A/N - A Halloween Ball is here! Woohoo! *Claps and cheers* What kind of madness will ensue? read on to find out!
Disclaimer - I do not own anyone but Melanie and Lori ; Lori - Yes, we've been through this many, many times.
Ch 7 - The Halloween Ball
The next day nothing terribly exciting happened. After all classes, and Mel's tutoring session with Draco was over, Lori talked to her in the Common Room.
"So, ya wanna make it?"
"Sure but...who are we gonna use it on?"
"I'm not sure..."
"And when?"
"I don't know."
"And–"
"Don't ok? Your annoying me asking all these questions, Mel."
"Sorry...I ask about a million in the stupid Potions tutoring thingy cause I don't know any of it."
"Yeah...anyway, back to your two questions, who and when."
"Who? Anyone that will drink it."
"When though?"
"I dunno...we need some kind of occasion for it."
They sat and thought for a bit but never came up with anything....until the next morning...
~*~*~
When the six Gryffindors went down for breakfast the next morning, they came in just in time.
Dumbledore was standing and just got everyone's attention as they all sat down "I have a few announcements to make. The staff and I have talked and agreed that we will be holding a Halloween Ball, it will be on Halloween Day and anyone may attend. The only other announcement is this weekend there is a trip to Hogsmeade, only third years and up may go. That is all."
Lori turned to Melanie, grinning in that Fred and George way she did. "I think we've got the perfect occasion for our little prank, don't you think?"
"Oh yeah." Mel said, an identical grin on her face.
~*~*~
When the Halloween Ball was only a week away, the two new 'Devilish Duo' could be found in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom brewing something that was a really deep midnight blue potion. They would have made it last minute but it takes a week to let it do right.
~*~*~
When the night of Halloween Ball was here, there were people everywhere running around to get ready in Gryffindor Tower, except two 17 year old girls. These two were sitting on the nice comfy couch in the Tower. They were calm and ready and not in the least bit dressed up in anything other than plain, normal, everyday Muggle clothing.
Lori was clad in a pair of faded Mudd jeans and a black tank top that said "Keep talking.....I need to sleep." in red lettering, with sky blue oulining.
While Melanie was in a pair of new, dark denim, bellbottom jeans and a white tank that came above her pierced bellybutton and the shirt read "If I throw a stick, will you leave?" in forest green lettering outlined in silver.
"Shall we go?" Melanie asked.
"Go we shall." Lori said, standing.
With that the two girls headed out of the portrait hole and down to the Great Hall. They had planned this all out: They had volunteered to help out with the decorations and drinks, even though the house elves were supposed to do that, they said that they "Just wanted to help out." So, they naturally got there before everyone else to get in preperation for the party.
They entered the Hall, Lori went straight to the drinks, Melanie to the treats. Lori pulled out a four inch tall vile with blue liquid in it. She got two cups and poured some punch for the two girls whom were not about to be fooled by their own prank and then added half the vile to each punch bowl. "Done!" She called to Melanie.
Melanie took a plate of brownies and replaced them with some of her own, along with replacing other various things with things that all looked identical to the normal things, to some of her own that were prank-filled. Eating some normal brownies along the way. "Me too!"
They met at the middle of the table. "It's a good thing that the punch didn't change color, huh?" Lori said.
Mel nodded "Yeah."
"So, what all did you replace and what with?"
"Normal fudge is now Ferret Fudge, normal cookies, rainbow cookies, regular toffee is now tongue tie toffee,
"Wow! You really outdid yourself girl!" Lori grinned "This is gonna be great!"
"...Hey...so we're not immediately suspected, ya think we should be turned into a ferret or rainbow hair or something?"
"Sure! Its fun stuff anyhow!" Lori said, then asked "so, did you get the house color hair dye pie? Hey? That rhymes!" she laughed.
Melanie nodded. "Yep...of course you don't need any. Fred and George took care of that for you...or did you forget?"
"Almost." She laughed "I'm surprised no one's noticed I've got Slytherin colored hair yet."
Melanie laughed "Yah. Especially the Slytherins."
At that moment everyone came in.
~*~*~
Later in the party, Draco came over and (finally) noticed Lori's hair "You trying to make fun of us or something Weasley?"
"No. Fred and George had been working on only they knew what all summer and they used it on me and my hair turned all Slytherin-like. Oh well! I don't care! I kinda like it." She grinned. "Its different from the normal Weasley hair, don't you like it?"
Draco shook his head and turned to Melanie "Has the tutoring been doing you any good whatsoever?"
Melanie, who had been talking to Harry and Ron about Quidditch, turned to him, annoyed "Sorta...now...shoo, shoo, go away." And she turned back to the other two.
"Mel? Did you forget? Shirt!"
"Oh yeah! Can you read Draco?"
"I can read perfectly fine."
"Then read my shirt."
"Gladly." He muttered.
~*~*~
About another hour later there were several *pops* as people began to eat the Ferret Fudge and were turning into bouncing ferrets, just like Draco in fourth year, and a few "Oh my god! Look at you hair!" and other various comments like these going around the room.
Lori looked around to see if any of her enemies had taken something. "Mel! Oh my god! Look at Snape!"
Melanie, not preferring to look at the Potions Master, turned anyway and saw that he had rainbow hair. "Oh my god! It worked! I wasn't sure those were gonna work, ya know?"
"Isn't it great? But...(giggle) where's....(laugh) Malfoy?"
"I dunno...I don't see him..." She looked around... "Wait! Look, just there!" She pointed at a nearby bouncing and floating ferret that had the face of Draco.
"Oh my god! This is the greatest thing to ever happen! Hey! Where's Colin Creevey when ya need him?" Lori said through her laughs.
All the sudden, Collin popped up out of nowhere "Right here! Whatcha need?"
"Ok...kid you scare me, but I need you to take pictures of everything, now! And be sure to get Snape and that ferret right there." She said and pointed to the Draco ferret.
"Ok!" And with that he started to snap about pictures a mile a minute.
~*~*~
The rest of the party was pretty uneventful, so around 10:47 the 'Terrible Duo', the 'Dream Team' and Ginny all went back to Gryffindor Tower, laughing the whole way there.
"That...was truly great!" Ron said.
"Did you see Snape?" Harry laughed.
"What about Malfoy?" Ginny asked.
"It was....horrible!" Hermione tried to scold the girls but couldn't due to her laughter.
"Just admit it 'Mione. It was better than Fred and George's pranks!"
"No it was–ok....so it was!" She admitted.
The four girls looked at each other and erupted in a fit of giggles.
"That was fun!" Melanie said.
"Yeah! But now if we have a Yule Ball, what are we gonna do?" Lori asked.
She shrugged "Dunno, but we've got a whole month to think of that!"
Then they came up to the portrait hole and Hermione gave the password "Pringles." and they all entered the Common Room, still laughing.
~*~*~
Disclaimer - I do not own anyone but Melanie and Lori ; Lori - Yes, we've been through this many, many times.
Ch 7 - The Halloween Ball
The next day nothing terribly exciting happened. After all classes, and Mel's tutoring session with Draco was over, Lori talked to her in the Common Room.
"So, ya wanna make it?"
"Sure but...who are we gonna use it on?"
"I'm not sure..."
"And when?"
"I don't know."
"And–"
"Don't ok? Your annoying me asking all these questions, Mel."
"Sorry...I ask about a million in the stupid Potions tutoring thingy cause I don't know any of it."
"Yeah...anyway, back to your two questions, who and when."
"Who? Anyone that will drink it."
"When though?"
"I dunno...we need some kind of occasion for it."
They sat and thought for a bit but never came up with anything....until the next morning...
~*~*~
When the six Gryffindors went down for breakfast the next morning, they came in just in time.
Dumbledore was standing and just got everyone's attention as they all sat down "I have a few announcements to make. The staff and I have talked and agreed that we will be holding a Halloween Ball, it will be on Halloween Day and anyone may attend. The only other announcement is this weekend there is a trip to Hogsmeade, only third years and up may go. That is all."
Lori turned to Melanie, grinning in that Fred and George way she did. "I think we've got the perfect occasion for our little prank, don't you think?"
"Oh yeah." Mel said, an identical grin on her face.
~*~*~
When the Halloween Ball was only a week away, the two new 'Devilish Duo' could be found in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom brewing something that was a really deep midnight blue potion. They would have made it last minute but it takes a week to let it do right.
~*~*~
When the night of Halloween Ball was here, there were people everywhere running around to get ready in Gryffindor Tower, except two 17 year old girls. These two were sitting on the nice comfy couch in the Tower. They were calm and ready and not in the least bit dressed up in anything other than plain, normal, everyday Muggle clothing.
Lori was clad in a pair of faded Mudd jeans and a black tank top that said "Keep talking.....I need to sleep." in red lettering, with sky blue oulining.
While Melanie was in a pair of new, dark denim, bellbottom jeans and a white tank that came above her pierced bellybutton and the shirt read "If I throw a stick, will you leave?" in forest green lettering outlined in silver.
"Shall we go?" Melanie asked.
"Go we shall." Lori said, standing.
With that the two girls headed out of the portrait hole and down to the Great Hall. They had planned this all out: They had volunteered to help out with the decorations and drinks, even though the house elves were supposed to do that, they said that they "Just wanted to help out." So, they naturally got there before everyone else to get in preperation for the party.
They entered the Hall, Lori went straight to the drinks, Melanie to the treats. Lori pulled out a four inch tall vile with blue liquid in it. She got two cups and poured some punch for the two girls whom were not about to be fooled by their own prank and then added half the vile to each punch bowl. "Done!" She called to Melanie.
Melanie took a plate of brownies and replaced them with some of her own, along with replacing other various things with things that all looked identical to the normal things, to some of her own that were prank-filled. Eating some normal brownies along the way. "Me too!"
They met at the middle of the table. "It's a good thing that the punch didn't change color, huh?" Lori said.
Mel nodded "Yeah."
"So, what all did you replace and what with?"
"Normal fudge is now Ferret Fudge, normal cookies, rainbow cookies, regular toffee is now tongue tie toffee,
"Wow! You really outdid yourself girl!" Lori grinned "This is gonna be great!"
"...Hey...so we're not immediately suspected, ya think we should be turned into a ferret or rainbow hair or something?"
"Sure! Its fun stuff anyhow!" Lori said, then asked "so, did you get the house color hair dye pie? Hey? That rhymes!" she laughed.
Melanie nodded. "Yep...of course you don't need any. Fred and George took care of that for you...or did you forget?"
"Almost." She laughed "I'm surprised no one's noticed I've got Slytherin colored hair yet."
Melanie laughed "Yah. Especially the Slytherins."
At that moment everyone came in.
~*~*~
Later in the party, Draco came over and (finally) noticed Lori's hair "You trying to make fun of us or something Weasley?"
"No. Fred and George had been working on only they knew what all summer and they used it on me and my hair turned all Slytherin-like. Oh well! I don't care! I kinda like it." She grinned. "Its different from the normal Weasley hair, don't you like it?"
Draco shook his head and turned to Melanie "Has the tutoring been doing you any good whatsoever?"
Melanie, who had been talking to Harry and Ron about Quidditch, turned to him, annoyed "Sorta...now...shoo, shoo, go away." And she turned back to the other two.
"Mel? Did you forget? Shirt!"
"Oh yeah! Can you read Draco?"
"I can read perfectly fine."
"Then read my shirt."
"Gladly." He muttered.
~*~*~
About another hour later there were several *pops* as people began to eat the Ferret Fudge and were turning into bouncing ferrets, just like Draco in fourth year, and a few "Oh my god! Look at you hair!" and other various comments like these going around the room.
Lori looked around to see if any of her enemies had taken something. "Mel! Oh my god! Look at Snape!"
Melanie, not preferring to look at the Potions Master, turned anyway and saw that he had rainbow hair. "Oh my god! It worked! I wasn't sure those were gonna work, ya know?"
"Isn't it great? But...(giggle) where's....(laugh) Malfoy?"
"I dunno...I don't see him..." She looked around... "Wait! Look, just there!" She pointed at a nearby bouncing and floating ferret that had the face of Draco.
"Oh my god! This is the greatest thing to ever happen! Hey! Where's Colin Creevey when ya need him?" Lori said through her laughs.
All the sudden, Collin popped up out of nowhere "Right here! Whatcha need?"
"Ok...kid you scare me, but I need you to take pictures of everything, now! And be sure to get Snape and that ferret right there." She said and pointed to the Draco ferret.
"Ok!" And with that he started to snap about pictures a mile a minute.
~*~*~
The rest of the party was pretty uneventful, so around 10:47 the 'Terrible Duo', the 'Dream Team' and Ginny all went back to Gryffindor Tower, laughing the whole way there.
"That...was truly great!" Ron said.
"Did you see Snape?" Harry laughed.
"What about Malfoy?" Ginny asked.
"It was....horrible!" Hermione tried to scold the girls but couldn't due to her laughter.
"Just admit it 'Mione. It was better than Fred and George's pranks!"
"No it was–ok....so it was!" She admitted.
The four girls looked at each other and erupted in a fit of giggles.
"That was fun!" Melanie said.
"Yeah! But now if we have a Yule Ball, what are we gonna do?" Lori asked.
She shrugged "Dunno, but we've got a whole month to think of that!"
Then they came up to the portrait hole and Hermione gave the password "Pringles." and they all entered the Common Room, still laughing.
~*~*~