Chapter 8- The Joke
Fred, George, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Anaka stood in the Gryffindor common room waiting for Professor McGonagall. She was going to tell them all that they knew about what had happened.
"This is all my fault." George said sitting down. The others followed his example and took their seats on the floor or couches.
"What did you do?" Anaka asked him.
"I hit Harry in the back with the bludger. That started the whole thing."
"You can't hit that well. The spell must have made it go right for Harry." Ron said and he avoided a pillow thrown by George quietly.
"Don't worry about it. It was probably a bunch of pranksters." said Fred.
"Like you?" Ron asked.
"Man, you're asking for it Ron." George said annoyingly at him.
"Well excuse me." Ron said getting up angrily. He went to his dorm followed by Harry.
"I'm going to try to get some sleep." Fred said leaving.
"Me, too." said Hermione. Soon only Anaka and George were in the common room.
"You can leave to if you want." George said looking at Anaka. She shook her head.
"I can't let you beat yourself up about this. It wasn't your fault."
"Yeah, what can I do now? Nothing. It's done," then he smiled mischievously at Anaka, "so you're related to Moony huh?"
"How'd you know?" Anaka said surprised. He shrugged.
"Harry told us that Lupin told him about his old school days. He was one of the great thinkers of that time!"
"You mean one of the great Marauder's of that time." Anaka said laughing.
"So after McGonagall comes are you free?"
"Sure! What do you want to do?" George smiled.
"There are classes tommorow. So that means the classrooms are empty today. Why don't we leave a surprise for them?"
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Anaka and George entered the Potions room quietly. Snape was no where in sight and George was itching to try out his new bag of tricks.
"Let's see." He said rumaging through the bag.
"What should we do?" Anaka said quietly. She was nervous and excited at the same time. She'd never done something like this before.
"How about some timed stink bombs?"
"Stink bombs?" Anaka asked, "I never heard of those before."
"Harry got them for me for Christmas. There a Muggle joke. If we add some magic we can make it smell like anything."
"What should it smell like?"
"How about Fuffogo dung?"
"Fuffo what?"
"You'll learn about it next year." George said taking out his wand. He pointed it at the bombs and there color changed to green.
They hid them althoughout the classroom. Finally, George put a spell on the bombs.
"You have potions first right?" George asked her.
"Yeah." Anaka said.
"Ok. Half way through Potions ask to go to the bathroom. He'll say no at first but if you annoy him enough he'll let you. Then go outside the classroom and say Stadugids Glasdhejut and point your wand at the door. The room will be full of gas and they'll probably all throw up!"
"What about the others though?"
"Harry, Ron, and Hermione? They could use a joke." George smiled, "Don't worry. It'll be fun."
They left the room and started to walk towards the Great Hall for supper.
"Do you do this stuff with Harry?" Anaka asked. George shook his head.
"Harry's to uptight. Me and Fred could use some help. I'm glad you came. Anyway I have another idea." George stopped and handed Anaka two small round objects.
"What are these?" Anaka asked.
"Me and Fred decided to do this to the boys tonight but we didn't know how to get to the girls. Now we can," he smiled, "just wear a hair net. A dark colored one."
Anaka nodded and stuck them in her pocket then they entered the Great Hall.
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Anaka woke up to the sound of screams the next day. She sat up quickly and looked around to see what was the mattter. The other girls were running around screaming. Anaka noticed what was wrong when Hermione screamed.
"My hair!! What happened?" Hermione was staring at a mirror open mouthed.
Anaka looked around and noticed that every girls hair was changing color. Lavender's went from red to blue to green to yellow in a few seconds. Anaka ran to the bathroom and pushed through the crowd of girls. She saw that her black hair net she had gotten from Madame Pomfry was still on. She took it off and was releaved to see that her hair was still brown. As she exited the bathroom she heard another set of cries. The girls ran to the common room and saw that the boys hair had also been changed. Harry and Ron came up to her and Hermione.
"What happened? Our hair is so messed up!" Ron said.
"Yeah." Hermione answered as Ron and Harry went to talk to someone else. She stared at Anaka's hair for awhile.
"No wonder you wanted a hair net. You knew this would happen." Hermione looked at Anaka sternly.
"Me? I didn't know. I just thought that my hair would look better if I put it in a net at night. Even ask Madame Pomfry! I got it from her!" Anaka hoped Hermione would believe her lie but she just shook her head.
"What happened here!?" Professor McGonagall said looking at the students. They all started to talk at once but she stopped them. "Does anyone know who did this?" No one answered but she saw that Fred and George still had red hair and were holding hair nets. She was surprised to see that this was also true for Anaka. "All of you go to Madame Pomfry."
The students all followed her out. Hermione turned to Anaka.
"I didn't tell on you because I thought we were friends." Then she left.
Anaka looked around for George and Fred. She saw them and quickly caught up.
"I don't know about this. Hermione is already mad at me." Anaka said worriedly.
"Don't sweat." Fred said causally.
"We'll think of something." George said winking at her. Anaka walked out with them and was one of the only gryffindor students in class.
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Anaka was nervous throughout Potions. Gradually more Gryffindor students started to show up and Anaka felt a pang of guilt when Hermione wouldn't look at her.
In the middle of class, when Anaka was finally going to ask Snape if she could leave, there came a knock on the door and George entered.
"What is it?" Snape growled.
"Dumbledore needs to see Harry, Ron, Hermione and Anaka about the Quiddich game yesterday."
"And he sent you?" Snape said looking at George suspiciously.
"Yes sir. It'll only be a few minutes." Snape frowned but nodded.
"You can go."
The others hurried out the door and closed it quietly.
"Thank you so much!" Anaka said to George.
"What's going on?" Hermione asked.
"We planted some stink bombs in here yesterday. Anaka felt bad that you guys would get it so I decided to save ya all." George explained smiling.
"You gave them to him." Ron said looking at Harry.
"You can't! What about the other Gryffindors? Neville for instance?" Hermione argued.
"But Snape and The Slytherins would get it good!" George said smiling.
"They would." Ron said nodding.
"Yeah. Let's do it." Harry agreed. Anaka smiled.
"You guys can't be serious!" Hermione said as she watched. Anaka pointed her wand at the door.
"Stadugids Glasdhejut." she said softly. Soon there was a horrible stench coming from the door. They heard screams and Snape shouting.
"Open the door! Everyone out!"
The group raced down the hall and protended to be turning a corner when Snape and the students came out gasping.
"What happened?" Harry said running up to them. Snape glared at Potter as he coughed.
"The smell." He said pointing. He looked around at the whole group.
"I wonder what made that?" Anaka said wrinkling her nose at the smell.
"I wonder too." Severus said. He suspected at least that George did it but he had no proof.
"Wait till I tell Dumbledore." He growled. Then he started to give the class directions.
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Anaka and Ron were playing wizard chess that night when Fred and George came in.
"Where have you guys been?" Ron asked.
"Dumbledore gave us a lecture about enough joking. He also said that we shouldn't get people to do what we do. That 2 pranksters were enough." Fred said.
"That's ok. I don't think the prankster thing is for me. But it was fun while it lasted." Anaka said smiling.
"Well if you need help practicing Quiddich moves, just let me know. I'll be glad to help you." George said smiling.
"Ok." Anaka answered. After the twins left Ron grunted.
"What a show off." Ron said.
"What do you mean?" Anaka said moving one of her pieces.
"Isn't it obvious? George is tring to show off."
"To me?" Anaka asked surprised.
"Yeah. Why are you so surprised?"
"Well," she said standing up and turning in a circle, "look at me! I'm not exactly gorgeous!"
Ron blushed and stared at the board as she sat.
"I think you look beautiful." He whispered.
"Thanks but you're just saying that because we're friends."
They finished there game and then Anaka went to bed. Ron sat in his chair thinking for a while and then headed up to the dorm. At least she thought what he wanted her to. It would be embarrasing if she knew he liked her.
Fred, George, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Anaka stood in the Gryffindor common room waiting for Professor McGonagall. She was going to tell them all that they knew about what had happened.
"This is all my fault." George said sitting down. The others followed his example and took their seats on the floor or couches.
"What did you do?" Anaka asked him.
"I hit Harry in the back with the bludger. That started the whole thing."
"You can't hit that well. The spell must have made it go right for Harry." Ron said and he avoided a pillow thrown by George quietly.
"Don't worry about it. It was probably a bunch of pranksters." said Fred.
"Like you?" Ron asked.
"Man, you're asking for it Ron." George said annoyingly at him.
"Well excuse me." Ron said getting up angrily. He went to his dorm followed by Harry.
"I'm going to try to get some sleep." Fred said leaving.
"Me, too." said Hermione. Soon only Anaka and George were in the common room.
"You can leave to if you want." George said looking at Anaka. She shook her head.
"I can't let you beat yourself up about this. It wasn't your fault."
"Yeah, what can I do now? Nothing. It's done," then he smiled mischievously at Anaka, "so you're related to Moony huh?"
"How'd you know?" Anaka said surprised. He shrugged.
"Harry told us that Lupin told him about his old school days. He was one of the great thinkers of that time!"
"You mean one of the great Marauder's of that time." Anaka said laughing.
"So after McGonagall comes are you free?"
"Sure! What do you want to do?" George smiled.
"There are classes tommorow. So that means the classrooms are empty today. Why don't we leave a surprise for them?"
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Anaka and George entered the Potions room quietly. Snape was no where in sight and George was itching to try out his new bag of tricks.
"Let's see." He said rumaging through the bag.
"What should we do?" Anaka said quietly. She was nervous and excited at the same time. She'd never done something like this before.
"How about some timed stink bombs?"
"Stink bombs?" Anaka asked, "I never heard of those before."
"Harry got them for me for Christmas. There a Muggle joke. If we add some magic we can make it smell like anything."
"What should it smell like?"
"How about Fuffogo dung?"
"Fuffo what?"
"You'll learn about it next year." George said taking out his wand. He pointed it at the bombs and there color changed to green.
They hid them althoughout the classroom. Finally, George put a spell on the bombs.
"You have potions first right?" George asked her.
"Yeah." Anaka said.
"Ok. Half way through Potions ask to go to the bathroom. He'll say no at first but if you annoy him enough he'll let you. Then go outside the classroom and say Stadugids Glasdhejut and point your wand at the door. The room will be full of gas and they'll probably all throw up!"
"What about the others though?"
"Harry, Ron, and Hermione? They could use a joke." George smiled, "Don't worry. It'll be fun."
They left the room and started to walk towards the Great Hall for supper.
"Do you do this stuff with Harry?" Anaka asked. George shook his head.
"Harry's to uptight. Me and Fred could use some help. I'm glad you came. Anyway I have another idea." George stopped and handed Anaka two small round objects.
"What are these?" Anaka asked.
"Me and Fred decided to do this to the boys tonight but we didn't know how to get to the girls. Now we can," he smiled, "just wear a hair net. A dark colored one."
Anaka nodded and stuck them in her pocket then they entered the Great Hall.
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Anaka woke up to the sound of screams the next day. She sat up quickly and looked around to see what was the mattter. The other girls were running around screaming. Anaka noticed what was wrong when Hermione screamed.
"My hair!! What happened?" Hermione was staring at a mirror open mouthed.
Anaka looked around and noticed that every girls hair was changing color. Lavender's went from red to blue to green to yellow in a few seconds. Anaka ran to the bathroom and pushed through the crowd of girls. She saw that her black hair net she had gotten from Madame Pomfry was still on. She took it off and was releaved to see that her hair was still brown. As she exited the bathroom she heard another set of cries. The girls ran to the common room and saw that the boys hair had also been changed. Harry and Ron came up to her and Hermione.
"What happened? Our hair is so messed up!" Ron said.
"Yeah." Hermione answered as Ron and Harry went to talk to someone else. She stared at Anaka's hair for awhile.
"No wonder you wanted a hair net. You knew this would happen." Hermione looked at Anaka sternly.
"Me? I didn't know. I just thought that my hair would look better if I put it in a net at night. Even ask Madame Pomfry! I got it from her!" Anaka hoped Hermione would believe her lie but she just shook her head.
"What happened here!?" Professor McGonagall said looking at the students. They all started to talk at once but she stopped them. "Does anyone know who did this?" No one answered but she saw that Fred and George still had red hair and were holding hair nets. She was surprised to see that this was also true for Anaka. "All of you go to Madame Pomfry."
The students all followed her out. Hermione turned to Anaka.
"I didn't tell on you because I thought we were friends." Then she left.
Anaka looked around for George and Fred. She saw them and quickly caught up.
"I don't know about this. Hermione is already mad at me." Anaka said worriedly.
"Don't sweat." Fred said causally.
"We'll think of something." George said winking at her. Anaka walked out with them and was one of the only gryffindor students in class.
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Anaka was nervous throughout Potions. Gradually more Gryffindor students started to show up and Anaka felt a pang of guilt when Hermione wouldn't look at her.
In the middle of class, when Anaka was finally going to ask Snape if she could leave, there came a knock on the door and George entered.
"What is it?" Snape growled.
"Dumbledore needs to see Harry, Ron, Hermione and Anaka about the Quiddich game yesterday."
"And he sent you?" Snape said looking at George suspiciously.
"Yes sir. It'll only be a few minutes." Snape frowned but nodded.
"You can go."
The others hurried out the door and closed it quietly.
"Thank you so much!" Anaka said to George.
"What's going on?" Hermione asked.
"We planted some stink bombs in here yesterday. Anaka felt bad that you guys would get it so I decided to save ya all." George explained smiling.
"You gave them to him." Ron said looking at Harry.
"You can't! What about the other Gryffindors? Neville for instance?" Hermione argued.
"But Snape and The Slytherins would get it good!" George said smiling.
"They would." Ron said nodding.
"Yeah. Let's do it." Harry agreed. Anaka smiled.
"You guys can't be serious!" Hermione said as she watched. Anaka pointed her wand at the door.
"Stadugids Glasdhejut." she said softly. Soon there was a horrible stench coming from the door. They heard screams and Snape shouting.
"Open the door! Everyone out!"
The group raced down the hall and protended to be turning a corner when Snape and the students came out gasping.
"What happened?" Harry said running up to them. Snape glared at Potter as he coughed.
"The smell." He said pointing. He looked around at the whole group.
"I wonder what made that?" Anaka said wrinkling her nose at the smell.
"I wonder too." Severus said. He suspected at least that George did it but he had no proof.
"Wait till I tell Dumbledore." He growled. Then he started to give the class directions.
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Anaka and Ron were playing wizard chess that night when Fred and George came in.
"Where have you guys been?" Ron asked.
"Dumbledore gave us a lecture about enough joking. He also said that we shouldn't get people to do what we do. That 2 pranksters were enough." Fred said.
"That's ok. I don't think the prankster thing is for me. But it was fun while it lasted." Anaka said smiling.
"Well if you need help practicing Quiddich moves, just let me know. I'll be glad to help you." George said smiling.
"Ok." Anaka answered. After the twins left Ron grunted.
"What a show off." Ron said.
"What do you mean?" Anaka said moving one of her pieces.
"Isn't it obvious? George is tring to show off."
"To me?" Anaka asked surprised.
"Yeah. Why are you so surprised?"
"Well," she said standing up and turning in a circle, "look at me! I'm not exactly gorgeous!"
Ron blushed and stared at the board as she sat.
"I think you look beautiful." He whispered.
"Thanks but you're just saying that because we're friends."
They finished there game and then Anaka went to bed. Ron sat in his chair thinking for a while and then headed up to the dorm. At least she thought what he wanted her to. It would be embarrasing if she knew he liked her.
