Lawson stared calmly at the boy as he took out the Daily Prophet from his robes. Well, detention wasn't supposed to be fair now was it? It was after all punishment for doing something wrong. He unfolded the newspaper and began to read the articles.

Ever now and then he would peek over the newspaper to see what was happening and he would stifle a laugh that threatened to erupt from his lips. "You're supposed to be putting them into the cages Joshua, this is no time for playing games" he said as he calmly turned the page and once again looked over the paper to see what was happening.

Marcus almost burst out laughing when one of the Imps grabbed Josh by the nose and proceeded to yell, "I GOT YOUR NOSE, I GOT YOUR NOSE." Clearing his throat, he put down the paper for a moment, "Perhaps it might be a good idea if you had something to coerce them into the cage with. Something like..."he flicked his wand towards the corner of the room and a large box balloons appeared (of course they weren't ordinary balloons)..."that" Lawson said pointing towards the box for Joshua to see.

Unfortunately so did the little mischevious creatures and they were onto the balloons in a flash. Each of them picked up a balloon and proceeded to throw them at Joshua. A few of them splattered against the wall behind the Gryffindor.

Oh!

No!

Was that treacle?

"Hmmm...maybe that wasn't such a good idea" he mused as he watched the treacle slide down the walls. Marcus picked up the paper once again and shrugged, oh well that was karma for you.