Sorry for not updating yesterday, I'm a very lazy person...
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Even after Harry and Ron's assurances, Hermione was still unconvinced that they could do anything and remained fidgety and restless. During lunch, she sat alone, both boys had disappeared on mysterious errands and she played with her food and kept glancing up at the staff table, where Snape was suspiciously absent.
Towards the end of lunch, she just stared at her food and nodded dully at Ginny's cheerful chattering. She looked up when she heard a prolonged clinking; Professor McGonagall was tapping her goblet and the hall slowly silenced. She cleared her throat and announced, "Owing to a mishap, Professor Snape is now unavailable for the rest of the week, all classes of his will attend substitutions, look on the notice board for more details."
There were muffled cheers from every table, except, perhaps Slytherin. Hermione pinched herself to check if she was dreaming, and grinned when she felt the sting. Down the table, Fred and George were happily planning what tricks they would play on their unfortunate substitute teacher. Hermione looked around and saw Harry and Ron making their way down the Hall, grinning like two extremely happy Cheshire cats.
"Isn't that great?" asked Hermione gleefully, as they reached her.
"Wasn't much of a surprise" said Ron matter-of-factly, exchanging a quick glance with Harry.
"Why?..." Hermione trailed off and looked at the self-satisfied faces on front of her, "What did you do?"
"Lets just say that Snape got his massage," answered Harry
"Not good enough, what did you guys REALLY do?" she demanded
"Well, you see, me and Harry found an incredibly interesting book at the Library, which was full of exaggerated spells..." Ron declared
"Oh, you mean '2000000 spells and How to Make Them Bigger'?"
"Yeah," Harry looked bemusedly at her, "and we used the 'Maniacal Massage' and now..."
"...Snape is rolling around the floor, black and blue, screaming while the other teachers are looking up the counter curse." Ron cackled evilly, "I wouldn't worry about him now, Hermione, it'll be a long time before he forgets THIS massage."
A huge weight lifted off Hermione's shoulders, and unthinkingly, the stood up and hugged Harry and Ron, they hugged her back but Ron's hug lasted a bit longer than normal, he released his hold almost reluctantly and she blushed when he smiled at her.
They sat down to eat; Hermione now ate her food with good appetite and smiled at her two good friends. They enlightened her on Snape's expression when the spell hit him, his panicked cries and the confused faces of the teachers present, as he performed his strange antics. Soon Hermione was in fits of laughter at their descriptions and had already decided that their Christmas presents this year, was going to be one of the best.
Hermione went to bed that night with a light heart and no worries, except the niggling thought she still hadn't done that Arithmancy homework and it was due tomorrow...
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That was not the greatest conclusion but it'll pave the way for the next mess/adventure/problem...
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Even after Harry and Ron's assurances, Hermione was still unconvinced that they could do anything and remained fidgety and restless. During lunch, she sat alone, both boys had disappeared on mysterious errands and she played with her food and kept glancing up at the staff table, where Snape was suspiciously absent.
Towards the end of lunch, she just stared at her food and nodded dully at Ginny's cheerful chattering. She looked up when she heard a prolonged clinking; Professor McGonagall was tapping her goblet and the hall slowly silenced. She cleared her throat and announced, "Owing to a mishap, Professor Snape is now unavailable for the rest of the week, all classes of his will attend substitutions, look on the notice board for more details."
There were muffled cheers from every table, except, perhaps Slytherin. Hermione pinched herself to check if she was dreaming, and grinned when she felt the sting. Down the table, Fred and George were happily planning what tricks they would play on their unfortunate substitute teacher. Hermione looked around and saw Harry and Ron making their way down the Hall, grinning like two extremely happy Cheshire cats.
"Isn't that great?" asked Hermione gleefully, as they reached her.
"Wasn't much of a surprise" said Ron matter-of-factly, exchanging a quick glance with Harry.
"Why?..." Hermione trailed off and looked at the self-satisfied faces on front of her, "What did you do?"
"Lets just say that Snape got his massage," answered Harry
"Not good enough, what did you guys REALLY do?" she demanded
"Well, you see, me and Harry found an incredibly interesting book at the Library, which was full of exaggerated spells..." Ron declared
"Oh, you mean '2000000 spells and How to Make Them Bigger'?"
"Yeah," Harry looked bemusedly at her, "and we used the 'Maniacal Massage' and now..."
"...Snape is rolling around the floor, black and blue, screaming while the other teachers are looking up the counter curse." Ron cackled evilly, "I wouldn't worry about him now, Hermione, it'll be a long time before he forgets THIS massage."
A huge weight lifted off Hermione's shoulders, and unthinkingly, the stood up and hugged Harry and Ron, they hugged her back but Ron's hug lasted a bit longer than normal, he released his hold almost reluctantly and she blushed when he smiled at her.
They sat down to eat; Hermione now ate her food with good appetite and smiled at her two good friends. They enlightened her on Snape's expression when the spell hit him, his panicked cries and the confused faces of the teachers present, as he performed his strange antics. Soon Hermione was in fits of laughter at their descriptions and had already decided that their Christmas presents this year, was going to be one of the best.
Hermione went to bed that night with a light heart and no worries, except the niggling thought she still hadn't done that Arithmancy homework and it was due tomorrow...
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That was not the greatest conclusion but it'll pave the way for the next mess/adventure/problem...