Chapter 37

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James, Sirius and Remus sat smiling at their places in the great hall for breakfast. They were silent and McGonagall had a look in her eye that screamed that she knew what they were doing and if her theory was proved correct then her ex-students would be in so much trouble.

James had contacted Fred and George Weasley and the marauders, Harry and the Weasley twins had worked together to get supplies for the prank. Fred and George had been in awe of their teachers being their heroes until Sirius threatened to prank them. They had been more than happy to help and they sat there with massive grins on their faces. Ron and Hermione were the only others who knew about it and they sat there paying a lot of attention for an early Sunday morning.

They waited for the arrival of the Slytherin's head of house. Everyone else had confused and happy looks on their faces, Snape was always present at school eating times; it was just another thing that three out of the four houses hated about him. Some of the Slytherins were shrugging at each other and returning to their meals.

"POTTER!" An almighty and outraged scream shook the whole hall and everyone fell silent and Colin Creevey's camera flashing was the only sound and movement in the room.

At the doors stood Severus Snape, dressed in pink pyjamas and bald. An arrow hovered above his head with the message "Kick me! Slytherins drool and Gryffindor's rule!"

The whole hall burst out into laughter; even the majority of the teachers.

"Where are my clothes?" Snape outraged as he ran to the front in a humiliating shade of pink that no-one would ever wear if they were in their right mind (well, maybe with the exception of Umbridge).

"You are wearing your clothes, Snape." James commented and casually ate a mouthful of toast.

"No. Firstly, these are the wrong colour. You have gone and bloody enchanted my pyjamas this awful colour! I can't even change them back. And then I find no other clothes in my wardrobe! Then to top it all off you've taken my hair! You've ruined my life!" Snape exclaimed.

Sirius smiled pleasantly "In my opinion the hair wasn't really working for you. And pink suits you, what do you think, Rem?" Sirius turned to his brother.

"Oh, definitely; I have to say, just this once, I completely agree with you, Sirius. The robes weren't highlighting your attributes nearly enough, Pink goes so well with your... erm... ears? And can I also add that I love your little note, really appreciate your honesty." Remus pointed at the sign floating above Snape's head.

"Fix. This. Now." Snape seethed dangerously.

"Sorry, but are you stereo-typing us. Just because we have a joker's presence about us does not mean that we would prank on such an innocent person such as yourself." Sirius asked.

"I'm hurt." James said with a hand on his heart.

And to top it off at that moment Snape's skin turned green.

"This is enough! James Potter, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin! I expected better of you! You are not students anymore. I will not tolerate you going back to your old ways. You will reverse all of this and you have a detention with me for the rest of the week." McGonagall said sternly.

"But Professor, You can't! We're teachers!" Sirius protested.

"Well you aren't behaving like teachers. Change Professor Snape back and apologise." She said.

James, Sirius and Remus reluctantly waved their wands and the only thing that didn't change was the green skin.

"What about the skin!" Snape demanded.

"We thought you liked the colour green!" Sirius said sweetly.

"Change it!" Snape ordered.

Remus waved his wand and Snape was back to normal.

Snape glared at them as they quietly muttered their apologies.

Snape turned on the spot and strode out. But he was followed by sniggers as everyone saw that on the back of his now black pyjamas there was a pink rabbit holding a sign which read "Kick me!"

Once he left McGonagall eyed a certain part of the Gryffindor table and then said strictly "Mr Potter junior, and Mr and Mr Weasley!" the three sank down in their chairs.

"Am I right in assuming that you are somehow involved in these shenanigans?" she asked, walking over to the three.

They stayed silent.

"Can any of you last even one term without causing trouble?" she asked.

They just smiled sheepishly.

"Mr Potter senior, I would appreciate it if you didn't attempt to turn your son into a trouble maker like you." McGonagall said.

"I wasn't! The green paint was actually his idea!" James defended.

"Ah, so he was involved, thank you." McGonagall smiled while James pouted.

"You three will join your accomplices in detention for the week." She said and went to sit back in her seat as the three boys grumbled.

Throughout the whole exchange nobody noticed that McGonagall had a glint of laughter and pride in her eyes. She sat and smiled down at her porridge as noise and excitement returned to the hall.

"Colin, can you get me a copy of that picture?" Harry asked then saw looks on other's faces. "Actually can Fred, George, Ron, Seamus, Dean and my dad and uncles have one too? Thanks mate!" Harry said with a smile at Colin's eager nod.

That evening Harry, James, Sirius and Remus made their way to the transfiguration part of the classroom.

"Oh, before we go in, I got Colin to make a copy of this picture! Everyone else got theirs earlier." Harry exclaimed and handed the others the picture of Snape standing screaming "POTTER!" over and over again and in his prank dress. Sirius laughed so hard he cried and they all tucked the picture into their pockets.

"I'm keeping this for blackmail." Sirius said.

"Sirius, do not teach Harry that blackmail is right!" James said.

Sirius just shrugged and they walked into the classroom where Fred and George sat at the front desks and McGonagall sat at her desk marking work. She acknowledged them. Sirius and Remus sat on the desk behind Fred and George and James and Harry sat on the one behind them. James threw an arm around Harry's chair and smiled at his son. Harry smiled back and they sat there for an hour mouthing a conversation about Quidditch to each other. Sirius and Remus had been attempting to push each other off their seats for half an hour till McGonagall snapped at them and then used the other half to kick each other under the table and try to make the other one make a noise and be told off. Remus won, he was told off twice and Sirius was told off four times. Fred and George had spent the hour writing up plans for a new invention under the desk.

One thing Harry knew was that Snape was going to give him hell tomorrow in Potions, but he couldn't help but think it was worth it.

Author's note: Hello! Thank you for reading and please review! I hope you enjoyed it. No offence to people who like the colour pink, just think about Snape wearing your least favourite shade of pink . Sorry I haven't updated in a few days but I was thinking of what to write. I have also been ill so I have been sleeping off a cough and a cold (I write this as I have another coughing fit... I really don't like coughing one bit.) I hope you enjoyed it! Thank you!