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Chapter 11: The Secrets in the Telling
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Finally she was allowed free and could not wait to do her prank. All she needed was her wand, a Witch Weekly magazine, and nine bottles of shampoo. She grinned evilly as she walked out into the sun and down the beach to the surf shop where she would get the shampoos and say that they were late 'birthday' presents. Sometimes she scared herself how much like the twins she was.
Now:
Once she was done buying shampoo for everyone she went back into her beach house and looked for a Witch Weekly magazine that she had smuggled in and found her aunts wand. Hermione found the spell she wanted and recited it, tapping each bottle twice.
She grinned to her self as she found paper to wrap each present. This was probably one of her more juvenile pranks, like the alcohol one, but both were very ingenious and creative, according to her.
The bottle labeled Lily would change her hair to be greenish, the bottle labeled Sirius would change his hair to grey, the bottle labeled James would change his hair to pink, Remus' hair would change to orange, Peter's to yellow, Jessie' to blue, Claudia's to white, Alice's to purple, and Tara's to blood red. Unfortunately (for Hermione but fortunately for everyone else) their hair color turned back to normal after another shower.
Hermione laughed to herself as she thought of what Harry and Ron would say. She gulped back tears and told herself to move on, she would see them again.
Shaking her head she walked onto the beach where everyone was playing and sun bathing.
"Hey guys. I have late birthday presents!" she exclaimed. Everyone looked at her in confusion and then reluctantly took their gifts. They were still wary that Hermione might do something. After they opened them they all found that she had gotten them shampoo. They knew that she could not do anything to shampoo so they thanked her for the gift and went back to their cottages' to put them away.
The group spent the rest of the day talking.
"So, Jessie, when is your birthday?" asked Lily.
"Mine March 22 and Carlson's is May 5, he is just over a year old."
"Awe," the girls cooed. The boys looked at each other in confusion, not understanding what was going on.
Later that night Janette took them all to a seaside restaurant n the boardwalk that was on the other end of the beach.
The seafood was delicious and they all enjoyed themselves immensely.
After they got back, they all took a shower using their new shampoo. They went to bed that night wondering why when they rinsed the shampoo out, did the suds turn pink/green/blue/white/grey/red/orange/yellow/purple.
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The next morning they all woke up and went through their daily rituals. Then they all trekked over to Janette and Hermione's cottage. They were all half asleep and did not realize that their hair color was different. They all entered the house and sat down at the table.
Hermione greeted them and brought out all the food. Then Janette entered the room and jumped with a little scream.
"What did you all do to your hair?" They were all confused; their hair was the same as normal. Then they saw Hermione smiling innocently and jumped up and went to the mirror. The girls screamed and the boys laughed at the prank.
"When will this come out?" fumed Tara who adored her blonde locks.
"Oh, after another shower. What, did you all think that I would make it permanent?" Hermione asked with a laugh. The girls sighed in relief and the boys continued to laugh until they were all hit by a different girl (James by Lily, Remus by Claudia, Peter by Jessie and Sirius by Tara).
Immediately the girls rushed home to wash their hair while the boys held Hermione in a new light of respect.
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After breakfast and the girls' showers, everyone went out side to play while Janette made a fire call to Dumbledore, not that anyone other than Hermione knew this.
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"Lets play a game," said Lily to all of the girls.
"What kind of game?" asked Tara.
Lily smirked and brought everyone inside the girls' cottage. The boys stared at the girls before going back to what they were doing with a shrug.
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"No, Albus, I swore when we came back that I would tell her when the school year started. I will tell her ad you can't stop me."
"But, Scarlet, you must consider what would happen. She is in a very fragile emotional state…"
"No, I saw what happened to Harry after he learned of the Prophecy which you kept form him for five years! I will not let that happen to Izzy, she will know if it's the last thing I do!"
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"Ok, so the name of the game is Dare. We will dare each other to perform various stunts through out the rest of the summer."
"Wow Lils, I never knew you could be so, well for lack of a better word, fun," said Claudia.
"Oh, thanks Dia, your support means everything to me," Lily replied sarcastically which sent all the girls into giggle. Carlson, who was with them, giggled along side them because his sister was giggling, causing all of the girls to coo at him.
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"No, I WILL tell them and you can NOT stop me!!!" screamed Janette as she pulled out of the fireplace and stormed out of the house.
At Hogwarts, inside the Headmaster's office, Albus Dumbledore sighed and knew that the time had come that the youth would become directly involved in the war, something he had strived so hard to stop from happening.
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"Hey Hermione," said Sirius as the girls came back, "can I talk to you?"
"Sure!" They both headed a little way down the beach, out of earshot from their friends but not out of sight.
"I was wondering, well…"
"Yes," prompted Hermione.
"Uh…"
"Hey everyone, can I talk to you all?" asked a very mad Janette.
"Sure," they all answered. "I'll ask you later," Sirius said and Hermione just nodded.
"I know you're all magical because Hermione and I are and Hermione and Janette are not our real names. They are actually Scarlet and Izzy and we are part of an organization that is combating Voldemort called the Order of the Phoenix," Janette paused to take a breath before continuing on, "and Albus Dumbledore sent us her to watch over all of you so no Death Eater would kill any of you."
"WHAT?!" They al screamed except for Hermione.
"What did the old coot do this time?"
"Her-Izzy language!"
"Sorry Aunt Scarlet. Can I use my powers now?" Izzy asked as she started to levitate Sirius a foot off the ground and proceeded to attempt to throw him in the ocean, giggling the whole time.
"NO you may NOT! You are not fully trained yet!"
"Fine," she replied but whispered, "kill joy."
"I heard that!" Izzy just stuck her tongue out.
"I have a question," Lily and Sirius said at the same time, "Are you a Veela?"
"Why yes I am," Izzy said as Scarlet said, "I told you they would become suspicious if you kept it up! What did I tell you?"
"Not to flirt but oh come on Aunt Scarlet, its in my nature I can't help it." Scarlet just rolled her eyes.
"Hey," said Tara, "Did you get the color changing spell form the edition of Witch Weekly magazine form week of June like 16th or something?"
"Yes I did." Everyone laughed at her use of a Teenage magazine for a prank.
They all talked for a while before Janette cooked dinner—with magic.
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Reviews are welcomed so I can keep ideas forming for this story!
Nymphie