A Useful Spell

50. Waddiwasi

Peeves cackled manically as he floated of down the corridor, leaving the pink gum protruding from the lock which led to the Slytherin common room. Oh how, he loved being a pest in Hogwarts.

Draco was just leading a bunch of first-years from the Great Hall after the Sorting ceremony. It was his responsibility, after all, as a new Prefect. And it also gave him a certain power he absolutely loved having over the majority of other students in Hogwarts.

“Dragon blood” he said clearly, fully expecting the entrance to the common room to swing open, a bored expression on his pale features.

This soon turned into a grimace of confusion and anger, as nothing happened. The first years all began mumbling among themselves, and Draco frowned them into silence; it was only when he turned back around that he noticed the gum.

“Peeves, you rotter,” he breathed. “Waddiwasi,” he swished his wand at the lock, and let the gum fly out of the nearby open window. There was a collective “Oooh” from his first-year audience.

“Useful spell to remember, that,” Draco smirked as he led them into the common room, unknowingly repeating his old DADA professor from third year, almost word for word.