Days in Avalon
Chapter Three: Finding a Worthy Victim
"Now today class, we will be turning animals into water goblets," said Professor McGonagall. "Pay attention Mr. Potter! I don't want to have to explain this again. That goes for you too Mr. Black." The two friends had been sitting in the back of the classroom along with Remus and Peter coming up with the perfect major prank of the school year. The only problem was that they couldn't think of anyone to play it on.
"Yes, professor," they both said monotony.
"In order to complete the transformation successfully, you need to concentrate. Like so, one…two…three… 'Feraverto'. said Professor McGonagall. With that, the hamster that she had on her desk transformed into a clean crystal goblet. The class of Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs, gasped in awe as they watched their professor make the transformation effortlessly.
"All right now, who would like to try?" said McGonagall. She looked around the classroom and her eyes fell upon the small group of girls that sat near the front of the classroom. "Ahh, Ms. Figg."
Felicia looked as if she wanted to fall through the floor, than have to perform the transformation before McGonagall.
"On the count of three like I showed you," said McGonagall as she stood in front of the table that sat Felicia and Karen. Behind them were Lily and Andy, with Karen across the row from Andy.
"Yes professor," said Felicia quietly. She took out her wand and tapped the bird in front of her three times and cried the incantation. But instead of transforming the bird completely, the goblet that was before her was still black and had the hint of a beak.
"You need to concentrate more Ms. Figg. I'll except you to practice this and be able to perform it again for me next class," said McGonagall in her usual stern tone.
"Yes professor."
"Very well, now who's next? Yes, Mr. Black," said McGonagall.
"I'd like to have a go at it, professor," said Sirius in a cheerful tone. Felicia turned around and just glared at Sirius.
"Very well," said McGonagall. With that Sirius successfully turned his toad into a water goblet and transformed it back without and problem at all. "Very good, Mr. Black. Five points to Gryffindor." Sirius glanced over at Felicia and the rest of the girls and simply smiled. He then whispered something that sounded like 'Beginners luck'.
At the end of Transfiguration, Felicia stormed out of the classroom and headed off toward their next class. Her four friends had to practically run in order to catch up with her.
"Who does that guy think he is? 'Beginners luck my foot. Oh, why do we have to have classes with them anyway?" shouted Felicia.
"Ummm…because that's the way it's set up this year. Also he is a member of your house," said Karen. Felicia just gave Karen a look and went on complaining.
"You really don't like that guy do you?" said Andy hoping that her comment wouldn't send Felicia into another rage.
"Nope, not since I was about four," said Felicia as she tried to gather herself again. "That little git has been playing jokes and showing off to everyone ever since he was born."
"Okay, no more talking to Felicia for awhile." said Kelly.
"Oh, give it a rest Felicia. We already know you don't like the guy," said Karen. "Look this is my stop. I've got to get to History of Magic with Binns. Have fun with the Slytherins."
"Have a good nap," said Kelly as she watched her friend walk down the corridor to the History of Magic classroom. Felicia continued to complain about how Sirius is such a show off, while Lily, Andy, and Kelly ignored her and carried on their own conversation until they reached their next class, Defense Against the Dark Arts. The four friends took the first couple of seats in the front of the classroom to Andy's surprise. As she looked around the classroom, it seemed to her that most of the girls in the class were sitting closer to the front, while the boys took their seats in the back. 'Wonder why that is,' she thought to herself. A couple of minutes after the bell rang, she got her answer. Practically all of the females in the room gasped as their handsome Puerto Rican professor walked in.
"Sorry I'm late. Had a little run in with our resident poltergeist," said Professor Corinthos. All of the girls couldn't help but smile and giggle as their professor gave them his cute little smile that showed off his dimples. (A/N: This might sound familiar, but trust me this guy is nothing like Lockhart.)
"Oh, please," groaned James. "I can't believe, the way they are acting."
"Hey, at least this professor knows what he's teaching. Unlike that guy they had at the beginning of the last year. Now he was a nightmare," said Remus.
"Yeah, it's too bad that guy couldn't take a joke," said Sirius with a sly grin.
"All right, today class we will be discussing some of the most vial creatures in the world. These creatures are highly dangerous, but are useful to fight the dark arts. Now can anyone tell me what a Basilisk is?" said Professor Corinthos.
Everyone looked around to see who actually had there hands up, but had a pretty good idea of which two would have their hands up. Sure enough, most of the students saw that Severus Snape of Slytherin had his hand up. But what took them all by surprise was that the little red head in the front kept her hand down for one.
"Yes, Mr. Snape?" said Professor Corinthos.
"It's a deadly snake also known as the king of serpents," said Severus. He glanced over to where James and Sirius were sitting and gave them both an evil smile. James just glared back at his archenemy with pure hatred in his hazel eyes.
"Correct. Five point to Slytherin. Now I wonder if you could tell me why the Basilisk is so deadly and what it could be used for?"
"It can be used as a form of a guard and it's deadly because of its poisonous fangs, which will kill anyone in a matter of minutes," said Severus assertively.
"Hmm…very good but why else is it dangerous?" asked Professor Corinthos. Those words never sounded sweeter to James, because from the look on Severus's face, he had no clue what else to say. Snape was practically hitting his head trying to remember what else made a Basilisk so dangerous. Suddenly a timid hand came from the direction of Lily's table. The only thing was, it wasn't Lily's hand up but…
"Yes, Ms…Starmenter, it is?" said Professor Corinthos.
"A Basilisk is also dangerous because of its eyes. Anyone who looks straight into the eyes of a Basilisk with fall dead right on the spot. The poison from its fangs can also be used to counteract most antidotes, and can be used as a power boost for some protection spells," said Andy. Everyone looked at the new Gryffindor with amazement, including some of the Slytherins. But one just glared at her stewing in his own resentment toward her.
"Very good, Ms. Starmenter. Ten points to Gryffindor. Like Ms. Starmenter just said, a Basilisk's eyes have the power…" said Professor Corinthos as he continued to explain about what a Basilisk looks like, as well as a number of other creatures such as Kappas, Grindylows, Nundus, and Lethifolds. When the bell finally ran at the end of the double class, everyone quickly gathered their things and headed out the door.
"That was great! Did you see the look on Snape's face?" giggled Felicia as her and her friends left the classroom.
"Yeah, I think that was the first time he actually stayed quite during an entire Defense class without someone placing a silencing charm on him," said Kelly.
"How did you know all that stuff?" asked Lily in astonishment to her friend at her right.
"Well, I kinda learned some of it last year at my old school," said Andy slightly worried that her new friends might think of her as some type of bookworm.
"Really?" said Lily slightly excited. See Lily's reaction to her statement, Andy couldn't help but smile a little bit.
"Yeah, my last Dark Arts teacher was sort of obsessed with Basilisks and other creatures like that."
"Sounds like a dark wizard if you ask me," said Felicia as they rounded the corner and entered into the courtyard for some air.
"Nah, he wanted to try and find a way that would make them good and useful," said Andy.
"Sounds like the perfect friend for Hagrid, if you ask me," said Kelly with a giggle. Felicia just rolled her eyes, but couldn't help but laugh a little.
"What do we have next?" said Andy.
"Lunch, then we head off for Herbology with Hufflepuff, and then History of Magic with Slytherin," said Lily.
"Sound cool. Why don't I meet you gals in the Great Hall for lunch," said Andy.
"Where are you going?" said Kelly.
"I was just going to go and drop off these books in the common room first," said Andy.
"Do you want one of us to go with you?" said Felicia.
"Nah, It's o.k."
"You sure?" said Lily. "Because we'd be more than happy too."
"Yeah, I'm sure. Besides I can't always be around you gals now, can I? I mean I will have to use the bathroom sometime by myself you
know."
"Oh," said the three girls before her slightly hurt.
"I'm kidding. I just want to see if I can get to the common room from here by myself. You know, just doing a little exploring," said Andy hoping that this would make her new friends feel better.
"Oh, that's fine," said Lily, who could understand the need to explore a magical castle by oneself. But from the look of her other two friends, they weren't totally convinced that this was a good idea.
"Hey if I get loss, I'll send an owl to you, or I'll ask one of the paintings or ghosts how to get back to the Great Hall, okay?" said Andy as she gave her two friends a sad puppy dog look. Kelly, Felicia, and Lily couldn't help but laugh at their friend's pathetic looking face.
"Yeah sure, whatever," said Felicia with a smirk.
"Hey could you drop this off too?" said Lily as she pulled out a copy of Hogwarts: A History.
"What do I look like, your maid?" said Andy jokingly. At that remark, Lily gave Andy the same pathetic look she just performed a moment ago. "Oh, all right!" laughed Andy as she took the book from Lily.
"Thanks! Oh, and don't mind those two, they were like that towards me last year." whispered Lily so that Kelly and Felicia wouldn't hear.
"Okay, sure. See ya in a little bit….hopefully." said Andy as she turned and made her way across the courtyard. 'Geez, you'd think that they were my mother or something,' thought Andy with a smirk on her face. When she was about half way across the courtyard, she decided to take a quick look at the book Lily gave to her. As she was flipping through the pages, she came across and interesting story about Godric Gryffindor when suddenly…
"Ow!… Oh I'm sorry," said Andy as she got up and dusted herself off. Some of the books that were in her bag had now fallen out and laid on the ground, including the book she was just reading.
"Hey watch where you're going," said the boy she accidentally walked into coolly. He got up, and brushed away some of his greasy hair to reveal himself to be Severus Snape.
"I said I was sorry. No need to go all postal or anything," said Andy with her eyebrows raised as she bent down to pick up some of her books.
"Hey, I know you. You're that new girl aren't you?" said Severus with a hint of disgust in his voice that didn't go unnoticed by Andy.
"The name's Andy, if you don't mind," replied Andy in the same tone as she received.
"You're the one that showed me off in class," said Snape in an outraged tone. At that remark, Andy stood up and found that four other Slytherins now surrounded Snape. Two of them were bulky boys that looked like trolls, the third was a tall fourth year boy with brown hair, and the fourth was a fourth year girl with shoulder length black hair.
"All I did was answer a question that you couldn't answer. What's the big deal about that?" said Andy not seeing the need for all this publicity over a stupid little thing like this.
"The big deal is that you shouldn't have done that," said Snape coolly.
"Excuse me?" said Andy taken back the boy's response.
"Look, I get that you're new here. So I'll let it go this time," said Snape like he was doing a favor for her.
"Let what go?"
"Your own stupidity," stated Severus in a matter of fact tone.
"My what?" said Andy. 'I can't believe that this guy is trying to pick a fight over a stupid question! Man is he messing with the wrong witch,' Andy thought as she tried to contain the anger that was rising up fast.
"Your stup…"
"Yeah, I heard you the first time. It was a rhetorical question." stated Andy with pure disgust her voice.
"Then you'll understand when I say that no know the dark arts like I do. So you best not get in my way," said Snape as he closed in on
Andy.
"Is that suppose to be a threat," said Andy as she noticed that there was now a pretty large gathering around the two of them.
"What do you think?" asked Snape.
"Well if you ask me, it sounds like one of us has a crush on Professor Corinthos, and I'm not talking about myself," said Andy with a smirk. Half of the people around them broke out in "Ooooh"s and the other half broke out laughing. Seeing the reaction on Severus's face was slightly enjoyable to Andy. He eyes suddenly widened and his mouth opened a bit in shock.
"Oh what's the matter? Can't take a joke?" giggled Andy. Suddenly an evil grin broke out on Snape's face.
"Oooh no, I can take a joke. But can you?" said Snape.
At that exact moment…..
"Geez I can't believe how much homework we have all ready," said Sirius. "and it's only the first day!"
"Well what did you expect from old McGonagall? That old cat loves to give out homework," said James as the four friends made their way to the courtyard.
"Yeah, no kidding," said Sirius as he brushed some of his hair out of his eyes.
"So what do guys want to do this weekend, huh?" said Peter as he tried to catch up with his friends.
"Well what ever you guys plan, count me out," said Remus who was looking paler than the night before.
"Why not?" said Sirius.
"You feeling all right there Rem?" said James.
"Yeah, I'm fine its just…um…I have to …go and see my mother. Yeah I got an owl today from my father saying that she isn't feeling well," said Remus.
"But we just got here!" said Sirius slightly flabbergasted.
"Yeah, well….what are you going to do. Anyway…hey Peter what new wizard card did you get?" said Remus eager to change the subject. As the four friends entered the courtyard, James pulled Sirius aside for a bit.
"Hey Sir, have you noticed that Rem always seems to be leaving all the time?" said James.
"Yeah, he's always coming up with some excuse like his mom or grandmother, or something like that," said Sirius as he glanced over to where Remus and Peter were walking too. "You think he's hiding something?"
"Yeah I do, but what? What could be so important that he has to hide it from us?" said James as he stared at his friend. "Let's head back, before he suspects something," he added after he finally gave up trying to figure out what Remus could be hiding….for now.
The two mates joined their other friends as they made their way to lunch. When they got half way across the courtyard, they noticed a cluster of students gathered around.
"Wonder what's that all about?" said Remus.
"Oh what's the matter? Can't take a joke?" giggled Andy. Suddenly an evil grin broke out on Snape's face.
"Oooh no, I can take a joke. But can you?" said Snape. "Let's just see how well you know how to defend yourself. Tarantallegra!" he cried. Suddenly Andy's feet couldn't stop moving, which caused her to fall flat on her face. James and Sirius both looked at each other quickly and then ran over to where the group was.
"Hey!" cried Sirius.
"Back off Snivellus!" yelled James as he quickly pulled out his wand.
"We'll if it isn't Potter and Black. Come to have another go, eh?" said Snape with pure hatred in his eyes.
"I'd watch my mouth if I were you, Snivelly" said James coldly.
"Or you'll do what?" said a cold voice. Standing behind Snape, was a forth year boy with long bleached blond hair, known as Lucius Malfoy.
"Oh look James, if it isn't Snivellus's keeper. Come to protect your little lap dog, eh Malfoy?" said Sirius with some amusement in his voice. Andy was still moving around until Remus came up and muttered the counter curse and helped her to her feet.
"Thanks," she breathed.
"Not a problem," said Remus slightly surprised by the fire that was now in her eyes.
"Hardly," said Malfoy as he glanced down at Snape. "No, I've just come to see how my little friend here was doing."
"It's nothing I can't handle. I'm just showing the mudblood here a thing or two about Defense Against the Dark Arts." said Snape as he glared at Andy. Andy wasn't as shocked as most of the people there. Sure she knew what the word 'mudblood' meant, but instead of taking offense to it, she merely scoffed at it.
"Is that the best you can do? Come up with childish insults?" said Andy.
"Oh so you want more. Fine then," said Snape as he raised his wand to cast another spell.
"Expelliarmus!" cried James causing Snape's wand to be thrown into the air. At that exact moment, Malfoy pulled out his wand, but was disarmed by Sirius.
"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!" yelled Professor McGonagall as she came running toward the crowd. "Potter! Snape! Black! Malfoy! I should have known. It's not even lunchtime yet, and you four are all ready dueling in the courtyards! And you Mr. Malfoy should know better being a perfect and all. As for you two," said McGonagall as she reared her attack on the two Gryffindors. "never in all my years as a professor have two Gryffindors caused so much trouble!"
"But professor…" said Sirius.
"It wasn't our fault! They start…" said James.
"Silence both of you! I've had it! You two are the most irresponsible…" said McGonagall.
"It wasn't their fault!" cried Andy in a rage that took everyone, including McGonagall by surprise.
"Ms. Starmenter?"
"It wasn't their fault, Professor," said Andy calmly. "They didn't start the duel. It was Mr…Snape," she said pointing to Severus not quite sure she had the right name.
"Really, now?" said McGonagall.
"Yes. See I was heading back to the common room, when I accidentally ran into Mr. Snape here. I apologized to him, but then we got to talking about what happened in our last class, and one thing lead to another, and he attacked me first," said Andy.
"Is this true?" said McGonagall to Snape who looked directly at his shoes, muttering something under his breath. Several students who were standing around, nodded their heads eagerly not wanting to get blasted by McGonagall's rage.
"If it hadn't been for Misters…Potter and…Black, I'm not sure what would have happened. They simply came and tried to help me while I was…um…dancing on the ground. Then Mr. Snape attempted to hex Mr. Potter" she said looking at him hoping she got his name right, to which he nodded, "and he was just trying to defend himself." said Andy.
"It that true Potter?" said McGonagall.
"Yes, professor." said James quickly.
"And what about Mr. Black?" said McGonagall turning her attention back to Andy.
"Well, Mr. Black here saw that Mr. M-Malfoy was about to attack Mr. Potter, and he disarmed him before Mr. Malfoy had the chance," stated Andy.
"Is that true Black?" said McGonagall. Sirius nodded vigorously along with several other students. "Very well then, since you two didn't cause the fight then I won't give you detentions. But I will take five points away from both of you for not calling a teacher. As for you two," she said as she turned her toward Severus and Malfoy. "You two come with me right now!" With that the two Slytherins followed McGonagall to her office, but as Snape passed Andy he hissed "I get you yet!" to her. Seeing that all the excitement was now over, all of the students decided to head to lunch. Andy bent down and began to pick up some of her books again. As she was picking them up, a hand came into her view.
"Here, let me help with that," said James as he helped pick up some of Andy's books and put them back into her bag for her. "Here you go," he said as he handed over the last book to her and smiled.
"Thanks," replied Andy, and couldn't help but smile back at the dark haired, hazel-eyed boy before her.
"Sorry about him. We tried to turn him into a nice throw pillow last year, but it didn't quite pan out," said James. This caused Andy to giggle a little bit. "I'm James Pott…" he started as he extended his right hand.
"Potter. Yeah I kinda knew that. I'm Andy, by the way." stated Andy with a smile as she shook James's hand.
"Really now? Are you a Seer?" said James who was slightly amazed.
"Nope. A couple of my friends told me about you," said Andy.
"All good things I hope."
"Well if you count them cursing your name every five minutes a good thing, then yeah," stated Andy. James looked her with some confusion. "I'm a friend of Lily, Felicia, Kelly, and Karen."
"Ah, that explains it then," said James as Remus cleared his throat loudly to get James's attention. "Oh, sorry about that mates. Uh Andy these are some of my friends. This is…"
"Wait let me guess….Remus…Lupin, right?" she said to Remus.
"Uh,…yeah that's right. How did you…" said Remus.
"Evans, mate." said James from behind Andy.
"Ahh…right." said Remus as he shook Andy's hand.
"So, then this must be…Peter," said Andy as she looked at Peter who had suddenly gone very red. All he mange to do was make a forceful giggle and smile to her as he shook her hand. She then looked over to where Sirius was standing.
"Then that must mean your…" said Andy.
"Simply in awe by the most lovely girl I've ever laid eyes upon," said Sirius as he took a hold of Andy's hand and kissed it. At this over acted jester, all three of Sirius's friends rolled their eyes and muttered something along the lines of 'Oh brother' and 'Give me a break'.
"Oh really now," said Andy with her eyes raised.
"Yes, as a matter of fact. Has anyone ever told you that you look like an angel that just fell out of the heavens," said Sirius smoothly.
"No, you're definitely the first," said Andy. 'I'm going to have fun with this.' she thought.
"Well, then men must be fools for not you that everyday of your life," stated Sirius.
"You most definitely are Sirius Black," grinned Andy.
"Guilty as charged and at your service my lady," said Sirius as he took a bow. "So tell me am I that famous, yet?"
"Possibly. But I just have to ask you this one question," said Andy with a sad puppy eyed look and a small grin.
"Ask away, my dear," said Sirius with a sly grin.
"Tell me, do you actually mean all that hog wash you just spewed out or do I have throw you in the lake in order for you to calm down," said Andy. Sirius's sly grin had suddenly turned into a sour look as he listened to what Andy just told him. All three of his friends couldn't help but laugh their friends reaction, along with Andy.
"Excuse me?" said Sirius taken back.
"Felicia warned me about you. Along with some other colorful descriptions of you," laughed Andy.
"Ah, leave to good old Felicia to chase yet another girl away from me," said Sirius in an indignant tone.
"Hey, it wasn't that bad," giggled Andy.
"Yes it was," laughed Remus and James.
"Shut up you two. So tell me what else did Ms. Figg and the others tell you about me," said Sirius.
"Ah, can't tell. Sworn to secrecy," said Andy as she pretended to lock up her lips.
"Story of my life," moped a hurt Sirius, which caused Andy to giggle even more.
"Why don't we start over. Andy Starmenter," said Andy as she extended her right hand to Sirius.
Sirius slightly snorted and rolled his eyes before he extended his hand to Andy.
"Sirius Black. Ouch," said Sirius as he received a static shock from Andy. "Guess someone doesn't know how to control her own power."
"It's called static electricity, not magic." scoffed Andy.
"Whatever, but I guess I found my nickname for you, Sparky." said Sirius, which caused Andy to roll her eyes.
"Where were you heading to?" asked Peter as turned even more burgundy.
"The common room. I was going to drop off these books before lunch, until I ran into Snape," said Andy.
"Don't worry about him. We'll deal with him later," said James proudly.
"No, it's okay. I don't want you guys to get into trouble on my behalf. I can deal with snotty little brats like him," said Andy with a smirk.
"You sure about tha…" stated Sirius but was interrupted by Hufflepuff running toward them.
"Andy! Andy are you all right? I just heard what happened," cried Karen as she ran toward the small group of Gryffindors. When she saw who Andy was talking too, Karen stopped dead in her tracks in shock. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Well hello to you too Miss Crane," said James with a smirk.
"We were just having a chat with Andy here," said Remus who had suddenly turned a pale pink.
"Yeah, these guys were just helping me with Snape and all. I'm fine by the way," said Andy.
"Do want us to walk up with to the common room? We were just heading that way anyway," said James.
"Yea…er- No. No that's okay. I think I'll just head off to lunch now," said Andy who saw Karen shacking her head to make Andy change her mind.
"You sure about that? It not a problem," said Sirius.
"Yeah I'm sure. I'm getting kinda hunger anyways," said Andy who gave Karen an unsure look.
"All right. But if you change your mind," said James.
"She said no so leave it at that Potter! Come on Andy," said Karen as she grabbed Andy's hand and began to pull her away from the pranksters.
"See you guys later!" called Andy as she was being pulled away.
"Bye!" cried James, Remus and Peter.
"See ya later, Sparky!" called out Sirius. "That was a little weird," he said to his friends.
"Well what do you expect? After what you guys did to the fab four last year, I wouldn't have been surprised if Karen called for a broom to high tail Andy away from you," said Remus.
"If I'm not mistaken, you are just as guilty as we are, Remus," said James in a matter-of-fact tone. Remus opened his mouth as if to say something, but then closed it.
Throughout the rest of the afternoon and evening, Lily, Karen, Kelly, and Felicia wouldn't leave Andy's side for a minute. They couldn't believe what their friend told them about the 'Prank Pack'.
"They seemed pretty nice too me. Although I think Sirius has read a few too many romance novels, if you ask me. But other than that they were really friendly," said Andy as she dished out some green beans at dinner.
"You're kidding right?" said Felicia in shock.
"Potter and Black, were actually nice?" said Kelly in amazement.
"Guys lay off her all right." said Lily not looking up from the book she was reading.
"What's up with you Lily," said Felicia. "Why aren't you as surprised like the rest of us here?"
"Why should I be?"
"Because our friend here had a close encounter with the spawn of Lucifer," said Kelly as if were obvious. "You know, our enemies?"
"Exactly! Our enemies! Andy here hasn't been a victim like us, so right now she's safe from them." said Lily.
The next day, as James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter came down the stairs for breakfast, they witness Andy accidentally walking into Snape and Malfoy again. Severus made to grab his wand and cast another hex on Andy, but saw his archenemies from the corner of his eye and thought better of the situation.
"Watch were you're going mudblood," said Snape coldly.
"You first," responded Andy in the same tone. With that everyone made their way to their respective tables for breakfast.
"All right there Andy," said James as he sat down near Andy.
"Yeah. Nothing that I can't handle," replied Andy with a smirk and a wink.
"All right there mate, so we got everything set up. All we need now is the perfect person," said Remus.
"So who's it going to be?" said Peter fervently.
"Don't have a clue? What about Malfoy and Snape?" said Sirius.
"Nah, they'll be ready for something like that, especially after what happened yesterday," said James.
"Urgh, man this is hard," grunted a frustrated Sirius.
"Who we need is someone totally unpredictable. Someone who will have no clue what's going on," said James as he pondered.
"I don't think it's polite to pick on poor Peter here like that. After all he did help a little," said Remus jokingly. Peter gave his friend a look before he hit him the arm for his remark
"Yeah, but they got to be able to take a joke," said Sirius not taking note to what was going on across the table from him.
"And just where do you expect to find such a person," said Remus with an eyebrow raised. Suddenly as if on cue…
"WHAT THE…?" cried a voice across the hall. It was coming from the Slytherin table. Even from across the hall, the four friends could
see what was happening, and couldn't help but laugh at the sight.
Over at the Slytherin table Malfoy and Snape were both scratching themselves profusely on their arms, and legs. Their skin was braking out into hives. But as they popped, a thick pea soup green oozed out of the sores, covering their skin and staining it. All of a sudden little bits of wood branches started to sprout out of their skin and hair. Both of the Slytherins, crying in pain, fear, and embarrassment, ran out of the hall to the hospital wing with the entire hall laughing at them.
"Hey that was great! Why didn't you tell us you guys were going to do that?" laughed Remus as he grabbed his sides.
"It wasn't me? James?" said Sirius.
"Don't look at me. Rem?" said James with a quizzical look.
"Wasn't me? Pete?" said Remus. Peter just shook and looked at his friends with a bewildered face.
"Well if Sirius didn't do it, and Remus didn't do, and Peter didn't do it, and I didn't do it….then who did?" said James in a confused tone.
"Maybe those guys just can't handle a little special itching power?" said Andy with a smirk. All four of the boys looked at the blond haired witch sitting next to them in amazement. Seeing the looks on their faces brought a sense of satisfaction to her.
"See you guys later," said Andy as she got up and left the Great Hall to do some exploring before class.
"Hey James are you thinking what I'm thing?" said Sirius as he turned toward his best friend with an evil smirk on his face.
"I think so. I think we just found a worthy victim," replied James with same evil smirk on his face.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except my ideas and the characters I made up. Everything else belongs to the great J.K. 'Jo' Rowling.