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A Snake Among Lions Ch. 3

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"Jeez, Albus! You're so loud!" Scorpius hissed through the dark, "Do you want to get us caught?"
"Sorry," Albus whispered, "It's dark and I didn't see the loose tile. And I'm fine, thanks for your concern." The two boys were stealing through the shadows of the castle at around one in the morning, trying to get from the Slytherin dorms to the Gryffindor tower without being caught. They were on their way to meet Peeves for their first prank of the year and boy, was it going to be big. It had been Scorpius's idea to team up with the poltergeist, and, just as expected, he didn't disappoint them.
"Well, c'mon, before we're late!" Scorpius leapt over the patch of moonlight on the floor with grace only a Malfoy could possess. He'd gone to finishing school early in life because if you wanted to talk the Malfoy talk, you had to walk the Malfoy walk. Every man in the previous generations of Malfoys had gone to finishing school; everyone, except Draco. He'd never needed it. Why? Because his mother, Narcissa, was a walking etiquette book. Anytime Draco started to slouch, he'd receive a slap with the ruler. Astoria chose to just let the nuns at St. Shriver's Finishing School do all the ruler slapping, rather than do it herself when it came time to teach Scorpius his Ps and Qs.
Albus tried to jump the span as well, but the windows at Hogwarts were so large, that he landed right in the middle of the stream of moonlight. Scorpius just shook his head, "You'd make a terrible Auror."
"Well, good thing I want to be a teacher." Albus whispered as he hurried along behind his friend, not even bothering to try to jump the lit patches.
"I'm not even going to try to understand why you'd want to do that." Scorpius just rolled his eyes, then hushed Albus and picked up his pace.
Albus watched as Scorpius leapt through the moonlight again; his white blond hair and pale skin glinted and shone in the eerie light. His muscles tensed and relaxed as he sprung and landed, sprung and landed. He reminded Albus of a jungle cat. Finally, the two had arrived in front of the portrait of the Fat Lady that was the entrance to the Gryffindor common room. Peeves was floating upside down next to the painting, and he up righted once he saw the two boys, "Ready then?" Peeves said, and he slid through the wall and opened the portrait from the inside.
The two teenagers smiled to each other, then pulled out the items they'd brought with them. There were packages of Weasleys Wizard Wheezes fireworks, everlasting spray paint, and, of course, toilet paper. Albus was snickering wickedly as he crawled through the portrait hole and began to toss the toilet paper up and over the rafters.
Within three minutes, there was toilet paper everywhere, a box of fireworks rigged to explode when the first Gryffindor boy stepped on the final stair to their dorms, and 'Slytherins Rule, Gryffindors Suck!' written in shiny green everlasting spray paint on two of the common room walls.
The two pranksters ran as if their pajamas were on fire back to their dorm room and collapsed in spasms of laughter onto Scorpius's bed. "We are going to be in sooo much trouble later!" Albus said through his giggles.
"Why? They won't know it was us specifically."
"Trust me, Aunt Hermoine will. She knows us too well!"
Scorpius considered this for a moment, then said, "You're right, we're dead." Both of them started to laugh again, before they curled up in their beds and went to sleep.
The next morning, the Slytherins had hardly made it to breakfast, before they were attacked by the Gryffindors. Wands drawn, both sides started casting spell after spell at each other. Bat Bogey Hexes, Jelly Legs Jinxes, and even some Immobulus Charms, were flying in every direction. Scorpius grabbed onto Albus's robes and pulled him down to the ground, "C'mon, let's get off the battleground. We're facing suspension as it is; let's not get a few curses in the face to match."
"Good idea," Albus said, and they army crawled out of the mess and into the Great Hall. As soon as they were clear of the action, Headmistress McGonagall broke up the action, yelling for silence.
"What is going on here?!" The Headmistress yelled over the ruckus.
"The Slytherins pranked our dorm!" A Gryffindor 7th year exclaimed, and then proceeded to explain everything about the prank they'd woken up too.
"We had no idea that'd happened!" A fourth year Slytherin argued back.
"But it was kind of awesome." A fifth year girl exclaimed, causing all the Slytherins to high-five each other and talk excitedly.
"Since we don't know who the culprits are, 50 points from Slytherin." Headmistress McGonagall said, causing the Gryffindors to smile smugly, "And 25 points from Gryffindor for fighting in the halls." The Gryffindors stopped smiling. No one wanted to argue, so everyone just walked to the Great Hall in silence.
Scorpius and Albus were trying not to laugh when Professor Weasley stalked up to them, "I know it was you too. This has your fingerprints, and your genetics, all over it."
"Sorry, Aunt Hermoine." Albus said innocently, "But like you said, it's in our blood."
Scorpius smiled widely, but his smile faded when Hermoine said, "I know, and that's why I'm writing to your 'blood' right now. I'm not ratting you out to the Headmistress, but I hope you fathers at least instill some fear in you. Otherwise, you'll be the downfall of your generation." She stormed off in a huff.
"I can see it now, 'there goes the Ministry'! Centuries of Wizard tradition, destroyed by two 16 year-olds." Scorpius flipped his shaggy hair.
Albus just walked solemnly into the Great Hall. Three weeks into school and he was already causing battles in the school hallway; his dad wouldn't be very pleased.
And sure enough, that evening at dinner, both boys received a letter from their dads. Scorpius opened his, read the contents and laughed so hard, he fell off his chair. Then, he handed the parchment to Albus. Mr. Malfoy's handwriting was slanting and regal and the letter was written in glittering green ink.
Scorpius,
Mrs. Weasley wrote to me this morning and told me about your late night shenanigans. I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe. Why didn't I think of that while I was in school? And starting an inter-house riot in the Grand Entryway? That was brilliant! You and Albus are definitely going to do as Hermoine says and be the death of you generation. I, however, am impressed. Your mother, not so much. She wasn't pleased that I was laughing, either. But, she left the punishment to me, so no broccoli for a month. And I give myself the same punishment for laughing. Well, write to me soon, try to keep out of trouble (I know you won't, but write to me BEFORE you do next time, so I'm not as shocked), and study harder; I haven't forgotten your grades from last year.
-Draco Malfoy

Albus started laughing too and he handed the letter back to Scorpius, who was already writing a response to his dad. Then, getting nervous again, Albus tore open the letter from his dad.
Albus,
I got an interesting letter from your Aunt Hermoine this morning. Apparently you and Scorpius blew up the Gryffindor common room. Now, speaking as James's father and as a former Gryffindor, that wasn't funny. But, speaking as your father and a former detention-junkie, I must admit how funny that was. So, as a conflicted father, I'm just going to look the other way about this one. No one got hurt, so I'll let it slid (just don't tell your mother). Have fun and remember, I love you!
-Harry Potter

Albus smiled and handed the letter to Scorpius. He didn't know why he had been so worried. His dad wasn't mad; his dad rarely got mad. But still, he was always worried about disappointing him. Scorpius smiled and gave the letter back. Then he sent his reply to his father and the two began plotting their next prank.
Woo! Chapter 3! Haha, I just HAD to put a Prince of Egypt reference in it! I couldn't resist. 5 internet dollars to anyone who can point out the reference.
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BrookieH's avatar
I just wan tot guess for fun...Is it "Now, speaking as James Father.....But, Speaking as your father.."?