A/N: Here is another one! I'm having so much fun with this.
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#20: I am not allowed to draw a smiley face on my arm and tell everyone "It's the new Dark Mark".
"George, give me your arm." I said. He obliged. I drew a big smiley face on the inside, just below his wrist. "Fred." I repeated the process. "Lee."
When I'd drawn it on Lee's arm, he asked, "What are we up to this time?"
I smiled and showed him the smiley face on my arm. "It's the new Dark Mark." The boys and I shared our mischeivous (the professors would say sinister) grins, and then we went separate ways, marking anyone wise (the professors would say foolish) enough to give us their arm. If anyone asked, all we told them was, "It's the new Dark Mark" in our most serious (everyone would say creepiest) tones.
The professors didn't notice till lunch. Me and the boys were sitting together as usual, gloating in our apparent success, but also planning for our inevitable confrontation with the professors.
Quite right, too. Snape came up behind me and took the scruff of my robes in one hand while he grabbed my left arm and revealed my smiley face. "What...is...this?" he asked in his 'intimidating' drawl.
"The new Dark Mark." I replied matter-of-factly. "Do you want one?"
"No." he said, 'threateningly'. "It isn't funny. Death Eaters are a real threat and it does not do to imitate them."
"Oh, I'm not imitating Death Eaters." I said, as if it were obvious. "We're Joy Vomiters." I finished loudly. The boys all snorted, and Fred spewed pumpkin juice.
"Ten points from Gryffindor. And five more for each Gryffindor I see with this" he gestured to my arm "on their arm." He released my arm and gave me a shake before letting go of my robes. I tried to keep a straight face while he walked away, but as soon as he was a safe distance away I snorted just like the boys had and we had a quiet laugh.