Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall reached the Entrance Hall together to be met by the sight of a crowd of students. Startled the two Professors looked at each other before going closer for further inspection. As they got closer they noticed two even more odd things. One, that the doors to the Great Hall were closed. Two was that all those within the crowd seemed to be made of Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws.
"Excuse me," Professor McGonagall said to the person closest to her who happened to be Anthony Goldstein. He looked up at his professor though didn't seem at all concerned to by found in the current situation. "What's going on here?" She finished seeing as she was going to get no explanation otherwise.
"We locked the Gryffindors and Slytherins in the Great Hall together and we're taking bets on who'll come out alive," Anthony replied nonchalantly looking back at the closed door where rather loud sounds seemed to be emitting from. Professor McGonagall just stared at him opened mouth.
"Do you want to put in a bet?" Padma Patil said turning around to look at them before changing a glance at Susan Bones who pulled out a book.
"We've got Professor Snape on only Slytherins coming out, but, really, we didn't expect much less. Professor Flitwick says the Gryffindors will but a couple Slytherins. Professor Sprout says only one Slytherin with the Gryffindor, Hagrid says just Gryffindors, while Professor Vector says a handful of each. Then of course there are all our bets, but we're running a bet for the teachers, the Hufflepuffs, and the Ravenclaws." Susan said reading off her notepad before looking back up at the two Professors.
"I-I-" Professor McGonagall sputtered, starring at the students before her.
"I'll put in ten Galleons for just Gryffindors, all the Weasley's and Golden Trio being among them," Dumbledore said, searching through his robes for gold.
"Albus," McGonagall starred at the Headmaster with shock who gave a sheepish expression. She glared at him as she pointed her wand at the doors to the Great Hall, opening them, many battle worn students staggering out of still flying curses.
"300 points from both Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw," Professor McGonagall said before going to talk to the other teachers having mentioned to have bet on the well being of students.
1. I will not lock the Slytherins and Gryffindors in a room together and take bets on who will come out alive.
A/N - You see all these lists around on 'Things I'm Not Allowed To Do At Hogwarts' or 'Things I Won't Do At Hogwarts'. Well, I read them once in awhile, and some of the ideas are pretty funny, I even come up for stories for them. So, lately I've been copying said lists when I come across them and putting them in a document. Whenever I get an idea for one of the things on the list, I'll write it up and add another chapter to the story. It can be Marauders era, Golden Trio, or Next Gen, it might even be in Voldermort, or Dumbledore's school age, if I can't seem to fit it into the other two (though if I can't fit it in with the first two, it'll usually fit with Next Gen). So, ya, don't expect regular updates, they're kind of one shots based on a certain thing.