Forbidden Magic

By: Alexis McLean

Chapter Eight: WAR!

Malfoy walked to his room and angrily thrust open the dresser drawer to gather some fresh clothes from. He walked to the bathroom and turned on the hot water in the shower. Before he got in, he heard loud voices and excited laughter from the bedroom. Curious, he walked into the other room to see what was going on. He saw most of the boys were back from dinner and were talking animatedly about something that had to do with later tonight. He stalked closer so that he could hear what they were saying.

"Yeah! Do you have the silly string?"

"This is gonna be great!"

"Did anyone pick up the balloons?"

Malfoy, mildly confused, walked up to the group of boys. "What are you guys talking about?" he asked a tall Hufflepuff.

They looked at him suspiciously, seemingly judging him. "Smooth move in there, Malfoy," he said finally, smiling at him. Malfoy glared coldly at him. The boy's smile faded, and he looked more serious. "Hey, relax, I was just kidding."

"What are you doing with balloons, now?" Malfoy asked. The boy smiles widely at him again.

"You wanna help us Malfoy?" the boy asked.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING???" Malfoy half-shouted, now starting to get annoyed. The ten or so boys who were standing near-by jumped slightly, looking quite startled at his sudden outburst.

"We-we're just going over to the girl's cabin," the boy explained.

"Why would you want to do that?" Malfoy asked, not quite catching on. They boy's face broke into an evil grin, reminding Malfoy very much of himself.

"Well.."

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Hermione parted with Harry and Ron after dinner and headed to her room. She walked through the door and shut it behind her. She walked up to her bed and began to change. There were only a few girls in the room besides her. By the time she got her pajama bottoms on, she heard a knock at the door. Lavender went to answer it and Hermione heard a squeal come from the door. She looked over and saw that Lavender was soaking wet. Before anyone could do anything, a large group of boys had bombarded the room and were shooting water balloons, paint-filled balloons, and silly string at them. Hermione ran behind her bed and ducked just in time, as a paint balloon was hurled at her. She picked up a pillow from on top of her bed and, quickly standing up so that she wouldn't get something else thrown at her, she threw it hard at a boy near-by. Once he turned around she recognized it was Malfoy. No problem for her, she had no problems with hurling things at her long-time enemy. He raised his hand from behind his back, revealing a large bottle of silly string.

"Do you even know how to use that Malfoy?" Hermione asked, putting her outstretched arms in front of her to block the pillow that was thrown back at her.

"I think I can figure it out, mudblood," he replied, looking as if she had insulted him.

"Well, then I'm sure you know you're holding it backwards," Hermione called, throwing a pillow at him. He deflected it and turned the can around.

"Oh, now you're going to get it!" he called. He pressed down on the top of the silly string and it sprayed all over his face. Hermione let out a loud giggle and didn't see the wave of silly string flying over to her. She pulled a bit off and ran after him. Startled, Malfoy just watched her leap on top of him. She tackled him, bringing both of them to the floor. They wrestled for a while, in which almost everyone in the room got sprayed by the silly string. In the end, everyone got tangled in a heap of bodies, but the boys were victorious; mainly because there were more of them. They pinned the girls to the floor and stood above them.

"Ready? On the count of three! One - two - three!" After a moment of chaos, the girls all stood up, blinking and sputtering as they were covered with all of the remaining water balloons, paint balloons, and silly string that they had left.

"That'll teach you not to mess with us!" Malfoy shouted through the laughter. Then, as the girls rounded on them, they turned around and booked for it. They got all the way to the boys' cabins before stopping to catch their breath. All of the boys were back now from dinner and looking at the people who had just come in. They, too, were covered in silly string, paint, and water, but not as much as the girls.

"Where were you guys?" one boy asked curiously. Malfoy just smiled and went back to the bathroom to take his shower.

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Hermione walked into the boys' cabin and quickly found Harry and Ron. She stood by them by their bed and began to ask them about tomorrow. Just then, Malfoy walked in. He was dressed in his pajama bottoms and his face curled into a sneer when he saw her.

"I see you've showered," he said, still sneering. Ron looked between the two of them, obviously wondering what he was talking about. "What's he talking about?" Harry asked. Hermione rolled her eyes.

"Nothing Harry" she said. Malfoy grinned widely.

"It's almost ten o' clock. You might want to get to your room. Got a big day tomorrow," he said, grinning innocently. Hermione checked her watch.

"Ok, see you guys tomorrow," she said, waving goodbye to Harry and Ron. She left Harry and Ron there, glaring at Malfoy.

Author's note: OMG, I'm so sorry it took so long! I totally forgot to update. I'll try to write more soon, though. Spring Break, ya' know. Anyways, I hope you all like it. Please R&R.