Play by Play
Stray
To our dear Harrykins, for you coming of age we would like to present you with this marvelous collection of all our ….
Pranks, Jokes and all other comical situations we have forced others into….
Starting with our attempts to glue Bills boots to his bedroom floor when we were four….
And finishing with our rather colourful grand opening of Weasleys Wizard Wheezes…
We Gred and Forge are proud to present the first ever…
Book to be sold at The WWW Shop…
Play by Play, a collection of jokes, tricks and embarrassing situations Volume I, By Fred and George Weasley…
It's a special autographed edition given to our first financer on this most special day…
Harry James Potter we are pleased to present a book that would have made the great…
Moony, Wormtail (he may be a bastard now that you haven't managed to kill yet but you have to admit that he was a prankster in his youth) Padfoot (may he rest in peace), and Prongs (The most noble of them all) Proud…
On this day, the 31/07/1997…
Just to say…
Happy Birthday Mate…
Your Free…
And remember as Dumbledore always says…
Magic is a gift use it wisely…
But we say, screw that, use it however you like…
Have a great day we'll be over around 3 to pick you up. Be ready.
Bye Mate…
Fred and…
George Weasley
P.S We thought you would also need something stronger than butterbeer on you're 'Oh, so special day'…
The words to open a special map should do the trick for both gifts…
Harry smiled after reading the letterand said "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."
It was truly a Fred and George moment, when a book in a violent shade of violet with neon green lettering reading 'Play by Play, a Collection of Jokes, Tricks and Embarrassing Situations Volume I, By Fred and George Weasley' along with a highly polished dark wooden box containing Fire Whiskey. It sounded like he would be getting out of the Dursley's at three that afternoon!
The perfect birthday present, even though he was old enough to get his apparation licence and as such should be gettinghis arseover to the Ministry of Magicfor his licence. Mind you he had been able to apparate since the previous Christmas holidays when Draco had taught him so both of themcould sneak off school grounds on Fridays to get fantasticaly drunk and make out in the back alleys of london with whatever girls they had picked up that night.
Harry and Draco's friendship was still a secret and both were highly surprised when neither Ron nor Hermione (especially Hermione)had caught them out earlier in their friendship. Harry had been shocked when early in his sixth year Draco had swallowed his pride and apologized to Harry, for five years of hatred and confrontations caused by his father's influence. Now that his father was in Azkaban, Draco had reconsidered his opinions and what they were based upon. It hadn't taken long for both Harry and Draco to see each other as friends. Harry had decided to be friends with Draco as Ron and Hermione were seeing each other and didn't have time for him.
It had actually affected Harry greatly in those early stages of friendship with Draco when Ronand Hermione were too wraped up in themselves to notice when Harry was missing for whole evenings away from the tower, or even that he was distancing himself from them. Or most surprisingly when Harry slept for whole mornings on Saturdays, often throwing up, and more often than not with a massive hangover.
Both he and Draco had shocked the school after turning up drunk, together for dinner on Draco's Birthday that April. Harry and Draco had turned up at the Great Hall hanging off each other and laughing madly at a joke neither of them really remembered. Harry couldn't really remember why they had decided to turn up for dinner that night rather than go straight to bed and sleep the alcohol off and then wait till they had finished puking up the next morning before going off and having breakfast on opposite sides of the hall and not talking till potions in first period in which Snape had decided to put them together, hoping for a chance to kick Harry out of his N.E.W.T potions class.
That was a class to remember,Double potions, first thing on a monday morning. Both Harry and Draco drunk far to much the previous evening and were suffering for their actions. Neither Harry nor Draco had even lit the fire under their cauldrons that day and aftertwentyminutes for staring sickly at the blackboard; they had simultaneously put their heads on their arms and started to snore. It wasn't very surprising to say that Harry had lost 20 points for Griffindor and gained a detention and Draco had got off with a reprimand, yet again.
It had shocked Harry that it had taken until late in April for Hermione to notice that he was far more proficient in Potions and that Draco had rapidly improved in Defense Against the Dark Arts. She had pieced together (along with the rest of the school) after the whole 'turning up drunk to Dinner' event that he and Draco were romantically involved with each other. This wasn't really true but Harry and Draco playedalong just for the fun ofandstaged a very messy and very public break-up; it had been the talk of the school for weeks.
'Are- I mean, were Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy really in a relationship?'
'I don't know, I thought they hated each other'
'I know that but you can still shag someone even if you hate them...can't you?'
'No there has to be an animalistic atraction...doesn't there?'
Both Harry and Draco had thought it very amusing…
And so the year had continued, both Harry and Draco playing along marvelously that they hated each other and never missed the chance to make snide comments at each other. Behind their façade of spitefulness towards the other they were closer than brothers, they shared everything, talking long into the night through Sirius and James' Mirrors that Harry had repaired and rummaged for respectively.
Authors Note: What do you think? Is it worth continuing? If you think so then let me know and I'll write another chapter.