk. Robin was about to talk to the other couple when he saw the look that Harry gave him and got nervous.
Zatanna seemed to notice this and said "Harry stop trying to intimidate Robin or I'll prank you badly."
Harry sighed and stopped giving Robin his death glare, and Robin calmed down now that Harry didn't look like he wanted to kill.
Robin then said "Hermione if that prank that Ra's al Ghul was done by you and your fellow pranksters it was a good one."
Flashback
The prank in question had changed Ra's al Ghul's clothes into the stereotypical prisoner clothes and conjured a prison cell around the villain. Ra's al Ghul's minions found to their dismay that the conjured jail cell seemed to be immune to every method they tried to break it. Ra's al Ghul had found that the prisoner clothes seemed to have been stuck on him as if they had been glued on. What had made the situation more hilarious was that there were Batman icons plastered all over the walls of the conjured prison. The prison had disappeared after a full day by which time Ra's al Ghul had nearly lost his mind from the insanity of the situation.
The top agents of the League of Shadows hadn't been spared of the pranks. Cheshire was turned into a lookalike of the cat from Alice in Wonderland and began to fade away until only here smile was visible. Unfortunately for Cheshire a fellow agent freaked out and knocked her unconscious with a kick to the head.
Sportsmaster found himself with the looks of a sumo wrestler and began to body slam his comrades before they knocked him unconscious. The pranks on the two of them wore off after a day like the practical joke on Ra's al Ghul.
End of Flashback
The reason that Robin knew of the prank was that Talia al Ghul had contacted Batman and told the superhero about the full practical joke. According to Talia al Ghul the reaction that her father had to the prank was to make the security around him insanely tight. Ra's al Ghul was now paranoid to the point that it would make Mad-eye Moody look sane. Robin had a suspicion that even with the new security the marauders would still manage to get through.
Harry grinned and said "well it was some hard work but apparently it paid off if the results you described are anything to go by."
The group of four then laughed at the pranks that the League of Shadows had suffered from.
A/N: That's the end of the chapter, so please review.
