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"Neverrrrrr!" Harry cried, trying to look rebellious but failing as he still had the pirate outfit on. Suddenly Seamus, Ron and Dean had a hold of his arms while Hermione and the Creevy brothers were holding desperately onto his legs.
"Hey!" Harry cried, not liking this one bit and struggling against his friend's firm holds. "That's really mean! Like, really really mean!" Neville, Katie, Fred, George and Alicia joined in and started firing spells, some to tie him up, some simply immobilising him, but with all one intention, to stop him moving.
The spells however were simply bouncing off of him and they were soon too busy to send any as the spells they had already sent kept flying towards them as though they had taken a lesson in "Bludgers for the Intermediate."
Those holding onto Harry managed to escape most of the spells as they were to busy aiming for those that had said them, but that didn't mean they had the easier time. Harry was still managing to stand up, though the others were trying so hard to get him to the floor. Bill and Charlie were preparing to do a joint rugby tackle when they were caught off guard by a leg locking curse – not exactly harmless when you're running full pelt. Throughout all of this, Tonks, Ginny, Sirius and Remus were standing off to one side, arguing over who would give the potion.
"Why should I give him the potion? I like Harry like this! Sides, if anyone should do it Moony, it should be you, what with your strength, agility and whatnot with the Werewolf thing," growled Sirius
"But Sirius, he likes you better! There is more of a chance of him forgiving you then him forgiving me!" Remus countered.
"We shouldn't give Harry the potion at all! He's happy like this! Leave him alone!" Ginny cried.
"Look, somebody better do it fast, no matter who it is, cause he certainly isn't going to be busy much longer!" Tonks cut in, noticing that they were wasting time. Chaos was certainly reigning – the Creevy brothers were lying upside down in the air, tied up in cocoons, while Hermione, Ron, Alicia, Katie and the twins were still trying to tame a struggling Harry (who oddly enough had grown extra arms and legs which were trying to push his captives away). Dean and Seamus were unconscious and had skidded to a halt about ten meters away after being at the receiving end at a couple of the magical arms. Neville was under "petrificus totalus" and had landed heavily upon Bill and Charlie, who were struggling to get out from under the boy while having legs locked together and being unable to reach their wands.
Suddenly, Harry pulled a Superman-Matrix thing, where he crouched to the ground and pushed himself into the air. Reaching 5 meters, he scowled down at his friends and pouted.
"That was really mean, you know? Bad people! Very bad people!" Harry scolded, shaking his finger at them. "I am very disappointed in you, and …and what would Dumbledore say? And errr, I want you to think about what you've done! Oh! And no sweets for a week!"
Sirius Fred and George gasped in horror and hid behind Hermione and Remus, while the rest just couldn't believe Harry was serious (a/n you know, I could include a really bad Sirius/serious pun here, but I won't. I shall simply mention that Sirius was standing over by Moony, and Harry was floating in the air.) True to his word, sweets were pulled out of pockets and disappeared into a bag Harry held out for them. With another lazy wave of Harry's hand those still conscious, apart from Ginny, had Marge Simpson hair and were dressed in cowboy outfits.
"Hey Ginny!" Harry yelled. "Want to go for ice cream? I's bored." Ginny nodded her confirmation with a grin, avoiding looking anyone in the eye, and suddenly found herself on a piggy back ride 5 meters from the air.
Hermione, Tonks, Bill, Remus and Charlie all threw a stunner at Harry, but he disappeared with a "swoosh" just as the spells got there, creating a pretty red firework thing.
Ron easily summed up the feelings of the group with a single word that would have got him into trouble if Mrs. Weasley was there, but all he got was a reproving look from Hermione and Remus.
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They appeared in the middle of Diagon Alley, much to the annoyance of the shoppers that had been moved out the way without they're consent. Instantly Harry was running through the crowd, straight for Florence's. Letting Ginny get down from his shoulders as they entered, he was quickly enraptured by the pretty colours of the ice creams and the different names.
"Harry, are you sure it's a good idea to have ice cream? I mean, you've already got enough energy, without adding to it," Ginny said gently, hoping that he wouldn't get angry at her too.
"Of course it is a good idea to have ice cream. Ice cream is good. It is sweet cold goodness in a bowl. There is nothing as good. Not the sweets that Dudley always got, nor the toys he got, not even the extra bedroom. Dudley never got ice cream when he was younger because he didn't like it, though he does like ice lollies. This proves that ice cream is good." Harry said reasonably, looking distrustfully at the pumpkin and sweet corn ice cream ("perfect for vegetarians!" the advert read).
Ginny frowned, about to ask him what Dudley had to do with anything, but Harry was already ordering his choice – or rather, choices.
"I'll have a scoop of Toffee and Caramel, Vanilla, Macadamia Strawberry, chocolate soprano, Fairy Wing fancy, Pumpkin and sweet corn, spider sensation, beef and cinnamon, Chilling dragon's breath, Ketchup and Chocolate chip, baked bean, apple pie and gooseberry, the brownie special, Butterbeer and Raisin, oh and the Butter mellow fantasy please. Ginny? Anything else you want to try?" Harry finished, as the servers dashed around gathering bowls for each flavour.
"Err, well I have always wanted to try the Strawberry Cloud. Do you have enough money for this Harry?" Ginny worried.
"Of course Ginny! Sirius said "in an emergency or whatever, whenever you want really, you can use my money." Harry said in a perfectly Sirius voice (a/n sorry, couldn't resist hehehe). "This counts as an emergency."
"Emergency?"
"Yes, we want ice cream, yet we have none," Harry said sadly. Paying for the ice cream, Harry levitated each of the bowls off of the trays onto the table near the window and handed Ginny a spoon. The next half an hour was spent making their way through the mountain of ice cream, or simply throwing it at each other if it was icky. Harry in particular got very good at throwing marshmallows and small pieces of ice cream into the air and catching it with his mouth.
However, even Ginny couldn't keep Harry distracted for ever…
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Soon everybody was up and conscious, and they were regrouping in the kitchen over some hot chocolate and Rolos (a/n put the rolo in the hot chocolate to make it all melty, then eat it – it is soooo yum. Careful you don't lose the rolo though).
"How could Ginny leave us like that! She's on our side!" Ron growled as he tried to unsink HMS Rolo from his cup of chocolate.
"Ron, you do realise that Ginny went along as Harry only invited her and she can keep him in check?" Hermione sighed.
"Um, yes! Of course I did!" Ron said quickly, while giving up on the Rolo version of the Titanic.
"Hate to break it to you Hermione, but Ginny's gone along because she wanted to, not cause she wants to look after him – though she's probably doing that a little bit anyway." Sirius sighed.
"Ginny would not be that irresponsible! Harry's got enough to worry about without being extremely energetic to boot!" Remus added, joining Hermione's argument.
"Psht. You don't know Ginny do you? She'll be having the time of her life at the moment." Fred or George said, while keeping a suspiciously close eye on one of the Creevey brothers.
"Is it really important we find him right now anyway?" Bill sighed, while Charlie nodded in agreement.
"Of course it is! If Voldemort finds out what Harry is like at the moment, he's bound to attack him!" Hermione cried.
"Nuh-uh! Harry could run circles round Voldedork, and probably would given the chance, while he's like this!" argued Sirius.
"That sort of behaviour could get him killed!" Hermione yelled, looking scandalised. "Katie? Alicia? What do you think?"
"We're on your side Hermione, but not because of your reasons. Harry pranked some dear friends of ours, we need to get revenge." sighed Alicia, smiling a rather evil grin that reminded everybody unpleasantly of the twins while Katie nodded.
"Boys?" Remus asked, while Hermione smiled at the girls gratefully, while looking rather troubled. The boys got into a small huddle before Seamus became spokesperson.
"If you think we're going to challenge Harry, you're nuts! He grew extra arms and legs! There's a pirate ship and castle out on the Quidditch pitch, and Ginny, who has Harry's wand, is with Harry! Call us if things get desperate, but we're going to have to say No way!" Seamus said, while Neville, Dean and the Creevey brothers nodded.
"Tonks?" Hermione asked, dreading it if she took the others side.
"I'm on you're side I suppose." Tonks said glumly. "As an Auror, I have to set an example, yada yada yada, and Harry's probably causing mayhem wherever he is."
"Ron?" Remus said gently, knowing that this was a very dangerous situation.
"I'm not choosing. I will not choose between my two best friends." Ron growled, as he stormed out the kitchen.
People paused for a minute, watching him run off, before turn back to the argument at hand. Almost subconsciously, Fred, George, Bill, Charlie and Sirius had gathered on one side of the table, while Hermione, Katie, Alicia and Remus had gathered on the other. Tonks was sitting in her original seat.
"Well, I suppose we must go separate ways," Remus sighed.
"Yup yup. Good luck finding Harry. You're going to need it." Sirius grinned, and the two groups walked out the kitchens and went separate ways.
Unbeknownst to them, a particularly brightly dressed house elf had watched the entire scene, and disappeared from the Kitchens with a swoosh.
Merry Christmas everybody, and now, a small piece of advice:
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup