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Author's Note: I went back and made some very minor corrections to a lot of the other chapters, but there's no real reason to go back and read them. Unless you want to, of course. If anyone has any ideas, feel free to leave them in a review. Anyway, here's the next chapter. Don't forget to R/R!
Chapter 31- Confessions, Pranks and A New Strategy
A week later, everyone's hair and skin went back to normal. Hermione, Tonks, Snape and Fred confessed to being the one's behind the prank. Hermione also told Lavender and Parvati that she was the one who made their robes change colors.
"What about my potion exploding?" asked Ron during Transfiguration.
"Joke product from WWW," Hermione replied. "Fred and George wanted to know if it worked."
"Why'd you have to test it on me?"
"Fred and I thought it would be funny."
Harry and Draco rolled their eyes and went back to trying to transfigure a box into a stuffed animal. At the end of class, Draco and Harry had not managed to transfigure their box, although they did have better luck then Ron, whose box had legs and a head sticking out of it. No one was surprised when Draco, Harry, and Ron were given the extra assignment of practicing the transfiguration of a box into a stuffed animal.
"I can't believe you got Fred a book for his birthday," said Ron while making a face.
"It was a joke book!" exclaimed Hermione. "Maybe I should tell Fred to try out some of the pranks on you Ron."
"That's not fair!"
Ron and Hermione argued all the way to History of Magic, but didn't pay attention to what Percy was saying because they were having a whispered argument the whole time.
After History of Magic ended, much to the relief of everyone who had been sitting around them, Hermione dragged everyone to the library so she research some potions for Snape. Everyone else decided to start working on some of their essays since they knew Hermione would be there for a while.
Hermione and her friends arrived to dinner to see that most of the people had either pink polka dots all over them or blue hearts circling around their heads.
"Where'd Fred learn that?" asked Ginny.
"Why do we always assume it's Fred?" asked Draco.
"Because it usually is," answered Hermione. "Besides, it looks like McGonagall and Percy are yelling at him. I hope it wasn't from that joke book I gave him."
"It probably is," Harry said. "I would like to see the look on Percy's face when he finds out that the book was from you."
"I didn't mean for him to use it on the student body. Well, except for Ron or any one of the rest of us," Hermione said. "I hope he doesn't get fired."
"Why would he get fired?" asked Ron. Hermione and Draco rolled their eyes at Ron's question.
"Because he's not setting a good example for the rest of us," replied Draco. "He's supposed to be teaching us, not pranking us."
"Oh my gosh!" exclaimed Hermione.
"Hermione, can you stop thinking for, like, at least 5 minutes?" wondered Lavender.
"I have a really good idea. Death Eaters are supposed to attack the school, right?" Hermione whispered. "Well, couldn't we do pranks to distract them and then hit them with stunners or whatever?"
Everybody sat there looking at Hermione, thinking she had finally cracked.
"Hermione, they're Death Eaters. Why on earth would we prank them for?" Draco wanted to know.
"You guys. Think about it. They might not expect us to prank them, right? So if we prank them, maybe we'll catch them off guard. It might only work for a few minutes, but it could confuse them," Hermione explained.
"'Mione, that could work," Draco said after thinking about it for a few minutes. "Why don't we explain our idea to Dumbledore after dinner."
"I wasn't aware that you helped me with this idea," Hermione said sweetly. "If I remember correctly, I was the one who came up with the idea. But you can come with me. Especially since you seem to know what the Death Eaters might be planning."
"Just be glad he's on our side," Ginny commented.
"Of course we're glad he's on our side," Harry told her. Draco muttered something about how'd they'd better be glad he was on their side.
20 minutes later
Fred, Tonks, Snape, and Draco were sitting in Dumbledore's office listening to Hermione explain the idea she had come up with.
"I could floo to the shop and talk to George about using some of the joke products," Fred said.
"I haven't been caught as a spy yet, so I could try to find out some information about You-Know-Who is planning," Snape volunteered.
"Just be careful," Dumbledore cautioned. "We don't want Voldemort or his Death Eaters to find out any part of our plan."
"I can talk to the other Auror's to let them know what we're planningso that they won't be surprised," Tonks said.
"This is good," Dumbledore stated. "I don't think they'll be expecting pranks. Thank you for telling me your idea Hermione."
"You're welcome sir," Hermione said politely. "I was wondering if I could ask a question."
"Of course you may," Dumbledore replied.
"I was just wondering if any of the parents have an issue with their students fighting in a battle here at Hogwart's."
"I have sent out letters explaining that their children will be learning defensive spells in case Hogwart's is attacked, but I have not yet had a parent owl me. Other than that, I don't think I'll be able to say anything else," Dumbledore explained.
"That's alright. Thank you," Hermione said before leaving to work on a potion with Snape.