Queen Hotaru- To Fred and George, it said 'Tsukino', but when she saw it, it said 'Serenity' (Which is her real name). Thanks, and I'll get this out as soon as I can!

Firefly-chan- You'll find out later… and I liked the glance-talk, too. It's now an official language hehe. I know how she's getting back at them, and it's funny (to me) heheehee oh geez, I'm going crazier…

Silver Dragonfly- You won't have to wait too long!

Bunni V- Pain isn't good, but I'm happy that you think my story is ;-) Your lack of humor is excused hehe

EternalMoonPrincess- I will!

Kawaii Tenshi- don't gag and choke too much, I don't want one of my reviewers to die! Hehe good luck on the mid-terms!

Gekkani_Musouka- Right then, I will!

Mmm…. I'm eating chocolate syrup with a little bit of coffee ice cream on the side ;-D

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"Hey, Katie! Do you think these'd work?" Angelina called from one side of Zonko's.

"No! These are much better, Angey," Alicia said, standing at one of the racks in the middle of the store.

"Get them both!" hollered Katie. "We'll need lots!"

"This is so much fun," Angelina said to Usagi. "We've always wanted to do something to get them back, but we haven't been able to think of anything. This is the most brilliant idea! It's so simple, but brilliant!"

"Thanks!" Usagi said, eagerly. She added in a louder voice, "Are you two all done? We should get to the next shop!"

"Done!" Alicia and Katie replied. After they had payed for their supplies, they moved on to Honeydukes.

"Let's get them some Acid Pops… and Fizzing Whizbees. A hole through their tongues and a float around the ceiling won't do any harm… for us."

"How about some of this Cockroach Cluster?"

"They definitely need this!"

The four of them were dashing around the store, finding the vilest candy possible.

"Let's get back to the castle and set up," Usagi said as they left Honekdukes.

"All right, then."

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The next day was a living hell for Fred, George and Lee. They knew that they were teamed up with three versus four, and that Usagi was the leader of their opponents. After breakfast, they'd given up the idea of eating. Every time they took a new bit of food, something would end up inside it. They all had to go to the infirmary to get their tongues healed, but that came after the throwing up of the cockroach clusters, which came after ten minutes of floating around.

During lessons, Angelina, Alicia and Katie kept on doing small things, like fixing their wands so they did the opposite of whatever was wanted. A huge stash of gigantic water balloons, no doubt charmed by Usagi, followed them around and hurled themselves at them at random times.

By dinner, the boys were thoroughly soaked and starving. Changing was out of the question, because the water balloons would simply drench them again in a matter of seconds.

"Remind me never to get Usagi mad at me," Lee said, his teeth chattering. Another bad thing about the water balloons was the fact that the water was spelled to stay almost frozen, and windows and doors leading outside had a tendency to open as the trio passed.

"Never get Usagi mad at you," the twins replied promptly, although in rather dull voices. The food appeared on the table, and they stared at it longingly.

"I'm trying it," George whispered, reaching for a croissant. Lee and Fred watched with bated breath while he bit into it, and their faces fell as he gagged and said, "A blood pop… nasty!"

Everyone at the Gryffindor table began laughing, and started passing the trio their own uncharmed food. Unfortunately, more disgusting sweets would end up inside them somewhere between their hands and mouths. The three once again ended up in the infirmary, nursing bruises from some falls, and several other small but excruciatingly painful injuries.

"Why, it's usually your victims who end up here, not you three," Madame Pomfrey chided.

"One of our victims wasn't quite as helpless as the others," Lee said with a rueful smile.

Madame Pomfrey turned away from them, trying hard not to laugh. If that Potter boy wasn't in the Hospital Wing, one of the poor people that these three played jokes on were. It was nice to know that even the Weasleys and Jordan weren't invincible.

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Dumbledore stood up as Lee, Fred and George cautiously made their way back into the hall, several water balloons still bursting over their heads.

Eyes twinkling, Dumbledore smiled and said, "I would like whoever is… er… contaminating Mr. Weasley's, Mr. Weasley's and Mr. Jordan's food to please cease, and let them eat without being terribly hurt."

The Hall erupted with laughter, and the wet threesome scowled. "This is the beginning of a war," Fred said savagely to George and Lee.

"Let's make an official announcement!" Lee said, whipping a slightly damp piece of parchment from his pocket. He wrote upon it:

Messers. Fred, George and Lee are now officially proclaiming war upon Messers. Usagi, Alicia, Katie and Angelina. BEWARE ALL INNOCENTS!

"Good," George approved.

Lee sent it to hover in front of Usagi, and then banished it to the Entrance Hall's announcement board.

Usagi didn't look the least bit frightened. She smiled mischievously down the table at them, and mouthed, "Oh, you three are going DOWN!"

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The so-called war began with many childish pranks, like putting spiders in each other's socks, but it slowly escalated into some downright dangerous tricks.

Alicia's hair was almost burnt off (but Madame Pomfrey grew it out again quickly), and Lee had to have his nose reattached to his face.

Angelina somehow ended up with a very bad case of the small pox while George and Fred had no control over Bludgers during Quidditch and ended up with several broken limbs.

Katie was transfigured into a mouse and put into a pen containing about seven cats… needless to say, she was a bit chewed up when she was put back to normal and brought to the infirmary.

Lee, George and Fred were growing very frustrated with Usagi, however. No matter what they tried, their tricks always fell through. Finally, George came up with a Plan. It was a Plan with a capital P because it was so brilliant, it just completely surpassed all other mundane plans.

It was more dangerous than any of the other pranks they'd done, but they weren't worried about that. The major thing was to get Usagi to fall for it. They knew she'd had some experience with dangerous creatures- they all had, with Professor Lupin- but they didn't think she'd know how to get past what they had in store.

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"Look, she's going!" George whispered excitedly, bent over the Marauder's Map.

"This is excellent! I can't believe she fell for that…" Fred added enthusiastically. Lee said nothing. He didn't know if he liked this…

As Usagi's dot drew nearer to the meeting room, Lee slipped away and dashed through the halls. As he hurtled around the corner leading to the room, he heard a scream, and then everything was eerily silent.

Throwing himself into the room, he saw Usagi cornered by a giant spider, which was clicking it's pincers and repeating one word over and over again. "Food. Food. Food."

"SHRINKIFY!" Lee bellowed, pointing his wand at the spider. {A/N: Ok, ok, shrinkify, I know, it's bad, but I needed something.} The spider shrunk to a normal-spider size, and it's voice became very high-pitched, but it was still chanting 'food' and inching towards Usagi.

Usagi looked as though she'd slip through the wall if she could. Lee stunned the spider and put it in a jar to be returned to the Forbidden Forest later.

"Are you all right?" Lee queried, turning to Usagi. She was pale and trembling, and when she found her voice, she spoke quite angrily.

"That could have killed me!" she shouted before fleeing the room.

"It could've," Lee said to himself. "That was really stupid. That prat George! He made it sound so brilliant…" Lee stormed off to find Fred and George.

"Why'd you stop it?" George promptly asked when Lee found the twins.

"Let's see… first, it could have killed her, second, that was the stupidest thing we've ever done, and third, I'm not joining in on any of your pranks until you two wise up!"

George and Fred sat there, stunned, while Lee walked away, angrily muttering under his breath.

"All right, then! At least we scared her," Fred said with false brightness. George threw him a disgusted look that clearly said this was not a time for joking.

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Usagi was curled up on the bed in the hidden room, writing in her diary.

November 28

Fred, George and Lee almost killed me tonight. They convinced me to go to the meeting room, but when I got there they were nowhere to be found. There was a huge spider, however, and it cornered me. It was chanting "Food" over and over again, and I know it would have eaten me if Lee hadn't shown up and stunned it.

I feel a connection with Lee… it isn't anything like the one I share with Harry, or any of my other friends. It's more like the one that I had with… Oliver. Only it feels so much stronger. Why? What does it mean? I wish I could talk to my mother… not Mom, but Queen Serenity.

I will find a way to talk to her. There are too many questions to be answered to simply read anymore. I need to know what's going on. It is no longer her secret to keep. This is MY life, and I need to know about it.

Usagi

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Hum de dum de dum… oh, you've finished reading this chapter? That's nice… I guess they're not getting into trouble for the Malfoy thing yet… what do y'all think of the little prank-war? Nice conclusion? Is she going to end up with Lee? Well, I know, but you can't know for certain yet… we all know that Rini has a habit of doing the unexpected!

To self: STOP TALKING IN THIRD PERSON!

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Oh... I got some reviews before fixing this...

Firefly-chan- ::blushes:: something whacko happened and the whole thing didn't upload... here you go!

Kawaii Tenshi- Good! They'll live... I hope.

DevilsDarling- Now you should know who I'm leaning towards for Usagi...

Bunni V- It's supposed to be croissant and then have a ton of stuff after it... You're welcome!