Alli, Shea and Tess entered the Great Hall and made their way over to the
Gryffindor table and sat down happily helping themselves to the food on the
golden plates. While they were still eating Fred and George spotted Alli
down the table and made their way over to her.
"Ok, so do you think we'll be alright if we know not to partake in the dancing?" Fred said in a hushed voice as he sat down.
Alli turned and gave Fred a puzzled look for a moment before realizing what they were talking about then said "Oh, welff ovff cousfze ive uel ete mae gew tooh!" she mumbled through the food in her mouth.
"Er.come again?" George said as Fred tried desperately to stifle his laughter.
Alli swallowed her food and said again: "I said, of course if you let me go too." Fred and George looked at her skeptically. "Come on, it's the only way you'll be completely safe, I know the way to save you from dancing to the point of exhaustion, plus it sounds like a lot of fun!"
"Ah, rule breaking always is." Fred said as a misty look came over his eyes and a grin spread across his face.
"Alright, you can come, but you can't tell anybody." George warned her.
Alli looked at the twins with an eyebrow raised and said: "You seriously think I'd go tattle taleing on you two!? What, do you know nothing about our dungeons?"
Fred and George grinned and said, "Yeah, we should've known better."
"Oh yeah you should've, I'm hurt now! Thinking I'd go ratting out the infamous Weasley twins! What do you think of me? Anyways, I could use a new adventure it's getting a tad boring around here, we need to liven it up."
"Indeed we do!" Fred agreed, "Alright, so we'll meet in the common room at half past 11, sound good?"
"Sure sure, I'll see you two then" Alli said grinning at the two and picking her fork back up to resume digging in.
"So?" Shea asked in a hushed voice.
"So...?" Alli said with raised eyebrows.
"So, what's going down?"
"Oh, we're just gonna go into the forest tonight." Alli responded casually.
"Ooo! Can I come?!"
"Well, I'll probably have to ask Fred and George.but sure why not?" Alli said helping herself to some dessert. "Hey Tess you don't mind looking after the dungeons do you?"
"Oh the horror to be stuck with such a job! Of course I don't mind doofus!"
"Hmm.doofus, that's a good one, we haven't heard that for a good many years." Shea said.
"More like a good many days Shea, you called me that last week."
"I did not!" Shea said indignantly. "I called you a dorkus malorkis."
"You did not!" Alli shot back, "I called you that!"
"Ch, whatever dude."
Tess chuckled as she stood up and stretched. "Well, I think I'll head back down to the dungeons and check on everything and then I'll meet you guys in the common room."
Shea sighed and said: "I'm so sick of studying!" Stabbing her dessert with her fork.
"Don't abuse your desert like that!" Alli said "Sounds good Tess, tell the boys we'll miss them tonight, but finals call."
"Alrighty, see you guys later then." Tess said and then strolled out of the great hall humming the hamster dance song.
"Aw, man she's gonna get that song stuck in my head again!" Shea said as she stabbed her desert again.
"Didn't your mother ever tell you not to abuse your food?"
"Hey, speaking of my mother you know that owl I got from her this morning?"
Alli laughed and nearly choked on her desert, after a few minutes of coughing, attempting to wash it down with her milk and Shea laughing and pointing she finally managed to get out: "Oh don't help me or anything!"
"What should I have done? I don't know that hiemlich thing."
"You do have a wand you know!"
"I'm sorry I must have missed Flitwick's lecture on anti choking charms."
"I've had enough anyways," Alli said glaring at her food, "let's head back up to the common room." The two girls got up from the table and started walking up the stairs behind two slytherin boys. Alli began to talk about what they had to study tonight when one of the boys turned around to see who they were and then turned to his companion with a smirk and whispered in his ear. The two boys stepped off to the side and stopped to let Alli and Shea pass.
"Well, if it isn't the mudblood and the dungeon freak." The boy with the dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes said.
Alli and Shea stopped and looked at the two with bemused expressions on their face. "Is that seriously the best you can come up with?" Alli said.
"Oh we can do much much worse." The second boy with blue tipped hair and black-brown eyes said as he stepped forward his wand in hand. Immediately Alli and Shea had whipped their wands out.
"I wouldn't try anything if I were you." Shea said.
"Yeah, we can be very.creative." Alli said with a smirk. For a minute or two the four just glared at each other wands aimed at chests, then suddenly Alli started humming the hamster dance song and soon Shea joined in. "I told you she'd get it stuck in our heads again." Alli said.
"Dude, I told you she'd get it stuck in my head again, can't you remember anything?"
"Excuse? I remember everything! Just like those.oh what are they called, you know those animals that apparently remember everything.hippogriffs? No, that doesn't sound right."
Shea just rolled her eyes and said: "You are such a nerd."
"I don't deny it." Alli said back. The girls then remembered why they had their wands out and looked back to see the two boys scurrying down the stairs muttering something about madness. "Wow, that was much easier than usual, too bad I was looking forward to having some new hampster minions."
"Really? I was thinking of making that blue haired one a mouse, we could've nicknamed him Clark."
"Clark?"
"Yeah, that hair color of his kinda reminded me of that blue underwear superman wears."
Alli just shook her head and said: "Shea, sometimes your randomness takes even me by surprise."
"Well, look who's talking! Aren't you the one that went on and on about some plate?"
"Dude, don't diss the plate! Especially when you were the one who sent me that owl all about the tap dancing muggles! Supercallifragiloustiexpeallidocious." Alli said and the portrait swung open revealing a crowded common room full of gryffindors huddled over their books and papers. "Tess must still be occupied in the dungeons." Shea said gazing around the room.
"Quick observation Sherlock, now let's get to studying so we can talk about how much fun we're gonna have tonight."
"I'm really more of a Watson than a Sherlock."
"Whatever you say dude." Alli said as she dug around her bag for some spare parchment. The two girls settled down into comfy maroon chairs fairly close to the roaring fire and began to make new notes and scour their old ones for needed information as they mumbled and grumbled about the cruelty of finals. After about 40 minutes, Tess strolled up to them with a giant grin across her face and gratefully interrupted them. "Good time?" Alli asked with a smirk.
"Oh yes, that Alan can do wonderful things you know." Tess said slumping down in a chair and gazing up at the ceiling.
"Shh!" Shea said with a finger to her lips, "There are innocent young minds trying to study in here." She added looking around the room to see if anyone had overheard.
"Think you're too dazed to help us try and figure out this potions stuff?" Alli said looking at her scribbled notes.
Tess sighed as she finally tore her eyes from the ceiling to look at the books and parchment spread across the table. "Fine, bring me back to face stupid reality."
"It's not my choice, I blame whoever came up with this notion of finals, I say we hunt them down chain them up in our dungeons and do the bad kind of torture."
"Good plan dude, though I'm sure they're probably dead by now." Shea said as she struggled to make out her notes.
"Don't ruin the idea Shea, you're just jealous you didn't think of it first."
"Well, if you're gonna do that you should probably include those creators of that muggle math, now that's just cruel." Shea said giving up on her notes.
"Guys, how bout we just get the studying out of the way so I can get back to the dungeons and you guys can get ready to go on your..er.mission."
"Right, right, good idea." Alli said picking up her notes again. For the rest of the night the three girls poured over their books and notes struggling to remember everything and resisting the temptation to be distracted by their dungeons. Finally at 11 they rubbed their eyes and started to put their books away acknowledging that they had shoved everything they possibly could in their brains for that night. They all stood up and stretched and then climbed the stairs to their room to put all their books away and grab their invisibility cloak. The three girls had always shared the cloak, it had been the idea of Alli to get it in their third year when they were still working on the ideas for their dungeons. They realized it would be entirely too risky to roam around Hogwarts at all hours of the night to check on their dungeons. Alli had heard about them before so they spent the rest of that year saving up and tracking down a place to buy one. Finally at the beginning of their fourth year they were successful and the plans with their dungeons and all other mischief could continue. After they had put all their books away, tucked the invisibility cloak safely under Alli's robes and grabbed some chocolate frogs for later they headed back down the stairs to the common room. As they stepped back into the now deserted common room Alli turned to Tess and said: "You think you can make it to the dungeons without the cloak tonight?"
"Yeah, I got Mickey" Tess said grinning as she pulled a black and white hamster out of her pocket.
Alli giggled and said: "Well, good luck then and have fun tonight!"
"Oh don't worry, I will!" Tess said grinning even more broadly "You guys have some fun too!" She added as she swung open the portrait and sneaked quietly out into the hall.
Alli and Shea sat themselves down into two comfy chairs by the fire chatting about their plans for the upcoming summer as they awaited Fred and George and the start of their late night adventure.
"Ok, so do you think we'll be alright if we know not to partake in the dancing?" Fred said in a hushed voice as he sat down.
Alli turned and gave Fred a puzzled look for a moment before realizing what they were talking about then said "Oh, welff ovff cousfze ive uel ete mae gew tooh!" she mumbled through the food in her mouth.
"Er.come again?" George said as Fred tried desperately to stifle his laughter.
Alli swallowed her food and said again: "I said, of course if you let me go too." Fred and George looked at her skeptically. "Come on, it's the only way you'll be completely safe, I know the way to save you from dancing to the point of exhaustion, plus it sounds like a lot of fun!"
"Ah, rule breaking always is." Fred said as a misty look came over his eyes and a grin spread across his face.
"Alright, you can come, but you can't tell anybody." George warned her.
Alli looked at the twins with an eyebrow raised and said: "You seriously think I'd go tattle taleing on you two!? What, do you know nothing about our dungeons?"
Fred and George grinned and said, "Yeah, we should've known better."
"Oh yeah you should've, I'm hurt now! Thinking I'd go ratting out the infamous Weasley twins! What do you think of me? Anyways, I could use a new adventure it's getting a tad boring around here, we need to liven it up."
"Indeed we do!" Fred agreed, "Alright, so we'll meet in the common room at half past 11, sound good?"
"Sure sure, I'll see you two then" Alli said grinning at the two and picking her fork back up to resume digging in.
"So?" Shea asked in a hushed voice.
"So...?" Alli said with raised eyebrows.
"So, what's going down?"
"Oh, we're just gonna go into the forest tonight." Alli responded casually.
"Ooo! Can I come?!"
"Well, I'll probably have to ask Fred and George.but sure why not?" Alli said helping herself to some dessert. "Hey Tess you don't mind looking after the dungeons do you?"
"Oh the horror to be stuck with such a job! Of course I don't mind doofus!"
"Hmm.doofus, that's a good one, we haven't heard that for a good many years." Shea said.
"More like a good many days Shea, you called me that last week."
"I did not!" Shea said indignantly. "I called you a dorkus malorkis."
"You did not!" Alli shot back, "I called you that!"
"Ch, whatever dude."
Tess chuckled as she stood up and stretched. "Well, I think I'll head back down to the dungeons and check on everything and then I'll meet you guys in the common room."
Shea sighed and said: "I'm so sick of studying!" Stabbing her dessert with her fork.
"Don't abuse your desert like that!" Alli said "Sounds good Tess, tell the boys we'll miss them tonight, but finals call."
"Alrighty, see you guys later then." Tess said and then strolled out of the great hall humming the hamster dance song.
"Aw, man she's gonna get that song stuck in my head again!" Shea said as she stabbed her desert again.
"Didn't your mother ever tell you not to abuse your food?"
"Hey, speaking of my mother you know that owl I got from her this morning?"
Alli laughed and nearly choked on her desert, after a few minutes of coughing, attempting to wash it down with her milk and Shea laughing and pointing she finally managed to get out: "Oh don't help me or anything!"
"What should I have done? I don't know that hiemlich thing."
"You do have a wand you know!"
"I'm sorry I must have missed Flitwick's lecture on anti choking charms."
"I've had enough anyways," Alli said glaring at her food, "let's head back up to the common room." The two girls got up from the table and started walking up the stairs behind two slytherin boys. Alli began to talk about what they had to study tonight when one of the boys turned around to see who they were and then turned to his companion with a smirk and whispered in his ear. The two boys stepped off to the side and stopped to let Alli and Shea pass.
"Well, if it isn't the mudblood and the dungeon freak." The boy with the dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes said.
Alli and Shea stopped and looked at the two with bemused expressions on their face. "Is that seriously the best you can come up with?" Alli said.
"Oh we can do much much worse." The second boy with blue tipped hair and black-brown eyes said as he stepped forward his wand in hand. Immediately Alli and Shea had whipped their wands out.
"I wouldn't try anything if I were you." Shea said.
"Yeah, we can be very.creative." Alli said with a smirk. For a minute or two the four just glared at each other wands aimed at chests, then suddenly Alli started humming the hamster dance song and soon Shea joined in. "I told you she'd get it stuck in our heads again." Alli said.
"Dude, I told you she'd get it stuck in my head again, can't you remember anything?"
"Excuse? I remember everything! Just like those.oh what are they called, you know those animals that apparently remember everything.hippogriffs? No, that doesn't sound right."
Shea just rolled her eyes and said: "You are such a nerd."
"I don't deny it." Alli said back. The girls then remembered why they had their wands out and looked back to see the two boys scurrying down the stairs muttering something about madness. "Wow, that was much easier than usual, too bad I was looking forward to having some new hampster minions."
"Really? I was thinking of making that blue haired one a mouse, we could've nicknamed him Clark."
"Clark?"
"Yeah, that hair color of his kinda reminded me of that blue underwear superman wears."
Alli just shook her head and said: "Shea, sometimes your randomness takes even me by surprise."
"Well, look who's talking! Aren't you the one that went on and on about some plate?"
"Dude, don't diss the plate! Especially when you were the one who sent me that owl all about the tap dancing muggles! Supercallifragiloustiexpeallidocious." Alli said and the portrait swung open revealing a crowded common room full of gryffindors huddled over their books and papers. "Tess must still be occupied in the dungeons." Shea said gazing around the room.
"Quick observation Sherlock, now let's get to studying so we can talk about how much fun we're gonna have tonight."
"I'm really more of a Watson than a Sherlock."
"Whatever you say dude." Alli said as she dug around her bag for some spare parchment. The two girls settled down into comfy maroon chairs fairly close to the roaring fire and began to make new notes and scour their old ones for needed information as they mumbled and grumbled about the cruelty of finals. After about 40 minutes, Tess strolled up to them with a giant grin across her face and gratefully interrupted them. "Good time?" Alli asked with a smirk.
"Oh yes, that Alan can do wonderful things you know." Tess said slumping down in a chair and gazing up at the ceiling.
"Shh!" Shea said with a finger to her lips, "There are innocent young minds trying to study in here." She added looking around the room to see if anyone had overheard.
"Think you're too dazed to help us try and figure out this potions stuff?" Alli said looking at her scribbled notes.
Tess sighed as she finally tore her eyes from the ceiling to look at the books and parchment spread across the table. "Fine, bring me back to face stupid reality."
"It's not my choice, I blame whoever came up with this notion of finals, I say we hunt them down chain them up in our dungeons and do the bad kind of torture."
"Good plan dude, though I'm sure they're probably dead by now." Shea said as she struggled to make out her notes.
"Don't ruin the idea Shea, you're just jealous you didn't think of it first."
"Well, if you're gonna do that you should probably include those creators of that muggle math, now that's just cruel." Shea said giving up on her notes.
"Guys, how bout we just get the studying out of the way so I can get back to the dungeons and you guys can get ready to go on your..er.mission."
"Right, right, good idea." Alli said picking up her notes again. For the rest of the night the three girls poured over their books and notes struggling to remember everything and resisting the temptation to be distracted by their dungeons. Finally at 11 they rubbed their eyes and started to put their books away acknowledging that they had shoved everything they possibly could in their brains for that night. They all stood up and stretched and then climbed the stairs to their room to put all their books away and grab their invisibility cloak. The three girls had always shared the cloak, it had been the idea of Alli to get it in their third year when they were still working on the ideas for their dungeons. They realized it would be entirely too risky to roam around Hogwarts at all hours of the night to check on their dungeons. Alli had heard about them before so they spent the rest of that year saving up and tracking down a place to buy one. Finally at the beginning of their fourth year they were successful and the plans with their dungeons and all other mischief could continue. After they had put all their books away, tucked the invisibility cloak safely under Alli's robes and grabbed some chocolate frogs for later they headed back down the stairs to the common room. As they stepped back into the now deserted common room Alli turned to Tess and said: "You think you can make it to the dungeons without the cloak tonight?"
"Yeah, I got Mickey" Tess said grinning as she pulled a black and white hamster out of her pocket.
Alli giggled and said: "Well, good luck then and have fun tonight!"
"Oh don't worry, I will!" Tess said grinning even more broadly "You guys have some fun too!" She added as she swung open the portrait and sneaked quietly out into the hall.
Alli and Shea sat themselves down into two comfy chairs by the fire chatting about their plans for the upcoming summer as they awaited Fred and George and the start of their late night adventure.