Marauders II
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Prank 3: The Slytherins Strike Back!
Draco Malfoy was positively livid! The Gryffindors had gotten them good with the hall of shame, and they had yet to retaliate! What were they thinking? They needed to get those dorks back, before they thought they had ground over the snake house, but how? And if you think he was livid about the fact the Slytherins hadn't immediately pranked back after the attack on their house, he was even madder at the fact that he couldn't think of a worthwhile prank to hit them back with. Shifting heavily in the comfortable green armchair he decided to hold a cabinet meeting.
The Cabinet of course consisted of his closest and most trust worthy friends. Roommates Blaise Zabini, Vincent Crabbe, and Gregory Goyle and fellow sixth years Pansy Parkinson and Millicent Bulstrode, "We need to get them back." Draco spat harshly once they were all comfortably arranged in the boy's six-year dorms.
Pansy leant back against Draco's bed, "I've been thinking of that too Draco, but how? I mean they pulled one of the greatest, not that I like admitting it, pranks on us." The black haired girl explained, "How can we possibly compete with that?"
Vince grunted, "We have to try, we're Slytherins, we can't go out like punks."
Blaise looked impressed, "I'm with Vinny on this one. If we do nothing we look like cowards. And I refuse to back down to the likes of Harry Potter and his gang of goody goodies." The broad shoulder boy stated proudly but yet offered no ideas on how to get the Marauders back.
"You all talk big," Draco glanced at his friends, "But none one's coming up with ideas." He huffed angrily, he hated when he couldn't think of anything. Usually he was the one on top of the game, a step a head of Potter and his friends, but he hadn't even expected a prank from them. Why he didn't know, maybe it was the fact that Potter's godfather had died, which taken even Draco for a loop, but whatever it was he'd tossed that thought out the window after the incident. None of the Slytherins talked about it, seeing as how they were still the butt of everyone's jokes.
Millicent frowned, "This is a dead end and all of you know it." The broad girl stood dusting off her pajamas, "I'm getting me something to drink and I'm going to bed."
It was almost like a light bulb had gone off in Draco's head. "I've got it!" The platinum blonde grinned like an idiot; those stupid Gryfindorks were going to pay. "Sit down Millie you'll want to hear this one." They made a perfect circle on the floor, as if someone was listening in on their conversation they leant in to hear what their ringer leader had to say.
By the end of the speech they were all cracking up. "That's a good one Dray." Blaise clutched his stomach, "I can't wait for this one."
Draco set back; they needed a plan and a few days. "Ok, here what we need to do. Potter and his sidekicks are going to need some time to think of their newest prank, and they won't prank us again because that would be incriminating, plus they've got detention out the ass. We need to take a few days to get prepared. Me and Blaise have Potions club and it will only take us two days to come up with what we need."
The brunette turned to his blond friend, "You think Snape will go for it?"
"Who says Snape has to know? We can just do a little after hours work, if we replace the stuff he won't care much." Blaise looked hesitant.
"How about we just wait until the first Hogsmeade visit? Won't that be safer?" Pansy wondered
Clear gray turned stormy, "If you guys are to pussy to go through with this fine… but I'm not giving the stupid Gryffindors anymore leeway to prank me again."
Crabbe and Goyle grunted loudly at being called pusses. "Fine, take Snape's stuff, he'll be easy on you." Millicent easily agreed they needed to get the Gryffindors back and fast.
"We start tomorrow, understand?" The group nodded, "Good, now get the fuck out, we need to sleep."
Pansy rolled her eyes, "You're usually happy to have a girl in your bed Dray."
The blonde Malfoy snorted, "Yes, a pretty girl." Blaise laughed loudly as Pansy flipped the Slytherin Prince off before shutting the door behind them. "Tomorrow pay back begins." He mumbled to himself elated that they finally had a plan.
"What was that Dray?" His best mate chuckled.
"Fuck off Blaise." The brunette chuckled even louder blowing his candle out.
The next morning had been full of talk, of the latest prank by the now notorious Marauders. Draco scrawled as he watched the Ravenclaws prance around relaying the story as if it was some accomplishment on their behave, spineless pricks. This only fueled his belief that they should hurry up with their own prank.
The night at Potions club had been progressive; Snape had let them work on their own potions for the night, so Blaise and Draco could help themselves to his cabinet without him asking any pesky questions. Thus most of the work for the prank had gotten done, now all the needed where a few animals which wouldn't be too hard. He'd instructed Pansy and Millicent to transfix as many things into as many different animals as they could think of to get some hair samples; this was going to be too good.
It took an entire four days for the potions to simmer once the hairs had been added, so it was a good amount of time before they could actually pull the prank, which made Draco nervous. What if Potter and his pals had already thought out a new prank? What if Potter beat him to the pouch line? What if he turned out to be the butt of everyone's jokes again?
No! Definitely not, he needed to up his nemesis one; he needed to add a score to his side of the board. Just like everything else that involved him and Potter, it have become a competition, one he was going to fight very hard to win. Tomorrow would make it five days, tomorrow they would have their revenge, and this was one many factors that helped Draco sleep peacefully that night.
The next morning Crabbe and Goyle woke early, they had been assigned the mission of getting the potions into the glasses that morning. Though it seemed the wrong task to give to the two idiots, they didn't want to look conspicuous. If Draco was to just get up and go to the kitchens one morning he'd look like an compete odd ball, for the Malfoy heir never ventured to the kitchens, not even at night, well maybe once or twice. So they had been forced to send the two over weight bodyguards, hopefully they wouldn't blotch the prank.
Blaise, Draco, Pansy, and Millicent nearly skipped to breakfast, a few hours after Crabbe and Goyle had gone to the kitchens. Today was the day of retribution; today would be the day, that the Slytherins would reclaim their title as the fiercest house at Hogwarts, a force to be receded with. They took their regular seats and watched the Gryffindor house table.
Harry Potted smiled every time he saw the cast on his arm, he'd have to live with the muggle treatment until next Tuesday when the new bone growth potion would finally be ready. Thought it made him happy he was ready to get the cast off. It had started itching like the dickens the other day. "Problems Harry?" Elle Smith wondered as the made their way to breakfast.
He shrugged, "Stupid cast keeps itching."
The Austrian giggled, "You should take a clothes hanger, an metal on, unwind it and stick it down there." Harry looked at the cast, and wondered if that would hurt or not, "It works trust me, I speak from experience."
The raven-haired boy nodded, taking a mental note to try it the next chance he got, which would be his free period after Double Potions this morning. The group laughed at something Seamus said, which Harry completely missed, as they took their usual seats at the Gryffindor house table.
Draco and company watched with bated excitement as the Gryffindors started in on their breakfast, it would take a moment for the potions to react this was going to be great.
Everything had started out completely normal, but in the middle of breakfast Neville gave a large belch sending everyone in a fit of laughter. The round boy blushed, covering his mouth with both hands. Another large belch erupted from his stomach followed what sounded like a snort. Everyone turned to Neville to see that the blush, wasn't a blush at all but his skin had taken on a soft pink shade. The forgetful boy sucked in hair, and a loud snort erupted from his pig like nose. Everyone gasped in shock as his ears disappeared from the sides of his head and reappeared deep inside soft blonde hair.
But that wasn't the end of their troubles; Dean hiccupped loudly, feathers sprouting from his arms. Long black and white feathers forming blade like columns running down both his forearm. Covering his mouth, his brown hands couldn't hide the beak that had sprouted from his lips.
Seamus gasped as his skin started to spot, and yellow hairs started peaking from his pours. Lavender scream shrilly as her skin turned to nasty green scales and her tongue began to fork.
Harry was shocked, looking down to his goblet to see that pumpkin juice had taken an odd color, his too burped loudly, feeling his canine teeth start to elongate, which meant one thing. Looking down his hands had turned from hands, to Anime style paws; his ears too had disappeared, reforming in his messy black hair. Looking down his shoes had been completely destroyed when his feet morphed into the same Anime style paws. When ripping seems filled the air, Harry cursed under his breath. The entire left side of the Gryffindor table looked back to see Harry had grown a long fury black tail.
Elle hiccupped as she felt her face heat up; small pink spot appeared beneath now blue eyes, long fluffy white bunny ears sprouted from the top of her head. Lifting her hands to cover the ears, she noticed that her hands had too taken the same appearance as Harry's except they looked much cuter, in a, I now have paws sort of look. Her shoes too had been destroyed as long white bunny feet appeared in the place of her size 5 feet. Praying to Merlin she felt behind her, and sure enough a small round, fluffy white tail had sprouted at the small of her back.
Ron gasped as his nose turned into a snout and ugly red hairs covered his hands and face. His eyes became beady, as he took the appearance of a true weasel.
Hermione scream as she looked down at fur covered hands and face, she'd finished off her own drink and now she looked as she did back in second year. Like a hideously deformed cat, her mouth had shrunk and connected to her nose. Her cheeks sunk down and puffed out as small dots appeared on either cheek, long black whiskers growing from each. Her face and body took a golden brown shade as her own tail peaked from beneath her skirt.
The Slytherins howled with laughter, "Looks to me Halloween came early this year." Draco laughed along with his fellow housemates.
Soon the entire hall was laughing at the expense of the Gryffindors, Harry was furious. But he didn't have time to express his angry as Dumbledore ushered the entire house from their seats and towards the infirmary, where both Professor Snape and Madam Pomfrey looked over the infected students. "Well?" One anxious third year asked after all the examinations were complete.
"It will take the entire day for an antidote to be concocted, until then, you are all fit enough to go to class and precede as if it were a normal day." The students protested in outrage.
"What! We'll be the laughing stock of the entire school!" Dean yelled, squawking loudly after his proclamation. A few hisses could be heard for the back in agreement.
Snape smirked, "Now, now, settle down animals."
Remus glared harshly at the immature Professor. "You heard Madam Pomfrey there is nothing we can do for you right now, so all of you need to head for class before you are all marked tardy."
Harry snarled angrily, "I'm skiving." He mumbled moving towards the door.
"You are not!" Hermione proclaimed, "You need to show them that were strong even like this, lets not give the Slytherins the satisfaction of us not coming to class."
Elle nodded, "They'll get what's coming to them soon enough." The blonde snared in a cute bunny way, she had to suppress the urge to hop to class. Ron just walked quietly behind them, brooding about being turning into a weasel.
Draco watched as the Marauders entered their Advanced Potions class, the entire room erupted with laughter, seeing as how they were the only four Gryffindors taking the class this year. Harry snarled loudly, "Oh, shut it!"
"Bit catty today Potter?" Draco covered his mouth, as if he'd said something accidentally, "I'm sorry, I made a mistake, that must be Granger I'm talking about." The room once again filled with laughter, "Looking normal, Weasley."
Ron just glared, "Say what you want Malfoy, but remember pay back's a bitch, and I'll make sure to get you twice as harsh." Malfoy didn't have much to say once Snape entered the room smirking like an idiot.
Harry's blood boiled, he'd show Snape just how much like his father he could be, and to do so he'd reserve a small piece of their next prank especially for his greasy haired professor. By time he's done with Snape, he wouldn't even know how to say James Potter or Sirius Black. And that was a promise he'd make sure to keep, the war was on!