Let us see who laughs last...

Chapter 1

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I write almost all of my stories in german first and translate them into english later. I am sorry for grammer/spelling mistakes.

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"Harry? Ron? Where do you want to go at this time?"

Harry and Ron froze in motion when they heard Hermione's voice behind them, which didn't sound particularly enthusiastic when the young Hogwarts student saw her two best friends sneak out of the Gryffindor common room.

It was early evening and the prefects had only just moved their houses back to their dormitories as it was going to be time for bed soon, but apparently Harry and Ron had other plans in mind than sleeping. Much to the chagrin of Hermione, who couldn't understand this at all and was already afraid of the worst when they both gave her a look that told her they would leave, no matter how much she would complain about this.

"We still have something to do. Don't worry, it won't take long."

"Oh please, Harry! Don't tell me you're still planning on trying that ridiculous spell out on Draco? "

"Well, I..."

"No Harry! You had your chance last year. Leave it at that."

"But Hermione, I didn't use the spell properly last year. This time I know how to do it and I know that Draco is still walking around in the hallways at this time and that he will be the last one in the common room of the Slytherins. This is my only chance."

"You act worse than a little child! And you are taking part of this, Ron?"

The redhead shrugged and grinned slightly mischievously.

"When it comes to fighting Draco, I'm always there."

"You two are going to get into a lot of trouble if you don't stop that! What if a teacher catches you?!"

"We'll take care of ourselves, Hermione. Don't worry. We'll be back sooner than you can say Quidditch."

Harry and Ron didn't even wait for an answer from their friend, but turned around and were soon through the door and disappeared.

Hermione stood with her arms crossed over her chest and shook her head in disbelief.

"If you get caught, don't say I didn't warn you..."

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As expected, the hallways of the huge school were already empty and Harry and Ron had to be careful not to be caught by a teacher or prefect, because normally they weren't allowed to wander around the school at this time of the day.

"Are you sure Malfoy is still out at this hour?"

Harry could clearly hear how nervous Ron was, because he hadn't often walked through the dark corridors of Hogwarts at this time and even when Harry was by his side, he felt anything but comfortable in his skin. Maybe they should have taken the invisible cloak with them, but it was too late for that now because it was lying under Harry's bed and was of no use to them at the moment.

But so far they hadn't met a teacher or a student and Harry assured him that, at this time, hardly anyone was walking through these corridors, except for Malfoy.

And in fact it didn't take long until they found the Slytherin when they turned around the next dark corner and almost ran into the blond boy who looked just as surprised as the two of them. But he quickly regained his composure and the shock in his eyes gave way to a sneering look when he saw Ron and Harry standing in front of him.

"What the heck are you two doing here?!"

"We could ask you the same question, Malfoy!"

"You risk a pretty big mouth, eh, Potter? Better be careful not to let anyone hear you!"

"The only one risking a big mouth here is you, Draco! I'm tired of you ridiculing me in front of everyone else!"

"Yeah right! Go, Harry!"

Draco looked from Ron to Harry and a big, mischievous grin spread across his face as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"And what are you going to do about it, Potter?"

Harry replied with a growl and pulled out his wand.

"Uhhh, I'm soooo scared now~," the blond teased, his grin widening as Harry got into position.

Neither of the three paid attention to the steps that were quickly approaching them...

"You want to laugh at me, Malfoy? Then let me give you a reason!"

Ron watched how Harry got into the right position. And not only did he see that. With horror he suddenly noticed a movement to his right and before he managed to warn Harry, he saw how his best friend raised his wand.

"H-Harry! Wait. Don't do it!" he tried to stop his best friend, but it was too late.

"What in Merlin's name is going on here?!" thundered a deep, dark voice as the dark figure came running around the corner and then...

"RICTUSEMPRA!"

A silver light shot out of Harry's wand, but instead of hitting Draco, he hit Snape with the spell, who at that moment came running around the corner and came to a stop right in front of Draco.

The spell hit him full force and Harry's eyes widened in shock when he finally realized what he had done. Ron and Draco looked no less shocked than he did, as they watched Snape and how he got ready for a fit of anger of epic proportions, before a forced grin crept onto his face and he hunched over. Every word got stuck in his throat, because as hard as he tried to, he just couldn't get a word out. Still, he managed to give Harry one last scowl to signal him that he was in serious trouble. His arms wrapped around his stomach and soon his laughter filled the dark corridor when the tickling charm unfolded its full effect on him.

The three students stood there, completely shocked and no one could get a word out when this seemingly unreal scene played out in front of them. It was kind of creepy to see and hear Snape laughing, because he was always stoic and he looked annoyed all day long. Seeing him like that now just didn't feel real. But it was real, and Ron said what Harry was thinking at that moment:

"You are dead, Harry. You are so dead..."

Malfoy seemed to share this thought too, because he grinned broadly and sneeringly at him before turning around and running away, because he didn't want to end up like Potter or Weasely when the spell lost its effect and when Snape had regained his senses.

Even if he had to admit that it was quite amusing to see how the otherwise stoic Professor Snape could hardly stand on his feet with laughter.

A sight that you really didn't get to see every day...

To be continued...