Chapter four

The Delacour kids get even

During the second week of September, Ali Billy Nina and Molly approached the great hall for breakfast as usual. Four Slytherins, who genuinely looked alike, were blocking the doors leading to the great hall. The oldest girl looked about fifteen, the oldest boy about 13, the youngest girl about 12, and the youngest boy was a first year.

"You must be the Delacour gang" the oldest said.

"Yeah, I'm Ali, this is my brother Billy and our sisters Nina and Molly" Ali introduced.

"I'm Maddie Carson, this is my sister Sophie, and my brother's Tommy and Robbie" the oldest girl introduced.

"Nice to meet you, we'll be going now" Molly said and tried to enter the great hall.

"Not so fast, your father is Bill Weasley right" Robbie asked.

"Yeah why do you care" Nina asked.

"Our dad is Peter Carson, maybe you've heard of him" Robbie stated.

"Yeah, he was my dad's enemy" Billy recalled.

"Exactly, and now we're going to continue that legacy, see you around" Sophie said, gave an evil grin then walked into the great hall with her siblings.

That morning Billy and History of magic class with the third year Slytherin. On his way to his seat his books turned into frogs. The frogs hopped away and Billy knew it was Robbie who had done it.

"Mr. Delacour that was not funny, 5 points from Griffandore" Professor Finnegan stated.

"I didn't do it sir, it was Robbie" Billy protested.

"Your proof" Professor Finnegan asked.

"Well he…oh never mind" Billy stated and seated himself.

The frogs came around and Billy managed to turn them back into his text books. Meanwhile Nina was in Transfiguration. When Professor McGonagall asked for a volunteer to read Nina raised her hand. However every time Nina tried to speak she meowed instead.

"Ok who did that" Professor McGonagall asked sternly.

"Alright then, since none one has the decency to admit, 5 points will be taken from Griffandore and Slytherin" Professor McGonagall declared and turned Nina's voice back to normal.

"That's not fair, it was Sophie" Nina informed.

"I'm sorry Miss Delacour, but without proof there's nothing I can do" Professor McGonagall stated.

Meanwhile Molly was in Defence against the dark arts class. She was sitting a few seats away from Tommy, and was writing on parchment. Suddenly she felt her ears going numb, so she felt them with the tip of her fingers. They were furry, Molly raised her hand and was given permission to use the rest room.

In the rest room Molly pushed her blonde hair behind her ears and gasped. In the mirror she could see she had dog ears, floppy furry brown dog ears. She hid them with her hair and raced back to class, there she took the teacher side and showed him. Abbforth sent her to the hospital wing, and Molly knew it was Tommy who had done it.

"What's the problem Miss Delacour" Madam Pomfrey asked when Molly arrived in the hospital wing, Molly showed her.

"No problem I can undo that in seconds" Madam Pomfrey reinsured her.

During Second class the Delacour kids were lucky to not have any classes with the Carson's. However there was still the matter of lunch time. In great hall the Carson's waited until the food had appeared on the tables. It turned out they had learned at thing or two from Jane when she had gotten revenge on Swan. All of the sudden Ali, Billy, Nina and Molly's plates of food rose to the air and hovered over their heads. After a moment they came crashing down, covering them, along with James and Kate, with salad, yogurt, and buttered bread.

Over at the teachers table Hermione stood up and looked at all the students with sharp eyes. She then shook her head, got up and walked over to the Delacours. She took them aside into the hallway just outside the great hall.

"Any idea who did this" Hermione asked them.

"The Carson kids, they said they wanted to continue the hatred that our father's had" Molly spoke up.

"Ok I'll look into it, in the meantime go wash up and stay clear of those kids the best you can" Hermione instructed.

Ali, Billy, Nina and Molly nodded headed to washrooms, followed by James and Kate. However that was not the end of their trouble. An entire week went by and the pranks continued, they were starting to have enough of it.

"THAT'S IT" Nina shouted as she walked into the common room one night covered head to toe in mud.

"What happened this time" Ali asked.

"One of those…those Monsters cast a curse on me so I would fall into a huge mud puddle" Nina explained.

"The nerve, we have to retaliate" Billy stated.

"We can't, plus aunt Hermione said…" Molly began.

"Get real sis, that was last week" Billy pointed out.

"Alright then Billy, What do you propose we do?" Ali asked.

"We prank them back, not right away, it has to be big" Billy said.

"I agree, get out some parchment and quills Delacours, we have work to do" Nina stated.

"First let's get you cleaned up" Ali stated and walked to the washroom with Nina.

When Ali and Nina returned from the bathroom they saw there was ink, quills and parchment covering the entire coffee table. They sat down on the ground with Billy and Molly and the four of them began planning their revenge. It took all night to come up with the basic since they had never pranked anyone before. By morning they were confident they would succeed.

For the rest of the week they worked on their plan in between classes, during meal times and after hours. Then on the first of October they were ready to put their prank in action. The day before they had told the Carson's they wanted to duel and to meet them in the Library at four in the morning. At three thirty the Delacours went to the library to set up their prank. They were going to do the old bucket dump, the one where the person trips over a string which causes the bucket to drop.

After setting up the prank they hide behind the book shelves when they heard foot steps coming. Someone came into the library and tripped over the string. Just after the big bucket of ice cold stinky rotten milk splashed all over them. Happy with their work the Delacour kids left their hiding places to tease the Carson's. However when the lights went on they saw it wasn't a Carson who had fallen for the trap, it was… Hermione.

"ALI, BILLY, NINA AND MOLLY EXPLAIN RIGHT NOW" Hermione screamed.

"That wasn't meant for you, we just got tired of the Carson's pranking us" Molly stated.

"Omg, this is just too perfect" Maddie laughed as she and the rest of her gang walked in for the duel, and not realizing she was out of bed after hours in the presence of the headmaster.

"Maddie, Ali, Robbie, Billy, Nina, Sophie, Molly and Tommy…my office NOW" Hermione snapped and escorted them to her office.

"Have a seat" Hermione offered after waving her wand to conjure up several chairs in her office.

"Let's start with you Delacours" Hermione stated.

"Out of bed after hours, pulling pranks and accidently assault to the headmaster. I think forty points and letters home is the fitting punishment" Hermione decided.

"Now for you Carson's. Let's see, 40 points for being out of bed after hours, and for the bullying towards the Delacours, I'll be sending home letters and you have detention until Christmas break. So I will see the four of you in my office every evening after last class" Hermione declared.

Ali, Billy, Nina and Molly went to bed knowing they were in huge trouble and they would probably receive howlers. Whereas Maddie, Robbie, Sophie and Tommy went back to bed knowing their parents wouldn't care. Hermione spent the whole night trying to remove the stink off of her. However she was unsuccessful no matter how many showers she took.

Ali, Billy, Nina and Molly were right about getting a howler and it was a nightmare. They didn't think it would ever be possible to live it down. The Carson's never even received a letter about it from their parents, their father actually stated he was proud of them for following in his footsteps. Hermione tried to avoid human contact as much as possible until she could get rid of the smell, she had written a letter to Grandma Lily in hopes she could create a remedy to get rid of the smell.