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Sylvester's Serious Mistake

(A/N: short and humorous, I hope. I'm going to wrap this story up soon, because it's getting a bit too long. Ginny's pranks will not die forever, though. They will continue to add what humour I have to other stories in future.)

Sylvester still didn't understand what was so funny about Draco Malfoy coming down to the Great Hall in makeup. Though he didn't like him much, a small, tiny part of him thought Malfoy was cool.

Sylvester didn't like his babyish curls. He admired Malfoy's older-looking straight blond hair. I hate my curly hair. It looks silly. I'm a big boy. He also thought people were laughing nice laugher, as in because of something funny Malfoy did.

He thought they were laughing with Malfoy, not at him. He wanted to be like Malfoy. He wanted people to admire him. Maybe I should wear makeup like he did. He slyly suggested this idea to Malfoy to get his approval. Malfoy agreed. (He knew one of the people responsible for his humiliation and wanted revenge)

The next morning, Sylvester came down to breakfast wearing Pansy's makeup. Ginny forgot to take it back, you see.

A stunned silence hit the Great Hall. Sylvester spoke up in case no one got it. "I'm in drag."

Ginny groaned, rushed forward, picked up the confused kid, and ran.

"Sylvester. That's not something you announce."

Sylvester had tears in his eyes. "No one laughed."

"Good. That's wrong on about seven different levels, my friend."

"Draco did it and people laughed with him."

"They laughed at him, not with him."

"Is there a difference?"

"Yes."

"Oh. So, boys don't wear makeup?"

"No, not really."

"I thought it was funny."

"It's not the type of thing you do to yourself. Okay?"

"Okay."

"You're lucky your aunt wasn't there."

"Yeah, I guess. I hate Malfoy! He said to do it!"

"Oh…well…"

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Ginny hit Malfoy with another of her spells—it was the same one that had been used on Sylvester to say to everyone, "I think you're sexy."

Only Malfoy was saying, "I love Hermione Granger. I like Muggle girls."

So when Malfoy turned up for Charms with a few long scratches from someone's nail down his cheek, no one was surprised.