What was stranger than Neville pranking somebody was him and Hermione, teaming up to complete the twin's challenge.
Nobody knew how the partnership began.
Only that the pair turned up to dinner dressed as Slytherins and their bare feet painted. Hermione's feet were green and Neville's feet silver. The students acted as if it was perfectly normal for Hermione and Neville to pretend they were in Slytherin and walk around with paint on their feet.
The Professors, however, didn't see it that which led to Hermione and Neville ending up in McGonagall's office. Hermione pouted the whole way there, pointing out that Neville didn't have to go when he did it by himself.
"I don't know what has gotten into you two, nor do I care. But it stops now," Professor McGonagall began, glaring at the pair of Gryffindors. "You will start wearing your Gryffindor uniform. You will wear socks and shoes. You can sit at the Slytherin table if you desire, but that's entirely up to you,"
"As it is the opposite day, we are going to assume you want us to do the opposite of whatever you say, Professor," Hermione told her head of the house, ticking another challenge of the twins' list.
"There is no such thing as opposite day, Miss Granger," Professor McGonagall said.
"Are you calling Hermione a liar?" Neville asked in mock outrage.
"No, I am not calling Miss Granger a liar, Mister Longbottom," Professor McGonagall said, causing Hermione to put her head in her hands and to start fake sobbing.
"I can't believe you agreed that you called Hermione a liar," Neville said in fake shock.
"I said no such thing," Professor McGonagall protested, rubbing her forehead. She was beginning to get a headache.
"Today is opposite' day, which means everything you say is the opposite. But anything we say doesn't mean the opposite," Neville informed his head of the house.
Professor McGonagall sat back in her chair and sighed. It was clear to see she wasn't going to get any sense out of Hermione or Neville.
"Mister Longbottom, Miss Granger, just go to the Gryffindor common room," Professor McGonagall said, hoping whatever was going on would be over soon.
"So you want us to go to the Slytherin common room as Slytherin is the opposite of Gryffindor," Neville said, causing Hermione to look up.
"Mister Longbottom, go to Gryffindor or Slytherin. I don't care," Professor McGonagall said, gesturing for them to leave with her hand.
As the duo left their head of house office, they both wondered if anybody would let
them into the Slytherin's Common room, probably not.
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The Weasley twins had a saying, "If someone won't let you in, then break-in,"
So that's what the pair did. Hermione went around handing out toothbrushes to Slytherin students who were trying to relax. Neville was painting a unicorn taking a poop on Voldemort's head when Snape burst in and ruined their fun.
"Granger, Longbottom, out now and one hundred points from Gryffindor," Snape seethed. He wouldn't admit it, but he did find the portrait of the Dark Lord amusing.
"Rude. Not even a hello," Hermione told the potions master, who looked one step away from throttling her, which Hermione brushed off.
"Out!" He demanded.
"But if we leave, who will protect the Slytherins from the dinosaurs?" Neville asked. "Do you want a dinosaur to eat them?"
"Remember, children, brush your tooth, or a dinosaur will bite you," Hermione told a group of first years, handing them toothbrushes.
"Granger, Longbottom, if you aren't out of here in the next thirty seconds, you'll be in detention until you fifty now move it,"
The Slytherins watched, fascinated and horrified, as Hermione shouted, "Group hug," and then Neville and Hermione hugged Snape for ten seconds.
Before running like Lord Voldemort himself was chasing them.
Hermione grabbed and dragged Malfoy with her. He was too dumbfounded at seeing his Godfather getting hugged by Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom to put up a protest.
"Why did you bring Malfoy?" Neville asked.
"To use as a human shield if Snape finds us," Hermione replied, dodging a pair of Hufflepuff first years as she ran.
"Hey!" Draco protested. But secretly, he thought it was a very Slytherin thing to do.
"That is a genius idea, Mione," Neville said. "I'm pretty Snape isn't following us, so why are we still running?"
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Within twenty minutes, the whole of Hogwarts knew Hermione and Neville had hugged Snape. At first, Harry and Ron didn't believe it until they arrived back at the Gryffindor Common Room to find Hermione and Neville eating chocolate with Draco Malfoy.
"Why is the Ferrat in here?" Ron asked, glaring at Draco, who popped a piece of chocolate into his mouth, unfazed by it.
"He's our human shield and hostage in case Snape finds us," Hermione said, looking at Ron as if that answer was obvious to everyone. "He looked like he wanted to kill us and bury us in the forbidden forest when we hugged him."
"Why did you two hug Snape? It isn't one of the twin's challenges," Harry asked, putting his hand on Hermione's forehead to make sure she wasn't sick.
Hermione slapped his hand away.
"I was being creative. Fred and George would approve," Hermione explained. "Let me and Neville live our best lives."
"Yeah, let them live their best life," Draco agreed, mainly because he enjoyed winding up Ron Weasley. "Plus, the way those two are going, Slytherin is most definitely going to win the house cup this year."
Harry was beginning to believe that Draco was right. The pair had already lost Gryffindor a hundred points. Neither looked like they cared and were more than willing to lose more.
The pair had a mischievous glint in their eyes. They were most definitely planning to lose more.
"Maybe, next time, you and Neville can live your best life and not hug Snape," Ron suggested.