Wednesday, 20 August 2008

We're two months in!

We had reached the end of our first two months at Hogwarts and we had done pretty well in coping with school work and coping with Luella and the Luella-Ettes.
We made a list of things to be done and things we had done to Luella, each thing based on different scenarios. So far, we had: Bewitched matchsticks to follow her and the others around, enchanted her shoelaces to tie themselves together, grown her teeth to an enormous size and we dyed her hair bright orange.
But, in return she had: Poured soil down my shirt, take credit for my work, mocked Laurie and I and shaved off Tash's hair. Not to forget the nosebleed nougat she put in Sam's pumpkin juice the morning after the teeth incident.

Laurie and I were doing progressively better in our Transfiguration and had reached human Transfigurations now. We had finally persuaded Prof. McGonnagall to let us get the Animagus book out from the restricted section in the Library.

The date was Saturday 4th November. We decided that we would go down to the Marauders' hideout and do the Transformation. Laurie and I had copied out the needed page for the transformation spell and returned the book as to not be caught with the book. When we got to the inlet of the beach, we were not the only ones there. Luella and her clones were there, waiting for us. Zofka looked as though she was ready to re-arrange our faces. Petunia had a look as though she knew that we were going to be in a whole heap of trouble soon. But Luella, she looked the most dangerous. She was there, sitting on a rock, sneering at us. We knew that something bad was about to happen.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Sam whispered in my ear through the corner of her mouth.
"Stop quoting Star Wars, Sam!" I hissed back.
Tash kicked me in the ankle. "Something's up. Act normal. Don't give the game away!"

Luella strode up to us with a sneer that was even worse than that of her normal one.
"Well, there you are Bolt! I thought you'd not show up. Yeah, I knew you would be here, today, at this exact moment. I heard you talking a few days ago, when I was hidden behind a tree, that you were going to do something that would be breaking over a hundred school rules. So, I've put you in a position where you can do one of two things. Option number 1: You can do what you were planning ,and threaten me all you like about this, but I will tell a teacher, and you'll be in trouble. Option number 2: You can hand over your notes, give me all your pocket money AND do whatever I say and I won't tell a teacher about this. I will give you 2 minutes to decide."

We huddled in a group and discussed what we would do.
"You know, she's probably going to tell a teacher whatever we do."
"Yeah and I bet you anything she has a teacher down here right now."
"I have a ton of Leprechaun gold that we can give her and we do this at a different time."
"You know what? I think that we should tell her. I have some fake notes here and we can give those to her. They're just a ton of doodles that I swiped off her in History of Magic the other day. Tash, you then cast Homenum Revelio and see if there is a teacher here in disguise. We then pretend that we were coming down to do a sketching session. Laurie, you have your sketchbook with you?"
"That I sure do."
"I think we'll do that plan. It's gold!"
"Ok Tash, cast the spell, quietly."
"Homenum Revelio! Yeah, Prof.Malfoy is using the Disillusionment charm and is hidden behind that tree."

"Time's up! What're you going to do?"
"Luella, ven do I get to give zer faces a make-over?"
"Calm, Zofka. You'll get your chance soon enough."

"Luella, here's all our pocket money that we have left," Laurie handed over the bag of Leprechaun gold. "We'll do whatever you say, as long as you don't tell any teacher what we're doing down her."

"Ok." Luella paused and then an evil, malicious grin spread over her now very pimpled face. Tash and Sam had noticed and were now stuffing their hankies into their mouths to stop them laughing as they saw the word 'Tattler' writing itself over Luella's face in spots. "Professor Malfoy, could you please come out now. These girls are here doing illegal activities."
Professor Malfoy came out of hiding, looking like a big Chameleon when he appeared out of nowhere.
"Thank you Luella. I now need to see the evidence of their 'Illegal' activities."

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