After Roy had tricked them into drinking that poisonous chicken soup, the others immediately exploded, chasing him through the Forbidden Forest in a real-life game of "Dead by Daylight." In the end, Bill, being a Seeker, was the most agile. He lay in ambush behind a large tree and suddenly struck, catching the fast-running Roy in one swift move.
They pinned Roy to the ground and gave him a thorough "rubbing" until every one of them was panting from exhaustion. Only then did they let him go amid his repeated pleas for mercy.
By the time it had grown completely dark, those who had drunk the chicken soup were all starting to feel stomach pains. Roy, on the other hand, had drunk the most at first and vomited the hardest just now, yet he looked perfectly fine.
Bill took the twins back to the Gryffindor Common Room. Roy and the others had nothing else to do, and with classes tomorrow, they briefly tidied up their secret base before returning together to the Hufflepuff common room.
"Surprise!!!!!!"
The moment Roy and the others stepped into the common room, they were startled half to death by the Hufflepuff students who had been lying in wait.
No one knew where they had gotten the confetti poppers, but the instant Roy entered, they set them all off at once. Glittering colored scraps filled the air and landed all over his hair and clothes.
Roy, walking at the front, froze for a moment. When he came to his senses and saw that nearly the entire house was there, he thought it was some special occasion.
"Hey, is it Cedric's birthday today?"
Cedric was speechless. He had celebrated his birthday just last month and had even specifically invited Roy. It had barely been any time at