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Dangers in the past:
The next morning, Harry woke up early. Ryan and Daniel were still sleeping but that suited his plans perfectly. The twins had heard they were in the time of the marauders and had made a bet with him about who would get detention first. Harry had assured them he was perfectly capable to get into trouble first and they had agreed to give him some of their products for free if he did it. Knowing the marauders he had planned on doing something that morning at breakfast, just to be sure they would not get in trouble before him. Harry quickly got dressed and took out a large package out of his trunk along with his father's cloak. Silently he left his rooms, careful not to wake Derek, who was sprawled in front of the fire, and began to head to the kitchens. Half a way he saw Ron and Hermione walking to his room. He looked around and seeing no one he took of the cloak. Ron and Hermione looked a little startled at his sudden appearance but just smiled at him. Hermione looked him over
carefully.
"Good morning, how are you feeling?" Harry rose an eyebrow at her.
"Fine, why do you ask?"
"You looked a little out of it yesterday." Harry nodded more to himself than to his friends, his thoughts on the day before were hazy at best. He could remember talking to the marauders and then going away with Ryan, Daniel and Ethan, but not much more.
"Yeah, I guess you're right, but don't worry, I'm fine. Where were you guys going?" Ron smiled at him.
"We wanted to see your room before going to breakfast. And where were you going?" Harry got a mischievous look and smirked at them.
"Fred and George challenged me to get a detention before the marauders, I was planning to get this to everyone's breakfast this morning." He opened the package he had been carrying and showed what was inside to his friends. Ron's grins matched his own when he saw what was inside, it was one of his brothers last inventions. It looked like regular beacon but when you ate it you became of a colour that changed with your mood, since it took a while to take effect more people could be changed before anyone became suspicious. It lasted for several hours and they hadn't found a way to reverse it back. Hermione frowned but Harry talked to her, anticipating her protest.
"Look, Hermi, we are stuck here and we have to make the best of it. In a few weeks we'll be back and we will have to act responsible once again, here we don't need to uphold any reputation. I don't care about they think about me, neither does Ron and neither should you. The only ones who might care are Ryan, Daniel and Ethan, and since they have all done much worse they don't really have a say in the matter."
"Except in giving us detention." Even though she was being sarcastic a large grin had replaced her frown. "What are we waiting for?" Her friends smiled happily at her. Harry enlarged the cloak, not wanting anyone to see them and get suspicious and they continued walking towards the kitchen.
Ryan and Daniel had been worried about Harry when they didn't see him in his room that morning, and were therefor relieved to see him sitting at the gryffindor table talking quietly with Ron and Hermione, waiting for breakfast to start. It was on of the things that had changed at Hogwarts through the years. In this time they were expected to have all meals together instead to be able to appear at different times. The trio was waiting excitedly for everyone to start eating, Hermione had brought her camera and was eagerly waiting her chance at getting some nice pictures for the twins. The first one to change was McGonagall, with a shriek she saw her arm turn to a deep orange colour. Everyone looked at her astounded, but quickly more and more people started to change. Harry was laughing so hard his sides hurt, the marauders were looking dumbfounded, noticing their green colour, Harry supposed they were wondering who had been able to pull such a prank besides themselves. Harry
saw Hermione laughing while holding up her camera, taking shots from different people at the hall, mostly in the general direction of the teachers table. Ron suddenly grabbed his arm and pointed to the slytherin table, where Harry recognised a young Snape completely black from anger, he had his wand out and was trying to remove the colour to no avail. After having had a good laugh about his future professor, Harry looked at the professors table and quickly nudged Hermione.
"McGonagall's coming, hid your camera." Hermione nodded and did as he had said, Harry also warned Ron and they all tried to look innocent, that was actually a hard thing to do since they were about the only ones who had not eaten the food, and so hadn't got any colour. After McGonagall, came Daniel, and by the purple colour of his robes, Harry could tell he was not in a good mood, he didn't doubt he would get in big trouble with the werewolf, but at least it had been worth. McGonagall finally reached them and she turned to the marauder. In a dangerous soft voice she asked:
"Ok, who of your four did it? And how can we change back?" The boys looked genuinely confused, nearly sending the trio into hysterics again. James finally spoke.
"We have no idea who did this, professor, but we sure as hell would like to know." The woman obviously didn't believe them and was about to say so when Daniel put a calming hand on her shoulder. She turned around and looked at him questioningly.
"What is it, Daniel?" But the man was looking sternly at Harry, Ron and Hermione, who shifted nervously under his glare, it wasn't often they found themselves on the werewolf's bad side. Harry briefly wondered why his professor was in such bad mood, after all he usually just reproved their pranks.
"And may I ask who of you three did it?"
"Daniel, I really don't think they did this, you don't know the marauders, they..." Daniel didn't let her finish.
"The boys say they didn't do it, and you don't know the mischievous trio, is they put their minds on it, I'm sure they could give the marauders a run for their money." He looked back at the three children, who were listening with bowed heads, trying to hid their grins. "I'm still expecting an answer." Hermione looked up innocently and said.
"All three of us, professor."
"Why doesn't that surprise me? Very well you've earned a detention and ten points from gryffindor each. Now, could you please tell us how to change this?" Harry suppressed his smile and said.
"You don't." Daniel, Minerva and everyone who was listening narrowed their eyes.
"Meaning?"
"It will go away in a few hours." Daniel drew a breath trying to calm himself, he hadn't had a good night sleep and the three of them were beginning to work on his nerves.
"That's not what I asked, Harry." Ron shrugged.
"It's the only way, my brothers haven't found a way to reverse it." Most of the students started to laugh, imagining having class with the colourful professors. Daniel and Minerva on the other hand scowled at them, not amused at all. Before they could say anything, Hermione caught sight of an angry red Ryan coming their way. Quickly grabbing her friends wrists she said.
"I've forgotten something in the tower, are you guys coming with me?" She began to drag the two surprised boys out of the great hall, passing rows of laughing students. Once outside she didn't let go of them but rather started to walk to the kitchens.
"Herm, what's wrong." Harry gasped behind her, trying to keep up with her pace.
"Ryan was on his way to the table and judging for his red colour, he wasn't happy with us. I decided a tactical retreat was in order." Then they heard quick footsteps approaching. Understanding it was probably Ryan, Harry brought out the invisibility cloak, and covered himself and his two friends with it. Not a minute later, Ryan raced down the hall, obviously trying to catch them. When he finally disappeared around a corner, Harry put his cloak down and sniggered softly.
"He certainly was not in a good mood. I think we should head to class, we don't have defence right now, do we?" Hermione took out the piece of parchment they had got before breakfast and shook her head.
"No, we have charms, we might as well be early, we need to win back all those points." Then she grinned evilly. "I can't wait to reveal those pictures, it's going to be hilarious." Laughing the trio went to class.
To be continued...
Author's notes: Thanks for all reviews.
Dangers in the past:
The next morning, Harry woke up early. Ryan and Daniel were still sleeping but that suited his plans perfectly. The twins had heard they were in the time of the marauders and had made a bet with him about who would get detention first. Harry had assured them he was perfectly capable to get into trouble first and they had agreed to give him some of their products for free if he did it. Knowing the marauders he had planned on doing something that morning at breakfast, just to be sure they would not get in trouble before him. Harry quickly got dressed and took out a large package out of his trunk along with his father's cloak. Silently he left his rooms, careful not to wake Derek, who was sprawled in front of the fire, and began to head to the kitchens. Half a way he saw Ron and Hermione walking to his room. He looked around and seeing no one he took of the cloak. Ron and Hermione looked a little startled at his sudden appearance but just smiled at him. Hermione looked him over
carefully.
"Good morning, how are you feeling?" Harry rose an eyebrow at her.
"Fine, why do you ask?"
"You looked a little out of it yesterday." Harry nodded more to himself than to his friends, his thoughts on the day before were hazy at best. He could remember talking to the marauders and then going away with Ryan, Daniel and Ethan, but not much more.
"Yeah, I guess you're right, but don't worry, I'm fine. Where were you guys going?" Ron smiled at him.
"We wanted to see your room before going to breakfast. And where were you going?" Harry got a mischievous look and smirked at them.
"Fred and George challenged me to get a detention before the marauders, I was planning to get this to everyone's breakfast this morning." He opened the package he had been carrying and showed what was inside to his friends. Ron's grins matched his own when he saw what was inside, it was one of his brothers last inventions. It looked like regular beacon but when you ate it you became of a colour that changed with your mood, since it took a while to take effect more people could be changed before anyone became suspicious. It lasted for several hours and they hadn't found a way to reverse it back. Hermione frowned but Harry talked to her, anticipating her protest.
"Look, Hermi, we are stuck here and we have to make the best of it. In a few weeks we'll be back and we will have to act responsible once again, here we don't need to uphold any reputation. I don't care about they think about me, neither does Ron and neither should you. The only ones who might care are Ryan, Daniel and Ethan, and since they have all done much worse they don't really have a say in the matter."
"Except in giving us detention." Even though she was being sarcastic a large grin had replaced her frown. "What are we waiting for?" Her friends smiled happily at her. Harry enlarged the cloak, not wanting anyone to see them and get suspicious and they continued walking towards the kitchen.
Ryan and Daniel had been worried about Harry when they didn't see him in his room that morning, and were therefor relieved to see him sitting at the gryffindor table talking quietly with Ron and Hermione, waiting for breakfast to start. It was on of the things that had changed at Hogwarts through the years. In this time they were expected to have all meals together instead to be able to appear at different times. The trio was waiting excitedly for everyone to start eating, Hermione had brought her camera and was eagerly waiting her chance at getting some nice pictures for the twins. The first one to change was McGonagall, with a shriek she saw her arm turn to a deep orange colour. Everyone looked at her astounded, but quickly more and more people started to change. Harry was laughing so hard his sides hurt, the marauders were looking dumbfounded, noticing their green colour, Harry supposed they were wondering who had been able to pull such a prank besides themselves. Harry
saw Hermione laughing while holding up her camera, taking shots from different people at the hall, mostly in the general direction of the teachers table. Ron suddenly grabbed his arm and pointed to the slytherin table, where Harry recognised a young Snape completely black from anger, he had his wand out and was trying to remove the colour to no avail. After having had a good laugh about his future professor, Harry looked at the professors table and quickly nudged Hermione.
"McGonagall's coming, hid your camera." Hermione nodded and did as he had said, Harry also warned Ron and they all tried to look innocent, that was actually a hard thing to do since they were about the only ones who had not eaten the food, and so hadn't got any colour. After McGonagall, came Daniel, and by the purple colour of his robes, Harry could tell he was not in a good mood, he didn't doubt he would get in big trouble with the werewolf, but at least it had been worth. McGonagall finally reached them and she turned to the marauder. In a dangerous soft voice she asked:
"Ok, who of your four did it? And how can we change back?" The boys looked genuinely confused, nearly sending the trio into hysterics again. James finally spoke.
"We have no idea who did this, professor, but we sure as hell would like to know." The woman obviously didn't believe them and was about to say so when Daniel put a calming hand on her shoulder. She turned around and looked at him questioningly.
"What is it, Daniel?" But the man was looking sternly at Harry, Ron and Hermione, who shifted nervously under his glare, it wasn't often they found themselves on the werewolf's bad side. Harry briefly wondered why his professor was in such bad mood, after all he usually just reproved their pranks.
"And may I ask who of you three did it?"
"Daniel, I really don't think they did this, you don't know the marauders, they..." Daniel didn't let her finish.
"The boys say they didn't do it, and you don't know the mischievous trio, is they put their minds on it, I'm sure they could give the marauders a run for their money." He looked back at the three children, who were listening with bowed heads, trying to hid their grins. "I'm still expecting an answer." Hermione looked up innocently and said.
"All three of us, professor."
"Why doesn't that surprise me? Very well you've earned a detention and ten points from gryffindor each. Now, could you please tell us how to change this?" Harry suppressed his smile and said.
"You don't." Daniel, Minerva and everyone who was listening narrowed their eyes.
"Meaning?"
"It will go away in a few hours." Daniel drew a breath trying to calm himself, he hadn't had a good night sleep and the three of them were beginning to work on his nerves.
"That's not what I asked, Harry." Ron shrugged.
"It's the only way, my brothers haven't found a way to reverse it." Most of the students started to laugh, imagining having class with the colourful professors. Daniel and Minerva on the other hand scowled at them, not amused at all. Before they could say anything, Hermione caught sight of an angry red Ryan coming their way. Quickly grabbing her friends wrists she said.
"I've forgotten something in the tower, are you guys coming with me?" She began to drag the two surprised boys out of the great hall, passing rows of laughing students. Once outside she didn't let go of them but rather started to walk to the kitchens.
"Herm, what's wrong." Harry gasped behind her, trying to keep up with her pace.
"Ryan was on his way to the table and judging for his red colour, he wasn't happy with us. I decided a tactical retreat was in order." Then they heard quick footsteps approaching. Understanding it was probably Ryan, Harry brought out the invisibility cloak, and covered himself and his two friends with it. Not a minute later, Ryan raced down the hall, obviously trying to catch them. When he finally disappeared around a corner, Harry put his cloak down and sniggered softly.
"He certainly was not in a good mood. I think we should head to class, we don't have defence right now, do we?" Hermione took out the piece of parchment they had got before breakfast and shook her head.
"No, we have charms, we might as well be early, we need to win back all those points." Then she grinned evilly. "I can't wait to reveal those pictures, it's going to be hilarious." Laughing the trio went to class.
To be continued...
Author's notes: Thanks for all reviews.