04 - Warning: Potion Contains Bogies

Had Fred, George and Lee known that detention with Umbridge would have been as painful as it was, perhaps they would've thought twice about playing Bogies in her lesson. As it was, they were all now unfortunate victims of her rather unusual punishment, and the scars on the back of their hands were permanent reminders to not play Bogies in Umbridge's presence again. So it goes without saying that the game was retired for the 6 weeks that they had detention. However, it wasn't completely forgotten about…

"Turn to page 197," said Snape, as he swished down the aisles of desks towards his own desk at the front of the room. He watched as his most hated students, the Gryffindors, turned slowly to the page he'd requested. Sometimes he wondered if they were intentionally slow, just to annoy him, and the thought crossed his mind that if they were going any slower they'd be going backwards. A small smirk formed on his face, but was quickly replaced by his trademark scowl as the students turned their attention back to him.

"You are going to make the Blindsight potion," he said and pointed to a cupboard on the far side of the room. "The ingredients you need are over there. Please take note that the Bat Bogeys need to be added only after…"

Snape's voice droned on, but the Weasley twins only heard it as background noise. They slowly looked up at each other and smiled evilly.

"Bogies," Fred whispered, and his smile broadened.

"Bogies," George whispered back, and his smile broadened too. Oh yes, Bogies was very much back in the world of Hogwarts. As the class began to move around gathering ingredients for the potion, Fred and George continued to quietly play the game, not wanting to attract too much attention too soon. It was only after Fred's 6th turn in the game that the other Gryffindors begin to notice. Slowly, word spread around the class and soon all the students were listening out for the sound of Bogies. When it reached George's 8th turn in the game, he said the word so loudly that it was impossible to miss. Quite right, since Snape had heard.

"Yes, Mr Weasley?" he asked, coldly, but George didn't answer. Snape stood and stalked over to the twins' desk. He stared down at them, his dark figure looming over them and casting a shadow over both boys.

"When a person asks you a question, Mr Weasley, it is polite to answer them," Snape said quietly, and waited for an answer. But the twins remained silent.

"You would be wise to answer my question," Snape admonished, but there was still no acknowledgement from the Weasley brothers. Their silence started to annoy Snape, and just as he felt himself begin to lose control, Fred shouted.

"BOGIES!" he yelled, right in Snape's face, much to the surprise of the rest of the students, who immediately burst out laughing. George gazed at his brother, a look of shock and awe on his face that Fred would have the courage to do that. Even Fred looked surprised at himself. But it was the look on Snape's face that was the real picture. At first he looked shocked, then he looked confused, before finally his expression turned into one of pure fury.

"How dare you," he whispered vehemently, his voice shaking in anger. "Get out of my sight!"

The twins, whilst they may appear to be fools, were not completely without sense. Knowing that maybe they had finally tipped Snape over the edge, they quickly gathered up their things and practically ran towards the door. Fred was the first one out of the door, but George not wanting to be beaten, stopped, turned round, screamed "BOGIES!" at Snape one more time, then ran for his life after his brother. Now if Fred's first scream hadn't shocked him enough, George's scream certainly did stun Snape. He stood, trembling with rage and trying to calm himself down, before he fixed his gaze on his remaining students.

"For your classmates' outrageous behaviour, all points will be removed from Gryffindor," Snape said smoothly, in a low voice. The Gryffindors all stared at him in horror.

"But sir! You can't do that! It isn't fair!" protested Lee, but Snape shot him the kind of look that would kill if it could.

"If fairness is your concern, take up the issue with your fellow classmates, because it is no concern of mine," hissed Snape and Lee fell silent. Then Snape turned and went back to his desk. "You will finish your potions in silence," he ordered, and the class resumed their work.


Meanwhile, the twins had retreated to the safety of the Gryffindor common room, laughing over their latest game.

"Did you see the greasy git's face when you shouted at him?" said George, holding his stomach, since it hurt from all the laughter.

"Yeah, I thought he was going to be sick or something!" laughed Fred. "I'm surprised he took it as well as he did, though."

George looked incredulous. "What are you talking about? You know he's going to kill us for this, don't you? He probably thought we were insulting the size of his nose, which by the way I swear is getting bigger!"

The twins doubled over in yet more fits of laughter, and didn't even hear the bell ring or hear Angelina approach them. When they did notice that she was there, however, they noticed that she did not look happy. No, not happy at all.

"Hey, Angelina. What's up?" asked Fred, uncertainly, because Angelina was giving him the strangest of looks.

"You have to stop playing that stupid game," she said, and Fred grinned.

"Come on, it's just a bit of fun," he replied, but Angelina silenced him with a glare.

"No, it's not fun anymore. Snape took away all of Gryffindor's points," she announced.

"What? All of them?" George asked, dumbfounded. Angelina nodded.

"Yes, all of them. So you have to stop playing that game. You can't ruin Gryffindor's chances for the cup," she stated before she went up to her dorm. The twins exchanged glances, and silently agreed not to play Bogies again. At least, not during school hours.