Ottery St Catchpole, Devon. The Burrow
As always it was chaos in the Weasley family home. But seeing as the house itself was being held by magic instead of falling apart that seemed to be the norm there.
Every summer the children spend a lot of time De-gnoming the yard. This type of magical garden gnome were similar to moles. They dug in the earth and eat the roots of plants and vegetables.
Garden Gnomes were strange magical creatures not to be mistaken for Magical Gnomes. It was the same situation with Goblins. Magical Goblins and Gnomes were sentient and intelligent. Ironically enough both went into the Banking Business except that the Gnomes led a real bank in Switzerland instead of a Deposit Box like the Goblins did.
Garden Gnomes looked like a potato with arms and legs. They could reach a size of approximately one foot . They were usually brown in color and had disproportionately large heads along with hard and bony feet. Although not dangerous creatures, they had razor sharp teeth and tended to bite if provoked.
Most low income families used a Jarvey, a magical beast resembling an overgrown ferret to hunt down the garden gnomes. But some didn't because of their 'brutal' methods.
The richer wizarding families had wards against magical gnomes. As did the Weasleys. The oldest son Bill Weasley was a Curse Breaker. He had an extensive knowledge of wards and put some up to better protect his parent's house.
Molly disabled that particular ward to keep her children busy so they don't cause too much trouble. After all if they don't have any free time then there is no time for trouble to be caused.
"Stupid gnomes and stupid yard." Ron Weasley was cursing under his breath as he grabbed a gnome and spun it around making it dizzy before throwing it over the fence. "Why do I have to do stupid work like this?"
"Its because you are stupid" Fred replied as he kicked a gnome over the fence like you would a ball
"Stupid people do stupid jobs, that's the truth of this world" George grabbed a gnome by the legs spun around a few times and chucked it high in the air. "That's why Percy is at home studying and not doing this"
(Ayo, spitting facts. Didn't realize until i wrote it, man my mind is messed up)
"Oh yeah!" Ron clenched his fist in anger and looked at his two older brothers "Then why are you two doing it huh!?"
The twins turned to Ron and replied at the same time ""We got busted trying to prank Percy""
"Unlucky timing it was"
"Can't believe Mum saw us in the act"
Ron huffed and turned away and continued to whine and curse blaming everybody for his troubles except himself.
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Later that night everybody had gone to sleep except the twins who snuck out of home. They went a bit further away at some hills and went to the lowest point between several hills and were somewhat hidden
"Its time, handsome brother of mine who shares the same face" George said with a smirk hiding his nervousness
"Yes, we have tried all methods available to us to prank Harry Potter and his hottie nightmare bodyguard."
"Yet.." "..all have failed"
"So now.." ".. we seek the guidance of the true King of Pranks"
"To our Lord.." ".. and savior"
"" God of Mischief Loki"
The twins in their tough times decided to pray to Loki for an answer to their problems. Everybody could be pranked even Gods. Loki had proven that. They refused to believe that they could not prank Harry Potter.
Loki doesn't require a specific way to Pray to him. You make a fire and throw in anything to show your sincerity, you must be true and not lie in the slightest, you have to focus on honesty, authenticity, and a willingness to embrace both the positive and negative aspects of life
Loki is a complicated god. He is the God of Magic, Mischief and Lies. Yet he dislikes being lied to. Even if he decides to help, sometimes his help might make things even worse.
Since they were asking for help in a prank the twins decided to sacrifice a few few of their original prank items as well as some Zonko products. Along with a list of pranks they attempted on Harry and Hope that failed.
"" Hear us Loki God of Mischief! Two of your followers ask for your call to prank someone! ""
~ Asgard. Prince Loki's Chambers.
Loki, that's a name everybody has heard at least once in their life. And that was for ordinary humans. For the supernatural side, it represented power and cunning.
Loki the God of Magic, Mischief and Trickery. A prince of Asgard and one of the greatest mages who currently lives. Even among other Gods of Magic.
Gods of Magic mostly focus on power or impressive magical feats. Loki is more suited for subtly crazy things. Gods will place a big magical barrier to block everything from escaping. Loki will place a barrier that acts as a maze for anyone looking to disable it.
Gods will use elemental magic to pressure you into giving up. Loki will change the battlefield to increase the gravity while also slowly draining your strength to watch you suffer until you drop. And so forth and so forth. This is the biggest reason why people actually avoid fighting Loki.
He doesn't follow the usual rules. You are either strong or have strong magic and fight it out. Fighting Loki was a nightmare, he quite literally makes his opponents too annoyed or helpless so they give up and leave.
And said god was currently relaxing in his room. Loki is a well known shapeshifter. In fact he was shapeshifting since birth, every few centuries he would change up his look just to keep things fresh.
Currently he was a handsome man standing at 1.9 meters with a lean physique, he had shoulder length black hair and green eyes. Since he was in his room he wore casual clothing, comfortable dark green robes.
Loki's personal quarters were entirely personalized by him throughout his long life. His large king sized bed was made by Asgard best carpenters from wood he had personally gotten at Alfheim, he was much better received and treated there than Asgard. Here there are nothing but dumb brutes that have no brain, on Alfheim the elves use Seiðr (magic) and as an accomplished mage himself he was well respected.
He had plenty of bookcases filled with thick books and scrolls. The bookcases were also from wood from Alfheim. A particular type of wood along with enchantments to protect and preserve the books.
On the walls there were a few of his spoils in battle. Swords from warriors, staffs from mages. Horns, fangs and feathers from creatures he had defeated. Naturally these were the special and rare kinds of war spoils. Enchanted or very valuable. He wouldn't clutter his room with junk.
Loki was sitting on his chair reading the dozens of scattered papers and books on his desk. This was his method his way of learning. Loki thrives in chaos even in his every day life. He was working on a new magic spell he had been devising for one of his many, many schemes.
When suddenly he felt something. Something he hasn't felt in quite a while. Someone was praying to him.
'How long has been since I felt this? A few decades at least'
Loki waved his hand and a water mirror appeared in front of him. He focused his magic and an image appeared on his mirror, he saw two young children praying to him for guidance.
'These children posses Seiðr, so these are the wizards from Midguard I have heard about. A failed experiment of the devils of old. Lets see what they want'
Loki waved his hand and a flame appeared, all of the things the Weasley twins sacrificed appeared in front of Loki. A small smile appeared on his face once he saw the items. 'At least they know what to do'
Loki picked up the piece of parchment that was with the gifts. He read through the list of pranks the twins have done
'Interesting. Spells and items designed for pranking.' he kept reading down the list.
' Dungballs. Inching Powder.
Throwing up slugs... I'm trying this on Thor later.
Bat ears... seems silly but a harmless prank.
Canary Cream... turns the victim into a giant Canary, definitely using this one.'
As Loki went down the list he was getting more and more impressed by the ingenuity of these wizards. They have created a large variety of interesting spells solely for the purpose of pranking.
'And yet none of these have worked. Seems like the children have met their match Harry Potter was it? Wait i remember that name.. Yes it was on a report about the Devils looking for a boy who had created magical pots that accelerate the growth of plants'
Loki let out a little chuckle ' Ahh how nostalgic, doing pranks on people more powerful than you. Good times. Maybe I'll help out these children a bit. It would be interesting to watch and see what will happen. And they were generous with their gifts. I will be using those later. i haven't done a prank like this in ages'
Loki pointed his finger at a specific book and it floated to him. With a snap of his fingers an identical copy formed next to the book. It was a spell book that he had personally written. His first one in fact, when he was very young.
To him this book was filled with nothing but childish spells so it seemed appropriate to give as a gift to children. But what was childish to him was priceless to naive wizards like the twins who know nothing about the world.
The book is a guide to becoming a prankster. How to detect wards and traps, how to move undetected. How to notice when spells are being cast near them and most importantly. How to lie and get out of trouble. Everything one would need to become a competent thief/prankster.
He enchanted the book so it was only available to the twins and no one else. The book would be invisible to anyone under Peak High Class. And would return to them if it was taken and not immediately sealed.
Why did he go so far for an useless book? Because it would be more fun obviously. Even if someone noticed the book they would see his magical signature on it. He couldn't wait to see the faces on the fools who would try hard to break the book's enchantments only to realize it was a prank book for children.
Loki threw the book into the fire and turned to the mirror. In front of the twins a book shot up from the fire. They watched with clear awe in their faces. They opened the cover of the book and in there they saw the tittle.
' Pranks and Spells to cause Chaos. Written by Loki Laufeyson'
At this point the twins had tears streaming down their faces. They turned to the fire and gave a deep bow. ""We will make you proud!!!""
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