As Jack had predicted, it took up till the beginning of February before Hermione was back to normal.

On her first night back Harry and Ron showed her T. M. Riddle's diary after Jack made them wear gloves just in case it was dangerous.

"Oooh, it might have hidden powers," she said excited as she took it and flicked through the pages but frowned when she saw there was nothing inside.

While they were busy with that, Jack was over at the window reading the reply he had gotten from Cupid.

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Dear Jack

How are you?

Thanks for the warning and I will come to Hogwarts, myself on Valentine's Day to make sure this 'Lockhart' person doesn't ruin my holiday.

If you would like to help, make him get really, really sick meaning he can't see to his 'plans'.

Cupid.

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"Make him get really, really sick?" Jack asked himself "Well that shouldn't take too long should it Baby?" he asked the little fairy on his shoulder.

Looking around, Jack spotted the Twins and went over to them to request their assistance.

"Ahh my partners in pranking crime…" Jack said grinning "Would you by any chance like to join me in making sure Lockhart get's tragically ill come the 14th?"

"And how would we do that?" Fred asked but already having his acceptance grin on his face.

"We can do it however you like," Jack said getting an idea and a grin that would but the Grinch's to shame "In fact… I might have an idea already…"

Quickly he wrote a note to April asking for some of her prank chocolates from last year and asked if they could come in a heart shaped box.

"That should take a couple of days to arrive," Jack said explaining his plan "When they do, write a card and but both on his desk in that stupid office of his."

"I think I see where you're going with this…" George said grinning himself "Ohohoho This is going to be good…"

The next day the Trio and Jack went to the trophy room to look at Riddle's special award, only there wasn't that much information on it.

However they did find his name on an old Medal for Magical Merit and on list of old Head Boy's.

"Ugh… Sounds like Percy," Ron said in disgust "Prefect, Head Boy – probably top of every class."

"You say that like it's a bad thing," Jack and Hermione say together one glaring at the red-head the other looking hurt.

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As the days started to get longer once again, a new line of hope fell across everyone inside the castle.

There had been no attacks since the ones on Justin and Nearly Headless Nick (both having been asked up what attacked them when they woke up but neither remembering all that much about it).

"Maybe the Heir of Slytherin's lost their confidence?" Annie asked out loud as someone mentioned this "It must be getting riskier and riskier to keep opening it and setting the beast on the students, right?"

"That or they're planning on a bigger attack later," Jack said thinking to himself, still trying to work out just what this 'monster' could be.

"Oy Jack, April's package arrive!" Fred called out from the portrait hole holding the parcel at arms length "And they are ripe. I hope you have something to fix that."

"Oh don't be such a baby Freddy," George came in after him carrying some early birthday presents from April as well. "No offence B.T." he said quickly looking over to Baby Tooth who was buzzing her wings in annoyance and 'glaring at him.

"Well, get to work then boys," Jack said ushering them away "We don't have that long left do we?"

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That night 'borrowing' Harry's invisibility cloak, the Twins and Jack set their trap hoping Lockhart, being the fool that he was would full for it.

"I hope he does," Fred said looking around the room disgusted at almost every inch of the walls was covered in portraits of the dick himself.

"Yeah can you believe how he was acting today with McGonagall?" George asked "Trying to make her believe it was all him that made the attacks stop. I mean honestly…"

"Come on guys, we should get back to the tower," Jack said looking around the room and spotting something very interesting on the desk. "On second thoughts… Do either of you have inching powder on you at the moment? And I mean in the little tub it comes in not you yourselves you twits…" he quickly said knowing what they were going to say.

"Sure we do," Fred answered pouting a little and pulling his tub out "Why?"

"Jack pointed to a bust of the man-they-were-attacking's head, on top of which there was a toupee.

All three getting the same evil idea they poured almost all the powder into the wig and did a charm so every time Lockhart would scratch his head it would turn the wig's hair a different colour.

Pleased they left.

(It's only there if you look, but in the movie 'Chamber of Secrets' as Harry and Ron are coming to tell Lockhart about the Chamber, there is a bust with a wig on the desk)

The next day at breakfast, they had to keep straight faces until the time was right.

Lockhart came in late looking a bit of a mess, getting stares from everyone, most of them snorting into their cereal.

The man's outfit for some reason was on backwards, his 'hair' was a mix of the brightest of bright colours and he looked a mix of pale and green.

"Oh my Gilderoy," Professor McGonagall said getting up from her seat and coming to meet him "You don't look so good. Perhaps you should go back to your living quarters and spend the next few days in bed…"

"Nonsense Minerva" Lockhart said swaying a little "I'll be fine, just having an off day that's all…"

"Oh but I completely agree with her Professor Lockhart," Madam Pomfery said coming down herself and giving the minimal-ist amount of effort in checking him over "As the Nurse of this school I hereby sentence you to go back to bed for at least three days."

"But then I won't be able to deal with what I had planned for my morale-booster…" he said whining like the child he is "Or! Or teach the students their Defense Against the Dark Arts lessons."

This making almost everybody roll their eyes due to Lockhart's order of priorities.

"I am sure Professor Snape can handle the lessons, Professor Lockhart," Dumbledore said from his seat a small smirk on his lips as he saw the man below him scratching his head and his hair now turning purple "As for your morale-booster, well I'm sure that could wait for when you get better."

"No it can't!" Lockhart said panicked "It needs to happen tomorrow!"

"I am sure, Gilderoy, it can wait for when you're better…" Dumbledore said firmly nodding to Hagrid and asking him to 'escort Lockhart back to his room'.

Once Lockhart was gone almost the whole of the Hall burst out laughing at what just happened and everyone asking one-another if they knew who could have done it.

Jack, Fred, and George grinning the widest grins.

"So what now?" Fred asked finally tucking into his now cold toast.

"We stay up tonight and wait for Cupid to meet us in the common room, and then we help him to get rid of whatever Lockhart had had planned." Jack said.

"Yeah, good plan only, Wood said he wants a Quidditch Practice tonight, remember?" George said.

"Oh yeah…" Jack said forgetting about that. "Just have to make sure it doesn't go as long 10 o'clock."

With that the three of them finished their breakfast and each went about their day.