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Chapter Seven
Slytherine gained a narrow victory over Ravenclaw in the next quidditch match of the year, increasing Griffindor's chances of getting the cup even more. Still, if they lost their next game, which was against Ravenclaw, they would lose all chance for the cup. Renee's Griffindor friends seemed very concerned about their up coming match which was in mid-February. Renee's next match wasn't until march. They'd be playing Slytherine.
"If we beat Ravenclaw, you guys need to beat Slytherine, not that you wouldn't have to any ways, but if you do it will make it easier for us to win the cup. The more you win by the less we'll have to beat them to win the cup.", George told Renee the day after the match. The four of them were sitting together on the lawn discussing their favorite subject, Quidditch.
"We'll try our best and I must admit I'd love to beat Slytherine. That would be so sweet.", Renee agreed, "So, what about that Firebolt of Harry's. Has McGonagall given it her okay yet?"
"Nope.", Fred answered with a sigh, "She still thinks it might be jinxed. It's a crime really. It has to be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my entire life."
"Really?", Angelina asked with a slight hit of displeasure that escaped Fred's notice
"Yea, it's perfect."
"So, you would pick a Firebolt, over say, a really good looking girl?", Angelina asked.
"Well, I don't know...", Fred was blushing and trying to hide it, but only George knew the real reason why.
"Oh, I wish I could see it," Renee sighed, not noticing Fred's blush.
That night their prank preparations went over well. The only thing Renee had to do was make sure the camera in Snape's dungeon had plenty of film in it and that the spell that made it take pictures automatically was still working. She returned to her common room, no one the wiser. Her house mates had all believed her completely when she told them she was going to stay up late to study and no one had bothered waiting up for her. She slipped quietly up the stairs and into her bed without anyone having noticed she was gone.
The prank was a smash hit. Everyone except Slytheine house was laughing themselves silly at Snape's grotesque appearance. Renee smiled to herself as she snuck into the potions class room later that day, when it was empty, to retrieve the film form the camera. She deposited it in her pocket and made her way back to the Hufflepuff common room, where she placed in packet along with a few knuts and addressed it to the magical photo developing shop in Diagon Ally. Then she went to the owlery, where Apollo was waiting for her. She tied the small package to his leg and he flew off.
The next morning during breakfast Hermes brought her the mail. Among various other letters was a thick envelop sent to her from a Diagon ally address She opened it and glance at it's contents quickly. Sure enough, it was the pictures and the negatives. She slipped it into her robe pocket quickly, glancing around her to make sure no one had noticed. Then, as calm and cool as could be, she opened and read the rest of her mail as she finished her breakfast.
That afternoon, when all classes had ended, Renee made her way through the hallways. She was on her way to meet her Griffindor friends in an empty class in an out of the way part of the castle, where they planned to look of the photos together. She had been waiting all day to look at them herself. She had not dared to, for fear she might get caught with them. When she got there the twins and Angelina were already waiting for her.
"Do you have them?", George asked eagerly as she sat down at the table with them.
Renee smiled and produced the envelope. She opened it, and spread it's contents out on the table. They spent the next hour looking over the photos and laughing themselves silly. When they were finished, George put them in an envelop of his own, but Renee kept the negatives, which she tucked into her herbology book. The plan was that the twins would distribute the pictures so that they could not be tracked back to her, not that they'd ever been traced as far back as the twins, but they took the precaution anyways. She would keep the negatives so that they could get more copies without raising any suspicion.
After looking over the pictures, Renee needed to get to the library. She had some studying to do. Since it was their fifth year the teachers were piling on the homework and she had a major project due in transfiguration soon. She was in such a hurry to get there, in fact, that she didn't see Mrs. Norris standing there until she tripped fight over her. All her books went flying out of her hands, including her herbology book, which spilled it's secret contents all over the floor of the hallway. The accident had given the cat such a fright that she had run off immediately. Renee breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this. Fortunately there was no one else in the hallway either. With another sigh of relief she settled down to the tedious task of gathering it all up, starting with the negatives.
Renee was halfway through gathering everything up when she hear someone clear their throat behind her. She jumped up and turned to face Professor Snape, who was looking down at her with an ice cold glare. She quickly tried to hide the negatives, so that he wouldn't see what they were.
"What happened here?", Snape demanded.
"I, I just tripped that's all and all my stuff went all over the place. I was just picking it all up professor. I didn't mean to block the hallway", Renee tried to explain hastily.
"And what are those?", he asked pointing at the floor. Still laying there, next to her herbology book, were two negatives she had missed.
"Oh nothing. Just some negatives from pictures my family took over Christmas break." Renee was so nervous she was starting to sweat now.
Snape, who obviously didn't believe her explanation, bent down to pick one up. He stared at it for several minutes, his face turning redder and redder by the second. Renee just stood there, her eyes fixed on the stone floor.
"Where are the rest?"
"The rest?"
"Do act stupid with me girl, you know what I'm talking about."
Reluctantly she produced the other negatives she had been attempting to hide. He snatched them from her hands and flipped through them all. Renee could see his rage building with each successive negative. He was so upset he couldn't find to words to rant at her. She knew she was doomed.
Finally, after Professor Snape had spent what felt like an eternity looking at them, he pocketed them and beckoned for her to follow. They made their way in silence towards Professor Sprout's office.
Chapter Seven
Slytherine gained a narrow victory over Ravenclaw in the next quidditch match of the year, increasing Griffindor's chances of getting the cup even more. Still, if they lost their next game, which was against Ravenclaw, they would lose all chance for the cup. Renee's Griffindor friends seemed very concerned about their up coming match which was in mid-February. Renee's next match wasn't until march. They'd be playing Slytherine.
"If we beat Ravenclaw, you guys need to beat Slytherine, not that you wouldn't have to any ways, but if you do it will make it easier for us to win the cup. The more you win by the less we'll have to beat them to win the cup.", George told Renee the day after the match. The four of them were sitting together on the lawn discussing their favorite subject, Quidditch.
"We'll try our best and I must admit I'd love to beat Slytherine. That would be so sweet.", Renee agreed, "So, what about that Firebolt of Harry's. Has McGonagall given it her okay yet?"
"Nope.", Fred answered with a sigh, "She still thinks it might be jinxed. It's a crime really. It has to be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my entire life."
"Really?", Angelina asked with a slight hit of displeasure that escaped Fred's notice
"Yea, it's perfect."
"So, you would pick a Firebolt, over say, a really good looking girl?", Angelina asked.
"Well, I don't know...", Fred was blushing and trying to hide it, but only George knew the real reason why.
"Oh, I wish I could see it," Renee sighed, not noticing Fred's blush.
That night their prank preparations went over well. The only thing Renee had to do was make sure the camera in Snape's dungeon had plenty of film in it and that the spell that made it take pictures automatically was still working. She returned to her common room, no one the wiser. Her house mates had all believed her completely when she told them she was going to stay up late to study and no one had bothered waiting up for her. She slipped quietly up the stairs and into her bed without anyone having noticed she was gone.
The prank was a smash hit. Everyone except Slytheine house was laughing themselves silly at Snape's grotesque appearance. Renee smiled to herself as she snuck into the potions class room later that day, when it was empty, to retrieve the film form the camera. She deposited it in her pocket and made her way back to the Hufflepuff common room, where she placed in packet along with a few knuts and addressed it to the magical photo developing shop in Diagon Ally. Then she went to the owlery, where Apollo was waiting for her. She tied the small package to his leg and he flew off.
The next morning during breakfast Hermes brought her the mail. Among various other letters was a thick envelop sent to her from a Diagon ally address She opened it and glance at it's contents quickly. Sure enough, it was the pictures and the negatives. She slipped it into her robe pocket quickly, glancing around her to make sure no one had noticed. Then, as calm and cool as could be, she opened and read the rest of her mail as she finished her breakfast.
That afternoon, when all classes had ended, Renee made her way through the hallways. She was on her way to meet her Griffindor friends in an empty class in an out of the way part of the castle, where they planned to look of the photos together. She had been waiting all day to look at them herself. She had not dared to, for fear she might get caught with them. When she got there the twins and Angelina were already waiting for her.
"Do you have them?", George asked eagerly as she sat down at the table with them.
Renee smiled and produced the envelope. She opened it, and spread it's contents out on the table. They spent the next hour looking over the photos and laughing themselves silly. When they were finished, George put them in an envelop of his own, but Renee kept the negatives, which she tucked into her herbology book. The plan was that the twins would distribute the pictures so that they could not be tracked back to her, not that they'd ever been traced as far back as the twins, but they took the precaution anyways. She would keep the negatives so that they could get more copies without raising any suspicion.
After looking over the pictures, Renee needed to get to the library. She had some studying to do. Since it was their fifth year the teachers were piling on the homework and she had a major project due in transfiguration soon. She was in such a hurry to get there, in fact, that she didn't see Mrs. Norris standing there until she tripped fight over her. All her books went flying out of her hands, including her herbology book, which spilled it's secret contents all over the floor of the hallway. The accident had given the cat such a fright that she had run off immediately. Renee breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this. Fortunately there was no one else in the hallway either. With another sigh of relief she settled down to the tedious task of gathering it all up, starting with the negatives.
Renee was halfway through gathering everything up when she hear someone clear their throat behind her. She jumped up and turned to face Professor Snape, who was looking down at her with an ice cold glare. She quickly tried to hide the negatives, so that he wouldn't see what they were.
"What happened here?", Snape demanded.
"I, I just tripped that's all and all my stuff went all over the place. I was just picking it all up professor. I didn't mean to block the hallway", Renee tried to explain hastily.
"And what are those?", he asked pointing at the floor. Still laying there, next to her herbology book, were two negatives she had missed.
"Oh nothing. Just some negatives from pictures my family took over Christmas break." Renee was so nervous she was starting to sweat now.
Snape, who obviously didn't believe her explanation, bent down to pick one up. He stared at it for several minutes, his face turning redder and redder by the second. Renee just stood there, her eyes fixed on the stone floor.
"Where are the rest?"
"The rest?"
"Do act stupid with me girl, you know what I'm talking about."
Reluctantly she produced the other negatives she had been attempting to hide. He snatched them from her hands and flipped through them all. Renee could see his rage building with each successive negative. He was so upset he couldn't find to words to rant at her. She knew she was doomed.
Finally, after Professor Snape had spent what felt like an eternity looking at them, he pocketed them and beckoned for her to follow. They made their way in silence towards Professor Sprout's office.
