Well, hope I built up enough suspense with my last ending. Happy reading! cough and reviewing cough
I looked in to see that I was standing on the ceiling. The room had been turned upside down! Ann, who was sitting on her bed above me was totally oblivious to that fact. It was as though there were two opposite fields of gravitational pull.
"Mommy, that's so weird." interrupted the girl.
"It was," agreed the mother, nodding with remembrance, "but not the weirdest thing that happened."
"What was the weirdest thing?" questioned the young girl.
"So many things happened, it's hard to rate them all." she answered, thinking. "In short, Hogwarts embodies the word weird. It's moto, 'Draco Dormiens Numquam Titillandus,' means 'Never tickle a sleeping dragon,' for goodness sake." The girl chuckled, allowing her mother to continue.
"Hey Jen. Sup? Um... why are you standing on the ceiling?" Ann asked curiously, totally unaware of what had happened.
"Ann, what did you do! I'm not upside down, you are!" I shouted, still as shocked as ever. I stood starring up at her, not believing what was before my eyes.
"Really?" she asked truthfully, "I had no idea. Wow, you're right." she said, walking over to the window and looking out to see the world upside down to what she believed was right.
"Ann, what did you try to do?" I said exasperated that she hadn't answered my question yet.
"Well, I was working on our charms homework and decided to try out that 'wingardium leviosa' charm on my quill. It didn't work, but I guess this is what it did." she explained.
"Oh. I don't know what you did wrong, but how are we going to fix it? I'm on one side of gravity and you're on the other! Do you think you could try to jump onto the ceiling? If you jump really high, I'll catch you."
"Alright. It's worth a shot." She jumped on her bed with her hands outstretched. I grabbed a hold on both of them.
"This is really weird." said Ann.
I would have fervently agreed with her if I wasn't busy holding on to her and trying to pull her into my gravity field, the one with the door. I clawed my way up to her waist and turned her around so her feet were firmly planted on the ceiling-floor-thing.
"Okay. That was the weirdest thing that has ever happened to me." I said, still a little shaken from pulling Ann onto my floor.
"Me too. Let's go get someone who can fix this."
We ran out the door and down the stairs.
"Um, don't go up there." I said to a fellow first-year girl, Rachel, who has large brown eyes and somewhat wavy auburn hair. She had been walking up the stairs to the dorm when I caught her.
"Why not?" she said, curiously.
"Well, the floor's the ceiling. The room's upside down. Do you know where we could find Snape?" I asked.
"I don't know for sure, but you could check the potions room." she said uncertainly.
I could use the map... I thought hesitantly. I knew I could trust Ann, she was my best, and only friend after all, but I didn't know how she would feel about my pranks. I decided to risk it. I knew it had to come out sometime, she might as well hear it from me.
"Listen, Ann?" I said, as soon as Rachel was out of earshot, "I stole this map from the Weasly twins. It shows where everyone is in the castle."
"Really! That's awsome! Have you used it for anything yet?" she asked secretly.
"Well, I did something to Dumbledore, but that's it." I answered truthfully.
"Did something? Like a pank?" I nodded.
"Cool. How does it work?" she asked eagerly.
"You're not going to tell anyone? I mean, you're okay with what I do?" I asked hopefully.
"Of course I won't tell. What are friends for? And I'm totally okay with it on one condition."
"Oh boy. What's that?" I groaned, getting a bad feeling about it.
"You have to let me join in." she said matter-of-factly.
"Wow. Okay!" I agreed instantly. I was always looking for help, but it definitely wasn't the response I was thinking of.
"So how does it work?" She asked again. I took the map out of my pocket. Ann looked curiously at what seemed to her to be just a grubby old piece of parchment.
"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." I said, tapping the paper with my wand. The ink spread on the paper like a spreading spider's web. As it did, Ann's eyes widened in amazement and awe.
"Cooool." she whispered. The map showed us that Snape was in the dungeons, a part that we had never visited, even by accident. He seemed to be pacing back and forth quickly.
We ran out of the common room and followed the map until we came to a magically locked door.
"Snape should be right behind this door." Ann said, consulting the map.
"Well,"I said uncertainly, "lets knock."
"Ummm, after you." said Ann nervously.
I cautiously knocked on the door softly. On the map, I saw him stop his pacing. The map!
"Mischief Managed!" I whispered hastily, stuffing the map into the closest pocket.
The door opened a crack, just enough for that old greasy snake to see who it was.
"Go away." he said icily. To most anyone, that voice would have chilled the bones and frozen the blood solid. But that was everyone else. I answered him just a icily and firmly.
"And what if we don't? We have a problem that we need you to attend to immediately."
"Hmf. What's the problem?" he answered coldly. He seemed to have given in.
"The dormitory's upside down." I explained. "A spell went wrong."
"Hm. I see. Lead the way." He opened his door enough to squeeze out and make sure we didn't see anything. I let it slide for now. I'd find out one way or another.
"What was he hiding?" interrupted the girl.
"How many times do I have to tell you," reprimanded the mother, "to have patience?" Looking downward, the young daughter pouted. Smiling, the mother ruffled her daughter's dark hair playfully before continuing.
We led the way back to the common room about half the way. Then we took a wrong turn and got lost so Snape insisted on leading the rest of the way. Hmf. Won't let anyone do anything will he. I thought to myself
When we got to our dormitory Snape was in the lead. He opened the door and stepped onto the ceiling. He looked around, seemingly annoyed at what Ann had done. Sheesh, it was an accident. I thought annoyedly. Then he stepped out, waved his wand and said something weird. All the furniture shifted to the ceiling so the room looked normal except for the fact that the ceiling was still the floor. I silently smirked to myself. Aww, looks like he isn't as great as he thought he was. What a shame. I thought sarcastically.
"You will be able to fix it, won't you?" I asked somewhat smugly.
"Yes, I will be able to fix it Miss Jen." he replied angrily. " It's a two-part spell, or were you not smart enough to figure that out?" He asked cooly. I just smiled up at him, a normal smile, hiding the true resentment I felt. Ooh, you're going to wish you never said that. I thought, already plotting my revenge.
After the second part of the spell had been completed, more words and another wave of the wand, the dormitory looked like it always had.
"Th-thank you."said Ann hesitantly.
"Hmf." he replied and strutted away. Ann and I went down to the common room after I had gotten my charm's homework.
"Wow." I said coldly, as soon as that vile serpent Snape had left the common room. "Look who's Mr. Cheerful today."
"How can you say that after he just helped us?" Ann said reproachfully.
"Easily." I replied coldly. "He's a born jerk, what do you expect? Also, he didn't seem too eagre to help out if I remember correctly." I retorted.
"Your memory is as good as ever." she said. "Now," she said excitedly, changing moods more quickly than I thought humanly possible, "tell me what you did to Dumbledore? You'll get in so much trouble if you're caught, you know."
"I know, and you'll find out soon enough. I want you to be as surprised as the rest of the school." I said playfully. "You wouldn't ruin the surprise, would you?" Happily, she shook her head.
"The only reason I'm letting you get away with not telling me is that it must be really good."
"Oh, it is." she said, an evil smile spreading on her face. "It's really good."
"Oh Mom can't you just tell me already?" whined the girl.
"No, not yet." the mother grinned, enjoying fully her daughter's suspense. "But soon."