Chapter 3
Hermione quickly became in charge. This was the plan:
They would sneak the passwords of the Slytherin common room out of someone (ideally Crabbe or Goyle). Hermione overheard them talking about a party on Friday night.
Hermione found out that all the fifth-year Slytherins had astronomy on that night, with the party probably after that. The third and fourth-years were free on Friday evening to go to Hogsmeade and didn't have a huge test to study for like the fifth, sixth, and seventh years. The older kids were spending most of their time in the library or getting food from the kitchens for the party.
Hermione figured that no one would be there.
All the Gryffindors would go there, hide, and then trash the party.
"What if they tell Snape?" Neville asked.
"They are too proud to do that. And of course, all of us can't go. We'll take about ten people."
And the ten people were some of the top Slytherin haters and hated-by Slytheriners:
Hermione, Ron, Lee Jordan, and the whole quidditch team.
Hermione managed to get the password to the dungeons out of Crabbe. The conversasion went something like this:
Hermione-Crabbe, could you tell me the password to the dungeons?
Crabbe-Why would I want to do that?
Hermione-Because Goyle forgot it and he needs to know quick.
Crabbe-Malfoy said we aren't supposed to tell anyone.
Hermione-Well, this is an emergency.
Crabbe-Why would you want to help Goyle?
Hermione-I don't really want to. It's just that I was helping him with his homework and he took my book by mistake.
Crabbe-But you're in Gryffindor. Why would you want to help a Slytherin?
Hermione-McGonagall made me help him in transfiguration.
Crabbe-She didn't ask you to help me.
Hermione-McGonagall said you didn't need any help.
Crabbe was flattered.
Then it took him about ten minutes to remember the password.
"You got the password?"Harry asked as she went back to the common room.
'Yeah, and I also got this," Hermione held up the Ice-Rink Spray bottle Malfoy used on them.
"How'd you get that?"
"Well, Crabbe obviously couldn't remember the password. He had to looked through his bag to find where he wrote it. I helped him looked through it, comsidering it was a good source t find info and it was. I just sneaked it into my pocket."
On friday night, they sneaked into the common with the password; snicker doodle. Luckily, the common room was empty and dark with the lanterns and the fireplace out. It looked kind of like the Gryffindor common room with the dormitory staircases spiraling up on either side.
Everyone took their places. Harry, Ron, and Hermione climbed up the girls' staircase and sat on their knees against the banistry looking down. Fred, George, and Lee Jordan took the same position on the boys' side. Wood, Seamus, Dean, and Ginny hid behind couches and chairs.
They all waited equipped with whipped cream, unlimited-space water balloons filled with Ice-Rink Spray, and Hermione somehow managed to summon two small rain clouds about to burst. The rain clouds were floating on top of either side of the rooms behind the banistries.
"Everyone, do the hovering spell!" Hermione whispered loudly.
The room was full of everyone whispering the spell. It was a spell a little lower level than the hovering spell=Wingardium Leviosa. It only let them hover an inch, but it let them move without magic or friction. This spell was so there wouldn't be a reoccurance of what happened last time they came across Ice-Rink Spray.
As everyone was done with their spells and the room was quiet again, they heard a low rumble. Suddenly, a herd of fifth-years back from their astronomy lesson came pounding in. They were loud with excitement as they relit all the lights. Everything happened fast; music was turned on and the other kids started coming in with food.
The Gryffindors waited five minutes before Hermione whispered "Silencio" and all music made by magic was turned off. The room became silent and all the Slytherins were looking around confused not at anything in particular since the music didn't have a source. Everything started happening at once.
The Gryffindors behind the banisters dropped the water balloons. Screams erupted as everyone went slipping and sliding about and an especially loud scream from Pansy Parkinson who had the unfortunate experience of standing directly underneath the banistry.
Wood, Ginny, Seamus, and Dean stood up as the floor changed. They then ran around whip-creaming everything they saw, mainly the faces of the Slytherins struggling to get up. They ran to the door and stood against it waiting.
"Accio Cloud One!" Hermione yelled loudly over the commotion to summon the cloud on the other side.
"Accio Cloud Two!" They heard Fred yell from the other side.
The two clouds moved slowly to the middle and collided sending rain water all over the place with the shrieks louder than before. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan quickly climbed down from the stairs, which wasn't as fast as they could have with the hovering spell slowing them down.
They all ran to the door where the rest of the Gryffindors were waiting for them. They had to escape quickly since the cheap Ice-Rink Spray was wearing off. They weren't about to risk being outnumbered by an angry herd of Slytherins.
They opened the gate and were ahout to jump out when Malfoy came sliding over at the very same time the rink disappeared. He grabbed Harry and slipped in the rain water puddles. They both tumbled right underneath the clouds wrestling to get up. Finally, Harry managed to push Malfoy off. He grabbed his glasses running as fast as he could he went to through the door the rest of the group had held open for them. They ran until the hovering spell ran out. They hadn't gone to the portrait hole, afraid the Slytherins might follow them. They all stopped to catch their breath.
"That was great!" Hermione gasped happily as she repaired Harry's glasses, which had been Malfoy's first target in the fight.
"Yeah, they won't forget that for awhile. I'm glad we did this despite everything," Harry said as he wringed water off his robes.
The happy Gryffindors slowly sneaked back to Gryffindor tower, laughing and talking about the Slyterins merrily.
They all gasped as they came to the portrait. The Fat Lady was still sleeping but had something all over her. Harry walked over and wiped some of it off.
"It's whipped cream" he reported.
"It must have been from the cans we left in the Slytherin common room," Ginny said judging by the message sprayed on there:
we'll cream YOU!
"Guess they came straight here instead of chasing after us" Ron said.
The Fat Lady woke up and rubbed her eyes. It looked very pathetic as she came into realization of what happened.
"You!" she screamed looking at the whipped cream through the glass.
"We didn't do it" Ginny said.
"Then who did?"
The group looked at each other uneasily. If they told her she would tell Filch and that would end up getting them into trouble, too.
"It's nothing to worry about," Hermione said as she used a spell to wipe the cream off. She told the Fat Lady the password.
"Very well" yawned the Fat Lady swinging open showing them the rest of the Gryffindors. The group was pulled in and everyone laughed as they all told the tale of what happened that night. All the Gryffindors went to bed happy that night, not realizing how angry the Slytherins really were...
Hermione quickly became in charge. This was the plan:
They would sneak the passwords of the Slytherin common room out of someone (ideally Crabbe or Goyle). Hermione overheard them talking about a party on Friday night.
Hermione found out that all the fifth-year Slytherins had astronomy on that night, with the party probably after that. The third and fourth-years were free on Friday evening to go to Hogsmeade and didn't have a huge test to study for like the fifth, sixth, and seventh years. The older kids were spending most of their time in the library or getting food from the kitchens for the party.
Hermione figured that no one would be there.
All the Gryffindors would go there, hide, and then trash the party.
"What if they tell Snape?" Neville asked.
"They are too proud to do that. And of course, all of us can't go. We'll take about ten people."
And the ten people were some of the top Slytherin haters and hated-by Slytheriners:
Hermione, Ron, Lee Jordan, and the whole quidditch team.
Hermione managed to get the password to the dungeons out of Crabbe. The conversasion went something like this:
Hermione-Crabbe, could you tell me the password to the dungeons?
Crabbe-Why would I want to do that?
Hermione-Because Goyle forgot it and he needs to know quick.
Crabbe-Malfoy said we aren't supposed to tell anyone.
Hermione-Well, this is an emergency.
Crabbe-Why would you want to help Goyle?
Hermione-I don't really want to. It's just that I was helping him with his homework and he took my book by mistake.
Crabbe-But you're in Gryffindor. Why would you want to help a Slytherin?
Hermione-McGonagall made me help him in transfiguration.
Crabbe-She didn't ask you to help me.
Hermione-McGonagall said you didn't need any help.
Crabbe was flattered.
Then it took him about ten minutes to remember the password.
"You got the password?"Harry asked as she went back to the common room.
'Yeah, and I also got this," Hermione held up the Ice-Rink Spray bottle Malfoy used on them.
"How'd you get that?"
"Well, Crabbe obviously couldn't remember the password. He had to looked through his bag to find where he wrote it. I helped him looked through it, comsidering it was a good source t find info and it was. I just sneaked it into my pocket."
On friday night, they sneaked into the common with the password; snicker doodle. Luckily, the common room was empty and dark with the lanterns and the fireplace out. It looked kind of like the Gryffindor common room with the dormitory staircases spiraling up on either side.
Everyone took their places. Harry, Ron, and Hermione climbed up the girls' staircase and sat on their knees against the banistry looking down. Fred, George, and Lee Jordan took the same position on the boys' side. Wood, Seamus, Dean, and Ginny hid behind couches and chairs.
They all waited equipped with whipped cream, unlimited-space water balloons filled with Ice-Rink Spray, and Hermione somehow managed to summon two small rain clouds about to burst. The rain clouds were floating on top of either side of the rooms behind the banistries.
"Everyone, do the hovering spell!" Hermione whispered loudly.
The room was full of everyone whispering the spell. It was a spell a little lower level than the hovering spell=Wingardium Leviosa. It only let them hover an inch, but it let them move without magic or friction. This spell was so there wouldn't be a reoccurance of what happened last time they came across Ice-Rink Spray.
As everyone was done with their spells and the room was quiet again, they heard a low rumble. Suddenly, a herd of fifth-years back from their astronomy lesson came pounding in. They were loud with excitement as they relit all the lights. Everything happened fast; music was turned on and the other kids started coming in with food.
The Gryffindors waited five minutes before Hermione whispered "Silencio" and all music made by magic was turned off. The room became silent and all the Slytherins were looking around confused not at anything in particular since the music didn't have a source. Everything started happening at once.
The Gryffindors behind the banisters dropped the water balloons. Screams erupted as everyone went slipping and sliding about and an especially loud scream from Pansy Parkinson who had the unfortunate experience of standing directly underneath the banistry.
Wood, Ginny, Seamus, and Dean stood up as the floor changed. They then ran around whip-creaming everything they saw, mainly the faces of the Slytherins struggling to get up. They ran to the door and stood against it waiting.
"Accio Cloud One!" Hermione yelled loudly over the commotion to summon the cloud on the other side.
"Accio Cloud Two!" They heard Fred yell from the other side.
The two clouds moved slowly to the middle and collided sending rain water all over the place with the shrieks louder than before. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan quickly climbed down from the stairs, which wasn't as fast as they could have with the hovering spell slowing them down.
They all ran to the door where the rest of the Gryffindors were waiting for them. They had to escape quickly since the cheap Ice-Rink Spray was wearing off. They weren't about to risk being outnumbered by an angry herd of Slytherins.
They opened the gate and were ahout to jump out when Malfoy came sliding over at the very same time the rink disappeared. He grabbed Harry and slipped in the rain water puddles. They both tumbled right underneath the clouds wrestling to get up. Finally, Harry managed to push Malfoy off. He grabbed his glasses running as fast as he could he went to through the door the rest of the group had held open for them. They ran until the hovering spell ran out. They hadn't gone to the portrait hole, afraid the Slytherins might follow them. They all stopped to catch their breath.
"That was great!" Hermione gasped happily as she repaired Harry's glasses, which had been Malfoy's first target in the fight.
"Yeah, they won't forget that for awhile. I'm glad we did this despite everything," Harry said as he wringed water off his robes.
The happy Gryffindors slowly sneaked back to Gryffindor tower, laughing and talking about the Slyterins merrily.
They all gasped as they came to the portrait. The Fat Lady was still sleeping but had something all over her. Harry walked over and wiped some of it off.
"It's whipped cream" he reported.
"It must have been from the cans we left in the Slytherin common room," Ginny said judging by the message sprayed on there:
we'll cream YOU!
"Guess they came straight here instead of chasing after us" Ron said.
The Fat Lady woke up and rubbed her eyes. It looked very pathetic as she came into realization of what happened.
"You!" she screamed looking at the whipped cream through the glass.
"We didn't do it" Ginny said.
"Then who did?"
The group looked at each other uneasily. If they told her she would tell Filch and that would end up getting them into trouble, too.
"It's nothing to worry about," Hermione said as she used a spell to wipe the cream off. She told the Fat Lady the password.
"Very well" yawned the Fat Lady swinging open showing them the rest of the Gryffindors. The group was pulled in and everyone laughed as they all told the tale of what happened that night. All the Gryffindors went to bed happy that night, not realizing how angry the Slytherins really were...