Ch 6 - Punishments
All four teenagers walked down the hall towards the headmaster's office with their shoulders slumped. The girls were walking a fair distance behind the boys though.
"We are so in for it," Sara murmured to Lily.
"Well at least you're not in danger of losing your badge! I wish we could erase the past day!" Lily whispered back fiercely. Sara raised her eyebrows and nodded.
*~* "I've already gotten in trouble today! He already warned me that there was to be no more pranks! I'm going to lose my badge for sure now!" James said despairingly.
"Cheer up Prongs! Just explain that you were the victim in this prank. Blame it all on those two bitches," Sirius said pessimistically.
They came to a stop at the gargoyle which hid Dumbledore's office.
"Er, no one happened to give you the password, you know, being Head Boy and all?" Sirius said hopefully.
"Crap! No, I was to busy floating about the Great Hall as a giant blueberry wasn't I?" James snapped.
At that moment the girls also reached the gargoyle and looked expectantly at the boys.
"Well, why don't you open it?" asked Sara, as if they were stupid.
"Well I would, if I had the fucking password wouldn't I?" James said.
"Language Potter," Lily warned mockingly. James stuck the finger up at her and she laughed.
"Excuse me," Lily said, stepping up to the gargoyle, "But we need to see the Headmaster, so could you please let us in?"
The gargoyle remained still.
"Let us in! It's important!" Lily said, getting frustrated.
The gargoyle remained still.
"I'm Head Girl!" she screamed.
The gargoyle remained still.
"Argh let us in!" she said kicking the stone. She muffled a yelp and nursed her foot and glared and the smirking boys.
The gargoyle remained still.
Sara slumped on the ground and sighed, Lily leaned against the wall while the boys stood in the hallway, looking useless.
Suddenly the gargoyle sprang aside, and the staircase slowly turned. All four looked up at the figure walking slowly down the steps.
Albus Dumbledore looked at each of the teenagers in turn, an unreadable look on his face. Then he turned and walked back up the stairs.
Sara and Lily looked at each other and followed him up the stairs very hesitantly. The boys shrugged and followed.
They all sat themselves down facing Dumbledore's desk. He had not sat yet and was looking at the paintings on the wall. The four said nothing and just waited, not looking at each other.
Finally Dumbledore walked to his desk and lowered himself into his seat. He gazed at his interlocked fingers, as if wondering what they were.
"I would just like you to know that you have finally drawn the line." He said.
They all looked at their feet, Lily was blushing a deep red. She was ashamed that she had let her anger get in the way if her duty and responsibility.
"Sir, we didn't do anything after you warned us! It was them who did it this time, we were not a part of it at all!" Sirius yelled suddenly.
"Unless I am very much mistaken Mr Black, you were a part of it. A very big part," was the gentle yet firm reply.
"How so?! It was them! We didn't even know about it until it happened! And it happened to us for that matter!" Sirius said.
"They never would have done so if you hadn't started it with the prank this morning." Dumbledore
Lily bit her lip. They would have but he didn't need to know that. Dumbledore, who never missed a thing, saw the action and his eyes twinkled.
"My mistake, they would have, but not so soon and so angrily," he said softly. Lily looked at him in awe, did anything escape that man?
"I have also taken in the fact that two of you have a serious reputation to maintain, being Head Boy and Girl. You were chosen for a reason, not to get off lightly with pranks. Which will in any case, not be happening," Dumbledore continued in a louder voice.
Noticing the look on Lily's face he added, "No you will not be expelled, but you may come close to wishing you had my children."
Sara groaned aloud and Lily sighed. The boys looked a little nervous and kept shooting questioning looks at their Headmaster.
"You will be serving detention in pairs until the end of Christmas, which will include Christmas break so send owls to your parents saying you will be here for Christmas. Don't worry, its only for three months."
During this sentence they had unintentionally drawn closer to their friends. Noticing this, Dumbledore said with a smile,
"I'd think it best if you called a truce as you will be pairing off with the opposite sex, and swapping every week." Lily and Sara looked at each other in horror, they wouldn't be having detention with each other! James and Sirius were sharing similar looks with each other.
"Each week you will swap partners, for example this week Lily and Sirius will be cleaning up for Professor Daskatue in the dungeons, while Sara and James do chores for Professor McGonagall. The next week Lily and James will be helping Professor Kettleburn in feeding and cleaning up after the animals, whilst Sara and Sirius assist Professor Trelawney in doing, er, whatever it is that she does." Albus said with twinkling eyes.
Now they all groaned, this was going to be hell.
"Oh, and there will be no wands allowed to help make things faster. It all must be done by hand." He added, definitely smiling now.
"No Sir! Please don't make us do it without wands! It's impossible," Sara protested.
"Don't be silly, it builds character! It also makes you use teamwork, which you are all in desperate need of," Dumbledore disagreed.
"You will have 2 detentions a week, on Saturday and Wednesday nights. You will not leave until the teacher you are helping is satisfied. Now, you'd best be off to your dorms to get a good night's sleep. Wednesday night is your first detention and it will be tiring," Dumbledore said brightly.
They all got up and turned walked towards the door, Dumbledore watched them, a smile on his face.
"Oh Miss Evans and Mr Potter, you will not be losing your badges. But one more prank and you will." They turned and Dumbledore took the smile on his face, instead giving them a piercing stare. They nodded and walked out, following their friends.
Dumbledore was smiling broadly now, his blue eyes twinkling merrily. That should put a stop to this 6 year feud he thought. By the end of Christmas they will no longer hate each other, even if they won't be friends. He popped a lemon drop in his mouth and got lost in thought.
He wrote a few notes to the professors with the four teenagers in their classes asking them to pair them up as much as possible. He explained they had to learn to work together and not fight; the detentions wouldn't do it by themselves.
Little did he know what would be happening by Christmas.
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All four teenagers walked down the hall towards the headmaster's office with their shoulders slumped. The girls were walking a fair distance behind the boys though.
"We are so in for it," Sara murmured to Lily.
"Well at least you're not in danger of losing your badge! I wish we could erase the past day!" Lily whispered back fiercely. Sara raised her eyebrows and nodded.
*~* "I've already gotten in trouble today! He already warned me that there was to be no more pranks! I'm going to lose my badge for sure now!" James said despairingly.
"Cheer up Prongs! Just explain that you were the victim in this prank. Blame it all on those two bitches," Sirius said pessimistically.
They came to a stop at the gargoyle which hid Dumbledore's office.
"Er, no one happened to give you the password, you know, being Head Boy and all?" Sirius said hopefully.
"Crap! No, I was to busy floating about the Great Hall as a giant blueberry wasn't I?" James snapped.
At that moment the girls also reached the gargoyle and looked expectantly at the boys.
"Well, why don't you open it?" asked Sara, as if they were stupid.
"Well I would, if I had the fucking password wouldn't I?" James said.
"Language Potter," Lily warned mockingly. James stuck the finger up at her and she laughed.
"Excuse me," Lily said, stepping up to the gargoyle, "But we need to see the Headmaster, so could you please let us in?"
The gargoyle remained still.
"Let us in! It's important!" Lily said, getting frustrated.
The gargoyle remained still.
"I'm Head Girl!" she screamed.
The gargoyle remained still.
"Argh let us in!" she said kicking the stone. She muffled a yelp and nursed her foot and glared and the smirking boys.
The gargoyle remained still.
Sara slumped on the ground and sighed, Lily leaned against the wall while the boys stood in the hallway, looking useless.
Suddenly the gargoyle sprang aside, and the staircase slowly turned. All four looked up at the figure walking slowly down the steps.
Albus Dumbledore looked at each of the teenagers in turn, an unreadable look on his face. Then he turned and walked back up the stairs.
Sara and Lily looked at each other and followed him up the stairs very hesitantly. The boys shrugged and followed.
They all sat themselves down facing Dumbledore's desk. He had not sat yet and was looking at the paintings on the wall. The four said nothing and just waited, not looking at each other.
Finally Dumbledore walked to his desk and lowered himself into his seat. He gazed at his interlocked fingers, as if wondering what they were.
"I would just like you to know that you have finally drawn the line." He said.
They all looked at their feet, Lily was blushing a deep red. She was ashamed that she had let her anger get in the way if her duty and responsibility.
"Sir, we didn't do anything after you warned us! It was them who did it this time, we were not a part of it at all!" Sirius yelled suddenly.
"Unless I am very much mistaken Mr Black, you were a part of it. A very big part," was the gentle yet firm reply.
"How so?! It was them! We didn't even know about it until it happened! And it happened to us for that matter!" Sirius said.
"They never would have done so if you hadn't started it with the prank this morning." Dumbledore
Lily bit her lip. They would have but he didn't need to know that. Dumbledore, who never missed a thing, saw the action and his eyes twinkled.
"My mistake, they would have, but not so soon and so angrily," he said softly. Lily looked at him in awe, did anything escape that man?
"I have also taken in the fact that two of you have a serious reputation to maintain, being Head Boy and Girl. You were chosen for a reason, not to get off lightly with pranks. Which will in any case, not be happening," Dumbledore continued in a louder voice.
Noticing the look on Lily's face he added, "No you will not be expelled, but you may come close to wishing you had my children."
Sara groaned aloud and Lily sighed. The boys looked a little nervous and kept shooting questioning looks at their Headmaster.
"You will be serving detention in pairs until the end of Christmas, which will include Christmas break so send owls to your parents saying you will be here for Christmas. Don't worry, its only for three months."
During this sentence they had unintentionally drawn closer to their friends. Noticing this, Dumbledore said with a smile,
"I'd think it best if you called a truce as you will be pairing off with the opposite sex, and swapping every week." Lily and Sara looked at each other in horror, they wouldn't be having detention with each other! James and Sirius were sharing similar looks with each other.
"Each week you will swap partners, for example this week Lily and Sirius will be cleaning up for Professor Daskatue in the dungeons, while Sara and James do chores for Professor McGonagall. The next week Lily and James will be helping Professor Kettleburn in feeding and cleaning up after the animals, whilst Sara and Sirius assist Professor Trelawney in doing, er, whatever it is that she does." Albus said with twinkling eyes.
Now they all groaned, this was going to be hell.
"Oh, and there will be no wands allowed to help make things faster. It all must be done by hand." He added, definitely smiling now.
"No Sir! Please don't make us do it without wands! It's impossible," Sara protested.
"Don't be silly, it builds character! It also makes you use teamwork, which you are all in desperate need of," Dumbledore disagreed.
"You will have 2 detentions a week, on Saturday and Wednesday nights. You will not leave until the teacher you are helping is satisfied. Now, you'd best be off to your dorms to get a good night's sleep. Wednesday night is your first detention and it will be tiring," Dumbledore said brightly.
They all got up and turned walked towards the door, Dumbledore watched them, a smile on his face.
"Oh Miss Evans and Mr Potter, you will not be losing your badges. But one more prank and you will." They turned and Dumbledore took the smile on his face, instead giving them a piercing stare. They nodded and walked out, following their friends.
Dumbledore was smiling broadly now, his blue eyes twinkling merrily. That should put a stop to this 6 year feud he thought. By the end of Christmas they will no longer hate each other, even if they won't be friends. He popped a lemon drop in his mouth and got lost in thought.
He wrote a few notes to the professors with the four teenagers in their classes asking them to pair them up as much as possible. He explained they had to learn to work together and not fight; the detentions wouldn't do it by themselves.
Little did he know what would be happening by Christmas.
~~Yay! Another chapter finished and waiting to be reviewed (hint hint). Whew, that was an intense one to write, I didn't think that a "chat" with Albus Dumbledore would take a whole chapter.~~
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Shamrock13 - Thanks for reviewing, I love reviews! More more more! I thought it was pretty funny myself! And its all thanks to Willy Wonka (gotta love him)