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Unlikely Heroes	By : KusanoSaku Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 80942 -:- Recommendations : 5 -:- Currently Reading : 15
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Title: Unlikely Heroes

Pairing: Future DracoxHarry, LuciusxSeverus, RemusxSeverus

Fandom: Harry Potter

Summary: A battered Boy Who Lived finds his world come crashing down when his name comes out of the Goblet of Fire. Shockingly, the only ones to come to his rescue are those he'd believed were his enemies.

Notes: Is compatible to the Selection of Triwizard Champions.

A/N: Apologies for the late update. hope you enjoy it. Chapter 37 is the beginning of the Prank War. I have Ideas for it but I welcome any and all prank Ideas. Spoiler Alert- Recommend reading Chapter of Unlikely Heroes: Fallen Feathers, Mirrored Scales. *waves*

Chapter 37– Prank War Plotting

Luna was eager to consolidate her 'authority' over her House and fellow Ravenclaws. Despite her desire to remain relatively anonymous, circumstances had forced her out of the shadows and to reveal herself. The revealing of her status as a Daughter of Ravenclaw and an honorary Princess of Slytherin to the acknowledged leaders of the Four Houses had been both necessary and nerve-wracking. The arrogance of Rodger Davies and the primness of Prefects like Felicity Eastchurch and Penelope Clearwater did not endear her to her House.

Once inside Ravenclaw Tower with the door closed behind them, she attempted to cast a powerful compulsion charm only to crash against another. Muttering in the language of the Veela Queen's Court, Luna tore the pre-existing charm apart.

Dumbledore!

She could read the runes making up the compulsion charm without trying.

After all, the Veela Court spoke a form of Runic and wrote in Runes.

She turned the meaning of the runes that made up the pre-existing Compulsion charm around in her head. Quickly their meaning was made icily clear.

That manipulative Bastard tried to turn her House against her! He'd pay for that! By Rowena's Diadem she'd see he was punished.

Hell hath no fury like a Veela when their wrath has been incited.

She weaved a new compulsion charm that not only prevented any Housemates from removing her things and hiding them but to ensure they didn't discuss her true status outside their House. She'd remind them about the concept of House Loyalty and that Professor Flitwick wanted them to be a Family. Something that little compulsion charm of Dumbledore's made them forget.

Rodger cleared his through, "Excuse me."

The quiet chattering and scratching of quills on parchment ceased.

"Thank you." Rodger said pompously, "May I present, my Lady Luna Lovegood; the descendant of Rowena herself, the first Headmistress and blessed by the castle herself."

Ravenclaws had long insisted that Hogwarts Castle was a living entity, more sentient then wands. They believed it was a hovering beneficent presence that existed to protect and shelter those who lived in its walls.

"How do we know that's true?" asked an older girl, probably a seventh year.

Luna removed the Glamour, revealing herself once more in her court attire that left her shoulders just bare enough to see some of the magical birthmark. She pulled the white silk of her long tunic so the entire feather was visible. "For those who don't know the older families have magical birthmarks to proclaim them as born to them. I however have two, that itself is rare."

"What second family's birthmark do you have?" Cho asked politely.

Luna smirked, "Malfoy. My father is Lucius' Malfoy's cousin. He was disowned and was Bonded to my mother so he took her name." She removed the Glamour on her left hand holding it up so they could see the Malfoy birthmark that resembled a flame.

"How rare is it to have two birthmarks?" Stephen Cornfoot asked.

Padma Patil answered, "Quite rare. When a girl joins her magic and blood to her Bondmate's line her children belong to that line. It is rare that a family only had girls, thus the Bondmate takes her name. When discussing family ties it is customary to I was born for one line and born of another. I was for the Patil line and of the Karr line; my mother was Parma Karr before her Bonding to my father."

Rodger sniffed, "The four Houses have declared an alliance, under the authority of the direct descendants of the Four Founders. They've declared by ancient tradition that the Hogwarts Prank War which was sanctioned by the Founders themselves only if all Houses agreed to be enacted during winter to liven things up."

The Common room was filled with whispers.

Luna said sharply, "I agreed to the Prank War. The Honour of Our House is at stake." She gestured for Cho, "Hand that out, it's just a few of Fred and George's products. I'm sure you can figure out how to use them. After all we're the brainy House."

Titters filled the Common Room.

"Now, being a wise House despite our lack of Slytherin cunning I'm sure we can come up with some pranks." Luna said sharply, she really hated having to lord it over them all. She half wished she was Sorted into Slytherin where her title of Princess would still be honorary but she would have no voice in the Council. The Slytherin House Council usually existed only in name; it was rare to have a King, Queen and Prince all in the House. Usually it was just a Prince and a Queen, or sometimes just one. There hadn't been a King in Slytherin for two generations. The last one was in the Forties she believed. Before that who knew?

Felicity asked quickly, "What kind of Pranks?"

"Rules are simple. No damaging the school and no maiming students or putting them in grave danger." Luna replied.

Marietta asked softly, "It's alright to precipitate?"

Luna knew Marietta Edgecombe, Seeker Cho Chang's best friend was a shy girl; the last choice she would have chosen for a Prefect but perhaps, Professor Flitwick wanted to give her confidence. "It's loosely overseen by prefects and Heads of House. In Slytherin House Pranks were be overseen and approved by their council. In our House it will be myself, Felicity and Rodger who will approve pranks to be done as Ravenclaws."

Felicity looked surprised.

"You are a prefect aren't you Eastchurch?" Luna asked sharply.

"Yes…"

Luna restrained herself from rolling her eyes; she closed them briefly begging her ancestress for patience. "I'm not going to take away your authority completely. We are going to strive to prove our worth as Eagles. Now, to be beaten by Slytherin would one thing. To be beaten by lions or badgers is something I won't countenance."

"Gryffindor's got the Weasley twins. We'll never will." One of Rodger's fellow Chasers moaned.

Page, Luna thought and a coward through and through. "We will not give up without a fight and for your information Page, Gryffindor is suffering from the loss of George Weasley-Prewett whom I believe is aiding the Durmstrangers."

Rodger winced, "A pity they are participating. They've learned spells we've never heard of."

A first year wailed, "They'll use Dark Arts! All Durmstrangers are Dark Wizards."

Luna scoffed, "I doubt George would allow that. Not all Dark Arts are bad. Most are merely frowned upon. As long as they aren't used to hurt someone such as the Unforgivables I don't care if they do. Now, does anyone have an idea or do I have to let my Malfoy side do all the plotting?"

The House visibly winced.

Felicity Eastchurch seemed to tremble.

"I promise you that between my cousin Draco and my best friend Sophronia that we'll be in embarrassed if we don't come up with something good." Luna said looking around the Common Room.

Terry Boot, a Fourth year spoke up, "Well, we could charm all the rugs to sing."

Luna let out a sigh of relief, "That might work. Which rugs and how?"

Terry swallowed, "Some of us have got friends in the other Houses. They've got rugs in their common rooms…"

"Very well if there are no objections you can be responsible for making that work." Luna said authoritatively.

Cho smirked, "How about making a few book look-a-likes? Then we can replace the intended victims books with decoys, which are charmed to spout out an embarrassing story once per hour for the entire day. No story is repeated. I think this prank should be pulled on the Slytherins."

Luna chuckled, "A woman after my own heart. Makes sure one gets to Sophronia and Draco. They will appreciate it. Give one to Theo and Tracey Davis." She had little love for Tracey Davis who was one of Sophronia's former tormentors and a stuck up wench. A step up from Pansy in any case, but still not a pleasant person in Luna's opinion. Of course she approved of pranking her best friend and 'boyfriend'. She just hoped Theo had a good sense of humor about her sending pranks his way. Sophronia and Draco would laugh about it.

Cho smirked, "Love to one up Malfoy." She'd lost the snitch to him every time they flew against one another.

A whiny voice spoke, "Not that I expect you to listen to me but…"

Luna bowed slightly, "What would you like to contribute Myrtle?"

Myrtle blinked, "You really want to hear?"

Luna nodded, "Of course. You're a Ravenclaw aren't you?"

Myrtle nodded, "I was…we've a got a bit in common us two. Nasty housemates bullying us."

Luna shrugged, "That's all in the past. I bet the instigator of that was the same person. Tell me about your idea."

"Have you ever heard a Muggle alarm clock? They're loud and shrill. Just about give you a headache."

Luna tried to think; she'd never heard one.

Padma spoke up, "Pavarti is always complaining, that Granger and Tolipan have those Muggle alarm clocks. They're apparently really loud. Granger has like three and they end up going up ten minutes apart. She's not an easy riser. Their dorm isn't fond of her in the mornings."

"I see." Luna said thoughtfully. "Tell me more about your idea Myrtle."

Myrtle wasn't used to being treated as an equal much less worth listening too. She shyly went on, "Well you get a lot of Alarm Clocks. I can ask Peeves to steal them from their owners."

Luna's lips twitched.

Myrtle continued, "Use some copy spell to make more clocks and then charm them invisible with sonorous charms. Hide them around the castle set to go off on at the same time. Some lord awful hour like three in the Morning."

Luna burst out laughing, "That's positively brilliant. We've got to do that. We should hide them in the other dorms like their common rooms. Maybe sneak some into the professors' apartments. Not sure I'd like to do it to Professor Prince-Malfoy but defiantly Professors Dumbledore, Hagrid and Flitwick. I'm sure our beloved Professor Flitwick would find it hilarious…eventually."

Myrtle appeared to blush, "You really think so? You're not just teasing…"

Luna calmed herself, "It's the best prank I've heard yet. You were truly meant for my House." Luna walked over to the castle wall nearest her, "Grandmother Rowena's blood went into this Castle." She summoned her silver knife for potions and cut her hand, "I give this offering that it might mingle with hers. I know she had a hand in the creative and ever changing architecture of the castle. Perhaps we can get a bit more fun. More walls pretending to be doors? Or doors pretending to be walls? Stairs that turn into slides?"

The castle seemed to hum again.

Luna grinned, "That should make things interesting." She glanced at Myrtle, "I'm sure you don't always enjoy flooding just one bathroom. Perhaps, you could flood one in each of our rival Houses?"

Myrtle sniffed, "No problem. I never did like those nasty snakes. One of them killed me."

Luna's eyes narrowed, "We'll discuss that later."

"Any request as to which bathrooms to flood?"

"Slytherin Fourth Year girls. Gryffindor and Hufflepuff Fourth Year Boys.."

Myrtle snickered, "You want me to flood boys' bathrooms?"

Luna knew that Myrtle just outed herself as a bit of a pervert…

XoooooX

The entrance to the Common Room in the Hufflepuff basement was the closest of all the Houses to the Slytherin's Dungeons.

That short distance gave the Badgers an advantage, not as must as an advantage as Slytherin had because the 'war council' was in their Common Room.

Cedric walked into their beloved Basement with its yellow and black, it was fluffy with zillions of overstuffed armchairs, giant fluffy cushions and plush carpet your feet disappeared into.

"Cedric!" the younger years worshiped him and thought having a Hogwarts Champion was the greatest of honours. Their House had never had a moment of glory like this…

Cedric had always wanted siblings but was an only child so he doted on the younger years treating them as younger brothers and sisters; helping them find classes, explaining difficult concepts, tousling the girls' hair while clapping the boys on the shoulder or hugging them. He gave Deborah a smile before clapping his hands for attention. "We say all the time that Badgers stick together through thick and thin. We've had some stars in our House: our beloved Head of House Professor Sprout, the most renowned Mind Healer Ted Tonks, and his daughter whom some of us remember fondly- Auror Dora Tonks. Then there is well me,"

The House shouted with one voice, "Our beloved Cedric!"

"Our House's honour is at stake, my brother and sister Badgers. You see, the other Houses have finally taken a page out of our philosophy and buried the hatchet. To celebrate we've declared a prank war!"

The shouts of joy and excitement about the Houses getting along, House loyalty during Quidditch Matches was alright by them, but treating other Houses like they were as useless as spoilt potion, was beyond callus.

"The rules are, no harming the castle."

There were nods of agreement; the Castle was their home most of the year it would be as heinous to some of them as destroying their Head of House's beloved greenhouses.

"Plus we can't maim or kill any students."

There were chorus of agreement with that one.

"So about this 'Prank War' you really agreed to it Deborah?" Zacharias asked his elder sister.

"What have I told you about that tone Zacharias? You're a descendant of our illustrious Founder, couldn't you at least attempt to appear to possess at least one of the qualities she prized?" Deborah said exasperated, "Yes, I did. The blood of Helga Hufflepuff flows through my veins, when the Houses of Ravenclaw, Slytherin and Gryffindor are in agreement, how could I disagree?" not that she would be telling that arrogant cad of a brother that she hadn't felt as if she'd had a choice. Especially when three Descendants of the Founders declared themselves in an alliance…

"Four United Houses? Why anything is possible," Cedric said pleasantly, "We have our work cut out for us. The Gryffindors have Fred Weasley. The Slytherins have Malfoy and Ms. Prewett, while Pucey doesn't cheat himself he must possess some cunning or else he wouldn't have been Sorted there. As for our eternal rivals, we must not let Ravenclaw win."

Ernie MacMillan teased, "Not going to let your girl win?"

"Cho is not my girl, as you put it. She's her own person. I doubt she would sabotage her House's pranks anymore then I would."

"That's our Cedric, honourable and good looking." Susan gushed.

Hannah Abbott, another Fourth Year couldn't help adding, "You forgot he's sweet."

"He's also Sexy! He's such a better captain then Ravenclaw's Davies." Maxine O'Flaherty better known as Max said dreamily, hard to believe by looking at her that she was a Beater. However, that's exactly what she played on the House Quidditch team.

"Let's hear it for our Cedric!" Her partner Anthony Rickett, better known as Tony shouted.

Cedric coughed slightly and turned red as the cheering and applause grew louder.

Deborah held up her hands, "Peace. You're embarrassing him. We've got to come up with some ideas. Helga's wand if only Tonks were still here. We'd win hands down even if Gryffindor's got Fred and George."

"George is helping Durmstrang. They've got less people then we do." Cedric reminded her, as he flashed a grin.

Deborah swallowed, his easy charm and brotherly caring ways stole a lot of hearts not only in their own House but also in the others as well. "I suppose it's fair," Hufflepuffs prided themselves on their sense of fair play after all, "With him they've got thirteen which is a powerful number."

Cedric nodded, "They did buy a lot of stuff through Fred. A whole bag. It seemed quite large as if he anticipated the order."

"Yes it looked fuller then the other two, it probably had more things." Deborah said thoughtfully.

"Why didn't you bring any Weasley products back with you?" Susan asked Deborah.

"I felt, it would be more interesting to rely on ourselves. If you have some of their products I don't object to use using them." Deborah said with a shrug.

Cedric felt a wince about poor Tonks, to be hurt so bad yesterday and for him not to know. He'd had a crush on her once; she was so fun and full of life. He swallowed, "Does anyone have any ideas?" he'd keep the Weasley products for himself for now.

Deborah had admired Dora Tonks as well. Knowing that their Headmaster had done such awful things like mentally assaulting students, insulting them by inferring that they were high class whores, performing illegal abortions but nothing was more dreadful then what that horrible man attacked one of their own.

Cedric was thoughtful, could they handle it? It was an awful things to bring up, some of his housemates were quite young, mere children. Some like Justin Finch-Fletchley had lived through the terrifying days of the attacks by the chamber's monster.

"What about making a few balls like a Quaffle, putting them in a hallway with the geminio duplication charm?" offered Tamsin Applebee.

A Muggleborn, another Chaser on the House Quidditch Team, Heidi Macavoy spoke up, "I've been reading a Muggle book I got for my birthday from Mum. It's called Alice in Wonderland. In it she eats one mushroom and it shrinks her and another makes her either normal size or a giant if she didn't eat the first one."

Malcolm laughed, "We should do that. Be interesting to cast the growing charm on one of those tiny Gryffindors. Maybe the one with the camera."

Susan was upset, "You mean the one who was petrified like Justin? I don't think that's very nice."

Malcolm snorted, "This about chaos not being nice."

"So who do we shrink then?" Deborah asked.

"How about that Slytherin Bloke Warrington? He's huge and he's downright nasty on the pitch." Herbert Fleet, their Keeper offered.

Cedric shrugged, "Alright. The kid with the camera is alright but don't cast the growing charm on the little brother."

"What about putting Valerian root in pumpkin juice?" Justin offered.

"Or," Zacharias added half joking, "using the Melofors hex and giving a bunch of people pumpkins for heads."

Deborah sighed, "Zacharias! That spell puts a jack-o-lantern on your head. It doesn't exchange your head for a pumpkin."

"It might be fun." Tony said shrugging. "Just imagine Davies running around with a Jack-o-Lantern he can't take off. It would knock him down a peg."

"Or casting a fog charm in the North Tower so it's impossible to get to Divination." A third year whose name escaped Cedric added.

"What about casting the Caterwauling charm in the library? If anyone goes into the Restricted section they'll set it off even if they have permission." Deborah said quietly.

"All wonderful Ideas. Go to it Badgers!" Cedric said in a jovial tone, "We'll show them we're not a lot of duffers! This is for Helga, Ted and Dora! We'll make them proud!"

What do you think? Outstanding? Exceeds Expectations? Acceptable? Poor? Dreadful? Troll?

A/N: For those of you extremely curious to certain questions such as what Fred's inheritance is, what was in the rest of the letter from Gringotts' Remus didn't read said. What happened when Sirius I questioned Riddle and extracted memories, whether Riddle is mentally salvageable, more insight into the side couples- Viktor and George as well as Charlie and Blaise ect, perhaps what is going to happen when Andromeda wakes- what happens in Sirius I's manor or other scenes that don't fit in this story but might be of interest. So I've posted the first five scenes under the title of Unlikely Heroes: Fallen Feathers, Mirrored Scales for your enjoyment. in case my Unlikely Heroes readers don't have me on Author alert I thought I'd posted about it here. It's dedicated to my favorite reviewer Child of the sea96, one of many I promise.

I'd welcome chapter suggestions for it. So far I've posted Fred's inheritance, Severus' Nightmare, The Gringotts' Report, Lucius and Severus' Bonding/Draco's Adoption and Percy moves/dumps Penelope. I hope you enjoy them if you decide to read.
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