Twinsanity Abounds ~Steph'n'Ollie~ Chapter 5
As the seven friends gathered around the fireplace to get to know each other a little more, their spirits began to rise. Steph and Mia were becoming more comfortable with the other two sets of twins, all flame haired, and the one raven haired boy. Harry had been the spark to ignite this friendship, with his light banter and witty charm. He was quick to place compliments on the three girls, making them blush. Ginny couldn't believe that Harry Potter wished to become a member of the group. Fred and George were great set-up men for the friend of the Marauders. They hoped that he was able to introduce them to the remaining Marauders.
As they settled in for the evening prior to going to bed, the talk soon came to a new name for the group. Steph felt that calling themselves the Marauders II was not really a suitable name. She felt that they could be more original. They all sat and thought about a name, when Ron brought up, "How about we call our selves ASYLUM, you know like Insane? I think it works, and it gives us an edge when it comes time to pull our pranks. People will think different things about who it may be. It can't be any worse than some of the other things we might call ourselves, Like Lunatiks, or The Mongrels. Sorry Ginny, but that is just plain ugly."
Ginny cast Ron a scowl, and he sort of sat back, trying to get away from her stare. She was really spooky when she gave a person that look. However, her scowl was quickly gone, to be replaced with a wicked grin. "You know what, I like that, The ASYLUM. What do you guys think...should we go for it?"
They tossed it around for a bit. Ron had been right The Mongrels was not well-received. The Lunatiks was OK. They even tried the Lunatiks Asylum, but that just made them shudder. So, it was decided they would call themselves the ASYLUM. It was short, and could give the rest of the school food-for-thought when trying to figure out who these crazy people were.
Ginny asked Mia to join her in her role as leader, to ensure they did not go too overboard with their pranks. She told her she wouldn't have to help with the pranks, until she felt it was safe and free from being caught. Mia thought a second, and then agreed, because she didn't want her sister getting into trouble. That, and she felt if she refused, the rest would abandon her, and she really wanted to be friends with the group.
Harry became the HIT MAN. He was the one to select the targets. Steph became the set up. She would be the one to get the target into position for the prank. Ron would be the one to watch the target to figure out the best time to do the hit. Fred and George would be the ones to prepare the pranks. Ginny and Hermione would coordinate all of the information to get the prank put into play.
It was decided to prank just one house for their test run, and seeing as how none of them liked the Slytherins, although Mia didn't know why, they would be the "patsies" for the first ASYLUM-pulled prank. Harry brought up how they could inform the school who it was that pulled the prank. Weasley fireworks would disclose the name of the perpetrators. Fred and George loved it, and everyone else thought it was a good signature move.
They settled on what prank to use to open up their campaign, and Harry took the implements of the prank, and put them in place for the next morning.
The next morning found Steph laying strategically placed items that forced certain people to sit in certain places. These items included things like fake poo and vomit; large fake insects, such as spiders, scorpions and hornets; fake nails sticking out of the benches; or fake cracks in the seats. Yes, the seating would be as they planned.
The Slytherins started to enter the Hall, and Pansy Parkinson stepped into the fake vomit, which was really slick, and went sailing up in the air, and landed in the fake poo, which was actually chocolate pudding with pieces of vegetables thrown in, and a little flour to stiffen it. It made a sound like a sploosh! when she landed in it, and she got a disgusted look on her face.
Malfoy laughed at her. and took a seat, only to jump back up, when he sat on a fake scorpion that had a rather pointy stinger that felt real. He moved down, and took the seat he was supposed to take. He reached out and took the plate of eggs that was off to the side, and put some on his plate. He then grabbed the plate of sausages and took a few of them; he got some toast and buttered each slice; and finally, some fried potatoes which he then began to eat. When he took a sip of the pumpkin juice he'd just poured, his mouth was immediately filled with foam, and it started to leak down his chin. The foam became more abundant as he tried to swallow it, and even started to come out his nose. He started to blow the foam in his mouth every where, landing on his fellow Slytherin members. Daphne Greengrass saw a big pile of it landing in her plate. Shew immedietly got sick, and added real vomit to the fake vomit. When this happened, other female members became sick making the floor around the Slytherin table a hazard to walk on.
Malfoy's problem continued as the foam coming from his nose caused him to sneeze sending the foam toward Tracey Davis, hitting her on the chest. She threw her napkin on the table and stood up to leave. She took a step and felt her leg starting to give when she hit a fresh spot of vomit, and grabbed a hold of Gregory Goyle's robe to keep from falling. Goyle was pulled from his seat and landed on the floor with Tracy landing on him.
The Ravenclaw table was filled with laughing students, as they watched the Slytherins go through the prank like dominoes causing mishap after mishap.
Professor Snape watched this whole incident, trying to stifle a laugh. He looked down the table to see the reaction of the rest of the professors and then let out a laugh, as the other professors couldn't help but laugh. Even Dumbledore was laughing. He watched as Minerva was covering her face to hide her laughter. Filius fell off his chair because of his laughing.
Then, behind the professors' table, fireworks began going off, forming a sign. It read, {THIS COMEDY SEGMENT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE GENIUS THAT IS THE ASYLUM}
Severus looked down to the Gryffindor table to see Harry and the three sets of twins enjoying their breakfast, and not worrying about the goings on at the Slytherin table. No one witnessed Severus take his wand, and pull a strand of silvery mist from his temple, and place it in a jar. He knew that Padfoot and Moony would love to see their protege's first prank, and its outcome.
Severus promised he would have his friends visit the castle when he got a chance to see for themselves the progress of this new group who called themselves the ASYLUM.
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It just so happened, the first class for Harry was potions. He looked forward to seeing the expression on Wolfie's face in class. Unfortunately, he was disappointed as Severus entered the class with a stoic look on his face, displaying no emotion what so ever.
Steph, Mia, Ginny and Ron saw the look of disappointment on Harry's face, and Ginny asked, "Harry, is something wrong? Why do you look so upset?"
"Oh, I was expecting something, and it didn't happen. I'll find out about it later. Nothing to worry about."
Steph and Ron shrugged their shoulders, but Ginny and Mia looked to each other as if they knew what the problem was. They would be talking to Harry later, in private.
The class began with a roll call, and then Professor Snape began his little speech about brewing, bottling and stoppering said bottles. He pointed out that there would be no wand waving in his class, and so on and so on.
Then their first task was set before them. Steph and Mia worked together, as did Harry and Ginny. Ron was paired with Seamus Finnegin. Harry and Ginny were the first to finish their potion, and received perfect scores and some valuable house points for being the first to finish a perfect brew. Mia and Steph were next, and also received a perfect score, with additional house points. Ron, on the other hand, was the recipient of a face full of their potion, when Seamus added his eye of newt before the stabilizer was added, causing the brew to explode. They also lost points for Seamus' miscue.
Ron's face was full of splotch marks where the brew hit him. Seamus tried to apologise to Ron, but he didn't want anything to do with him. He pulled Harry and Ginny off to the side when the class was done and told them, "The next time, one of you two sit with Seamus and let me get the house points, while you get the results of his explosion."
The next class was Charms, and the class was all lecture, with no wand work. Steph was disappointed, as she still had not yet been able to use her wand. That would change in the next class as it was Transfiguration.
After a brief ten minute lecture, Professor McGonagall had them work as teams to help each other transform a match stick into a needle. Steph and Ginny paired up for this, and Ron got to Mia before Harry. Harry was forced to pair up with Seamus. Seamus started to wave his wand around like it was a baton used by a symphony conductor. Harry stopped it before he put a hole in the roof of the classroom. Harry showed him the correct wand movement, and successfully changed the matchstick into a needle. He was patient with Seamus and watched as he also performed the spell and wand movement correctly and completed the change. They both received house points for being the first to successfully transfigure their matchsticks. Ron growled at Harry for this. Although he and Mia also did it, they were a little late for house points. Ginny and Steph, on the other hand, had been second to complete the spell and also received house points.
Seamus thanked Harry for his help and ran off to get to his friend Dean to talk to him. Ron walked oved to Harry and said, "The next time you and I will partner up, and then maybe I can earn some house points. OK?"
Harry laughed, "Sure Ron. Next class we will pair up. After lunch, now, let's go eat."
"Now you're talking my language." Ron answered, and took off for the Hall and lunch.
After lunch, Ron was upset once again, as the next class was History of Magic. He and Harry were paired up, and no one in the class received any House Points.
The next class, Harry was paired with Steph. Defense Against The Dark Arts. Unfortunately, the Professor that was supposed to be teaching the class became unavailable. Professor Quirrell disappeared in the forest lands of Albania, while on an expedition. His replacement was unknown at the moment. The students entered the class room and took a seat. Through a door, a dark figure walked into the room. No one could see his face because of the hood he was wearing.
He walked to the head of the class and took a position. "Harry Potter, please stand." The figure said.
Harry looked around to his friends and then stood up. As soon as he was standing, the figure lauched a spell at him, which Harry blocked. Harry fired a spell back at the figure which also was blocked. None of the students knew what the spells were that were being cast, and Hermione and Ginny began to worry, fearing someone would get hurt, namely Harry.
However, Harry was better than his fellow students thought, and he caught the Professor with a Levicorpus which caused the professor to be lifted by his ankle into the air. Some how his cape and robes stayed in place while being suspended in the air in this manner. Then the figure began to laugh hysterically, "OK, Mr. Potter, you can stop now, and please put me down, GENTLY, if you would, thank you."
Harry did so, and the Professor came to ground on his feet. "Very good Mr. Potter. I see you have learned your lessons well." Then the Professor lowered his hood to show a scarred face and a head of light brown hair. "Good afternoon class, my name is Professor Remus Lupin, but you will call me Professor Lupin. What you just witnessed was a demonstration of what will be my goal in teaching you throughout the year. Never assume that the person you are facing has good intentions. Always keep on your guard at all times when faced with the unknown."
Steph turned to Harry as soon as he sat down, "How did you know he was going to attack you Harry? And why did he pick you?"
"Well, I sort of know the Professor, although I didn't know he was a Professor. He and I have a mutual friendship with two other people. I will tell you about them later."
Harry and Steph once again earned House Points. Ron was turning purple in the face, as he could see that he was unlikely to earn house points if he had to be partnered with Harry only in History of Magic. He would ask him to show him how he does what he does. That would be only way he would get any house points credited to him.
Professor Lupin soon became one of the favorite instructors. He was funny, brilliant, and totally fair with all houses. Ginny and Mia also garnered some house points with their ability to learn the spells so quickly. They were not to the standards of Harry, but they were above everyone else in the class.
The professor had the two of them face off against Harry, with Harry only being able to use defensive spells. Harry defeated them in less than two minutes, with an Expelliarmus. It was a gentle one, and it only caused the girls to lose their wands, and fall on their butts. They complained to the professor that Harry had used an offensive spell.
"Sorry girls, but what Harry used was a disarming spell, which is a defensive spell. The effect of you falling down is a residual of the spell. Depending on the force used by the caster, you could just fall down, if it is gentle, or he could put you through the wall if he is forceful. Harry, might you have warned them before you used that spell?"
"I'm sorry professor. I'm sorry, Ginny and Mia. I hope I didn't hurt you?"
"We'll forgive you, but only if you teach us that spell," said Mia, to which Ginny readily agreed.
Harry promised to teach the whole group how to cast the spell.
Once the class was over, Harry was asked to stay behind as were Steph, Ginny, Mia, and Ron.
This baffled the three, but Harry just picked up his bag and walked to the professor's desk.
"You were very impressive, Harry. I'm glad what we have taught you has not been a waste of our time. Pa...I mean Sirius and I went to a lot of trouble training you. Now it is up to you to train your friends. We will be starting a dueling club here in a few months, and I want you all to be ready. It will be up to Harry to get you there. Believe me, he is well up to the task. I'm not supposed to be telling you this, but teams will be made up with one boy and one girl on each team. Pick your partners, and train together. I am telling you this, because even though you are not supposed to know, I know for a fact that there are a few other teachers sharing this news with their favorite students. Yes, Miss Granger, I consider you one of my favorite students. Now off with you. One more class and then you can have dinner, Mr. Weasley. You appear to be wasting away, as we speak."
The students laughed at Remus' comment, and made their way out of the room and to their next class.
During dinner, Steph once again asked Harry about what went on in the DADA class. Fred and George heard this, and leaned in to hear as well.
Harry promised to teach them some of his spells once dinner was over. Even Charlie was included, although he probably already knew the spells.
Harry brought them to the seventh floor to a blank wall across from the tapestry of Barnabus the Barmy. He walked three times in front of the wall, and then to the astonishment of the rest a door appeared, and Harry led the group in. He explained what the room was, what he would be teaching them and he put on a demonstration with Charlie, since he was the most knowledgable of the group. He was not knowledgable enough though, as Harry took him out quickly. Charlie demanded a rematch, and was taken out even faster.
This is when Harry dropped the bomb on them. "Listen guys, I will teach you what I know. Once this is done, then we will all be taught by those who taught me; that should be around Halloween. Is this all right with you all? They all agreed, and Harry went on to teach them some of what he knew.