(A/N) IMPORTANT!!! Hi everyone! Wow! It's been so long since I updated this story! Anyway, sorry for the long wait, but as some of you may already know I have started writing a new story. It's really good so far and lots of people seem to like it, so I would really appreciate it if you guys who haven't read or reviewed it yet would PLEASE do so! Ok! On with the story!

Disclaimer: I own nothing except the plot….although I really do wish I owned Sirius!!

The Prank

Harry, Ron, and Hermione got up from where they were sitting by the tree, (I think…couldn't really remember) and ran towards the Dark Forest as fast as the could to see what Malfoy was up to.

Harry saw another flash of blond hair up in the distance and ran towards it. The trio had been running for a good part of ten minutes now and Hermione was clutching at a stitch in her side while Ron was holding onto a tree for support.

They had stopped running and were taking a rest when they heard something.

"Ron, Hermione, is it just me or do you hear your heart actually pounding, really, really, loud?" Harry asked uncertainly, and somewhat nervously.

Hermione who was facing Harry and Ron turned deathly pale all of a sudden and looked like she would faint right there on the spot.

"H-Harry, r-remember last year when um…the Centaurs said if we came back into the forest th-they w-would um…kill us?" Hermione asked Harry going even paler still.

"Um, yeah, Hermione…why? Are you okay?" Harry asked getting more nervous by the second.

"Well, um…then you're not really going to like what you see when you turn around," Hermione said in a whisper.

Ron, who had been silent throughout this conversation went a little pale at the information he received.

Harry and Ron turned around slowly and to their horror the found about fifteen Centaurs standing behind, weapons drawn, and eyes glaring.

Ron gulped loudly.

"Who dares come into our forest," demanded one of the older centaurs that were standing in front. The centaur, actually Baine (SPELLING????), was pawing the ground with his hooves angrily.

As you can plainly see, the centaurs are still all stuck-up and snobby about just who owns the bloody forest!

Harry, Ron, and Hermione just stood there terrified, frozen to the spot. Harry and Hermione exchanged glances before Hermione spoke.

"Um…w-we were just leaving…so um…bye!" Hermione said and the three teens tore through the forest, trying to find a way out.

In their haste to fallow the flash of what they thought was blond hair, they had strayed far, far, far off of the path and were completely lost….that is…until the ground started to shake and a booming voice sounded through the forest shaking loose branches and leaves off of trees.

"HAGGERED?!?!?! HAGGERED!?!?!?!HERMY???WHERE HAGGERED GO???" boomed the voice of Grawp, Hagrid's kid brother.( Who happened to be a giant…)

The centaurs were quickly catching up to the three students and Grawp had blocked their way through the trees.

"Um…I don't know Grawp!" Hermione yelled back, "but Grawp, we have to GO!"

All of a sudden an arrow shot through the trees and through Ron's arm. (O.O I know, I know! Please don't kill me!!!! Doges Avada Kedavra and runs like all hell broke loose)

Ron yelled out in sheer blinding pain. (dun dun dun!). The centaurs were standing right behind the trio by now, but froze instantly when they saw Grawp.

The centaurs, most likely remembering the last time they ran into Grawp, turned tail and ran full speed back to were they came from.

The trio sighed in relief. Grawp, figuring Hagrid wasn't anywhere near (most likely getting bored. LOL!) left ……making the ground shake. (DUH!!)

"You know …that's the second time Grawp saved our skins," Harry said to Hermione. They hadn't seen Ron get shot with the arrow from the centaur and didn't notice anything wrong until he yelped with pain after touching the arrow.

"Oh my God! RON! Are you ok!" Hermione shrieked crouching down next to Ron and touching the arrow gingerly trying to see how bad the wound really was.

Harry was also crouching by Ron next to Hermione. The wound was bleeding pretty badly now.

"We better get him out of here," Harry said nervously looking around to see if there were anymore centaurs hiding in the trees surrounding them.

"You're right, lets go," said Hermione. Harry and Hermione helped Ron up, careful not to touch his bad arm and put him in more pain than he already was in.

Ron was going paler and paler by the second. He was loosing a lot of blood. His hair clashed badly with his pale skin.

Luckily, they were really close to the edge of the forest by now and could already see the school up ahead.

They quickened their pace and within 15 minutes and were placing Ron in a bed in the hospital wing with a very disgruntled Madam Pomphrey bustling around getting potions and whatnot to heal Ron's arm.

Ron was extremely pale and an extremely scared and worried Hermione and a very nervous Harry were trying to keep him awake because his eyes were slowly closing.

"Ron? Ron! Stay awake! Please Ron!" Hermione whispered urgently. Shaking him a little. It worked a little and his eyes opened once again. Madam Pomphrey came back to Ron's side and shooed Harry and Hermione away.

Ron's arm was de-arrowed and healed in about 5 seconds. He was still getting checked out by the nurse who refused to let him go even though he was healed. He was still a little pale though, which confused Harry and Hermione a little.

"Madam Pomphrey…since Ron is healed hwy is he still pale?" Hermione asked uncertainly looking at Ron oddly.

"I'm afraid the arrow in his arm was poisoned," Madam Pomphrey answered gravely getting some of the potions and putting them into beakers for Ron to drink.

"What I don't understand is how and why Mr.Weasley ended up with a poison arrow, let alone a poison arrow belonging to a centaur, in his arm," Madam Pomphrey said looking at the three students each in turn with a reproachful look on her face.

"Erm…we…um…," Harry tried explaining, but now that he thought of it, it was really stupid of them to go and follow what they thought was a flash of Malfoy's blond hair.

Lucky for them, they were saved from explaining by Professor Dumbledore who had just walked into the ward.

"Harry, Hermione," he nodded to them, "I would like to speak to you two in my office. I'm afraid Ron will have to stay in the hospital wing for the night so the potions can reverse the effect of the poison. Centaur poison id rather strong you know."

Harry and Hermione nodded and said their good-byes to Ron. They followed their Headmaster into his office.

NEXT CHAPTER:I wasn't sure if someone was supposed to die because of the prank, but I couldn't bring myself to kill Ron off like that. So, next chapter, Dumbledore explains to Harry and Hermione what the flash of what they thought was blond hair really was.
(A/N) OMFG!!!I was watching Las Vegas tonight and it almost made me cry!!!!!! O.O It was so sad!!! If anyone here watches it and missed it last night all you need to know is Danny McCoy got shipped out! Recalled! Whatever you wanna call it! He's going to war!

Anyway……thanks for all the reviews you guys. I'm just too lazy right now to reply…so sorry, but it's like 11:01 PM right now so BITE ME!

I was just watching the news and they misspelled Elderly! LMAO! You know… on the subtitle. They put Elerly instead. They forgot the 'd'. OMG! The governor (Arnold Shwartzinegger) don't kill me for misspelling his last name! Is 57!!!!

WHOO! WE FINALLY GOT TO THE PRANK!!!!!!WHOOOOOOO!

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