Title: Troublesome Trio
Author/Artist: hieisgirl1
Pairing: None at the moment
Fandom: Harry Potter
Words: 1,784
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of his friends or foes…Unfortunately…
Notes/Warning: No spoilers unless you don't know any of the characters and haven't read the books. Otherwise you'll learn of their names and some character info about the twins.
Chapter two: When Owls Attack
It had been almost a month since the first time the Weasley twins had teamed up with Leila Smith. They had gotten in so much trouble with every single teacher that their Head of House, Professor McGonagall, gave up on giving them detention. Mainly because they would be in detention every single night, including weekends. The teachers had just decided to dock more points than usual because of their behavior, hoping that they would quit with the jokes and pranks. To make things even worse, the twins received Howlers almost daily from their mother, telling them off for wasting time pulling pranks when they should be paying attention in class and studying for End of the Year exams. Out of all the staff members, the one hating the Troublesome Trio the most was the school's Caretaker, Argus Filch. He spent ever night cleaning up after them and every once in a while other students that had decided to get in on the action.
Every so often, the three of them would let another student or two in on their pranks, to their brother Percy's disliking, only if they had come up with a worthy prank, and if they swore they wouldn't mess it up in any way. Because if they did, the twins threatened to jinx them over and over again until they were no longer recognizable. Of course, every student that decided to join with them was careful not to ruin anything.
The only students not amused by them were, of course, the Slytherins. Everyone knew that Slytherin and Gryffindor students had despised each other since the school had opened. Many of the Slytherin students glared at the Trio every time their paths crossed. They glared more at the twins then at Leila. Mainly because the twins caused more of the damage to the Slytherin Quidditch team than Leila did. And also because many of the Slytherin boys found Leila pretty and attractive. You couldn't blame them. Her sandy-blonde hair framed her face perfectly and her cobalt blue eyes, that put everyone into a trance when they looked into them, even for a second, shone ever so brightly, even in the darkest of shadows. The twins were happy with that only because she was the reason none of the Slytherin students would beat them to a bloody pulp when one of their Quidditch players mysteriously got hurt. They were transfixed by her eyes, forgetting why they were there in the first place.
Besides pulling pranks almost daily the trio of friends got to know each other more and more. The twins told the girl about their family, all seven of them. She already knew about their three older siblings since they were at Hogwarts with them. Percy, the 'brown-noser' as the twins called him, was the only one of their older brothers that disagreed with their decisions. As everyone in the school knew, he was all about following the rules and getting the best grades and passing every class. Every once in a while they would pull a prank on him just to see him get mad and start yelling non-sense at them while the rest of the common room laughed at him. Their oldest brothers, Bill and Charlie, weren't as bad as Percy. Bill was a Gryffindor Prefect but let the twins and Leila go about their pranks with only a word of caution. He told Percy over and over again that everyone needed a laugh every once in a while. Charlie, the Gryffindor Quidditch Captain, was the most grateful to the trio mainly because they had it easy playing against Slytherin. Mainly because half their team had gotten hurt and had to be replaced.
They told her about their younger brother and sister, Ronald and Ginerva. Like any older sibling, they said that the two got in the way too much and annoyed them. Fred told her about the time they almost caused Ron a heart attack by turning his teddy bear into a spider. Ever since then he had been afraid of spiders. Then Ginny, she was just an annoying little kid. They told her that their mother didn't work and stayed at home with Ron and Ginny while their father went to work. He worked at the Ministry of Magic in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts office. They told her that their father was obsessed with Muggles and their inventions. He had bewitched their Ford Angelina to fly, which the twins still haven't been able to take for a run.
Leila told them more about her family and living like Muggles. She told them that it wasn't that bad not using magic all the time. She told them about how she went to Muggle school before attending Hogwarts and about the things she learned. They had asked her how Math, English and Science would help her in the Wizarding world. She explained that those were things that Muggles learned so they could get jobs in the Muggle world. She explained that math and English were like some of the classes at Hogwarts, but the twins couldn't see how. But they did see how Science was like Potions class. Mixing things together to make something else was something they new how to do; even if Professor Snape didn't agree with them. But she didn't really talk about her parents or her younger brother, Jordan. The twins didn't ask why. They just let it slide.
One day, about a week after the Gryffindor-Slytherin Quidditch match, the Troublesome Trio decided to go after a couple of the Slytherin students that had been bugging them for a while. Leila was going to start talking to them during breakfast, knowing that no one would be able to get away from her once they met her gaze. Then the twins would come up behind them and stand a few feet away and stick owl pellets in their robes just before the owl post arrived that morning. Then they would use a spell that would enhance the smell of the pellets, drawing the owls to them.
The twins motioned to Leila that they were done and walked over to their table and sat down in their usual seat in the middle of the table. Leila followed them a moment later, a group of disappointed Slytherin boys staring after her.
"They are so annoying," Leila complained.
"That's because they all fancy you," Fred told her.
"They must not have much taste then," George joked.
"Watch it," Leila warned him, glaring at him, her eyes now ice-cold.
"Sorry," George said quickly, looking down at his plate. He liked her, as a friend, but whenever she glared at him with her ice-cold glare, shivers were sent down his spine and creeped him out.
"What did they say this time?" Lee asked.
"They all asked me out, again," Leila answered. "I keep telling them no, but they won't listen."
"Shows how stupid Slytherins are," Fred said.
"Look, the owl post is here," George said, regaining his composure.
The four of them looked up as the sound of flapping wings came into the Great Hall followed by thousands of owls streaming in to deliver packages to their owners. Almost every owl smelled the pellets in the unaware Slytherins' robes and went strait to them without dropping off their packages.
"Wait, where's my owl going?" many students asked as their eyes followed their owl's flight over to the Slytherin table.
The twins looked up at the Professors' table to see if they had noticed anything, noting that they hadn't.
"What's going on?" one of the Slytherin sixth years asked as a pack of owls flew down at his head, pecking at him.
"Get away from me you filthy thing!" A third year Slytherin girl yelled as she waved her hands over her head, trying to ward off the owls.
One of the owls pulled out a mouthful of pellets out of one Slytherin's pocket and began hooting happily. 'What the?" the student said, confused.
"Where did these come from?" the student next to him asked, pulling out a handful of pellets from his pockets.
Then suddenly all the students at the Slytherin table looked up at the Trio at the Gryffindor table. The three of them looked up and smiled while waving their hands.
"Weasley! I'm going to kill you!" one of the Slytherin second years threatened just as the teachers noticed what was going on.
"What is wrong with you?" Professor Snape asked, walking to the Slytherin table.
"Weasley and his little group somehow put owl pellets in our robes so the owls would attack us!" a seventh year boy told him, glaring at the three.
"Sit down and remove all the pellets from your robes and I will deal with them," Snape told them.
"What do you think you are doing attacking my students?" Snape asked once he reached the twins and Leila.
"We didn't attack them, the owls did," Leila pointed out innocently.
"Don't you dare mock me like that again Miss Smith. Or you will find yourself back on the train heading to London," Snape told her.
"Severus, is there a problem here?" Professor McGonagall had gotten up and walked over to the table.
"These three attacked my students," Snape told her.
"We didn't attack them!" George said. "The owls attacked them!"
"Why did the owls attack them then?" McGonagall asked.
"There were owl pellets in their robes. It's not our fault they're stupid enough to leave them in their robes," Fred told her.
"How dare you attack my students like that!" Snape snapped at them.
"Severus, there must be a misunderstanding here. These three did not attack your students. If you notice, the owls are the ones after the pellets, not these three," McGonagall said. "I am sorry that you do not trust my students."
"You know it was them, Minerva! How dare you take their side!" Snape was becoming enraged.
"They are my students. I listened to them and I agree with them. They had no part in this."
"Fine." Snape turned on his heel and stalked back up to the High Table.
"Fred, George, Leila, was it you who put those pellets in the Slytheirns' robes?" McGonagall asked once Snape was out of ears reach.
"Yes," Fred answered after a moment.
"Please don't do it again. Severus is already mad at me because Gryffindor beat Slytherin last week," she said with a smile.
"Yes, ma'am," Leila said.
"Enjoy the rest of your breakfast. I'd be extra cautious during Potions today if I were you," she added before disappearing.
The four friends looked at each other before breaking out in laughter.