Harry's POV
The first thing Harry did the next morning was get Dobby to pop a letter to Amelia Bones. He made sure to tell her his suspicion of Snape's part of the downfall of his and Neville's parents. So that she would know what to question him about. He was positive the man knew more about what happened than he ever let on. It might be one of the reasons he was such a bastard to them, so he had been told. It was probably misdirected guilt. He wouldn't put it past the greasy git to blame them for what happened, or didn't happen, as the case may be.
When he was done sending that off, he went downstairs and joined his friends. The twins were there looking elated and smug. "What are you two up to?" he asked merrily, knowing that whatever it was, it should be fun.
"We'll tell you guys after classes. We need to work a few more… ideas? Thoughts? Well there are a few wrinkles that need to be straightened out, but don't worry you're gonna like it," Fred said, clapping the shorter teen on the back. They had spent all their free time doing this, and were very hopeful that Harry, at least, could pull it off. It might save the boy's life, who knew.
"Yes, we're sure it's something you'll beat yourself up over not having tried it sooner," George stated with a wicked grin as he too gave Harry a clap on the back.
And with that the lookalikes started whistling and moved ahead of the three fourth-year Gryffindors. The ones left back looked at each other and shrugged, and then they went to pick up Luna, who was more than happy to see them. She greeted them all with a hug, maybe a bit longer for Harry, but still they all got one.
A good part of her happiness was because she wasn't picked on anymore, thanks to the anti-bullying wards, which reacted in kind to whatever the perpetrator did. If they stole her clothes, then theirs would disappear. If they cornered her, the armor would reciprocate.
One time, a bold girl attempted to hex her. She was left standing in the hallway much like Malfoy and his cronies were. Everyone who had classes along that corridor saw her. The fallout was massive, for the her, in that the girl was the topic of conversation for a week. Her boyfriend broke up with her, after he was told that it was the wards that did that to her. She was shunned by many of her pacifist housemates. Even Flitwick took her aside and scolded her. Now the snotty girls of Ravenclaw left Luna in peace.
"Well, we have plans for after classes it seems," Neville said, and then informed her about what the twins said.
"Oh goody, I've been waiting for this," she said, clapping her hands and bouncing down the hall. The boys watched her perky arse, until Hermione harrumphed.
"Luna," Harry called her back, making her stop until they caught up. "Aren't you going to tell us?" he asked with a charming smile. She just grinned and shook her head, and then commenced to skipping again. "Well, if it makes her that happy, then it can't be that bad, right?" he asked, sharing a look with the other two. Not that he didn't trust the twins and Luna, but with her happy acceptance, well he was unsure as to what to expect.
"I don't know; she's pulled pranks with the twins before. All in the guise of teaching them the new magic," Neville answered with some trepidation.
It was how they found out how far the wards would be pushed. If there was no intent to harm, most pranks went off without a hitch. However, if they were meant to do more than get some laughs, then the prankster was the one who got pranked. George wanted to get revenge on someone on the Slytherin quidditch team for cheating, but since it was payback, it was the redhead who spent the day with a tail and horns until Poppy could remove them. They weren't set to fade and had to be taken off by a professional. The potion he had put in the other boy's juice wound up in his. Needless to say, the two jokesters were very careful about their pranks after that.
Luna was a good guide for the lookalikes. She made sure they stayed on track yet had fun.
"Still, she doesn't appear to have that look in her eyes, so I'm going to call it a win," Harry said as they finally made it to the Great Hall. They went to their table and joined the little blonde. The amnesiac would spend the day with his godfather, while the others attended classes. He'd ask him about the soul piece and what to do with it. Then meet the others this afternoon, and then hopefully they'd find out what the twins were up to.
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