Waving his fake wand around, Peeves was basking in the glory of his new toy. He could pretend to zap people with it and majority of the time . . . they fell for it. For two seconds until they realized nothing happened at all.

For instance: incoming pair of students from the grounds; Peeves would brandish his wand and say 'Zap!' whereas one of the students would fall to his knees. For a second, when their friend shook their head. “C'mon! Get up silly! It's a fake!”

Peeves would walk away cackling and looking for the next zap victim.