"Sports it is, then!" Professor Adams agreed, as she walked behind her desk
and sat down in a very comfortable-looking chair.
"YES!" Vic cried out. She was overjoyed! It can't get any better than this, she thought to herself, as she sunk back into her chair, unaware of the eyes staring at her.
"Glad to see that at least one person will be in full participation," Professor Adams stated, smiling at Vic. But Vic could barely hear her, "There's one more thing, though."
"What?" Remus asked, his arms still crossed.
"Well, not only will we be learning about Muggle sports, but we will be playing them, as well," Professor Adams said, still smiling.
Ohmigod, it just did get better, Victoria thought excitedly. She was beaming, and was staring at Professor Adams. Eyes were still staring at her. After a minute, she regained her senses, and turned to Lily.
"It's like a dream come true!" she cried.
"Whatever you say, Vic," Lily chuckled.
"I didn't know you liked Muggle sports as well as Quidditch," Sirius stated, furrowing his brow.
"Well, like I said before: You don't know a helluva lot about me," Vic replied, smiling.
"Actually, I believe you said, 'You don't know a lot about me'," Remus babbled.
"Remus?" Vic asked in a sickly sweet voice.
"Yeah?" Remus replied.
"Shut up," Vic commanded, and smiled, staring at Professor Adams as she explained what sorts of sports they would be learning.
Muggle Studies ended on a light note and the six Gryffindors headed out to their next class. It seemed like classes were slower than usual, as they waited anxiously until the time came for the Halloween Feast to start.
In Potions, the friends were happier than usual. Every time Malfoy, Snape, or any other Slytherin looked their way, they just grinned back at them, much to their surprise.
Their last class, Herbology, had been cancelled, due to their teacher being down with the flu. They had two hours to kill before the feast.
They spent the time walking around, and after an hour of this, went to the common room to play chess and Gobstones.
Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, they walked with the rest of Gryffindor House down to the Great Hall, where the rest of the school was filing in.
After being seated, Professor Dumbledore arose from his seat at the Teachers' Table.
"Good evening, students and teachers. Welcome to the Halloween Feast," Dumbledore greeted.
A bit of clapped followed, and he started up again.
"I hope you all enjoy the scrumptious food that has been made in our very own kitchens, and last but not least: Happy Halloween!" Dumbledore finished, sitting back down in his seat.
"Now?" Peter whispered to the others. Sirius merely shook his head.
"Later. With dessert," James grinned, digging in on his chicken.
"Excellent," Remus said, shoveling his soup into his mouth.
The six Gryffindors ate quickly, too anxious to take their time.
"Too bad the rest of the school doesn't know," Remus muttered, "Or else they'd hurry up and eat!"
Finally, the moment they'd all been waiting for arrived. Dessert came.
The table filled with several different kinds of cakes, ice creams, pastries, and candy.
Remus reached for a slice of chocolate cake, but quickly drew back after a sharp slap on the wrist from Lily.
"What?" Remus asked, throwing his arms up and trying to look innocent.
"The plan, you great prat," Lily hissed, as the six stood, trying hard not to draw attention to themselves as they slipped just outside of the Great Hall. Lucky for them, the other students and teachers were too involved in their dessert to notice them missing.
"Do you have the supplies?" James whispered to Sirius, who nodded, and from behind a nearby statue, pulled a large duffel bag.
"It's all in here," Sirius confirmed, handing the bag over to James.
"Okay, great," James replied, quickly taking charge of the situation, "Now, Lily, when I signal, you and Victoria head out to the Slytherin table. I think you know what to do there. Then, Peter, you come in. I explained what you have to do yesterday night, remember?"
Peter nodded fervently, trying to look brave, but not succeeding.
"Okay," James said, not noticing the fear on Peter's face. James quickly turned to Sirius, "Sirius, while they're distracted, you change the drink. Do you have the substitute?"
"Yup, and I tested it last night on one of the first-years," Sirius said, and then, seeing the fear on James' face, quickly added, "But don't worry, I put a Memory Charm on him so he wouldn't remember!"
"Okay," James replied, disbelieving, "Now, Remus, you remember both the spells?"
"Yes sir!" Remus saluted.
"This is no time for jokes, Remus! We've got a lot to do, and a limited time to do it in!" James announced urgently. "Alright. As soon as Remus is done, I will come in with the ammo." He grinned widely, and so did the others, as their plan was complete. It was all just a matter of following through. Without getting noticed or caught.
"Alright you two, walk back to the Gryffindor table, but remember: Don't bring attention to yourselves," James commanded, pushing Lily and Vic out towards their house table.
Lily and Vic walked stealthily to their seats, and cut themselves slices of cake, and loaded up on ice cream, acting as if everything was normal. No one seemed to even notice they had been gone!
Finally, after what seemed like ages to the two girls, even though it was more like two minutes, they heard a small, long, and low whistle from the direction of where they had just come from.
"That's the signal! James showed me last night!" Lily hissed quietly to Vic, who nodded and stood. Lily got up as well, and they headed in the direction of the Slytherin table, walking like they had seen models on TV do, and only stopped walking when they were behind Severus Snape and Lucius Malfoy.
Lily tapped Snape on the shoulder lightly. He turned around, and was surprised - yet pleased - to see Lily there. He didn't even seem to notice Vic.
Snape greeted, "Lily! What a surprise! What are you doing here?"
Lily twirled her hair around her finger flirtatiously and said, "Well, I finally realized what dorks James and his stupid friends are. And I decided I needed a real man. And of course, my first thought was you."
Snape grinned from ear to ear, "Glad you finally came to your senses! And look! You brought a friend! Oi, Lucius! Look!" Snape said, finally realizing that Vic was standing right beside Lily.
"What is it?" Lucius asked, turning around, and was pleasantly surprised to see Vic standing in front of him, "Well, hello there."
"Hi," Vic replied in a flirty tone.
"Well, we saw this mouse," Lily improvised, realizing that she was taking too much time doing this, "Over at the Gryffindor table, and we were wondering if you two would care to help us shoo it away. We would ask someone else, but you two are the only ones that seem worthy enough to help us."
"Sure!" Lucius and Snape exclaimed at the same time, and followed Lily and Vic to their own table.
Meanwhile, Peter had walked up to the Slytherin table, his face hidden by the hood of his cloak. He doubted any of the SLytherins would have recognized him anyway. They were all very interested in their dessert still. Peter reached into his cloak and pulled out some Krazy Glue of Lily's. He quickly spread some all over Snape and Malfoy's seat, and when the bottle was done, he quickly walked back to their stake-out, where James, Remus, and Sirius were waiting.
Sirius quickly walked out to the Slytherin table, also with his hood covering his face, as he held two goblets in his hands. He pulled a quick- switch and hurried back to where James, Remus, and Peter were watching.
Sirius arrived back at the stake-out just in time, too, because Lily, Vic, Snape, and Malfoy were walking back to the Slytherin table already, talking amongst themselves.
"I don't know where the stupid mouse went! It was right there before!" Vic exclaimed, throwing her arms up in the air for effect.
"Well, they scurry quite fast for such tiny little things," Lucius informed her, trying to look smart.
Lily and Snape nodded in agreement as Snape and Malfoy sat down in their seats, still looking at the girls.
"Well, we better go finish up our dessert!" Lily said, hands in her pockets, as she and Vic turned to go.
"Wait! We ju-" Snape started, getting up, but he couldn't! He was stuck to his seat! "What the-?"
"You're such a prat, Severus! Here, let me help you up!" Malfoy offered, rolling his eyes as he too, tried to stand, but couldn't. "What's going on here?"
"Well, we better go, boys! See you later!" Vic said, as she and Lily departed to the Gryffindor table.
"But-!" Malfoy started, but didn't finish his sentence as he struggled to get out of his seat.
Several of the students in the Great Hall had realized that Snape and Malfoy were stuck to their seats from the commotion they were making, and started to laugh.
Giving up, Snape and Malfoy reached for their pumpkin juice, and took large swigs out of their goblets.
After a minute, they slowly started to change formation into...
Apes! Great, hairy apes! You could still tell it was them, though, and they seemed to have kept their brains, because they were looking at each other in horror. The whole Hall was laughing uncontrollably. Even their fellow Slytherins!
With the great distraction, Remus walked just inside the Great Hall, and pointed his wand at the two Slytherins, muttering incantations.
Suddenly, bats swooped down from the enchanted ceiling above, and attacked each and every one of the Slytherins. The Slytherin students were jumping up and down, and running around as the bats attacked their hair. After five minutes, the bats flew back up to the ceiling, and the Slytherins, though shaken up, returned to their seats and continued their desserts. They were shaken up enough to have forgotten about the apes seated with them, although the rest of the Hall hadn't. They were still laughing hysterically - some were even pounding the tables with their fists, and crying with laughter!
When the hysteria had subsided, the occupants of the Great Hall preoccupied themselves by eating more dessert until they heard yet more screams coming from the Slytherin table.
"Oh my god! Snakes! Great dirty snakes! Cobras, I tell you!" Malfoy was shouting. At least he was making some sense. Snape was just shrieking in fear and horror, as he jumped up onto the table, knocking a few dishes to the ground.
"Snakes everywhere! Help us!" Malfoy was still shouting. Then James, who was having a hard time trying to keep from keeling over in laughter, walked inside the Great Hall, and stood next to Remus, carrying the duffel bag, which was now half-empty. They were soon joined by Lily, Vic, Peter, and Sirius as they each reached into the duffel bag and pulled out handfuls of...
Balloons! Half-filled, round, colourful balloons! They each pulled out their wands, and enchanted each and every one of the balloons, causing each coloured ball to float up above the Slytherins in mid-air without anyone noticing. Most were still laughing at Snape and Malfoy, who were still shrieking about snakes. Then, they stealthily walked back to their seats at the Gryffindor table, without bringing any attention to themselves, with their wands still in their hands.
When everyone had started to get bored with Snape and Malfoy, and were turning back to their food, the six Gryffindors flicked their wands at the same time, letting the balloons, which were filled with water and flour, fall onto the Slytherin table.
It was a mess! All the Slytherins were covered in a white mass of thick, gooey flour-paste! And they were not too happy about it.
Many girls were shrieking in horror of how they must look at the moment, although most of the other students thought it was an improvement. Other girls were wailing about how they had just gotten new robes or dresses, and now it was all ruined. Most boys were seated, still in shock of what had just occurred, while the rest were throwing the paste at each other.
Meanwhile, Snape and Malfoy were still screaming about snakes. It was quite a sight indeed. Two great, hairy ape-boys jumping up and down on a table, screaming about snakes, while covered in a thick, white paste. Not many noticed, because of uncontrollable laughter, that their robes had also ripped at the seat of their pants, and their underpants were showing. Lily, Remus, Sirius, James, Vic, and Peter did however, through peals of laughter at the sight.
"This is definitely a Kodak moment," Lily announced as she pulled out her camera and a flash went off as she pressed a button.
"What is that?" James asked curiously, looking at the small black box.
Lily shook her head, "I'll tell you later. But for now, just sit back, relax, and enjoy the entertainment."
The common room was buzzing when they finally reached it. Everyone was too busy to notice the six third-year Gryffindors walk in. You could feel the excitement and the electricity as everyone recalled what happened.
"They'll be talking about this one for years!" James heard one of the sixth- year boys exclaim.
"Ooh...I've hated that Slytherin girl, Darcy since first year! She got a bat wing hit her eye, and I must say, she deserved it!" A seventh-year girl cried out, looking smug.
"Looks like our plan worked, after all!" Lily muttered, as she grinned at the others.
"How could it not? We planned that thing for so long!" James whispered back, looking eager, "But I must say, it was worth it!"
"Definitely," Sirius agreed, and the others nodded.
"Come on, let's go join the fun!" Remus exclaimed, as he pulled the others along to a group of fellow third-years, and they chatted about the prank, without giving away that they were the ones who had pulled it off.
After a good two hours of non-stop chatter, the Gryffindors noticed a new sign on the Gryffindor bulletin board.
"What's it say?" The Gryffindors, young and old, asked James as they didn't want to get up from their comfortable positions, and he was standing right in front of it.
"There's gonna be a Hogsmeade visit tomorrow!" James exclaimed as he read the sign.
"YES!" Vic cried out. She was overjoyed! It can't get any better than this, she thought to herself, as she sunk back into her chair, unaware of the eyes staring at her.
"Glad to see that at least one person will be in full participation," Professor Adams stated, smiling at Vic. But Vic could barely hear her, "There's one more thing, though."
"What?" Remus asked, his arms still crossed.
"Well, not only will we be learning about Muggle sports, but we will be playing them, as well," Professor Adams said, still smiling.
Ohmigod, it just did get better, Victoria thought excitedly. She was beaming, and was staring at Professor Adams. Eyes were still staring at her. After a minute, she regained her senses, and turned to Lily.
"It's like a dream come true!" she cried.
"Whatever you say, Vic," Lily chuckled.
"I didn't know you liked Muggle sports as well as Quidditch," Sirius stated, furrowing his brow.
"Well, like I said before: You don't know a helluva lot about me," Vic replied, smiling.
"Actually, I believe you said, 'You don't know a lot about me'," Remus babbled.
"Remus?" Vic asked in a sickly sweet voice.
"Yeah?" Remus replied.
"Shut up," Vic commanded, and smiled, staring at Professor Adams as she explained what sorts of sports they would be learning.
Muggle Studies ended on a light note and the six Gryffindors headed out to their next class. It seemed like classes were slower than usual, as they waited anxiously until the time came for the Halloween Feast to start.
In Potions, the friends were happier than usual. Every time Malfoy, Snape, or any other Slytherin looked their way, they just grinned back at them, much to their surprise.
Their last class, Herbology, had been cancelled, due to their teacher being down with the flu. They had two hours to kill before the feast.
They spent the time walking around, and after an hour of this, went to the common room to play chess and Gobstones.
Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, they walked with the rest of Gryffindor House down to the Great Hall, where the rest of the school was filing in.
After being seated, Professor Dumbledore arose from his seat at the Teachers' Table.
"Good evening, students and teachers. Welcome to the Halloween Feast," Dumbledore greeted.
A bit of clapped followed, and he started up again.
"I hope you all enjoy the scrumptious food that has been made in our very own kitchens, and last but not least: Happy Halloween!" Dumbledore finished, sitting back down in his seat.
"Now?" Peter whispered to the others. Sirius merely shook his head.
"Later. With dessert," James grinned, digging in on his chicken.
"Excellent," Remus said, shoveling his soup into his mouth.
The six Gryffindors ate quickly, too anxious to take their time.
"Too bad the rest of the school doesn't know," Remus muttered, "Or else they'd hurry up and eat!"
Finally, the moment they'd all been waiting for arrived. Dessert came.
The table filled with several different kinds of cakes, ice creams, pastries, and candy.
Remus reached for a slice of chocolate cake, but quickly drew back after a sharp slap on the wrist from Lily.
"What?" Remus asked, throwing his arms up and trying to look innocent.
"The plan, you great prat," Lily hissed, as the six stood, trying hard not to draw attention to themselves as they slipped just outside of the Great Hall. Lucky for them, the other students and teachers were too involved in their dessert to notice them missing.
"Do you have the supplies?" James whispered to Sirius, who nodded, and from behind a nearby statue, pulled a large duffel bag.
"It's all in here," Sirius confirmed, handing the bag over to James.
"Okay, great," James replied, quickly taking charge of the situation, "Now, Lily, when I signal, you and Victoria head out to the Slytherin table. I think you know what to do there. Then, Peter, you come in. I explained what you have to do yesterday night, remember?"
Peter nodded fervently, trying to look brave, but not succeeding.
"Okay," James said, not noticing the fear on Peter's face. James quickly turned to Sirius, "Sirius, while they're distracted, you change the drink. Do you have the substitute?"
"Yup, and I tested it last night on one of the first-years," Sirius said, and then, seeing the fear on James' face, quickly added, "But don't worry, I put a Memory Charm on him so he wouldn't remember!"
"Okay," James replied, disbelieving, "Now, Remus, you remember both the spells?"
"Yes sir!" Remus saluted.
"This is no time for jokes, Remus! We've got a lot to do, and a limited time to do it in!" James announced urgently. "Alright. As soon as Remus is done, I will come in with the ammo." He grinned widely, and so did the others, as their plan was complete. It was all just a matter of following through. Without getting noticed or caught.
"Alright you two, walk back to the Gryffindor table, but remember: Don't bring attention to yourselves," James commanded, pushing Lily and Vic out towards their house table.
Lily and Vic walked stealthily to their seats, and cut themselves slices of cake, and loaded up on ice cream, acting as if everything was normal. No one seemed to even notice they had been gone!
Finally, after what seemed like ages to the two girls, even though it was more like two minutes, they heard a small, long, and low whistle from the direction of where they had just come from.
"That's the signal! James showed me last night!" Lily hissed quietly to Vic, who nodded and stood. Lily got up as well, and they headed in the direction of the Slytherin table, walking like they had seen models on TV do, and only stopped walking when they were behind Severus Snape and Lucius Malfoy.
Lily tapped Snape on the shoulder lightly. He turned around, and was surprised - yet pleased - to see Lily there. He didn't even seem to notice Vic.
Snape greeted, "Lily! What a surprise! What are you doing here?"
Lily twirled her hair around her finger flirtatiously and said, "Well, I finally realized what dorks James and his stupid friends are. And I decided I needed a real man. And of course, my first thought was you."
Snape grinned from ear to ear, "Glad you finally came to your senses! And look! You brought a friend! Oi, Lucius! Look!" Snape said, finally realizing that Vic was standing right beside Lily.
"What is it?" Lucius asked, turning around, and was pleasantly surprised to see Vic standing in front of him, "Well, hello there."
"Hi," Vic replied in a flirty tone.
"Well, we saw this mouse," Lily improvised, realizing that she was taking too much time doing this, "Over at the Gryffindor table, and we were wondering if you two would care to help us shoo it away. We would ask someone else, but you two are the only ones that seem worthy enough to help us."
"Sure!" Lucius and Snape exclaimed at the same time, and followed Lily and Vic to their own table.
Meanwhile, Peter had walked up to the Slytherin table, his face hidden by the hood of his cloak. He doubted any of the SLytherins would have recognized him anyway. They were all very interested in their dessert still. Peter reached into his cloak and pulled out some Krazy Glue of Lily's. He quickly spread some all over Snape and Malfoy's seat, and when the bottle was done, he quickly walked back to their stake-out, where James, Remus, and Sirius were waiting.
Sirius quickly walked out to the Slytherin table, also with his hood covering his face, as he held two goblets in his hands. He pulled a quick- switch and hurried back to where James, Remus, and Peter were watching.
Sirius arrived back at the stake-out just in time, too, because Lily, Vic, Snape, and Malfoy were walking back to the Slytherin table already, talking amongst themselves.
"I don't know where the stupid mouse went! It was right there before!" Vic exclaimed, throwing her arms up in the air for effect.
"Well, they scurry quite fast for such tiny little things," Lucius informed her, trying to look smart.
Lily and Snape nodded in agreement as Snape and Malfoy sat down in their seats, still looking at the girls.
"Well, we better go finish up our dessert!" Lily said, hands in her pockets, as she and Vic turned to go.
"Wait! We ju-" Snape started, getting up, but he couldn't! He was stuck to his seat! "What the-?"
"You're such a prat, Severus! Here, let me help you up!" Malfoy offered, rolling his eyes as he too, tried to stand, but couldn't. "What's going on here?"
"Well, we better go, boys! See you later!" Vic said, as she and Lily departed to the Gryffindor table.
"But-!" Malfoy started, but didn't finish his sentence as he struggled to get out of his seat.
Several of the students in the Great Hall had realized that Snape and Malfoy were stuck to their seats from the commotion they were making, and started to laugh.
Giving up, Snape and Malfoy reached for their pumpkin juice, and took large swigs out of their goblets.
After a minute, they slowly started to change formation into...
Apes! Great, hairy apes! You could still tell it was them, though, and they seemed to have kept their brains, because they were looking at each other in horror. The whole Hall was laughing uncontrollably. Even their fellow Slytherins!
With the great distraction, Remus walked just inside the Great Hall, and pointed his wand at the two Slytherins, muttering incantations.
Suddenly, bats swooped down from the enchanted ceiling above, and attacked each and every one of the Slytherins. The Slytherin students were jumping up and down, and running around as the bats attacked their hair. After five minutes, the bats flew back up to the ceiling, and the Slytherins, though shaken up, returned to their seats and continued their desserts. They were shaken up enough to have forgotten about the apes seated with them, although the rest of the Hall hadn't. They were still laughing hysterically - some were even pounding the tables with their fists, and crying with laughter!
When the hysteria had subsided, the occupants of the Great Hall preoccupied themselves by eating more dessert until they heard yet more screams coming from the Slytherin table.
"Oh my god! Snakes! Great dirty snakes! Cobras, I tell you!" Malfoy was shouting. At least he was making some sense. Snape was just shrieking in fear and horror, as he jumped up onto the table, knocking a few dishes to the ground.
"Snakes everywhere! Help us!" Malfoy was still shouting. Then James, who was having a hard time trying to keep from keeling over in laughter, walked inside the Great Hall, and stood next to Remus, carrying the duffel bag, which was now half-empty. They were soon joined by Lily, Vic, Peter, and Sirius as they each reached into the duffel bag and pulled out handfuls of...
Balloons! Half-filled, round, colourful balloons! They each pulled out their wands, and enchanted each and every one of the balloons, causing each coloured ball to float up above the Slytherins in mid-air without anyone noticing. Most were still laughing at Snape and Malfoy, who were still shrieking about snakes. Then, they stealthily walked back to their seats at the Gryffindor table, without bringing any attention to themselves, with their wands still in their hands.
When everyone had started to get bored with Snape and Malfoy, and were turning back to their food, the six Gryffindors flicked their wands at the same time, letting the balloons, which were filled with water and flour, fall onto the Slytherin table.
It was a mess! All the Slytherins were covered in a white mass of thick, gooey flour-paste! And they were not too happy about it.
Many girls were shrieking in horror of how they must look at the moment, although most of the other students thought it was an improvement. Other girls were wailing about how they had just gotten new robes or dresses, and now it was all ruined. Most boys were seated, still in shock of what had just occurred, while the rest were throwing the paste at each other.
Meanwhile, Snape and Malfoy were still screaming about snakes. It was quite a sight indeed. Two great, hairy ape-boys jumping up and down on a table, screaming about snakes, while covered in a thick, white paste. Not many noticed, because of uncontrollable laughter, that their robes had also ripped at the seat of their pants, and their underpants were showing. Lily, Remus, Sirius, James, Vic, and Peter did however, through peals of laughter at the sight.
"This is definitely a Kodak moment," Lily announced as she pulled out her camera and a flash went off as she pressed a button.
"What is that?" James asked curiously, looking at the small black box.
Lily shook her head, "I'll tell you later. But for now, just sit back, relax, and enjoy the entertainment."
The common room was buzzing when they finally reached it. Everyone was too busy to notice the six third-year Gryffindors walk in. You could feel the excitement and the electricity as everyone recalled what happened.
"They'll be talking about this one for years!" James heard one of the sixth- year boys exclaim.
"Ooh...I've hated that Slytherin girl, Darcy since first year! She got a bat wing hit her eye, and I must say, she deserved it!" A seventh-year girl cried out, looking smug.
"Looks like our plan worked, after all!" Lily muttered, as she grinned at the others.
"How could it not? We planned that thing for so long!" James whispered back, looking eager, "But I must say, it was worth it!"
"Definitely," Sirius agreed, and the others nodded.
"Come on, let's go join the fun!" Remus exclaimed, as he pulled the others along to a group of fellow third-years, and they chatted about the prank, without giving away that they were the ones who had pulled it off.
After a good two hours of non-stop chatter, the Gryffindors noticed a new sign on the Gryffindor bulletin board.
"What's it say?" The Gryffindors, young and old, asked James as they didn't want to get up from their comfortable positions, and he was standing right in front of it.
"There's gonna be a Hogsmeade visit tomorrow!" James exclaimed as he read the sign.