Pranks Abound
Disclaimer: Everything I own is rubbish.
Authors note: sorry I haven't updated in so long. Been busy. But, I'll try to respect
deadlines now. ?
Special note to Lil miss moony: you're fabulous too, dear. ?
Bounding off into the sun, I realized that nobody was behind me. Turning around
slowly, I noticed that they had all headed for the menagerie, and they were brandishing
broomsticks.
Stamping my foot, I called, "That's not what I intended!"
Curly said, " We don't care, lass. We know what's dangerous and what's not here,
you'd do best to follow our lead."
"Is that so, Curly? Well, how about a little wager to test this profound knowledge
of yours?" I asked sharply, drawing my self to eye level with him and smirking.
"You're on, lass. By the way, it's Ernie. Ernie Macmillan." He said smiling and
extending a hand. Donning an ice cold expression, I folded my arms and asked him,
"Do I look like I care? What gesture betrayed that I did? Was it my stance? Was it
my gesticulations? Was it the tone of my voice? Or was it an outside force that persuaded
you to interject that delightful little tidbit about yourself? Like you're stupidity,
perhaps?"
He stood there gaping, obviously stuck that I had pounced on him so easily.
"Uh… uh…"
"Gotcha!" I yelled, tweaking his nose and smiling. "Really, you lot are so
serious." I said, looking around at their stricken faces.
The room exhaled a breath of relief.
"That you did, lass. That you did."
"So Curly, what house do you want to be in?"
"At Hogwarts? Well, I don't know." He said, slipping his hand around my
shoulders as we walked. He looked at me nervously, but when he saw that I was making
no attempts to shrug him off or berate him, he relaxed and gave my shoulder a little
squeeze.
"What about you, lassie?"
"Whatever house James is in." I said, quietly, looking at my shoes. I didn't mean
for it to come out, but it just did. So, I conjured up a story I thought people would
believe.
"Because he's my best friend in the wizarding world, he'd make my transition
into Hogwarts loads easier. But, I would like to have all of you in the same house." I
smiled, looking around. I saw James, smiling smugly at the head of the pack. Slipping out
from under Curly's arm, I ran up to him and gave him a good thwack on the head. "Just
because you're my favourite doesn't mean you're entitled to be smug." I whispered in his
ear.
"Lovebirds! Lovebirds! Kiss me James, Quick! Before I turn back into a frog!"
yelled Sirius, puckering his lips.
"Watch it, Sirius, or you will be a frog by the end of the day!" I shook my fist at
him threateningly.
"I'd like to see that!" he yelled back.
Laughing, I redirected my gaze to the horizon, waiting for our dangerous stunt.
"What's up? What are we going to do?" I asked James, cocking my head slightly
to one side so I could see him better.
"Fly."
I stopped in midstep. 'Fly? Is this guy nuts?' "Are you daft, or something?"
"No, you're the daft moo for even thinking that I'd let you anywhere near
anything dangerous."
"But… but… that's not fair. I want to get into a couple of scrapes this summer.
It'll show petunia that I couldn't care tuppence about her." I said, pouting.
"Then she'll just have to wait until you're staying with her for the summer.
Otherwise my father will kill me."
"I haven't seen him the whole day today. Its nearly ten o'clock!"
"He doesn't wake up until about three in the afternoon. Here we are, the couch."
I drew level with a ratty, tattered old maroon couch, surrounded by monstrous
mushrooms.
"And so?"
"Wait and see, Lil."
Curly and Sirius sat on it first, each resting on an arm. James said the course was to the
atrium and back, and they had to bring back evidence that they had been there. First one
back gets put in the winner's bracket.
Then, he yelled "operandus!" and the two boys shot vertically into the air. In a
move so quick, they both sat on their broomsticks in midair then sped off for the house.
We could hear them laughing all the way from the couch. Sirius was back first with a
dragon scale and Curly came back with Gazro.
"I didn't know what else to get. Everything else was too fearsome." He whined,
setting a screaming Gazro down on the grass. Gazro fled to James side, bleating like a
lamb. James sat and listened for a while, his ear cocked towards the Gaxx.
"Not only did you lose the race, but you get double points off for coming back
with my pet and scaring him half to death." James smirked, and threw his broomstick at
Curly. Gazro stood by James, snarling like a bear.
"Next up, Lily and John." He said, thrusting his broomstick into my hand. "Don't
worry, he's an awful flyer." He whispered in my ear. I was feeling confident, so I shoved
James away, and took my place on the couch. When we were both propelled into the air
though, that's when the trouble began.
John pulled out his wand and whispered, " Immobula!" and he went into slow
motion so it would be easier for him to board his broomstick. Swinging his left leg over
the shaft, he went slowly forward.
I, however, wasn't so lucky. In my confident state, I wasn't thinking about how
not to fall. I was thinking how to upstage this character perched so precariously on his
broom next to me. So, during my ascent, I had pushed the broom hurriedly under me, and
waited for something to happen. I felt myself falling, so I yelled, "Giddyap!" and the
broom took off like a rocket! I was so scared, but I felt good, because I showed
everybody that I could out fly that boob, John.
Well, to make a long story short, I ended up careening out of control all over the
grounds. The whole pack of the boys had to mount their brooms and fly after me, with
James in the lead, naturally. Sirius was the one who caught me, however. He was flying
low, whereas the rest were tailgating me. Dogs, all of them. Anyway, Sirius caught up
with me and sent a jet of flame towards my broom. It spooked and bucked me off. And
that was just the first of the many times that Sirius saved me from an unpleasant ending
to an otherwise pleasant afternoon.
Disclaimer: Everything I own is rubbish.
Authors note: sorry I haven't updated in so long. Been busy. But, I'll try to respect
deadlines now. ?
Special note to Lil miss moony: you're fabulous too, dear. ?
Bounding off into the sun, I realized that nobody was behind me. Turning around
slowly, I noticed that they had all headed for the menagerie, and they were brandishing
broomsticks.
Stamping my foot, I called, "That's not what I intended!"
Curly said, " We don't care, lass. We know what's dangerous and what's not here,
you'd do best to follow our lead."
"Is that so, Curly? Well, how about a little wager to test this profound knowledge
of yours?" I asked sharply, drawing my self to eye level with him and smirking.
"You're on, lass. By the way, it's Ernie. Ernie Macmillan." He said smiling and
extending a hand. Donning an ice cold expression, I folded my arms and asked him,
"Do I look like I care? What gesture betrayed that I did? Was it my stance? Was it
my gesticulations? Was it the tone of my voice? Or was it an outside force that persuaded
you to interject that delightful little tidbit about yourself? Like you're stupidity,
perhaps?"
He stood there gaping, obviously stuck that I had pounced on him so easily.
"Uh… uh…"
"Gotcha!" I yelled, tweaking his nose and smiling. "Really, you lot are so
serious." I said, looking around at their stricken faces.
The room exhaled a breath of relief.
"That you did, lass. That you did."
"So Curly, what house do you want to be in?"
"At Hogwarts? Well, I don't know." He said, slipping his hand around my
shoulders as we walked. He looked at me nervously, but when he saw that I was making
no attempts to shrug him off or berate him, he relaxed and gave my shoulder a little
squeeze.
"What about you, lassie?"
"Whatever house James is in." I said, quietly, looking at my shoes. I didn't mean
for it to come out, but it just did. So, I conjured up a story I thought people would
believe.
"Because he's my best friend in the wizarding world, he'd make my transition
into Hogwarts loads easier. But, I would like to have all of you in the same house." I
smiled, looking around. I saw James, smiling smugly at the head of the pack. Slipping out
from under Curly's arm, I ran up to him and gave him a good thwack on the head. "Just
because you're my favourite doesn't mean you're entitled to be smug." I whispered in his
ear.
"Lovebirds! Lovebirds! Kiss me James, Quick! Before I turn back into a frog!"
yelled Sirius, puckering his lips.
"Watch it, Sirius, or you will be a frog by the end of the day!" I shook my fist at
him threateningly.
"I'd like to see that!" he yelled back.
Laughing, I redirected my gaze to the horizon, waiting for our dangerous stunt.
"What's up? What are we going to do?" I asked James, cocking my head slightly
to one side so I could see him better.
"Fly."
I stopped in midstep. 'Fly? Is this guy nuts?' "Are you daft, or something?"
"No, you're the daft moo for even thinking that I'd let you anywhere near
anything dangerous."
"But… but… that's not fair. I want to get into a couple of scrapes this summer.
It'll show petunia that I couldn't care tuppence about her." I said, pouting.
"Then she'll just have to wait until you're staying with her for the summer.
Otherwise my father will kill me."
"I haven't seen him the whole day today. Its nearly ten o'clock!"
"He doesn't wake up until about three in the afternoon. Here we are, the couch."
I drew level with a ratty, tattered old maroon couch, surrounded by monstrous
mushrooms.
"And so?"
"Wait and see, Lil."
Curly and Sirius sat on it first, each resting on an arm. James said the course was to the
atrium and back, and they had to bring back evidence that they had been there. First one
back gets put in the winner's bracket.
Then, he yelled "operandus!" and the two boys shot vertically into the air. In a
move so quick, they both sat on their broomsticks in midair then sped off for the house.
We could hear them laughing all the way from the couch. Sirius was back first with a
dragon scale and Curly came back with Gazro.
"I didn't know what else to get. Everything else was too fearsome." He whined,
setting a screaming Gazro down on the grass. Gazro fled to James side, bleating like a
lamb. James sat and listened for a while, his ear cocked towards the Gaxx.
"Not only did you lose the race, but you get double points off for coming back
with my pet and scaring him half to death." James smirked, and threw his broomstick at
Curly. Gazro stood by James, snarling like a bear.
"Next up, Lily and John." He said, thrusting his broomstick into my hand. "Don't
worry, he's an awful flyer." He whispered in my ear. I was feeling confident, so I shoved
James away, and took my place on the couch. When we were both propelled into the air
though, that's when the trouble began.
John pulled out his wand and whispered, " Immobula!" and he went into slow
motion so it would be easier for him to board his broomstick. Swinging his left leg over
the shaft, he went slowly forward.
I, however, wasn't so lucky. In my confident state, I wasn't thinking about how
not to fall. I was thinking how to upstage this character perched so precariously on his
broom next to me. So, during my ascent, I had pushed the broom hurriedly under me, and
waited for something to happen. I felt myself falling, so I yelled, "Giddyap!" and the
broom took off like a rocket! I was so scared, but I felt good, because I showed
everybody that I could out fly that boob, John.
Well, to make a long story short, I ended up careening out of control all over the
grounds. The whole pack of the boys had to mount their brooms and fly after me, with
James in the lead, naturally. Sirius was the one who caught me, however. He was flying
low, whereas the rest were tailgating me. Dogs, all of them. Anyway, Sirius caught up
with me and sent a jet of flame towards my broom. It spooked and bucked me off. And
that was just the first of the many times that Sirius saved me from an unpleasant ending
to an otherwise pleasant afternoon.