Chapter 4---Unfrozen Gryfs Messing with Slytherin Stiffs---
The whole group, minus 3 members; two of which were playing a prank, sat frozen in a pile up. Erayn sat there laughing, for about five minutes. She would laugh for a little bit calm down, then happen to look at them and again realize that she was they're only hope and start laughing again.
"Okay u can move you're eyes, answer this by nodding them or shaking them." She laughed, not sure if they knew what she meant.
"Okay do you really want out?" Evidently they did because all of them except Lindsay looked up then down then back up and so on very quickly.
"Okay, are you guys hungry?" she got the same response. Lindsay continued just to stare at her making her a little nervous from the look Lindsay had in her eyes, which to say the least, though she wouldn't admit it but it intimidated her.
"Fine, but only cause Lindsay and Lily don't deserve this." She laughed. With a mutter of a simple word and a swish of her wand Erayn unfroze her friends. Slowly they all started moving again and quickly got off each other.
"Hey um Erayn did you get the bag cause I'm so late!" James pleaded. She nodded next to the stairs where she dropped the bag. James hurriedly grabbed the bag and ran out of the room before anyone could really gain their composure again.
"So yeah Erayn you didn't unfreeze us as quick as you should have." Sophie laughed moving towards her at a slow steady pace.
"Now, now Soph. Let's keep calm and collected." Erayn gulped playfully as she backed up.
"Hey, Soph don't get her back when she's expecting it. Wait and let her forget then get one of the guys or Tyson to give ya a prank, then get her." Lindsay smiled with a look that was mixed with pleasantly evil and a prankster at heart. With this Erayn's eyes got big, and Lindsay stood up from her stop on the couch.
"Yeah you could always get her a sleeping potion and then when fully asleep tie her up to the edge of the tower roof, the steep part, and leave her there for awhile, wand-less." Lindsay smirked and somehow resembled Wednesday off of the original Adams' Family show by the revenge look on her face. Erayn's eyes got even bigger than before and really started to fearfully back up.
"Good idea, Lindsay." Sophie smiled an identical smile as Lindsay though it wasn't so intimidating.
"Um yeah I think it's almost time for lessons so we might want to hurry and eat!" Erayn swirled around and ran upstairs and back with her bag in less than thirty seconds, "So yeah I'm hungry, let's go!" She hurried out of the portrait, the other girls; Whitney, Lily, Lindzi, Lizzy, and Charlotte just shrugged and followed. Sophie, Lindsay, Remus, Rory, and Peter stayed back for a moment.
"Were you being serious?" Peter looked at Sophie and Lindsay.
"Maybe." Lindsay looked at Sophie who looked back at her smiling. The boys looked at each other; Rory and Peter were grinning but Remus was frowning.
"Cool!" They both smiled at the girls.
"You two are just as bad as Tyson you just don't show it!" Remus shrugged.
"Yep, why show it off when revenge can be… sweet when it comes to secrets?" Lindsay smirked questioning them, "Well I think I'll see my boyfriend before class starts so I got to go, bye!" With that Lindsay walked out of the common room leaving Sophie with the three pranksters.
"She has a boyfriend?" Rory looked puzzled, "Since when?"
"Yeah who?" Peter looked at Sophie.
"Why are you so interested?" She laughed.
"Nothing we're just curious." Remus looked at her without much of an expression.
"Well since last night!" Sophie smiled.
"With who?" Peter asked again.
"I don't think I should tell you she should." Sophie mumbled and made for the portrait. The boys hurried over to her blocking her exit.
"No now that you said that you have to tell us." Rory laughed.
"Fine guess." Sophie mumbled.
"Okay what year is he in?"
"First."
"What dorm is he in?" Peter asked thinking Lindsay's boyfriend was in Gryffindor.
"I don't know he's in another house." She shrugged.
"Then what house?" Rory looked skeptical.
"NO! Are you for real?" Remus moaned and ran a hand through his hair.
"What?" Peter and Rory looked at Remus.
"Not Snape, anyone sept Snape!" Remus moaned again cluing the guys in on the guy.
"Why Tyson's going out with Malfoy?" Sophie put her hands on her hips defending her friend.
"Well we all know Tyson's crazy and willing to risk everything, even her life for some stupid stunt." Rory whined. Sophie shook her head, turned her back on the guys, and left them alone going to catch up with Lindsay.
Rielly and Aerith walked from the Gryffindor common room down the hall hoping to see Sirius on the way down.
"Why'd you say that to Lily?" Aerith looked at her feet almost afraid to speak in front of Rielly.
"Because we're mad at them remember?" Rielly told her calmly trying to explain it as if Aerith was a small child.
"Oh yeah." Aerith replied though she was lying.
"Okay well that Tyson chick actually seems cool so we're not gunna mess with her." Rielly said dismissing the previous conversation.
"But Lily is too." Aerith defended what she thought was her friend.
"No Tyson is, but only a little at that." Rielly stopped and corrected her.
"Why is Tyson cool but not Lily? I thought you hated pranksters." She frowned.
"I do and that is why I said she's only kind of cool, but she must be okay because Lucius is going out with her." Rielly ran a hand through her hair and started walking again.
"So you like her cause of her boyfriend?" Aerith looked at Rielly disgusted for a split second then went back to frowning at the floor.
"Yes, that bout sums it up" Rielly smiled a smile that gave off that she was daydreaming, "Just come on Aerith." The two girls finished walking to the great hall. When they went past a door on the way to the grand staircase they saw Sirius' head poke out of a classroom, look around, and go back inside closing the door, then they heard him say the spell to lock a door.
"Should we knock?" Aerith had almost started thinking like Rielly.
"No, they're setting a prank up, let's eat I don't want to be involved." Rielly shook her head.
They went down the steps and into the Great Hall, knowing that most likely in a few minutes there would be yelling.
"So yeah we're ya scared?" Whitney laughed at Erayn who had finally slowed down to a normal pace after they had gone down three floors.
"No of course not!" Erayn laughed; Whitney rolled her eyes and laughed with her.
"Man, I'm still stuffed from last!" Lizzy groaned when the Great Hall came into view.
"Yeah I am too." Charlotte and Lily agreed.
"So tell us about it!" Whitney giggled and jumped a little.
"Tell you about what?" Lizzy smiled pretending not to know what Whitney meant.
"Oh stop it you know what I mean! Come on what happened last night?" Whitney hit her playfully on the arm.
"Well, as you know it was in this 18th century room." Charlotte laughed reminiscing. She went on to tell the events of the night with the help of Lily and Lizzy. By the time they had sat down, far from Rielly and Aerith, they were just about done with the tale.
"So we went back to the common rooms and said good night." Lizzy smiled. All the girls sighed happily, then burst into a fit of giggles.
"Sounds like it was fun." Erayn chuckled and reached for some bacon to put on her plate.
It was." Lily laughed as she helped herself to some eggs. Soon Lindsay and Sophie came in and sat next to the other girls, none of them bothering to bring up the funny episode which had occurred in the Common Room between Erayn and Lindsay, which Erayn was quite grateful for.
"So do you have practice again tonight?" Whitney looked up from her plate towards Erayn and Lindzi.
"Yep" They said in unison. Whitney nodded and went back to her food, then moments later looked back up, "Okay speaking of practice, Tyson is on the team and we haven't seen her at all today." The others all looked up.
"She's planning a prank obviously." Lindzi shrugged. Just then Sirius walked in looking smug.
"What are you up too?" Whitney demanded as soon as he sat down.
"You'll see." Was all they got back.
"Where's Tyson and James?" She continued to question him.
"James is putting the finishing touches on the prank. Tyson," At the name he frowned and glared at no one in particular, "Is with that scum bag boyfriend of her's." Rory, Peter, and Remus all walked in and sat down as Sirius finished what he was saying.
"I don't appreciate that!" Lindsay looked up in a flash when she heard what Sirius had called her boyfriend's best friend, speaking of her boyfriend where was he? Lindsay took her eyes from Sirius and moved them over to the Slytherin table, he wasn't there.
"Why not, you wanna kiss him too?" he shivered; Peter, Remus and Rory looked at him strange.
"She kissed him? Gross!" Peter shivered too as Sirius nodded.
"No, but I'm going out with his best friend. And actually there Severus is now so I will see you guys later." Lindsay glared at Sirius and Peter before picking up her stuff and walking towards the entrance where Severus was standing searching the Gryffindor table looking for her before he saw her start to get up.
"You guys need to chill with the Slytherins!" Whitney looked at the boys as she took a swig of pumpkin juice.
"Hey Whitney you have no room to talk!" Sophie raised her eyebrows.
"Hey I told her I was sorry and she forgave me and I haven't acted that way towards them yet have I?" Whitney defended herself, Sophie just shrugged.
"Anyways, Rory how late do you think practice will be?" Lily smiled propping her elbows on the table.
"Dunno I'd have to ask Denium." he shrugged smiling at her, "Hey Potter what time do ya think we'll get done tonight?" He elbowed James never taking his eyes from Lily.
"Dunno ask him, he's talking to Will and Justin over there." James shrugged looking at Rory as if he wanted to hit him, "I'm not your slave."
"Yeah okay, "Rory chuckled, "Hey Johnson! Come here!" He called to Denium who was about 7 seats away from the group. The Capitan looked up at him from his plate and conversation with Will and Justin. Justin being a fellow 6th year with Denium.
"You talking to me, Bacon?" He stood up laughing. Denium had long brown hair that would come down to his shoulders if he didn't have it slicked back into a tight pony tail which showed off his bright green eyes.
"Yeah I'm talking to you!" Rory laughed.
"No I don't think you are, cause I no you're not stupid enough to mess with a big 6th year Quidditch Capitan who could cream ya'" He laughed, Will shook his rusty colored head of hair laughing.
"Yeah right, just because you're 6 years older than me doesn't mean you're a better Quidditch player than me!" Rory laughed; by now the whole school had stopped talking to listen to the first year get himself into trouble.
"Come on you're 11 I'm 16, you don't think I don't have more experience and training than you? I swear 11 year olds' mouths are bigger than their brains." Denium chuckled sitting back down, Will looked up at him setting his fork back onto his plate with egg still on it.
"I just turned 12 does that mean my mouth is bigger than my brain?"
"All of you little kids need more practice in life and Quidditch."
"Yeah then how come the whole Gryffindor Quidditch team is in 1st and second year sept you?" James sat up straight looking at Denium.
"That's cause I have to train you guys so that when I'm gone in the next year an a half you'll be trained by the best and hopefully maybe you'll be able to live up to my shadow." Denium laughed playfully.
"Okay fine if you're so good then get yourself another team an-" he stood up and started a dare but got interrupted by Erayn.
"No, I'm not quitting the team for your silly little pride thing." she snapped.
"Me either." Lindzi backed her Quidditch buddy up.
"Erayn…. Lindzi….hush I'm not finished." He looked at them smiling.
"Oh okay… I'm not going on strike either." Erayn added, Lindzi just nodded.
"Anyways," Rory gave a sideways look at the girls which shut them both up, "You find yourself a team, anyone you want. And since the next match is in a few months you practice with them and get a good as possible. Us on the other hand; your 'young' team will go on practicing normally but you can't be there. And in a month or so we'll have a scrimmage. We'll work out the awards or trophy or whatever later when we set the scrimmage. Well if that's okay with you Headmaster." Rory turned to the smiling Headmaster Dumbledor. His eyes twinkling,
"If it's okay with your team members then I don't see why not." Rory slowly turned to James, Erayn, and Lindzi.
"Of course!" James said in less then a second.
"Girls?" Rory and James looked at Lindzi and Erayn. The two looked at each other.
"Yeah sure, sounds like fun!" They both laughed.
"Will?" Rory turned to the 2nd year.
"Why not?"
"Yes!" Rory and James gave each other a quick high five.
"Tyson loves challenges she's sure to say yes. So what about it Denium do you want to?" James was standing next to Rory now.
"And back down to 1st and 2nd years, yeah right. You're on!"
"TYSON……BLACK……POTTER!!!!!!!!!!!" A professor's voice rang out. James and Sirius looked at each other smiling, the plan had worked!
Dumbledor looked up at the entrance to the Great Hall where the professor's voice had come from.
"Mr. Black, Mr. Potter would you please come with me?" The headmaster stood up and walked around the head table and towards the entrance doors.
"Oh course Professor!" James and Sirius bounced up and quickly went after the headmaster.
"You're gunna help me right?" Denium leaned over to Justin when everyone was looking at James and Sirius.
"With the Quidditch thing?" Justin looked back at Denium with his bright green eyes. Justin was tall for a 16 year old and very muscular. He had brown hair that came down just above his eyes which were always covered by his yellow sunglasses he rarely took off, even in the castle.
"Yeah, come on I'll make you co-captain." Denium whined.
"Okay but if anyone bugs me about why I'm not on the team, you're dead!" Justin finished a sausage and started getting up.
"Well you know the few who know about you're Quidditch skills are still dumbfounded about why you just won't join the team. You have got to be the best Quidditch player in the school, you just won't show it."
"Because Denium, I used to be an athlete. I got so wrapped up in sports that I almost failed my 1st year here. After that I planned to choose studies over sports." The two 6th years were now walking out of the great hall, off in a corner James, Sirius, Tyson, Malfoy, Severus, Lindsay, Taglen, Professor Jarves, Professor McGonagall, and The Headmaster were standing trying to settle something. The students were all arguing with each other.
"Right makes sense but you are helping me right?" Denium shrugged.
"Yes, Johnson." The two boys made their way to their next class which for them was Charms which doubled with the Ravenclaws, the class was held by Professor Flitwick, who was also the Head of Hufflepuff. Taking their seats next to each other they started making up a list of possible people they could use on their team, soon the other students were coming in.
"Okay well Bacon said anyone so we can people from other teams right?" Justin looked at the small list.
"Yeah actually he did." Denium smiled again, they had both begun to worry about who they could get not many people in Gryffindor could play Quidditch enough to beat a real team. But now with Justin's clever thinking they could get the older people from other teams and they really would cream those 1st and 2nd years!
"Well let's look at the list and see what positions we need." Denium looked down at the piece of parchment on his desk. "Okay I'm a chaser, you're a really good seeker, and doesn't Dave play a little?"
"Dave Weasley the 7th year Prefect?" Justin looked over at the paper. The paper had a list of all the positions on a Quidditch team and little hyphens next to them. The seeker had his name after the hyphen and one of the chasers had Denium's name next to it the rest were empty. Denium nodded assuring Justin of the person, "Yeah I think so, as I recall he's pretty good, not real good but good."
"What position does he play?"
"Umm let me ask Ashley," Justin started to get up then sat back down, "Her and Dave are still together right?"
"I think so." Justin nodded and got back up making his way over a few desks to a girl with light brown hair that was pulled into a tight pony tail.
"Hey Ashley." He sat in the empty seat next to her.
"Hey Justin, what's going on?" She smiled as she put a thing of parchment into her bag.
"Nothing much so do you know if Dave plays Quidditch?"
"Yeah hello Justin I used to be the Chaser for Gryffindor when I was still on the team, do you think Dave would go out with a chaser and get away with not playing?"
"Oh yeah, so he helps you in the chaser position?"
"Yeah."
"Okay cool could-"
"Justin I know about yours and Denium's problem." She stopped him from explaining something which would prove to be very boring.
"Ok will ya help…. and Dave?" Justin sort of pleaded. And he didn't even know why this scrimmage was making him beg, he didn't even care for it much Denium did. Damn, it was the athlete coming back. If he started paying more attention to the game rather than his studies then Denium will die!
"Yes me and Dave already talked about it because we kind of figured you'd ask us."
"You're very bright." Justin laughed and moved back to his seat next to Denium.
"So what'd she say?" Denium had the parchment still in his hand.
"Yep, both chasers too!"
"Cool, then we only need two beaters and a keeper!" Denium smiled writing in Dave and Ashley's name next to the remaining two chasers.
"So Denium got yourself a team yet?" James laughed as he put his arm around Erayn as they came from their first lesson going to their next one.
"Almost." Denium held up the piece of parchment and waved it so James couldn't see what was written on it. Justin who was walking next to Denium rolled his eyes and pulled Denium's arm down taking the paper from him.
"I'll get the rest." With that he walked off in another direction, leaving Denium to playfully glare at his retreating figure. He turned around and the 1st year gang was gone.
"So Rory have you realized that with Denium gone we're short one chaser?" Lindzi looked over at him from the other side of Erayn. Rory stopped along with James.
"So can't we just get another one?" Tyson looked at the boys as the whole group stopped.
"I didn't think of that." James looked at Rory.
"Well obviously." Sirius rolled his eyes. He was in fact getting a little jealous of how good of friends Rory and James were getting; all they ever did was talk about Quidditch. Except for that morning when in fact him, James, and Tyson all got in trouble for a prank they had did on Taglen. And that made it seem better; for awhile. Until the scrimmage came up again and again and again. But still that prank was good!
She pulled the door closed behind us as we went into a classroom that wasn't in use at this moment. I was told to stay by the door listening for James while she mixed the potion.
"How will he know which room we're in?" I asked Tyson as she poured some liquid into an empty vile.
"Didn't you and him put all the equipment in here for us?" She turned around towards me; her dark red hair fell over her shoulder. Actually at that moment she could pass off as Lily's sister but with darker hair.
"Sirius?" She startled me from my thoughts.
"Huh? Oh, no I put everything in here he was busy talking to someone."
"Fine every little bit stick your head out and look for him." She turned back to her vials.
For a few more minutes she mixed potions and liquids, while I looked for James. I spotted Rielly and Aerith once but I pretended I didn't see them and shut the door, locking it hoping they'd get the hint and not come over. Finally I heard someone running down the hall. So I stuck my head out and grabbed the figure when it went by, pulling it into the room slamming the door.
"Nice Sirius." Tyson laughed barley turning around.
"I don't think it was very nice." James whined from his spot on the floor.
"Get up, where have you been?" She walked over to him and we both helped him up. He dusted the imaginary dust from his robes he pretended was there and handed Tyson her bag before he answered.
"I got… held up." I laughed at him as Tyson rolled her eyes taking the bag and turned back to the table where all the vials were; grabbed a few and turned back to me and James.
"Whatever, here." She gave me two and James two, holding one for herself then walked out of the door.
"So what exactly are we doing?" James almost dropped one of the vials making me catch it before it slipped and shattered to the floor. I handed the vile back to him.
"You're lucky Tyson but corks in these." I added before Tyson started up on the plan for the prank. James rolled his eyes and muttered a small, "yeah thanks"
"We're going to take your vials James and pore them on the floor all over the grand staircase, then Sirius' on the floor in front of it." She said staring at her vile with at the liquid inside it. The liquid was a dark midnight purple with swirls of dark blue. I looked at my vials; they were different from Tyson's. Both of mine were a light gold color with dark green swirls and James' vials were both a sunset orange with rich brown swirls.
"What are you gunna do with yours?" James looked up from his vials.
"I'm gunna be at the top of the steps and when Taglen is coming down the steps I'll drop it letting it smash." She smiled looking up at James.
"So what exactly is all this gunna do?" I kept looking at my vials; Tyson took her gaze from James over to me.
"Well James and I will stay at the top of the stairs pretending just to look over the banister. You'll go down the stair like everything is normal sitting next to the end of the banister. I'm going to call to Taglen when he looks up I'm going to wave this," Tyson got a big binder out of her bag and held it up. "This is his and I'll taunt him to a point that he comes up the stairs and then I'll move off a little when he tries to get it from me you and James open your vials and you, pore yours all over the floor in front of the stairs. James you pore yours down the stairs. James you make sure no one else goes on the stairs but I don't think they will; most people are in the Great Hall eating. Sirius as soon as you pore yours go back into the Great Hall then James will finish poring his and slide down the banister-you can do that right?" She looked at James skeptically.
"Yes I can." James looked at her then at me and rolled his eyes.
"Good then you'll take my vile and slam it onto the bottom step then follow Sirius here into the Great Hall. I'll give the binder back to him and he'll go back down the stairs. Well he'll try, because he'll slip and fall then at the end of the stairs he'll try to stand up and slip again. The liquid that was in my vile stops all the sound so no one can hear him scream and locks in the other potions. I'll slide down the banister and go and meet Lucius and we'll all be fine, except Taglen of course." She smiled as they reached the banister to the Grand Staircase.
"Why what does the potions do?" James put his vials carefully on the banister.
"Everywhere the potions touch him it will leave a stain, including his skin. The stain will look just like the potion and won't come out."
"So he'll be all these colors because he rolled in it right?" I asked.
"Yes and the stain will stay there until I take it off or it wears off." She smiled pulling her dark hair into a ponytail.
"How long will it take to wear off?" I smiled the same prankster smile that was on James and Tyson's faces.
"About a week."
"Well there he is." James looked down, "He's standing next to Malfoy." James and I laughed as Tyson cursed.
"Okay…crap! Umm yeah Sirius you get into it with Lucius so he doesn't come up here." She moved the bangs out of her eyes.
"Okay!" I smiled, finally I get to start something with Malfoy and have Tyson not get mad!!! That ruled. I started down the stairs.
"Hey Malfoy I just heard some interesting news about you!" I yelled down to the long haired blonde boy as I steadily walked down the stairs.
"And what might that be?" He turned around towards me, then looking past me he caught a glimpse of Tyson when she had started yelling at Taglen, and moved past me, "I'll deal with you later." Taglen was already ahead of him moving up the stairs.
"No, you'll deal with me now." I put my wand at the back of his neck making him stop and slowly turn around.
"What Black?" I looked past him real quick to see Taglen arguing with Tyson and James letting his liquid run down the stairs. Crap I need to put mine down there! Well let me see if this will work.
"I heard that you were cheating on Tyson, is that true?" I almost couldn't glare at him without laughing so I just thought about how I would feel if he was cheating on her, yeah she didn't seem to like him and that she liked Will but she had told me that she did like Malfoy… a lot, just that she also liked Will. But that was all private and I knew how she felt and I got angry.
"What the hell are you talking about Black? If anyone's cheating on anyone, it'd be her with that stupid half-blood Will Pauley!" He snapped at me not even noticing that I softly dropped my vile and slightly kicked it towards the stairs as James came sliding down the banister with Tyson's vile in his hand, smiling he picked mine up and opened it letting it pore onto the floor.
"How dare you say that she would do that!" I just registered what Malfoy had said.
"You just ac-" Malfoy started to get up into my face when a loud crash interrupted him. He quickly turned around to see James looking down at the broken vile at his feet watching the liquid start to take effect with the sound barrier, I took my chance and ran into the Great Hall, then obviously soon followed by James.
"I still can't believe you idiots got ALL of us in trouble this morning!" Lindsay glared at James, Sirius, and Tyson, all of which laughed, "It's not funny; I've never been to detention!"
"Well don't worry we'll be there with ya, it's not so bad!" James laughed. The rest of the group shook their heads laughing.
"So what happened after me and James left?" Sirius asked smiling from Erayn as he took hold of her hand to Tyson.
"Well Lucius looked up at Taglen just as he slipped and rolled down the stairs. By the time Lucius was at the foot of the stairs Taglen was trying to get up and like I predicted, he slipped again so Lucius helped him up with out stepping in the potion." Tyson was going to continue but James and Sirius both gave a loud sigh and muttered 'man, that sucks'. Tyson looked at them with a glare that could kill, "Well Professor Jarves came up the steps from the dungeon and saw Taglen covered in the potion he tried to yell but," Tyson had to stop because she burst out laughing at the memory of Professor Jarves trying to scream but couldn't, "Okay well McGonagall also came down the steps, passing me." Tyson smiled as she caught her breath and went on, "She also saw Jarves moving towards Lucius and Taglen still trying to scream, so she looked at me and waved her wand muttering something. Since of course there was no sound I didn't here it." Everyone rolled their eyes as Tyson got off subject.
"Anyways what happened?" Sophie looked at her sideways as they all walked into their next class two at a time.
"Well obviously the sound returned and Taglen, the second there's sound again told on us as me and Mag came down the stairs, that's when Jarves yelled." She shrugged as she took her seat in the back corner farthest from everything, the rest of the group sat in the desks around the corner; all in whispering range of each other.
"So why wasn't Taglen changing colors?" James asked as he got out his history of magic textbook from his bag.
"Oh I made it to where it won't activate until tomorrow morning when he wakes up. I did that so if we did get caught they didn't know he would change colors and I wouldn't have to take it off of him before everyone got to see him."
"Well don't the professors know what potion you used and know that you can activate it?" Lizzy asked as she looked up at the board reading the text that was on it and following it. It read; Turn to page 191 of your books. The others slowly followed suit.
"No I made the potions myself!" Tyson smiled mischievously.
"Really? Wow Tyson that's really cool!" Lindzi looked astonished as did everyone else.
"But you don't do too hot in potions class, how come you're good enough to make your own?" Whitney laughed.
"I actually love potions I just don't like the potions we have to make so I don't pay attention to what I'm doing with it." Tyson shrugged, "I looked up every ingredient I thought I'd need for those potions." She took out a feather quill, ink, and some parchment and set it next to her open book on the desk.
"So did you use it all on that one prank?" Charlotte tried to see past James' head but he kept moving it in her way smiling; finally she smacked it down and held it there until Tyson answered.
"No I have more." Charlotte let go of James laughing a small 'okay good' then went back to getting her own supplies out.
"Hey Rory I was thinking…" James trailed off making Rory look to where James was staring. It was at a beautiful blonde girl with her hair hanging in loose ringlets ending mid way down her back; she had light grayish-bluish eyes and made her smile glow. She had sat down around the middle of the sets of seats. Her name was Jacqueline Chambers, and was a fellow pure blood first year Gryffindor.
"What about Jacqui?" Charlotte looked upset.
"Huh? Oh sorry Char just thinking, hey Rory...." James never got to finish because Sirius finished for him, basically reading his mind.
"Yeah isn't Chambers a pretty fair chaser?" Tyson smiled looking up from the text book.
"Yes I do think you two are right."
"Why do you guys want her on our team or something?" Erayn looked confused.
"No Erayn we just wanna know if she plays as chaser for our own health." Peter laughed.
"Yes Erayn," Lindzi flashed a warm smile to Erayn then looked back around at Tyson, James, and Rory, "Do think she'll play for us?"
"I would think so Lindz." Lily looked down at the blonde with her voice not having a bit of sarcasium in it. Lizzy agreed with the same gentleness in her voice.
"Why don't you go ask her?" Sophie rolled her eyes and laughed along with Lindsay.
"Hey Tyson could you?" James whined.
"Why are you scared of a little girl Jamesy-Wamesy?" Erayn laughed.
"No. I'll go!" He stood up but Tyson stood up too and shoved him back into his seat lightly.
"Stop I'll ask." She walked past the group as the professor; Professor Binns came floating into the classroom. Professor Binns was the History of Magic professor and just happened to be the only ghost to actually teach at Hogwarts. He moved towards the front of the classroom as Tyson crouched down behind the seats of students who all looked at her in turn puzzled but soon turned their gaze back to the front again, knowing that she would likely get caught and they would find out what she was doing anyways. So she slowly made her way down the rows next to Jacqui's chair as the professor levitated the roll sheet from his desk to where he stood at a podium.
"Hey Jacqui, can I ask you something?" Tyson whispered as Binns started the roll call, Jacqui never looked down at her for fear of getting into trouble but whispered back, 'what?'
"Would you say you're good at the spot of chaser?" Tyson ducked down as Binns came to a name of a student that sat next to Jacqui. The person answered and Jacqui chanced a whisper.
"I think I would."
"Good. Then would you mind playing for the Gryffindor Team in the scrimmage?" She ducked back down behind Jacqui's seat as Jacqui's name was called.
"Chambers?"
"Here Sir." The professor barley even lifted his eyes from the paper before going on.
"Yeah sure now get out of here before you get me in trouble too!" She whispered over her shoulder to Tyson.
"Right!" Tyson whispered back and slowly turned around and tried to make her way back to her desk before Binns called her name but that was the T's and he was on the C's. Just as she was on the row before her own she heard a name ring out from Binns' mouth louder and more direct to the person he called to. The name was followed by a question that made Tyson stop creeping up between the seats and slowly turn around with a foolish grin on her face.
"Tyson, what are you doing?"
"So Justin, what happens if they try and prank your team? I mean come on; they are the biggest known pranksters in this school." Sara Elsen looked up at her boyfriend of a year and a half. Sara's brown hair fell over her shoulders and her green eyes twinkled at the thought of seeing the scrimmage team getting pranked.
"They won't." Denium answered for Justin. All of the scrimmage people they recruited so far and a few others were sitting next to the lake seeing that they had time to talk it being lunch and all. They didn't want to run into the 1st years so they stayed outside. Justin laid down in the soft snow most likely getting his winter robes wet, and using Sara's stomach as a pillow as she laid next to him leaning back on her elbows, while Denium, Dave and Will threw rocks into the lake. Ashley and Marie Potter sat farther from the cold lake so they wouldn't get wet from the splashes of water that came up from the rocks when they were tossed into the lake. Marie Potter was James' older sister and usually switched from hanging out with James' and his friends to this group. Will and Marie were both younger than the rest, Marie was in 3rd year, but somehow they all seemed comfortable in each other's presents.
"How do you know?" Marie asked Denium from under the blanket that she had conjured up to keep herself warm.
"Because they might be pranksters but their pride is way too big to be caught cheating at a sport." This time Justin answered for Denium.
"So Marie you gunna be the keeper for our team?" Ashley looked over to Marie, she too was wrapped in a blanket she conjured up.
"Yeah if you guys need me." Marie shrugged.
"Well duh they need you; they need all the help they can get!" Sara laughed. Justin smiled and brought his arms up around his head; and started to tickle her.
"What was that Sara?" He turned over to tickle her better. She squirmed and laughed a small 'nothing I'm sorry'. Justin nodded and went back to how he had been before.
"Hey guys." A girl's voice came from behind the small group. The group turned to see two girls standing behind them with their hands buried deep in their pockets. The girl who had got their attention was Belen Ostria, a Ravenclaw fourth year. She had shoulder length brown hair that was flipped out at the bottom and shining hazel eyes. The second female was Jena Roberts, also a fourth year Ravenclaw. Jena was taller than Belen by a few inches andhad her auburn hair braided and pulled into a ponytail showing off her beautiful blue eyes that matched the blue scarf that was wrapped around her neck multiple times in attempt to keep the cold out.
The group replied to the two Ravenclaw girls in their own way. Though the main point was, "Hey girls. What's going on?"
"We heard that you needed some new players for that scrimmage you're doing. Would ya happen to need two beaters?" Belen smiled to the group but mostly to Denium, who obviously was the creator of the team.
"Yeah, of course! Does that mean you're interested in the position?" Denium looked up and held onto the rock he was about to skip into the lake.
"Well that's a captain obvious!" Jena laughed at him.
"Yes that means we have our team!" Dave smiled.
"Well ladies have a seat, and we'll discuss the practices." Justin laughed waving a hand around the group.
"Ha, ha, Tyson got in trouble…. again!" Peter laughed along with James and Sirius as the whole gang made their way to the great hall for lunch.
"Shove it Peter." Tyson glared at him.
"Or what?" Peter stepped up into her face.
"Or you'll get the hell hexed out of you!" Tyson stood straight up trying to reach Peter's height but not making it.
"Pete, leave her alone." Lizzy took hold of his arm and pulled him away from Tyson, "and be careful she just might hex you, she's mad." She laughed.
"It's not my fault she got two detentions in one day!" Peter laughed as he looked at Tyson to see if it'd provoke her more.
"I'm serious leave her alone!" Lizzy laughed not sounding serious at all.
"You're Sirius? I thought you were Lizzy and he was Sirius." James played dumb, Sirius who wasn't paying attention to anybody except Erayn who he was having a quiet conversation with looked up at the mention of his name with a 'huh?' which made everyone including Tyson laugh; who had been looking like she was about to deck Peter.
"Okay well you two calm down and let's eat." Lizzy smiled as they all took they're seats at the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall.
"Right!" Peter and Tyson said in unison and sat down forgetting about their little spew.
"I wonder where everyone is." Lizzy looked around them.
"What do you mean Liz?" Whitney looked up from her plate which she had already started to make.
"I mean Denium, Will, Marie, and all of em' aren't here." That made everyone look around.
"I bet they're somewhere planning the scrimmage thing." Lindzi shrugged showing that it wasn't a big deal, but of course James' being James had to do the opposite.
"What does that have to do with my sister?" James put his fork down.
"Well doesn't Marie play as keeper?" Lizzy mumbled as she took a swig of her pumpkin juice to wash some meat pie down.
"Yes…"James was hoping that Lizzy wouldn't say what he thought she would.
"Well," She put down her mug and picked her fork back up, "if she plays a position that Denium needs filled and they hang out together, then maybe she's playing for them!" she shrugged and took another bite of her meat pie.
"No she can't do that. That traitor!" James whined.
"It's fine really James," Lily laughed.
"No it's not! She's a traitor!"
"And why is she a traitor?" Sophie smiled.
"Because she would rather play on Denium's team!"
"Rather than what? Play on our team? Cause James if you haven't noticed you already have one!" Lindsay rolled her eyes at James' brain deadness
"Yes! I mean no I meant she would rather be on his team than support her own brother's team!"
"Calm down James, I'd do that too!" Charlotte looked at her boyfriend as if he was crazy.
"Yeah it's no biggy James. It's not like you two like each other much." Rory stuffed his mouth with a roll of bread then smiled.
"So?" James looked at Rory with the death stare, which according to Sirius was a good thing.
"So just drop it would ya?" Remus sighed as Jacqui walked up to the table and sat between Sophie and Erayn and across from Lindsay.
"Hey guys, so when is our first practice?" she smiled as Severus and Lucius walked into the Great Hall.
"Don't know, we'll talk about it later, Tyson, Lindsay where you two going'?" Rory questioned the two girls who had stood up and had started to gather their stuff.
"I want to see my boyfriend." Lindsay smiled to the group and stood up straight waiting for Tyson.
"And I need to apologize to mine." The two girls made their way over to the Slytherin table and sat next to their boyfriends.
"How come you guys aren't planning everything down to the bone now? Denium and Justin are." Jacqui started making a plate for herself.
"What?" James and Rory both almost choked on their food.
"Yeah they're outside by the lake with the whole team along with that one boy Tyson likes and Justin's girlfriend, Sara I think."
"Yeah Will and Sara" Lizzy piped in.
"He already has a whole team?" Erayn looked amazed.
"Yeah I just went out there and talked to them."
"Is my sister on it?" James looked at her rather anxiously. The rest of the gang rolled their eyes and moaned.
"Umm yeah" Jacqui laughed not knowing why they were telling James to just shut-up about it already.
"So who all else is on it?" Lizzy was the first to stop complaining to James.
"Umm it's Denium, Ashley Davis, and Dave Weasley as the Chasers. Marie is obviously keeper, the two Ravenclaws Belen Ostria and Jena Roberts are the beaters and Justin Darkcon is the seeker." Jacqui shrugged as if it was nothing but the rest of the 1st years' jaw were dropped, "What?"
"Oh nothing their just gunna get creamed!" Charlotte laughed.
"Why?" Jacqui looked at everyone.
"Because putting all those good players together will make one hell of a Quidditch team!"
"I didn't even know Justin played." Lizzy shrugged.
"Yes he does and he can whip anyone he wants to at sports! But know one really knows that." James' eyes got big.
"Then how do you know?" Charlotte turned to her boyfriend laughing.
"Because I do sometimes have civilized conversations with my sister who happens to hang with all of them older people." Sirius rolled his eyes at James' reply.
"Don't worry you'll beat em'!" Lizzy smiled warmly along with Lily and went back to their food.
"I hope so" James and Rory looked at each other skeptically.
"I hope not," Sirius muttered under his breath but nobody even noticed.
"Okay fine umm Rory you're captain since you thought all this up and I get to be co-captain." James finished the last bit of food on his plate. Lindzi and Erayn looked up.
"And what special privilege do you have, that we don't that makes you co-captain?" Erayn held her fork halfway to her mouth.
"Seeing that…. I'm Rory's best friend…. and you're not!" James pretended to wonder but pointed it out bluntly.
"What?" Sirius looked at James wide eyed, "I thought we were?"
"What are you talking about Sirius?" James looked confused.
"Oh now you're in trouble, Potter!" Jacqui laughed as James gave her the death glare.
"You're his best friend now? Okay that's fine." Sirius started to get up.
"Sirius I didn't mean it like that!" James tried to play it off.
"No you did; Remus you're my new best friend! But I have to go at the present moment." Sirius stormed off pushing past Denium and the rest of the scrimmage team not including Belen and Jena who were sitting at the Ravenclaw table.
"Sirius!" James called after Sirius' retreating figure, but it just kept going.
"Nice one Potter." Denium laughed as he sat in Sirius' seat. Justin took Lindsay's old seat, Sara took Tyson's, and Marie, Will, Dave, and Ashley all took empty seats around the group.
"Hey leave him alone Johnson." Marie spoke up, "James what was that all about, you two never fight."
"Nothing he's just acting like a little girl." James muttered as he poked his food with a fork.
"Right and you're not?" Charlotte cocked an eyebrow at him.
"No of course not, Char. What James acting like a girl, heavens no!" Sophie laughed.
"Hey I said leave him alone, guys. James go find Sirius and talk to him." Marie shook her head.
"I'll go with, this is mainly my fault, and we should all talk." Rory sighed, but both boys got up and slowly left the Great Hall.
"Those three are such drama queens" Whitney laughed.
"Yeah I would have to agree!" Charlotte and Lily both nodded.
"Okay Denium let's get the details on this scrimmage stuff." Lindzi moved her plate out of her way and set her hands on the table. Erayn dug into her bag and got out two pieces of parchment and two quills and an ink bottle; which she set up on the table giving Denium and Lindzi the parchment and quills.
"Okay, are you like the captain?" Denium took the quill and parchment from Erayn.
"Umm actually yes." Lindzi smiled. Ashley got Belen and Jena from the Ravenclaw table, and they all took a seat to listen.
"Fine when will the scrimmage be?" Justin looked over Denium's shoulder.
"Well the next match is in May so let's make it at the end of March." Lindzi looked at her personal calendar.
"Right so then let's say the last Saturday in March?"
"Yes that's the 25th," Lindzi replied to Denium who had asked and was looking at the paper as he scribbled the info on it.
"Okay so what do the winners get when they win?" Will piped in.
"Umm how bout that they have to serve any detentions the players on the other team had received for the month of March?" Sara laughed.
"Whose side are you on anyways?" Justin turned around to look at his girlfriend, smiling.
"I don't know yet, whoever wins." She flashed him back a beautiful smile before turning back to the table to watch the negotiation.
"No I know they should do the other's homework for a week." Dave put his idea on the table.
"That's not fair we can't do 1st year work as is never less 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th!" Erayn's eyes got big but really big when she said 7th which she had also stressed the most on.
"Then don't lose." Dave shrugged.
"Umm.. Babe, you do know that if they can't do it then we get the failing grade, right?" Ashley raised her eyebrows.
"Oh yeah." Dave chuckled, "Never mind chunk that idea!" The rest of the scrimmage team nodded relieved.
"Okay how bout they just have bragging rights, and have to follow the winners around picking up after them and maybe we can convince Headmaster to allow us a small spot in the trophy room where we can put a little plaque with the names and date of the winners." Belen pulled out of the blue.
"Hey that's pretty good," Lindzi nodded thinking about it, "What do you say Erayn? Will?"
"Yeah it's good." They both nodded.
"Guys?" Denium looked at his team. They all nodded too.
"Okay then we'll do what Belen suggested, got that all Milian?" Denium finished scribbling down the requirements and prize, with a little side note to talk to Dumbledor about the trophy thing.
"Hey it's just a scrimmage so the rules won't be the same; let's make it whoever gets 150 points or the snitch first wins." Jena added.
"Yeah good idea. Milian?" Denium nodded then Lindzi did as well.
"Okay about practices; let's say twice a week every week I get Mondays and Wednesdays and you guys can have Tuesdays and Thursdays?"
"Yeah good, okay with you two?" Lindzi directed her question to Will and Erayn.
"Yeah I suppose." the both agreed.
"Okay then it's all settled?" Denium stood up taking up the parchment.
"Yep. Nice doing business with ya'." Lindzi stood up also. The two 'captains' shook hands.
"Oh here Erayn thanks." Denium handed her, her quill.
"No prob." She muttered taking both quills and the ink bottle.
"Well time for class." Lily pulled her bag out from under the table as did the rest of the group, and soon they were all moving towards their respected classrooms. Sophie filling Tyson in on the scrimmage details on the way out of the Great Hall
The rest of the lessons went without a detention given to anyone, though there were 20 points given to Gryffindor thanks to Lily and Remus. It was dinner time before anyone could talk with James, Sirius, and Rory.
"So you three good now?" Sophie looked at James one of the three 'drama queens' as Whitney called them. Her and James were the only ones in the Great Hall from Gryffindor so far and were sitting across from each other.
"Some what." James shrugged and let the topic go, "I heard Lindzi told Denium that she was captain." He hadn't touched any food which was very unlikely for him.
"Yeah she did." Lindsay sat down next to Sophie.
"Why I thought we had it settled that Rory was captain and I was co?"
"No you decided that." Erayn came up behind him along with Lily and Lizzy. Erayn took a seat next to James while Lily sat next to Sophie with Lizzy on her other side.
"Come on James just let it go, it's not like it'll last long." Lily murmured. James just looked at her with a set expression on his face, "What?" Lily asked when she noticed James glaring at her.
"Nothing" James shot back; he turned to his empty plate and just watched it.
"Are you gunna eat or just stare at your plate all evening?" Lily laughed.
" Watch it Evens before you end up messing with the wrong person." James looked at her like he wanted her dead. Then he stood up and left the Great Hall. Lily just sat there for a moment wide-eyed.
"Wow I wonder what is his problem." Lindzi asked as she took the seat James had just vacated.
"I don't know but he's being such a jerk about it." Lily huffed.
"Hey it's James he acts like that sometimes." Lizzy shrugged.
"Yeah you're right. He's probably still mad because Sirius is still mad at him." Lily sighed and took at bite of her food. Tyson and Sirius walked through the doors of the Great Hall and soon Sirius was sitting next to his girl with Tyson on his other side.
"Hey guys!" Tyson smiled and set down her stuff.
"Hey Ty, hey Sirius" They all responded.
"So what's up, Lily you look mad." Sirius started making himself a plate.
"Oh James just got her in a bad mood." Lindsay reached for a roll.
"Oh okay." Sirius stiffened up at the mention of James' name.
"Hey let's not talk about it okay?" Tyson softly chuckled trying to change the topic, and then she whispered to the girls, "It took me forever to get him to cool down about that whole mess!" They nodded and turned the subject to tomorrow's lessons. One being Mr. Jarves, who they all hated but mostly all the pranksters.
"Okay well the homework wasn't that hard." Lily tried to reason with Tyson who had started to complain about Jarves' homework assignment.
"What Lily you're crazy! It was hard, maybe you just didn't get the same thing as me because he probably gave me like 5th year work or something, and I know he's out to get me!" Tyson shook her head as she took a bite of mash potatoes.
"No I don't think he is, but I do think you're looking way too much into this Ty." Lily was still a little ticked at James. Why am I letting him get to me so much? We're not even that good of friends. I shouldn't care if he was mad at me… but I am…
"Lily!" Remus was waving a hand in front of her face.
"Huh? Oh sorry Remus I was just thinking." Her brilliant green eyes blinked a few times and then looked over at her right hand which held her fork with food on it. It was halfway up to her mouth, so she just brought it up the rest of the way and ate it.
"Yeah that's kind of obvious, Lil." Remus laughed. He had made Lizzy scoot over so he could sit next to Lily as Peter, Rory, and Will joined the group.
"What's obvious?" Peter took a seat next to Lizzy smiling at her at the same time. Will sat next to Tyson; which almost made her giddy, while Rory made Rory move over, which caused Lindsay to have to scoot down which did not make her happy.
"Nothing." Lily retorted before Remus could answer, which made him look puzzled. Lily didn't usually act like this. As soon as Sirius saw Rory he stiffened up again but tried to cover it up but striking up a conversation with Will.
"So how was the pop quiz you said you might have today Will?" He looked past Tyson to Will.
"Umm we didn't have it; the professor just said that to get us to study." Will shrugged.
"Oh well that's a good thing, not having to take it I mean." Sirius nodded in a stupid way.
"What's wrong with you Black?" Justin and Sara had walked up, Sara had sat down opposite of Sophie and Justin was standing next to Tyson and Sirius.
"What do you mean?" He looked up at Justin.
"You seem mad."
"No I'm not."
"Okay just making sure, hey Tyson, Will." He nodded to each of them in turn then went back to sit next to Sara and opposite of Lindsay.
"Where's Marie?" Lizzy asked Sara.
"Oh she saw James storm off and went to go talk to him." Sara shrugged. Just then Whitney, Charlotte, and Jacqui walked in taking seats next to Justin and Lindsay. Charlotte closes to Lindsay with Whitney on her other side and Jacqui next to Justin.
"What is he being a baby again?" Lizzy smiled.
"Yes and so is Sirius." Justin whispered across the table to her, making her smile even bigger.
"Like I said, drama queens." Whitney shrugged laughing.
"Why are they hanging out with those two?" Lindzi looked at the doors of the Great Hall, making everyone turn to see Ashley, Dave, Marie, Denium, and surprisingly Reilly and Aerith.
"I don't know, but does it matter much Lindz?" Jacqui turned back to her food.
"Yes!" Lily, Charlotte, Lizzy, Erayn, and Whitney all answered together.
"Why?" Tyson looked over at the small group that was coming towards them.
"Those two are…." Charlotte couldn't finish.
"Are actually very sweet!" Sirius frowned at them.
"Why would you say that?" Erayn's head flew up at her boyfriend in less then a second with a scowl on it.
"Because they are, you girls need to suck up you're pride and become friends with them!" Justin didn't have a hint of a smile on his face showing that he was being serious.
"But she stole my best friend from me!" Lily whined.
"Have you ever thought that she didn't steel her from you, that you just happened to get more friends and started to leave Aerith out?" Justin had put down his fork and the small group had started towards the table.
"Umm no I never thought about it like that." Lily sighed,
"I guess we just jumped to conclusions and didn't think that we brought this upon ourselves huh?" Lizzy agreed. Her and Lily would easily swallow their pride being who they were naturally and all, but for the rest of them it would take a little more work.
"Well just try and be nice would ya?" Justin whispered as they all found seats around the group, "Hey girls, guys." Justin looked up at the new arrivals and smiled. They all responded back as they sat down, Charlotte, Erayn, and Whitney all had forced smiles on but at least they were trying.
"So what's new?" Tyson tried loosening up the mood.
"Well we have all the scrimmage stuff set up and we all start practice next week, we start but you guys have it Tuesday." Dave shrugged.
"Yah that's cool." Erayn tried to smile.
"So umm Aerith how's it been?" Lily muttered. Aerith's head shot up in surprise that someone was talking to her other than Rielly, especially Lily.
"Umm good, yeah you?" Her eyes were big and her voice shook but she got it out.
"Yeah I'm good too." Lily smiled a weak but real smile and nodded before going back to her food.
"And you Rielly?" Erayn gave off a very forced smile at the blonde.
"Oh I'm fine, thanks." Rielly smiled also surprised that Erayn would talk to her.
"Oh that's good." Erayn also gave off a forced laugh which in no possible way sounded real but again she was at least trying.
The next few days were basically uneventful due to the fact that all the pranksters on both sides had detention for the whole week and Quidditch practice. Denium's team which had decided on naming themselves after a well known muggle band, but changing the name from George Thourogood (sp I know) and the Delaware Destroyers, to Johnson and the Hogwarts Destroyers, did practice on Monday and felt that they did pretty well so they turned in earlier than the Gryffindor team had thought they would; which brought a new worry to the young team. Though the next day they went out to practice. And without Denium's instructions and organization the team was pretty lost for the first have of the practice before Lindzi and Jacqui got fed up listening to the arguing between the boys, Tyson, and Erayn and created their own order and structure which actually worked out for the best. The rest of the practice ran smoothly though two members of the team, Tyson and James, had to go inside early to avoid being late for another detention. That week went along the same route as the first two days having the teams switch every other day sometimes even having to skip lunch to practice because the other three house teams also had to practice. As the Gryffindor team continued to get slowly better with each practice the scrimmage team, 'Johnson and the Hogwarts Destroyers', were progressing very fast. They seemed to improve themselves by half with each practice. On lookers who watched both teams practice were sure the Gryffindor team didn't have a chance. And as they got better Justin's grade slowly decreased and his attitude and enthusiasm for the game increased. At the end of the week James came to one of the lessons stark white only to tell his curious teammates that he had heard two Hufflepuff students talking,
"This scrimmage the Gryffindor team is having is just a waste of time which only goes to show that little first and second years don't know what they're doing messing with older and more experienced players. But the biggest mistake they made was allowing Johnson to pick whoever he wanted for a team; so obviously he would pick older kids who would have the most talent and intertwining two houses with the best players in each makes an almost undefeatable team." This caused basically a panic in the Gryffindor team and most of them actually gave Rory the cold shoulder for allowing Denium to pick his own team among the whole school, though after a lot of motivation and compliments, even rude comments to the team about how stupid they were acting towards Rory, they became less aware of the opposite team and focused more on the sport which improved the team's skill dramatically.
Finally the scrimmage was a week away. Both teams were constantly exhausted in lessons or out on the field practicing. During that whole time period the Gryffindor pranksters barely got in only small pranks on the Tagz and the Tagz took advantage of this weak time for the opposing rival. The Tagz pranked them every chance they got and they usually succeeded at them too, which wouldn't have happened it the Gryffindors were more alert and energized. It got to a point that if a teacher saw anyone from either side looking sneaky or near the other group they would receive detentions. The amount of detentions that were given out were record high, sometimes two or three detentions were given out to the same student by different professors on the same day.
"So how many detentions did you get today Prongs?" Sirius plopped down on a cozy couch next to Erayn and Peter.
"Ugh I don't know three maybe four. One because I was looking at what Taglen was doing because he was looking at you and Tyson funny like he was gunna prank you or something." James sighed falling more into the arm chair he was sitting in. Almost the whole big group was sitting around the fire in various arm chairs and couches some even taking spot on the floor so they could stretch out. Almost everyone means everyone including Aerith and Rielly except the older scrimmage team; who was practicing.
"When was this?" Tyson looked up from starring into the fire.
"During Charms when you asked Sirius for help on that new prank idea you had." James thought for a minute then muttered waving his hand a little for no reason really, Charlotte, who was leaning up against James' legs closing her eyes listening to the conversation, opened her eyes and turned to watch James' sleepy movements and laughed.
"Oh cause I was about to say that it couldn't have been Care of Magical Creatures with Jarves cause every time I even looked at Sirius he would jump all over me yelling telling me to get back to work." Tyson rolled her eyes and gave off a sarcastic laugh.
"Hey guys you ready for the match next week?" Justin walked into the common room followed by the rest of the scrimmage not including Belen and Jena who were of course Ravenclaws. The whole team was all ruffled and seemed very moody except Justin who was still all wind blown and sweaty but had a smile on his face and was laughing. He walked by James and ruffled his hair, James moved his head whining for Justin to stop and then settled back into the chair to a point that he looked as if he might slip right out.
"Ah calm down quit being so moody, you sound like those guys." Justin jerked his thumb towards the rest of the scrimmage team who had started up the step to the dormitories.
"Ahh shut- up Justin, come on you need to take your happy go lucky butt up here and take a shower like the rest of us anyways." Dave mumbled as he grabbed onto the rail for support.
"I was gunna anyways I just wanted to mess with them." Justin shrugged but was smiling still, but he made his way up the stairs. Slowly the team member came back clean and carrying the stuff they'd need for their homework and slipped into the group to do their homework. After forty-five minutes the whole scrimmage team was back in the common room. Everyone except Tyson, Sirius, James, and Justin were working on homework. Tyson and Sirius moved to a small coffee table with a spiral thinking up new pranks laughing and writing stuff down that they thought were good ideas for pranks. James had his stuff in his bag which was sitting behind the chair he was sitting in but he just sat there dozing off with Charlotte poking him every little bit telling him to get to work on his homework, but he'd just wave it off and mumble something unclear to everyone including himself. Justin just sat there talking to know one really but mostly aimed on James, he's main point of conversation was Quidditch.
"Umm Justin honey, why don't you quit buggin James and get started on your homework?" Sara finally sighed and put her quill on down looking at Justin sideways from her spot on the corner of the couch her, Justin, and Marie shared cuddled up with a book, parchment, ink, and a quill.
"I already did it." Justin didn't even look at her but continued on to James about a certain play he had seen a Slytherin do a few years back, James was nodding off barely even listening.
"You did? When?" Sara asked looking at him with her eyebrows raised, folded arms across her chest, and a tone saying she didn't believe him.
"Earlier." Was all she got, her and Marie glanced at each other which confirmed that neither of them believed him. Looking around Lily was shaking her head but looking at her parchment while Lizzy, Lindzi, Whitney, and Jacqui all were staring at Justin also with raised eyebrows. Lindsay and Sophie just looked at Justin looking amused. Sirius and Tyson really wasn't playing attention still wrapped up planning pranks.
"Yeah you need to do your homework too, before you fail." Erayn nudged Sirius who looked up then at Erayn.
"I will later." He shook his head and went back to writing something in the spiral that only Tyson and James could see, well if James sat up and looked over at it he could see it.
"At least that cheese-ball admitted he didn't do it." Rory laughed and Remus agreed with him laughing too; no one else seemed to think it was funny, "What? He did." Rory chuckled.
"You're the Cheese-ball." Now Will was laughing, at the sound of his voice Tyson's head shot up and totally shut Sirius up to hear what Will had to say, which royally pissed Sirius off. And Peter laughed at her.
"What?" She looked at Peter who shook his head and laughed.
"I am not he is." Rory pointed to James.
"Do you guys hear yourselves?" Ashley rolled her eyes, "Your calling each other cheese-balls come on!"
"I know you could at least think up a better name to call each other." Rielly agreed.
"Hey we're eleven and twelve we're allowed to act like this!" Rory smiled.
"Sure that's a good excuse." Tyson laughed.
"Hey what you guys planning now, can I help? I'm tired of doing homework I think I deserve a break." Marie moved her stuff off her lap and onto the couch before slipping gracefully onto the floor and moving over to the table where Sirius and Tyson were sitting.
"Sure!" Tyson smiled and scooted over making Sirius move over too which made him more moody.
"Oh lighten up Black." Tyson tickled him with the end of the feather on her quill which he pushed away and grunted.
"I got bored of this anyway." He got up and moved closer to Erayn who looked at him and laughed then gave him his stuff which was sitting on the other side of her, and he began his homework.
"Sirius if you don't want me to help I won't." Marie started to get up.
"No you can he's just mad cause I told him to shut-up." Tyson rolled her eyes. Sirius wrinkled up his nose and glared at her while he mocked her silently making everyone except him and Tyson laugh, she rolled her eyes and went back to the paper. And he glared at everyone else before burring himself back into his homework. Soon the area where they all sat went back to being quiet as they all went back to working on homework except for the quiet whisper from Marie and Tyson as they kept planning the few different pranks that Tyson and Sirius had started.
The following day Tyson, James, Marie, and Erayn all got Sirius to lighten up and actually join in on the prank they were planning to do later that day after practice. For the Gryffindor Quidditch team, practice ran smoothly; with everyone's mind on the scrimmage that was just days away and for some the prank that was gunna take place keep everyone motivated so they could get done faster. Once practice was over it was the free time between lessons and dinner so needless to say they had time to put the plan to work.
"Okay where's it going?" Erayn asked from behind the hourglasses in which held the house points down in the Entrance Hall.
"Umm about two feet away from the door." Tyson answered. All five of them were behind the hourglasses trying not to be seen and actually no one really saw them.
"Are you sure this is gunna work Tyson, I mean come on the last big one we did on Taglen didn't work." Sirius whined.
"Yes it did we just didn't get to see it." Tyson turned around and whispered furiously to Sirius. The one thing Tyson hated was admitting her pranks didn't work, "It's not my fault it activated before it was supposed to and let Taglen have enough time before everyone got up to make it to the hospital wing and was allowed to stay there till it wore off." She hissed.
"Okay calm down you two, lets just hope this prank works better." Marie shrugged.
"Fine." Sirius gave a rude glance at Tyson then turned away from her who had already turned back to looking at the Entrance Hall.
"Now Taglen is outside trying to plant a prank for us to walk into so I'll go outside and then come back inside, so put it down before I leave so I know where it is." James sat back on his heels.
"Okay" Erayn got up. The Entrance hall had been deserted for the Hogwarts' grounds seeing that spring was coming. Making sure no one was around to see her Erayn moved over to the front doors of the castle and took something out of her robe pocket. It looked like a folded up piece of parchment, but when she unfolded it, it had the look of being silky and much bigger than a normal piece of parchment. Instead it looked to be about two pieces long and two pieces wide. She laid it down on the floor near the door and instantly it disappeared except for a few wrinkles in the paper which she smoothed out. If one was to look at the spot where the parchment like material was then they would see nothing, but since the five knew it was there they could see the faint outline of it.
"Okay James go." Tyson motioned for James to go but Sirius grabbed his arm.
"What Sirius?" James turned towards Sirius.
"Are you just going to let her tell you what to do?" Sirius raised an eyebrow when James looked at him as if he had lost it.
"When I get back we're having a talk Sirius." James pulled his arm from Sirius' grasp and moved out from behind the hourglasses making sure not to step on the parchment he went disappeared outside.
"Sirius what is wrong with you?" Erayn looked worried.
"Nothing." Sirius stood up not caring if anyone saw him and stormed out of the Entrance Hall onto the grounds of the school, barely missing the parchment. Erayn rolled her eyes and sighed before getting up and following Sirius.
"Well now it's just us" Marie laughed.
"Yeah I don't know what Sirius' deal is but he needs to get over it, and fast!" Marie just shrugged, they waited 5 more minutes before putting the plan to work.
"Come on you get over there and I'll get over here." Tyson motioned for Marie to follow her. Tyson stood next to the door handle to be able to open it while Marie stood where the door would be if the door was all the way open. Slowly Tyson opened the front door of the school just enough to poke her head out.
"Tyson what are you doing?" Tyson pulled her head back in rather quickly knocking her head on the door as she closed it. She turned around and descending down the grand staircase was Headmaster Dumbledore.
"Uh Headmaster how are you on this very fine afternoon?" Tyson held her head for a moment, but smiled.
"Very well thank-you for your concern, by why aren't you too young ladies outside as you said on this very fine afternoon?" He smiled. Dumbledor was the only professor Tyson didn't think was 'out to get her' she actually even said once that he seemed to be rooting for the pranksters whenever they got in trouble.
"Well you see Professor we were on our way out there… but umm… we are.." Tyson dragged on trying to think of something.
"We're playing hide-and-go-seek! And we're hiding! Tyson was seeing if it was safe to try and run to base before James and Sirius catch us." Marie spoke up confidently.
"Ahh yes Hide-and-go-seek, a muggle game then?" Dumbledore smiled, his eyes twinkling.
"Yes Sara Elsen taught us it, and we haven't been able to stop playing we like it so much!" She smiled sweetly at the Headmaster.
"Okay then go on with your game," Dumbledor was next to them now, eyes twinkling more than every now. He was walking toward the door and with one more step he would step on the see through parchment like material. Tyson's eyes got as big as a teacup saucer. Dumbledore stopped and side stepped, then opened the door, "Well I see Mr. Potter but no Mr. Black I think you'll have to wait a bit more seeing that Mr. Taglen isn't near Mr. Potter either, good afternoon ladies." Dumbledore smiled one last smiled and started down the steps of the school. leaving Marie and Tyson bewildered starring at his retreating figure.
"You think he knows?" Marie looked over at Tyson the parchment on the floor between them.
"I don't know, but he's right we need to wait a bit more I don't see Tagz near James." Tyson smiled at Dumbledore's back who was know walking towards Hagrid's hut as she again held the door open just enough to poke her head through.
They waited for a few more minutes every now and then having Tyson check to see how the process with getting Taglen inside was coming and to let another student come in or out of the castle. Finally Tyson pulled her head in one more time and shut the door moving out of the way of it as if it would swing open. Just as she thought Taglen came screaming through the door and just after three steps which were not followed by James who had backed out of the way of the door. Taglen stormed in and just as hoped he stepped right onto the parchment-like material, as soon as he did his foot was stuck to the floor, which caused him to suddenly stop and shut-up. Then stupidly he tried to use his other foot to help pick it up off the floor which caused that foot to stick to the floor, Tyson and James who were standing behind him were silently hoping he would do that which would activate the prank and as soon as he did they cheered, Marie just rolled her eyes and laughed, then grabbed hold of the door and held it open as wide as it would go. Taglen who looked astonished that they had tricked him pulled wildly at his legs which wouldn't budge, then the material started to rise causing Taglen to go up in the air and slowly it started to circle as it went up and stopping just low enough so that Taglen wouldn't hit his head on the door frame. As he was screamed and cussed at the pranksters to let him down and trying to hit them with every spell and curse he thought up, though the speeding, which had increased dramatically, made it a little hard for him to aim properly. Laughing the pranksters just watched as Taglen turned into a human top and spun out the door onto the grounds. Everyone had obviously noticed this and looked at Taglen before cracking up laughing. Well everyone that is except Lily, Lindsay, and every Slytherin house member. Sirius who had been sitting next to the rest of the Gryffindor group sulking looked up at Taglen and smiled, though he hid it rather quickly, but not before Erayn had seen it.
"That one's gunna cost them." Charlotte shook her head laughing.
"Yeah and it might cost Taglen his lunch" Peter smiled up and Taglen who was spinning high above everyone's heads and soon he would be past castle grounds completely.