The Bandit Damsels
Pinocchio
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A/N: What is a beta reader? Will someone please tell me? Anywho, sorry that it has taken me so long to start this chapter. I have been studying for exams which I am taking. On with the story.
January 7th 2003, 2:00 am – Hogwarts
"I spent the rest of the Christmas holiday with the twins. Everyone laughed over the prank that Ally and I pulled. It was great!" exclaimed Delicia as she sat in her dorm with her friends.
Kalani Kai was from Hawaii. She had curly purplish/brown locks that reached her shoulders and her eyes were violet that like all the other girls sparkled. She had brown skin from her Hawaiian heritage. She was a little shorted than Delicia and Allegra, standing at 4'9". She wasn't slim, or wasn't chubby. The rest of the girls all envied her for her size because she was perfect. She had straight white teeth, pretty red lips, and a beautiful smile that made guys want to look twice.
Divina Lupin was golden. No in the sense that her skin was yellow, but her skin was a golden colour. She was the golden girl. Her hair was a rich gold, straight hair that flowed down to her knees and never had a strand out of place. Her eyes were gold with hits of brown in them and they sparkled. She was definitely the slimmest of the group, but it wasn't her fault. The doctors just told her that she had a very fast metabolism. Her height matched Kalani's. Her lips a rainbow of colour that made it look as though the sunrise had stained her lips. The other girls envied her for her lips and hair.
"You guys, thanks so much for the presents." All the girls hugged Delicia. From Allegra she had gotten the Vanity Mirror. It was a hand held mirror that gave you tips and spells for beautifying yourself. Kalani and Divina had pinched in together and had given her a photo album with pictures of her friends and family in it. Mr. and Mrs. Drakin gave her a call-o-globe so that she could always call them. Velia and Grag had gotten her a new book bag, that couldn't break. All in all, it had been her best Christmas ever.
"What is this prank?" asked Kalani curiously.
Allegra and Delicia laughed. "It was so good, but we decided to change it a bit. It will last for twenty-four hours, will active fifteen minutes after you start, someone will have names coming out of theirs, and the rest is what we told you," explained Allegra.
"So who does what?" asked Divina.
"Divina, you will do the twenty-four hour spell, Kalani, you will do the activation spell. I will do the word spell, and Delicia will do the major one," said Allegra. "Oh, and don't forget to aim properly."
With this, the girls headed down to the great hall.
"Dies hora!" whispered Divina pointing her wand at the two chosen tables.
"Quindecim post primus mentiri!" whispered Kalani, while pointing her wand at the two chosen tables.
"Orare primus 'Yours Truly: The Bandit Damsels'!" whispered Allegra, copying her two friends.
"Mentiri colere naris!" whispered Delicia, copying everyone else. "Let's head back before anyone finds us."
"Don't be such a worry wart, Del. We have our map and cloaks," reminded Kalani.
"I still think we should head back."
"Why?"
"'Cause Harry is pacing 'round the common room, probably waiting for us," she answered looking up from the map.
"Oh," was the reply as two girls disappeared under each cloak.
Outside the Gryffindor Common Room…
"Ok, we have to be quiet as we go in," said Divina. She, like her father, was the quiet, cautious, and more reserved one of the group, but still a prankster.
"Yeah, yeah, we know!" exclaimed Allegra rather loudly. She was loud, a prankster, energetic, lively, cheerful, and loved a good laugh, like her father.
"Shh!" whispered Kalani and Delicia. They were more the brains to the group.
Everyone had all these characteristics except some more than other.
Too late…
"What, pray tell, are you four doing out of bed this late?" questioned Harry, while sticking his head out of the Portrait Hole. "It's almost 3:30 in the morning. Inside all of you."
"Thanks Allegra," whispered the girls while glaring at Allegra.
"Hey, at least Hermione didn't catch us. Than we could have lost points for the house."
"At least. Harry, you are turning into Hermione," said Delicia.
"What?"
"Why are you mad at us? Think about all the things you did in school, so don't lecture us. Got it mister?" asked Delicia, while prodding Harry in the chest with her long index finger.
"Ma'am, yes ma'am." Harry mocked saluted.
Allegra burst into giggles.
"Shh. I think I heard someone moving around. We better get into the common room just incase it's a prefect, teacher, or head student," said Divina.
Harry opened the portrait hole a little wider and let the girls in. They all rushed onto the couches surrounding the fire just as the Head Boy and Girl walked down.
"Seamus, what do you think they were doing?" asked Head Girl, Hermione Granger, to Head Boy Seamus Finnigan.
"I don't know, but considering who is down here," he looked at Harry and the girls, but mainly the girls. "I think we will have a good laugh at breakfast tomorrow."
"You got that right!" exclaimed Kalani.
Delicia hit Kalani in the head. "You dimwit, now they know that we did something."
"Sorry," said Kalani looking at the ground.
"Too late," said Allegra.
"When I find out want you girls did, you will be in trouble," said Hermione looking at the girls.
"Maybe not. Ally, you still got those pictures?" asked Delicia grinning evilly.
"Yup. And I found dirt on Fin…"
Delicia quickly put a hand over her mouth to stop her from saying what ever it was that she was trying to say.
"Hermione, Seamus, you might not want to get us in trouble," stated Divina.
"Why not?" asked Seamus curiously.
"Because we have dirt on both of you!" exclaimed Divina and Allegra.
"What!?!"
The girls grinned evilly. "We have dirt on BOTH of you!" Delicia said slowly.
Seamus gulped. "Are you, blackmailing us?" asked Hermione calmly.
"Yup!"
Harry grinned. "Oh, Harry dearest, I wouldn't be too happy. You see, the dirt we got on 'Mione includes you," said Allegra in a sweet voice.
"Fine. Just go to bed, but I will warn you, a teacher will catch you!" exclaimed Hermione.
Slowly, the girls walked up the stairs, through the door on the right, and into the second year dorm room.
Once the door closed the girls gave each other high-fives and got into bed.
"Wake up! Wake up! WAKE UP NOW!" yelled Allegra while jumping up and down on her bed.
"We're up. Sheez! No wonder Dawn wakes up before you. She would never sleep if she didn't," said Kalani.
Dawn McAnzie was the fifth 2nd year Gryffindor girl. She had light blue eyes, blonde hair, and flirted with every guy in sight. Her best friend, Hailey-Beth Fret, was in Hufflepuff and was a ditzy snob. It always surprised the girls that Dawn got into Gryffindor instead of Hufflepuff. The four other Hufflepuff girls finished off their group. These were the valley-girl, snobs, diztes, and flirts of Hogwarts.
The girls got dress and headed down stairs. At the bottom, four of the five 2nd year, Gryffindor boys were waiting for them. The fifth, Shawn Burnth was Dawn's boyfriend and had probably gone down to breakfast with her.
The guys were ONLY friends with the girls. "May I escort you down to the Great Hall, Miss Malfoy?" asked Hunter Kline. Hunter had emerald green eyes and light brown hair the reached his jaw line. He was a beater on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, along with Allegra. He was tall and slim, and always made the girls laugh.
"Of course, Mr. Kline, I would be delighted to," said Delicia, linking her arm with Hunter's.
The other three boys, Daemon Abbott, Warner Mark, and Dominic Radley, linked their arms with the three other girls. They all left the common room and headed down to the Great Hall.
All of a sudden Delicia, who was at the head of the group with Hunter, stopped. She turned around and looked at the girls in excitement. "Pinocchio!" she exclaimed.
At this the other girls started to laugh. The boys looked curiously at them.
"Hunt, you think they're ok?" asked Daemon.
"I'm not sure Daemon," he replied. "But knowing these girls, it's gonna be good."
When they reached the Great Hall, the girls made sure that they were in perfect view of the two tables.
The Slytherins sat at there table and started talking. The Ravenclaws sat at their table and started talking. The teachers sat at their table and started talking. The rest of the Gryffindors sat at their table and started talking. The Hufflepuffs sat at their table and started talking.
"Only 15 minutes!" yelled Allegra. Everyone stared at her. "What?" she screamed.
Everyone looked away.
Fourteen Minutes and Fifty-Nine Seconds Later…
"NOW!" yelled Allegra.
A loud pop was heard throughout the hall. All of a sudden some of the Slytherins and teaches had long noses. Coming out of Professor Snape's nose, were the words 'Yours Truly: The Bandit Damsels.'
Delicia started laughing as the word floated into the air. "Good job everyone!" she whispered.
Allegra got up onto the table and magnified her voice. "*Ahem* everyone is probably wondering what is wrong with are beloved Slytherins and teachers." People booed at this. "Anywho. Don't try to remove the spells. And yes Sevy dearest, there is more than one. Girls." Delicia, Kalani, and Divina joined her on the table. "We are the BANDIT DAMSELS." Allegra pointed to her and her friends. "The spells go like this. If you lie in the next twenty-four hours, your nose will grow. So please tell the truth, or try to. One last thing before we go. These spells were only placed on the Slytherins and teachers. Good day."
The girls jumped off the table and raced out the Great Hall doors before a teacher could give them a detention. As the doors closed behind them, they could hear laughter, some of the teachers screaming after them, and the Slytherins yelling at them.
"That went well for our first big prank," Kalani said in between her fits of laughter.
"Yup. It sure did. We made ourselves known, we pulled off a great prank, and we got away with it. So to speak," claimed Divina.
"That will go down in Hogwarts' history!" exclaimed Delicia.
"Come on, let's head to Potions," said Allegra. With that the girls set off to the dungeon, while thinking of ways to use their prank to their advantage.
"I just realized something."
"What?" Kalani asked Divina.
"We have potions with the Slytherins," said Delicia, answering for Divina.
"This is even better."
The Dungeons…
"Everyone, in the classroom now," said an angry Snape with a long nose. "Stop that giggling. 5 points from Gryffindor for it!"
"But Professor," said Delicia. "We didn't giggle. It was the Slytherins!"
"5 more points for talking when not being spoken too. The Slytherins didn't giggle!" Snape's already large nose grew again.
"Really?" questioned Allegra.
"Um… Yes!" His nose grew again. "Damn. Fine. 5 points back to Gryffindor for misunderstanding."
"How 'bout the Slytherins, Sir? Shouldn't they lose points?" asked a grinning Kalani.
"NO!" POP. Snape's nose grew, again.
"You sure?" asked Divina is a sickening sweet voice while batting her eyelashes.
"Everyone, get into the classroom now!" shouted a very, very angry Snape, who had gone red in the face.
Everyone hurried into the class room and to their seats in a matter of five seconds. The Gryffindors quickly took out their caldrons and searched for their half-brewed bottled potions. Allegra and Kalani quickly found theirs, while Delicia and Divina had more trouble.
"Miss. Malfoy, hurry up. You are the only one that has not found their potion! Ten points from Gryffindor," said Snape nastily.
Delicia looked angry. She walked up to the Potion Master and jabbed him in the chest with her fore finger. "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?" she yelled. "YOU TREATED MY BROTHER LIKE A PRINCE AND YOU TREATED ME OKAY UNTIL I WAS SORTED INTO GRYFFINDOR. THEN, YOU PICK ON ME MORE BECAUSE OF WHO MY FRIENDS ARE RELATED TO. YOU ARE TRULY PATHETIC! YOU ARE JUST LIKE HIM. YOU HAVE NO RESPECT FOR ANYONE WHO ISN'T IN SLYTHERIN, LEAST OF ALL GRYFFINDORS, AND YOU EXPECT THE STUDENTS TO RESPECT YOU? YEAH RIGHT! NOBODY, NOT EVER THE SLYTHERINS RESPECT YOU. YOU ARE ARRAGANT, SELFISH, AND PIGHEADED. YOU ARE EVACTLY LIKE THE SON-OF-A-BITCH LUCIUS MALFOY. ME AND DRACO WERE ASHAMED TO BE RELATED TO HIM AND YOU REMIND ME FOR HIM TOTALLY. I GUESS YOU WILL ALWAYS KISS THE GROUND HE WALKS ON!" Delicia dropped her left arm from jabbing him and then swung her right arm around and slapped him on the cheek. Delicia looked shocked at she had done and fled from the dungeon before Snape could react.
'Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!' thought Delicia. 'What have I done? I should probably go to Professor Dumbledore and tell him what happened before Snape makes up some ridiculous story about what really happened! I wonder what the password is. I'll try lots of candies when I get to the entrance.'
Delicia walked around the halls for five minutes before she found herself in front of the gargoyle guarding Dumbledore's office. "Hmm, let us see. Snickers… Lemon Drops… Mars Bars… Liquorish Wands… Jelly Beans… Chocolate Frogs… um… Caldron Cakes… what is it?!?" Delicia said with frustration.
"Smarties." The gargoyle jumped to life and out of the way.
Delicia looked behind her to see Dumbledore standing there smiling. "Smarties, sir?" she questioned.
"I was visiting me cousin Billius Smith in Canada over the Christmas break. Smarties are a Canadian candy. Shame they don't sell it here. Where you here to see me or gape?" asked an amused Dumbledore.
"I… um… well…" Delicia composed herself. "I came here to talk to you before Professor Snape did."
"Why would Professor Snape need to talk to me?" Dumbledore asked as he led Delicia up the stairs and into his office. "Please sit." He motioned to one of the comfy blue armchairs in front of his desk, which he seated himself behind.
Delicia muttered something.
"I'm sorry my dear but I couldn't understand what you said."
"I kinda yelled at Professor Snape, slapped him, and jabbed him is the chest in front of my whole Potions class!" Delicia muttered shamefully.
"What did Professor Snape to do disserve this? What exactly did you say?" asked Dumbledore looking at Delicia with a small smile on his aged face and a twinkle in his eyes behind the half-moon glasses.
"About two minutes into class…" Delicia told Dumbledore her side of the story. She told him exactly what she said. When she was finished Dumbledore looked grave.
"So, you mentioned him being a Death Eater?" asked Dumbledore after a few minutes of silence.
"No, I said 'You are exactly like that son-of-a-bitch, Lucius Malfoy. You remind me of him. You will always kiss the ground he walks on!' That is almost exactly what I said to him."
"I see. The best way to sort this out is for you and Professor Snape to talk in here where neither of you will be able to kill each other. Do you agree to that, Delicia?" he questioned.
"Yes sir."
"Every well."
Knock, knock.
"Come in Severus." The door to Dumbledore's circular office opened and Severus Snape strolled in. On his face was a small red hand print. He looked mad enough to have stream escaping from his ears. His magically grown nose was pointed upwards in the air. He marched to stand in front of Dumbledore's desk when he noticed Delicia was already there.
'Oh no, oh no, oh no. He is going to kill me!' thought Delicia. She shrunk back into a corner of the chair the she had seated herself on when she had entered.
"What can I do for you, Severus?" asked Dumbledore sensing the tension between the student and the teacher.
"I want," here Snape sneered at Delicia, "Miss. Malfoy to be suspended for talking rudely to a teacher, insulting said teacher, and hitting said teacher!" he growled.
"Very well." Delicia and Snape looked shocked at this. "But first I want you to talk be for punishments are handed out. I have some other business to deal with so you can talk here. I will be back just before lunch. You are both excused from this morning's classes. Good day." Dumbledore stood up, and disappeared when the wooden door to his office closed.
Snape sat down and looked out the window, only to turn around to face Delicia when she cleared her throat. 'What?" he spat.
"You are so mature," she said sarcastically. "You are facing the window like a five year old that can't have a civilized conversation!"
Lunch Time, Great Hall…
"Hi guys," said Delicia to her friends.
"Where have you been since Potions?" asked Kalani.
"Umm… Dumbledore's office, talking to Snape."
"Did you guys work anything out?" asked Allegra.
"Yup, but I can't tell you."
"Fine be that way!" Divina said sarcastically. The other girls started laughing. "What?" she asked.
"Sarcasm doesn't suit you, Divina," gasped out Kalani in between be fits of laughter.
Divina pouted. "You no nice. You make me mad."
The girls started to laugh harder at this, but this time Divina joined in.
Harry walked up to them and tapped Delicia on the shoulder. The girls stopped laughing. "Yes Harry?" asked Allegra.
"Quidditch practice at 7:30 pm tonight. If you aren't there than you get kicked off the team."
"Why?" asked Divina.
"This weekend we play against Slytherin and I wanna make sure that we win."
"Ok, we'll be there. You want me to tell Hunter?" asked Delicia.
"Sure, just make sure that the five of you are there." Harry walked away to go tell Ginny Weasley who was keeper about the practice.
"When, first practice of the term," said Kalani who was a chaser with Delicia and Divina.
"Yup. I'll go tell Hunter," said Delicia and walked away.
"You like she likes Hunter?" asked Allegra watching the exchange between Hunter and Delicia.
"Probably."