Disclaimer: See chapter one
A/N: Wow, this got a nice reception! This chapter includes charms pranks!
April Foolin' Around
By Mrs Grim
1 Chapter Two
Way too many squid
High fives went all around after Divination. Sirius slapped Peter on the back, causing a dropped camera and a couple of punches.
Sirius rubbed his arm and sighed, "What's next?"
Peter was struggling with the camera, "Uhm…charms, right?"
"Ah, yes! Charms!"
"That's Lily's favorite," Remus warned, "I don't know how she'll take that exactly."
"Yessir!" Sirius put in. "Disturb Lily's Charms class and you might as well feed our self to the giant squid."
"Lily will forgive us," James said, but he didn't sound convinced.
"Sure," said Peter. "We'll tell her it was all your idea. Then she'll forgive US. Who ever said anything about YOU?"
-*-
The teachers, meanwhile, were having a council of war. Prof. McGonagall was in charge.
"All right!" she screamed over the complaining and/ or yelling of her colleagues. "Will everyone PLEASE just SHUT UP!"
Everyone shut up. Minerva never talked like that unless she was pissed. And she was.
"Thank you."
Everyone looked sheepish.
"Now," she continued. "You KNOW what has to be done."
"But-" came an objection from Catalina, the poor little Muggle Studies teacher.
"They do it EVERY April Fools. They humiliate us! Pull their little pranks." She glared at them all, "THIS year, it is going to be different. THIS year, we're going to be ready."
"Minerva," Professor Tweedle, the absentminded potions prof said softly, "We have no idea what to be ready for. How can we be prepared?"
This made sense. Minerva considered this.
"Well," she said slowly, "I'll admit that their minds work in rather- er- different and sometimes disturbing ways, but- but we were kids once too! We- we can show them who's boss!"
The others tries to look supportive and agreeing.
"So- who has them next?"
Professor Flitwick raised his hand, trembling a bit.
"Ah!" Minerva clapped him on the back, "Good luck."
Flitwick walked out to everything from 'good luck' to 'do you want writing on your grave' and some inventive soul humming the Funeral March.
******
Peter: Alright, it works…I think…is there supposed to be a big gray blur in the center of the lens?
James: What?! Sirius, did you break it?
Sirius: Er-
Remus: That's your finger Peter. You can't cover the lens with your hand.
Peter: Oh. Maybe someone else should tape-
Everyone: NO!
Peter: Geez, it was just a question…
******
Sirius: Here we are in good old charms class!
James: We're just waiting for Professor F to waltz in!
Remus: Perhaps he's run away…
Sirius: It's possible, but I saw McGonagall in the hallway. She was giving him a pep-talk.
James: Does she think that she can save him?
Remus: From us? No.
Lily *walks over and frowns* Oh, NO! NOT during charms class!
James: But, Lily! It's April Fools!
Sirius: C'mon, Lily, we promise that he'll be able to teach again after this…
Peter: Yeah, in, like, a year.
Lily: James Harold Potter-
James: PLEASE Lily, you sound like my mother! How can I kiss you when you remind me of my MUM?
Lily: That won't be a problem now that I am dumping you.
James *nearly faints in shock* WHAT!
Sirius and Remus *laughing*
Lily: Sorry James.
James: Sorry? Is that all you have to say?! You're-
Lily: I'm sorry…APRIL FOOLS!
Remus: Oooh, she got you good Prongs.
James *grumbles*
Sirius: Flitwick alert!
Remus: Ah, yes, time for advanced summoning charms or something like that…
Lily *like a walking charms textbook* They're called Multiplus charms and they summon a LOT of something. I dunno if anyone ever uses them…
James: Really?
Lily: All they're useful for is summoning things like rain or grass and stuff. You wouldn't want to use it to summon a bunch of hippogriffs, would you?
Sirius *quickly* Of course not.
Lily *suspiciously* Hmmm…
Prof F: Welcome class *eyes darting nervously to the boys*
Boys *grin broadly*
Prof F *gulps* Today we learn to summon multiple things. This is used for things like soil or rain. You can only summon ONE blade of grass with accio if you say, "Accio grass!" If you need more, you say "Accio Multiplus grass!" or whatever you wanted. This is not used often and can cause problems if one does not remember to say Finite Incantatem to end the spell. Otherwise, you would be buried in grass. Let's go outside to practice summoning.
******
Peter: Ooh! The giant squid looks hungry…
James: Amy be we should feed Flitwick to it…
Sirius: Nah! How about Peter…
Peter *yelps* No! I'm the camera holder! I looove being the camera holder! Oh, yes!
Prof F: Now, let me demonstrate. *clears throat* Accio Multiplus-
Sirius *loudly* Look at the giant squid!
Prof F *surprised* -squid? Oh no! Not squid no! I didn't mean squ-
Lily: Oh, you are terrible, James Potter! Look at all those ugly squid!
Sirius: Can you see him anymore? I think he's buried…
James *loudly* Remember professor? *ducks a squid flying at Flitwick* You have to say the spell to end it, or else they'll just keep coming!
Remus: You think he heard?
Peter: I dunno. *keeps taping* This is good stuff, here. *gets knocked over by a squid*
******
LATER…
McGonagall banged her head on a nearby desk. Pranksters two, teachers zip.
This was embarrassing.
A/N: Oh, dear! Squids galore! They are quite cute, though. At least some are!
Thanks to everyone who reviewed! I got a lot more than I expected!
You could, uh- review again! *grin*
Mrs Grim
A/N: Wow, this got a nice reception! This chapter includes charms pranks!
April Foolin' Around
By Mrs Grim
1 Chapter Two
Way too many squid
High fives went all around after Divination. Sirius slapped Peter on the back, causing a dropped camera and a couple of punches.
Sirius rubbed his arm and sighed, "What's next?"
Peter was struggling with the camera, "Uhm…charms, right?"
"Ah, yes! Charms!"
"That's Lily's favorite," Remus warned, "I don't know how she'll take that exactly."
"Yessir!" Sirius put in. "Disturb Lily's Charms class and you might as well feed our self to the giant squid."
"Lily will forgive us," James said, but he didn't sound convinced.
"Sure," said Peter. "We'll tell her it was all your idea. Then she'll forgive US. Who ever said anything about YOU?"
-*-
The teachers, meanwhile, were having a council of war. Prof. McGonagall was in charge.
"All right!" she screamed over the complaining and/ or yelling of her colleagues. "Will everyone PLEASE just SHUT UP!"
Everyone shut up. Minerva never talked like that unless she was pissed. And she was.
"Thank you."
Everyone looked sheepish.
"Now," she continued. "You KNOW what has to be done."
"But-" came an objection from Catalina, the poor little Muggle Studies teacher.
"They do it EVERY April Fools. They humiliate us! Pull their little pranks." She glared at them all, "THIS year, it is going to be different. THIS year, we're going to be ready."
"Minerva," Professor Tweedle, the absentminded potions prof said softly, "We have no idea what to be ready for. How can we be prepared?"
This made sense. Minerva considered this.
"Well," she said slowly, "I'll admit that their minds work in rather- er- different and sometimes disturbing ways, but- but we were kids once too! We- we can show them who's boss!"
The others tries to look supportive and agreeing.
"So- who has them next?"
Professor Flitwick raised his hand, trembling a bit.
"Ah!" Minerva clapped him on the back, "Good luck."
Flitwick walked out to everything from 'good luck' to 'do you want writing on your grave' and some inventive soul humming the Funeral March.
******
Peter: Alright, it works…I think…is there supposed to be a big gray blur in the center of the lens?
James: What?! Sirius, did you break it?
Sirius: Er-
Remus: That's your finger Peter. You can't cover the lens with your hand.
Peter: Oh. Maybe someone else should tape-
Everyone: NO!
Peter: Geez, it was just a question…
******
Sirius: Here we are in good old charms class!
James: We're just waiting for Professor F to waltz in!
Remus: Perhaps he's run away…
Sirius: It's possible, but I saw McGonagall in the hallway. She was giving him a pep-talk.
James: Does she think that she can save him?
Remus: From us? No.
Lily *walks over and frowns* Oh, NO! NOT during charms class!
James: But, Lily! It's April Fools!
Sirius: C'mon, Lily, we promise that he'll be able to teach again after this…
Peter: Yeah, in, like, a year.
Lily: James Harold Potter-
James: PLEASE Lily, you sound like my mother! How can I kiss you when you remind me of my MUM?
Lily: That won't be a problem now that I am dumping you.
James *nearly faints in shock* WHAT!
Sirius and Remus *laughing*
Lily: Sorry James.
James: Sorry? Is that all you have to say?! You're-
Lily: I'm sorry…APRIL FOOLS!
Remus: Oooh, she got you good Prongs.
James *grumbles*
Sirius: Flitwick alert!
Remus: Ah, yes, time for advanced summoning charms or something like that…
Lily *like a walking charms textbook* They're called Multiplus charms and they summon a LOT of something. I dunno if anyone ever uses them…
James: Really?
Lily: All they're useful for is summoning things like rain or grass and stuff. You wouldn't want to use it to summon a bunch of hippogriffs, would you?
Sirius *quickly* Of course not.
Lily *suspiciously* Hmmm…
Prof F: Welcome class *eyes darting nervously to the boys*
Boys *grin broadly*
Prof F *gulps* Today we learn to summon multiple things. This is used for things like soil or rain. You can only summon ONE blade of grass with accio if you say, "Accio grass!" If you need more, you say "Accio Multiplus grass!" or whatever you wanted. This is not used often and can cause problems if one does not remember to say Finite Incantatem to end the spell. Otherwise, you would be buried in grass. Let's go outside to practice summoning.
******
Peter: Ooh! The giant squid looks hungry…
James: Amy be we should feed Flitwick to it…
Sirius: Nah! How about Peter…
Peter *yelps* No! I'm the camera holder! I looove being the camera holder! Oh, yes!
Prof F: Now, let me demonstrate. *clears throat* Accio Multiplus-
Sirius *loudly* Look at the giant squid!
Prof F *surprised* -squid? Oh no! Not squid no! I didn't mean squ-
Lily: Oh, you are terrible, James Potter! Look at all those ugly squid!
Sirius: Can you see him anymore? I think he's buried…
James *loudly* Remember professor? *ducks a squid flying at Flitwick* You have to say the spell to end it, or else they'll just keep coming!
Remus: You think he heard?
Peter: I dunno. *keeps taping* This is good stuff, here. *gets knocked over by a squid*
******
LATER…
McGonagall banged her head on a nearby desk. Pranksters two, teachers zip.
This was embarrassing.
A/N: Oh, dear! Squids galore! They are quite cute, though. At least some are!
Thanks to everyone who reviewed! I got a lot more than I expected!
You could, uh- review again! *grin*
Mrs Grim