Chapter 3: The Snog Setup
George and Fred paced the room, wondering how to fix the only flaw they had found in their plan.
"How are we going to convince Hermione to go through with this!" asked George, frantically trying to think of a solution.
"Well..." Fred started, "How about the Imperius curse? A simple Imperio will do the trick!"
George stopped and blinked in disbelief at his twin brother. "Are... you... bloody... stupid...?" he asked, starting to pace once more. "We're not imperio-ing her for a snog! I could see us using that curse to get Verity or something but for a snog... never!"
"Don't get your wand in a knot! What's your bright idea, then?"
George stopped again and stood majestically, as if his idea was the best idea in the world. Fred looked at him with eager eyes. "I say... we just simply send it to her." He said smartly.
"Well, why didn't I think of that..." replied Fred. George began to retort since he didn't notice the sarcastic tone in Fred's voice but was cut off by the sound of Fred slapping his forehead. "Maybe because IT WON'T WORK!"
"What if we explain to her what it is and tell her to use it on somebody she absolutely despises. Like Malfoy! Imagine the look on that little buggers face when he's running around the school trying to find someone to snog. It'd be hilarious!"
Fred stopped and thought for a second, a smile slowly spreading across his face. "Yeah, I guess that would work. Imagine Ickle Ronniekins trying to find someone to snog."
"Um... Fred?"
"Yes, George?"
"Bad images."
Fred grimaced. "Oh, you're right."
The twins decided to put together a parcel containing an explanation of all of their work, the potion and some pictures of the side effects, including George's devastating condition. Fred grinned devilishly as he saw the picture mentioned. "I think Hermione will do exactly what we want her to."
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"Fred, we've got a minor problem to fix. How will we know what's going on at Hogwarts when we're here?"
Fred started pacing once more, he always thought better in motion. He stopped abruptly and snapped his fingers, "Tracking charm!"
"Brilliant!" exclaimed George, "We'll put a tracking charm on the potion so when the spell transfers to another person we'll know!"
"This is going to take some more hard work." The twins sighed, they hated hard work or well, any work in general. Of course, the tracking charm was easy as pie but how they were going to make it show was the hard part. After putting the spell on the potion and using their brilliant Weasley twin minds, they set up a wall with every person located on the Hogwarts grounds including professors, students, other staff members and ghosts from Abbott, Hannah to Zippet, Elise. They had pictures of everyone except for the ghosts because let's face it, where are you going to find a well-defined picture of a ghost?
"Wow, that was some hard work." Said George, wiping sweat from his brow.
"Yeah, and to think we set that all up in one paragraph!" Fred said sitting down.
"Oh wait..." the evil author appeared from thin air, "I didn't talk about how it works so you've got a lot more work to do and a lot less time to do it!"
"Aw, man." said the two incredibly sexy twins together.
So, the way they set the tracking charm was that whoever had the snog had their picture highlighted with a few (magical) flashy lights blinking around their name. When they passed the snog, a dash showed up between the two and the flashy lights showed up near their newly highlighted name. By the end of the snog day, the board would and should be all criss-crossed.
The twins collapsed and sighed. "Are we done yet?" they asked, looking up at the sky hopefully.
"Yes" the generous author replied, "well, for now at least." She disappeared from the story with an evil laugh.
"Right, now all we have to do is send this to Hermione." Said Fred hopefully, wanting Pass the Snog day to begin very soon.
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At Hogwarts
(A/N: it changed to Hermione's perspective now. I'll try to keep it up the whole time.)
I was sitting at the Gryffindor Table in the Great Hall, staring off into space. Okay, I was actually thinking about how cute a certain red-haired guy named Ron looked this morning. Ginny and Harry were sitting next to me taking turns shyly blushing and looking down at their food. Ugh, it was sickening. Why can't Ginny just break up with Dean and Harry get over Cho so that they both see that they're madly in love with each other? So, anyway, there I was, sitting across from Ron – who's looking quite hot; oh, I hope I'm not drooling – when a parcel dropped into my bowl of cereal.
"B-b-but I never get mail! I don't even have an owl!" I exclaimed.
"Yeah, who would want to write to the Mudblood? Know-it-alls anonymous? Mudblood brigade? Or maybe it's Weaslebee's dad? You know, he's such a big fan of Muggles and all." Draco Malfoy said smirking as he walked past our table.
"Shut up Malfoy." Said Ron through gritted teeth. Oh, I love him.
"Right, no need to waste time with inferiors." Malfoy replied, turning to Crabbe and Goyle. He turned his head to the Slytherin table and stared at Pansy. "If anyone here who isn't poor (he turned his head to glare at Ron), doesn't have an odd skin disorder (he glared at Ginny and Harry who started blushing once again) or isn't a Mudblood (he sneered at me) needs me, I'll be waiting in Herbology." Pansy didn't look up.
I ignored him, turned pack to my package and unfolded the letter.
Dear Hermione,
Hope all is well. Remember Pass the Snog day last year? Well, the anniversary is coming up so we've decided to restart it again and make it a regular Hogwarts tradition. Inside is our Pass the Snog potion that we've created and some other stuff like pictures of the side effects and an explanation. We suggest you start it off by giving it to someone you hate (Malfoy, preferably). And it's being tracked, so we'll know when it starts, who has it and who's snogged who. Enjoy and best wishes.
Gred and Forge.
Were they kidding? I can't believe that actually managed to create the potion. Not that they're stupid or anything because they definitely aren't, but it's just amazing. My face lit up, a slow (possibly evil... you never know) smile appeared on my face. "Hey Malfoy, wait up!" I yelled, sprinting out of the Great Hall and after him.
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And so, Pass the Snog day begins in Chapter 4!
Remember this takes place during Book 6.
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