The first morning of the Christmas holidays dawned and the Hogwarts staff, minus Headmaster Albus Dumbledore and Divination professor Sybil Trelawney, congregated in the Staff Room.
"I don't know what Albus was thinking when he put those students together. He knows the animosity between my Gryffindors and Severus' Slytherins. There will eventually be a fight, probably between Mr Weasley and Mr Malfoy." Professor Minerva McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress, Transfiguration Professor and Head of Gryffindor House stated.
"Then it would be your precious little Lions that would start the trouble that might befall us in these holidays." Severus Snape, Potions Professor and Head of Slytherin House sneered in reply.
"Now, now you two, we have enough of the arguments between students, we don't need them between the staff as well. All I want is a peaceful Christmas, although that is unlikely with the Weasley Twins staying here." Filius Flitwick added. He was the diminutive Charms Professor and Head of Ravenclaw House and although he was the smallest staff member, the others appreciated the work that he put in.
"I agree with Filius." Pomona Sprout stated. Of the four Heads of Houses, The Head of Hufflepuff was the most laid back. She was the Herbology Professor and it always showed in the fact that there was always a smudge of dirt somewhere on her robes.
It was quite rare that students from each house stayed for the Christmas holidays so this year it had attracted the attention of the four Heads, although this year Albus had suggested his mad idea. This allowed the staff to aim more attention to the students as there would definitely be fights.
Harry Potter woke before anyone else in the Gryffindor Dorms so he grabbed a book, a random piece of parchment and headed down the stairs to the Gryffindor Common Room. He chose a seat by the fire and settled himself into it. Placing the tip of his wand on the piece of parchment, he whispered 'I solemnly swear I am up to no good' and sat back as the parchment slowly filled with lines.
Harry was looking at one of the only remaining legacies of the Marauders, four legendary pranksters that were only known as Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs. Another legacy of their pranks was one of the implements they used to conduct their business without being seen, a rare and powerful Invisibility Cloak. Hardly anyone knew about this cloak and it had been used with great success by each of the people it belonged to. Only Harry, Hermione and the Weasleys knew where it was at the moment, residing at the bottom of Harry's trunk in his dorm room.
Harry saw on the map, for that was what the parchment was; a magical map of Hogwarts which could show where in the castle people were, that Trelawney was in her tower, Dumbledore was in his office, the rest of the staff were in the staff room and the rest of the students were still in their beds.
Harry sighed, opened up his book and began to read.
Two hours later the rest of the students had arrived in the common room and the only movement Harry had made was to close the Marauders Map with a hurriedly whispered 'Mischief managed.'
Both Ron and Draco were stood staring at each other, obviously angry from the way their wands were raised and pointing at each others faces.
"You know, it was nice and peaceful here until this fight started. Why don't we all just get along for the holidays and then go back to how it was before." Harry stated without looking up from his book. Everyone stared at him as they didn't know that he had heard anything that had happened since the others arrived.
"It's this gits fault." Ron snarled.
"Are you sure about that Weasley?" Draco drawled, obviously amused by the situation.
"Why you… tarantallegra!" Ron yelled, aiming for Malfoy.
"Rictusempra!" was yelled at the same time.
The two spells flew towards the two people who cast them. Both dodged but they were both unlucky. The spells hit their wands and an unexpected result happened. Draco's wand jumped out of his hand, landed on the end and started to jump around as if it was dancing. Ron's wand, on the other hand, started quivering in his grip and was emitting a weird squeaking noise.
Luna summed up the event by saying "It seems Ron's wand is laughing while Draco's is trying to dance. How amusing."
At this bland statement the rest of the students started to laugh, including Harry who finally looked up from his book.
Throughout the day, whenever the two unlucky individuals tried to use their wands, they would once again have the same effect once again causing the students to laugh. Even the teachers laughed when they started again randomly at dinner. Fortunately the spells wore off that night and the two wands were back to normal.