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          The plan was fantastic! The trio (or rather, duo, since Harry was still jinxed) came up with it in a quarter of an hour. They could not believe what geniuses they had been all this while! The plan consisted of two stages. Stage 1: Sneak into Slytherin's dormitory. Stage 2: … … … Mess up their beds!!! It was The Perfect Plan!!

          A brain cell stirred in Harry's head when he heard the plan. It occurred to him that their plan had rather large loopholes in them. Oh, ditch the loopholes! Their plan had rather large ravines in them. First of all, they needed the Slytherin password to get into the Slytherin dormitory. Second of all, there were BOUND to be at least a *few* Slytherins inside the Slytherin dormitory. It was, after all, a Slytherin dormitory, he thought. Then after a while, he thought again, Hey! There are 18 letters in 'Slytherin dormitory'! That wasn't a very helpful thought though.

          He opened his mouth to inform his friends of the ravines. But then he shut it. He decided NOT to tell them. Why, you ask? Because Harry Potter just remembered that he was jinxed. He followed his friends out of the common room as they went to carry out their 'brilliant' plan.

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          The trio was standing outside the Slytherin dormitory. After a few minutes of silence, Hermione broke it.

          "Ron?"

          "Yes, Hermione?"

          "Do you, by any chance, know the password to the Slytherin dormitory?"

          "No, Hermione, I don't." Then after a while, he added, "I'm in Gryffindor, remember?"

          "Yes, yes, I remember … well, you know what this means, then."

          "Er …" Ron pondered this for a moment. "We look through my List-Of-Things-To-Do-When-You're-Bored-Hiding-From-You-Know-Who again?" he asked hopefully.

          "No, silly!" Hermione said with a tinge of impatience in her tone. With an evil gleam in her eye she added, "This means we'll have to cream the password out of a Slytherin!"

          "What?!" Ron exclaimed. "How are we going to do that?!"

          They both simultaneously looked at Harry (who was still jinxed, by the way). He was picking some gum out of his shoe with his wand. He looked up when he noticed the silence. He cautiously raised a questioning eyebrow at them.

          "Will you go and get the password for us?" Hermione asked sweetly. However, her charm did not work on Harry. He shook his head and started backing away from them in case they tried anything funny.

          "Oh, come on," urged Ron. "We'll back you up!" Harry still shook his head. This time, though, with a bit more fear.

          "But … but …" Hermione said faking a hurt expression. "… you're the only one among us who has the most intellect and charm to convince those Slytherins … … … Please????" Hermione looked ready to cry.

          Ron stared at her speechlessly. Not because of her great acting but because he was thinking, How can anyone cry over such a petty matter like this? I must say, Hermione isn't the heroine I always thought she was. Harry, however, had a soft side. He began to consider his choices.

          Harry had three choices: 1) nod his head and go along with the plan which would MOST probably not work out at all (and also land them in huge trouble); 2) break the Number One rule of Jinxing and speak to disagree with his friends' plan and tell them why it would not work out; or 3) run away from them right now and live being called a coward by his best friends for the rest of his years at Hogwarts. He considered Choice #3 but then he really did not want to trouble his friends by making them call him a coward every time he was around them.

          He did what was best. He nodded his head and went along with the plan that would MOST probably not work out at all (not to mention, land them in huge trouble).

Well, that's Chapter Two. More Chapters to come. Don't worry.

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