Silence Is Music? [Stopped Writing]

Chapter 8: Pranks & Prying

I sped to the common-room, Seamus and Neville following. I sat by the window and whistled, a few minutes passed until Hḗp appeared in a burst of fire in front of me, holding my bag (which I had forgotten) and a few vials of potions. I placed him in the fire, transporting like that is quite tiring and Hḗp liked sitting in the fire.

I turned to Neville and Seamus.

'do you wanna have some fun?'

We were all set, I had hidden in one of the disused rooms of the dungeons, Seamus was around the corner. The idea was that when a Slytherin came along to go to their common room, they open the door and Seamus makes an explosion, using one of my fireworks. Hopefully, well, he would manage to blow something up. I would then slip into the room while they're distracted. The rest will be revealed.

I had paled my skin and turned my hair to brown. My eyes were green and I had 'borrowed' some Slytherin robes. In my bag I had numerous potions, all labelled and in order. Perfect, where does Neville come into this I hear you ask? Well, Neville was to scared to come but I would be to if I tripped over 5 times before breakfast. Poor guy. But he still helped us plan and label stuff.

I started as I heard someone approach. They were coming in here. I hid behind an old chest.

"Master, you are tired. You must rest." It took me a moment to realise who's voice it was. With out the stammer Quirrell sounded like any other normal person. Except me of course.

" That is why you must gain energy! You do not want to feel my displeasure again do you?" Came a rasping voice. He needed some throat sweets! Hold on, it thought that only one person entered the room. I looked round to check, yep, there was only Quirrell with a worried expression on his face.

" No My Lord, I do not want to suffer."

" Good, so now stop moving and go to your sleeping quarters. We are out tonight and I don't want to be anymore tired, got it!"

" Yes, Master."

Quirrell left and I took a breath that I never knew I had been holding. I would ponder on this later, now was pranking time.

Five minutes later, a group of 6th years walked past, I followed them silently. They paused at a stretch of  bare stone wall.

" Salazar," A girl said.

Then, right on cue, BOOM! They looked around in shock.

I slipped, unnoticed into the Snakes Cave.

I surveyed the room, pretending to know exactly where I was going. The stairs leading to the dormitories were on either side of the fire place. Which was crowded with 6th years who oviousely had the period off. I shrunk into the shadows, creeping toward the nearest steps. I was almost there when a girl called out to me.

" Oy, you, come 'ere!"

I turned slowly and, deciding that I should act cool walked over with a raised eyebrow. My hand was holding onto my wand in my pocket. 

" I 'avent seen you before who ar' you?"

I pretended to act natural, come on Harmony THINK! I thought a spell that made the illusion that I was talking. I hadn't mastered it and it only worked for a few minutes for me but it was all that I had.

" Incissa Green, first year." My voice came out oily.

" Right, an' why are you missin' lessons?"

" I was caught giving a mudblood what she deserved. But that stupid Potter and his blood-traiter ginger dog managed to sock me first. I figured it was a good way to get out of charms. "Oh Professor Flitwick, I feel so faint". " I lied easily.

They all laughed and waved me away. Good job, my spell was almost finished. I walked up the stairs, slipping into the first year girls room. Pansy's bed lay to my right so I started on her first, I had already made sure that the potions weren't deadly so there were no serious risks.

I filled her hair products with her 'cure for boils', laying some in her pumpkin juice. I did the same for everyone else and walked, without distraction to the boys stairs. Thank goodness they let girls up them. I then proceeded to do the same in there and, to my delight, found a bottle of bleach hair die in Malfoy's bathroom. In went the potion. I couldn't help it, but changed the colour of the boys underwear so that when I clicked my fingers' they would turn but otherwise looked normal.

Boy, this was a good day. I tipped the rest of Malfoy's slime into his pumpkin juice and left. In was halfway across the common room when I heard that annoying voice.

" Who are you?" Of course, Malfoy, potions was in the dungeons, 5 seconds away from the Snake cave. I cast the spell again and turned.

"I should be asking you that question." I slipped into lie mode. " Although, I've heard that the Malfoys tend not to be polite on first base introductions. Your run in with that Potter was very...amusing, you are a straight talker." I decided to get on his good side.

" And you are?" He asked.

I repeated my cover story. He smirked.

" Nice meeting you, Draco. You need someone other than those two to talk to." I gestured to his cronies.

And with a little wave, I breezed out of the room.