(Thank you if you reviewed. On with chapter three!)
After pulling on yesterday's jeans and a new T-shirt, Dark made her way to the common room.
" Good morning my lovelies!" She called to Harry, Ron, and 'Mione. They waved to her and she sat down with them. Dark took out the sacred list and unrolled it on the table between them she pointed to a task which read: '92. Transfigure his robes into comic-book super-hero style tights, cape, logo and utility belt'
" That's brilliant, Dark," said Harry, who was farmilliar with muggle super heroes. 'Mione was grinning, because she did too. Ron on the other hand looked as though he needed an explination. While Harry told Ron about super heroes, 'Mione asked,
"So, which hero will it be?"
Dark looked pensive for a moment, and then said. " How about Spiderman?" Hermione giggled. "That would be funny" she laughed. "but what about Superman? He has the big 'S' on him. We can put fake muscles on his suit, like the real thing!"
Dark grinned. " Why didn't I think of that?" she asked. "you're a genius, Hermione!" The two girls worked on the transfiguration spell for about half an hour. when it was complete, the four troublemakers got up and went to the great hall for breakfast.
"When do you plan to commence operation 'Super Snape'?" asked Ron eagerly. Dark laughed.
"Operation 'Super Snape'.......I like it" She said, dipping her toast in egg yolk. "well, I think I'll try at lunch, everyone will be there. I wonder how many students will recognize Superman......"
"Beeth mee." Said Ron with a mouthfull of doughnut. Hermione hit hin on the head. "Don't talk with your mouth full!" she snapped.
"Don't be my mom!" retorted Ron. The two were staring daggers at eachother. Ginny sat down and said "Will you two stop bickering like an old couple?" Ron and Hermione went pink in the cheeks after being called this and looked back to their food. Dark glanced up at the Head table. Did she just imagine it or did Professor Snape just turn away quickly? Was he watching her? Maybe he was on to her.... Nah, she had only pulled one prank.... But what if when she yelled "polo" he caught her American "accent". Great her worrying as kicking in. She glanced back at him, but he was busy eating his eggs.
" Yummy...." She said without realizing, as she turned back to her own table. The others looked up at her questioningly. "What's yummy?" Ginny asked.
" Eggs are yummy." Dark answered simply. Ginny looked as though she saw through this, but the boys didn't they laughed."Well, it is true," chuckled Harry, "eggs are good."
The subject soon turned back to Dakota's task, and they planned what would happen.
The group sat a bit closer to the staff table at lunch, but this went un-noticed, because they purposly arrived late, so the more unpopular "head seats" were the only ones open. Ther did sit a bit far back, though, so they could carry out the operation in secret. Dark tried not to look nervous, but she couldn't get rid of the nervous feeling in her teeth. Maybe some are farmilliar with this feeling. A tickly feeling in your teeth when you are nervous. Or maybe Dark and I (the author) are just weird.
"Ok, I've got to wait for the right mome-" She was cut off by the doors of the great hall crashing open. It was... Professor Dumbledore?!? He was singing some weird song. Dark wasnt paying attention to him, she was aiming her transfuguration charm at Snape while the whole of the Hall's attention was on Dumbledore.
The charm hit Snape head on. It worked! Dark giggled and pretended to watch Dumbledore. Snape didn't even notice. This was too easy for Dark. She just applauded with the others and it seemed she never did anything wrong. "Bless you, Professor Dumbledore!!" She thought.
" Good afternoon, Severus!" Greeted Dumbledore. Attention starting to fall on Snape. " I see you are in a Super good mood today."
Some of the muggleborn students laughed. Snape looked down. Man, could eyes grow that big? The face he made was too priceless! Dark heard Colin Creevey's camera snap. the whole hall burst into laughter as someone shouted " HEY SUPERMAN! GO SAVE THE DAY!!!"
Snape yelped and ran out of the hall. Dark couldn't help laughing at the red undies and blue tights. She wolf whistled and all the laughter was renewed. It was the best thing to happen to Hogwarts in a long time, and Dark was ready to make this year the best ever, she was really enjoying this!
After the shcool was settled, Dark got up to leave the hall. As she walked by the Headmaster, he winked at her. So he knew! Dark smiled triumphantly and left the hall. He must of heard them plotting at breakfast or someting. Dumbledore seemed to always know what was going on. Dark still couldn't believe he helped her, though. Oh well, she's have to show him the list sometime, he'd sure get a kick out of it.
Dark yet again went outside. She couldn't help but enjoy basking in the sun all day like a lazy lizard. Especially after spending the summer cooped up. Her naturally tan skin was too light in her opinion. Usually in the summer she was brown. She looked at the trees by the lake and picked one out. It had thick climable branches and a big one right above the water. It wasn't too shaded. She climbed the tree and sat on the Branch overlooking the water. She had been on this tree before. Dark laughed as she remembered the time in her first year as George Weasley snuck up on her and made her fall right into the lake. She was so mad at him for a week, but after a while she didn't trip him in the hall as much.
Dark yawned, the water was sparkling in tthe sun. She threw leaves in it and watched then float in small circles for a while, until they went still. There wasn't any wind to keep them moving. Dark closed her eyes and sat there in an almost sleep-like state, while pondering her next task. She was there for a few hours, and probably wouldn't complain about her lack of tan anymore. Luckily, she didn't burn.
Closer to the castle you could see a figure dressed in black wandering about.
Severus Snape was glad not too many people were outside. He had been completely humiliated. He wasn't quite sure who did it either. He had a few suspects, though. It could have been Potter and his dunderhead friend Weasley. He doubted it was Granger, she was too much of a goodie goodie. Perhaps Miss Smith could have had something to do with it. Yet, she had always been quiet. She didn't usually react to his snide comments. That could be it, though. She wasn't afraid of him. Snape devided not to accuse anyone for sure yet. He still liked the idea of getting Potter in trouble.
He spotted something by the lake. Someone sitting in a tree. He moved in to get a closer look. It was Miss Smith, and she appeared to be sleeping. Right over the lake.
"Hmm, I bet she didn't think I'd be coming outside," He thought. He snuck up to the tree. For some reason he took a moment to notice her tan. He didn't know why. Snape hid behind a bush and aimed a gust spell at her.
Woosh! Right off the tree. He bit his lip, trying not to laugh. It was really the first time in a while he had someting to laugh about. Although he knew that it was kind of wrong to prank innocent students...like he cared! Though, he didn't know she wasn't innocent. If he knew what she did earlier, he probably would have turned her feet to cinderblocks before pushing her into the lake.
Dark plunged into the water with a small yelp. She had a feeling that the gust of wind was not natural. She swam back to the shore. She didn't mind swimming, she liked swimming, but somebody did that on purpose. She walked up to a rock and pulled her sopping shoes and socks off.
"Awww! My chucks!" She groaned. She looked quite odd driping wet with an angry scowl on her face. She began to walk, or waddle, rather towards the castle, but Snape couldn't hold in his laughter anymore.
Dark heard the rich baritone laugh, and turned her head towards the bush it came from. She liked the laugh, but was in no mood to admit it. It sounded like Professor Snape, but it was a happy laugh. Dark was certain that she had never seen Snape happy. Not the twisted scare the firsties happy, but humorus sounding. Well, there was only one way to see who it was. She peered in the bushes to find Professor Snape sitting on the ground laughing hysterically... Like a kid or something.
Dark Glared. "You!" she said in a murderous tone. Professor Snape simply looked up at her and laughed some more, stil sitting on the ground. That was it! Dark pounced on him, knocking him over. "ouf!" Grunted Snape, and he looked taken aback as she kinda sat on him.
"Wow, his chest is hard....mmmm," Thought Dark. Then she remembered what she was doing. "What was that for?!?" Demanded Dark, as her hair dripped water on Snapes face. She did this on purpose, just to make him mad. It didn't work. He still looked like he was going to laugh as he just shrugged. Then he pushed her off him and got up.
"My appologies, Miss Smith." he said, not sounding too sorry. The whole thing was funny, even to Dark, but she wouldn't admit it. They both walked closer to the shore so Dark could recover her footware. Snape held his hand out as a peace treatie, but Dark saw through that. Snape's real intentions were to throw her in the lake again, it was rather amusing. Dark pretended to take his hand shyly, but Snape noticed a change in her grip. As soon as he realized what she did to him, he was submerged in the lake. He came up and sputtered. It was Dark's turn to laugh, and she was rolling on the ground clutching her sides. " Now, we're even!" She said between laughs, which was difficult.
Snape walked up to her and rung his robes out on her face. He picked her up by the scruff of the neck and gave her a nasty look.
" Not so funny when the tables turn, eh Professor?" Smirked Dark after she shook her head in attempt to get the water out of her hair. He answered with his usual wit. "Maybe, but it's still funny too see you whine over your shoes." Dark wouldn't take an insult on her Chucks. She threw a wet sock at his head, and they waddled the rest of the way to the castle in silence.
When they reached the Entrance Hall, they were greeted with stares. Snape's scowl fixed that, and Dark returned to the common room.
Harry and Ron were playing a game of chess, while Hermione and Ginny rolled a catnip ball around for Crookshanks. They looked up at Dark with confusion as she entered the room, soaking wet.
"Go swimming?" asked Ginny who was ginning at Dark.
"Yeah, something like that," Answered Dark wearily. She explained what happened by the lake, and the others were pleased to hear that Dark dumped Snape in the lake as well. Dark went to her dorm and pulled on her pajama pants and a dry T-shirt. She'd go to dinner in her fuzzy bunny pants tonight, but what did she care? At six o' clock, everyone went to dinner. Dark stared at Professor Snape some, and then they started discussing the list. The next task would be done in class. Too bad the others wouldn't be there to see. Oh well, she'd have to tell them about it during break.
(I made Ron and Hermione fight a bit. I dunno, they seem to have little quarrels in ther book, like in Prisoner of Azkaban. This chapter is what I meant about Snape being out of character. I am sorry. I got really bored, and it kind of came to me...I guess.)