
| Breakfast at Hogwarts; Let the pranking commence! | |
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| Jormandugr | Jul 16 2009, 01:13 AM Post #1 |
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James P, Regulus B, Glen S, Narcissa B, Gideon P, Albus D, Cygnus B
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The Great Hall of Hogwarts, on the first morning back. Always a beautiful sight. It was emptier than it would be most days - it always took a while to get back into the swing of things, and a good chunk of the students were still curled up in bed, pretending it was Sunday. Well, more fool them, because things were about to get interesting. There was a definite edge to the usual excited, first-day buzz of conversation, and it was purely because of one thing; somebody had clearly decided to make this a party. Fleets of colourful balloons drifted above the tables, almost entirely blotting out the sight of the enchanted ceiling. Among the tables, from Slytherin - where Regulus Black was deep in a chess game and had barely noticed - to Ravenclaw - where the Prewett brothers were nudging each other and muttering about it - the excited buzz reached fever pitch. Who could have put them there, and for what purpose? Of course, anyone who'd been at the school for any length of time could guess the first part. If it wasn't the Prewetts - and it couldn't have been, whispered the Ravenclaws, because they hadn't left the common room until five minutes ago - then it had to be the Marauders. As, in fact, it was. Which only left the question, why? Hogwarts in general was about to find out. As the meal began to draw to a close, James Potter leapt to his feet, grinning at Sirius, Peter, and Remus, and sprang nimbly onto the table, amid a clattering of cutlery and several disapproving glares from the teachers' table. Casting a quick Sonorus Charm, he clapped his hands for attention. Given the way most people were anticipating this announcement, he got it pretty quickly. "Ladies, gentlemen, and Slytherins! Welcome to another year of Hogwarts! We hope you enjoy your time here, unless you piss us off, in which case - watch your back!" Grinning, he waited for the cheers and laughing to die away - which didn't take long; as introductory speeches went, that wasn't one of his finest. "In order to start as we mean to go on, we've arranged a little celebration! But, before we begin, I'd just like to say a few words." He turned towards the teachers. "Dumbles. McGoogles. You're amazing teachers, we love you, and we hope you won't give us too many detentions for this. Everyone else - Pete's yellow, Remus is blue, and Sirius is red. Shout if you see their colour. Marauders, take it away!" Grinning, he bowed deeply and leapt off the table, dispelling the charm and conjuring a huge blackboard in midair. Edited by Jormandugr, Jul 16 2009, 01:14 AM.
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| Spider | Jul 16 2009, 01:24 AM Post #2 |
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Sirius B, Barty C Jr., Cuthbert B, Poppy P, Alphard B, Bellatrix B, Minerva MG
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Gazelle, Sirius thought to himself, watching James leap onto the table. He could be a gazelle... But the game and the prank were more important than musings on James' hooved animal counterpart. The moment James bowed, Sirius was leaping to his feet (onto the bench, so his line of sight wouldn't get blocked), drawing his wand and flicking levitation spells toward the balloons over the Slytherin table. His plan was really quite simple. He'd smash a balloon on top of Regulus, then turn to the tiny first-years who wouldn't know how to react, and thus would be the most amusing, and then finish with a rousing explosion of as many balloons as he could find, a widespread shower of red mayhem. And, he would, if he could, burst a balloon over the Prewett twins. They'd look so pretty with red glitter superglued to their long hair... |
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| Ayu | Jul 16 2009, 01:27 AM Post #3 |
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Peter Pettigrew, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Alice Lewis, Fabian Prewett, Camille Jacq, Andromeda Tonks
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Kingsley Shacklebolt glanced over at James, raising one heavy eyebrow. "Potter, what in the name of..." His voice was drowned out by a whoop as Peter, unusually the first of the Marauders to make his move, flicked his wand to send one balloon careening into the one next to it. Both balloons popped, showering the Slytherins below with a sort of glittery goop. Pete glanced around, unbelieving, and yelled, "James! I scored first points!" Over on the Ravenclaw table, Fabian looked at the balloons, looked at Gideon, then stood up and yelled, "POTTER! We object to your lot hogging the glittery balloons!" Edited by Ayu, Jul 16 2009, 01:30 AM.
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| Jormandugr | Jul 16 2009, 01:39 AM Post #4 |
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James P, Regulus B, Glen S, Narcissa B, Gideon P, Albus D, Cygnus B
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"Bagsie gold!" Gideon agreed loudly, leaping onto the bench next to Fabian and pulling out his wand. With a quick flick, he popped a balloon directly over Fabian, ducking back with a grin as gold glitter and superglue cascaded over his brother. "Just standard first-day hijinks," James informed Kingsley, laughing, and turned to his giant blackboard, using his wand to scrawl on it Pete -. With that, he turned and frowned, counting the yellow-covered Slytherins, and then added 25 next to his friend's name before turning back to watch. "New rule," he hissed to his friends. "Ten points for a Prewett." With that, he turned back to his board, grinning, and scrawled on a few more lines - Sirius, Remus, Twin 1, and Twin 2. On the Slytherin table, Regulus looked up sharply, just in time to get glitter in the eye - luckily, not much, and luckier still, without any superglue in it. Wiping it out of his eyes, he looked over at Sirius. He had a bad feeling about this... And it was at that point that he and his chessboard were drenched with red glitter and superglue. ((Hope I'm not presuming there, Spider!)) Edited by Jormandugr, Jul 16 2009, 01:40 AM.
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| Ayu | Jul 16 2009, 01:48 AM Post #5 |
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Peter Pettigrew, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Alice Lewis, Fabian Prewett, Camille Jacq, Andromeda Tonks
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"SILVER!" Fabian yelled, exploding silver glitter over his brother before the gold had even settled. "For the record," Kingsley told him severely, "as a Prefect, I disapprove." But his eyes were shining with supressed laughter, and at the sight of the Prewett twins dripping with glitter, it exploded in a long, low, rumbling laugh. Pete was by now standing on his bench, waving his wand wildly, and for once, it seemed, he was actually winning at something; he'd got the knack of starting chain reactions, so yellow glitter was flying everywhere. |
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| Spider | Jul 16 2009, 01:58 AM Post #6 |
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Sirius B, Barty C Jr., Cuthbert B, Poppy P, Alphard B, Bellatrix B, Minerva MG
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Sirius swung his wand like a Beater's club, cackling as a river of red washed over the first-year Slytherins. "Jamie! Got two hiding under the table, that counts as extra, right!?" Regulus had been abandoned for more fertile grounds. Sirius was determined to coat the entire class of first years in his color. Maybe he could get additional points for completing a set. Above his head, some balloons popped, but the Marauders had thought ahead and not used superglue (or glitter, even) in the balloons that could threaten them. Sirius just laughed and continued his onslaught, determined to catch up to Peter. |
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| Jormandugr | Jul 16 2009, 02:04 AM Post #7 |
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James P, Regulus B, Glen S, Narcissa B, Gideon P, Albus D, Cygnus B
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"Fifty points for wimpy behaviour," James agreed, scrawling 150 next to Sirius' name, then added a ten next to each of the Prewetts'. "Slytherins?" Gideon suggested with a grin, shaking glitter out of his eyes, and turned his wand on the Slytherin table, sending five balloons plummeting onto the table itself in an explosion of gold glitter. Dutifully, James added 100 next to Twin Two, then turned his attention to Pete's rapidly-spiralling total, which was already up to almost 800. |
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| Ayu | Jul 16 2009, 02:10 AM Post #8 |
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Peter Pettigrew, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Alice Lewis, Fabian Prewett, Camille Jacq, Andromeda Tonks
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"Slytherins," Fabian agreed, swooping several balloons along the benches, scattering Slytherins left and right before he stopped the foremost, making them all blow up across the benches. "Twin slam?" Pete was having more fun than he'd had for weeks, whooping and laughing as the Slytherin table grew gradually yellower. Suddenly, he let out an especially loud whoop and pointed. "Snape shot! Snape shot!" |
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| Spider | Jul 16 2009, 02:22 AM Post #9 |
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Sirius B, Barty C Jr., Cuthbert B, Poppy P, Alphard B, Bellatrix B, Minerva MG
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"Twin slam!" Sirius shouted, sending two balloons careening over to the Prewett twins. "Double points!" Barty Crouch, rather yellow and red and blue already, was using his wand to Summon a balloon. He caught it carefully and prodded it, but it did not explode. He tapped his rat with it, but it still did not explode. Barty frowned thoughtfully, shaking it. He could hear the glitter inside. The other balloons exploded on contact... with each other. Was that the secret, then? Balloon contact? The tiny Slytherin slipped his balloon in his robes and climbed off the bench, trying to slip around to the Gryffindor side of the room undetected. |
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| Jormandugr | Jul 16 2009, 02:30 AM Post #10 |
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James P, Regulus B, Glen S, Narcissa B, Gideon P, Albus D, Cygnus B
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Gideon laughed as red glitter cascaded over him. "Fab," he commented with a grin, "you look like a Christmas tree. Gold and red - very royal!" Tugging his twin towards him, he waved his wand to cast a protective charm over their heads, then whispered in Fabian's ear, "Ten on your side. Ten on my side. You bring them from the far side of the table, and I bet we can get everyone in Slytherin!" "Snape shot!" James repeated at the top of his voice, grinning, and added forty points to Peter's total. |
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