At five to five we headed down to the Great Hall and sat down at the Gryffindor table for dinner. Sirius, Hermione, Fred and I sat on one side of the table and Remus, Ginny, George, Harry and Ron sat on the other side of the table. These were our groups for doing the prank. The group I was in was doing the first part of the prank and Remus' group was doing the second part of the prank.
The food appeared on our plates and we started to eat. Once everyone was sitting and eating Sirius said, "Now."
Sirius, Hermione, Fred and I stuck our wands under the table and put them together and we all said together, "Winsno adversant."
The ceiling of the great hall which was clear started to quickly cloud over and it started to snow in the Great Hall.
"Quick, before McGonagoll gets over here," said Sirius
Remus, Ginny, George, Harry and Ron pulled out their wands and said, "Swisiaso."
There was a pop and everyone that was jumping around trying to catch snow flakes looked up at the Head Table. Sitting in Dumbledore's spot was McGonagoll, and in McGonagoll's spot was Snape, and in Snape's spot was Flitwick.
"Ahhhhhhhh," screamed Snape who was sitting in McGonagoll's spot, "BLACK," Snape screamed.
"Sirius was laughing and stood up and pointed his wand at his throat and said, "Sonorus," his voice started to boom through the Great Hall, "Attention everyone," everyone turned to look at Sirius, "Okay so what we have done is switched the bodies of the teachers with the person sitting to the right of them. Hence, Dumbledore looks like McGonagoll, but it is really still Professor Dumbledore. Oh and I hope you like the taste of winter in September. Thank you and have a good night."
Sirius sat down and pointed his wand at his throat again and said, "Quietus."
Everyone that was from a Wizarding Family knew what was going on because every Wizarding family new about The Marauders, even if they didn't go to school with them. The students that were muggle born had no clue what was happening and most of the first years looked scared to see Professor Dumbledore looking like McGonagoll and Professor McGonagoll looking like Professor Snape, etc. Snape who looked like Flitwick was sitting there scowling at Sirius. McGonagoll looking like Snape stood up and walked over to the Gryffindor table.
"Black, Lupin, I thought you had changed," said McGonagoll slash Snape.
"A Marauder never changes Professor," replied Sirius who couldn't control his laughter seeing that he was talking to McGonagoll who looked like Snape.
"Okay, Black, Lupin, Potter, Potter, Granger, I expected more from you Ms. Granger, and you four Weasley's come with me."
Everyone stood up. Hermione was looking scared but Sirius went and put his arm over her shoulder. We all followed McGonagoll to her office and we all pile in. There was barely enough room for everyone to crowd into the room. We were packed like sardines.
"Okay, I'm really disappointed in you all, especially you Mr. Black and Mr. Lupin," said McGonagoll, "I'm going to take 50 points from Gryffindor-."
"50 bloody points, I never thought you would be that mean Minny, but I guess It's just Snape's personality coming out on you," said Sirius
"Don't ever call me Minny again Black," cried McGonagoll
"No problem Minny, and I believe when we did this prank you didn't take any points away from us, or give us any detention, so why are you doing that to these seven?" asked Sirius
"I didn't give you detention because you did the prank on the last night of your seventh year and there was no time to give you detention before you left Hogwarts forever and it wasn't like I could transfer the detentions over to the next year and I didn't take any points away from you because the house cup had already been awarded," screeched McGonagoll
"Alright Minny, you don't have to get all hyper on us," cooed Sirius
"Stop calling me Minny and get out of my office, now," cried McGonagoll
Sirius stood up and headed towards the door but McGonagoll stopped him by saying, "For gods sakes Black, stop the snowing."
It was still snowing and the snow was starting to build up on the floor and on McGonagoll's desk.
"Sorry no can do Professor," said Sirius
McGonagoll turned to Remus and almost whined, "Can you reverse it Remus?"
"Sorry Professor, I don't know how, the spell will just have to where off," answered Remus
"And how long will it take to where off," asked McGonagoll who was starting to sound scared
"Oh, well when the snow gets so high that you can't even crawl around then it will start to melt-," started Sirius but McGonagoll cut him off
"It will melt, did you say it will melt Black?" screeched McGonagoll
It was pretty funny seeing McGonagoll who looked like Snape screeching and looking scared
"Well yes Minny, I believe I did," replied Sirius
"How many times do I have to tell you not to call me Minny?"
"Well let me see, everyone you might want to sit down, this could take awhile," said Sirius, who started to count off on his fingers
"It was a rhetorical question Sirius," whispered Hermione
"Oh thanks Hermione," replied Sirius
"Well I better get going, don't want to be late," said Sirius as he headed for the door, "Coming Moony?"
Remus stood up and walked by me and leaned over and whispered in my ear, "Meet in MH, and don't let her get to you to much, don't admit anything and don't really say anything, it usually works, well it did for us."
"Okay, thanks," I replied
Sirius and Remus headed out the door and McGonagoll or should I say Snape, well now I'm getting myself confused turned on us and exploded, "What the hell do you think you are doing, starting a snow storm in the middle of the castle and then switching the teachers, you are going to regret doing this," started McGonagoll
"Professor McGonagoll," I said
"What Ms. Potter," snapped McGonagoll
"Well you say we are going to regret this, but a Marauder never regrets a prank that they do," I said
"I give up, just go back to your dormitories and don't let me see you throwing any snowballs, understood?"
"Understood," we all said
The seven of us left McGonagoll's office which already had about 2 inches of snow on the ground and on her desk. We walked into the corridor and headed for Marauders Headquarters.
We finally got to Marauders Headquarters and I opened the door and saw Remus and Sirius sprawled out on the couches. It was not snowing in the room though. We walked in and flopped down on the chairs and cushions and I asked Sirius, "So why do you call McGonagoll Minny?"
"Well it's a long story. It happened at the end of our 6th year and…" Sirius told the story of why he called McGonagoll Minny. It took about fifteen minutes and once Sirius finished the story he said, "So about those names of yours, Bonns, Manie, Banglash, Worgale, and Polas-,"
Fred and George cut in, "What are you talking about Sirius?" they asked
"Oh," I said, "We made up names for ourselves, how Sirius is Padfoot and Remus is Moony. My dad was Prongs and Pettigrew was Wormtail, and we wanted to have names also."
At the mention of Pettigrew Sirius gave a little growl almost.
"So as I was saying," continued Sirius, "Your names are good, and I like them, but our names had reference to our favorite animals, and your names don't. You can keep your names, but if you want to have Marauder style names, you might want to change them."
As Sirius said "Favorite animals" he turned and winked at me. Remus and I were the only ones that new the true meaning behind those names.
"Sounds like a change of names is in order," said Harry
"Well my favorite animal," said Hermione, "Is cats."
Ron made a gagging sound.
"Well, I think Fred and I have nothing left to do, so we'll see you later," said George and him and Fred stood up and walked out the door.
"Okay so everyone name an animal that they would like to turn into, but it has to be an animal that is on land, not in the water," said Sirius
I said that my ideal animal would be a dog. Ginny said hers was a Polar Bear. Hermione said a cat and Ron gagged. Harry said Snowy Owl and Ron said donkey.
"I can't believe that you said you want to be an ass," said Hermione laughing so hard that she had tears in her eyes.
"I never did, fine I'll be a stag," said Ron
"Ah, the mighty fine stag," said Remus
"What is there anything wrong with that?" asked Ron starting to get alarmed
"No," I said, "There's nothing wrong with that, but that was what my dad was and all."
"What do you mean, my dad?" asked Ron
I looked over at Sirius and he nodded and transformed. Ginny screamed and Ron and Harry gave a little yelp. Hermione and I were the only ones that weren't surprised by the transformation.
"What the bloody hell just happened?" asked Ron
"There animagus' Ron," said Hermione
"How do you know that?" asked Harry
"Well haven't you seen McGonagoll transform before?" said Hermione
"Well yes, many times," replied Harry
"Well there you go, that's exactly what Sirius just did."
Sirius gave a little bark and started to jump up and down.
"Down Padfoot," said Remus
Sirius stopped barking but he kept jumping.
"But how could you be animagus' I've gone through the list and it never said that you were," said Hermione
"Well Hermione, that's where it gets complicated," started Remus
Sirius transformed back and him and Remus started to tell the story of why the Marauders became animagus and how Remus was a werewolf. Everyone gasped when they found out that Remus was a Werewolf.
After Sirius and Remus finished Ron said, "Could you help us become animagus'?"
"Well, I don't know," answered Sirius, "It was really difficult and took us the whole of 5th year to figure out how to do it safely, but I guess we could try."
"Yes," yelled everyone
"So are the animals you listed the ones you want to transform into?" asked Remus
"Yes, they are," we all replied
"Well, instead of being a polar bear, I would settle for a black bear," said Ginny
"Okay then, let's figure out the names first," said Remus
We spent about 25 minutes talking about names and then finally we had them.
My name was going to be Blacktail, but it sounded to close to Wormtail and I did not want to have any reference to his name in my name seeing as he sold my family to Voldermort. I finally settle on Pawsie.
Ginny chose the name Forester, because bears live in Forests.
Ron chose the name Whitetail. It didn't bother him that it was close to Wormtail, because he didn't really know what Pettigrew had done.
Harry chose the name Padfur because Snowy Owls feet have thick pads and their feet are covered in feathers. Also because it sounded like Padfoot and in the short time that Harry knew Sirius he was starting to feel like he had know him forever and that he might be the father that he never had.
Finally Hermione decided that her name was going to be Woolpy. Because cats love to play with wool and the p stands for predator because cats are good predators.
"So know that everyone has their names it's time that Remus and I get going," said Sirius
"Thanks for everything you guys and we hope to see you over Christmas break, oh and Harry owl us when your next Quidditch match is," said Remus
"Okay," replied Harry
Sirius and Remus turned and walked out of the room and we followed them to the Entrance Hall. In the Entrance Hall there was about a foot of snow. Sirius and Remus told us to not bother walking them out. We all said goodbye and then they left.