AN: Hello I'm Couture Girl, you can call me C.G. This is my third HP story. Very different from my other stories-which are more dark and mysterious. The Chester Game is more light and fun :) I hope you enjoy it. This will be the only long chapter-the rest will be short :)
Thank you: Caz, my wonderful beta who looked this over :D
The Chester Game. T. Hogwarts. AU. During a boring day in detention, George decides to play the Chester Game, an illegal game in Hogwarts that no one dares to play. Each team has to break a rule. If they get caught, they get expelled. VOLEDEMORT DOESN'T EXIST HE got defeated by dumbledore blah blah blah, THERE'S ONLY TEENAGE DRAMA, THAT SORT OF THING :D
Disclamer: I DON'T OWN THE HP WORLD IT BELONGS TO J.K.R. THE ONLY THING THAT BELONGS TO ME IS GABRIELA COVARRUBIAS. I GOT INSPIRED BY THE HARRY POTTER 150 ICONS THINGS IM NOT ALLOWED TO DO IN HOGWARTS
September 16, 1995. Saturday.
"I am very disappointed in all of you. You are grown adults, but you still act like children. You should be ashamed of yourselves – we're only in the second week of the school year and you act like this!" Minerva McGonagall reprimanded her students. No one looked up, keeping their eyes on their wooden desks. "I have decided that you will stay here for three hours on your weekends, and you will not be allowed any Hogsmeade trips for a full month, starting today."
With that finished, she headed to the exit and left Fred, George, Ron and Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Gabriela Covarrubias, Hannah Abbot, Draco Malfoy, Theodore Nott, Hermione Granger, Blaise Zabini, Pansy Parkinson, Alicia Spinnet and Angelina Johnson.
**An Hour Later**
At the front of the room, Hermione Granger sat with Ginny Weasley, sulking. This was her first ever detention. She had been afraid that McGonagall would take her perfect badge. She wanted to cry in relief that that was not the case. She took out her books, and began studying for her next lessons.
"Mione, please tell me that you're not doing homework during detention," Ginny whispered.
"Actually I'm just studying, for my – hey!" Hermione tried to pull her book back, but Ginny had already put it inside her bag.
"Hermione, you need stop acting like a boring adult – for Merlin's sake, you're fifteen!" Ginny chastised her friend.
"You heard McGonagall – we're adults now," Hermione said, while Ginny just rolled her eyes, and the two began to complain about one being too mature, while the other was too immature.
On the desk on the other side were Harry and Ron. They had brought Ron's Wizard's Chessboard and started to play. Surprisingly, Harry was winning this round, making Ron whine with every move. Behind them were Malfoy, Zabini and Nott arguing about whose fault it was that they were here. Behind Hermione and Ginny was Neville, who was sleeping. Sitting next to him was Hannah looking at herself in the mirror and applying more lipgloss.
Behind Neville and Hannah were Alicia and Angelina talking about Oliver Wood's upcoming game for Puddlemere United. Pansy was sitting behind them, alone, and reading Witch Weekly. The desk that was behind to the Slytherin trio was being used by George and Fred Weasley. George was trying to build a house with cards with no magic, but was unsuccessful, and Fred was leaning against the desk staring back at Gabriela Covarrubias who was sitting behind him; they kept on smiling and talking with their eyes. Sitting next to Gabriela was her cousin Luna, wearing her pair of Spectrespecs and reading The Quibbler upside down.
George sighed loudly. He couldn't build the stupid card house without magic – muggles were an unlucky bunch. How could they live without magic! He began to walk around the classroom, stopping in front of the class to holler, "WOULD EVERYONE STOP WHAT THEY'RE DOING!"
Everyone turned to glare at George – had he gone crazy? Unfortunately for Fred, he had been sitting on the edge of his chair, slowly making his way to Gabriela, when his twin had yelled, making Fred fall face first to the Ravenclaw's feet.
"Bloody hell, my nose!" Fred cried.
Gabriela jumped up and helped him up, sitting him next to her. "Are you okay?" Gabriela lightly touched his nose, seeing if it was broken.
"I'm fine now," Fred said back, making her blush.
"Sorry, Fred!" George yelled.
"S'alright," Fred said.
"What was that for, George, are you bonkers?" Ginny questioned her brother.
George just smiled at her. "No, my dear sister, I was just bored, and wondering why the hell you're all here." He stared pointedly at Ginny as her ears turned red.
"Yeah! Why are you here, Ginny – you too Hermione," Ron said.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned their attention to the bushy-haired girl and redheaded girl. Ginny crossed her arms across her chest and said, "I hexed Romilda Vane with the Bat-Bogey Hex."
Fred and George immediately shuddered, remembering times they had been hexed by their sister.
"Why?" Ron asked curiously.
"Because she spiked Hermione's and my pumpkin juice with a Swelling Solution!"
"Did you drink it?" Hannah asked.
"No, while she wasn't looking, I switched our drinks, and Vane and Sanders drank it instead. They were all swelled up, being attacked by their snots, when Professor McGonagall came," Hermione told them while laughing. Everyone looked at her, shocked.
"Blimey, Granger, I'm impressed! Why aren't you in Slytherin?" Draco asked, grinning at her. Hermione just smiled.
George turned to look at Ron and Harry expectantly.
"Uhh." Ron looked back and forth from Harry to George. Seeing that Ron wasn't going to say anything, Harry decided to intervene. "Ron and I threw Bludgers at McLaggen."
"Poor bloke." Neville yawned. "What did he do?"
"He was saying derogatory things about Angelina and Alicia," Ron said, pointing at the girls. Everyone turned to the girls, who looked confused. They hadn't known that Cormac had said anything about them.
"Maybe it's because we both refused to accept being his girlfriend," Alicia said thoughtfully.
"McLaggen is good looking and all, but he has the brain of a starfish," Angelina told them.
"Starfish don't have brains," Pansy stated.
"Exactly." Angelina nodded, making everyone laugh.
"So if you didn't know, then why are you two here?" Harry asked the girls.
Both turned to look at each other, and sighed. "We got caught sneaking out of Hogwarts," Alicia confessed.
"Filtch caught us – we were at the gates by the time he saw," Angelina added.
George turned to the Slytherin boys. "How about you three?"
"We were drinking in Transfiguration, and if it weren't for Nott here-" Draco glared at Theo.
"Me? I didn't drop the booze, it was Blaise!" Theodore pointed at Zabini.
Blaise shook his head. "It wasn't me! It was all Draco's fault!"
"Well, whoever did it, McGonagall caught us," Draco drawled while looking at his hands.
"Stupid Slytherins," Gabriela said from the back of the room. Blaise, Draco and Theo glared at her.
"Well you were stupid enough to get caught, Covarrubias, what did you do?" Blaise asked her with a haughty voice.
"She isn't stupid, Zabini, back off!" Fred yelled.
Blaise raised his eyebrow, but kept quiet. Gabriela laid her hand on Fred's shoulder and made him sit back down, then gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I hexed the Greengrass sisters with the Instant Scalping Hex, for calling Luna and I freaks. So I'd watch my tongue, Zabini, or you'll be bald next." Gabriela glared back at the Italian.
Blaise kept his glare on Gabriela. He wouldn't back down. But when he saw the Weasley twin put his arm around her shoulders and pull her closer to him, Blaise felt like ripping the weasel in half!
George raised his chin to Luna. "How about you Luna?"
Luna, who was staring dreamily at Theodore, focused her attention on George. "After Gaby hexed them, I was wearing my Spectrespecs, and I saw that they had Wrackspurts, so I took out some itching powder and spread it over their bald heads, so the Wrackspurts would leave."
Gabriela laughed, and turned her face to Fred. "You should have seen them, scratching their bald heads, jumping up and down! It was hilarious!"
Everyone laughed, imagining the Greengrass sisters. They weren't a likeable pair.
"How about you, Freddy?" Gabriela asked, running her fingers through his red hair, making it messy. George cleared his throat. "Oh sorry, George. How come you two are here?"
Fred looked down at Gabriela and twirled a curl around his finger. "We blew up the girls toilets on the fifth floor."
"That was you?" Hannah exclaimed.
"Sure was!" George said proudly.
"I thought it was Parkinson."
"I told you it wasn't me, Abbot!" Pansy yelled angrily at Hannah. She turned to the rest of her classmates. "Think about it. Why would I blow up the girls toilets when I'm in there? Abbot, there is a reason why you're in Hufflepuff."
Everyone nodded, agreeing that when it came to Hannah Abbott, she had a lot of blonde moments.
"So if George and Fred got caught, then why are you here?" Hermione asked Pansy.
Pansy sighed and looked at her nails. "Well after Hannah and I almost drowned, we successfully got out, and I saw Peeves. I thought it was his fault, so I yelled, accused him, you know, all that nonsense. Well he wasn't paying attention, so I got even more furious and I threw a giggling spell at him, but it accidentally went to a first year," she finished with another sigh. "McGonagall didn't believe me, of course."
"I was there, she did aim at Peeves," Hannah said while running her fingers through her golden hair.
"Hannah, what did you do?" Ginny asked.
"I tried to jinx Pansy but I think I aimed at her wand." Her blue eyes became slightly confused.
"You are the most dumbest girl I have ever met!" Pansy shouted, her green eyes throwing daggers at the Hufflepuff.
"Well that only leaves you, Neville," Fred said.
Neville looked up. "I was carrying Fanged Geraniums for Professor Sprout and I accidentally stepped on Trelawney's robe making her trip down the stairs."
"Ouch," Harry said.
"Was she wearing those disgusting fuchsia robes with stars on them?" Gabriela asked Neville.
Neville nodded.
"I told her not to wear that ridiculously long robe! But no! She never pays attention to what I say," Gabriela said.
"Well she deserved it for not listening to a true seer," Fred told her.
Gabriela smiled at him. "A very wise thing to say, Freddy."
"He hates being called Freddy," a confused Angelina whispered to Alicia.
"Well, now I'm bored! How about we play a little game!" George said to everyone. They agreed.
"What type of game?" Theodore asked.
"Well we all partner up, and we play the Chester Game!" Fred finished.
Everyone knew about the Chester Game – it was very famous among Hogwarts students, but not many were brave enough to play it. The game lasted for about two through three months at the most. If you were lucky. It was quite dangerous but fun. If you got caught playing the game, you were expelled.
"Whoever wins, gets Chocolate Frogs," George added.
The Chocolate Frogs that were being sold at the moment were the same as always – except for one Frog that had two tickets to go to a Weird Sisters concert. They were going to play in an unknown place, and the only way to get the tickets was by buying a Chocolate Frog. Not even Malfoy could get his hands on the tickets.
"No one can quit, though. So, if anyone wants to back down, say now, or forever stay silent." George looked around, and it seemed that no one wanted to quit. They wanted those tickets. "Excellent!"
Everyone seemed excited, already thinking about who they get for a partner.
"And where will we get the cards? You do know that the Chester Game is illegal?" Hermione asked the twins.
It seemed that the twins hadn't thought this through and were quiet for a long time, thinking about where they'd get the blasted cards to play the game.
"We'll go the the Room of Requirement and ask for the cards!" Neville said.
"Excellent Neville!" Hannah appraised him, making him smile.
"So let's partner up!" Harry told them, already heading for Ginny.
"Oh no, that won't be no fun, how about we draw names!" Luna told them.
Some seemed unsure, but in the end they decided to draw names. Fred and George were in charge of that.
"Make sure you and I pair up," Gabriela whispered in Fred's ear.
His face was flushed. "You can count on that, darling." He gave her peck on her head and dashed to the front of the room with his brother.
"You can't change partners!" Harry exclaimed. Ginny eyed him like he had gone mad. "Don't worry, Gin, we'll get partnered up."
"Well, I'll pull out the girls' names," Fred said, eyeing the Spanish Ravenclaw.
"And I'll draw out the boys' names," George finished.
George went around, and let the boys put their names in a glass jar, while Fred did the same with another jar for the girls, paying extra attention to a certain piece of paper that the Ravenclaw put in. When he passed the Slytherin table, Zabini pushed him, making the jar move and almost hit the ground, but Fred caught before it did. Glaring at the Slytherin, he stood next to his twin.
"Okay then, let's start," George said.
"Neville."
"Hannah."
Both turned to look at each other. When their eyes met, both blushed.
"I'm happy how Neville got paired," Luna whispered to Gabriela. The cousins smiled; they knew that their friend was smitten with the blonde Hufflepuff.
"Nott."
"Luna."
A gasp came out of Luna. Her blue eyes widened and her cheeks wore a light pink hue. "And I'm happy how you got paired," Gabriela whispered in Luna's ear.
Theodore sighed. "Great I got paired with Loony," he thought. He didn't say it out loud in fear that he'd be the next Slytherin to be bald, jumping up and down scratching himself. Standing up, he took a seat next to Luna. She just sent glances at him out the corner of her eye, while he looked straight ahead.
"Malfoy."
"Hermione."
All eyes were on them. It was quite known that the Gryffindor princess and the Slytherin prince couldn't stand each other. It wasn't about blood – rather, it was about who did better school-wise. And in the end, Hermione would beat him yet again. So it hurt Draco's pride to be beaten by a Gryffindor, especially a girl. Everyone held their breath as Draco stood up, and went and sat next to Hermione. "Let's show them who's boss, Granger. With brains like ours, we'll win this game."
Hermione's eyes widened. She hadn't been expecting that. At all. But she noticed that lately Draco had matured – well, somewhat – and she smiled at him.
"Ron."
"Parkinson."
Ron gulped and turned his head to look at Pansy. Her mouth was hanging open. She thought that she'd be paired with a Slytherin, not with the Weasel. Harry nudged Ron, smirking, making him look at his hands. Ron took a deep breath and stood up, walking slowly to Pansy. Both nodded in acknowledgment. He sat next to her. "
"Now I know that you're our King, Ronald, so I hope that we'll beat the smart asses over there." Her eyes were on Hermione and Draco. "They beat us at everything, and I'm tired. How about it?"
Ron's eyes widened, and his ears and face turned red in surprise. Gulping and taking a deep breath again, he squeaked, "That's a great idea."
"Myself."
"Angelina."
"Splendid! I got Angel!" George said excitedly, while waving at Angelina who had a grin on her face.
"Harry."
"Ginny."
"Oh! That was planned!" Ron exclaimed form his seat next to Pansy. "No fair, he gets to be with his girlfriend!"
"Don't be a sore loser, Ronald," Ginny said with a wicked grin, skipping to sit next her boyfriend.
"We'll win for sure," Harry called to everyone. "I want those tickets."
That only left Fred, Gabriela, Blaise and Alicia. Gabriela and Fred were eyeing each other, waiting for their names to be called, so one of them could pounce on the other. Blaise was eyeing them both – they were so obvious. Dirty pigs. Even a casual observer could see that they were fucking each other with just their eyes. Disgusting.
"Zabini."
"Ga-what! Gabriela, no! That doesn't count," Fred exclaimed while bunching up the paper in his fist. "It's a mistake!"
Fred glared at Zabini, daring him to get close to the Ravenclaw. Fred would have Zabini's balls in the glass jar he was holding and he'd throw them in the lake, so the squid would eat them. Gabriela looked shocked; no way in hell was she going to pair up with the Slytherin man whore! Blaise looked amused and he walked confidently to her table.
"Bu-but, I was going to get paired up with Fred!" Gabriela exclaimed.
Fred made his way to her, but George held him back and said, "You can't change partners, remember?"
"Bloody hell, Harry! Why did you say that!" Gabriela and Fred exclaimed, making Harry look like he had peed his pants.
"Sorry, I wasn't thinking, I got caught in the moment."
"You're never thinking, Harry!" Fred said gloomily, his shoulders slumping as he looked at Gabriela.
"Stop weeping like a girl that I got partnered up with Covarrubias, and you didn't," Blaise hissed, already sitting.
Gabriela was still standing. "Then I'll quit," she said, her eyes on Fred.
"Me too," he added.
"You can't. Sorry," George said apolitically.
Gabriela groaned, and sat back down, not looking at Zabini. Everyone looked at the three with wide eyes. This was so much better than the soap operas that her nana watched, Hermione thought.
"Well that leaves you and Alicia," George said to his twin brother.
Fred walked and sat next to Alicia, who gave him a small smile.
"Well then, let's go the Room of Requirement," George said.
They all sneaked out of McGonagall's classroom, after Harry told them that the coast was clear.
"How can we trust you, Potter?" Draco whispered at Harry. Hermione just nudged him to move.
They made their way to the Room of Requirement. Everyone sat in a circle with their partner. In the middle there was a box that contained the 150 cards of the Chester Game. Everyone sat next to their partner, and Fred managed to sit next to Gabriela. Blaise noticed. He wasn't stupid.
George opened the box and noticed that they were already shuffled. "Alright then, someone has to pick a card – don't read it out loud, of course. And in the next few days, you have to complete it. If not, you loose."
Everyone nodded. Theodore went first, and showed the card to Luna, who giggled. Blaise was next and read the card. His eyes widened.
"Well what does it say?" Gabriela questioned him. He showed it to her, and she made the same expression as him, slightly gulping.
Alicia reached for a card, and when she read it she began to laugh. Fred read it too and made a gagging sound. Hermione took the next card and, after nodding in appreciation, gave it to Draco who just looked confused.
Harry went for his, and when both Ginny and him read it, they looked happy. "I've always wanted to do this!" Harry exclaimed, making the others wonder what they had to do.
It was Ron's turn. When he saw what it said, he turned red. "Oh no! I'm not doing this!" Pansy looked like she wanted to crawl into a hole and disappear. "I quit!" Ron cried.
"You can't quit," Fred reminded him.
Ron just groaned. "I'm only doing this for the Weird Sisters, I'm only doing this for the Weird Sisters," he kept on chanting.
George went next and his face turned into a grin. "Merlin! I never thought I'd do this! I have been chosen!" Angelina just rolled her eyes.
The last ones were Neville and Hannah. "Oh goody! This sounds like fun!" While Neville looked at her as if she had gone mad.
"Well everyone has their challenge. Now you know the rules, don't get caught," George said, while helping Angelina up, and heading for the door.
One by one they left.
AN: So I hope you liked this. As you know, about the 150 icons, some of them were not good in my taste or doesn't relate to the plot, so if your creative and want to be a part of this, then P.M or review with a silly challenge and the pair you want to see complete the challenge.
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Much love!
C.G.