The Christmas Game

Ahh... My wonderful reviewers, I love you! Sorry for the long wait! I finally got all of this edited and fixed up.
Warnings: light slash, OOC-ness, crazy Gryffindors and a psycho Hermione- what more could you ask for?
It would make my day if you left just a little review for me at the end-*hint hint*
Note: I do not own the goldfish song, or the star buck's spoof of 'survivor'

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Hermione sat impatiently in the Gryffindor common room, glaring at any younger student who dared to give her "the look"- you know, the look where people clearly thought you were mentally unstable and in danger to your health and the health of others- and tapped her fingers in a jittery motion on her thigh, wondering where in the hell the rest of the Gryffindor sixth years were. They should have been here by now, or, more importantly, Harry should have been here by now, to announce that, yes, she had won because of her brilliance, and yes, she would get the amazing animal changing candy all for herself. Her eyes glazed over as she thought of all the possible things she could do with the candy- maybe even take a page out of Rita Skeeter's book and transform into an insect of some sort and see what the teachers planned to test them on for their N.E.W.T.S- but it wouldn’t be cheating, just for the record, because Hermione Jane Granger never cheats- she just.... strategically plans....

Hermione snapped out of her daze as the portrait door came crashing open, and two very giddy Gryffindors came bounding through, ignoring the fat lady's indignant yells about 'manners these days'...

"Oh my freaking god Harry, you are going to have one seriously pissed off blonde out for your blood after that stunt you just pulled" Seamus gasped, wiping mirth from his eyes.

Harry just grinned, a dazed sort of look in his eyes as he recalled the events that had just taken place...

and was promptly snapped out of it by an anxious looking Head Girl, who was practically bouncing up and down in her place, expectancy written all over her face.

".. Hi Hermione... do you need something... like, maybe to use the bathroom, cause you seem to be a bit jumpy, and Dudley used to get real bouncy whenever he had to use the bathroom so-"

"No Harry, I don't need to use the loo, what I need is to know who won" Hermione said, her eyes wide and slightly crazed.

"Oh! Yeah, I had forgotten about that, I -" here Harry let out a horrified gasp, his eyes going wide with panic.

"What Harry, what it is! Did you loose the parchment?! Did you loose my prize?!! Hermione half asked, half yelled, nervous that operation Steal Answers for the N.E.W.T.S had flown out the window.

"No! It's worse than that!" Harry replied, his tone clearly upset.

"What is it Harry?" Seamus asked, starting to get concerned by the serious look Harry was giving them.

"I- in our haste to get back to the tower before Draco killed us, I forgot to give Blaise, Pansy, and Theo their hats! Now they're running around Hogwarts HATLESS! God, their heads are probably so lonely, and they probably feel like killing themselves because I forgot to give them Christmas Cheer! They're the only sixth years without hats- they'll be shunned by society, never able to hold a job, or stick with a relationship-"

"HARRY! You need to calm down, you're going to hyperventilate. It's not that big of a deal, I'm sure they don't mind! After all, they're Slytherin's and-"

"Exactly! And what do Slytherins need most? Hugs! ... And the occasional hat. Slytherins are very fragile, and the most likely to commit suicide! Seamus, don't you see? Slytherin's need love, more so then all the houses, and they will be absolutely DEVASTATED when they realize they got skipped! We have to go out and find them, lord knows what their doing at the moment, hat-less and hurt..." here Harry trailed off, probably to contemplate the sad fate of the Slytherins.

"Right, well, Slytherin's aside, who won?" Hermione asked, not in the least concerned about the Slytherins.

Harry didn't even hear her.

"We have to go after them Seamus! Let me just get my map, and we'll go." And with that, Harry ran out of the room to retrieve the Marauder’s Map, leaving a gaping Hermione and a highly amused Seamus.

A few seconds later Harry came bounding back down the stairs, the Marauder’s Map clutched in one hand, and three green Christmas hats in the other. He gave a weird look to Hermione who was still standing with her mouth agape and grabbed Seamus by the wrist, practically pulling him out of the portrait.

Hermione shut her jaw with an audible click- which probably would have hurt under normal circumstances- but these were not normal circumstances. She NEEDED to know that she had won.

Any by god, she was going to find out.

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"I solemnly swear I am up to no good" Harry whispered to the map, watching as ink started to take the form of Hogwarts.

"Oh no! They're in the Slytherin Common room- we can't get in there!" Harry cried dismayed.

"It's okay, Harry, we can give them their hats tomorrow during breakfast" Seamus told Harry, trying to placate the distraught teen.

"No! It won't be as special! They have to have it today! They might not make it through the night otherwise" Harry said, stomping his foot for emphasis.

"Well, what are we going to do? We can't get in, and who know when they'll be back out" Seamus pointed out.

"Hmm.... I know! We'll go see Professor Snape, he'll help us! Once he sees how serious the situation in, he'll have to let us in the Slytherin Common rooms!"

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"NO! For the last time, Potter, you may NOT gain entrance to the Slytherin common room. I will not have you harassing students for some silly game" Professor Snape said, sneering down at both of them.

"Silly game! It's not a silly game! It's spreading Christmas cheer! Something that you apparently you've never heard of! Let’s go Seamus" Harry huffed, angry that his seemingly flawless plan was.... flawed.

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"I told you that wouldn’t work! But noooo, no one ever listens to Seamus"

"Don't be such a negative Nancy, Seamus, we'll get in there some how!" Harry said, turning to look at Seamus,

"I've got it!" Harry yelled the sound echoing on the wall of the dungeon.

"We'll just knock! It's the perfect plan! It's human nature to answer a door, they won't be able to resist!" Harry laughed, delighted with his plan.

"......knock... right. But there's still one problem: we have no idea where the Slytherin common room is" Seamus pointed out, raising a questioning eyebrow at his companion.

"You might not, but I do" Harry stated, a tinge of smugness creeping into his voice.

"How-"

"Nothing you need to worry about, Seam. It's old news" Harry said, grinning, thinking back to his second year.... good times...

Seamus rolled his eyes- Harry was doing that weird thing again, where he would get this weird look on his face, and his eyes would glaze over- it was annoying, because he had no bloody clue as to what Harry was thinking about.

Getting annoyed, Seamus snapped his fingers a few times in front of Harry's face, and, when that didn't work, he licked him.

On the cheek.


Harry gave him in affronted look- you know, the look that says "where the hell do you get off licking me on the cheek and interrupting my flash back time" kind of look.

Seamus grinned at him, amused at how Harry had taken to rubbing his cheek up and down in an odd fashion. “Sorry mate, but you zoned out on me, and I think we're behind schedule on the "Christmas cheer" thing.

Harry gasped. “You’re right! We must leave now. Those Slytherin's have been hat less for too long! I must go correct that!"

... and Harry was gone, running down the corridors like a crazy man- which, in retrospect, is pretty fitting.

Just when Seamus had caught up, Harry stopped in his mad sprint and turned to look at him.

And Seamus nearly killed himself trying not to crash into Harry.

"Geez, Harry, give a guy a little warning next time. Why'd you stop- are we here?" Seamus asked, looking around for something the Slytherins could use as an entrance.

"No, but I just had this sudden thought while I was running- wouldn’t it be so cool if we had capes?!" Harry asked in an excited voice, a funny look on his face.

"Capes.... why would we want capes?"

Harry gave him a 'how stupid can you be’ look before going on with his explanation. "Think about! It's like we're super heroes, spreading Christmas Cheer to those in need of it. We could run through the halls with a black- NO! A RED CAPE! And we could even wear masks, to protect our identities. We could even have super hero names! hmmm....I think I would be 'Captain Amazingly Awesome.’ What about you?"

....."I don't know, I've never thought much about a super hero name before...” Seamus said, looking at Harry with a bemused expression.

"Well, you should start thinking about it, because what good would a mask do if I just called you 'Seamus'? Everyone would know!" Harry said, making gestures to stress the seriousness of a fake identity.

Harry stood there for a moment longer, seemingly lost in thought, before he blinked and gave a firm nod and took off again, without a word.

Seamus sighed and took off running again- this was fun and all, but he was starting to think Harry had some serious personality disorders.


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Hermione had gone from miffed, to super miffed, to mega miffed in 7 seconds flat- she was sure that she had broke the miffing record, which had previously been set at 11 seconds. She couldn’t find Harry or Seamus, and she really needed to know who had won. She figured that they were somewhere down in the dungeons- only problem was; she didn't know her way around the dungeons and didn't know where the Slytherin dungeons were located.

Damn.

She sighed, getting up from the red plushy arm chair, pausing when she saw a piece of parchment lying innocently on the ground, partially hidden under the couch. A piece of parchment she vaguely recognized.

Harry's parchment!

God must love her.

She quickly scrambled to the ground, making a mad attempt to grab the piece of parchment, ignoring the nervous students who had shifted away from her- they could all go and swallow a knife for all she cared at the moment.

Sitting back up, she blew her bushy hair from her face in annoyance and smoothed out the piece of crumply parchment. Her eyes widen at what she found:

1st. : Neville- finished at 9:17 A.M

2nd.: Hermione- finished at 9:22 A.M

3rd.: Seamus-finished at 9:24 A.M

4th.: Dean-finished at 9:31 A.M

5th.: Parvarti-finished at 9:44 A.M

6th.:Lavender-finished at 9:52 A.M

7th.:Ron Weasley-finished at 10:28 A.M

Harry Potter has not yet completed his task(s).


Hermione's jaw dropped, as did the offending piece of parchment. Second place...How was that even possible? She was so sure that she had won, how had -Neville- of all people, beat her?
The paper must be defected, she decided. There was no other feasible explanation.

Her eyes narrowed, and a sadistic grin slowly appeared on her face, scaring off whatever brave first years that were still left in the common room.

Neville couldn’t win if he was... oh, let’s say, tied up in a broom closet.


All she had to do was eliminate the competition, and the candy would be hers.

Because Hermione Jane Granger did a lot of things, but losing wasn't one of them.

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"Here we are! Just as I remember it!" Harry stated with enthusiasm.

They were standing outside a large portrait -a bit larger than the Gryffindor one- which depicted a portrait of what could only be Salazar Slytherin. The weird thing about this picture, however, was that it wasn't moving.

"Hmm.., well, we're here. Go ahead Seamus, knock on the portrait!" Harry said, nudging Seamus a little.

"What! No way, this was your crazy idea, I'm only here to watch from the side lines, and, if need be, tackle and/or pin down Blaise Zabini should it come to that....” Seamus trailed off, a whimsical look on his face, but was brought back to reality when he heard Harry laughing.... at him. How mean.

"Harry! Don't laugh at me! I just meant that I would tackle Blaise should he try to escape! I'm just trying to help you" Seamus said, trying to keep the blush down that was threatening to overtake his face.

"Thanks Seam, but I doubt I'll need you to tackle Blaise for me- who would knowingly run from Christmas cheer?" Harry asked, convinced that the Slytherins actually wanted the Christmas cheer.

"But that’s not fair! You got to tackle, and hug, and kiss Draco! Is it so much to ask that I be allowed to just pin Blaise to a wall? Just for a second or two?" Seamus whined.

..." All right, but only after I've given my Christmas Cheer, got it?" Harry asked, raising his eyebrow at Seamus.

"Yep yep, I've got it! Let's get this show on the road!" Seamus said, bouncing excitedly on his heels.

Harry crept over to the portrait, looking over at Seamus whose face was split into a wide grin.

"Helllllooo! Blaise! Pansy! Theo! Would you be so kind as to come out here for a moment or two? I have something very important to give you" Harry sing songed.

Silence.

"Oh come on! I'll end your suffering if you just let me in!" Harry whined through the portrait.

Still nothing.

Harry huffed angrily, and started knocking harshly, increasing the intensity of it as he went.

Then Harry got an idea.

Taking his wand out of his pocked, he transformed his shoe (sacrifices must be made) into... a megaphone.

"Fine, if you won't come out, then I'll just have to entertain Seamus and myself with a song..." Harry said, grinning evilly.

"Harry, Hun, you can't sing, remember..." Seamus asked, knowing Harry would probably shatter his ear drums with his talent less voice.

"Yep. That’s exactly why I'm going to do it. They'll have to come out! Just let me cast a counter charm for the 'silencio' spell- how unfair would that be if they could just block out my amazing voice?" Harry half asked, half stated.

"What song are you going to sing, Harry? A song by the Weird Sisters, perhaps?" Seamus asked, thinking of the possible songs.

"Nope, I'm going to sing a song that got stuck in my head all summer. It's from a commercial selling cheese snacks in the form of gold fish." Harry said grinning, posing his megaphone at his mouth.

~Here’s our Jingle for goldfish
Yes, baked and not fried Goldfish
The tasty snack that smiles back
Until you bite their heads off
Did you know they're made with real cheese
Even though they look like fishies?
The snack that smiles back, Goldfish~

"Thank you, thank you" Harry said, taking a bow. He looked over at Seamus who had his hands over his ears.

"Oh, you might want to put some ear plugs in, Seam" Harry said, grinning over at his friend.

"Yeah, ya think?" Seamus grumbled.

"Hmmm..., what to sing next" Harry pondered aloud.

"I know!"

(set to the tune of "eye of the tiger")


Glenn
Glenn Glenn Glenn
Glenn Glenn Glenn
Glenn Glenn Glenn
Glenn’s the man going to work
Got his tie got ambition
Middle management is right in his grasp
It’s a dream he will never let die
'Cause he's the man of hour he’s the king of his cube
Status call reports have finally met their rival
Burning the candle in both ends on his way to the top
He knows one day he just could become… supervisor
Starbucks Double Shot Espresso Drink
Bring on the Day
Roy
Roy Roy Roy

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Were all Gryffindors completely mental? Obviously, the answer was yes. Blaise, Pansy, and Theo were currently sitting on the couch smirking over at the brooding blonde who was sprawled (elegantly, mind you) over an arm chair. They couldn’t believe Potter had the guts to do that, and to someone who was supposed to be your worst enemy. Things were confusing. But at least they were entertaining.

So, as I was saying, they were just lying around, winding down from their... interesting encounter, when they heard something...


or, more like someone...


OH GOD! Potter was back!

They all started as Potter started banging on the door. - Was he going to break it down and come charging in to get them?

A very loud, loud bang this time.

Pansy let out a shriek and fell off the couch, looking frantically at Blaise, Draco, and Theo, then back at the door.
"He's come back to finish us off!" Pansy yelled, wrapping her arms around herself.
Draco's eyes widened. "No, he can't be back! I just got my hair back to the way I like it!"
"What should we do" asked a distraught Theo.
"Maybe we could go out the window" Pansy said, looking around the common room.
Draco closed his eyes in annoyance. "Pansy, we're in the dungeons, and dungeons don't have windows."
"Oh... right."
"No! We can't go down without a fight! We'll resist with everything we have" Blaise said firmly.

Then the singing started. Something was said about goldfish, but they found they couldn’t really focus on the song itself because the person singing it was totally butchering it.
They all yelled and put their hands over their ears, wishing for the torture to be over with. Draco, remembering that he was a wizard, reached for his wand a murmured the 'silencio' spell.

The singing continued.

"Oh no! Potter singing is so bad that it broke right through my 'silencio' spell" Draco yelled, waving his arms franticly.

Then, silence.

Glorious, glorious silence.

Then, the singing was back with a vengeance, even louder than before.

"Make it stop! Make the pain stop!" Theo yelled.

"We have to end this, or I may never be able to hear people tell me how good looking I am ever again" Draco shouted, trying to be heard above the.... ‘singing’.

They all stood up as a group, and, taking deep breaths, they all charged to the portrait and stumbled out.

Into Potter.

Oh, the sweet, sweet sound of silence was back.

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Seamus watched in amusement as four Slytherins came rushing out of their common room, looking to be very much in pain.

He didn't blame them.

Ear Plugs were a blessing, really.

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Harry looked up from his position on the floor and tried to wiggle his way out- being on the bottom of four Slytherins may seem like fun (lots and lots of fun) but they were crushing his ribs.

"Seamus, help me, I'm being suffocated!" Harry yelled, waving a hand out at Seamus to grab.

Seamus grinned and walked over, yanking Harry out from the bottom of the pile.

"Hello, my dear Slytherins, fancy meeting you here!" Harry said, grinning a big grin.

"Potter, you have the worst voice ever- no, I don't think I can even call it a voice!" Blaise yelled

"Awe. It looks like someone's a little low on their Christmas Cheer! But, do not fret! It's nothing a hug and a Christmas hat can't fix!" Harry said brightly, advancing on Blaise slowly, in till he had him pinned into the wall.

"Harry! You said you let me pin him!" Seamus whined.

"Shush Seamus; you can have him when I'm done! Sheesh!"

Blaise straightened up, and stared at him defiantly. "Go ahead, Potter. Do your worse."

Harry gave him a quizzical look, and then shrugged. "Here you go!" Harry said, placing the green hat on top of the brave Slytherin. "And of course, your hug" Blaise did his best not to flinch as Potter wrapped his arms around him and squeezed, giving him a long, hard hug.

Harry pulled back, grinning broadly. "Happy Christmas, Blaise!"

Harry turned to Theo, who backed up slightly.

"Awe, don't be like that, Theo! Here"

Harry tugged a green hat on Theo’s head, which covered his forehead and eyes, and then proceeded to give him a giant bear hug.

"Happy Christmas, Theo!"

Harry turned to his last Slytherin, who was trying to hide herself behind Draco.

"No, no! Spare me!" Pansy shrieked. Draco winced. That had been right next to his ear.

"It's okay, Pansy, you'll feel better after I'm done!" Harry assured her.

Without any warning, Harry came rushing up to Draco, who shut his eyes, thinking he was the victim, but slowly opened them when he realized that he was safe, and looked to his side to see a struggling Pansy and a laughing Harry trying to put a hat on her. Seeing as she was getting nowhere, she gave a sigh and stopped her struggles and let him put a Slytherin green hat on her, and tried not to push him with all her might when he started hugging her.

Harry stepped back from her and looked at the Slytherins.

"There now, don't you feel better?" Harry asked, quite pleased with himself.

He received four glares in return.

"Geez, after all my trouble, I don't even get thanks, how rude!" Harry said with a slight pout.

"Come on Harry, we should go, lord knows what Ron is doing while no one's watching him- remember last time?" Seamus said.

"Yeah, you're right. Bye guys, happy Christmas! “Harry gave a special grin.”And have a very happy Christmas, Draco" Harry said, blowing a kiss in the blonde's direction trying not to giggle at the crazy and incredulous looks he received.

As they both made their way out of the dungeons, a very satisfied Head Girl finished tying the gag in Neville's mouth, shutting and locking the closet door behind her, and, with that done, went to go claim her prize.

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Reviews make me smile, not to mention they make me write more. So, it's really a win win situation! I don't know if that's the last chapter or not, though I rather like the way it turned out, so I think that this will be the end of this story, and I will start working on a new one- one with some heavy slash. :) I don't know if you heard of the Gold fish song or the star bucks one, but they both played here, and i loved them. You can check them both out on youtube if you haven’t seen them- they're really funny. Thanks, and don't forget to leave a review!