Okay, since this is the tenth chapter, I'm just going to re-do my disclaimer so noone gets confused.
I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER! (sadly)
Chapter 10: Never Annoy a Marauder
Harry slowly got out of the bed. Kissing Ginny was... disorienting. But in a good way. Then he remembered whose fault it had been.
"Where is she?" He growled at Allia.
"Umm, who?" She asked innocently.
"Astara." He spat.
"Er... why do you want to know?" She asked.
"Because when I find her, I'm going to make her regret living." He said, as he fondled the blade of one of his many daggers.
"I sent her back to Falandais. She'll be punished there." She said.
"When did she leave?" He asked.
"Long enough ago that you can't catch her Emrys. Which I'm decidedly glad for, seeing how angry you currently are." She said.
"Wanna bet? I'll catch her, if I have gate to Falandais and give her a nice welcome there." Harry said grimly.
"Harry, no." Ginny begged, clinging to his arm. "I don't want you to do something you will regret later. Please, just stay here?"
Harry looked down at her, and felt his anger slowly drain out of him, to be replaced by the love he felt for her. He nodded to her slowly.
"Excellent. It's good to finally have you back Harry, you haven't been yourself for a while." Allia said, clapping her hands together.
Harry narrowed his eyes suspiciously. "Why do I get the feeling that your not saying that out of concern for me?" He asked.
Allia looked at him innocently, before dropping to her knees before him, her hands out before her like a beggar. "Please Bolt! It's been three weeks without any pranks! I'm going into withdrawal. I'm starting to get all twitchy."
Harry and Ginny laughed. "Get up Flame, we'll do a prank." Harry said.
Allia jumped to her feet. "Yea! Let's go." She said, dragging the two of them towards the Lair.
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As soon as they entered the Lair, Ron and Hermione jumped up to greet them.
"Oh Harry, we're so sorry. We shouldn't have been so mean to you." Hermione said.
"Ya mate, we're sorry. So what happened?" Ron asked.
Harry sat them down, and preceded to explain Lorinagalea, and what it meant.
"So let me get his straight," Ron said, when he had heard everything. "You two are destined to be together?"
"Pretty much." Harry said. "Sort of like god saying 'let these two be together.' And it was done. And it is good." He finished solemnly.
Allia snorted. "You've been listening to Feadir too much Emrys. It's stained your mind."
"Feadir?" Ginny asked.
"He's my uncle." Harry said.
"He's also the High Priest. A great guy really, except he quotes things from the Holy Sacrament of the Light far too often." Allia said.
"You have an uncle?" Ron asked.
"Ya. My grandparents on my father's side live in Falandais. Feadir is my father's brother." Harry said.
"But why didn't they take you in when your parents died?" Hermione asked.
"Its complicated." Harry said, ending that line of questioning.
"We have more important things to be thinking about people!" Allia cried.
"Like what?" Hermione asked, still looking worriedly at Harry.
"Pranks of course!" Allia answered.
At this, Harry looked up at Ron and Hermione, an evil grin spreading slowly across his face.
"Uh oh. I don't like that look." Ron said.
"Ron, Hermione," Harry began. "I may have forgiven you, but I simply can't let you off the hook that easily. Therefor, I have a wonderful plan for this next prank. You two get to be the sacrificial lambs!" He said, before going into a detailed description of the prank.
When he finished, Allia was rolling on the floor with laughter. Ginny, who was quite comfortably sitting on Harry's lap, had her face pressed against Harry's shoulder, her whole body shaking with laughter.
Ron and Hermione were pale as ghosts.
"You can't be serious!" Ron exclaimed.
"No, Sirius is my godfather, I'm Harry." Harry replied with a grin. "But yes, I am serious. You have a choice, either be a victim in this prank, or suffer my wrath for the remainder of the year."
"Fine, but what about Ginny?" Hermione asked. "Why doesn't she have to do anything humiliating?"
"Well, she is a lot prettier than the two of you, especially you Ron, and she makes a very comfortable lap warmer. Plus I love her." He said.
Ginny turned her head around, and stuck her tongue out at her brother and his girlfriend. Then, grinning mischievously up at Harry, she began to wiggle around in his lap, pressing herself back into him.
"A good lap warmer am I? Should I take that as a compliment?" She asked.
"Yes." Harry gasped. "But if you keep that up, I'm liable to pass out."
"And why might that be?" She asked wickedly.
"Lack of blood to my brain." He said, and she smiled slyly at him.
It took Ron a moment to understand what that meant.
"Ewwww! Stop that! We'll do the damn prank, just NEVER EVER say anything like that in my presence again. PLEASE!" He pleaded.
"Sure thing Ron. Now, let's go set up this prank!" Harry said.
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The next morning, the prank was set. As soon as Draco Malfoy entered the great hall, Pansy Parkinson by his side, everyone froze.
Malfoy was wearing an incredible short schoolgirl skirt, and a very tight blouse. Pansy, on the other hand, was wearing a man's tuxedo. As they entered, they didn't seem to notice anything at all wrong.
They both approached the Gryffindor table, and everyone watched as Malfoy approached Ron, swaying his hips in what might be an attractive manner if it wasn't for the fact that he was a guy. Ron gulped. He knew what was coming. Meanwhile, Pansy approached Hermione.
When Malfoy reached Ron, he promptly dropped down on his lap, and wrapped his arms around Ron's neck.
"Oh Ronnie! I've loved you for ever and always! Please won't you be my boyfriend? Pretty please?" Malfoy asked in a high pitched voice, while Pansy did almost exactly the same thing with Hermione.
Ron gulped again. It wasn't over yet.
"Oh Ronnie! I know I can make you love me!" Malfoy said, before kissing Ron soundly on the lips. "That's just a taste of what I'm willing to offer!"
By now, the entire school, including many Slytherins, were howling with laughter. Harry was rolling on the floor, tears pouring from his eyes as he laughed so hard. Ginny was there next to him, laughing at the horrified expression on Ron and Hermione's faces. At the elven table, Allia was having fits with laughter, gasping for breath. The only person who didn't seem to be appreciating the humour was Snape, who glared at Harry.
That is, Snape was the only person to not find it funny until the spell ran out. Once Malfoy and Pansy had regained their senses, realization of what they had just done crashed into them, and they fled the hall. Of course, Malfoy didn't know how to run in heels, so he tripped on the way out, causing those in the hall to laugh even harder.
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That night was the full moon, and Harry had promised to help Remus rid himself of the werewolf curse. The spell required a certain sacrifice on the part of the caster, but Harry wasn't worried about that.
He spent the rest of the day setting up the room in which he would cast the spell. When Remus eventually arrived, it was only an hour before it would be too late for the spell to be cast.
"You're late." Harry said, as Remus entered the room.
"Sorry. I was talking to Allia. I never knew James had a protege. Such a fine woman!" Remus said.
"That she is." Harry agreed.
"I heard about your prank this morning. I must say, I am impressed. How ever did you manage to get Ron and Hermione to be a part of that?" Remus asked.
"I threatened them with more pranks on them." Harry said simply.
"Ahhh yes. James did that to us a few times." Remus said. "Ummmm. Are you sure about this spell? I haven't taken the potion, so if I transform, I might hurt you."
"Don't worry Remus. It will work. The only thing you need to worry about is your name." Harry said.
"What do you mean my name?" Remus asked confused.
"Well, you won't really be Moony anymore will you? Although you will still have the wolf form as an animagus form, it won't have anything to do with the moon." Harry replied, grinning.
Remus glared at him. "If you think I'm changing my nickname, you've got another thing coming Bolt."
"See, you don't have anything to worry about." Harry replied flippantly. "Now stand in the centre of this circle here. I'm about to cast the spell."
Remus moved into the centre of the circle indicated, while Harry stood just outside it. Remus didn't recognize the words that streamed from Harry's lips as he spoke, but he could feel the effects. The air seemed to grow heavy with power. It felt like something was pulling at him. He felt a part of him break away, and exit his body. Looking up, he saw a dark shadow above him. He watched as it slowly made its way towards Harry, before it threw itself into his body. Remus watched in shock as Harry collapsed to the floor.
Almost immediately, the feeling of power in the room left. Allia quickly entered the room, as she had been waiting just outside the room.
"What happened?" Remus asked, as he knelt next to Allia, who was tending to Harry.
"Emrys took the curse of the werewolf from your body. He absorbed it into himself." She said, not looking up.
"What?" Remus asked in disbelief. "He willingly became a werewolf just to free me? No, I can't accept that. I can't let James's son make that kind of sacrifice. Undo the spell. Reverse it, anything."
"Calm down Remus. Keep in mind, Emrys is an elf. It's not possible for an elf to become a werewolf. If a human had cast the spell, than the werewolf spirit would have taken over. An elf's spirit is far stronger than that of a human however, so Emrys will be able to defeat the werewolf in him. He will conquer it, instead of the other way around. He will not suffer from this." She said reassuringly.
"Oh. So, you mean it? I'm really not a werewolf anymore?" Remus asked.
"You're really not a werewolf anymore. Congratulations Remus." Allia said.
"Excellent! I have to go talk to Albus then. He said on September 1st when we found out that once my curse was gone, I could become the DADA teacher, as the one he hired wasn't up to the job. Albus said he just hired her as a temp until he found a better teacher, so now I can teach again!" Remus said, before running happily out the room.
Allia grinned watching him, and turned her attention back to Harry.
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It was a few hours later, and a large number of people had gathered around Harry. Ron, Hermione, and Ginny were there, as well as Dumbledore, Remus, and Professor McGonagall.
"How is he?" Ginny asked, looking at her boyfriend with worry.
"He's doing well. The spell is a relatively new one, and has only been used twice. Both times the caster was out for a many as five hours, so he should wake up soon." Allia replied.
They all watched in silence until Harry slowly began to awaken.
"Did it work?" He asked, as he sat up, fumbling with his glasses. "Wait, of course it worked. I wouldn't have this damn headache if it didn't."
"Do you feel alright Harry?" Ginny asked.
"You mean other than the aforementioned headache? Ya, I'm fine." He replied.
Remus stepped forward.
"I can't thank you enough Harry. I...you... thank you." Remus said.
"No problem Moony." Harry replied.
"That's Professor Moony to you."
"What?" Hermione asked.
"I'm your new DADA teacher." He said.
"That's great Professor Moony. Now will you all please go away, I'm really tired." Harry said, before his eyes drifted closed.
The others looked at him with concern, until Allia spoke up.
"That's normal. His body has been exhausted, the spell used requires a lot of power. Although, if any of you would like to see the floating Bolt light bulb, hang around. He's gonna start glowing soon." Allia said.
"All of you out! You know how embarrassed he would be if you saw that!" Ginny said.
"What about you Ginny?" Ron asked, as he turned to leave.
"I'm his girlfriend. I'm allowed to see him." She said. "Don't worry, I'll take you a picture." she whispered after him.
