Prankster's Champion - A Harry Potter Fanfiction

Chapter Thirteen

Just as Magnus had expected, the whole of the Ravenclaw house was in the common room as he walked in. They all exploded in an uproar of cheering and dragged Magnus deeper into the room. Roger, Jeremy, and Randolph managed to get to him and surround him a bit to help distance him from the crowd, but it didn't work the best as even they were overly excited and cheering.

Food and drink was pushed towards Magnus, though of course he could only grab hold of one thing at a time. He chose some butterbeer and quickly gulped it down, thankful for something to wet his throat. There was so much going on at once that Magnus could hardly tell who was congratulating him and who was saying he smelt like a burnt piece of meat. All in all, he was surprised that it made him sort of happy. He didn't like attention, especially this much attention, but after the ordeal he had just gone through, he was simply happy to have people saying good job instead of looking so worried.

"Open it!" Someone hollered, and Magnus started laughing. People joined in, and soon enough he made Roger help to pull the golden egg from his bad. "Blimey this is heavy! And you picked it up with one arm!"

"It's nothing compared to hitting a bludger full force." Magnus grinned, handing his drink off to anyone that would grab it, not even caring as that person wound up drinking what was left. Roger held the egg out for Magnus, and everyone quieted down as he reached up and pried open the egg.

Almost instantly people were yelling for it to get closed again. A loud, ear splitting screech rang out from it, that sounded quite like someone screaming. Roger fumbled for a moment before slamming the egg shut and silence fell.

"The hell was that!"

"Sounded like someone being murdered!"

"Well that was interesting," Magnus was the only one to look at the egg with curiosity rather than disgust like the rest of the people around him. His ears were ringing of course, having been the one to open it. He waved it off though and had Roger put it back in his bag. "I'll figure it out later, for now, gimme another drink."

With that, the partying began again. It felt almost like Magnus was over in the Gryffindor's common room, as that's where it tended to be so loud and hyper. Ravenclaw was usually quiet, with people studying or being respectful of those who were studying. It made it a little easier for Magnus to chat and party.

It was late in the night, well past midnight, when Magnus was headed to bed. There were still others partying, but most of the Ravenclaw kids had begun leaving already. Roger followed Magnus up, stumbling slightly along the stairs. He'd been nonstop drinking butterbeer, probably having had over a dozen mugs of it, and Magnus was wondering if he was tipsy or drunk. Either way, Magnus wanted to get him to bed to sleep.

Once they'd reached the dorm, Magnus ushered Roger in first and shut the door behind them, "alright go get into some pajamas, I'll go get you some water when-" Magnus didn't get to finish his sentence, turning around to find Roger standing a little too close. "Uh, Roger?"

Magnus's back was pushed up against the door as Roger stepped closer. He could smell the butterbeer on Roger's breath, as the taller boy leaned down, his hands pressed against the door on either side of Magnus. "Y'know, I think I figured out why I'm so jealous of the twins when I see you with them," Roger was most certainly drunk, and Magnus wanted to stop him, but his entire body had gone stiff. He couldn't do anything but flinch as Roger nuzzled his nose down into the crook of Magnus's neck. "I don't want you hanging out with them anymore."

His chest suddenly felt very cold as Roger said that, and Magnus finally moved, pushing against Roger's chest to make him back up. It took far more effort than Magnus had expected, but he did it. "What the hell do you think you're trying to do?!"