Sorry about the big delay, but I was really busy studying for an 85 page, 4 chapter exam for one of my classes. And not to offend anyone by asking people to review, but I wanted to see if you wanted my story to stay a two shot or if you wanted me to continue it to make it something much bigger. Sorry about the confusion! And on with the story…
Hermione opened her dorm door and cautiously stuck her head out. She immediately drew back as a she saw a shadow coming closer, and as she turned around to make sure Harry, Ron, and all the other Gryffindors were sleeping, a pair of arms yanked her backwards into the corridor.
"Guess who?"
Hermione almost squeaked. "You shouldn't do that! What if I accidentally woke them up or you got discovered going around after we're all supposed to be in our rooms?" Draco Malfoy chuckled. They started walking towards the usual secret meeting place, the ordinary broom closet near the Great Hall.
"Don't worry. Nothing can keep me apart from you." He kissed her gently, and Hermione felt herself melt in his arms.
She could still remember how they first met about a month ago. All because of that one, small prank…
"You have all the things, Hermione?" Harry whispered urgently. He, Ron, Hermione, Seamus, Dean, even Neville crept along the shadows. It was a full moon, so it was easier to see what they were going to do.
The Gryffindors had always wanted to do something unforgivable to the Slytherins, ever since the first time they had bullied poor Neville to tripping Hermione down the stairs. Even though Crabbe and Goyle did most of these immature acts, everyone knew all of it was planned by Draco Malfoy.
Hermione got this idea for the ultimate prank from listening to Lavender and Parvati chatter on and on about make up tips, newest hair styles, and regular gossip going around Hogwarts. She especially paid attention when they started talking about how Draco Malfoy (ignoring them squealing about how hot he looked) would feel if he re-styled his hair. She got the first inkling of what they ought to do when Lavender mentioned hair dye.
"Yes, Harry. Here's the red dye, the gold spray paint, permanent sharpies, glitter powder mixed with extra sticky glue, and Lavender and Parvati's long-lasting, water-proof, fire-proof, earthquake-proof, tsunami-proof, tornado-proof, spell-proof, non-smearing, only-removed-with-a-special-type-of-paper-that-is-not-sold-in-the-wizarding-world, cosmetics and hair gel."
Dean scratched his head. "How can lipstick and eyeliner be earthquake-proof?"
"Dunno, mate. It's just something I heard Dad saying that all fool-proof products should be."
"Quiet! We're almost at the Slytherin dorm!" Hermione shushed them and had Neville hold all the instruments of torture while she carefully looked towards the Slytherin's room. Neville foolishly kept on clunking towards the room, so when Hermione grabbed him by the shoulders, it caused Harry to bump into Neville, Ron to crash into Harry, Dean to collide with Ron, and Seamus to smack into Dean, making the whole group come down in a tangle of arms and legs.
Fortunately, Hermione caught their prank bag before it clattered noisily onto the floor, suspending it by her wand a few centimeters apart from the floor. They all froze, as if they were in a freeze frame.
"You idiots…"
They brushed themselves off and continued.
"You sure you want to come, Neville?" Hermione worriedly asked him. His knees were knocking together so loudly Harry asked if anyone could get rid of that pesky mosquito. She steadied his shaking hands, but even as she asked him again, he stubbornly shook his head and continued sneaking towards the room.
They had just reached the room when Harry realized something.
"Anyone have the password?" Everyone froze again.
"Oh come on!"
"Groan…"
"I'm sure we assigned Ron to get it." Dean, Seamus, Harry, Neville, and Hermione all turned to Ron. He chuckled nervously.
"Umm…try again tomorrow night?"
The next night (after making sure Ron had the password after they beat him up for being lazy and not doing anything, typical Ron…) the six Gryffindors tried again. This time, they had forgotten to take their supplies and wasted an hour going back and forth forgetting things, so they decided to try again tomorrow night after Mrs. Norris caught them and scared all of them into running back to their tower before she could find out who the six were.
The night after that, half of their group got detentions to serve because of a very suspicious explosion in Potions featuring a furious Snape, two mislabeled vials, and shredded clothes.
The fourth night, everyone was too tired to stay up late.
Finally, a week and a half later, they tried again. Ron quickly said the password ("Purebloods rule? How unoriginal…") they all crept inside and surveyed the Slytherins.
"Ready, everyone?" Hermione whispered. They all nodded, and started the first phase of their revenge.