Turmoil At Hogwarts



Chapter 16-The Gryffindors Form a Plan



When Ginny went outside, the thirteen other students were already there waiting by the edge of the forest. They were all in a group having some sort of discussion.

"Hey everybody. Are we ready to start?" Ginny said when she reached them.

"Yes, we were just trying to divide into teams," Hermione said.

"Why don't we just have two captains pick the teams?" Lee asked.

"Okay, who's going to be the captains? Justin asked.

"I think it should be the two oldest people here," Fred said.

"That's just because you're one of the 2 oldest people," Alicia said hitting him playfully on the arm.

"True," Fred replied.

"Well then who is going to pick the teams?" Lavender asked.

The students were quiet for a moment and then Draco said, "Why don't the seven Gryffindors take on the seven people from the other houses?"

"But that wouldn't be fair. All of the good people would be on one team," Fred said and grinned maliciously. "You guys know you'd get your arses kicked!"

"We'll see about that," Roger Davies said. "You Gryffindors are going to lose!"

"So it's settled then?" Seamus asked.

"Be prepared to lose," Fred said cockily.

"Wanna make a bet?" Roger Davies asked.

"Sure," Fred said, "The losers have to be the winners slaves for the rest of the week."

Roger looked around at the members of his group who were all shaking their heads up and down. "You're on."

The two boys shook hands and then Roger said. "Let's set some rules for this game."

"Okay," Ginny said. "First thing we need to decide is how to determine the winners."

"Each team should have a flag," Terry said. "Whoever gets the opposing teams flag into the cabin wins."

"Okay, what else?" Hermione asked.

"No one can hold the flag or hide it. It has to be in a place where it can be seen." Susan said.

"You're flag has to be in the area between the cabin and the other side of the forest," Lavender said.

"And we can't use magic during the fight," Alicia said.

Hermione shot her a dirty look and she explained, "It'd be much to hard to end the game if we could just use a simple summoning charm."

"Ah, that's right" Fred said. "This all sounds good, but I don't think we'll have time to play today. It'll be dark within an hour. Why don't we start in the morning?"

"Fine Roger said. "Game starts at nine a.m."

"We'll see you then,"Fred said then spoke to his fellow Gryffindors. "Come on, lets go work on the game plan."

The seven Gryffindor students went into the cabin and found a comfortable room to talk in. Once they had all settled in comfortably they began their discussion.

"Okay, so what do we want to do?" Fred asked. "Anyone have ideas about how this game should be played.

"Well, I think we should have two or three people guarding the flag and the rest should be going after the other teams flag."

"They should wear all white so they blend in to the snow. Then we won't be seen as easily," Lee said.

"Good idea," Hermione said. "And we should makeup a lot of snowballs before the match and charm them so that they don't melt. That way we can put them in a bag of some sort and we won't have to keep making them."

"But we can't use magic," Lavander said.

"No we can't use magic during the fight. They never said anything about before." Hermione said.

"Ahh, very clever, Hermione," Fred said.

"I know," Hermione replied," Also we can't let the other team know about the snowballs we've already made."

"Right," Alicia said. "And we can't let them know that we're in camouflage. That way they will be looking for us in colored clothes and they won't notice us as easily."

Ginny said. "We need white paint for our face and hands too. That way we'll be completely white. And we can just wear clothes over our white clothes. We can just take them off after the fight starts."

"We should have some sort of camp somewhere. We could keep all of our secret stuff there, but we shouldn't keep our flag there," Fred said.

"We'll need to go out and look for good places for our flag and for camp," Seamus said.

"And we need to make a flag," Ginny said.

"Don't forget about charming the snowballs," Hermione said.

"We also need to figure out how to find or make all white clothes," Lavender said.

"We'll need to split up into groups and we can each work on a different thing," Alicia said.

"I'll charm the snowballs,' Hermione said.

"I can work on finding some clothes and paint for us," Lavender said.

Fred said. "Ginny and I will find good spots for camp and our flag."

"I can make the flag," Alicia said.

"What are Seamus and I supposed to do then?" Lee asked.

"You can think of new ideas," Fred said. "Things that we could use to help us win, like the charmed snowballs and stuff like that."

"Oh, okay," Seamus said. "That'll be fun."

"Let's all get started then," Hermione sai.d

"Everybody meet here at 9:00 tonight," Ginny said.

The Gryffindors all went their separate ways and Ginny and Fred were left sitting alone in the room.

"Are you ready?" Fred asked.

"Yup, let's go," Ginny said.

When they went outside it was already dark.

"Which way do you want to go first?" Ginny asked.

Fred said. "Let's go look in the trees over their."

"Okay." Ginny said and they began walking to the North.

"So what's been going on in your life these past couple of weeks? Anything exciting happen?"

"No not really. I've just been pulling pranks on Pansy Parkinson. You know the usual. Making her life miserable."

"Well I'm sure she deserves it." Ginny said. "So what are the other people in your group like?"

"Oh, they're okay. I mean Alicia and Hermione are the same as always, and I can get along with Justin and Roger. Well, I can get along with Roger as long as he keeps his mouth shut. They aren't the type of people I would usually be friends with, but they're okay I guess. And what can I say about Padma. She nothing like her sister. You can tell that she actually has a brain."

"Really?" Ginny asked. "Does that mean you like her?"

"No," Fred said. "Even if I did, she doesn't like me anyway. She likes guys that are serious, which I definitely am not."

"Did she tell you that?" Ginny asked.

"No, I just figured it out by the way she looks at me, and the way that she looks at Roger Davies." Fred said.

'What do you mean?" Ginny asked.

"She looks at him like he's a god or something. And they're always talking to each other."

"Maybe they're just friends," Ginny said.

"Yeah, but she wishes they were more."

"You don't know that," Ginny replied.

"Just drop it, Gin," Fred said.

"Fine,' Ginny replied and the two walked in silence for a little while.

"So, little sister, what has been going on in your life?" Fred asked.

"Oh, not a lot,' Ginny replied. "I like my group for the most part."

"I assume that the part you don't like is Draco Malfoy," Fred said.

"I told you, he hasn't been much of a problem," Ginny said.

"You've got to be kidding," Fred said.

"No, I'm not," Ginny said.

"Well, then who's the problem? Is it that kid from Ravenclaw? Or is it one of the other girls?" Fred asked.

"No," Ginny said. " I just don't see how Lee is your friends. He's such a bloody git."

"You must not know him. When you get to know him he's really a nice guy," Fred said.

"Umm, I'd rather not get to know him," Ginny said.

"Why?" Fred asked.

"Don't worry about it, okay?" Ginny replied.

"What did he do?" Fred said.

"Please just forget I said anything," Ginny said.

Fred sighed and said, "Fine."

The spent the remaining five minutes it took to get to the trees in silence. "Well, we're here," Ginny said when they had arrived.

"Do you see any good spots?" Fred asked.

"I don't know," Ginny replied.

"Me neither," Fred said. "Let's look around some more."

"Where would it be hard to get to our flag, even when it was in plain sight?" Ginny asked.

"I don't know. There are some trees over there that look..." Fred began.

"That's it," Ginny exclaimed. "We can put it high up in a tree. That way they could see it and it would be hard to get to."

"That bloody brilliant Gin!"

A/N-Sorry this took so long. I haven't had very much time to write and I had writers block. I'm sure you know how that goes. Anyway, thanks to everyone who reviewed the last chapter, and thanks to everyone who's reading this. Sorry this chapters so short. It would have taken a long time for it to come out if I had written more. Well, I'll try to get the next chapter up soon, but I'm not going to make any promises. Talk to you later!