Chương 73: Chapter - 73 : Pranks and Punishments
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"You beautiful thing," Daphne breathed.
Lily squeezed me tightly, exclaiming, "You're the best, Potter!"
Tracey beamed at me. "I owe you one Potter, seriously."
"What in the name of Salazar did you do?" Zabini huffed.
"And more importantly," Parkinson jumped in, "is it going to lose us points?"
"Not a one!" I grinned back. Not even Parkinson's pug face could ruin my mood this morning. "I got detention coming back to the Common Room, but it's from Snape, so I'm not overly concerned."
"You're lucky," Nott observed.
"You don't know the half of it." I opened my mouth to tell them about Filch, but at that moment, I heard roars of laughter coming from outside the Great Hall. And the sounds were coming closer.
"That has to be them," Daphne said, sitting up eagerly. Suddenly our section of the Slytherin table resembled meerkats as we all strained to get a look at Fuchs' and Kensington's entrance.
It was even better than I imagined. The shampoo apparently belonged to Fuchs, because his hair was now glittering silver and green over his thunderous scowl. The body wash was Kensington's and he'd definitely used it this morning, because his skin was streaked with green and silver smears, like he'd rolled in paint.
"That's brilliant!" Lily howled, clutching her stomach.
"Wait for it," I said, still grinning. As they moved farther into the Great Hall, the backs of their robes became visible, and suddenly we Slytherins were doubling over in fresh cackles.
Scrawled across the backs of their robes in green letters lined with silver were the words I curse little girls because I have no balls. Apparently no one had told them yet, because they didn't seem to realize what set the whole hall off again.
"How did you even do that?" Parkinson asked, looking awed despite herself.
"I broke into Gryffindor Tower and-"
"No way!" Zabini yelped. "Seriously?"
"Yeah, I just hung around until I overheard the password," I said with a shrug. "No big deal."
"Who is responsible for this?"
McGonagall had stormed over to the Slytherin table looking furious. I suppose it wasn't terribly hard to figure out what house was responsible for the prank. I'd emblazoned Fuchs and Kensington with our colors after all.
"Who did this?" McGonagall demanded, sweeping up the table, eyeing all of us like she was waiting for someone to crack. I kept my head down, eating my breakfast like nothing was wrong. I saw Daphne, Lily, and Tracey bow their heads and smother giggles when McGonagall passed.
"Minerva."
I turned around and saw Snape standing behind me. He glanced my way, completely aware that I was the culprit. I stared at him, begging not to sell me out. He stared back at McGonagall.
"I will handle this internally," he said. "No one will tell you who is responsible."
McGonagall threw up her hands in frustration. "I know that! But the matter remains that one of your students got into Gryffindor Tower somehow. That's my concern."
Snape's eyes very carefully stayed away from mine. "I'm certain whoever did this won't share what they know."
McGonagall looked like she knew she wasn't going to win this fight. They were both the most defensive heads of houses, and neither would allow the other to mess around within their own house. She turned away and returned to the head table, watching us Slytherins carefully.
I turned back to my breakfast, only to feel a dark shadow looming over me. I straightened up and tilted my head back, greeted by the sight of an upside-down Snape.
"Professor?" I asked.
"You detention will be held tonight after dinner in my classroom," he said coolly. "And well done, Potter."
I beamed. "Thanks sir."
I rode high on my triumph the rest of the day, and my mood was only bolstered when Fred and George smuggled a letter of congratulations into my bag when we passed in the hallway. I grinned to myself as I touched the parchment, which was still tucked away in my pocket. I was on my way to the potions classroom to serve my detention, and unlike most people who made their way into the depths of Snape's domain, I was actually pretty chipper.
I knocked on the door politely, and heard Snape call, "Enter."
"You have some cauldrons for me, sir?" I asked jovially as I stepped inside and shut the door. Snape was at his desk grading papers, and I saw a half-depleted bottle of red ink next to him. The tip of his quill was dyed a menacing red. I felt bad whoever's essay he was grading, because I could see a fairly substantial amount of red on the paper, and he was only halfway done.
Snape pointed to the pile in one corner with the point of his quill. I saw burned bits of potion congealed to the bottom and sides of some. Resting on the desk was a bucket, a scrub brush, and a vial of vibrantly green liquid. I recognized it as Caldwell's Cauldron Cleaner. I'd used it last time.
"You will stay until they are all clean," Snape said. I examined the pile and guessed it would take about two and a half hours, maybe three.
"Alright," I said, and rolled up my sleeve. I grabbed the bucket off the table and dragged it over to the faucet in the corner. I filled the bucket and lugged it back to the pile of cauldrons. I poured in some of the vial and reached back to tie up my hair. I reached for my scrub brush, settled my first cauldron between my knees, and got down to work.
I really didn't mind cleaning. I actually kind of liked it, in a way. It was a mindless task, which meant my thoughts could wander to whatever they wanted to.
First, my thoughts settled on Harry. I was missing him a lot these days. We never saw each other because the school was smart enough to keep Slytherin and Gryffindor separated most of the time. I could only hope that would change after third year, when we got to pick some of our own classes. Maybe then we'd be able to wrangle more classes together
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