Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. If you want to talk to the owner, call J.K. Rowling. Then give me her number so I can talk to her about the death of one of my favorite characters. *I love you Sirius!!!*

Summary: James, Sirius, and Remus (as second years) go back to when the Weasley twins were second years (the year before Harry, Ron, and Hermione start). Can Hogwarts handle all five of them at once? Will they manage to run all the Slytherins out of Hogwarts? (I wish.) Please R&R!

A/N: I love reviewers!!! –hint– And if anyone wants to use any of the spells I create, just e-mail me: HorseElf9@netscape.net

I'm really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, REALLY sorry about taking so long to update!!!!!!!! *gasps for breath*

Hopefully this is a little longer than the last one!

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Chapter 4: Green Hair and Other Matters

The five of them trooped up to Gryffindor Tower. After one of the Weasley's gave the password ("Phoenix feather") to the Fat Lady, they all climbed through the portrait hole. They were met by an angry-looking boy with green hair and dreadlocks.

"What did you two do to my hair?!" he yelled, glaring at the twins.

George grinned. "Dyed it. What, you don't like it?"

Fred faked a hurt look. "We worked so hard on it…"

"…we even studied…"

"…and you don't like it. That's depressing, that is. All our hard work gone to waste."

The boy didn't let up on his glare. "I can't let Melissa see me with green hair!"

"Like she sees you at all," George muttered.

Apparently deciding that it was safer to drop the subject of Melissa, the boy looked at the three time-travelers who had been watching the scene with interest.. "Who are you?"

"Remus Lu-er…Thompson."

"Sirius Causs."

"James Cooper."

"Lee Jordan," the boy replied before turning back to the twins. "Why won't it wash out?" he asked, a bit calmer than he was before.

"It's Flitwick's fault, really," George said in tones of utmost reason. "He mentioned that charm. We couldn't resist trying it out."

Fred nodded his agreement. "Exactly. And you know that if it was anyone else you'd be laughing."

The corner of Lee's mouth quirked up. "Yeah," he admitted grudgingly. "How long until it wears off?"

The twins looked at each other and shrugged. "A few days…"

"…or a week…"

"…maybe a month…"

"A month?!?!" Lee's eyes bugged out slightly. "I'm gonna have green hair for a month?"

"Maybe less," Fred said quickly.

Lee's eyes narrowed. "You two are so dead."

"Can we deal with Snape first?" James asked.

"You're going to play a prank on Snape? You'll be in detention for the rest of your lives!" Lee was looking at them like they were mad. Remus silently agreed with him.

"We're just going to send him some mail," James said innocently.

Lee rolled his eyes-apparently he was so used to the Weasley's that innocent didn't fool him-and stormed up to the boys dormitories.

"Maybe we shouldn't have put that charm on his hair," Fred said, "I think it's affecting his brain."

George nodded. "Must've."

"Alright," James said briskly. "Shall we get started, then?"

"Does anyone have a Howler envelope?" Remus asked, apparently resigned to his fate.

"Yep," George said, pulling a bright red envelope out of his robes. "Mum keeps a pile of them, just in case we blow something up, or whatever," he explained, seeing the surprise on the time-travelers' faces.

"Better get to work then. Let me do the talking," Sirius said, grinning wickedly.

George surrendered the envelope, and they started trying to create a Howler for Snape. It took four tries-the first two were ruined by laughter, the third because Sirius forgot to disguise his voice.

Finally, they had a perfect Howler. Well, Snape wouldn't find it perfect, but all the pranksters, even Remus, agreed that it was going to be awesome when it started yelling at him in the middle of breakfast.

"Now all we need is an owl," Sirius said, looking at the twins. "Do you have one?"

"We normally use Lee's," Fred explained, "but that probably wouldn't be a good idea right now, considering the fact that he still has green hair."

"Any other boys in your dorm?" Remus asked.

The Weasley's exchanged evil grins. "None of them came back this year. We only played one or two harmless pranks…"

"…more like fifty…"

"…or a hundred…"

"…and they decided that they hated us and weren't coming back."

Remus shook his head, though a smile was tugging at his mouth. James and Sirius had done much the same thing to their fifth roommate, who had run off after about two or three months. "We better use a school owl, then. Let's go."

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Next chapter will be the Howler! Any one with ideas to what it should say, e-mail me, or put in your review! (Besides the usual "Slimy git" and "Wash your hair" comments.)

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Wow, NINE reviews!! *faints in shock*

Dfgdfg: Thanks! I'll try to keep the OC's to a minimum, but there will be some, sorry. As for Mary-Sues and self-insertions…well, there won't be any on purpose!

Perfect-Skye: My sixth grade math teacher really did make us sign our own detention slips. And the assistant principal's wondered why so few kids caused trouble in that class…

Tielle: Wow! I'm really glad you like it! Here's another chapter for you! I might let James & Co. stay 'til next year and then get sent back, or I may find another way for them to meet…I want Harry to meet James too!

Just Kidding Rowling: Glad you like it! Here's an update.

Angie-Lina: Here's Lee! Not sure how well I did him, but… *shrugs* Angelina and Alicia should show up next chapter, but I'm not making promises about Katie since she's a first year.

Dogstar-girl-16: I'm glad you like it! Darn it, you're right, Sirius and Remus are odd names. With Remus it won't matter, but with Sirius…well, I'm too lazy to change it. ^_~ And now that you've mentioned it, I've got an idea! *does a happy dance* Stay tuned to find out what it is…(It prolly sucks, but oh, well.)

Mihenna: Glad you think so! I'll do my best! (Caffeine rules… ^_~)

Fourthelement: heehee… I think I might use that, thanks! And see Tielle's reply.

Lily Stanley: Thanks. Here's an update!

Could any of you wonderful reviewers hop over to my other story, Before the Beginning? Pur-lease? If you hate it, feel free to go anonymous and flame it! But I'm all lonesome over there…Two chapters and only one review total. *cries* (And that muse is still mostly alive and mostly sane, whereas this one is going insane from prolonged contact with Gred and Forge. ^_~)