A/N: I hope you all like this next chapter, I had a little trouble figuring out a challenge that has to do with Hogsmeade. I
finally came up with one. I hope you enjoy it, seeing as its the telling of the final challenge, unless you want more
challenges, of course. The story is a little short, but how long did you expect Harry to take to wise up to the prank being
played on him? Anyway, R/R
The Telling of the Second Challenge
The clock struck 11:00 as Harry and Ron played Wizard's Chess. Harry had become quite good at it, and he was beating Ron at
it. Ron yawned, "Queen to E6."
"Haha!" Harry laughed triumphantly, "Knight to C7. Checkmate!"
"That's it, then, I think I'llturn in Harry. I'm getting too tired to play."
"Okay, I'll see you in the morning." Harry had already explained what had
happened- why he had done such a stupid thing. Ron did not believe him of course. They hadn't talked much about it after that
because what had happened scared Ron because he thought Harry was going crazy. But Harry on the other hand, still believed
that the mushroom would change the future to suit him. He therefore stayed up after everyone had gone to bed. He didn't
understand why he still believed the mushroom, probably because of his love for Ginny, but "maybe," he thought, "maybe I am
going crazy. He waited in an armchair by the fire for the mushroom to reappear and tell him the hext challenge. "After all,"
he though, "I made it this far, so there's no use in turning back." He couldn't wait for another hour to get the challenge.
As he lay staring at the fireplace he fell asleep watching it crackle and pop. Suddenly Harry woke up. He looked out the
window. It was daytime! He glanced at the clock. It read 10:43. He hadn't gotten the challenge! And what is worse, he had
missed the trip to Hogsmeade. They had left right after breakfast from what he remembered about the trip, and he had been
asleep the whole time! Harry could not believe his luck when Ron came out of the dormitories. He suddenly exploded in blue
flames and then yelled, "HARRY!" at the top of his lungs. Harry awoke with a start. It was still the middle of the night and
he was looking into the face- if you could call it that- of the mushroom.
"Finally," the mushroom snapped exasperatedly, "It's almost 1:00. I thought you would never wake up. Now you will receive
your next challenge. What you must do is... Wait. I've forgotten one thing! Did you complete the first challenge. Funny, but
we never saw the pictures of it."
"Yes, yes of course I did," Harry replied impatiently. "And the whole school freaked out. I thought you said it would be
easy!" Harry exclaimed, now very angry.
"What, it was hard acting like a fool? I daresay you need not act. But now, for your second challenge, you must, sometime
during your Hogsmeade trip later today, make out with Snape in front of the new joke shop made by
Fred and George Weasley. If you do this then you will receive something you don't expect from us."
"Okay, but won't that be bad if Ginny sees it, or hears about it?" Harry asked.
"She will hear nothing of it, and she will not see it. She is not going to Hogsmeade. Trust us, we have already proven
ourselves. What more proof do you need that we can make her not hear about it?"
"Well, okay, I'll do it."
"Don't forget where to do it." The mushroom suddenly disappeared.
"Remember!" the mushroom's voice echoed in Harry's head.
"Something is fishy about this whole mushroom thing, but since he proved himself before, I believe him".....
finally came up with one. I hope you enjoy it, seeing as its the telling of the final challenge, unless you want more
challenges, of course. The story is a little short, but how long did you expect Harry to take to wise up to the prank being
played on him? Anyway, R/R
The Telling of the Second Challenge
The clock struck 11:00 as Harry and Ron played Wizard's Chess. Harry had become quite good at it, and he was beating Ron at
it. Ron yawned, "Queen to E6."
"Haha!" Harry laughed triumphantly, "Knight to C7. Checkmate!"
"That's it, then, I think I'llturn in Harry. I'm getting too tired to play."
"Okay, I'll see you in the morning." Harry had already explained what had
happened- why he had done such a stupid thing. Ron did not believe him of course. They hadn't talked much about it after that
because what had happened scared Ron because he thought Harry was going crazy. But Harry on the other hand, still believed
that the mushroom would change the future to suit him. He therefore stayed up after everyone had gone to bed. He didn't
understand why he still believed the mushroom, probably because of his love for Ginny, but "maybe," he thought, "maybe I am
going crazy. He waited in an armchair by the fire for the mushroom to reappear and tell him the hext challenge. "After all,"
he though, "I made it this far, so there's no use in turning back." He couldn't wait for another hour to get the challenge.
As he lay staring at the fireplace he fell asleep watching it crackle and pop. Suddenly Harry woke up. He looked out the
window. It was daytime! He glanced at the clock. It read 10:43. He hadn't gotten the challenge! And what is worse, he had
missed the trip to Hogsmeade. They had left right after breakfast from what he remembered about the trip, and he had been
asleep the whole time! Harry could not believe his luck when Ron came out of the dormitories. He suddenly exploded in blue
flames and then yelled, "HARRY!" at the top of his lungs. Harry awoke with a start. It was still the middle of the night and
he was looking into the face- if you could call it that- of the mushroom.
"Finally," the mushroom snapped exasperatedly, "It's almost 1:00. I thought you would never wake up. Now you will receive
your next challenge. What you must do is... Wait. I've forgotten one thing! Did you complete the first challenge. Funny, but
we never saw the pictures of it."
"Yes, yes of course I did," Harry replied impatiently. "And the whole school freaked out. I thought you said it would be
easy!" Harry exclaimed, now very angry.
"What, it was hard acting like a fool? I daresay you need not act. But now, for your second challenge, you must, sometime
during your Hogsmeade trip later today, make out with Snape in front of the new joke shop made by
Fred and George Weasley. If you do this then you will receive something you don't expect from us."
"Okay, but won't that be bad if Ginny sees it, or hears about it?" Harry asked.
"She will hear nothing of it, and she will not see it. She is not going to Hogsmeade. Trust us, we have already proven
ourselves. What more proof do you need that we can make her not hear about it?"
"Well, okay, I'll do it."
"Don't forget where to do it." The mushroom suddenly disappeared.
"Remember!" the mushroom's voice echoed in Harry's head.
"Something is fishy about this whole mushroom thing, but since he proved himself before, I believe him".....