Chapter 9
A/N: WHOA. I am SO friggering sorry that I haven't updated in such a long time. I'm so retarded. Anyway, it's FINALLY time for a new joke spell.
"I hate Divination," Ron groaned. He and Harry had just completed another boring class with Professor Trelawney, and were loaded down with homework to do.
"So do I. I wish I could pull a Hermione and just walk out," said Harry.
"Let's go back to Gryffindor Tower before we go up to dinner. I need to drop my books off." Ron stifled a laugh with his shirtsleeve. "I think we should try out another one of those spells from the joke book Hermione picked up." Harry nodded in agreement.
"Pig snout," he said when they reached the portrait of the Fat Lady. He and Ron climbed through the portrait hole to find Hermione sitting down in a chair hiding something from their view.
"What you got there, Herm?" Ron asked.
"Oh, I suppose I'll show you," she moved her hand and they saw a tableful of empty soda bottles in front of her.
"Ooh, pop," said Harry and reached for a bottle. Hermione batted his hand away.
"Don't drink those! I got the Canary Cream recipe from Fred and George and I changed it a little. This is Crazy Candy Powder in those soda bottles, mixed into pumpkin juice," she said.
"Nothing out of the book?" Ron asked dejectedly.
"This is better, Ron." Hermione grinned devilishly, betraying her 'goody- goody' aura. "This makes whoever eats the chocolate act very strange for a few hours. I made Fred take just a small sip out of a glass with some in it and he followed George around and acted like a giraffe for a half hour."
"All for the sake of pranking!" said Fred, clambering in the portrait hole with George close behind. George ran up to Hermione and bowed with a flourish. "Being in our seventh year, and also being master pranksters, we had a lot of practice with developing jokes. But your formula is great!"
Harry, looking excited, said, "But how are we going to give this to whoever we want to act crazy?"
"Easy. We always have pumpkin juice at dinner. Just pour some of the doctored-up pumpkin juice into a gobletful of the normal stuff," said Fred. Harry and Ron also saw a few spoons and bowls on the table. Harry reasoned that they could also spoon the powder into drinks, too.
"You've got to be careful with this though," Hermione said, sounding more like her old self. "My calculations say that if you add too much powder, the person who gets the drink won't be able to stop laughing for a week."
"Aye, Captain," chorused all four boys. Then they all grinned sneakily at each other and rubbed their hands together in glee as they picked up the bottles and stuck them in the pockets of their robes. As they headed out to the Great Hall for dinner, the thought that stuck out most in all of their minds was: "Man, is this going to be FUN!"
