[2] Concussions, and Pranks

Chapter 2

I jump off the carriages grabbing Hunter’s carrier and start heading towards the main entrance. I notice a large number of people that seemed to have stopped outside the front of the door. I smile to myself hoping that the prank that me and Peeves had discussed last year had come into action when Peeves zooms above my head grinning, “Hello Miss Madi” Peeves cackles throwing water balloons down towards the second year Ravenclaws “Hi Peeves” I grin at him, before starting to feel dizzy, I give myself a little shake trying to convince myself I was fine. “Pass me some of the water balloons Peeves,” George says. Peeves throws them above our heads, and we manage to catch them all with a levitating spell, hovering them above McGonagall then releasing them all onto her head. “PEEVES” she screeches “wasn’t me” He replies flying through the open doors cackling as he heads down the corridor. “That was brilliant!” George says laughing “Why weren’t me and George told about this?” Fred demands Laughing, me and the twins head into the Great Hall. I head over to the Slytherin table and sit down next to Draco. We listen to the sorting and cheer each time the hat yells out Slytherin. I notice Harry walk back into the hall, Draco nudges me then turns to Harry, “Potter, psst Potter! Is it true you fainted, like you actually fainted” I quickly turn my head towards Draco to tell him off, before collapsing. ••• I open my eyes and internally groan as I notice I am in the hospital wing. I turn my head and see the twins whispering to each other, stopping when they see me awake. “Must be a new record” Fred says, I look up at him confusion “fastest time to go to the hospital wing” George continues “I reckon about 20 minutes give or take,” Fred says before they start to laugh, causing me to roll my eyes at them “Now really you should be more careful Miss Taylor,” Madam Pomfrey says shaking her head, as she comes up to the side of my bed “If you promise me you won’t end up here again this month, I will let you go,” She says with a small smile, I quickly nod crossing my fingers behind my back. ••• “Why was I in the hospital wing” I complain to the twins who are still laughing about me being in the infirmary so early in the year, “Well madam Pomfrey says you had a mild concussion because you hit your head sometime in the last hour,” Fred says I facepalm myself, “That must have been from when I fainted on the train” I groan “You what?!” the twins exclaim in unison  “I’ll tell you about it tonight” I mutter “The sorting’s just finished George says, as we head back into the hall, I refrain from giving a sarcastic remark back as I slide down into the seat next to him on the Gryffindor table, earning myself a few odd looks from the new first years, some others look up, but none are really surprised that I am sitting here. Fred starts to pile his plate up high with food, “you act like you haven’t eaten in years,” I say giggling before turning towards the lamb and serving myself maybe a little more than necessary. ••• Once I get to my dorm, I open my trunk, grabbing my shorts and hoodie, and head into the bathroom to get changed and take out my contacts, pushing my glasses up my nose. I sit in the common room reading, lounging on one of the sofas waiting for the large round clock to turn its shorthand to twelve, Draco comes down from the boy’s dormitories, “You okay Taylor?” “Yeah” I reply not looking up from my book “What happened in the hall earlier, are you having panic attacks again?” he asks, a sliver of what sounds like worry in his voice, I stiffen thinking about my attacks, “No” I simply reply. He looks up at me waiting for me to continue, “Just had a mild concussion from bashing my head on your door on the train” “You better be able to play quidditch or Flint will be after you, he wants the whole team to be there for trials, and you are our best chaser by far, even if you don’t cheat like the rest of us,” He says “I can’t believe you openly talk about how you cheat,” I say rolling my eyes laughing, he smirks a me “Night Taylor… Oh and Snape told me to tell you that he will give you your timetable in the morning” he says heading up the stair, I look up at the clock which now reads 11:50, so I run back up to my dorm, grab the Marauders map and climb out through the portrait, Hunter trailing after me. ••• “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good” I whisper tapping the map with my wand. The map opens up and I look down to see Fred, George and Lee on the map pacing back and forth, smiling I start to make my way up to the old Astronomy Tower. “Mischief managed” I stuff the map into my back pocket as I open the door, I light my wand and see a cauldron bubbling in the middle of the room. I turn around looking for the twins and Lee, “BOO” I scream as my eyes are covered, then laugh, pushing one of the twins off me. “So, what happened on the train that made you faint,” Fred asks curiously, picking up Hunter “It doesn’t matter, it was nothing,” I say trying to stall and come up with a lie, “We swear not to tell Mum” George begs, I sigh and explain to them how the Dementor made me faint and I how I heard a lady screaming, Lee looks up at me concerned “That doesn’t sound good Madi,” He says, I shrug it off “What colour did you put in there?” I ask gesturing towards the cauldron, ignoring the fact that the boys were all looking at me worriedly. “We haven’t decided between pink or purple,” Lee says unsteadily, turning to George “Don’t look at me, Fred’s the bloody idiot that tried to convince me to put in green, I had to remind you both that Slytherins colour is green!" George says back laughing noticing that I don’t want to talk about it anymore. “Well I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t fancy having my skin turned maroon even though that’s the Gryffindor colour” Fred huffs causing me to laugh at his pettiness. I stand over the cauldron, add some shredded boomslang skin and beetle eyes. Dumping the purple roots into the mixture I begin to stir it, two clockwise stirs then continue to stir counterclockwise until it becomes the desired colour I recite in my head. “Bloody Hell, no wonder you are doing fourth-year Potions instead of third years!” George says staring into the cauldron. I just smile and conjure up some vials and start filling them up with the potion. ••• I arrive back in the common room my pockets full of what now seems like a clear liquid. I tiptoe upstairs into the boy’s dormitories and go into their bathroom, beginning to add the clear liquid to all of their soaps. Trying not to burst out laughing I turn to go back to my dorm; I turn the corner and- “Hey what are you doing up here?!” Goyle demands, I give my sweetest smile and reply “Just getting some shampoo, the girl's bathroom ran out” he stops, and I can visibly see him trying to think, finally he decides that it’s okay and lets me go past, I roll my eyes before heading up to the girl's bathroom adding some of the potion to the soap. I grin as I head to bed wondering how the others would look like in the morning. ••• A/N Hi again! I'm not sure if this should be a Draco Malfoy Love story or one of the Twins... Or maybe Madi ignores boys altogether and runs off with one of the girls! Let me know xoxo -Izzy