Swati was standing on top of Astronomy tower. It was just after his last class and dinner was in few minutes. It was Halloween today. People celebrated this holiday, because it was Halloween and because it marked the end of Voldemort ten years ago. But Swati didn't thought like that. Being raised as street rat for four years, he saw dark stuffs where light was. Where people saw happiness, he saw sadness. Today was example of it. Nobody cared, that Voldemort killed both Potters, and almost even their child, no they cared about Voldemort being dead. And nobody even cared, that the Boy-Who-Lived was gone. Nobody saw him in ten years.
Dumbledore left their savior at his aunt doorsteps. They took him in, but few years later, when Dumbledore decided to check on young Potter, he found he disappeared. He contacted disbanded Order and made them look for him, later even Aurors and community joined in search, but they didnt find anything. After two years, Ministry declared Harry James Potter dead, and Potter family extinct.
Swati shook his head and decided to remember something funny. And then a memory came to him. A memory, that happened back in September.
Prank. That was what they planned. Easy, right? Not so much. Swati and Neville ran as fast as they could. They never knew what they will see if they enter those damn doors. It scared them. Yet Swatis lips were curled into small smile, that is was hard to see.
It all started three weeks ago.
"What?" asked Swati as he looked up from his plate. Twins were looking at him with surprise.
"You are going to prank someone?" asked Fred.
"Yup."
"But, that is our work!" George rised his voice.
"Not anymore, my friends, for next month, I shall be pranking with all my might," proclaimed Swati.
"Did you hear that!? He thinks he can steal our job!" Fred looked at George with frightened face as his voice was shaking.
"I-I did!"
"What does he thinks, he is doing!?" Swati ignored them and looked at Neville. He was smiling a bit. They both nodded and finished their breakfast. Twins watched as their whispers made their way to their ears. Duo stood and left Great Hall.
"Are we really doing this?" asked Neville nervously.
"You don't have to, if you don't want to," Swati said comfortably.
"I do want to do it, I am just afraid, that she won't talk to us after this."
"Don't worry, she will, cause this will be epic!" Swati assured him.
"You sure?"
"Yeah," he smiled, "at least I hope," he added under his breath.
And so, it began. Next week they were planning what to do. They wanted something easy to do, yet hard to figure it out. Where ever they were, planning was their priority. This got them into detention with Professor Snape, since they were caught. This led them to change it completely, since he read their plan. While planning, Swati decided to do few pranks to get some experience. First he pranked Ron. His robes were changing colors with ever move he made. From black to white, all shades known to human. He also pranked a Hufflepuff first year, Hannah Abbot. Every time she spoke, instead of words a bird voice came out. Though it only lasted one Charm class, since Flitwick got rid of it. She gave him scolding, but didn't report him, since she found it funny. Neville teased him, that she has a crush on him.
Next target was Slytherin, Draco Malfoy. Malfoy annoyed him, about his hair, so he got pranked. When he walked into Great Hall one day for breakfast, his clothes disappear, leaving him with only underwear. Nobody knew it was him, except for twins, Ron, Neville and Hannah. Hannah started to hang out with them, together with Teri. Swati came up with a nickname, which he used as signature. He called himself, Susanoo. When Neville confronted him about his choose of name, he gave him answer.
"Susanoo is Japanese deity of moon. He was born of Izanagi, god of creation and life, when he returned from Underworld. He is known as prankster between deities," explained Swati.
"Ah, cool."
Since that time, whenever there was prank, there was a somewhere a name Susanoo.
Next victim was Ravenclaw second year, Cho Chang. Her hairs turned into flames, when she said word with content similar to fire. First time it happened was during lunch. The soup was extremely hot. She complained about it to her friend and crack! Hairs erupted into flame, and students in vicinity jumped. She yelled for help, but the flames weren't real. They didn't burn or create heat. Still smoke was leaking from flames, and they formed into name Susanoo. McGonagall turned it off tomorrow in her first class. In total, hairs erupted into flames six times, according to rumors. Some students were saying that he is better than the infamous Weasley Twins. With this prank, Swati finished his circle and began new.
His first victim of prank, was Gryffindor fifth year Oliver Wood. Every time he got near any kind of silver his hands turned into wings for minute. Second victim was Hufflepuff, Cedric Diggory. He turned his skin color to green. Color changed every ten seconds into all kinds of shade of green. After that was Slytherin, Marcus Flint. This guy got beak instead of mouth. And then the last person came, and last house to finish second circle. And they just finished with their plan.
"Man, this will be hard to do," Neville rubbed his forehead.
"More like impossible for normal first years, thankfully, we are not normal," Swati smirked.
"That we aren't," laughed erupted in their bedroom. And it was true. Both Neville and Swati were one of the best students in their year. Swati got outstanding in everything, but Herbology. Neville on other hand didn't do that good in Transfiguration and Charms, but his Herbology was top.
"Ok, I think we got this right," Swati finished writing a long charm on his parchment. He folded it and placed it on small table.
"You sure, it will work?" Neville turned his head from parchment to Swati.
"It should. Every line is correct, so now we only need to get this on her and use activation charm," Swati pointed his wand at folded parchment.
"Any idea?"
"Teris birthday is coming up. It is next Saturday."
"Ok, does she like necklaces?"
"She loves them," Swati smirked and flicked his wand. Parchment turned into small necklace with angel shape.
"Awesome, now we only need to give this to her," Neville smiled.
"And activate it, when there is a lot of people to avoid suspicion," Swati added.
"Yup, so be ready to give it to her," Neville looked at his best mate.
"Why me?"
"Because you have crush on her," Neville smirked.
"I don't!" Swati yelled on laughing Neville.
Saturday came sooner than expected. Swati placed necklace into small box and nicely wrapped it. He put on his blue checked pants, white t-shirt and blue sweatshirt with zipper, which he left unzipped. He put the box into his sweatshirt pocket and kept firm hold on it. He jogged down to common room to find Hermione Granger, a girl so smart, that every time he looked at her, it gave him headache.
"So prankster wakes up first," she said while reading a book on a couch.
"I think you are mistaking me with twins," Swati defended himself.
"You are only one here in this school beside me who knows about Japanese mythology, Mr. Susanoo," she looked at him, as he moved past her.
"Realy? And what are you going to do about it? If you know about Susanoo legend, you know about his short temper, don't you?" he look at her and left corner of his mouth jerked up, forming a small smile.
"Is that a threat?"
"Who knows, but you know who Susanoo targets after Ravenclaw," it wasn't a question. Everybody realized that there is a pattern in Susanoo pranks. A lot of people also tried to figure out who he was. Since he appeared only now, they though it should be first years, but some pranks required some high level transfiguration, so they targeted third and higher years. Swati enjoyed it a lot. He decided on one thing, make notes about pranks. And then when a time comes, reveal them.
"Gryffindor," she whispered.
"Exactly, so now if you excuse me, I have some stuff to attend to," he ended conversation and left common room and headed towards library. Between homework and pranks he was still trying to figure out, what was that feeling he always felt. It was getting more and more irritating. He had around one hour, until his meeting with Teri and Neville. His quest for answers was getting harder and harder. He read almost every book about poisons, potions and spells that are targeting mind and senses. He sat down and pulls out a small notebook from his pocket. The notebook was really small and almost completely written. Only small number of pages was left. Swati sighed and opened it at last page. There were some ideas about this sense. He crossed potions and circled spells/charms. Notebook closed and Swati stood up to look for the books.
Hour later Teri was making her way down the stairs into Great Hall. While humming random a melody. But she stopped dead in her tracks, when she heard someone. She recognized the voice. It was Swati and Neville. They were hiding in a classroom. She leaned to the doors to listen.
"Do you really want to do it?" definitely Neville.
"Yup, nothing to be afraid of," now it was Swati.
"But what if she will hate us after this?" Neville was clearly afraid of something.
"Yeah, that is not gonna happen. This prank is too legendary to make her hate us," Swati reassured him. Teri smiled to herself. She quickly returned to her plan to go to Great Hall.
So, mighty Susanoo thinks he can prank me, huh, she thought to herself.
Oh, this is going to be fun!
"Happy Birthday!" sang Neville as he hugged her. She giggled a bit. A bright smile was on Neville face. He handed her a gift and sit down next to her, even though it was Ravenclaw table. She did her best to rip up the wrapping as nicely as she could. Inside was a book. But not just any book. It was book about dragons.
"I know how much you love them and this is newest book on them, so I thought you might like it," he explained. She gave him quick peck on cheek and went straight to first chapter.
"Don't get too acquainted with the book, there is still my present," someone said behind her. She shot her head up and looked at Swati smiling at her.
"Happy Birthday!" he proclaimed and handed her a box with necklace. She carefully opened it and another bright smile appeared on her face. She picked up necklace in shape of five point star with ornaments all over the place. In the middle there was a text, in language she didn't recognize.
"It is Japanese rune for protection, as long as you wear it, you should be safe," he explained and put it on her.
"Thanks!" she beamed and hugged him. Neville winked at Swati, and he blushed a bit. He sat down next to her and they dig in their breakfast. Few older students didn't like presence of different house members at their table, but they tried to ignore them. Trio was talking about pranks that were of course Swatis, but he decided to stay hidden for now. Their laugh echoed through Great Hall, but has blended in huge noise made by everyone chattering. After breakfast they spent most of the day near the lake just chilling out and getting to know each other more.
Monday arrived sooner than expected. Swatis and Nevilles prank was ready to be used, all they needed was a hallway full of people, so Swati could send the command. That happened thanks to them having DADA with Ravenclaw, first thing in the morning. He snapped his fingers, the moment the hallway was full. Small smirk emerged from his lips and looked at Teri. Shock spread through his face. It was simple. Nothing happened. He glanced at Neville who was shocked and confused as well. They would talk later. Teri saw their expression and smirked instead of them. She played them miraculously.
That night, Swati and Neville sneaked out their dorm and common room. They were trying to figure out what happened. Swati insisted on theory, that necklace didn't hear activation because of others people. So they decided to put on Activation Charm on wall in hallway that would activate when Teri passed through the hallway. Neville managed to copy Teris time table and slowly made their way to third floor, since she would be passing this one first thing after breakfast.
"If this doesn't work, I am pulling off," said Neville when he started to write Japanese runes Swati gave him.
"Don't worry, this one will work," he reassured him. Then they both jumped, when loud roar made its way through hallway.
"It-it came from th-those doors!" Nevile screamed and pointed at doors. Swati made his way to them and slowly opened them. Their jaws hit the floor hard. They glanced at each other and Swati shut the door hard and started to run as fast as they could.
"I am not doing pranks anymore!" yelled Neville.
"I am!" answered Swati and smiled. He liked that huge three headed dog. And mostly, he loved Hogwarts.
Swati smiled at the memory. With last glance at surroundings he left for dinner.
