A/N: do I really have to do this each time? *recites* None of the here depicted characters...

nancy - aww, thanks! It's good to hear that from your mouth... ;)

aims - why thank you! I do try to make this sound funny... thanks for reading!

riposte - hehe! You can be in love with him aaall you want... although I do believe fanatical Oliver would be tough to live with, wouldn't you? Thanks for reviewing!

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Notes exchanged between Fred and George in Transfiguration Lesson



Oy - that turned out nasty, that pots and pans business did...

You kidding me? That's the most fun we've had in years! Oliver being chased around by an angry mob of steel saucepans... Why it's almost as satisfying as watching Snape belching toads! (I'll never forget that sweet memory - or the punishment that came afterwards, for that matter...)

You do realise he's going to get back at us, don't you? Extra training, I reckon... Or making us clean the changing-rooms without magic - ugh.

So? We'll just have to get back at him for getting back at us and so on and so forth. Blimey this is going to be a fun year!

Yeah, except the girls somehow don't seem to share our idea of fun... Can you believe how mad Alicia got when the pans finally caught up with Oliver?

I know, close shave - but I ducked in time to avoid the hexes.

YOU ducked in time - what about ME?

Oh, come off it, donkey ears look fine on you!

Shut up or we'll see how an elephant trump suits YOU. Still - that was rather brilliant. Did you see the look on his face when they all came flying down from the castle kitchens onto the pitch? I guess he didn't believe we'd really do it.

You'd think by now he'd know better than to ignore our threats... Anyway, I don't know what everyone was so upset about: it was his fault! Shouldn't have sent those Bludgers flying our way in the first place.

Well, you've got to admit we weren't paying too much attention...

Excuse me? We'd been paying attention for the past hour and a half, and anyone will understand we got tired after a while of being lectured on how correctly trimmed broomsticks were crucial to the outcome of the 1674 game between Spain and some rival team or the other in Mongolia. And besides - one can't simply set Bludgers on a Weasley and not expect to have something heavier set on them afterwards.

When do you reckon he'll be in good enough shape to start practice again?

Not too soon I hope. Anyway Madam Pomfrey said it'll take some time just to bring him round, and even longer to get him restored to his normal intellectual faculties. I just guess cauldrons and saucepans have the ability to batter your brains, huh?

And get House-Elves into a frenzy... Still, I Think I'd rather have been battered by pots and pans than by an angry McGonagall... Do you really think she'll make us do all of the twenty days of detention she gave us?

Shush, she's coming our way - and we really can't afford to get any more detentions, or we'll never have enough free time left to work on our next plan...

True - especially considering we still have about half a dozen detentions we weren't able to finish in time last year. Or maybe they've forgotten about those?

I hope not: we really need to get that box of Wart-Sprouting Caramels back from Filch's office. Reckon we can make Oliver test them as soon as he's up and about?

I'd say - don't push it... Let's wait at least a few days so our poor captain can somewhat recover. Yeah, a few days should do it...