Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters attached. I do not own Command and Conquer: Red Alert either.
A/N: this story is now officially an AU.
And I'm sorry it took so long to update and that it's so short, it's my 18th birthday today (05/08) so please don't kill me.
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Chapter 17: A Prank.
The DA spent the rest of the day reviewing everything that they did the previous year, before continuing from where they left off - the Patronus charm.
As the day progressed, people kept coming forwards with queries or suggestions, one of the best ones came from Padma Patil, who reminded Harry that real warfare wasn't the same as chess and suggested that they get Ron some books on muggle strategies that could be adapted for magical warfare, like Sun Tzu: The Art of War, and if they found a way to make electronics work on Hogwarts grounds, they could get a simple laptop computer with strategy games, like 'Command and Conquer: Red Alert'.
Ron, understanding this, agreed to help Padma in researching her second job – making electronics work in high magic areas.
Harry also evaluated all of their levels; all the combat section could take on an average death eater in a one on one duel, but wouldn't stand much of a chance against the inner circle…except for Blaise, Hermione, Ginny and Luna, although they would only be able to last a few minutes against the inner circle.
He thought that the combat healers and Padma were probably capable of taking on the weaker death eaters and holding of the average ones for a few minutes, but would get flattened by the inner circle.
The background healers were only capable of basic self defence – enough to pass their owls, but not much more.
Once it was time for dinner, the group split up to go to various places; common rooms, great hall and the library being the main ones.
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The next morning Harry and Blaise were woken up by some loud knocking on the door, followed by Ron's voice telling them to get up or they'll miss breakfast.
Harry just pointed his wand at the door while telling the RoR to open it, once the door was open, Harry just said two words that sent Ron running down the corridor screaming: "Excurro Arachni."
Once they were up, they went down into the hall to collect their timetables before heading off to the first lesson of the day: double potions.
When they arrived, it was obvious from the look on Snape's face that he didn't know whether to kill Harry for dating his goddaughter, or be nice to him to avoid her anger.
He must have decided on ignoring him, (either that or he was biding his time until she was no where near…after all: hell hath no fury greater than that of a woman scorned) since he only managed to make one remark about celebrities and favouritism before spotting the look on Blaise's face and promptly shutting up. Other than that, the lesson was rather uneventful.
Harry only hoped that it would last.
After potions, Harry, Blaise and Hermione met up with Ron who had just had a free period, before heading off to their next lesson of the day; charms.
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After a week had passed, they decided that the school had become too…quiet for their liking…so they pulled their first prank.
The target: Malfoy.
They waited until everyone was in the great hall for breakfast, just before the post, Rose was the one to cast the spell, whispering the words that she had longed to say since she discovered the spell three days earlier: "Improbus Venti."
Within moments a sound like a loud…VERY loud Trumpet echoed up from the Slytherin table, or more exactly, one Draco Malfoy, that was followed by a second exactly three seconds later (Rose had taken a liking to timing things recently), exactly four seconds later a similarly loud sound blasted from the same place as before, the difference being that it sounded a lot…wetter.
Judging by the look of panic that shot across his face, followed by his panicked sprinting from the hall, they guessed what had happened.
Once they had finished breakfast, many people having to cast bubblehead charms on themselves due to the smell that had drifted over from the Slytherin table, Harry caught up with rose to ask the question that was really beginning to bug him.
"What did you do to him? I don't remember you making him crap himself as being in part of the plan."
"Well…I kinda of overpowered it a little bit."
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A/N: Excurro Arachni: project spiders – sends an illusion of lots of spiders after the target. Spiders only chase for 40 feet before dissolving.
Improbus Venti: Bad wind/flatulence – self-explanatory really.