Susan and Hannah turned from the comic styling's of Ferret and the Weasel to the two boys on the table opposite them, each of whom were smiling in a way that would put any and all canary catching felines to shame. In point of fact, if they hadn't seen it before, there would have been some concern that Harry's mouth would extend all the way round his head and it would just fall off.
"Okay you two, spill, how did you get them to be so emotionally engaged in this, I mean Weasley over there looks like he's about to burst a blood vessel."
Harry looked to Neville, bowing his head and raising his arms to the two ladies across from them. The boy colored, but said, "Well, you just have to tie the compulsion in with something the person already feels. Everyone knows how much that boy loves his quidditch, so compelling him to be into this wasn't hard, the hard part was Malfoy. Harry and I kept trying to come up with a way to get him to play the straight man and not object to the whole thing and break the spell, then it hit us, he loves feeling superior to others, so we tied it into that and it worked out fine as you can see."
Hermione looked like a body attached to a bushy brown lump on the table, slow bangs could be heard from where she sat.
Muffled by her hair, she said, "Who's on first? Why? Why am I friends with you monsters."
"Aw Hermione," Harry said, patting her shoulder gently, "You would be bored to tears without us to keep you entertained and outraged."
The bushy brown lump groaned and began banging her head on the table again. Harry patted her shoulder gently again and looked back up to the front of the room. Dumbledore seemed amused, as did most of the professors, even the still new and crazy Snape. Professor Sprout looked like she was giving Dumbledore's normal eye twinkle a run for its money, and McGonagall looked like she was caught between laughter and murderous disapproval. Harry strongly suspected from her facial expression that a stroke was imminent.