The Prank-A-Thon
Anna: Yay, it's Halloween! And my prank... I think...
Ariana: Thinking of pranks is so hard! If any of you think of anything, please do feel free to leave any suggestions in a review. In fact, please just REVIEW! Thank you. That said, Ron Weasley loves Annaaa. . .
Anna: Stop it with that already! I do NOT!
Ariana: You do NOT what? All I said was that Ron liked you. Unless of course you like him too. . . omg you do! That's why you suddenly jumped to defend yourself! *sigh* Denial is so sad, really.
Anna: ... *blank stare* um, nice imagination... yeeeeeah right. Ooh look at my Ravenclaw fake tattoo thingy! *stares at her fake tattoo Ravenclaw thing on the back of her hand, zones out*
Ariana: Okaaay... I think we should start actually writing now...
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Chapter 5 - The Sabotaged Revenge
The Halloween Feast had started. George looked curiously at Becca, Anna, and Ariana. They had all brought large bags of Muggle candy and were trading pieces. Harry seemed unmoved by this strange ritual. George guessed it was a Muggle thing. An American Muggle thing.
"Hershey's! Mwahahaaa!" The three girls, all high on the sugar from the candy, finished trading. Ariana and Becca gave candy to their friends. Anna would have given candy to her friends... had she any friends.
Ariana explained to George how American Muggles celebrated Halloween. Becca handed Harry some tiny chocolates wrapped in foil.
"This is a kiss, Harry. It's American chocolate, one of my favorites..." She winked at him suggestively as he took it from her hand.
This was the perfect opportunity. Anna pulled a tiny vial out of the folds of her robes and poured it into the drinks of her four distracted friends. [Anna: Distracted by their fluffy romance, of course. It makes me want to gag.] She was so proud of herself, she poured the remaining liquid into a nearby pitcher.
Neville reached over just as she was hiding the vial and poured himself a big glass of pumpkin juice. More innocent bystanders refilled on the contaminated liquid. Anna grinned sadistically and watched.
The feast wound to an end and students stood up to head back to their common rooms. As Becca rose, she accidentally knocked over the remnants of her glass of pumpkin juice. She reached for the table to steady herself, but before she could touch it, it gave a great shudder. She pulled her hand away just before the table levitated into the air.
She and the other Gryffindors gasped as the table floated higher, then stopped in midair. The entire Great Hall was silent. Then Malfoy's voice rose up.
"What the hell-" He cut off mid-sentence as the Gryffindor table suddenly hurled itself towards the Slytherin table. He barely had a chance to scream before the Gryffindor table turned itself over, and in one swift movement, slammed down on top the Slytherin table. Food and drinks sprayed out from between the two sandwiched tables, spraying the Slytherins with food, as well as a few unlucky Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs.
Malfoy remained frozen for a moment, then slowly wiped the unidentified food objects from his face. There were pumpkin seeds caught in his hair and his robes were splattered with gravy. Anna stared in surprise. She didn't know her potion was capable of that much mayhem!
Ariana grabbed George's arm and dragged him out of the Great Hall while Becca, Harry and a shocked Anna followed. Nobody noticed them leave, they were all staring at the sandwiched tables and at the disgusting Slytherins. Malfoy let out a high pitched scream like a nine-year-old girl and was soon followed by the rest of the Slytherin girls.
The five Gryffindors waited until they got into the Entrance Hallway before letting loose their laughter. All of them were in hysterics except Anna, who was still a bit dazed and confused. Becca sunk against a wall and Ariana was practically crying, she was laughing so hard.
"Well that's certainly better than anything Fred or I could have pulled," George said between fits of laughter. Anna coughed. Harry had to remove his glasses to keep from smudging them or breaking them. They regained themselves and were all silent for a moment.
"That," Ariana said, breaking the silence, "was bloody brilliant." George burst out laughing again at her Ron imitation and Becca hit her on the arm lightly, reminded of her experience with Ron and that particular phrase. Anna felt out of place amongst all the happy people [Anna: how dare you call me a happy person!? I'm MORBID!] , but smiled to herself, thinking about what would happen when they got to the common room.
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"Pumpkin juice." Anna snickered inwardly at the password's relation to her life, as she and her friends entered the common room through the portrait hole. They sat down on a couple of couches near the fire and were soon joined by Ron and Hermione. The people in the common room were still chatting about the table incident. Hermione opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted by a loud "OW!" from across the room. They all looked over to see a red pillow fall to Neville's feet. Before they had a chance to ask, a second pillow zoomed from a couch and smacked him in the face.
"What the hell is going on here," Becca began, but was rudely interrupted by a pillow which barely missed her ear and instead hit Harry. Ariana picked up a pillow and held it out defensively, just in time. Another pillow, this time aimed at her, flew from across the room. She batted it away like a baseball and prepared herself as another one flew towards them.
They weren't the only ones. Pretty soon, almost everyone in the room was being ambushed by pillows. [Everyone who drank that pitcher of pumpkin juice, that is.] Anna sat in a chair, watching happily as Ron was knocked over by an especially quick pillow. Ariana batted a pillow aside, accidentally turning it towards Anna. Anna gasped as the pillow hit with such force that the chair she was sitting in fell backwards. She stood up to take cover, but was hit by a pillow which was aiming for Lee Jordan behind her. Fred hit her in the face with a pillow, thinking her head was another pillow. This was not what she had been expecting.
Ariana and George stood back to back, fending off any pillows to come their way. Percy ran madly around the room, trying desperately to avoid the five pillows all aimed at him. He tripped on one of the fallen couch cushions and was bombarded with pillows from all sides.
Anna was pissed off at the fact that she wasn't immune to the pillows. "Stupid pillows, they're supposed to get everyone else, not me," she grumbled. Ariana overheard her.
"You!" She yelled at Anna. "This is all your fault!"
"Oh shi-" Anna cringed as Ariana whirled around and started smacking her with a pillow. George caught the drift and joined in. Becca and Harry, who were using their pillows as baseball bats, hit all their pillows to Anna. Neville probably would have tried to attack Anna also, but he was too busy trying to outrun a squad of pillows who were stalking him.
"Ow!" Anna screeched as all of her "friends" hit her repeatedly with pillows. "Ow! Stoppit! Ow!" Word seemed to have spread that she was the cause of the pillow fiasco and many Gryffindors had chosen her as a prime target. The enchantment had mostly worn off by now, save a few odd pillows who were still hunting Neville and Percy, but the students still insisted on showing their wrath.
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"I. Hate. Pillows," Anna said between gritted teeth. It was two hours after the first pillow had flown and most of the students had already gone back up to their dorms. A pillow flew at her, hitting her square in the face. She glared at Ariana, who was lazily laying on the same couch they had all sat on earlier, and stalked up to her dorm.
Becca was asleep on a couch next to Harry, her head drooped onto his shoulder. He was trying very hard to stay awake, but kept drifting off.
George came over and sat next to Ariana and she moved so that her back was now propped up against the pillows.
"Well that certainly was interesting," he said to her.
"Yeah, it was a pretty funny prank. However, I think it kind of backfired. Anna seemed to be on the receiving end most of the time, and I actually enjoyed it!" George laughed and laid his head on top of hers.
"Yeah, next time she should choose something that works." They sat there, staring into the dying embers until the fire went out.
"Next time," Ariana said. "I do believe it is our turn to plan the next prank?"
"Oh no, let's not get into that until it's morning. And until Harry and Becca are able to discuss it with us." He nodded in amusement towards Harry and Becca who were now both asleep on a nearby couch.
"Next time..." Ariana began before drifting off into a peaceful sleep.
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Ariana: Well that was nice! Joke's on you, Anna! *yawn* But seriously, I am tired now. It's past one in the morning! I'm going to sleep now...
Anna: You do that. Why does everything bad happen to meeeee??? Stupid pillows... *ZzZzZz*
Anna: Yay, it's Halloween! And my prank... I think...
Ariana: Thinking of pranks is so hard! If any of you think of anything, please do feel free to leave any suggestions in a review. In fact, please just REVIEW! Thank you. That said, Ron Weasley loves Annaaa. . .
Anna: Stop it with that already! I do NOT!
Ariana: You do NOT what? All I said was that Ron liked you. Unless of course you like him too. . . omg you do! That's why you suddenly jumped to defend yourself! *sigh* Denial is so sad, really.
Anna: ... *blank stare* um, nice imagination... yeeeeeah right. Ooh look at my Ravenclaw fake tattoo thingy! *stares at her fake tattoo Ravenclaw thing on the back of her hand, zones out*
Ariana: Okaaay... I think we should start actually writing now...
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Chapter 5 - The Sabotaged Revenge
The Halloween Feast had started. George looked curiously at Becca, Anna, and Ariana. They had all brought large bags of Muggle candy and were trading pieces. Harry seemed unmoved by this strange ritual. George guessed it was a Muggle thing. An American Muggle thing.
"Hershey's! Mwahahaaa!" The three girls, all high on the sugar from the candy, finished trading. Ariana and Becca gave candy to their friends. Anna would have given candy to her friends... had she any friends.
Ariana explained to George how American Muggles celebrated Halloween. Becca handed Harry some tiny chocolates wrapped in foil.
"This is a kiss, Harry. It's American chocolate, one of my favorites..." She winked at him suggestively as he took it from her hand.
This was the perfect opportunity. Anna pulled a tiny vial out of the folds of her robes and poured it into the drinks of her four distracted friends. [Anna: Distracted by their fluffy romance, of course. It makes me want to gag.] She was so proud of herself, she poured the remaining liquid into a nearby pitcher.
Neville reached over just as she was hiding the vial and poured himself a big glass of pumpkin juice. More innocent bystanders refilled on the contaminated liquid. Anna grinned sadistically and watched.
The feast wound to an end and students stood up to head back to their common rooms. As Becca rose, she accidentally knocked over the remnants of her glass of pumpkin juice. She reached for the table to steady herself, but before she could touch it, it gave a great shudder. She pulled her hand away just before the table levitated into the air.
She and the other Gryffindors gasped as the table floated higher, then stopped in midair. The entire Great Hall was silent. Then Malfoy's voice rose up.
"What the hell-" He cut off mid-sentence as the Gryffindor table suddenly hurled itself towards the Slytherin table. He barely had a chance to scream before the Gryffindor table turned itself over, and in one swift movement, slammed down on top the Slytherin table. Food and drinks sprayed out from between the two sandwiched tables, spraying the Slytherins with food, as well as a few unlucky Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs.
Malfoy remained frozen for a moment, then slowly wiped the unidentified food objects from his face. There were pumpkin seeds caught in his hair and his robes were splattered with gravy. Anna stared in surprise. She didn't know her potion was capable of that much mayhem!
Ariana grabbed George's arm and dragged him out of the Great Hall while Becca, Harry and a shocked Anna followed. Nobody noticed them leave, they were all staring at the sandwiched tables and at the disgusting Slytherins. Malfoy let out a high pitched scream like a nine-year-old girl and was soon followed by the rest of the Slytherin girls.
The five Gryffindors waited until they got into the Entrance Hallway before letting loose their laughter. All of them were in hysterics except Anna, who was still a bit dazed and confused. Becca sunk against a wall and Ariana was practically crying, she was laughing so hard.
"Well that's certainly better than anything Fred or I could have pulled," George said between fits of laughter. Anna coughed. Harry had to remove his glasses to keep from smudging them or breaking them. They regained themselves and were all silent for a moment.
"That," Ariana said, breaking the silence, "was bloody brilliant." George burst out laughing again at her Ron imitation and Becca hit her on the arm lightly, reminded of her experience with Ron and that particular phrase. Anna felt out of place amongst all the happy people [Anna: how dare you call me a happy person!? I'm MORBID!] , but smiled to herself, thinking about what would happen when they got to the common room.
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"Pumpkin juice." Anna snickered inwardly at the password's relation to her life, as she and her friends entered the common room through the portrait hole. They sat down on a couple of couches near the fire and were soon joined by Ron and Hermione. The people in the common room were still chatting about the table incident. Hermione opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted by a loud "OW!" from across the room. They all looked over to see a red pillow fall to Neville's feet. Before they had a chance to ask, a second pillow zoomed from a couch and smacked him in the face.
"What the hell is going on here," Becca began, but was rudely interrupted by a pillow which barely missed her ear and instead hit Harry. Ariana picked up a pillow and held it out defensively, just in time. Another pillow, this time aimed at her, flew from across the room. She batted it away like a baseball and prepared herself as another one flew towards them.
They weren't the only ones. Pretty soon, almost everyone in the room was being ambushed by pillows. [Everyone who drank that pitcher of pumpkin juice, that is.] Anna sat in a chair, watching happily as Ron was knocked over by an especially quick pillow. Ariana batted a pillow aside, accidentally turning it towards Anna. Anna gasped as the pillow hit with such force that the chair she was sitting in fell backwards. She stood up to take cover, but was hit by a pillow which was aiming for Lee Jordan behind her. Fred hit her in the face with a pillow, thinking her head was another pillow. This was not what she had been expecting.
Ariana and George stood back to back, fending off any pillows to come their way. Percy ran madly around the room, trying desperately to avoid the five pillows all aimed at him. He tripped on one of the fallen couch cushions and was bombarded with pillows from all sides.
Anna was pissed off at the fact that she wasn't immune to the pillows. "Stupid pillows, they're supposed to get everyone else, not me," she grumbled. Ariana overheard her.
"You!" She yelled at Anna. "This is all your fault!"
"Oh shi-" Anna cringed as Ariana whirled around and started smacking her with a pillow. George caught the drift and joined in. Becca and Harry, who were using their pillows as baseball bats, hit all their pillows to Anna. Neville probably would have tried to attack Anna also, but he was too busy trying to outrun a squad of pillows who were stalking him.
"Ow!" Anna screeched as all of her "friends" hit her repeatedly with pillows. "Ow! Stoppit! Ow!" Word seemed to have spread that she was the cause of the pillow fiasco and many Gryffindors had chosen her as a prime target. The enchantment had mostly worn off by now, save a few odd pillows who were still hunting Neville and Percy, but the students still insisted on showing their wrath.
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"I. Hate. Pillows," Anna said between gritted teeth. It was two hours after the first pillow had flown and most of the students had already gone back up to their dorms. A pillow flew at her, hitting her square in the face. She glared at Ariana, who was lazily laying on the same couch they had all sat on earlier, and stalked up to her dorm.
Becca was asleep on a couch next to Harry, her head drooped onto his shoulder. He was trying very hard to stay awake, but kept drifting off.
George came over and sat next to Ariana and she moved so that her back was now propped up against the pillows.
"Well that certainly was interesting," he said to her.
"Yeah, it was a pretty funny prank. However, I think it kind of backfired. Anna seemed to be on the receiving end most of the time, and I actually enjoyed it!" George laughed and laid his head on top of hers.
"Yeah, next time she should choose something that works." They sat there, staring into the dying embers until the fire went out.
"Next time," Ariana said. "I do believe it is our turn to plan the next prank?"
"Oh no, let's not get into that until it's morning. And until Harry and Becca are able to discuss it with us." He nodded in amusement towards Harry and Becca who were now both asleep on a nearby couch.
"Next time..." Ariana began before drifting off into a peaceful sleep.
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Ariana: Well that was nice! Joke's on you, Anna! *yawn* But seriously, I am tired now. It's past one in the morning! I'm going to sleep now...
Anna: You do that. Why does everything bad happen to meeeee??? Stupid pillows... *ZzZzZz*