Muggleborn Problems
by: Ismira Daugene & QueenftheSlayers
Year Two
Chapter 16: I Choose You Pikachu!
It started in the Great Hall. One of the third year Gryffindors was teasing one of the first year Hufflepuffs about carrying around a teddy bear. Admittedly, it was a bit odd for the Hufflepuff to be carrying around a teddy bear, but for the most part they'd been left alone. In fact the other Hufflepuffs defended her adamantly. The first year (Bethany) was on the autism spectrum, and so long as she had the teddy bear with her she was able to focus on things. In fact, Bethany was quite brilliant at potions. Far more advanced than most fourth years even. She was very impressive at transfiguration too.
Back to the story though, the Gryffindor had grabbed Bethany's teddy bear and was playing keep-away with it between him and another third year Gryffindor. After the fifth time missing the teddy bear, Bethany pulled out her cherry wood wand and pointed it at the teddy bear. However instead of casting a summoning charm, she cast a transfiguration spell that animated the teddy bear and caused it to attack the Gryffindor boy! The soft paws of the teddy bear did no damage to the boy, but it was relentless in its attack!
At that moment, one of the muggleborn Ravenclaw fifth years joined in the fray by transfiguring one of their school books into a Pikachu plushie. "PIKACHU! I CHOOSE YOU!" they shouted and the small plushie joined the teddy bear in their attack.
The other Gryffindor boy tried to make a get-a-way at that moment, but a Hufflepuff sixth year transfigured a bottle of ink into a Squirtle plushie and it began attacking the boy by spraying ink at him! From there the sudden battle grew. Nearly every muggleborn who knew the transfiguration spell used it to create a Pokemon plushie who then began attacking the two Gryffindor boys. There was Charizard, Eevee, Pidgeot, Mewtwo, Arcanine, Psyduck, Alakazam, Hypno, Sandslash, Ninetales, Poliwhirl, and Cubone (just to name a few).
It didn't stop there though. A Gryffindor prefect walked into the Great Hall then, and upon seeing what was happening, tried to call a ceasefire. The plushies continued though, unresponsive to the prefect's orders. It wasn't until Deputy Headmaster Bedivere cast a Finite Incantatum that things finally quieted down. The two Gryffindor boys who'd taken Bethany's teddy bear lay in the fetal position their arms covering their heads defensively. The story of what happened came slowly as everyone was trying to talk at once. Professor Bedivere managed to get the gist of it eventually though and held up both hands to quiet everyone down. "To the two boys who stole the teddy bear, twenty-five points from Gryffindor each and detention with me for the next two nights." Both boys groaned as well as several other Gryffindors. "Quiet!" Professor Bedivere shouted again. "And to everyone who participated in the plushie battle… one point from their respective house. Now everyone get back to where they're supposed to be before I change my mind!"
With that everyone scattered! Stories would fly for the next few weeks of the great Poke battle in the Great Hall, and many muggleborns who hadn't been there cried out in frustration at being left out. Meanwhile, many purebloods wondered what strange creatures the muggleborns were keeping as pets.