Great Times There
By Lady Lupin
A/N: Hello again…yes I know its been almost four months. For those of you who care, I apologize. My muse Alexei disappeared and I truly couldn't get anything done. The good news is that he's back and I think he'll be staying for a while. This chapter's name really doesn't pertain to this chapter as much as it had originally. Oh well. 'Ces't la vi'!
A/N2: I've made a few, well…minor changes to the 1st 4 chapters…so if you would go back and read them, it would be a lot of help, and it would refresh your memory of the story!
Disclaimer: All that is from the Harry Potter world is JK's and I wouldn't dream of saying it was mine, Lenora, Nyah, Scarlett, Icis, and William, however, are mine, and if you would like to use them please ask permission first.
Chapter 5: Open Season On the Slytherins
"Lily! Come on, everyone's down here but you!" Nyah called. Everyone was down in the common room, waiting for Lily, who was taking an extremely long time in the dorm, doing only she knew what.
"Hold on a second, I can't find my wand!" She hollered back down. Remus, and Peter sniggered. Lenora narrowed her eyes at them. She turned to Peter with a fake smile on her face.
"Hey Peter, do you have any idea where Lily's wand might be?" She asked him sweetly. He looked at her, startled.
"Umm, yea Lenora, Remus and I found it on the table and hid--" He began, but he was rudely cut off when Remus flung his hand over his mouth.
"He has no idea where it is Lenora," Remus told her, smiling. Lenora put her hands on her hips.
"Remus Lupin! You tell me where Lily's wand is right this instant, or else I'll make you wish you had never been born." She snarled, looking a lot like a rabid animal (take your pick, dog, tiger, bear…). Remus just smiled as he left go of Peter, who sent him an annoyed look.
"Lenora, whatever are you talking about. I have no clue where our darling flower's wand might be." He said smirking. Behind him, James and Sirius were laughing silently.
"Remus, unless you want to be floating at the top of the Tower for the rest of the night, I suggest you tell me where Lily's wand is." Lenora said quietly, pointing her wand at Remus. He gulped, and looked at James and Sirius, whom had both stopped laughing. They nodded.
"Lily's wand is up in our dorm. I'll go get it." Remus said quietly. Lenora glared.
"Do." She then turned to the stairs as Remus disappeared up to his dorm. "Lily, come on down, Remus and Peter have your wand," Lily appeared.
"Thanks Lenora, you handled that quite nicely." Lily said. Lenora smiled.
"I rather enjoyed it," She said, just as Remus came back down.
"Here Lily," He said gruffly. Lily took her wand. She then grinned and hit him on the head.
"Hey what was that for?" He yelped.
"Remus, don't ever call me a darling flower again, alright?" Lily said. He nodded.
"Alright, can we go to the feast now? Preferably before everyone else gets back," Nyah asked. Lily and Lenora laughed and the three went through the portrait hole.
"Well that was interesting," James commented. Sirius was grinning at Remus.
"Tut Tut Tut! Remus! I am ashamed of you, giving in to Lenora. Where are your morals man?" He said, hands on his hips mockingly. Remus glanced at him.
"Sirius. Lenora and Lily are the two best charm students in our year. It's only October. Think about how good they must be. And they both have tempers. Would you want them especially angry with you?" Remus asked dryly.
"I suppose you're right. Has to happen sometimes." Sirius said shrugging. "Let's go to the feast now. We don't want to miss all the fun, now do we?" He said evilly. The other three laughed and they too went out of the portrait hole.
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They reached the Great Hall and found seats somewhere near the teacher's table. The hall looked wonderful, with spooky things on the wall, and floating pumpkins and candles above them. They had apparently missed the speech from Dumbledore.
"It's all your fault Remus!" Peter said, biting a turkey leg. Remus looked at him incredulously.
"What are you on about Peter??" He asked.
"It was your idea to take Lily's wand. And then you spent all that time lying to Lenora. And we missed the beginning of the feast. So its your fault." Peter explained. Lily looked across at them, amused.
"He's right you know." She said sweetly. Remus looked at her, mouth open. Everyone laughed. He grinned ruefully.
"So sorry everyone." Remus said mockingly.
"It's alright Remus," Sirius said sagely. "You just have to learn to lie better."
"He most certainly does not!" Lenora exclaimed. "You do it well enough for all four of you, thank you very much." Sirius grinned cheekily at her.
"Hey, what about me?" James asked, trying to look hurt. Nyah grinned.
"Don't worry James. You do it just fine." She told him. He smiled happily.
"Oh good." He said, sighing.
"Idiots. I'm surrounded by idiots." Lenora murmured, her face in her hands. Lily laughed.
"Cheer up Len, the good parts will be here soon." She reminded her, with a glint in her eye. Lenora smiled happily.
"True. Very, very true." She said, with a glimpse towards the ceiling. The four boys exchanged an uneasy glance.
"What are you two talking about?" Peter asked. Lily smiled.
"Oh nothing Peter. Nothing at all." She said innocently. The boys looked at her incredulously, but didn't ask any more questions. They began to eat in silence.
Towards the end of the feast, Lily kept looking nervously at her watch, and both Lenora and Nyah sent repeated looks towards the ceiling. The boys were becoming just a little bit curious.
Then suddenly a popping noise echoed through the hall. Everyone in the hall simultaneously looked upwards. What they saw was most intriguing. Large snowflakes had begun to fall on the Great Hall. People began to whisper loudly and point at them. Lily, Nyah, and Lenora were trying very hard to stifle their giggles. The four boys looked at them.
"So this is it? This is your prank?" James asked, seeming unimpressed.
"Just watch." Nyah told him, smiling. They did. Soon the snow began to reach the ground (and the students). Up at the teacher's table, Dumbledore stood and let one of the flakes fall into his palm. As soon as it touched him, he immediately turned bright blue. The hall roared with laughter, and then outrage, as other students became colors that were not normal for their species. Lily herself became all white, except for her hair, which oddly stayed red.
"It resists all dye." She said, shrugging. Nyah's color was a bright pink. She looked at her arm disgustedly, and touched another flake. She then became an icy blue.
"That's much better," She said smiling. Lenora was totally black. It was an odd sight, because she was particularly hard to see in the dark hall. James was a shocking shade of orange, and looked especially like he was in the Halloween spirit, as his glassed where still black. Sirius was a light rose color, and Remus and Peter, who were bright green and purple, refused to let him touch another flake so he could change his color. The rest of the hall was chaotic. Some people were laughing, and touching the flakes continually, changing colors often. Others were up at the teacher's table, complaining loudly and avoiding the still falling flakes.
At their table, Professor McGonagall was arguing with Professors Dumbledore, and Brinkley. The potions Professor, Ms. Ventabren, and Professor Demgo of DADA, were laughing happily at each other, over the colors they had become. Professor Ventabren was oddly, crystal. She reflected things, and you could almost miss her, until she moved. Professor Demgo was a dark shade of green. The rest of the professors also had changed colors, and it seemed that no one in the Hall had escaped the coloring flakes. No one wanted to leave, as dessert hadn't been put out yet. Finally Professor Dumbledore stood and addressed the Hall.
"As you all must be able to tell, someone must have set a prank on us all. The rest of the Professors and I have talked it out, and tried out spells to remove the color. Unfortunately, the color will not come out. We surmise that it will eventually fade. If not, our potions Professor will work out some way to remove the color." Dumbledore assured the hall. Professor Ventabren waved cheerfully at the students as some of them groaned. The flakes stopped falling as Dumbledore sat down. The last one touched him, and he turned to a robin's egg blue, and laughed.
The Gryffindors and the Hufflepuffs were the ones who seemed least bothered by the colors, except for a few seventh year girls in both houses (who were worried about how they looked). The Slytherins were just put out that their dignity was damaged, and it looked as if the Ravenclaws were worried that all the colors would disrupt their studying (A/N: Sorry to all Ravenclaws, I just thought its sounded right).
"What do you guys think of it now?" Lily asked. James grinned ruefully.
"So it is a really good prank. Forgive me for ever doubting you." James said sarcastically, but the girls could tell he actually meant it.
"Errr, when will the color wash off?" Peter asked. Nyah grinned.
"Ooh, it only lasts for a week," She said nonchalantly.
"What?! A week? Why so long?" Sirius exclaimed.
"Oh don't be so vain Sirius. We chose it, we wanted people to remember this." Lenora said, rolling her eyes. Remus was the only one who remained silent. Nyah looked at him carefully.
"Is something the matter, Remus?" She asked quietly. He looked at her and flashed a smile.
"No, nothings wrong," He said with a glance at the ceiling, which revealed the almost full moon. "Do you guys know if the color would stay on, say during a transformation?" He asked casually.
Lily looked thoughtful. "It might. Why?" She asked.
"Just curious." Remus shrugged.
"So, brother dear, when will you guy's prank make an entrance?" Lenora asked, eating some treacle pudding.
"Why sister dear, whatever are you talking about?" Sirius asked, grinning.
"Oh come on Sirius, don't pretend." She answered. He glanced at James and Remus. They nodded.
"8:00, Slytherin table." He whispered. She glanced at her watch. It was 7:59.
"One more minute." Peter muttered, eyes on the Slytherins. As the clock turned to eight, a loud bang sounded across the hall. Again the students looked at one, but this time, to the Slytherin table. The other three houses began to laugh. It echoed through the hall, magnified many times. The Slytherins looked confused. They could not see anything worth laughing at. At the Gryffindor table, laughter was the loudest, as the seven friends reveled in the glory of Slytherin torture. The Slytherin Head of House, Professor Brinkley, stalked to his house's table, livid with anger. One of the Slytherin prefects demanded to know what was going on.
"Can't you see? The whole house has be transfigured!" He barked. The houses laughed harder. It was true; every person in the house of Slytherin had been changed. Some had extra arms, legs, eyes, noses or any combination. Every body part was misused, moved or duplicated. The odd coloring of the students (and the fact that they were clueless to the situation) added to the hilariousness of the situation. Professor Dumbledore stood to address the Hall once again.
With an amused look on his face he began to talk, "As you all can see, we have been graced with yet another Halloween prank. Feel lucky, as some years we have had none at all." Some of the students chuckled. "I have a feeling that this prank will not last, as I believe I know the spell that caused it." His gaze flickered towards the boys at the Gryffindor table. "So please, just be patient and finish your desserts." With that he sat down and the Hall returned to basic normality, with the exceptions of the Slytherins of course.
As everyone finished the feast, another noise could be heard in the hall. It was the Slytherins returning to their normal state. A few boos could be heard coming from the direction of the Gryffindor table. They of course, were sent nasty glares from the Slytherins. Professor Dumbledore stood once more.
"Well, as this is my first year here as Headmaster, I would have to say this has been a most interesting Halloween Feast. I do hope that you all will find the humor in these situations, as I have. Because without out humor, where would we be?" He said, eyes twinkling brightly. "So smile and laugh, because in these times of darkness, laughter and light must work together. Now off to bed!" He clapped his hands, and motioned for them to leave. Most of the Hall laughed, and did as told, leaving the room, the Slytherins grumbling the entire time, of course.
The girls stood in the entrance hall with Icis and Scarlett, having lost the four boys in the crowd. Icis was a gold-ish color and Scarlet was, well, scarlet. It was humorous, they were walking Gryffindor supporters.
"Lily, how did you get your hair to stay its normal color?!" Icis asked, looking jealous. Lily shrugged.
"I really can't explain it…it resists all dye." She said.
"Can you believe tonight? What a pain!" Scarlett said to Nyah. Nyah looked at her, slightly amused.
"I take it you didn't enjoy those pranks?" She asked.
"Are you kidding!? That was horrible!" She exclaimed. Then she looked at Nyah closely. "Why don't you think it's a bad thing?" She sounded suspicious.
"Well I just think it's really funny that someone pulled this off…" Nyah said casually. Icis now looked at her with mistrust.
"But didn't we hear you all say that you were going to do a prank for the feast?" She demanded, glaring at the three girls.
"Well we had wanted to do something, but we couldn't figure anything out in time." Lenora said with a perfectly straight face. Scarlett looked relieved, but Icis didn't seem convinced.
"Are you positive you had nothing to do with this?" She asked again.
"Of course we are sure!" Lily yelled, seeming angry. "What do you think we are, a bunch of bloody Slytherins?!" She turned slightly and winked at Nyah and Lenora.
"Well of course not Lily!" Scarlett stuttered, glancing at her nervously. Lily's temper was even worse than most red head's. Icis seemed convinced.
"Sorry Lily, its just that, well, I don't really like the fact that I have to spend Merlin knows how much time being gold." She said. Lily pulled an understanding face.
"Yes I know, it is going to be really frustrating. But think about it positively, at least you didn't come out with Slytherin colors. Together you really support Gryffindor. It will be a nice gesture if it lasts to the match against Hufflepuff." Lily said, acting kind. Icis gave her a smile.
"That's true. Well, we've got to go, see you in the dorm later?" Scarlett interrupted.
"Sure. We'd walk up with you, but we promised we'd wait for James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter." Nyah told her. Scarlett and Icis exchanged a knowing glance.
"Oh, so that's the way of it." Icis said. She smirked. "Bye then!" They both hurried up the stairs in the direction of the Common Room. Lenora looked at Lily and Nyah, puzzled.
"What did she mean by, 'so that's the way of it'?" She asked.
"Who knows what those two think. They are odder than most…" Lily said, rolling her eyes. Suddenly the four boys appeared.
"Hey." Remus said, looking resigned.
"What took you four so long?" Nyah asked. James and Sirius grinned at her devilishly. Remus rolled his eyes at the two, as if they were idiots (And you notice I'm not saying they aren't, right?). Peter looked nervous.
"Dumbledore took us aside to talk." Peter told them.
"I see. What did he give you then?" Lenora asked. James and Sirius burst out laughing.
"A detention for Sunday." Remus answered her. Lenora, Nyah and Lily laughed.
"You want to know what the best part is?" Sirius asked as they made their way up to the Common Room.
"What?" Nyah asked.
"He thinks we did both. The coloring flakes and the transfiguration. He commended us on doing everything so well, but says it might be a good idea to lay low for a while." James said.
"You're kidding!" Lily exclaimed. Peter nodded.
"Well I can't decide if it's a good or a bad thing." Lenora said thoughtfully.
"How so?" Remus asked.
"Well obviously we aren't in it for the detentions as you goons are. But I mean, is it right that you four get credit for our brilliance?" She said.
"Len, I really don't care that no one knows it's us, and I really don't want a detention. Besides, you guys know it was us, so what if no one else does?" Nyah said practically.
"Yea, who really cares?" Lily agreed as they reached the Fat Lady.
"I don't, that's for sure." Remus said. "But please don't talk about it in the Common Room… you don't want anyone to find out our secrets, now do you?" He asked, looking at all of them and grinning. They laughed. Entering the Common Room they saw a sea of colors. Lily and Lenora had to stifle their giggles as they walked to their dorm, with Nyah walking behind them, rolling her eyes. They stopped at the staircase and called goodnight to the four boys. Taking one last glance at the color full Common Room, the girls ran up with stairs, erupting with laughter.
A/N: There you go. Now I must tell you all something. In exchange for Alexei coming back, he's insisted that I don't add until I get at least five reviews (not that that won't happen before I post again…but anyway). It seems he and Evgeni (my muse for HP & SW) have picked up the five-review thing from Tim. Sorry all. Just review, and everyone well be happy!