Here's a long Chappie to make up for the last really short chappie.
I'm home again so no long waits in between chappies. I got a whole other week and a half out of school. God I love Spring Break!
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On wit the chappie…
Chapter 11 - Pranks, Sneaks, and Break-Ins
"Okay. Does everyone know what to do?" They all nodded. "Good. We'll have about a half an hour to get this done."
"You are very much like James, Harry. A Leader."
Harry smiled and nodded. They split up. He, Ron, and Hermione went into the Great Hall, map in Harry's pocket and cloak in Hermione's bag. Taking their usual seats, they waited. Within five minutes, they were rewarded with the sound of loud voices from the other side of the doors.
Outside, Remus and Sirius had met Snape as he exited the dungeons. "Well, Well, Well. If it isn't Snivellus!" Sirius murmured as he passed. Snape spun on his heel to look them.
"What the Hell are you two doing here?" He hissed looking back and forth from Remus to Sirius. The sneer disfiguring his face was ruined by the slight glimmer of panic in his eye.
Remus smirked and straightened from where he had been leaning against the wall. He had to make it believable. What would James have done? Reproachful, "Now, Snivellus. That's no way to talk to former classmates." He sighed dramatically. "Padfoot, I do believe he has yet to learn manners."
One corner of Sirius's mouth turned up in a wicked grin and his eye lit with approval. "I think you may be right, Moony. Let's make sure that he does. And lessons can commence now." Remus nodded once. Snape backed up slowly, drawing his wand from some inner pocket of his robes. Advancing on Snape, the Marauders also drew their wands.
"Reducto!" Sirius said lazily and Snape sidestepped it hurriedly, narrowly avoiding getting blown to pieces. He turned and stalked to the doors of Great Hall. He flung them wide and walked through. As soon as he stepped over the threshold, a voice resounded through the hall. "Oy, Snivellus! I would stop walking if I were you!"
Snape threw a sneer over his shoulder and continued walking. When he reached the break, he jerked to a halt. Snape's body went ridged and his eye went wide. Slowly, he turned back to the entrance. "Black, You Arrogant Prick! Stop It Right Now!" He hissed loudly.
Everyone in the Hall who had been watching Snape, which was everyone, now turned to the door. Harry, Ron, and Hermione took this opportunity to slip under the cloak and creep out of the Hall, past Remus and Sirius who were each leaning on one side of the doorway, making their way to the dungeon's and Malfoy's rooms.
At this point, Professor McGonagall made a move to stand up, but Dumbledore stopped her. "Minerva, I don't think we should stop this. They have a reason." Minerva opened her mouth to say something, but Dumbledore cut her off. "I know this is making Severus relive his worst memories from school, Minerva, but think. Remus and Sirius wouldn't just attack Severus for no reason. Not any more." He paused in thought. "Well, not Remus anyway. I think this little show is a diversion… Ah, yes, look, Ronald Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Harry have all disappeared. I wonder, why?"
So they sat and watched as Sirius and Remus taunted, hexed, and jinxed Snape and were hexed and jinxed in return.
Sirius turned Snape's hair pink, so Snape threw a Jelly-Legs Jinx at Sirius who dodged it. Snape sent a Nitetus Curse Remus' way, which left him glowing eerily. In return, Remus tried a Conscindus Hex that missed by inches, tearing the tapestry behind Snape in shreds.
"Engorgio!" Snape ducked. It hit one of the candles, which began to swell slowly. With a flick of Dumbledore's wand, it stopped.
"Furnunculus!" This missed Sirius by about a foot and ricocheted off the wall.
"Flamora!" The hem of Remus's robes caught fire and a quick Aquatus Charm put it out.
"Orchideous!" Suddenly, Orchids began growing out of the top of Snape's head
"Tarantallegra!" and Sirius did a two-step.
"Oh, I'll get you for that one, Snivellus!" Sirius warned still dancing. "Locomortor Snape!"
"Protego! No way in hell you're getting me with that one again, Black. Once was enough!"
"You don't like levitating upside down, Snivellus? Fine, you can try this then, Densaugeo!"
His shield stood firm and the teeth-growing charm was absorbed. "I really don't appreciate this, Black, Lupin. Oh, and I heard somewhere you don't like snakes? Well isn't that a pity. Serpensortia!"
With a small pop and some green sparks, a large angry cobra was flung at the two Marauders. They backed up farther toward the wall and Snape smirk.
"Really, this is getting old!" A voice commented from just outside the entrance. The hall's occupants looked collectively to see Harry Potter walk through the doors, wand in hand. "I mean, does every single Slytherin think that everyone who isn't in their house is afraid of Snakes? Twice this week alone I've had to deal with that charm."
He shook his head and rolled his eyes. He opened his mouth and literally hissed at the snake, in a commanding tone. "Ssssy Haaass Ssee ethh!"
The snake, which had been coiling to strike, turned its head to Harry, "You can speak to me?" It asked, slithering forward him.
"Of course, yes, I can speak to you. My name is Harry Potter. Those to gentlemen are friends of mine. Please don't bite them." Harry hissed in Parseltongue.
"Alright." The snake dipped its head in what could pass for a nod.
"Good-bye, now." Harry flicked his wand and the snake vanished. Switching back to English, he surveyed the hall. With another shake of his head and another flick of his wand, Harry put the room to rights. Acting very much like a teacher dealing with a misbehaving student, he eyed the three duelers. "Why on earth were you three dueling, unfairly I might add, in the middle of the Great Hall? Sirius, Remus, You both know two against one is completely unfair and against the laws of dueling, not to mention the fact that dueling itself is now illegal."
Each hiding a smirk, the two Marauders looked at their feet and to everyone's surprise so did Professor Snape. What was going on? Snape was acting ashamed, as Potter berated the three. Within seconds, Snape seemed to come to himself, his head snapped up, and looked at Harry in shock. "What the Hell do you think you're doing, Potter?" He hissed.
Harry stopped dead and looked at his Professor. "I was informing the three of you that dueling is illegal and that you now have a few hundred witnesses to your most recent clash with the Marauders."
"That's very nice for you, Potter," He sneered. "But who gave you that authority?"
"Fine." He threw up his hand in disgust. "The Three of you can be arrested for all I care, but if one of you tries another Serpent Charm, do not come begging me to talk the thing out of striking someone. Especially if it's poisonous!" With a quick almost imperceptible nod to Sirius and Remus, he turned on his heel and stalked out of the Hall in the direction of Gryffindor Tower. As soon as the door closed behind him, the illusion-sky spell on the ceiling began to rain chocolate frogs. The quill appeared to sign the prank as the efforts of the S-G Marauders.
Snape actually growled at the signature and snarled at Remus and Sirius, "They are worse then the four of you ever were." Then he too stalked out of the Hall in the opposite direction, heading toward the dungeons.
