DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Harry Potter and er, I'm just borrowing JK Rowling's characters.

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Harry, Ron and Hermione sat in the Gryffindor common room. It was a wonderful Sunday afternoon but they completely had no idea why they weren't outside. They discussed this profoundly.

          "Maybe You-Know-Who's Out there right now trying to kill you, Harry," suggested Ron.

          "Yeah, and intuition kept us inside," said Hermione. This idea seemed plausible enough so Harry nodded in agreement. This indicated a conclusion was reached and so the topic of discussion was to be changed.

          Something, however, bothered Ron.

          "It seems awfully quiet in here," he said observantly.

          "Oh, that must be because there's no one in here except us," Harry told Ron sagely. Ron and Hermione nodded … … a conclusion had been reached. Life was good. Not for long.

          "This is an awfully boring job," Hermione said.

          "What is?" Harry and Ron asked at the same time. They glanced at each other for a moment then said together, "Jinx!" Unfortunately for Harry, Ron was fast enough to say, "Double jinx!" Harry scowled in silence.

          "Being here, … hiding from You-Know-Who," she said matter-of-factly.

          "Tut. You can say that again," Ron replied.

          "Being here, … hi-"

          "Lucky for us, I've got my List-Of-Things-To-Do-When-You're-Bored-Hiding-From-You-Know-Who." He took out the convenient roll of parchment from under his robe and handed it to Hermione. "You choose."

          Hermione scanned the parchment. She raised an eyebrow. Then her face screwed up in utter disgust …

          She read the title out loud, "Ten ways to torture a spider to death …"

          Ron had a look of surprise on his face, which quickly turned to mild embarrassment.

          "Number One … Firmly grab one of its legs and pull the living day-"

          Ron snatched the parchment from Hermione's hand. He stared at the title then examined the parchment from top to bottom quickly. He grabbed a quill from the table beside him and jotted down something on the parchment. (Harry and Hermione were sniggering at this point.)

          "There … " Ron said when he was done. Harry and Hermione leaned over to see what changes Ron had made. The title now read: "A Hundred Ways To Torture A Spider To Death." "I knew there was something wrong with that." he said to his friends. He rolled the parchment up and took out the REAL List-Of-Things-To-Do-When-You're-Bored-Hiding-From-You-Know-Who and handed it to Hermione.

          She glanced through it and her eye caught Number 29.

          "Hey, this seems like fun!" she exclaimed. And it did!! It involved Ron, Harry and Hermione going inside the Slytherin's dormitory and messing up their beds!!!

          "Yea, let's do it!" Ron replied enthusiastically. Harry wanted to object. For two reasons. Firstly, if Snape found out about this, he would NOT be pleased (big surprise there …).Then he would probably deduct more from the remaining Gryffindor house points (which weren't much considering the fact that Harry had the unnerving ability to be unable to NOT stick his nose in businesses best left un-stick-your-nose-in). Secondly, Harry was, to put it plainly, a coward. Yea, sure, so he faced Voldemort (*thunder and lightning in background*) a couple of times, phbbt, big deal! He still shudders at the thought of encountering … … … Draco Malfoy! *DUM DUM DUM*

          Harry opened his mouth to speak. The he shut it. He just remembered he was jinxed. He was going to go along with his friends' idea. Besides, how bad could Malfoy be? And how many points could Snape possibly deduct from Gryffindor? They didn't have much anyway. He sighed. A conclusion had been made.

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Did I happen to mention that this is my first fanfic? No? Oh. Well, it is. Review if you like.