P.I.S.S.O.F.F.
CH2
"Wormtail hid with a Wizarding family these last twelve years. Fred and George know Wormtail by another name." Harry grinned at the twins, "Scabbers." The shock on the faces of the Redheads was enough to cause Hermione to snort. "That is why Black was in our Dorm. Why Everyone thought that He was coming to kill me. That is why Ron kept losing his rat."
"He never said he was sorry to me or Crooks." The Muggleborn huffed.
"That is Why we Want Padfoot and Moony to return, why we dismissed Ron from this Adventure." Harry sighed. "Ron needs must think that I am keeping him at arm's length so as to not ruin his chances of being Keeper.
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Sept 1, 1994
Hogwarts Express
"Why you keeping Ron close, if you plan on excluding him?" Luna asked.
"Ron, while gifted at Chess and Quidditch, is a major slacker, and glutton." Harry sighed, "While I have no true issue with him, or his qualities, something just is off about him." Harry looked at the twins, "Back in '91, was that the first time you used the Muggle Entrance to the platform?"
"Yeah…"
"...Now that you mention it…"
"...We always flooed directly there, before."
"So, why were you outside the pilar? Why was your Mother talking so loud? She only uses that volume, when yelling at you two." Harry looked at Hermione, "Has Ron ever apologize for the Troll?" She shook her head. "Thought not. I think he is not the Friend he claims to be. His anger over the little things, and his Laziness in the face of Classwork, and yet He is able to keep his grades up enough to pass, even with your help…" Harry shook his head, "And from things the Headmaster has let slip…" He looked at the twins, "I fear his Loyalty is not to me, but a white bearded goat."
"I received a package, two days after we got home." He pulled a muggle compact mirror from his pocket. "Lupin hit a couple of thrift stores after he left the School. A little wand work, and a postal owl attack, and I have a cellphone to my Father's second best friend."
Tossing it to the muggleborn, "Many a nights I lay in bed listening to Lupin, as he told me about his best friends. Stories of their Hogwart years, the inner workings of the Marauders and the rules and laws that bound them together. Their highest binding oath, Marauder's Honor. Above House and Family. There was only three things that they agreed were beyond redemption. Perving on the Girl of another Marauder, Betrayal of the Group or Member in good standing, and Directly endangering the Next Generation of Said Group."
"And Black…"
"Might have flirted with Lilly, but never took it further. She was Potter's until She chose another. So if you boys were to declare that the Foxes were your girls, I could not pursue until they chose to engage. You could not seek to hook up with any byrd that caught my eye, but only if I declare that she is mine. Wooing her is my job, but as long as she is not pursuing another, the group is hands off. But of course, it is ,and was, understood that once you claimed a girl, lookibg at another was forbidden."
Harry looked at the girls, "This was written by four boys in the 70's and they were purebloods for the most part…" he sighed, "We mean no offence to the Finer Gendered."
Hermione snorted as she read the Rulebook. "And if we were to take an interest in a bloke… "she peered at the speckled boy, "A boy from another house?"
"Lilly was friends with Snape." Potter looked out the window, "Potter and Black were Pranksters that took it too far. Lupin was a strong ally, but never was aggressive. Snape gave as good as he got, and all, but Dad and Black were bullies." turning his head to look at the twins, "Pranking is one thing, but do not take it to far." he cocked his head, "Prove that you can bring everyone's spirits up, and I will cover what Bagman owes you. I am even willing to invest Potter resources in your venture."
"So, how does Stubby fit into all this?" Luna had a reporter's notebook on the table.
There was a knock at the door, before it raddled open, "Anything from the trolly, Dears?"
"Go ahead, I will cover it." With a snap of his wrist, Harry pick a gold coin out of the air. "Two butterbeers, a box Berties Beans, and three chocolate frogs." he slid the coin to the trolly witch, receiving his goodies, he leaned back into the corner, as the others made their selections.
As the trolly witch cashed out the transaction, "and your change…"
"The other Weasley," Harry nodded the older woman, "Give him what is due, and tell him, We need him to keep his strength up, but he is to share. Keep the rest, even if you can not find him. And thank you, Luv."
The trolly witch smiled, as the door slid closed, and she tottered off.
Picking open the box of beans, Harry poked around, "So, When, not if, I am picked for the Games, We will need to be ready. Will need the paperwork handled. Hermione, I am hoping you can handle that, as I will be keeping Ron busy. We do not want Dumbledor poking his broken nose into our game."
"Ah peoples." Hermione called with her nose buried in the book. "The Book rules a School as a Place of Learning, including a compass and staff. Proof needs must be able to handed in during the 'Weighing of the Wands' two weeks after the 'Drawing of Champions' and etc etc." she looked up, "Nothing is said about the number of students, but the Games are one part Recruiting tour, and Bragging Party." She looked about, "Will you have that covered?"
"Luna." Harry turned to look at the blonde. "Will the Potter Institute have a Campus in time?"
Luna blinked...twice, her eyes glazing, "the Potter Institute of Spells and Sorcery,
Occultism, Familiars, and Foci, will have two locations." She hummed, "There is the Southern Campus, where we study during the winter months, learning Magic found in command of the Island Magicals. The Northern Campus is where we learn the Wanded Subjects and Care of Beasts and Plants of the Old World. The only thing we are lacking is a quidditch team, as most of us do fly brooms but prefer carpets and Beasts."
Luna blinked twice, as she shook her head. "Please don't do that again." She glared at Potter, "It scrambles my head, even more than normal."
"Sorry Luna-love." Harry grinned at the witchling, "According to your answer, You are a member of the Institute as well. I think Hermione would like to join us, as the only subject that she truly sucks at, is flying a broom." Looking the twins, "Of course the perks of hands on training under Padfoot and Moody…"
"We're in." the carrot-topped twins choursed.
"Of course, Tuition can be waived on a case by case basis, but I fear that we are a year round school, and will only be breaking for holidays." he frowned, "Of course, we will need a Muggle Studies and Health professor… maybe you know a doctor or two who would enjoy a year or two sabbatical?" he grinned at the muggleborn, who just rolled her eyes, before returning to her book.
The twins shared a nod. "Harry…"
"...you are showing more wit…"
"... and cunning…"
"...than you have for the last three years."
"Yes." he grinned, his eyes sparkling, "Hermione commented on it yesterday. The Hat wanted to put me in Slytherin, but I ask to go elsewhere."
"Why?" the twins echoed the thoughts of the blonde.
The door to the compartment slammed open. "Scarhead."
"Reason One." Harry glared at the trio in the doorway. "Crabbe. Goyle. Good to see you boys. Out walking your Bitch I see."
Goyle grunted.
Crabbe snorted.
"Bitch?" Malfoy growled.
"Papered Purebred, always whining and growling, never far from your walkers." He looked at Hermione, "Ripper, Marge's Breeding stud is the only thing better pampered than Draci-poo here, and that was by a muggle."
The twins snorted, before lounging in a mirrored position of the Other. "Go way." Fred smirked at the thugs, "And take your yipping mutt with you." Draco went for his wand only for two to sprout under his nose. "This is House Business." George sneered, "If House Malfoy, Crabbe, or Goyle were wanted, needed, or desired, you would have been invited."
The Slytherin thugs grunted, and each dropped a paw on Malfoy's shoulder, and pulled him out. Goyle nodded, before sliding the closed.
121
"Why did you meatheads…" Draco yelled at the troll-bloods.
"House Business." Crabbe grunted. "Your temper is blinding you. Now you tell your Father. House Weasley and House Potter meeting in private."
"But which Weasley." Goyle pushed Malfoy towards his cabin. "Potter meeting with twins, not His Weasley, nor Female."
"Saw Weasley stuffing his face with two other Gryffindorks and the…" Malfoy sneered. "Where is Pansy? I have an idea."
The thugs grunted as they followed in the boss's wake.
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"Reason One?" Luna asked.
"Yeah." Harry pickup his box of beans, "Met him when Hagrid took me to the Alley, back in '91. Was a real shit-stain." Poking about, he pulled out a green bean. "After everything I was told by the two wizards I trusted at the time, and then seeing him being sorted the House of Ambition, I just asked to go 'anywhere' else. Ended up in the House of the Fools."
"That is 'Foolhardy' Harry." Hermione looked at the speckled boy, before looking the witch beside her. "But there are times…"
Luna smiled.
"Now Harry." George flicked his wrist, trading his wooden wand for a strawberry flavored candy one. "Hermione is handling the Paperwork for this Prank, why did you need us?"
"With P.I.S.S. coming to Hogwarts, The Headmaster and Deputy will be here. If it was just getting them in the door, we got that covered. Hell, I could handle most of the details; Ordering the Robes, getting the Headmaster and Professor onto the grounds and the timing of them strolling in… I have a month." he set the box on the table, "No, I need to keep the Staff and…" He looked at Luna, smirked, "And the Rottfang at bay. Dumbledor and Snape are going to be looking to screw me over. One because I look like my dad, The other from some hidden agenda, that has denied me being raised by my sworn Godfather."
"So we are a distraction." Fred nodded. "We can do that."
"Not so fast." Hermione grinned evilly at the twins. "We heard you Tanked your OWLs." She sat up stiffly. "We take it to the next level. You out Percy, Percy. Be the So-called prefect, the Headboy(s) in training. With every eye watching you teaching the firsties the proper way to cast charms, helping with homework, and the like. Hell, you probably know the rules better than Percy, just so you would know where the line was."
"Think about it." Harry grinned slyly. "No pranks, no blackmarket, nothing but the straight and narrow." he leaned closer, "What would McGonagall think if her two most troublesome became her two most dependable. Snape can not find anything on you…"
The twins looked into each other's eyes, before the shock and horror spread across their faces, only to be replaced a sadistic glee. "And other then being a sign that the world is ending…"
"One thing all Four had…" Harry settled back, knowing he had them. "A second form."
The confusion of the twins faces frowned, "second…"
"...form?"
"Yeah. Moony had a problem." Harry picked out a brown bean with white spots. "When Dad learned about it, he turned to the others and they were there to support their friend. It is why I can not be raised by Lupin."
"Werewolf." Luna blurted out.
"And the curse not only forces the body to undergo a painful transformation, but the beast to attack any Humans about it" Hermione never looked up. "But animals are not affected, not targeted."
"Animals?" three voices asked.
"Prongs, a Stag, a Hart. Padfoot, a dog, a grim." Harry grinned. "Lupin promised to teach me and my friends the magic Prongs and Padfoot used, the next time we were together. Padfoot would be more then happy to help the next Masters of Mayhem fully embrace the Mantle of Marauder."