A Joke Too Far

Chapter 1
Bright Hair

"Mmm, Hermione this is delicious!" Sidney exclaimed. She stirred the red and white straw in the glass of whatever her friend had concocted. It looked gross but in actuality was good.
"Yeah I guess." Hermione didn't even look up from the book she had been reading. It was a huge book and was covered in dust. Sidney sat back and watched her best friend as she went line by line over the text.
"So did you find it?" She asked.
"Not yet Sid. I'll let you know. Why don't you look in Elfgar's Mischief Magic Spells?"
Sidney sighed regretting trying to distract her friend. She pulled the heavy book and cracked it open. Dust flew into the air and she coughed, "Man you'd think a book that has mischief in it would be used more often." She flipped through the pages, twirling her hair absentmindedly. When she saw her hair wrapped around her finger she remembered what Draco Malfoy had done. The bright green tress unwound itself and floated back into place. He had found a spell that turned her hair bring green and pink.
"Ah ha!" Hermione exclaimed forgetting the library rules. A rush of 'shhs' came and went. "I found it Sid. Look!" Sidney jumped up and stared over Hermione's shoulder. It was called The Wart Drought. She couldn't read the language but from the pictures she understood that it made the person's face swell with warts.
"All right! That'll be perfect!" She clapped Hermione on the back.
"It'll just take a day or so from me to create the potion." She snapped the book up, marking the page and headed for the exit. That was Sid's cue to follow. She quickly gathered her things, trying not to drop any, and dumped them into her bag. Hermione turned and waved her to hurry up. She finally caught up with her and they headed for their most hated class, Potions.