A/N: I'm back from a long, 3 week vacation, and now that Fanfiction.net is
back up and running, I might as well continue the story. Anyway, I hope you
like it, and, as always, r/r.
Harry Gets Even
Harry had decided to get even with the twins and Ron for playing the joke on him. Yeah, Hermione had been in on it, but he didn't think that she deserved punishment, as she had warned him about the whole thing. He knew just what to do in order to get revenge. You see, he hadn't forgotten that they had asked for 1000 galleons to begin with, so he decided he would give them just that. You see, Harry, being descended from one of the greatest pranksters Hogwarts ever saw, James Potter, thought he ought to make an effort to cause trouble like his dad had. So he went into business for himself and developed new products much like the Weasley twins did at their Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes, except for his products were not for sale. He had decided, however, after last year (his sixth), that it just wasn't what he thought it should be. So he had decided that after he got out of school, he would sell his products to the Weasley twins for a major profit. One of his developments were Delusional Delights, which were Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans with a twist- whatever flavor you ate, you thought you were. They were very successful for Harry, who had developed them in his fifth year, and therefore they were first blamed on Fred and George until Harry told them it was really him. Another one of his products was Exploding Galleons, which were plastic replicas of Galleons with a spell on them to both make them look and feel and taste like real Galleons, and also so the owner could set a magic clock that would count down silently until they exploded, giving the pranksters enough time to give them to unsuspecting people and then get away before they blew up. The explosion was very small, and all it would do was char your hair and blast you backwards a few feet and onto your back, but no one liked the idea of not knowing whether someone was paying you back real money or the exploding money. So he had make a few sackfulls of them and then stopped with them. He was planning to use them to get back at Fred and George, as he had developed them after they had left Hogwarts, and therefore they knew nothing about them. He would just try and pretend to be oblivious and ask if they could change the deal from making out with Snape to giving them 1000 galleons like the first agreement. He, of course, didn't know that they planned the same thing; so therefore, he thought that he was going to have to make them change their minds or reveal the whole thing and not get his revenge. Harry got up and decided to go looking for the mushroom. "I wonder where a mushroom, I mean Fred and George with the mushroom, would hang out," Harry wondered to himself. He walked out of his dormitory after glancing at the clock- 9:15 it said- "I slept late!" Harry exclaimed out loud, "I can't believe it! Fred and George must already be at their joke shop waiting for me to make out with Snape. I should hurry or I will miss the trip!" Harry half ran to the Common Room and was just about to leave through the Portrait Hole when he heard the mushroom call for him. "Wait! Where are you going? I need to talk to you. It's very urgent!" It exclaimed. "I'm going to look for the mushroom and I can't be bothered!" Harry called back. He was halfway out of the portrait when he realized who had called him. He went back inside and shut the portrait, after hearing the Fat Lady mutter, "Do you want in or out already?" "Yes, I'm in here you fool," the mushroom said exasperatedly. "Now I wanted to talk to you about the second challenge." it started, but Harry cut it off. "So do I. I want it changed to me giving you 1000 galleons like you asked for at the beginning, but changed your mind about it. Is that a good challenge?" Harry said in a rush. "Yes, in fact that's just what I wanted to change it to. Do you have the money? You said that you would get it after the school year after you went to the bank," the mushroom said with a slight smile- if you could call it that- on its face. "Yes, actually, I sent directions to Gringotts to withdraw 1000 galleons from my account and bring it to me. I have it, and I can go get it for you right now if you want it," Harry answered, a sly grin on his face, which he had to suppress, in case he look obvious. "Yes, yes, go get it for me. You will get your reward later, after I get the money," the mushroom said matter-of-factly. "In fact, I will reward you tomorrow." "Okay, then let me go get it," Harry said, as he walked back up the staircase to the dorms. He had the timers set on the galleons and they were set to blow in 10 minutes after he started them. He started them with a little spell he whispered quietly, and then carried the bag back down to the Common Room. He suddenly smacked his head. He had forgotten the other bag. He went back to his dormitory, but when he looked around, he didn't see it. He looked all around his bed for 5 minutes and then realized that this was not his bed! He went to his bed and found the other bag. He had to hurry, as the galleons would explode in less than five minutes. He ran back down to the Common Room. "There you are!" the mushroom exclaimed impatiently, "I was beginning to wonder if you had forgotten about me." "Nope, I haven't. Here, here's your money." Harry said this, then handed the mushroom the two bags of galleons he had carried from his dorm. The mushroom took it greedily then faded away without even a thank you. Harry sighed. "Revenge is so sweet," he thought idly to himself. "Just five more minutes and the galleons will have exploded and they will have gotten what's coming." He glanced at the clock. It read 9:22. "I guess only 3 minutes before the big explosion." 9:23. "Two minutes." 9:24. "One minute." 9:25. "Any second now." Just then, there was a huge explosion. Several first years run to their rooms looking scared as heck, and a few older students ran out of their dorms and went out through the Portrait Hole to see what the source of the explosion was. Harry laughed an evil, maniacal laugh out loud, "Mwahahahahahahahahaha!" He smiled in fiendish delight. "That was so easy," he thought. He had gotten his revenge. But what happened to Fred, George, and Ron? Harry got up and went to look for them. He couldn't wait to gloat about his tricking them to their face. He never gave a though to how badly they could have been injured.
Harry Gets Even
Harry had decided to get even with the twins and Ron for playing the joke on him. Yeah, Hermione had been in on it, but he didn't think that she deserved punishment, as she had warned him about the whole thing. He knew just what to do in order to get revenge. You see, he hadn't forgotten that they had asked for 1000 galleons to begin with, so he decided he would give them just that. You see, Harry, being descended from one of the greatest pranksters Hogwarts ever saw, James Potter, thought he ought to make an effort to cause trouble like his dad had. So he went into business for himself and developed new products much like the Weasley twins did at their Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes, except for his products were not for sale. He had decided, however, after last year (his sixth), that it just wasn't what he thought it should be. So he had decided that after he got out of school, he would sell his products to the Weasley twins for a major profit. One of his developments were Delusional Delights, which were Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans with a twist- whatever flavor you ate, you thought you were. They were very successful for Harry, who had developed them in his fifth year, and therefore they were first blamed on Fred and George until Harry told them it was really him. Another one of his products was Exploding Galleons, which were plastic replicas of Galleons with a spell on them to both make them look and feel and taste like real Galleons, and also so the owner could set a magic clock that would count down silently until they exploded, giving the pranksters enough time to give them to unsuspecting people and then get away before they blew up. The explosion was very small, and all it would do was char your hair and blast you backwards a few feet and onto your back, but no one liked the idea of not knowing whether someone was paying you back real money or the exploding money. So he had make a few sackfulls of them and then stopped with them. He was planning to use them to get back at Fred and George, as he had developed them after they had left Hogwarts, and therefore they knew nothing about them. He would just try and pretend to be oblivious and ask if they could change the deal from making out with Snape to giving them 1000 galleons like the first agreement. He, of course, didn't know that they planned the same thing; so therefore, he thought that he was going to have to make them change their minds or reveal the whole thing and not get his revenge. Harry got up and decided to go looking for the mushroom. "I wonder where a mushroom, I mean Fred and George with the mushroom, would hang out," Harry wondered to himself. He walked out of his dormitory after glancing at the clock- 9:15 it said- "I slept late!" Harry exclaimed out loud, "I can't believe it! Fred and George must already be at their joke shop waiting for me to make out with Snape. I should hurry or I will miss the trip!" Harry half ran to the Common Room and was just about to leave through the Portrait Hole when he heard the mushroom call for him. "Wait! Where are you going? I need to talk to you. It's very urgent!" It exclaimed. "I'm going to look for the mushroom and I can't be bothered!" Harry called back. He was halfway out of the portrait when he realized who had called him. He went back inside and shut the portrait, after hearing the Fat Lady mutter, "Do you want in or out already?" "Yes, I'm in here you fool," the mushroom said exasperatedly. "Now I wanted to talk to you about the second challenge." it started, but Harry cut it off. "So do I. I want it changed to me giving you 1000 galleons like you asked for at the beginning, but changed your mind about it. Is that a good challenge?" Harry said in a rush. "Yes, in fact that's just what I wanted to change it to. Do you have the money? You said that you would get it after the school year after you went to the bank," the mushroom said with a slight smile- if you could call it that- on its face. "Yes, actually, I sent directions to Gringotts to withdraw 1000 galleons from my account and bring it to me. I have it, and I can go get it for you right now if you want it," Harry answered, a sly grin on his face, which he had to suppress, in case he look obvious. "Yes, yes, go get it for me. You will get your reward later, after I get the money," the mushroom said matter-of-factly. "In fact, I will reward you tomorrow." "Okay, then let me go get it," Harry said, as he walked back up the staircase to the dorms. He had the timers set on the galleons and they were set to blow in 10 minutes after he started them. He started them with a little spell he whispered quietly, and then carried the bag back down to the Common Room. He suddenly smacked his head. He had forgotten the other bag. He went back to his dormitory, but when he looked around, he didn't see it. He looked all around his bed for 5 minutes and then realized that this was not his bed! He went to his bed and found the other bag. He had to hurry, as the galleons would explode in less than five minutes. He ran back down to the Common Room. "There you are!" the mushroom exclaimed impatiently, "I was beginning to wonder if you had forgotten about me." "Nope, I haven't. Here, here's your money." Harry said this, then handed the mushroom the two bags of galleons he had carried from his dorm. The mushroom took it greedily then faded away without even a thank you. Harry sighed. "Revenge is so sweet," he thought idly to himself. "Just five more minutes and the galleons will have exploded and they will have gotten what's coming." He glanced at the clock. It read 9:22. "I guess only 3 minutes before the big explosion." 9:23. "Two minutes." 9:24. "One minute." 9:25. "Any second now." Just then, there was a huge explosion. Several first years run to their rooms looking scared as heck, and a few older students ran out of their dorms and went out through the Portrait Hole to see what the source of the explosion was. Harry laughed an evil, maniacal laugh out loud, "Mwahahahahahahahahaha!" He smiled in fiendish delight. "That was so easy," he thought. He had gotten his revenge. But what happened to Fred, George, and Ron? Harry got up and went to look for them. He couldn't wait to gloat about his tricking them to their face. He never gave a though to how badly they could have been injured.