Chapter 33
Author's notes: Thanks everyone for sending me your reviews, darkcelestial20 my beta, you go girl, I hope that everyone enjoyed the bucking broomstick prank, because Hally is certainly ready to give Draco payback big time (laughs evilly). Now then; for those of you who had just started reading my storyline, I hope that you enjoy it now on with the story.
Disclaimer: No I do not own the Harry Potter series; J.K. Rowling does, only a select few characters are from my own creation.
Chapter 33: "Paybacks a Witch"
Where we left off last time; Harry, Fred, and George explored the storage cellar before heading back to the school through the new found passage, while Hally was having problems with her broom from Draco's bucking broomstick prank…
Hally paced the floor while Blaise and Maryanne watched her go back and forth while sitting on her cushioned storage trunk at the foot of her bed. Every so often; they would hear her growl in anger while clinching her fist, Hally was about to give up when she turned towards her own small potions lab table and cabinet, an idea suddenly popped into her head remembering her dad's face three years ago.
The two girls suddenly heard Hally let out an evil giggle, "Um…Hally, you're kind of scaring me a little here," Maryanne replied.
Blaise gave the blonde girl a slight nudge, "Hally has an idea Maryanne, I know that look on her face," Blaise informed the other girl while grinning from ear to ear.
Hally turned to her two friends grinning evilly, "I do actually. Malfoy and his two over weight goons are in for an odd…look," She cackled after giving them a hint.
"What odd look? Hally what are you up to?" Maryanne enquired full of interest.
"I'll tell you, but first do you have your camera here?" Hally asked as she opened her small cabinet going through it.
"Yes why?" Maryanne asked wearily.
They watched Hally pull out two small vials from the cabinet, then turned their way.
"I made these, three years ago. I tried it on dad once to see what happens and wow! The face changes colors to my specifications," Hally grinned evilly.
"What!" The girls cried out with wide eyes and with huge grins on their faces.
"This one changes the face to the colors of my specifications, and this one is the antidote. I call it the "Colorfac potion"," Hally explained seeing both girls squeal into fitful giggles.
Hally let the girls take a closer look at the vials, "So how exactly does it work Hally?" Blaise asked in between giggles.
"You put it around the rim of the cup on who you are giving it to, it has no taste to it so whoever is drinking out of the cup, they won't know its there," Hally explained to them in full detail until they heard Draco's voice yell out from below. They headed to Hally's private veranda, sliding the door open, and sneaking out looking at the three boys without making a sound.
"Those three are so in for it big time," Hally seethed quietly.
"I'm in," Blaise whispered in agreement,
"I'll have my camera ready and on silent click," Maryanne promised wanting to help as well.
They watched the boys head straight to the maze of tall hedges, acting like they were brave men going for an adventure.
"I can't stand that boy," Hally ranted seeing Draco take the lead as usual
"I'm surprised that Crabbe and Goyle can keep up from with their weight," Maryanne commented while looking at the two with disdain.
"Got weight off potion," Blaise cracked before they began to laugh at her remark.
"From what I've seen of their fathers, they are not far behind them, correction I think its just too much baby whale fat on them," Hally snorted in between laughs with the girls.
They headed back inside closing the veranda door securely before they headed downstairs with the vials. They went past the living room parlor after making sure that the parents did not notice, letting Hally lead them down to the kitchens.
MEANWHILE…
Harry, Fred, and George had just came out of the new found passage, when Harry began to see through his sisters Hally's eyes on what the girls were doing…
"What the…Hal! What are you doing? And why are you, Blaise, and Maryanne giggling like you three had just caught some animals in some traps?" Harry cried out loud getting the twin Weasley's attention.
'Payback to Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, Harry. Malfoy put a bucking jinx on my spare broomstick,' Hally thought to him.
"Oh, is that all…WHAT! He did what WHAT to you!" Harry yelled getting angrier by the second.
'Calm down Harry, I got this,' Hally replied in thought to him.
Fred grabbed Harry's arm, "Hey, what's going on?" He asked,
"Hal is getting even with Malfoy, he put a bucking jinx on her spare broomstick," Harry informed both twins.
"OOO! What is she doing?" they asked with grins on their faces, Harry only shrugged while watching the images go through his head.
"Hal, what is that stuff you're putting around the rims of those three cups?" Harry asked out loud while Fred and George listened while they grinned.
'A colorfac potion Harry, I invented it three years ago. It changes the color of your face,' Hally answered inside his head.
Harry looked at the twins confused, "Do you two know anything about a colorfac potion?" Harry asked them waving his hand exasperatedly.
Fred and George Weasley started laughing in hysterics. "I take it that you both know it," Harry simply said with a grin.
"Oh yeah, Malfoy is going to have a fit over it," They sniggered with Harry.
"He won't be the only one, Crabbe, and Goyle will be getting it too," Harry cackled.
"OH NO!" Fred and George roared in laughter shaking their heads.
'See Harry, I have the greatest best buds ever,' Hally giggled inside his head.
"I can see that Hal," Harry grinned.
George gave Harry a nudge, "What will they be drinking Harry, we want to know," He sniggered with his twin brother waiting for the answer.
They watched Harry's eyes move frantically before seeing him grin,
"Looks like hot chocolate," Harry grinned,
"Wicked," the two twins grinned giving each other a high five.
"So how did you two know about this potion?" Harry asked them at last.
The twin Weasley's calmed down before answering him,
"Ok, when we were first years…," Fred began
"Lady Hex used that potion on Montague to get even for us," George finished explaining to Harry
"Wait, Etre Montague?" Harry asked
"Yeah, but you see she was his friend then too…," George started to explain
"But she didn't like how he kept making us his target," Fred finished explaining.
"Man, Bet he didn't like that one," Harry uttered
"Correct Lord hex, he didn't, but when he found out that we was where her best buds he left us alone after apologizing to us right in front of Lady Hex," they both told him at once.
Harry shook his head grinning, "You two act like me and Hal talking like that," Harry told the two
"It's a twin thing Harry," They grinned patting him on the back as they headed away from the closed passage.
BACK AT THE MANOR…
Hally made sure that she carried the tray that held three cups of hot chocolate carefully out of the kitchens with Blaise and Maryanne following behind her. She sat the tray down onto a small table next to the living room parlor entrance before peering inside; the three boys were sitting down together on one of the sofas conversing to one another. Hally grinned evilly finding that the parents were no longer present inside the parlor.
Hally looked at the two girls, "Showtime, Maryanne get your camera ready," Hally grinned at the blonde girl.
"It never leaves my side Hally," Maryanne giggled quietly taking the small camera out of the pocket of her robes.
Hally lifted the tray up once more heading inside the parlor with the girls, they were all wearing masked faces, not showing any single emotion. Draco watched them walk into the parlor quietly.
"Well look who graces us with their presence guys, it's the little Potter, Zabini, and Greengrass," Draco sniggered with the two goons.
Hally walked past the three setting the tray down on one of Severus's desks, he had at least several throughout the manor. Hally turned around looking at the platinum blonde boy.
"Did you enjoy that ride little Potter?" Draco sneered his question at her.
Hally kept her masked face on, "Funny Malfoy, really," Hally simply said keeping a straight face while she was fuming with anger on the inside, making sure that her brother was seeing and hearing everything between the two. He too was fuming with anger.
"What's the matter little Potter? Can't make a comeback?" Draco question with a sneer.
"No, actually Malfoy I was hoping since we have to tolerate one another, meaning you three boys and us girls here; that we could have some sort of a truce. For the holidays only of course," Hally commented with a straight face.
Draco raised an eyebrow up, "A truce? You three and us?" He questioned.
"Yes, a truce Malfoy. I've even had some hot chocolate made just for you three since you boys were outside in the cold for so long," Hally answered with the look of innocence on her face.
Maryanne snuck out her camera getting ready without being noticed by the boys.
"Hot chocolate huh?" Draco pressed with his arms crossed.
"Yeah, with marshmallows, and whipped cream with chocolate sprinkles on top," Hally answered watching the three boys walk over to where the tray sat looking at the cups.
Hally stepped aside from the boys going to where Blaise and Maryanne stood grinning secretly at them before turning around, and masking her face once more.
They watched the boys pick up the cups full of hot chocolate, "We'll accept the hot chocolate Potter and see about the truce after we're done," Draco commented without looking at her taking a big drink as well as Crabbe and Goyle.
Hally whispered to the girls while they wasn'tweren't paying any attention, "Time it down from the count of five to one Blaise," Hally requested in low key while keeping her eyes on the boys for the reaction.
"Count down five, four, three, two, one…now," Blaise whispered with a grin.
Suddenly Draco's, Crabbe, and Goyle's faces started to change before their very eyes. Their lips were the color of silver while their face turned to an emerald green…Slytherin colors.
'Holy Cricket!' Hally heard Harry cackle inside her head at the sight while she kept herself from bursting into laughter.
"So how is that hot chocolate boys?" She asked them,
"Good," Draco only answered while the two goons only mumbled until they looked at each other.
"ARGH!" the boys yelled out pointing at each other's face in horror.
"Now Maryanne!" Hally cried out seeing the three boys snap their heads their way with wide eyes.
(CLICK, CLICK, CLICK!) Went Maryanne's camera snapping excellent pictures of Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle at every angle of their facesfacieses while they hollered in horror. The girls started squealing in laughter over their antics when Severus suddenly ran inside to investigate the loud noise.
"What in Merlin's name is going on here!" He bellowed out over the loud noise, then got a good look atof the boys' facesfacieses.
'Oh good lord, here we go,' Severus thought keeping a straight face, but found the scene highly amusing.
He looked down at Hally while the boys continued to holler, "Raven, is this your work? Like I have to ask you that question," Severus enquired seeing her look at him with innocence
"Honestly dad, I think that they caught something outside, I mean they were in the huge maze," Hally only answered while she stood there swaying innocently.
"Raven," Severus warned her crossing his arms in a stern manner.
"We were fine Professor until we drank that hot chocolate that she gave us!" Draco yelled glaring at Hally.
"Is this true Raven?" Severus questioned.
"Yes, but he started it! He put a bucking jinx on my spare broom so I got even!" Hally retorted in self defense pointing at Draco accusingly.
Severus whirled around at the boys in anger, "YOU PUT A BUCKING JINX ON MY DAUGHTERS BROOM?" Severus boomed the demand at Draco heatedly.
Draco's parents walked into the parlor over the loud commotion, Lucius took one look at his son, and lost it by roaring in laughter while his wife's eyes went wide .
"W-Who did this?" Lucius laughed while holding his stomach.
Draco pointed over at Hally, "She did this to me!" He yelled still glaring at Hally.
"You started it Malfoy!" Hally yelled back.
"ENOUGH!" Severus boomed then looked down at the raven red streaked haired girl.
"The antidote now Raven!" He ordered holding his hand out waiting.
Hally slowly reached into her pocket humming in tune, Severus watched her, tapping his foot while Lucius could only laugh at his own son holding his stomach. His wife only looked at Hally stiffly for what she had done to her only child.
Hally finally handed the potions master the antidote over, "Now then, stay away from my things Malfoy," Hally glared.
"My son would never touch someone else's things," Lucius wife sniffed with disdain.
Severus intervened just then, "Shall you confess Draco or shall I tell them?" Severus questioned heatedly to the blonde boy.
"Son, did you touch her things?" Lucius questioned suddenly becoming quite serious over the matter.
"Yes sir, I put a bucking jinx on her broom," Draco answered with a groan.
"Draco!" Lucius wife exclaimed in shock,
"Hmm, that would explain why your face is like that then, Miss Potter I do apologize for my son's actions. Malfoy's do not pull this sort of stunts outside of school," Lucius replied looking at Draco sternly.
Severus gave the boys the usual dosage of the antidote, watching their faces turn back to normal.
"Now then, no more of this potion, and no more of you putting bucking jinxes on things is that quite clear you two?" Severus questioned the two that were glaring at each other.
"Yes sir," Hally answered "Yes sir," Draco replied through clinched teeth already plotting his next payback to Hally.
BACK AT HOGWARTS
Harry, Fred, and George roared into hysterical laughter after Harry told them the color that appeared on Draco's, Crabbe, and Goyle's faces.
"Sweet!," Fred and George laughed.
"What is?" they heard seeing Flint and Etre stand in front of them.
"Tell them Lord Hex," The two Weasley's laughed falling to the floor.
"Um, Hal gave Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle the colorfac potion for jinxing her spare broom," Harry sniggered
The two Slytherins uncrossed their arms, their mouths dropped open from the news.
"You mean the colorfac potion? The one she used on me?" Etre asked.
"Yep," Harry answered then looked at them in confusion.
"Aren't you two supposed to be gone?" He asked them just then.
"Yes, but we had a slight delay," Flint answered then cleared his throat.
"What delay?" Harry asked.
"Our family will be meeting us at the station and from there we're heading to…Snape Manor for the Yule ball," Etre answered wearily.
Harry could only grin at him, "It's ok Etre, besides these two will keep me busy here," Harry assured the two then got an idea.
"Can you do me a favor and keep an eye on Hal for me? Just to make sure that nothing bad happens to her," Harry requested.
"No problem Lord Hex, we always do," Flint promised him with a grin.
"We have to get going, so that we won't miss that next train ride," Etre informed Harry clapping him on the shoulder before the two walked away towards the Slytherin common room.
Harry, Fred, and George left the dungeon corridor, heading to the Gryffindor Tower. When they got there, they saween Ron sitting down on one of the Maroon sofas pouting with his arms crossed until he noticed their presence,
"Where were you three? I was searching for you all over the place," Ron questioned the three.
"Oh…around Ron," Harry only answered with a grin sitting down across from him.
"Yeah Ron, we were only hanging around," Fred added with a grin,
"Nothing for you to worry about Ronnikins," George sniggered .
"Very funny," Ron simply said still with a pout on his face.
Harry rolled his eyes to the ceiling letting out a sigh, "Come on Ron let go so we can go have some lunch," Harry suggested heading back out with the three Weasley's.
A/N: If you would like me to continue adding the "previously" of each chapter let me know in your review.
Also credit goes to my beta for the suggestion of the title to this chapter and the name of 'Bucking Broomstick' jinx.
That is all for chapter 33 see you in chapter 34 bye for now.