After Christmas comes New Years... normally at least, and this year was no different, but you never can tell. Albus had decided to put a little shindig together as usual. However this year he invited the students to participate in it. After all, Severus Snape and Aurora Sinistra couldn't get drunk so what could possibly happen. The Headmaster had gone all out on his plans for the night. He had sent everyone invitations and on these invitations he confirmed the dress for the event would be formal.
Severus was on his usual rounds. While he was walking around the castle anyways he was heading to the kitchens to score a little snack. Making invisibility potions took a lot out of him. Especially when he had his girlfriend as a companion, it was hard to concentrate on work. Well, what Severus didn't know was that at that moment there were two redheads in his private storage room.
These two redheads were, as you may have guessed, were Weasleys, but not just any Weasleys, they were none other than Fred and George. They however didn't realize that they were quite the loud walkers and that Sinistra was in Snape's private laboratory. Needless to say they were caught red-handed. In fact they were stealing the exact thing that the potions master had told the astronomy professor to procure while he was in the kitchen. They were two busy in their quarreling to see Sinistra sneak up on them.
"Fred, George Weasley, what in the heavens name are you two doing rifling through Professor Snape's private stock?" She asked and the boys jumped about a mile.
"Oh, shit!"
"How very eloquent of you Mr. Weasley." Sinistra said with a small grin. "Don't worry we will wait for Professor Snape to return and then we can come up with something." She herded the twins into Snape's office and there they waited for his imminent return. Severus strode into his office with his robe billowing and he first saw the identical redheaded twins, and he knew precisely what they had been up to. Snape had already formulated a plan and punishment.
"Ten points each, boys," he sneered entering the small office and glancing at Professor Sinistra, "however we may be able to make an arrangement because I just know that you wouldn't want to be in detention on the first day back after Christmas."
"No, Sir?"
"We need someone to help us at the New Years party, and you two are just the two to help us." Sinistra explained as Snape left checked the potions. "We will be in contact…oh and mums the word." The twins left in silence to ponder that night's event.
Let the plotting begin. Now with everyone plotting against everyone else this was to be an interesting night. Fred and George had indeed been contacted by Professor Sinistra and told them of the arrangements. They were to visit the house elves and drop a vial of the invisibility potion into the pumpkin juice. They had to do this because Dumbledore suspected them and banned Snape from the kitchens.
So around five that day Fred and George snuck into the kitchens. George distracted Dobby and the other elves asking for food and at the same time Fred poured the potion into the juice. Professor Snape had not told them what the potion was, but George being an exceptional potion student knew that it was some form of an invisibility potion. After doing this they were supposed to report back to the dungeons.
They went back to the dungeons and told of their success, they were taking their role very seriously; they were reminded that dinner would be held early that night. The twins left and met Hermione and Parvati in front of the great hall.
"What were you doing?" Hermione asked.
"Nothing," the twins responded simultaneously.
"Oh, that's comforting," Parvati declared and the four of them walked in to the great hall.
In preparation for the party Hermione Granger broke a rule willingly… without any evil beings in the school. She snuck all the Gryffindor girls into the prefect's bathroom. They entered right after dinner and stayed there until a half an hour before the dance started. They took the marauder's map with them so they could sneak back into their dorms without the boys seeing them.
Meanwhile in the dungeons Severus Snape was standing in his living room grumbling. It seemed that he had been kicked out of his room by two female professors. He had come out of his shower wearing only a black fluffy towel when Fleur, who greeted him like normal, passed him. He and Sinistra had exchanged words over this situation.
"I don't see why you can't change in your own rooms, or perhaps Fleur's?"
"Your rooms have better light than mine and Remus and Sirius are in Fleur's. Git," came her exasperated reply.
"Everyone's rooms have better light than your own." He sneered.
"You don't scare me anymore Severus," she said, she was still laughing as she shut his door behind her.
"Kicked out of my own room by a loud-mouthed broad," he muttered.
"I heard that!" Snape scowled at the door when it was opened and Sinistra threw his clothes out of the bedroom for him to change.
Remus and Sirius were plotting amongst themselves. Minerva's plan was too begin on the first day back, and unfortunately for Sirius he had to leave that day. Well, he still is on the lam. So they were going to get Snape tonight as well. Earlier that day they brew a nice little truth potion and were going to slip it in his drink and let Snape entertain them. They also had some other tricks up their sleeves.
The party was to promptly begin at eight that night, but when you have a school full of prima donnas, each trying to one up the others this was bound to be a problem. Eight came and went and the students and a few of the teachers were in the great hall. Sprout and Flitwick were there; Trelawney and Hargid and the other professors were checking the food for jokes and watching the Weasley twins.
Around ten after eight Mad-Eye Moody escorted McGonagall into the Great hall. Moody was dress up in bright green robes and he clashed horridly with McGonagall's light red robes. She was still as prudent as ever. The Headmaster and Madame Pomfry shortly followed them. Poppy was wearing light yellow robes and Albus was wearing orange and yellow-checkered robes with red flames leaping up at the bottom and there were black fringes on the sleeves. It was postivly painful to look from him to Moody.
At eight thirty p.m. Fleur entered with both Remus and Sirius on her arms. They were pretending to fight over her. She was wearing light purple robes, and Remus was wearing a set of pale blue robes that he got for Christmas. Sirius was still under a glamour charm; he was wearing red and gold robes. Everyone had arrived but the potions and astronomy professors. That was just the way they wanted it to be for their grand entrance.
Five minutes after the last entrance the doors of the Great hall flew open. Severus strode in at his full height. In the black and silver robes he looked positively regal. On his arm in deep blue robes with sliver clasps in the shape of a quarter moon, was Sinistra. The deep blue highlighted her burgundy colored hair. The two of them made quite the sight.
The potion that Snape had concocted took a half an hour to begin. And by the time that they arrived most everyone had drunken some. Including the Weasley twins. A small batch of the counter-potion had been brewed and Severus kept that vial in his breast pocket. While mingling Sinistra managed to add another potion into the drinks of McGonagall and Moody. This was a youth potion; it would make the two geezers act as seventeen-year-old students. The result was actually quite horrific.
McGonagall grinding with Moody was a most unwelcome sight to be held. The night got worse when they started groping each other on the dance floor. Thankfully after that they went back to dirty dancing. One of the most amusing incidents of the night happened when Minerva was grinding, Moody disappeared. This happened quite often that night; people kept popping in and out at what proved to be the most inopportune times.
"Snape," a familiar voice drawled.
"Black," Snape sneered as the other man sat down next to Sinistra, "Oh please do join us."
"Severus would you care to dance?" Sinistra asked, her eyes pleading with him.
"Oh yes do go, Snape," came the cheeky reply accompanied by the trademark grin. Snape stood up and let Aurora lead him on to the dance floor. As Snape was dancing Sirius was placing the truth potion in his juice. Coincidently as Sirius drugged the potions master, Minerva and Moody wanted to have some fun as well. So they changed his robes to match those of Sirius'. Unfortunately Severus didn't notice this until he sat back down. After his robes were changed back he shot a murderous glare across the room at the Minerva. It took Minerva and Moody quite awhile to come up with that because Mad-eye wanted to turn Snape into a ferret. That man has an unnatural fetish towards ferrets.
Severus sat back down at his table. The great hall was made up of many small tables spread all over the room, most holding four to six persons. Unfortunately for Snape, Remus and Fleur had joined Sirius at the table. Those two had also been dancing but when they saw Minerva flirting shamelessly with any male thing that moved they had to contain their laughter; that and witnessing the looks that Sprout kept tossing at Snape.
"I always knew that under that stuffy exterior McGonagall was just another hussy." Snape said as he watched Moody threaten rather loudly to turn Flitwick into something unnatural for as he put it 'moving in on his woman'.
"Oh yes, she is a tramp." Sinistra remarked shaking her head. Snape started drinking his pumpkin juice, after one he got a intense look of concentration on his face as if he was trying to figure something out. After he swallowed the juice his head go a little fuzzy for a moment. He slammed the glass down on the table attracting some attention.
"Bloody hell," he hissed, "that was veritasirum." His eye glimmered dangerously at the innocent looking Remus and Sirius. Poor Severus tried to get away, but no our gryffindors decided it would be fun to bind him to the chair while they pumped him for information. They finally found out where he hid Sirius' favorite pink teddy bear, and Remus' rubber ducky, and James' little blanket while they were at school. They also found some good dirt on the professor.
Meanwhile Sinistra and Fleur were talking about men when Minerva joined them and tried to get them to help her start a game of spin the bottle. They quickly turned her down and ran.
"So what did Snape get you for Christmas anyways."
"I already told you, these robes." She said looking over towards the table where their dates were sitting. "What in Merlin's name are they doing over there?"
"I have no clue, but I think we should go and put a stop to it." The two professors walked over to the table and stood there with their arms crossed staring down at Sirius and Remus.
"And what is going on here?" Fleur asked.
"Nothing Fleur, we are just having a conversation with Sev here." Fleur and Sinistra raised their eyebrows. Sirius untied Snape who went to the head table in a swirl of robes. Leaving one pissed off Sinistra to deal with the offenders getting out her wand she hit them both with an itching curse. She then joined Severus at the head table, leaving the boys to their fate with the defense of dark arts professor.