Victoire Weasley

4. Becoming Friends With Teddy. Friends.

Notice: Alright, I just want to let anyone who reads this know that I would love ideas about different tasks that I can use for the tournament from anyone willing to offer. I will of course, give credit to whoever does. I'm just having a difficult time coming up with something original, or something that hasn't been used too many times. I'd really appreciate it!  Thanks for your time, and enjoy the chapter! Please comment, vote, and/or fan!

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Mrs. Pince lowered her pocket watch back into her pocket with a smug expression. "You were almost late Mr. Lupin."

      "Don't worry Mrs. Pince, it wont happen again." He breathed, still catching his breath.

      "Good. Now that you're both here, I want you both to go through and sort a pile of used and returned books and place them in their right place on the shelves based on title and genre." She said and pointed to a large pile of books on a table near by.  "While you're at it, make sure everything else is in order. Since there's two of you, I expect it to only take a few hours. No magic. I'll be back soon to check up on you."

     A few hours? I still had homework. Besides, I was sure I had seen the books organize themselves before sometime.  Teddy nodded, seemingly completely relaxed. Once she left, he groaned. "It's the first week and I'm already in detention."

     "I'm not too thrilled about it either." I mumbled in his direction.

     He looked at me with a smirk, "I didn't know you were a badass."

     I smirked back, just to mirror his expression.  "I'm really not.  I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Or rather, Peeves caught me unprepared and pulled a prank on me, and here I am."

     "You know, with a few lessons from the master of pranks himself,"--he pointed to himself--"Moi, you could learn to escape trouble at any time and any place."  He wiggled his eyebrows at me and winked.

     I turned around quickly and walked towards the books, hoping he missed glancing at my reddening cheeks.  "As tempting as that sounds, I'm going to have to decline." I replied, hoping to sound relaxed and completely unaffected by his wink.

     He laughed lightly as he walked up to me and asked, "Fine, but you're missing out.  I hear I'm a miracle worker.  Alright, you take A's and I take B's?", to which I replied with, "Yeah sure."

     "So, what are you in for?" I asked loudly across the aisle of books that separated us, wanting to break the silence.

     "Well I was waiting for my friend to finish his Potions homework, and I got kinda bored.  So for some simple entertainment, I tried a prank I caught from your uncle on some of Slytherin's Quidditch team players nearby.  I turned them purple.  I was caught before I could run out though, by none other than Mrs. Pince, but it was worth seeing them panic when they realized what they looked like." He finished his story proudly, clearly not regretting his little prank a bit.  You would think a prefect would have a little bit more responsibilty.

     "I thought the master of pranks was excellent at escaping?" I teased.

     "It's a 99% success rate, I failed, but just barely." He said defensively.

     "Of course...Good job though, I'm sure their faces were priceless."

     "They sure were, everyone thought so, except for them of course.  If you ask me though--" I could hear a smirk in his voice,"--I think it gave them a little more class.  They weren't exactly attractive to begin with."

     I laughed as I imagined the surprised look on the Slytherins' faces as they saw their each other turn purple.  I switched a book named, 'Amazing Charms' with another one named 'Another Day, Another Spell' as Teddy asked me, "Speaking of Quidditch, what's your favourite Quidditch team?"