Chapter Fifty-one: Everything in Life is Funny….

February passed in to March without anyone really noticing. Nothing really changed. Well, except for the weather.

In the middle of March, however, there was a ferocious game of quidditch between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff.

Hufflepuff was still playing spectacularly as a team; they still had something to prove. Their beaters and chasers were doing a marvelous job, but they were no match for Gryffidors, no matter what they had to prove.

Harry, of course, caught the snitch in no time.

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March 31 first was almost over when Harry and the twins got into a vicious fight. The next day was April Fools Day, and the twins were planning something spectacular and they wanted Harry to be a part of it, but Harry flat out refused. He was not a prankster. Even though he'd just come back from a lesson with the winter crew, he left for Sev's rooms to read.

While both he and Sev were reading, he stumbled upon a spell that would change a person's skin or hair color. Harry thought back to his argument with the twins.

Maybe one minor prank wouldn't hurt.

He grabbed two pieces of parchment, quill and ink and began copying the spell down. On the other piece, he copied down the counter-spell.

"What are you doing?" Sev asked.

"Nothing," Harry replied. Sev snorted, but didn't comment.

Without closing the book, Harry got up and left.

Sev rolled his eyes. His 'son' was bound to show up sooner or later. He'd make him clean up his own mess.

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The next morning, a Saturday, Hermione was in the girls bathroom in the Gryffindor tower doing her make up. It was relatively early for a Saturday, and she really wasn't awake yet.

She was almost done when Ginny walked in. Hermione did a double take.

Ginny was bright pink!!! (And it clashed horribly with her hair).

"Umm, Ginny?" Ginny turned to Hermione with half-open eyes. "You might want to look in the mirror."

Ginny took one look in the mirror and let out the shrillest scream Hermione had ever heard. She instinctively ducked and put her hands over her ears.

"Who did this, Hermione?" Ginny asked with tears in her voice.

Hermione glanced to the door, and noticed that several sleepy girls were gathered outside. With a swish of her wand, the door closed and locked.

"I don't know, but do you mind staying in here while I find out?" Ginny shook her head.

Hermione nodded and unlocked the door, and addressed the waiting, wide eyed girls. "Sorry guys. Long story, but please give her her space." They nodded.

Hermione stormed down to the common room where several boys were waiting, and stormed right up to Fred and George. "WHAT DID YOU TWO DO? How DARE you!! That was WAY out of line, even for you two!" Hermione yelled.

"What are you talking about?" George asked.

"Yeah, we haven't done anything," Fred clarified.

"Yet," George said.

Hermione looked around the room, and noticed Ron and Harry standing together, and that Harry was trying very hard not to laugh.

She marched up to him and pointed toward the girls' bathroom. "You did that, didn't you?" Harry pulled out the parchment with the spell on it. She looked the piece of paper over, and then held her hand out. "The counter-spell."

"What counter-spell? There's a counter-spell?" Harry asked innocently.

"How dare you do that to her? A spell without a counter-spell? And to Ginny of all people!"

"What's that supposed to mean?" Harry asked. Everyone knew they liked each other, and that was no way to treat a girl that you liked.

Hermione pointed her finger at him as though to scold him, but instead turned around through the portrait hole, muttering something that sounded similar to 'men,' and 'idiots.'

Using secret passages well known and well used by the winter crew to get to Sev's room, she was there in relatively short time.

Sev wasn't in the living room, but she could almost smell a potion being made in his private potions lab.

She then noticed a book open on the table, so she sat down and picked it up.

Her eyes narrowed when she realized that it was the book Harry had found the spell from, and that it did indeed contain a counter-spell.

Going to the guest bedroom, she found parchment, a quill and some ink. Going back to the living room, she copied down the counter-spell.

She was just returning the quill and ink when she got a wonderful idea.

A smile grew on her lips.

Harry was going to pay.

She immediately sat down to research.

A/N: I would like to thank my bff, my 'sis,' my 'sam,' and my beta HarryEstel for this wonderful idea for a prank, as well as for everything she's done for this fic and me.

A/N2: From here on in, the chapters are going to get shorter, so if everyone who doesn't have their email address on their login page could leave their email that would be great. I don't to make the chapter double the length with replies and thank yous. Time will (and has, in case you haven't noticed) be speeding up very soon, but that's just because I want to get to the climax, so please bear with me. Thanks guys!

A/N3: What happened to some of my reviewers, like starangel2106, and athenakitty? Are you guys still there?

Thanks to everyone who reviewed:Jade Sierra Snape( ), Lady Lily3, sphinx12, jbfritz, Jennifer( ), Aqua Mage, ShadowedHand, SammyBlack80, shelly101( ), Angel Horse, CharmedKy, Angel Horse,

Replies to reviewers:

Linker27: I know it was resolved quickly, but I'm trying to keep the plot moving. See above.

leggylover03: Your aw moment won't be coming for a very, very long time, but it will be there.

opal( ): Harry and Ginny get together in the next chapter, and its been written for a long time, but I really like your idea. Draco and Avery are together.

AuroraAbbie Snape: They get together in the next chapter.

beauty78900102: I'm almost to the climax, but I don't know where its going to end. I already have one sequel planned when everyone is grown, but I might decide to do more ficlets, I'm just not sure where the story will end.