I'm back, I have been focusing on a couple of my other stories so I haven't focused too much on this one. Not only that right at the beginning of the month two of my stories were deleted so I lost the interest to write but today I was in the mood to write a chapter for this and here it is. Enjoy


Hippos

The toddlers slowly took a step back, the room was worse than before, they had only noticed the hippos but the bubbles from the bathroom were changing colour, pink to green and then to yellow. "Pansy, look what you've done. Where the hippos come from?" said Draco.

"I don't know, think they were cushions," she said sadly.

"Do you think they can sing?" Draco and Pansy looked at Blaise confused but the small now white Italian boy just shrugged. "I always wanted to know if Hippo's could sing."

"Your weird Blaise," said Pansy.

"Am not,"

The hippos were now exploring the common room eating anything that got in there way. Pansy, Draco and Blaise stood in horror as they watched the green hippo take hold of Harry's potions assignment and tear chunks of the parchment apart before swallowing them.

"We got to get that hippo!" Pansy cried and the three of them ran towards the hippo but in fear the hippo ran up the stairs. A noise in the kitchen stopped them from chasing the green hippos up the stairs. Hurrying to the kitchen they could see the back of the blue hippo, it's head was buried in the cupboard chewing happily on the food.

"Oh no, the pink hippo is eating Hermione's books," Blaise cried pointing through the door back into the common room. They had lived with her for a short amount of time but all three toddlers knew how important Hermione's books where to her.

"What do we do!" cried Draco, "everything ruined and the lady still sleeping."

A noise from upstairs told the children that the green hippo had found something else, but they couldn't leave the hippos that were downstairs to find the one upstairs. They heard the common room doors open and a wave of relief washed over their faces as they ran out of the kitchen.

"Hermione,"

"Harry,"

The two Gryffindors stared at the three toddlers and then the room in horror.

"What have you done?" Harry whispered in shock.

"It was an accident." Pansy cried tears beginning to well up in her eyes. "I went potty and I sighed and pink bubbles appeared and spread down the stairs."

"Draco tried to get the chocolate but he hit the flour and now I'm white, and Pansy got mucky so she cried and all the stuff turned upside down." Said Blaise and Pansy showed her dress that was now covered in white flour.

"We going to fix it so Pansy took ladies wand and waved it but now we got hippos and colourful bubbles." Draco said.

"But green hippo has eaten Harry's work, and blue hippo eating food in kitchen and pink hippo eating Hermione's books. The lady still sleeping," said Pansy pointing to Madam Hooch who at that moment decided to let out a large snore.

The three Slytherin looked at Hermione and Harry and said "I'm sorry," before the tears started to leak out of their eyes.

Sighing Hermione bent down and touched Pansy's hands. "You've not done anything wrong. Pansy your showing signs of accidental magic that is why bubbles appeared when you sighed, and that's also why the furniture has flipped over. Sometimes being sad can trigger magic in young ones. It's good that you tried to fix it but you really should have not touched Madam Hooch's wand."

"Can you fix it?" Draco asked wiping his eyes. Hermione smiled and nodded before standing up.

With a wave of his wand, the trio watched as Harry cleared the bubbles and flipped the furniture so it was stood right once again before walking in to the kitchen and clearing the entire floor.

Hermione summoned her camera from her room and called the trio's names and snapped away as they turned around. The image of Blaise covered in flour with flecks of brown skin poking through was too cute and the thought of embarrassing the trio when they returned to their original age was an opportunity not to turn down.

"What about the lady Hermione?"

"I think it's time we send Madam Hooch home." Hermione said shaking her head as she walks over to the sleeping Professor.

"What about Harry's work?" Pansy whispers as she looks at the crumpled parchment on the floor.

"Maybe he can fix it," said Blaise and together they walked over to Harry's work and picked it up before walking to Harry who was staring at the blue hippo in the kitchen.

"Harry, the green hippo ate your work," three small heads lowered as Harry took the assignment in his hand. He groaned when he read the first few lines.

"Of all the assignments it could eat it eats my potions assignment due for tomorrow. Snape's going to have my head,"

"I'm sorry," they said.

"It's not your fault, you'll just have to tell Snape that I need extra on it because a hippo has eaten part of it." he said chuckling.

"Do you think he'll believe us?" asked Blaise eyeing the parchment suspiciously.

"Probably not, but it's worth it just to see his face when you tell him my homework has been eaten by a hippo." The trio giggled and looked at the blue hippo.

"How you get rid of it?" Draco asked.

"Not sure," he said. "How did you get a hippo anyway?"

"Think it's a cushion." Pansy said guiltily. "We got a pink hippo, a green hippo and a blue hippo. The green hippo ate your work."

"Okay that's a little more complicated than just making it disappear."

"Why?"

"Because if you change something to something else you have to change it back but changing an animal back into a cushion won't be very easy. I don't know how to do it,"

"Uh oh,"

Harry nodded in agreement, "Hermione!" he yelled watching the hippo eat the rest of the cereal.

"Gonna be a fat hippo," Draco mumbled to Blaise who nodded in agreement.

Hermione appeared through the door and stopped. "Madam Hooch has gone so what's up?"

"How do you change a hippo back into a cushion," said Draco beating Harry to it.

Hermione looked at Draco wide eyed before looking at Harry who simply nodded.

"I don't know," she said. "How many hippos are there again?"

"Three, there's a blue one, a green one and a pink one."

"Harry go and fetch Professor McGonagall while I give these three an early bath."

"I think it'll be best if we skip this afternoon's classes." Hermione nodded and gathered the children upstairs while Harry left.

Blaise grabbed hold of her skirt and with a gentle tug gained her attention. "Green hippo upstairs,"

She closed her eyes and sighed before leading the way to the bathroom, her eyes peeled for a green hippo that could be lurking about. She pushed open the bathroom door and stopped. The bath was already filled with water but the sight of a green baby hippo sat in the middle with only its eyes above the water was the strangest thing she had ever seen.

"Found the hippo," giggled Pansy as she looked in the bath.

"Can't have bath now Hermione, hippo having one." Draco grinned he would have to remember the hippo in the bath excuse for when he went home.

"I think your right Draco. You can't have a bath with a hippo it's not big enough." Waving her hand her camera flew into the room and with a quick click she captured the green hippo sleeping in the tub.

"No bath today, no bath today…" the blonde began to sing while clapping his hands.

"Oh no mister, you're having a bath but we need to wait for Professor McGonagall to come and get rid of the hippos. Why don't we go and have some dinner," the trio nodded and followed Hermione back down the stairs.

Harry jogged through the corridor towards the staircase before taking two steps at a time so he reached the next floor quicker. Thanking Quidditch for keeping him in shape he turned the corner and knocked on the staff room door. He seemed to be stood there for ages before the door was opened by Professor Sprout smiling at him.

"Hello and what can I do for you Mister Potter,"

"Hello Professor I need to speak to Professor McGonagall immediately."

"Well then my boy you better come in," She stepped away from the door and Harry walked in. It was the first time he had ever been in the staff room and he found it oddly cosy. The Professors were seated in numerous armchairs with cups of tea and sandwiches' on the coffee table.

"Minerva, Mr Potter is here to see you."

"Sorry to interrupt Professor but we've quite a dilemma in the common room, Pansy has managed to transfigure three cushions into hippos and we don't know how to change them back." The professor's looked at one another trying to let the news sink in.

"Mr Potter, how has Miss Parkinson managed to do that?"

"She started showing signs of accidental magic so she tried to clean it up by using Madam Hooch's wand but instead she changed three cushions in to hippos. So we have a blue hippo eating the food out of the cupboard a pink hippo eating Hermione's books and a green hippo that has eaten my Potions essay and has now wondered off."

"I see," said Professor McGonagall putting her tea down. "What was Madam Hooch doing when all of this was happening?"

"She was asleep when we arrived to check on them Professor, from the sounds of it she's been a sleep awhile and the kids grew bored."

"Are these hippos fully grown hippos?" Hagrid boomed excitedly.

"No luckily they are just baby hippos but they are eating everything,"

"I'll come with you Potter and see what I can do," she nodded farewell to her fellow colleagues and walked over to where Harry was standing.

"Oh Professor Snape," he raised an eyebrow waiting for Harry to continue. "Can I have some extra time to finish my assignment seeing as half of it is inside a green hippo?"

"That'll be fine my boy," said Dumbledore before Professor Snape could speak. "I've heard of Muggles saying a dog has eaten their homework but never a hippo before."

"C'mon along Potter," said Professor McGonagall steering Harry out of the staff room. Together they hurried to the private common room. Harry spewed out the password in a rush and they walked into the common room to hear Blaise cry out. "Bad hippo get off my sausage roll,"

"I told you we had hippos eating everything." Harry said smirking at the look of shock that was now plastered on Professor McGonagall's face.

Walking into the kitchen Harry frowned; Blaise was still covered in flour and was scowling at the pink hippo. Draco and Pansy were laughing but hadn't seen the blue hippo eating the food that had been dropped on the floor.

"Hermione what happened, I thought you were giving them a bath?"

"There is a hippo in the bath," she muttered scowling at the blue hippo that was vacuuming the floor with its mouth. "Professor, can you do anything?"

Professor McGonagall nodded and pointed her wand at the pink hippos before giving it a swift upwards raise the pink hippo transformed back into a pink cushion.

"I'll never get my sausage roll back now," Blaise sulked sitting back down on his chair. Shaking her head Professor McGonagall turned to the vacuuming blue hippo and with the same movement she transformed it back into a blue cushion. "Did you say there was a hippo in the bath?"

"Yes it's asleep in the bath," said Hermione handing her the picture of the green hippo. Her eyebrows rose to her hair line and she shook her head.

"I'll give you another sausage roll after you've had a bath Blaise, you're getting flour everywhere."

"What about the hippo?" said Draco.

"Professor McGonagall is going to change the hippo back into a cushion so you can have your bath."

Draco hopped off his chair and walked over to Professor McGonagall and pulled on her robe. "Do you have to change it back; I don't want to go in the bath." The Professor smiled and nodded.

"I'm afraid I have to Mr Malfoy, hippos aren't allowed in Hogwarts."

"What about a rabbit, can you change it into a rabbit?"

"I could but it really needs to be a cushion again," Draco sighed and followed the Professor as she made her way up the stairs. She stood in the bathroom amazed as she watched the hippo blow bubble under the water.

"Say good bye to the green hippo kids," Harry said smirking at Hermione who was shaking her head smiling. Draco, Blaise and Pansy waved farewell to the hippo and with the same movement as before Professor McGonagall changed the green hippo back into a cushion.

"Hermione, am I going to be white forever?" Blaise asked looking at his face in the mirror.

"Nope, once you get in that bath you'll be back to normal and this time I'll wash your hair by using a cup." Blaise nodded and ran over to the bath.

"I'll be off now; I have sixth years in ten minutes. If you need any more help come and find me."

"Thanks Professor, when you leave the bathroom makes sure the door is closed fully, Draco has a habit of running." Professor McGonagall nodded and left the room shutting the door fully behind her.

The taps were turned on and each child was quickly stripped. Harry snuck out of the room to collect fresh clothes for each child. One by one the Slytherin's were placed in the bath and washed clean. Blaise being the first was happy to no longer be white and compared the colour of his arm to everyone else's saying his wasn't that colour anymore. Once Draco was in the bath, it was difficult in getting him out again, both Hermione and Harry where wet from all the splashing in protest. Pansy refused to have a bath with pink bubbles saying they were stalking her.

Once dressed and dried the children were given another small snack and the TV was switched on.

"How are you books Mione?"

"Ruined, the bloody pink hippo has chewed through two and ripped the pages out of another five. Those three owe me some new books when they return to their original age."

"Have you seen the state of my Potions homework, good job Dumbledore said I could have extra time on it, its beyond ruined." Harry said with the crumpled and damp parchment that was once his Potions essay in his hand.

"How much food did the blue hippo eat?" Hermione asked walking in to the kitchen.

"All of what was in that cupboard. Not only that all the flour that we had was poured over Blaise and the only bit of chocolate we had left was eaten by the hippo when Draco left it on the floor."

Shaking her head Hermione perched against the table, "why does this stuff always happen to us?"

"I wish I knew," muttered Harry dreading what else could happen while Draco Malfoy, Blaise Zabini and Pansy Parkinson were three years old.


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