Wow I bet I'm like on your guys' most hated list, right? Well, better late than never I always say.

So here's Chapter 12, I hope you guys enjoy, so please review and follow!

I don't own anyone except Andrew!


"Look alive people… we've got ourselves a war in three days."


Chapter 12: The War Cometh.

The next day saw Andrew being dragged down the stairs of the Gryffindor dorm to the common room. The sun had just risen and Andrew had already earned a reputation by punching Dean in the nose when the other dark skinned boy tried screaming in his ear to wake him up. So it's sufficed to say that young Andrew Potter was beyond pissed off at his brother.

"You'd better have a reason worthy of an award for waking me at this hour." Andrew said through gritted teeth as he shot a tired glare at Harry.

"It's just… well, you know. Todays the match and you know, I'm up." Harry said quietly, luckily Andrew heard him and gave a nod of his head.

"So, I'm guessing you're nervous?"

Harry snorted. "What gave it away?"

"Well," Andrew started as he looked up at the ceiling. "Your palms were sweaty when you dragged me down here-" He didn't get too far though as Harry butted in.

"It was a rhetorical question, Andy. I was just thinking, what if… what if I suck at Seeker? What if I mess up? What if I disappoint dad? Oh and God forbid, what should happen if I miss the snitch?"

Andrew smirked and grimaced at the last one. "I doubt dads the one you should worry about if that happens, Wood would be enough punishment."

"But what did you do? I mean how did you…" Harry trailed off, leaving the question to hang.

It took a few seconds before Andrew replied.

"I didn't think about anything else. I only looked at the snitch and my mind was solely on the game. I didn't care about the crowd if I hadn't caught it; I did it because I believed in myself. That's all, just drown out the noise and the pressure just lifts with it, oh and if you're anything like me, being in the air will just boost your confidence. Now don't worry, you'll do excellently."

"Thanks, bro." Harry smiled.

"Great now good morning, I'm going back to bed."

"You can't, the team has to get suited up and meet in the Great hall."

Andrew's neck snapped to the clock hanging in the room and noticed that Harry was right. He felt his right eye twitch slightly and turned to glare at Harry only to hear him run up the stairs and into the boy's room and shut the door.

"Breathe, his your brother, you love him… don't kill him just punch him, yeah that's it, punch him… in the neck." Andrew muttered to himself as he trekked up the stairs to exact how he felt about being woken up early on his brother.

After Andrew told Hermione and Ron to meet them in the Great hall, (he needed to 'speak' privately with his brother.) Ron could've sworn he saw Harry mouth the words 'Help me' but shook off the thought instantly.

It was Hermione who spotted the way Harry's right ear burned bright red and how Andrew's hair seemed much less controlled than usual when the duo entered the Great hall. When asked what had happened the two brothers glared at each other then turned to Hermione and shrugged, "Just talking." They answered together before eating.

After the meal the Hufflepuff and Gryffindor Quidditch teams headed down to the pitch to get ready for their match. Hermione and Ron wished Harry and Andrew good luck before they too joined their team on their way to the changing rooms. The two brothers had changed after their little spat in the common room. Now Harry was painfully enduring Oliver's 'inspirational' speech.

"… beating these guys mean we get to go to the finals and potentially win the Quidditch cup okay? I need- I mean we need this people. Ravenclaw's won this thing for three years straight, so please Harry, no pressure, none at all but you need to bring this home for us okay? Good!"

Andrew stood in the back and simply watched, he wasn't playing today's match and would be sitting on the bench watching and supporting his brother.

After everything was said and done, the team took flight and were soon joined by the Hufflepuffs' when Madam Hooch blew her whistle the match began. Andrew watched as Alicia and Katie played a smart game of passing between each other before suddenly passing the Quaffle to Angelina who lagged behind the two and she shot forward and scored the first goal against the 'Puffs. The Gryffindor side went crazy and Andrew celebrated along with them. The match was going great the Gryffs were leading not by much though, Ravenclaw was a strong opponent. For every point Andrew's team scored Hufflepuff retaliated quickly. It was a good match and Andrew noticed a small glimmer of Gold just behind Harry, he was about to yell out to his brother before his breath hitched in his throat.

Harry's broom started bucking violently; he was thrown sideways, bucked like a bull rider and experienced more whiplash moments than a crash test dummy. (He'd seen one on the telly while on his way to their cupboard). Andrew mounted his broom just as Harry was thrown off his broom and hung on for his life. The thing that seriously pissed Andrew off even more was the fact that the Slytherins were laughing loudly at his brother's possible death and the bloody Hooch woman wouldn't stop the match to inspect Harry. 'He's only hanging on for dear life on a spastic broom but to hell with that!' Harry thought angrily.

Just when he had had enough Andrew pushed off into the air but didn't get far as the broom suddenly stilled and Harry climbed back on, much to the disappointment to the Snakes. Oh he needed something big for them for tomorrow.

The match continued and Harry performed some fantastic flying which ended with him almost swallowing the tiny golden ball. Andrew along with everyone else besides the Snakes cheered loudly for the raven haired boy when he finally spat it out. The party in the common room was electric, crazy and loud, extremely, unbelievably loud. Harry was met with tons of Congratulations and handshakes, the biggest hug and thank you coming from Oliver Wood.

The next morning, Andrew woke up much earlier than normal; he was up so early that everyone else in the Dorm was still fast asleep. He yawned quietly before heading into the bathroom to freshen up. After a few minutes Andrew emerged feeling extremely comfortable. Now Andrew made sure he woke up at the ridiculous hour of 4:30 am, since there was no Quidditch match and classes would only begin at around eight or so he headed down to the Great hall hoping the food would be there waiting for him. As he pushed the giant two doors open he expected to see one of the professors or Dumbledore in the hall, except he was met by tiny little creatures scurrying around the hall putting plates and goblets on the tables.

When one of the tiny creatures turned to look at him Andrew couldn't help but stare back at it. Just then all the little creatures froze as they stared at the giant doors at Andrew.

"Oh… crap." Andrew muttered.

Harry was feeling extremely happy about yesterday's match but the excitement was quickly turned to confusion. Something felt off… He sat up suddenly in his bed and scanned the room. 'Why the heck would he wake up so damn earl… Oh yeah… OH CRAP!'

Harry jumped out of bed and quickly made his way to the common room hoping to find his brother in there, but of course he wouldn't be. Where, where would he be… Then Harry had a sudden thought. With that he rushed out of the common room and headed towards the Great hall.

Upon arrival, Harry was met by the weirdest sight he had ever seen. Ever.

Andrew sat by one of the tables having a full breakfast while he gave out instructions at little creatures who seemed extremely happy to fulfil his every demand.

"Err, morning?" Harry said awkwardly.

Andrew quickly turned to the door but relaxed when he saw his brother standing there.

"Hey bro, want some breakfast?" Andrew asked happily.

"Yeah, sure in a minute… what's going on here?"

"Hmm? Oh just preparing for the upcoming war, I figured we should have enough points to start off with. So I'm planning a massive prank for the other three houses." Andrew replied casually.

"Right, second question; wh- who are these creatures?" Harry was about to ask what they were but figured that would be rude and reworded his question.

"Oh, these little guys? They're house elves. Merlin's gift to wizards basically. They cook, clean, perform magic and are quite strange but also pretty cool."

"So, like wizarding slaves?"

"Oh, no I asked them if it was anything like that I'd be beyond pissed but apparently their lives depend on making a bond with someone. So while they get treated like slaves, they need it to survive. But I suppose Dumbledore would actually treat these little guys with respect, I wouldn't know about all the other elves in the world though."

Harry stood thinking about that for a minute before a small pop came from beside him.

"Can Slippy be getting master breakfast?" the tiny elf asked in a squeaky tone.

"Oh, err…" Harry felt a little weird about the entire thing, but figured Andrew wouldn't lie about something as serious as slavery. If they enjoyed doing this work and their lives literally depended on it, Harry knew he could live with it. "Could I have whatever my brother's having, please?"

"Of course, sir." Slippy said happily before popping away.

Harry took a seat beside his brother and noticed how he kept commanding the tiny creatures but not hostilely.

"Alright, now what I want is when the entire thing happens I want you to add a silver phoenix flying through the hall for about ten seconds before it explodes and the message I told you about is scattered in the air." Andrew said with a smile.

"Yes sir!" the elves said as they went to work on Andrew's idea.

The dark skinned boy turned to his brother and grinned excitedly.

"I know what you're thinking and the rules say nothing about getting elves to help you. You'd better get started as well, I have a feeling today's going to be… exciting."

"Sneaky bastard, thank god I'm in your house." Harry muttered. "Speaking of being sneaky, how are we going to keep score about the whole blush factor thing?"

"Oh, I've got that figured out. I've just got to send a message to the other houses about it, so they know it as well."

"Oh? Going to send Arcanum again?"

"No way! That was a risk in itself. I'm just going to send barn owls. That way no one can trace them back to me. Or us."

"Smart, so, what's the message say?"

0-oo-0-oo-0-oo-0

At approximately ten that morning a first year Ravenclaw, fourth year Hufflepuff and second year Slytherin got a letter from large brown unrecognisable barn owls. After skimming the contents of the letter they quickly called the other students down from their dorms in order to pass on the message.

"Dear rivals

I have just sent you all a this letter because I figured I'd let you know the smaller details to this prank war.

Firstly, some if not all of you are probably wandering how I will be able to read your blushes and accumulate them into points and if we are at opposite sides of the grounds how will I be able to tell if you have been pranked. Well the answer is simple. I have placed a small tracking charm on you. Now before you freak out unnecessarily let me finish. The charm will monitor your location within the castle wards, not outside so this will only track you while you are on Hogwarts grounds and cannot be tracked back to your houses or Hogsmeade (For you older students.) Now as I was saying, it not only tracks your location on school grounds but also your skin temperature but here's the kick, it locates the source of the heat meaning no points will be given if your simply standing in the sun or something.

Also, the charms all recognize each other and have been sorted in the four houses to the respective person. So naturally if you're in Hufflepuff, the charm is a Hufflepuff, and so on and so forth. So if you are pranked by a Slytherin a message will be passed between the charms and alert the score board of which house deserves points.

I hope you all understand this, and don't worry, by the lunch time the scoreboard will be up. Good luck all of you!

Silver and Golden Phoenix

P.S Going to a professor or the Headmaster about this would be completely useless as they wouldn't be able to locate the charm or remove it; it's very… special magic. *Grin*

P.P.S For all you… wanna be badasses I would strongly suggest waiting until the correct time to start your pranks. Doing so before time would be… most unpleasant for you."

0-oo-0-oo-0-oo

The Gryffindor common room was extremely… silent the morning of the long awaited war. Children were off in tiny groups discussing plans for their pranks and possible targets. Andrew had already informed them of the contents of the letter and while there were some objections to the tracking charm, most people didn't mind them and understood.

Andrew walked over to where his best friend and his brother's best friend sat.

"Hey guys, what's up?"

"We're trying to get the fine points of this prank worked out." Ron answered looking down at the plans.

"Prank? Hermione, you planning on pranking people?" Andrew asked with a small chuckle.

"Well I figure I should get some shots in considering I'll be a target myself, whether I like it or not." Hermione said with a shrug.

"I've never been so proud."

"That makes two of us brother of mine."

Fred and George had joined the conversation.

"Ronnikins, you do know that the solution is quite simple." Fred said with a small smile.

"Quite, you see here, where you plan on having him fall on a cactus? Change that into a hedgehog and you have yourself the perfect prank."

Andrew looked at the plans and his eyes bulged slightly, this was a pretty good plank.

"Make sure to do it in between classes. More people, more embarrassment and more points." Andrew told him with a small grin as he walked away and sat next to Hermione. "What's your plan?"

"Planning on getting a seventh year to charm a paper aeroplane to follow someone around and playing the Barney theme song off key." She responded simply, but Andrew saw the small glint in her eye.

"Why Barney?"

"Have you ever heard that song? It is seriously annoying, and if I'm not mistaken they're a Half-blood, so she must have seen it before."

Andrew smiled and patted her shoulder and told her he'd leave it to her. But if she wanted any help to come find him.

Hermione smiled in response and nodded her head.

0-oo-0-oo-0-oo

Breakfast was a tense affair. All three houses were quiet and shot each other glances as if waiting for the first coin to drop. The Gryffindor Four were sitting together watching their targets, they made eye contact with several people who would either look away or smirk.

Harry and Andrew shot each other a look and nodded before grinning madly. Ron who had been eating away like nothing was going on was busy thinking of ways to get his target out into the open to pull his prank and Hermione had been staring at her target while she ate her breakfast.

The first class on the first year's list was Transfiguration. They made their way to their head of house's classroom while talking in hushed tones. Upon arrival, Andrew bid them goodbye while he went off to join his Ravenclaw partner Su Li.

"Morning." He greeted as he took his seat.

"Hi."

"So, you ready for today?"

The rest of the class was filling into class which gave the pair a chance to speak.

"Why? Nervous?" she asked with a small smirk.

Andrew chuckled and shot her a smirk of his own. "Oh, you're the one who should be nervous."

This earned him a challenging glare which he was happy to return.

"Good morning class!" McGonagall's voice rang out through the class.

"Morning, Professor." They responded.

"Today we will be Transfiguring a Knut into a napkin. First thing to consider while doing this is…"

Andrew and Su were taking notes and occasionally shooting each other looks. Andrew knew what this meant; he had read enough books to know exactly what was happening. He had just gotten himself an arch enemy. Malfoy didn't count as he barely registered what that blond haired prat had ever said to him and it was clear that the Li was both incredibly smart and loved a challenge as much as he did. He swore to take her down no matter what.

Meanwhile over with Harry and Hermione; the pair had also started taking notes and were about to start on trying to change the coin when Harry looked back and noticed his brother and Su Li who seemed to be challenging each other. If the girl was anything like Andrew and the emerald eyed boy prayed she wasn't, she was going to take this pranking war to whole new level. He knew Andrew was able to manipulate anyone he wanted if given the right circumstances and he was above average when it came to matters of the mind, that combination was a recipe for disaster, and Li being a Ravenclaw… Harry just hoped the school would stay standing after everything.

Hermione turned to look at Harry who seemed lost in thought, she followed his gaze and caught sight of Andrew and Su Li both smirking at each other while they repeatedly Transfigured their coins into napkins and back again. She tilted her head slightly, and shook away all thoughts as she turned back to her own work and Transfigured the Knut in a napkin as well.

Next was Potions to which both boys groaned and trudged down to the Dungeons. Quickly taking their seats Andrew and Harry sat next to each other and stared ahead in class.

"Hey Pitty Patty Potter, oh and Potter Pretender!" came a haughty, self-centred voice.

The other Slytherins snickered at the two Potters, to which Andrew turned to face them and sighed.

"Morning to you too Drag-queen Malfoo."

"Malfoy! It's Draco Malfoy!" the blond yelled red faced.

"Really, I always thought it was Drag-queen." Andrew replied innocently.

All the Muggle-born and Half-blood children in Gryffindor kids snickered while the Purebloods need an explanation to which they also laughed at the expense of Draco, who went redder. Just then the front door burst open and in came –very dramatically- Snape who shot a sneer at Harry and Andrew.

"Sir, Potter one and two insulted my family name!" Draco whined while pointing at the two boys.

"Fifty points from Gryffindor for insulting a fellow student."

"Wait, wait, whoa! So it's fine for him to refer to us as Potter one and two?" Andrew asked angrily.

"Another ten points for speaking out of turn, Potter… two." Snape said with an ugly sneer.

Andrew gritted his teeth but kept quiet and turned to his desk. Snape let a smirk grace his face as he waved his wand and instructions filled the board and he instructed the class to get to work.

As Herbology was the last double before lunch Andrew decided to report Snape's abuse of power to McGonagall being his head of house she should be able to do something. Herbology wasn't a bad subject and Andrew quite enjoyed it, especially since he was partnered up with Neville Longbottom who was a prodigy at the subject. Neville who is a quiet timid little boy was actually kind of cool in his own way, Andrew decided. So now he was in Andrew's group of friends and would slowly have him join his group. He knew if he forced the plump little kid, he'd only pull away, so he knew it would take some time.

After the period ended the four cubs quickly walked into the Great hall and watched as the other students filled into the hall for lunch.

When Andrew assumed everyone was inside he signalled a seventh year boy who gave a small nod and discreetly pointed his wand up at the ceiling, directly over the teachers table and cast the tempus spell.

A giant clock appeared over everyone's heads. The clock showed the time being 12:02. The teachers looked up at the clock in confusion. They hadn't noticed the death like silence which filled the hall since the clock had appeared.

12:03.

McGonagall was now asking the students which one had cast the spell and was demanding to know why. She got silence in response.

12:04.

Snape then noticed how every house- especially the Gryffindors' were quietly staring at the clock in what seemed to look like anticipation. He suddenly felt a huge wave of dread wash over him.

12:05.

The clock disappeared and the entire hall was silent. Everyone looked at someone as if to ask if the whole prank war was a prank itself. But before anyone could raise the question a giant board appeared over the door of the Great hall with the four house names and their symbols. In each symbol was the number zero Gryffindor in red, Slytherin in green, Hufflepuff in yellow and Ravenclaw in blue.

The teachers were just about to ask what was going on when a very loud bang sounded throughout the hall and red and gold goo fell on the Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff houses. Before anyone could react large clumps of fur landed on the students and attached themselves to them. Now they all looked like red and golden lions. There was silence for about ten seconds before the entire Gryffindor table burst out laughing and pointing at their rivals. Some were lying on the ground clutching their stomachs, others were red from not being able to breathe and others had literally passed out from laughter.

But before anyone thought it couldn't get any better and loud graceful thrill echoed in the hall followed by another and everyone watched in awe as a silver and golden phoenix flew around the hall. They seemed to be chasing each other and thrilling in laughter. As the two majestic birds flew over the rival tables everyone at the Gryffindor table guffawed and snorted as the phoenixes picked at some of the students heads. And as instantly as they appeared, they disappeared with a small pop, gold and silver glittered the sky before spelling out.

"The war has begun! Gryffindors in the lead, have fun all!

Love S.P and G.P"

Fred Weasley, who had been enjoying the entire show, looked up at the scoreboard and exclaimed.

"Holy hell, we've already got 55 points!"

This caused the entire Gryffindor table to yell in celebration and the other students to scowl in annoyance. Nobody noticed Harry and Andrew high fiving and laughing loudest of all the Gryffindor students.


So I was thinking about all these harem fics and I just had a thought about how Andrew would have reacted to all these girls, so here you are:

Omake: Just what the hell is happening here?

Harry and Andrew along with Hermione and Ron were sitting at the Gryffindor table enjoying their breakfast. It has been four years since the four had started Hogwarts. Being in fourth year was a bitter sweet feeling for the group, so much had happened to them alr eady at the tender age of fourteen. They were silently eating when a quiet voice called out from behind them.

"E-Excuse me?"

Turning around they saw a girl with red hair and she wore the Hufflepuff emblem on her robes. The group looked to Andrew who sighed and turned back to his breakfast.

"Susan Bones, Hufflepuff fourth year."

"Hello Susan, how can we help you?" Harry asked with a smile.

The girl seemed to be struggling with what she wanted to say until she just burst out and mumbled a fast "Wouldyoupleaseconsidergoingoutwithme?"

This caused Harry's eyes to widen while Andrew snorted into his food. It was no secret that Harry was eye candy to many of the girls, with his 'I just rolled outta bed' looking hair and dazzling green eyes while Andrew was exceptionally skilled at talking any girl into a puddle of water with his silver tongue, doubled with his long dreads and soft hazel eyes. The Potter boys were definitely the target of many girls and while they didn't mind, they did tear the mickey out of each other whenever a girl came over to ask one of them out.

"Err, you're talking to um me?" Harry asked nervously.

"Oh, err, n-no s-sorry Harry I um meant Ron."

This caused a completely different reaction. Harry's eyebrows shot up to his hairline while Andrew and Hermione looked at Susan then back to Ron. They loved Ron as a brother and didn't think he was all that bad of a guy but if they were being honest, Susan looked to be way outta their red headed friend's league. But she had actually come to ask him out.

"Yeah Susan, I'd love to."

With a bright smile, Susan said she'd talk to him about it later before joining her table again.

When Ron turned back he looked to Harry and Andrew and grinned.

"That would be a lesson I'd like to call modesty."

"Don't let it go to your head. Susan's a cute girl, don't mess this up." Andrew told him as he turned back to his food.

"Yeah, yeah-"

Ron didn't get to finish as another person tapped his shoulder.

"Hey there, Ron."

The group looked up to see Lavender Brown looking down at him with a small smile.

"Oh hey, Lavender."

"So, I see you were talking to Susan Bones." She said casually. But Andrew didn't fail to notice the tightness of her tone.

"Yeah, she asked me out to Hogsmeade."

"Oh, and you said yes I take it?"

"Hmm, yeah, I figured it would be fun, not to mention she's really cute so… why not?" he said with a shrug.

"Oh, well, just so you know, if it doesn't go well, you'll find me in the Leaky Cauldron." She told him before walking away.

"Hmm, wonder what she meant…" Ron said out loud. As he turned back to his food he didn't see the others staring at him suspiciously.

The group had just started back into their food when they were interrupted again.

"Excuse me, Ronald Weasley?"

"Oh. Dear. God." Andrew mumbled irritably. "Wait, Luna? What are you doing here?"

"Hello Drew, I came to seek an audience with Ronald." The blond said dreamingly.

"You know her?" Hermione asked pointing at Luna.

"Yeah I do…"

"How?"

"You'll see in the third book…" Andrew muttered distractedly.

"Fourth wall!" Harry hissed.

"Ronald, would you consider being a date of mine to Hogsmeade?" Luna asked drowning out the others.

"Sorry, Luna I'm going out with Susan then, and maybe I'll see Lavender too… I'm not entirely sure." Ron answered.

"Oh, that's alright, I spoke to Susan before, she's a very curious girl, she won't mind, same with Lavender." Luna said happily.

"Oh, okay if they don't mind I don't see why not."

"Excellent, now I see Mary-Sue Perks headed this way. I'd best be off so the plot can continue." Luna said as she walked away.

"Seriously people, quit messing with the fourth wall!" Harry said angrily.

"Hello, err you're Harry Potter right?"

"Thank God." Andrew muttered.

"Yeah that's me…"

"Oh I see, so that means you're Ronald Weasley, correct?"

"Err, yeah that's me." Ron said looking at the lightly tanned brunette.

"Err, I was wondering, how are you at Diviations?" she asked shyly.

"Oh, I'm pants at it; we mostly just predict people's deaths, why do you ask?"

"Well, you see, I'm pretty good at it and I was hop-wondering if you'd like some, you know… um private lessons?" She asked with a bright blush but her eyes looked hooded and her voice sounded husky?

"Okay, okay, okay, hold on!" Andrew yelled standing up. "What? I mean… what the hell is happening here! Don't get me wrong Ron, you're a good guy and everything but seriously four girls?! When did this even become a thing?"

"Well, mostly it happens to Harry, so I'm kinda glad it's someone else for a change." A nameless extra called out.

"Yeah, okay, but like Susan?! I mean yeah sure she's cute but doesn't anyone think she's outta his league?"

"Well, you had a thing with Su-"

"Yeah but she's almost exactly like me, she's in my league."

"Excuse moi!" came a voice from the Great hall doors.

Everyone turned to see a beautiful blonde girl standing in the door way.

"I am looking vor de one dey call Ronald Weasley?"

"Yes?"

"My name is Fleur and I 'ave 'eard of your magnific beauty. I am 'alf Veela and considerably older than you but I zink it vould work out no? Want to become my new beloved?"

"Oh screw this bloody fic, I'm out of here!"

"Andrew what about the plot? And quit cracking the wall!"

"Screw you and your wall, I'm sick of this ridiculousness…." The dark skinned boy disappeared down the hallway his complaints echoing off the walls.

"Hmm, jealousy is an ugly creature." Ron said before leaving the hall with his harem.

Hermione turned to Harry and asked.

"Think we should go back to our own universe now?"

"Yeah, I think that'd be best, before Andy murders someone." Harry replied.


Hey everyone, I know the Omake was sorta rushed, and honestly it was. Sorry about that guys.

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Zak!