Open Not to be Frogotten

[Hayley Elridge]

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Closed for now, open after a few posts.

The plans were set. The supplies were tucked safely into Hayley’s bag. And now, at last, they would set their grand prank in motion. Hayley couldn’t think of the last time she had been so excited. Her whole body buzzed with nerves and elation. This was going to be so incredibly, intensely cool, and hilarious, and the best way possible to end their last year at Hogwarts with a bang. If they could pull it off. There was a part of Hayley that worried about that, and although she and Harley didn’t much care about getting caught as long as they created the required chaos first, she knew Rose didn’t feel the same way. They’d have to protect her, somehow, if things went wrong.

Hayley strolled nonchalantly into the Entrance Hall with her friends, chatting about nothing consequential, their every word charged with excitement under the surface. They wandered with a roundabout path to the spot they’d picked out before, a position under the stairs where they could see well but not be seen easily. They had a few minutes before lunch ended and people started streaming out of the Great Hall. Hayley handed a few bars each of the frogspawn soap to Harley and Rose, ready to perform their part of the plan. She took up her own position, as lookout and instigator. She grinned at the girl gang. “You guys ready for this?”

 

[Rose Holland]

Nerves were dancing around in Rose's stomach and it was impossible for her to keep still. She was shifting her weight from foot to foot, daring her gaze around the entrance hall in a nervous thrill of excitement. It was finally time for their big prank, something for the school to remember them by. It was terrifying and thrilling at the same time, as there were so many ways it could go wrong. She wasn't sure what would happen if they were caught. Could they still get detention only a few days before graduation? Probably. She also didn't know what Kauri would think. She had debated telling him, but in the end had decided not to. She really liked Kauri, a lot, but she didn't entirely trust him not to tell on them. That had made her sad to realize, but he just couldn't abide any rule breaking. It was one of the differences between them.

Rose had her hands clasped together as she walked into the Entrance Hall with Hayley and Harley. She marveled at how well Hayley was playing at being casual. She didn't seem nervous at all. They headed to the secluded spot they had picked out, and Rose nodded as she took the frogspawn soap from Hayley. "Yes. Ready" She said when the girl asked if they were ready. She pointed her and at the soap and used the levitation spell to make it fly high into the air, right above where everyone would soon leave the great hall. She glanced at Harley, then at Hayley, a nervous smile on her face. "Let's do this."

 

[Harley Tsuji]

Harley didn't remember the last time she had been this happy. After all the trouble they had been through the last few years, it finally felt like the Girl Gang was back in action, back to causing mayhem as a team the way they had as kids. She had barely been able to pay attention to anything all week, her mind constantly wandering back to the promise of a really good caper with her friends. Their time at Hogwarts was so close to being over, forever, and Harley was ready to go out with a bang. This was a prank people would talk about for a long time, she was sure. They'd be telling first years the legend of Operation Spawnstorm, and the girls who'd managed to prank the entire school right before leaving.

She returned Hayley's grin as she took her soap, and gave her girlfriend a snappy salute. "Born ready." Harley grinned, taking a moment to just look between her best friends for a moment, and appreciate the people who had been by her side her entire time at Hogwarts. There wasn't long for sappy emotions though, and Harley drew her wand, levitating her bars of soap alongside Rose's. She made sure everything was in position, then nodded, shooting Hayley a quick grin. "Let's make it rain!"

 

[Hayley Elridge]

Hayley practically vibrated with excitement as their moment drew closer. This prank would make history, and she couldn't imagine better people to do it with. What an iconic way to bring the girl gang back together again, what a legacy for their final year at Hogwarts. "Hell yeah," Hayley agreed, and watched eagerly as her friends levitated the soap into position. Perfect.

Now they had to wait. Hayley was too full of nervous excitement now to talk as she watched for people to start coming out of the Great Hall. She waited impatiently, breathless with anticipation. The doors opened. The first few people started to trickle out. Not yet, not yet . . . More people came out, a stream, a crowd, and still Hayley waited. For this to be the best prank it could be, she had to hold off until the perfect moment. The Entrance Hall filled, and Hayley grew more and more restless until, at last, she judged the space as crowded as it could be. Then, at last, she pointed her wand at the hovering soap and whispered, "Aguamenti!" Water streamed from her wand. The soap began to froth, and finally to rain frogs onto the crowd below. Hayley grinned as she waited for the chaos to unfold.

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[Rose Holland]

Rose's worries about getting caught faded into the background once she saw Hayley's expression. She grinned back at her friend, and then watched as people came pouring out of the great hall and into the entrance hall. Then, water shot out of Hayley's wand, making frogs appear out of the soap. They started jumping and falling down onto the students, and Rose had to put a hand over her mouth to stifle her laughter. This was going to be amazing.

 

[Jasper Night]

Jasper had enjoyed his lunch today, as he'd managed to eat a lot of things he liked at the table. He also had been sitting far away from Blake and Tyler and had chatted a bit with some housemates he liked more. The boy would definitely miss the food at Hogwarts once he got home, and eating so much seemed to have help him grow too. He had noticed earlier in the week that his robes were definitely getting too short, and he would need to buy new ones over the break. He hoped he could convince his dad to get him something cool while they were out shopping too. Maybe a new broom? He was contemplating the odds for this as he left the great hall with a bunch of other people. His thoughts were interrupted when something landed on his head, and then jumped off. Jasper yelped in surprise and looked up, only to have another frog fall on top of him and land on his face. Jasper spluttered and pushed it off his face, startled. Why were frogs falling down from above on him? Was this some sort of prank? But no, it wasn't just him. All around him frogs were raining from the sky, landing on people and hopping around their feet. They were coming from something floating in the air, which Jasper soon recognized as frog spawn soap. A laugh escaped him as he realized what was happening. It was a prank. And a pretty good one. Whooping with joy now that he understood the source of the chaos, Jasper picked up two frogs and placed them on the neck of the person in front of him. It may not be his prank, but he was going to enjoy the chaos as much as he could.

 

[Diana Hollis]

The year was nearly over, and for once Diana actually thought it was a shame. Her fourth year had been pretty nice, especially since she had started dating Simon. She still felt very lucky to be with him, and hoped to meet up with him after lunch. The girl pushed past a few people on the way out, a bit annoyed that some people were so slow. Then, as she stepped out of the great hall, a frog landed in front of her foot. Diana froze, her gaze on the animal. Then it hopped onto her foot and she shrieked and jumped back, only to have another one land on her arm. "EW!" She yelled, swiping it off quickly, but more followed. A whole bunch of frogs were raining from the sky and hopping around everyone's feet. It was disgusting, and Diana soon realized it had to be some sort of prank. She couldn't stay here, and started push harder to get out of the crowd so she could get away from everyone. "Ew, ew, ew ,ew." She muttered under her breath, trying to avoid the frogs as much as possible while she attempted to escape.

 

[Maggie Majors]

Maggie was ready and waiting for the holidays to begin. She was going to speak to her brother about everything that had happened, although she had a bad feeling he already knew what she'd been hiding from him. They only had a week or so left before they broke up, so the Pufflehuff didn't have too much more time to prepare what she was going to say. After tucking in to some food, she headed back out towards her common room just as she felt something wet fall into her hair. She turned to see lots of small squishy things falling from the ceiling, and she wasn't the only student that seemed confused. Maggie took a closer look at what was landing on them and realising it was frogs, frowned in annoyance. Why should they have to suffer for a prank? As the fourth year looked around at the students, all memory of her lessons went out her mind, as she resorted back to her muggle instincts. Looking around the corridor, she knew she was going to have to disrupt their efforts if the frogs were to stop.

 

[Isla Zephyr]

Apparently, Isla's brother was going to be around a lot more than he had been for the last year. Isla wasn't particularly looking forward to be overshadowed once again, but at least it gave her a reason not to worry too much about being noticed. As the Hufflepuff was reading through a copy of the school newspaper, something she was late on because she wanted to make sure no one would bother her when she was reading it, she looked up slowly when something seemed to be going on in the corridor. She sighed, great, now she was going to be disrupted anyway. On her shoulder she carried a large bag that was always full of the most random items, and removing a blue spotted umbrella from this bag, she popped it up as her eyes drifted tiredly back to the pages, hands slipping a few of the frogs into her pocket as the girl continued to read.

 

[Charlotte Harper]

The blonde was done with all. This year was a terrible one. Simon had defeated her with the grades for sure. Diana was just an pawn to get inside of her head. And it worked. The blonde felt more jealous than ever and she hated it all. It made her so angry seeing them together and how much she tried to hide it, she wanted to punch that Minister daughter. The blonde had been lunching and the fact Diana and she were in the same house didn't worked that much. The blonde thought still about the rose. Perhaps that sneaky Diana had send it to her. But she kind of hoped it was Simon and she needed prove. She could just show the note, but Diana would sure think she writed it. She wanted to believe that Simon wanted to make her jealous, and if that was the case she liked him more and more. It was cruel to use a girl to do that. But Charlotte started to believe she and Simon were ment together, she didn't like anyone else. They could just rule this place as a powercouple. But the blonde was stubborn and she didn't want to lay down his feet, she wasn't like that. She would play hard to get too. She tried to see where Shane was, but she couldn't find it. She followed some students outside and heard some screaming. The blonde had no idea what happend. She slowly walked through the door and saw Diana screaming like she was murdered. The blonde grinned and laughed. And saw frogs all of sudden coming from the sky, but they were not real. Everybody could see that. Charlotte didn't cared, but she didn't want to get dirty. She took her wand and casted a protego above her. Diana came in her way and Charlotte just went standing. '' They are not real you know? '' The blonde than pointed her wand at Diana and rolled her eyes. She was too busy with screaming and Charlotte wanted to give the girl a cold shower, that she deserved. '' Aguamenti!'' That was kind of sweet still, she could set the girl on fire too but than people weren't so happy with her she figured. The protection was gone, but Charlotte didn't cared she wanted this more. Water streamend out of her wand a large one in the direction of Diana. She was helping her from the frogs ofcourse.

 

[Diana Hollis]

Diana hadn't thought her mood could get any worse, but then that annoying blond girl just had to provoke her again. Diana rolled her eyes when the girl spoke to her, and she intended to completely ignore her. But then, the girl splashed water on her with Aguamenti. Diana spun around angrily. "Why are you so obsessed with me?!" She yelled at the girl. "I don't CARE about you." She grabbed a frog off the floor, forgetting to be disgusted by it in her anger. Why couldn't this girl just leave her alone? She was dating Simon and she needed to just get over it. She threw it as hard as she could at Charlotte's face. "You're so desperate for a boyfriend? Kiss THIS!"

 

[Elliot Briar]

It was hard to believe that the end of the semester was already so close, Elliot was starting to count down his last remaining meals of his second year each time they entered the Great Hall. Finishing up lunch, he made his way out with the crowd of other students, pausing when he heard a commotion begin around him. Stepping into the entrance hall proper was quite a scene, students scrambling and shouting as a stream of frogs fell from the sky. As amazing as the sight was, Elliot decided it was one best enjoyed as far away as possible, and he made his way across the hall, doing his best to avoid the torrent of frogs and fellow students alike as he tried to make his way to the staircase. He ended up focused almost entirely on the ground in front of him, mumbling a string of apologies to the frogs as he shuffled his feet, doing his best not to kick or stand on any of them. Even if they were conjured or magic frogs, surely they would feel it if he stepped on kicked one, right? His progress was slow going though, and Elliot despaired when he looked up realizing he was barely halfway across the entrance hall. A frog landed on his shoulder, causing Elliot to flinch. He apologized again, tentatively grabbing the frog which ribbited balefully at him as he set it loose on the ground nearby.

 

[Professor Noel Waldgrave]

Noel was liking his time here on school. He actually felt bad of going home when the first year was over. The brown haired boy had enjoy his meal in the great hall and like a little bit too much. He had eaten so much, his stomach hurted. He should have listened to what his mother said to him like always. When he followed some students outside and came out he saw a lot of students and a lot of soap it seemed? And than suddenly a frog before his foot, but not a real one. It seemed a magical one. Noel smiled bright and looked around him. What was this? He walked a bit further and one frog landed on his shoulder he grinned. It felt strange, but Noel was not afraid. They were not real, and also he liked animals.

 

[Charlotte Harper]

Charlotte her blood boiled when seeing Diana. She didn't even mind at all the consequenses she just did what felt good. And this felt good right now. She grinned as Diana got angry of the water touching her. Charlotte hold her wand beside her and frowned at Diana. Obsessed? She had been avoiding the two for very long because she couldn't stand the sight of them. And now seeing her again Charlotte wanted payback, she hated Diana and she could know. Charlotte looked around here to see if they got attention. Charlotte just grinned at the girl. Last time she could not make Diana angry or irritated and it succeeded this time it seemed. '' Oops. You had something there. Thought I help you, removing all that ugliness.'' Charlotte than said a bit loud because she almost could not hear Diana from the screaming and all around her. She stood in front of her and than all of sudden Diana threw a frog in her direction and it touched her face. Charlotte dropped her wand for a moment out of fright. She remained silent for a moment and was glad the frog landed on the ground after coming to her face.
'' IEEEEEEEEHH'' She screamed loud and felt disgusting. What a stupid jerk Diana was, desperate? '' I desperate? Your BOYFRIEND has send me a rose! Who is desperate? Desperate for leaving you!'' Charlotte than said to Diana. She didn't even knew for sure if it was Simon but from who else would it be? The note was clear, but only without name. But Diana didn't knew that. Charlotte grabbed her wand again. She waited for Diana to make a move.

 

[Lillian Lockwood]

Lily was hurrying through breakfast, wanting to make something for Ren for behaving so well. She doubted Rose would be able to same next semester, so she wanted to make sure to commend her brother. She had just finished eating and had exited the great hall when suddenly there were frogs- everywhere. She gasped and squealed in delight, laughing as she tried to run away. She didn't make it very far before she stepped on a frog- and slid. She slid, eyes wide and arms waving, right towards Elliot. "El!" She yelled, giggling just as she knocked into the boy. She tried to grab his arms for support but failed. She hit the ground in a sudsy, soapy thud, giggling uncontrollably.

 

[Amy Jewel]

Amy had been leaving the Great Hall, her nose stuck in a book, when she felt something wet hit her."Hey!" she exclaimed, quite by accident, and looked up. There were frogs everywhere, mixed in with water and soap. Her mouth dropped open. What was happening? She quickly got over the surprise and began to grin. The scene was rather funny. A frog landed on her book and she began to giggle.

 

[Diana Hollis]

Diana felt triumphant as she watched the frog make contact with Charlotte's stupid face. Her scream made Diana grin. "They are not real, you know?" She said, mirroring Charlotte's own words back to her with a devious grin. But then Charlotte said something that made Diana's grin freeze on her face. Simon had sent her a rose? That couldn't be true. No. She was making it up. "Liar!" She called, making sure she sounded confident as she did so. "You're so desperate for attention, you just make stuff up." She rolled her eyes, then turned around. She didn't want to hear more about this, not from Charlotte. Simon couldn't have sent her a rose... he couldn't have. He had even said to her he'd made sure she had gotten the prettiest rose of all. He wouldn't say that if he'd also sent a rose to someone else, right? "Have fun with these frogs, maybe you'll actually make some friends." She said to the girl without turning back to her. She strode away, not caring that she stepped on a frog or two. She had to get out of here and away from Charlotte, so she could order her thoughts.

 

[Professor Angel Castillo]

Angel had just been finishing up lunch when he heard the sudden commotion outside the hall. It wasn't unusual for things to get pretty loud right after lunch with everyone going about their day, but this time things particularly dramatic and Angel sped up a bit to get a look, enjoying how any students nearby almost instinctively moved out of his way. At the sight of the sheer chaos of half the school under a rain of frogs, Angel simply surveyed the scene with grim amusement before quietly excusing himself back into the great hall before anyone could spot him and ask him to do something about it.

 

[Elliot Briar]

Elliot was cautiously scooting a particularly obstinate frog out of the way when he Lily call out to him, turning around just in time for her to slam into him. They both flailed for a bit, mostly a mess of arms before Lily hit the ground, Elliot falling with her shortly after. He stared at her wide eyed for a second, hoping they hadn't squashed too many frogs, watching the chaos of frogs and other students unfold around them. The sudden absurdity of the situation hit and Elliot was taken over by a rush of giggles, unable to control himself as he tried to help untangle a frog that had landed in Lily's hair. After all the stress of exams and picking new classes, it was a relief to be distracted by something to catastrophically silly.

 

[Solomon Tofilau]

Sully had been expecting to see a lot of cool wizard stuff when he came to school, but rain of frogs probably wouldn't have been on his list. Now that he was actually seeing it though, he was thrilled, taking a moment as he stepped out of lunch to just marvel at the chaos unfolding in the entrance hall. Now this was the sort of magic stuff he wanted to see. His moment was interrupted though by the feeling of little wet frog feet on his neck. "Oi!" Sully yelped and flailed a bit, laughing as he tried to stop one of them from flopping down the back of his shirt. Spinning around, he spotted that kid Jasper who'd he'd delivered the rose too. Maybe Jasper was trying to get even. "Oh it's on." Sully laughed, grabbing one of the frogs and trying to wrest it down the front of Jasper's shirt with a gleeful grin.

@Jasper Night

 

[Jasper Night]

Jasper hadn't even known who he was bothering with the frogs, but when the boy turned around and he recognized him as the guy who had been so annoying when delivering his rose, he grinned in triumph. That grin only lasted until the other boy grabbed another frog and tried to push it down the front of his shirt. "Hey!" He yelled, slapping at the younger boy's hands ineffectively. The frog went down, and Jasper yelped at the cold, slimy sensation. He pulled his shirt away form his body so the frog fell down, then grabbed the thing and threw it at the Gryffindor. He looked around for more frogs to arm himself with.