The Pranking Wars
Author's Note: Hey everybody! This is new fic that I decided to start. I have so far not had much attention with Harry Potter and the Curse of the Gypsy, but this story can help explain some of the things in that story if you have read it. This is year one through their deaths for Lily and James. It has an interesting way of looking at Lily, and I hope you like it. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not nor have I ever owned Harry Potter or any character from these books. I own the plot of this story, and Cassy Reed. That is it. Okay, got that? Now you can't sue me.
Chapter Four
James sighed as he sat down next to Sirius. "I am incredibly bored." He muttered. "We've been here for nearly a month already, and haven't had any fun. No adventures. No excitement..."
"Of course we have." Said Sirius absently. "Remember when Peter accidentally blew up his Transmogrifying Tonic and it covered half of the Slytherins? Snape's nose was like a oversize banana for the rest of the day."
"Yeah..." James smiled happily. "That was great...but it wasn't on purpose." He frowned. "Come on, we haven't pranked anybody. Even Loopy."
"Well, you know we had something planned for last week, but he disappeared..."
"Yeah...why was that anyway?" James frowned. "I mean, he wasn't sick was he?"
"He might have been." Sirius stated. "He certainly looked it. I reckoned that he was trying to touch the Whomping Willow like the other kids and he got a good thrashing for it." He shuddered, remembering his own experience.
"Yeah...I guess so, but I've never seen him or the redheads go near it." James shrugged. "I just hope he hasn't made a name for himself as top troublemaker in this school." James stated. "That is a position already occupied."
"I dunno." Sirius snorted. "You never know what people were like when they were our age...who knows? Maybe Dumbledore himself was the one that bewitched that room on the third floor to lob insults at whoever enters. He certainly could have accomplished it."
"Yeah..." said James reverently. "That room is incredible...that time Snape accidentally went in, and it started calling him a slimy, hook nosed, greasy haired git..."
"I wish I had known what it did before then...we could have trapped him in there." Sirius looked regretful, the way he always did when he thought of pranks that might have been pulled but, unfortunately, were never carried out.
"Hey guys!" The plump boy from potions class sat down next to James, pushing his thin blonde hair out of his eyes. "What are you doing?"
"None of your business." Said Sirius absently.
"You know, we don't really need any more enemies. Be a good dog, Sirius. Play nice." Sirius scowled at James' words.
"All right...sorry 'bout that Peter. I guess you're all right. Not like that crazy red head. And her Loopy friend."
"Which crazy redhead?" asked Peter, raising a brow.
"Erm...well, now that you think about it, there are quite a few crazy redheads running around school." James said thoughtfully. "There's the Reed sisters, that older Weasley boy, and then there's that muggle born girl, Lily Evans." He shuddered. "She's the craziest of all of them."
"Is she really that bad?" Peter asked. "I mean, what has she really done?"
"She's got a voice like a bloody banshee." James said, grimacing. "Like to screamed by ear off on the train."
"And she's always trying to prove how much better she is than us." Sirius sneered. "Thankfully, she doesn't appear to be that good at Transfiguration, does she James?"
James snorted. "Yeah. Instead of turning that turnip into a soup bowl, she just blew it up."
"Well, I blew my turnip up too..." Peter said warily. James and Sirius didn't appear to hear him.
"I still remember the way she looked." Sirius said, smiling happily. "I thought for sure she was going to go crazy and curse the entire room."
"Yeah, well. She eventually got it right. Not before I did though." James chuckled.
"Who would have thought we would be the best students in Transfiguration?" Sirius said, shuddering. "It's really a scary thought, you know. Us? Good at school? Why, what would our mothers say?"
"Mum would probably have a heart attack. Imagine, you good at something." Donovan grinned as he walked over. "Sorry, pup. Intelligence is reserved for the elder son in the family." He smiled at Peter. "Hey, kid."
"And what does that leave me with?" Sirius snorted. "My dashing good looks?"
"Nope, sorry. Got that too." Donovan laughed when Sirius threw a book at him, dodging it. "Hey, with that arm you may eventually make a good Keeper on the Quidditch team." Donovan smiled smugly. "Too bad you're too young to be on the team, huh?"
"Yeah, only because the captain of the team is too much of a prat to actually let one of us have a chance. I could be the youngest Quidditch player on the Hogwart's teams in a hundred years. Imagine...."
"Yeah." James snorted. "Like that would ever happen. You'd have to be a prodigy or something for that."
Donovan shrugged. "Hey, you know McGonogall. She may be serious, but she's always looking to beat Slytherin at anything. Sisal gets on her right nerves, you know? I always figured someday McGonogall is going to do something to that woman. But if the right person came along, I would bet anything she'd toss away all the rules to get them on the team."
"Yeah." James shrugged. "But the team is already full, anyway. And our team has won for the past five years running. We'll beat Slytherin, no doubt about that."
"I'll be replacing you as seeker next year." Said James smugly. "When you're gone, old man, you just wait and see..."
"Yeah, yeah..." Donovan sighed. "Of course, of course. Listen, I was just coming over to ask you guys if there is anything you want at Hogsmeade. This is the first Hogsmeade weekend of the year, you know. Too bad you two are first years." He said haughtily.
"You reckon you can get us a large bag of dungbombs?" Sirius said eagerly. "I've got two galleons saved up."
"Yeah, okay. You James?" James grinned.
"Just...buy me whatever treats they've got at the joke store, all right? I've got five galleons to spend." He grinned excitedly.
"You know, I'll actually be able to get you quite a few things with that bit. Goodman's Gags is going out of business, you know."
"WHAT?" Sirius and James yelled at once. Peter just glanced up, not saying anything. "You mean, all the pranks...gone?"
"Yep." Donovan even looked slightly depressed at the news. "Makes me want to...well, I'll just say that I am quite angry at the moment. It's all right, I guess..." he said wearily. "The dungbombs never seemed to work right, and their Fanged Frisbees lose all their teeth within a week or so."
"Well," he said, "Enough of that. Did you hear about that haunted house in Hogsmeade?"
"Haunted house?" Sirius glanced over at James.
"Mmm...it just started up last week. Howling, banging. At first they all thought it was Peeves, until they heard the screams. Reckon not even poltergeist like Peeves could make a sound like that."
"Sounds...scary." Peter shuddered at the thought.
"Whoa..." James grinned at Sirius. "We have to visit that sometime."
"Can't." Donovan said mildly. "Nobody can get it, that's the thing. There's no doors, no windows, not even a drain pipe or anything. It was like it was built for nobody to get in or out of."
"Sounds...fun."
"Listen, you two..." Sirius said exasperatedly, before rolling his eyes. "Whatever, I know you're going to do whatever you are going to do anyway. Just be careful, all right? I don't want to get a howler from mum."
James and Sirius grinned at each other. Peter looked at them hopfully. "You'll...if you do anything, you'll let me in on it, right? Cause it sounds like fun..."
"Yeah, Pete. Whatever."
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"Hey, Remus! You're back!" Lily and Cassy grinned cheerfully at Remus from their seat in the library, where they had been chatting quietly over their books, getting occasional dark looks from the librarian.
"Mmm..." he sat down next to them. There were shadows under his eyes and his arms were covered with light reddish scratch marks.
"Are you okay?" said Lily, furrowing her brow. "You look like you got in a fight and lost."
"Don't worry about me." He said, unenthusiastically. "I just...my mum was sick, okay? I had to go up for a couple of days. But she isn't well yet. I may have to go up every once in a while, you know?"
"Okay...sure." Lily glanced at Cassy from the corner of her eye. Both of the girls nodded. They didn't believe a word of what Remus was saying. They didn't press on, though.
"Do you need help with any charms homework?" Lily asked, putting away her book. "I did pretty well on that. Just don't ask me to help you with Transfiguration."
"Why not?" Remus asked. Cassy snorted.
"She almost blew up Professor McGonogalls room." Cassy snorted. "I'm in the class after her. I saw the scorch marks on the desk and everything. And all she had to do was turn a turnip into a soup bowl!"
Remus began laughing, quieting only when the librarian glared at them harshly down her beaked nose. "It wasn't that bad!" Lily hissed. "I just...used a little too much magic, that's it. My wand is good for charms, you know, not Transfiguration."
"My wand is supposed to be best for Transfiguration and my best class is DADA." Cassy shrugged. "It isn't hard. I have enjoyed learning about all the various dark creatures. Boggarts, hags, vampires, werewolves, even." Remus gulped. Lily and Cassy didn't notice.
Suddenly a loud chiming was heard from outside. Lily glanced down at her watch. "Oh! It's time for dinner already. Let's go...we can talk afterwards, Cassy. You know where the portrait of the fat lady is, don't you? You can meet us there."
"But..but I'm not Gryffindor!" Cassy sputtered, eyes wide. Lily shrugged.
"Hey, I don't think it will matter much, so long as you aren't Slytherin. But just to be safe, and to keep anybody from being upset, I'll bring a pair of earmuffs, so you can't hear the password."
"All right, then." Cassy said. "I guess...well, that's fine. My sister is Gryffindor, you know, and she was talking once about her friend Poppy. She once brought a Hufflepuff boy in the common room. Nobody minded, except he turned out to be an incorrigible braggart. Amos Diggory." She shuddered.
"Okay. Meet you then."
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"Ready, James?"
"I sure am, Sirius!" The boys grinned at each other as the slipped the invisibility cloak over their heads. They disappeared into thin air.
"Ha! Nobody can see me!"
"Nobody can see me either, dunder." James muttered. "C'mon, let's go quickly down the hall. I want to find that statue quickly."
They wandered down the hall, standing close. Many students passed by. James and Sirius kept having to dodge them. They might have been invisible, but they were still solid.
"Oh, Arthur...you're just the sweetest..."
"I love you, Molly. You really are the prettiest girl in Hogwarts, you know."
"Even prettier than Isabelle Snape?" Arthur sputtered, making Molly laugh out loud and plant a big kiss on his lips. James and Sirius snickered as they passed. Fortunately, both were involved in...what they were involved in, and didn't hear the two boys pass.
They made slow time down the hall, until they came to a halt near the Gryffindor tower. Cassy was standing nervously beside the portrait of the Fat Lady. Remus and Lily appeared suddenly out of nowhere and stood beside her, talking under their breaths.
"Why...they're letting that Ravenclaw in our common room!" Said James in irritation. "Those..."
"It doesn't matter." Sirius said, nudging James. "Come on, we have to find that statue soon." Suddenly, though, the Remus and the two redheaded girls walked out into the hall.
"Did you hear something?" Said Lily, craning her neck to look down the dark passageway.
"Yeah...I thought so, anyway. Must have been one of the ghosts. Maybe Peeves."
"Probably..." Lily continued looking. "I could have sworn, though..." She took a step back. She was now standing right in front of Sirius and James.
"Lily...let's go on." Remus said. "Cassy can't stay long. We'd better get in, if we don't want to get in trouble.
"Okay...that's fine." She turned to go and tripped, falling to ground. Her foot was caught in the cloak. James fretfully grabbed hold, praying that she wouldn't notice the little glint of silver material near their feet.
"What is it?" Remus said, pulling her to her feet.
"Just...clumsy. I guess." She looked around the hall once more. "Let's go." They turned back to the painting. "All right, then..."
James sighed thankfully and nudged Sirius in the arm. They began walking once more, looking back every once in a while to see that they were not being followed. After a while they came to the statue.
"This is it?" James said thoughtfully.
"Donovan said you just have to tap the hump and say, 'Dissindium.' C'mon, lets try it." James followed his directions. The hump creaked open. "You first." Sirius muttered, eyeing the dark hole. James shrugged and quickly pulled off the cloak.
"Come on, hurry!" After he had disappeared, Sirius followed. They found themselves in a large dark passageway.
"Let's go." James muttered. They began walking until there was no longer any light.
"Lumos!" Sirius said. James repeated it. And then, to their horror, three voice repeated it behind them.
"You three!" James said angrily. "What..."
Lily smiled smugly. "HA! You thought you could get away with this, did you? I have a mind..."
"You won't do anything." All of them froze. In unison they looked up. Snape was glaring at them down his hooked nose.
"Hm. I knew you'd try this sooner or later. My sister told me about it. She also told me how to lock the hump. Wonder if you can figure out how to unlock it?" He backed away and slammed the hump closed. They heard him mumble a few words from outside. Lily rushed forward.
"Dissindium! DISSINDIUM!" It did nothing. She pushed frantically on it. It wouldn't budge. She turned frightfully to the rest.
"Oh no..." Cassy muttered. The five looked at each other. A definite chill hung in the air.
"So..." said James cautiously. "What do we do now?"
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Heh! That's it for this week, children. I am going on vacation to Orlando and won't be back till Monday. I hope this chapter is enough to tide you over till then! What do you think of the cliffie? Am I evil or what!
LOL! Megx
Author's Note: Hey everybody! This is new fic that I decided to start. I have so far not had much attention with Harry Potter and the Curse of the Gypsy, but this story can help explain some of the things in that story if you have read it. This is year one through their deaths for Lily and James. It has an interesting way of looking at Lily, and I hope you like it. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not nor have I ever owned Harry Potter or any character from these books. I own the plot of this story, and Cassy Reed. That is it. Okay, got that? Now you can't sue me.
Chapter Four
James sighed as he sat down next to Sirius. "I am incredibly bored." He muttered. "We've been here for nearly a month already, and haven't had any fun. No adventures. No excitement..."
"Of course we have." Said Sirius absently. "Remember when Peter accidentally blew up his Transmogrifying Tonic and it covered half of the Slytherins? Snape's nose was like a oversize banana for the rest of the day."
"Yeah..." James smiled happily. "That was great...but it wasn't on purpose." He frowned. "Come on, we haven't pranked anybody. Even Loopy."
"Well, you know we had something planned for last week, but he disappeared..."
"Yeah...why was that anyway?" James frowned. "I mean, he wasn't sick was he?"
"He might have been." Sirius stated. "He certainly looked it. I reckoned that he was trying to touch the Whomping Willow like the other kids and he got a good thrashing for it." He shuddered, remembering his own experience.
"Yeah...I guess so, but I've never seen him or the redheads go near it." James shrugged. "I just hope he hasn't made a name for himself as top troublemaker in this school." James stated. "That is a position already occupied."
"I dunno." Sirius snorted. "You never know what people were like when they were our age...who knows? Maybe Dumbledore himself was the one that bewitched that room on the third floor to lob insults at whoever enters. He certainly could have accomplished it."
"Yeah..." said James reverently. "That room is incredible...that time Snape accidentally went in, and it started calling him a slimy, hook nosed, greasy haired git..."
"I wish I had known what it did before then...we could have trapped him in there." Sirius looked regretful, the way he always did when he thought of pranks that might have been pulled but, unfortunately, were never carried out.
"Hey guys!" The plump boy from potions class sat down next to James, pushing his thin blonde hair out of his eyes. "What are you doing?"
"None of your business." Said Sirius absently.
"You know, we don't really need any more enemies. Be a good dog, Sirius. Play nice." Sirius scowled at James' words.
"All right...sorry 'bout that Peter. I guess you're all right. Not like that crazy red head. And her Loopy friend."
"Which crazy redhead?" asked Peter, raising a brow.
"Erm...well, now that you think about it, there are quite a few crazy redheads running around school." James said thoughtfully. "There's the Reed sisters, that older Weasley boy, and then there's that muggle born girl, Lily Evans." He shuddered. "She's the craziest of all of them."
"Is she really that bad?" Peter asked. "I mean, what has she really done?"
"She's got a voice like a bloody banshee." James said, grimacing. "Like to screamed by ear off on the train."
"And she's always trying to prove how much better she is than us." Sirius sneered. "Thankfully, she doesn't appear to be that good at Transfiguration, does she James?"
James snorted. "Yeah. Instead of turning that turnip into a soup bowl, she just blew it up."
"Well, I blew my turnip up too..." Peter said warily. James and Sirius didn't appear to hear him.
"I still remember the way she looked." Sirius said, smiling happily. "I thought for sure she was going to go crazy and curse the entire room."
"Yeah, well. She eventually got it right. Not before I did though." James chuckled.
"Who would have thought we would be the best students in Transfiguration?" Sirius said, shuddering. "It's really a scary thought, you know. Us? Good at school? Why, what would our mothers say?"
"Mum would probably have a heart attack. Imagine, you good at something." Donovan grinned as he walked over. "Sorry, pup. Intelligence is reserved for the elder son in the family." He smiled at Peter. "Hey, kid."
"And what does that leave me with?" Sirius snorted. "My dashing good looks?"
"Nope, sorry. Got that too." Donovan laughed when Sirius threw a book at him, dodging it. "Hey, with that arm you may eventually make a good Keeper on the Quidditch team." Donovan smiled smugly. "Too bad you're too young to be on the team, huh?"
"Yeah, only because the captain of the team is too much of a prat to actually let one of us have a chance. I could be the youngest Quidditch player on the Hogwart's teams in a hundred years. Imagine...."
"Yeah." James snorted. "Like that would ever happen. You'd have to be a prodigy or something for that."
Donovan shrugged. "Hey, you know McGonogall. She may be serious, but she's always looking to beat Slytherin at anything. Sisal gets on her right nerves, you know? I always figured someday McGonogall is going to do something to that woman. But if the right person came along, I would bet anything she'd toss away all the rules to get them on the team."
"Yeah." James shrugged. "But the team is already full, anyway. And our team has won for the past five years running. We'll beat Slytherin, no doubt about that."
"I'll be replacing you as seeker next year." Said James smugly. "When you're gone, old man, you just wait and see..."
"Yeah, yeah..." Donovan sighed. "Of course, of course. Listen, I was just coming over to ask you guys if there is anything you want at Hogsmeade. This is the first Hogsmeade weekend of the year, you know. Too bad you two are first years." He said haughtily.
"You reckon you can get us a large bag of dungbombs?" Sirius said eagerly. "I've got two galleons saved up."
"Yeah, okay. You James?" James grinned.
"Just...buy me whatever treats they've got at the joke store, all right? I've got five galleons to spend." He grinned excitedly.
"You know, I'll actually be able to get you quite a few things with that bit. Goodman's Gags is going out of business, you know."
"WHAT?" Sirius and James yelled at once. Peter just glanced up, not saying anything. "You mean, all the pranks...gone?"
"Yep." Donovan even looked slightly depressed at the news. "Makes me want to...well, I'll just say that I am quite angry at the moment. It's all right, I guess..." he said wearily. "The dungbombs never seemed to work right, and their Fanged Frisbees lose all their teeth within a week or so."
"Well," he said, "Enough of that. Did you hear about that haunted house in Hogsmeade?"
"Haunted house?" Sirius glanced over at James.
"Mmm...it just started up last week. Howling, banging. At first they all thought it was Peeves, until they heard the screams. Reckon not even poltergeist like Peeves could make a sound like that."
"Sounds...scary." Peter shuddered at the thought.
"Whoa..." James grinned at Sirius. "We have to visit that sometime."
"Can't." Donovan said mildly. "Nobody can get it, that's the thing. There's no doors, no windows, not even a drain pipe or anything. It was like it was built for nobody to get in or out of."
"Sounds...fun."
"Listen, you two..." Sirius said exasperatedly, before rolling his eyes. "Whatever, I know you're going to do whatever you are going to do anyway. Just be careful, all right? I don't want to get a howler from mum."
James and Sirius grinned at each other. Peter looked at them hopfully. "You'll...if you do anything, you'll let me in on it, right? Cause it sounds like fun..."
"Yeah, Pete. Whatever."
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"Hey, Remus! You're back!" Lily and Cassy grinned cheerfully at Remus from their seat in the library, where they had been chatting quietly over their books, getting occasional dark looks from the librarian.
"Mmm..." he sat down next to them. There were shadows under his eyes and his arms were covered with light reddish scratch marks.
"Are you okay?" said Lily, furrowing her brow. "You look like you got in a fight and lost."
"Don't worry about me." He said, unenthusiastically. "I just...my mum was sick, okay? I had to go up for a couple of days. But she isn't well yet. I may have to go up every once in a while, you know?"
"Okay...sure." Lily glanced at Cassy from the corner of her eye. Both of the girls nodded. They didn't believe a word of what Remus was saying. They didn't press on, though.
"Do you need help with any charms homework?" Lily asked, putting away her book. "I did pretty well on that. Just don't ask me to help you with Transfiguration."
"Why not?" Remus asked. Cassy snorted.
"She almost blew up Professor McGonogalls room." Cassy snorted. "I'm in the class after her. I saw the scorch marks on the desk and everything. And all she had to do was turn a turnip into a soup bowl!"
Remus began laughing, quieting only when the librarian glared at them harshly down her beaked nose. "It wasn't that bad!" Lily hissed. "I just...used a little too much magic, that's it. My wand is good for charms, you know, not Transfiguration."
"My wand is supposed to be best for Transfiguration and my best class is DADA." Cassy shrugged. "It isn't hard. I have enjoyed learning about all the various dark creatures. Boggarts, hags, vampires, werewolves, even." Remus gulped. Lily and Cassy didn't notice.
Suddenly a loud chiming was heard from outside. Lily glanced down at her watch. "Oh! It's time for dinner already. Let's go...we can talk afterwards, Cassy. You know where the portrait of the fat lady is, don't you? You can meet us there."
"But..but I'm not Gryffindor!" Cassy sputtered, eyes wide. Lily shrugged.
"Hey, I don't think it will matter much, so long as you aren't Slytherin. But just to be safe, and to keep anybody from being upset, I'll bring a pair of earmuffs, so you can't hear the password."
"All right, then." Cassy said. "I guess...well, that's fine. My sister is Gryffindor, you know, and she was talking once about her friend Poppy. She once brought a Hufflepuff boy in the common room. Nobody minded, except he turned out to be an incorrigible braggart. Amos Diggory." She shuddered.
"Okay. Meet you then."
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"Ready, James?"
"I sure am, Sirius!" The boys grinned at each other as the slipped the invisibility cloak over their heads. They disappeared into thin air.
"Ha! Nobody can see me!"
"Nobody can see me either, dunder." James muttered. "C'mon, let's go quickly down the hall. I want to find that statue quickly."
They wandered down the hall, standing close. Many students passed by. James and Sirius kept having to dodge them. They might have been invisible, but they were still solid.
"Oh, Arthur...you're just the sweetest..."
"I love you, Molly. You really are the prettiest girl in Hogwarts, you know."
"Even prettier than Isabelle Snape?" Arthur sputtered, making Molly laugh out loud and plant a big kiss on his lips. James and Sirius snickered as they passed. Fortunately, both were involved in...what they were involved in, and didn't hear the two boys pass.
They made slow time down the hall, until they came to a halt near the Gryffindor tower. Cassy was standing nervously beside the portrait of the Fat Lady. Remus and Lily appeared suddenly out of nowhere and stood beside her, talking under their breaths.
"Why...they're letting that Ravenclaw in our common room!" Said James in irritation. "Those..."
"It doesn't matter." Sirius said, nudging James. "Come on, we have to find that statue soon." Suddenly, though, the Remus and the two redheaded girls walked out into the hall.
"Did you hear something?" Said Lily, craning her neck to look down the dark passageway.
"Yeah...I thought so, anyway. Must have been one of the ghosts. Maybe Peeves."
"Probably..." Lily continued looking. "I could have sworn, though..." She took a step back. She was now standing right in front of Sirius and James.
"Lily...let's go on." Remus said. "Cassy can't stay long. We'd better get in, if we don't want to get in trouble.
"Okay...that's fine." She turned to go and tripped, falling to ground. Her foot was caught in the cloak. James fretfully grabbed hold, praying that she wouldn't notice the little glint of silver material near their feet.
"What is it?" Remus said, pulling her to her feet.
"Just...clumsy. I guess." She looked around the hall once more. "Let's go." They turned back to the painting. "All right, then..."
James sighed thankfully and nudged Sirius in the arm. They began walking once more, looking back every once in a while to see that they were not being followed. After a while they came to the statue.
"This is it?" James said thoughtfully.
"Donovan said you just have to tap the hump and say, 'Dissindium.' C'mon, lets try it." James followed his directions. The hump creaked open. "You first." Sirius muttered, eyeing the dark hole. James shrugged and quickly pulled off the cloak.
"Come on, hurry!" After he had disappeared, Sirius followed. They found themselves in a large dark passageway.
"Let's go." James muttered. They began walking until there was no longer any light.
"Lumos!" Sirius said. James repeated it. And then, to their horror, three voice repeated it behind them.
"You three!" James said angrily. "What..."
Lily smiled smugly. "HA! You thought you could get away with this, did you? I have a mind..."
"You won't do anything." All of them froze. In unison they looked up. Snape was glaring at them down his hooked nose.
"Hm. I knew you'd try this sooner or later. My sister told me about it. She also told me how to lock the hump. Wonder if you can figure out how to unlock it?" He backed away and slammed the hump closed. They heard him mumble a few words from outside. Lily rushed forward.
"Dissindium! DISSINDIUM!" It did nothing. She pushed frantically on it. It wouldn't budge. She turned frightfully to the rest.
"Oh no..." Cassy muttered. The five looked at each other. A definite chill hung in the air.
"So..." said James cautiously. "What do we do now?"
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Heh! That's it for this week, children. I am going on vacation to Orlando and won't be back till Monday. I hope this chapter is enough to tide you over till then! What do you think of the cliffie? Am I evil or what!
LOL! Megx