New Beginnings: 9
"WHAT?" Lauren's voice rang through the halls of Hogwarts from the Gryffindor common room.
"it's nothing personal! the guys and i are just going ot do a prank!" came George's hurried reply.
"yeah but without ME!?" came her heated response.
"aw come on! it's just one! we really don't have a part for you in this one!" Fred could be heard saying. Fred, George
and Lee were going to do a prank on the Slytherins. Fred and Lee wanted just George to come along. They wanted a 'boys
prank' as they put it. But Lauren took it a different way. She felt left out but more enraged that George was going off ot have fun
WITHOUT her. Lauren became more enraged with every word the tumbled from Fred's tongue. It felt as if they were burning
daggers in her head. She was so upset.
"FINE BE THAT WAY! I'LL GO FIND SARIA AND WE'LL PULL PRANKS THE LIKES OF WHICH
YOU'VE NEVER EVEN CONTEMPLATED!" with that she turned on her heel and strode briskly from the room in search of
the aformentioned Saria.
*
Saria was to be found, very expectedly, being led away from the Dark Forest by the ear by Snape.
Left behind them was a very upset Hagrid who had called Snape to have her taken away. She had been trying to sneek in for
the third time today and the ninth time this week. Hagrid quite frankly, was getting sick of the old trick. She would get in one or
two meters before fang would begin barking and Hagrid would have to run and chase her through the forest to catch her and
bring her back out while she kicked and screamed about wanting to see the huge spiders and the centaurs. Lauren walked by.
"hi Hagrid!" she continued at a jog after Saria and Snape. Hagrid had not aproved of this since Saria first came to the
school.
"i don' know why yeh go off teh find her! she's nothin' but a bad influence on yeh! best to stay away from her sort!" he
called after her. Lauren just waved as Saria, overhearing this as pixie's have a keen sense of hearing, grinned. Lauren, ignoring
Hagrid's warnings, ran and caught up to Saria and Snape.
"hey professor!" she said while glaring at him, he did not answer her but continued walking and holding on to saria's ear.
"hi Saria! how's it goin'?"
"oh good enough, i can complain, but at the moment that doesn't seem to be a wise thing to do" she replied as Snape
tugged harder on her ear. He, like Hagrid, was getting sick of her trying to sneak into the dark forest.
"can i borrow Saria for a while professor?" Lauren asked, as polite as she could to the most disgusting teacher in the
school. But he smiled brightly.
"please! take her! be my guest and get rid of her! keep her as long as you want!" he said in a hurry.
"uuuh...thanks" she looked at him with a quirked eyebrow.
"yay! playtime!" shouted Saria as she ran forward towards Lauren. "OUCH!" Snape had forgotten to let go of her ear
and she had forgotten that he hadn't. She snapped back to him almost as if she were on the end of a yo-yo and looked up at
him with sad eyes. Her eyes welled up with tears. "ouchie!" Snape rolled his eyes.
"sorry" he said. She still wasn't pleased and she started crying. "i said sorry!" she still cried, but louder. "pleaaase stop
crying!" she continued crying. Lauren got an evil grin.
"perhaps you should hug her and ake her feel better?" she suggested, her sly grin playing on her lips as she held her ears
from the awful, loud noise. She was anjoying watching Snape this way. He groaned and bent down...really far down as she is
only 3'1", and hugged her. Her tears immediatley dried and she hugged back grinning give a thumbs up to Lauren who grinned
again and returned the thumbs up. Snape let go and Saria ran over to Lauren.
"bye-bye professor uncle sevvy!" she called as Lauren and her went running of a more deserted part of the grounds.
Snape was relieved to watch her go.
*
Lauren and Saria had managed to find a descrete area where there were no other people for ten feet around them and
so Lauren informed Saria of all the things that had happened in the Gryffindor common room a few minutes ago. Saria was
rather interested in her tale. They proceded to plan a prank to top off any prank that Fred George and Lee might have in store
and that would be remembered in the Slytherin and Gryffindor prank war for many years to come.
"WHAT?" Lauren's voice rang through the halls of Hogwarts from the Gryffindor common room.
"it's nothing personal! the guys and i are just going ot do a prank!" came George's hurried reply.
"yeah but without ME!?" came her heated response.
"aw come on! it's just one! we really don't have a part for you in this one!" Fred could be heard saying. Fred, George
and Lee were going to do a prank on the Slytherins. Fred and Lee wanted just George to come along. They wanted a 'boys
prank' as they put it. But Lauren took it a different way. She felt left out but more enraged that George was going off ot have fun
WITHOUT her. Lauren became more enraged with every word the tumbled from Fred's tongue. It felt as if they were burning
daggers in her head. She was so upset.
"FINE BE THAT WAY! I'LL GO FIND SARIA AND WE'LL PULL PRANKS THE LIKES OF WHICH
YOU'VE NEVER EVEN CONTEMPLATED!" with that she turned on her heel and strode briskly from the room in search of
the aformentioned Saria.
*
Saria was to be found, very expectedly, being led away from the Dark Forest by the ear by Snape.
Left behind them was a very upset Hagrid who had called Snape to have her taken away. She had been trying to sneek in for
the third time today and the ninth time this week. Hagrid quite frankly, was getting sick of the old trick. She would get in one or
two meters before fang would begin barking and Hagrid would have to run and chase her through the forest to catch her and
bring her back out while she kicked and screamed about wanting to see the huge spiders and the centaurs. Lauren walked by.
"hi Hagrid!" she continued at a jog after Saria and Snape. Hagrid had not aproved of this since Saria first came to the
school.
"i don' know why yeh go off teh find her! she's nothin' but a bad influence on yeh! best to stay away from her sort!" he
called after her. Lauren just waved as Saria, overhearing this as pixie's have a keen sense of hearing, grinned. Lauren, ignoring
Hagrid's warnings, ran and caught up to Saria and Snape.
"hey professor!" she said while glaring at him, he did not answer her but continued walking and holding on to saria's ear.
"hi Saria! how's it goin'?"
"oh good enough, i can complain, but at the moment that doesn't seem to be a wise thing to do" she replied as Snape
tugged harder on her ear. He, like Hagrid, was getting sick of her trying to sneak into the dark forest.
"can i borrow Saria for a while professor?" Lauren asked, as polite as she could to the most disgusting teacher in the
school. But he smiled brightly.
"please! take her! be my guest and get rid of her! keep her as long as you want!" he said in a hurry.
"uuuh...thanks" she looked at him with a quirked eyebrow.
"yay! playtime!" shouted Saria as she ran forward towards Lauren. "OUCH!" Snape had forgotten to let go of her ear
and she had forgotten that he hadn't. She snapped back to him almost as if she were on the end of a yo-yo and looked up at
him with sad eyes. Her eyes welled up with tears. "ouchie!" Snape rolled his eyes.
"sorry" he said. She still wasn't pleased and she started crying. "i said sorry!" she still cried, but louder. "pleaaase stop
crying!" she continued crying. Lauren got an evil grin.
"perhaps you should hug her and ake her feel better?" she suggested, her sly grin playing on her lips as she held her ears
from the awful, loud noise. She was anjoying watching Snape this way. He groaned and bent down...really far down as she is
only 3'1", and hugged her. Her tears immediatley dried and she hugged back grinning give a thumbs up to Lauren who grinned
again and returned the thumbs up. Snape let go and Saria ran over to Lauren.
"bye-bye professor uncle sevvy!" she called as Lauren and her went running of a more deserted part of the grounds.
Snape was relieved to watch her go.
*
Lauren and Saria had managed to find a descrete area where there were no other people for ten feet around them and
so Lauren informed Saria of all the things that had happened in the Gryffindor common room a few minutes ago. Saria was
rather interested in her tale. They proceded to plan a prank to top off any prank that Fred George and Lee might have in store
and that would be remembered in the Slytherin and Gryffindor prank war for many years to come.