Branwen looked up from her book as the cushion next to hers went down. She turned slightly and was surprised to see Joe sitting there looking at her closely.
"What's up Joe?"
He shook his head picking up his Quidditch magazine and buried himself into it. He was quiet for a few moments then he spoke up.
"Where's everyone else?"
"Quidditch practice is still on so Frank, Sirius, James and Amanda are there; Remus and Lily are in the library working on an essay for Ancient Runes which they haven't done yet. Alice is having some sort of argument with Aaron and Peter and Ginny have gone to the kitchens to get something to eat, they're still hungry."
He was quiet again as he turned the page on the magazine. Branwen turned the page in her book and again lost herself in the story. She didn't look up again until she heard a scream and the portrait burst open.
The Quidditch practice seemed to have ended and Amanda was storming through into the common room. Branwen had to look twice when she saw her she didn't look happy at all, mind the fact that she had seemed to have sprouted animal ears didn't help.
In fact as she turned around the room as if looking for someone Branwen saw that Amanda had in fact developed rabbit ears, a rabbit nose was quickly taking the place of her own and large teeth were showing through her lips.
Behind her Sirius had entered the room with James and Frank and the three boys were grinning but Sirius' voice was the one that sounded causing all attention to focus on Amanda.
"Nice tail Mand."
Branwen saw Amanda spin around and sure enough she had a small rabbit tail. Anger seemed to flare through the girl and Branwen quickly stood up.
"Mand you okay?"
She spun around and had her mouth open in what Branwen assumed was going to be her response when she closed it and looked between Branwen and the boys. She screamed and stamped her feet.
"You wait I'm so going to get you for this."
As she said this the portrait opened again and Alice climbed through. Branwen noticed that she too looked identical to Amanda with the same rabbit features. She stopped just inside the common room looking at everyone gathered there.
Her eyes scanned the room and then stopped on the boys standing there laughing.
"You did this! You made me look like a rabbit, I can't believe you. Aaron is never going to let this drop."
Alice had run up the stairs to the dorm room but Amanda seemed even more annoyed now as she placed her hands on her hips.
"So come on whose idea was it to turn me, Alice and Branwen into rabbits?"
Branwen looked confused and turning slightly she saw Joe grin up at her while raising his eyebrows so that they disappeared under his fringe. Carefully she lifted her hands and felt long rabbit ears on top of her head.
She allowed her hand to travel down her face she could feel a wet nose and large teeth. Then turning slightly saw that she too had a tail. She looked at the group as the portrait hole opened again and Lily climbed through running right through the room and up into the dorms without waiting.
"Hey Lil wait don't you want your bag?"
Remus was laughing lightly as he dropped the bag onto the floor at his feet and smiled at Branwen and Amanda who were now standing side by side.
"You girls look different tonight, have you done something to your hair?"
"Why?"
Branwen said the question that she had been wondering since seeing Amanda; she wondered why the boys had chosen to do this. They looked at each other and it was with slight surprise that she noted Frank answered.
"Alice and Ginny gave me antlers, although they were aimed at Remus so we're giving you all rabbit features."
The portrait hole opened again and Peter scrambled through and Branwen chocked on a laugh that was playing in her throat. He was orange, very orange just like the fruit. She could see the boys were just as stunned but then Ginny came through.
She looked at the other two girls and at the boys.
"What colour would you boys like to be?"
They looked scared a little but then Sirius laughed.
"Truce. Looks like we got four out of five without difficulty."
Then before anybody could say anything the boys had disappeared out of the room. Branwen scoped up Lily's bag and the three girls went up to the dorm room to see their friends.