Boggarts and Pranks

"Great, we'll add it to things to research," Harry said as he rubbed his hands together, and then changed the subject. "I want to prank Snape, any ideas?" he asked, looking to the twins and Neville.

"Well," the sandy-haired boy started reluctantly, "Snape is my greatest fear and when we faced the Boggart, to make it funny, I had him dressed in Grans clothes. You can possibly jinx him with that," he said as his face held a hopeful look. The scene played out in his head, making him chuckle.

"What's a Boggart? And how does your gran dress?" were the excited questions. Snape dressed as a woman would be great, and if he could get it to be random that would be funny as hell.

"A Boggart is a creature that takes on the guise of what you fear most. Only laughter will make it fade. We learned about them last year. Your Boggart is Dementors," Hermione informed him with a frown. She didn't like the idea of pranking a teacher, but she held her peace for now.

"Right, Madam Bones told me about them," Harry said, thinking that he needed to get the Patronus down quickly. Waters had told him all about them, and what they were used for. He'd have to ask the twins if they knew it, so that messages could be sent if he went walkabout again. He could already hear his mind crew going over the spell, so he would know it completely soon.

"Yes, it was Professor Lupin who took his time to teach you the Patronus Charm. He was ever so kind, and one of the best DADA teachers we've had. Though, Professor Moody isn't bad," the bushy-haired girl stated, wanting Harry to understand that Lupin was good guy.

Harry frowned at that both those statements, until Neville brought his attention to him.

"Gran dresses in an old-fashioned woman's suit. It's tweed and has a knee length skirt and a matching jacket, and she has a buzzard hat. She pretty much has the same suit in many colors. I'll get Dean to draw it for you, so you can get a better picture."

"That'd be bloody awesome," the twins said as one. They had heard about the incident, but could never quite get a spell down to replicate it.

"Right, I'm knackered, so I'm headed up. You guys coming?" Harry said with a yawn. It had been another long day. He really hoped Sirius got his leg over, the man deserved to have a good time.

Sirius' POV

Poor Sirius sneezed in his sleep and continued to dream. He was chained to a desk and there was a huge pile of paperwork in front of him. His account manager was cackling to the side; saying that he would never be able to leave. The rubber hoses would hit his hands whenever he stopped signing something. There were women to the other side the room, calling him to come and play. He rolled over and mumbled in his sleep, "I'm trying. Wait for me, my beauties." His legs made a running motion as he went nowhere.

The Gang's POV

The group all decided that they too were tired, so all of them grabbed their bags and left the Great Hall. They talked of unimportant things and Luna spilt off near the Ravenclaw dorms. Harry made sure to kiss her cheek goodnight, making the twins crow and Neville wonder if he could start doing the same. Hermione just blushed, when Harry did the same to her. They made it to the Gryffindor tower and they all climbed wearily in to their rooms.

Neville settled on his bed, and took out Merlin's book determined to finish it tonight. He could always get a Pepper-up from Pomfrey in the morning. Ron came in, glared at the closed curtain and mumbled something about a traitor. The shy boy was just glad that the jinx was wearing off and the odor was mild. He turned his attention to the wondrous tome and read with fervor.

 Hermione was looking through the Wiccan books, and she didn't find what Harry was so fascinated about. The meditation techniques were interesting but could've been found in the school library. She was sure that Harry only got them for the women. Really, boys. She scoffed and put them away with a snort of disgust and went to sleep.

Luna warded her trunks with a new prank ward, which would glamor anyone who touched it into an old woman. It would only last on hour, but those vain girls would cry when they saw their beauty fade. She giggled to herself and went to sleep, dreaming of the stars and the moon. She'd read the aura book tomorrow. There was no great hurry.

The twins were talking to Lee about what they discovered about the night Harry left, but no matter how much they discussed it they still couldn't pin it on Snape. They then talked about helping the other boy with his prank, until Morpheus came and took them to dreamland.

Harry's POV

Harry was in his mindscape going over what to do about Crouch Jr. He made the connection that this was a bad guy, possibly a Death Eater. He thought maybe he could write to Waters and have him and the Aurors come to the first task. Then he could out the man, when he lost his magic. That might clear Harry's name and then he could start getting things that needed to be done.

While in his mind, standing on the main deck of the Enterprise, he pulled all the remaining Wiccan books out and handed them to Data. He wanted to see if the android could read them quickly and process them. Then it would only take minutes to find the best form of meditation.

Data took the books and flipped through them. "It is my opinion that you should start with the candle meditation. I would not recommend the mirror one. My analysis shows that it would be too easy to become trapped in the ever repetitive images."

Harry nodded and said, "Thanks, that's what I thought too." He took the books back and put them in his pocket. He'd give them to Hermione if she asked or to Neville if she didn't.

"I am part of your mindscape, albeit mostly the subconscious part," Data said with a nod of his head. "I will be able to process information quickly and do what I can to give it to you while you are awake."

"Any thoughts on how to get my memories back?" the dark-haired wizard asked, looking at the view screen and seeing the vast white area. He saw the miniature sunset and really wanted to be able to get there.

"Inconclusive at this time," was the answer. "We are running scenarios now. This shield appears to be impenetrable; however, all defenses have a weakness. We just have not found this one's yet."

"Well, that sucks."

"Indeed."

"Well, keep up the good work. I'm going to go to sleep and hopefully dream of hot babes," Harry said, looking at Troi and Uhura on the sly, hoping they didn't see. He then blinked and was in his own bed. He rolled over and went to sleep. He did dream of good looking women dancing around a bonfire, naked. They were all his age though. For some reason Luna and Hermione weren't there, maybe he subconsciously felt it would be disrespectful. Who knows how the dreaming mind works?

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