Chapter six
As Harry watched his godfather with his children, he couldn't help laughing. Sirius ended up with spiked bright pink hair, his robes matched, but so did his eyebrows and goatee.
'So can you reverse this or is it timed?' Sirius sighed as gestured towards his hair.
'It's time,' Jamie and Lily grinned.
'How long?' Sirius asked in a resigned voice.
'Twenty four hours,' the twins said, still grinning.
'I'm sure my wife will find it amusing when I get home,' Sirius gave an exaggerated bow, 'The old marauder bows to the new elite at pranking.
Harry laughed again. He gave his daughters a hug before he gestured for Sirius to follow.
'I know you Sirius, you could have retaliated if you wanted to.'
'True, but I wanted them to have their fun. So how did they get so good while so young?'
Harry grinned but kept walking towards his office, 'I found dad's book.'
Sirius rolled his eyes, 'All our pranks were written in our diary's. Mine was destroyed along with everything that was in my flat. Remus could never keep a lot with him since he moved around a lot. Peter never bothered, he was too lazy. You would have seen a few that your mum helped with.'
'I did, she had a wicked sense of humour. She was also someone you didn't want to piss off.'
'No, you didn't and you are a lot like her when you're angry. James would sulk for a while then he acted like nothing happened. Lily,' Sirius shook his head, 'she would be planning yet you would never guess she was up to something. Did she write what she did to me when I came onto her one night when I was drunk?'
'No, but why did you try anything with my mother? A married woman and a women married to your best friend?'
'We all had a thing for Lily pup. She was a special lady. We all agreed to back off since James showed his interest first. If for any reason James backed off, then I would have made a move. Well, even though they married, I still liked Lily, but just stayed a friend. When I was drunk, I just couldn't control myself. James forgave me, after he hit me, then warned me to never do it again. We might have been close, but Lily was the one person he would support over any one else. Until you came along then you were his number one. I apologised to James then to Lily. It took her a while before she forgave me, which I get.'
'So what did she do to you?'
'She created an illusionment charm, but one you could not detect. What you saw you believed. It even felt real,' Sirius sighed, 'She made me believe she removed my…' Sirius had a quick look around, 'my cock,' he whispered making Harry burst out laughing, 'Laugh it up pup. A month and I was depressed, yelling, screaming hexing, and all your mother did was look smug.'
Every time Harry looked at Sirius he ended up laughing so hard he was having trouble breathing. He even ended up on the floor because he couldn't stand since he was laughing so hard.
Harry took a few minutes to get himself under control. They got back to his office and sat down.
'I haven't gone through everything they owned yet, so I hope I can find out how she did that. But that is one I will never let the girls know about.'
'No, they might make people believe they lost their heads, or something.'
'My mother chose that part of you since it was known you were a player. She went after the part you would hate to lose for real.'
'When she was angry with me, or us for any reason, she would hex our bits. They would shrink, swell, itch or just be painful to touch.'
'It was the part of men they wouldn't want injured. It also put you out of commission for a while.'
'It did, those would last a week.'
Harry and Sirius kept talking. Harry explained more about the school and showed him around some of the other classes. Sirius got to meet Harry's other three kids. When classes finished for the day, Sirius spoke with Hermione, Filius, Pomona and Aurora.
'What happens about bullying or fights? I asked because I haven't heard any type of fight as we walked around.'
'Ah,' Harry took Sirius into a classroom and showed the crystal box that was on the wall, 'This is how we keep any type of accidents from happening. Naturally we can't stop all fights, but we can stop the children from hexing each other. Each classroom and the entrance doors have these. The students put their wands in the one near the entrance doors as soon as they step inside the entrance way. If they don't, they can't leave the room. The wand will be transported to their next classroom. At the end of the day the wand ends up in their own crystal box back in the entrance way. We allow students to practice spells but in specially warded rooms. If they want to practice of an evening, they slip a specialised coin into the crystal box which will transport their wand to that room. Only the person who owns the wand can take it from the box, or touch it. Now one thing that had some concerned using this method was the children would forget to carry their wands on them when they leave. We have all the children use a fake wand. When they enter the school, they put their fake wand in one of their holsters and the real wand in the box. They get used to always having their wands on them even if they aren't real. The wand will light up and send sparks, but that's it. So many times people like Draco Malfoy and other Slytherin's would hex others, especially people like Hermione, especially muggleborns. I wanted to find a way where the kids could feel safe, or at least safer when walking around the school. Naturally there are still fights, some punches get thrown, or a lot of shouting. But there has never been any serious injury and none caused by magic. We also have a way to find out who starts the fights,' Harry gestured out into the corridor the pointed towards the roof.
'What are they?'
'Camera's. They work off charms and runes, but they film everything, including sound. We have a security team here, but we only get them to go through the footage if there is an incident. We do that so we're not accused of spying on the students. We just wanted a way to always prove who did what. The security team was hired originally to do the job of prefects and head boy and girl that Hogwarts have. We all thought putting that type of responsibility on students who are studying for O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s was irresponsible. But the security also make sure no one leaves the grounds without permission and no one enters without permission, from the headmaster.'
'Lily was stressed during O.W.L year because of her duty's as prefect, so I think it's a great idea. But with the fights, I think this is brilliant. You get no major problems with kids fighting.'
'And no bullying. The security is here make sure no student gets hurt which is caused by others. Bullies was one I really wanted to put a stop to when we spoke about creating another school. With the way Hermione was bullied at Hogwarts, then girl named luna and me, well, we wanted to make sure that never happened here. Kids fight, we get that but I will never allow bullies to get away with anything. It's one thing I really spoke to the girls about. They can have their pranks, as long as it did not hurt anyone else, even if it was emotional and not physical. They prank everyone, even me, but it's always fun if not a little embarrassing. They also know not to humiliate anyone.'
'I might have to hear about all these embarrassing things. But I get why, we went overboard sometimes. The hexes and curses we used on the Slytherin's were painful. We did do some fun pranks on the staff.'
'You pranked people like McGonagall and the old man?'
'Albus was too difficult and usually found our pranks. We did get him once though. The moment he walked into the great hall his robes turned dull grey. That prank lasted for two weeks. He said he would rather other pranks pulled on him then to have his robes changed. McGonagall was always trying to catch us, she never did. But our favourite prank with her was putting kitty litter in her private toilet.'
Harry laughed again. He could just imagine the strict and stern Professor McGonagall finding kitty litter in her toilet.
Sirius arrived home just after his wife did. She took one look at him and burst out laughing. Sirius sighed but just waited until his wife got herself under control.
'Did...did Harry do that to you?'
'No, his twin daughters did it to me. It's timed. I have twenty four hours before it wears off. They are like the female versions of me and James. They look a lot like Lily but you can also see Sally. They have blue eyes like their mother but Lily's hair. The boys resemble Harry but have their mother's hair. Sally-Anne has blond hair. The baby, Jasmine, she has blond hair blue eyes like her mother but has Harry's facial features. Oh, we've been invited to dinner on Friday night. Jamie can meet Harry's children. One thing love, I want Jamie to go to that school. It's absolutely brilliant. I can't fault one thing about it. Oh and three of the missing teachers from Hogwarts work at QMA. Filius, Pomona and Aurora. Hermione Granger also works there. She's married but I forgot to ask about her last name.'
'From the way you're talking, you must have been impressed. So I'll find out for myself on Friday night?'
'Yes, Harry and Sally said they will tell you everything. Oh, Harry's the headmaster. He taught first, the upper years in defensive magic and quidditch skills,' Sirius shrugged, 'The classes a split so the younger years are taught by one teacher, then the middle years by another and the older years by another. Originally they had two lots of teachers, younger years then older years, now they have three lots for each subject. If they end up with double the amount of students they have now, they plan to have two teachers for all the years. They do have students who live in, but they are usually orphans.'
Sirius and Amelia continued to talk while they prepared dinner. Their daughter Jamie was sitting in her spot on the floor playing with her toys but every time she looked at Sirius, she giggled which set Amelia off again. All Sirius could do was put up with it. He knew what it was like since he pranked most of the students at Hogwarts at one time or another. But Sirius knew he would never retaliate against the twins, not just because of how young they were. It was because they were so much like Lily and he had a feeling if they got pranked they would use something that could really embarrass someone and the last thing Sirius wanted was to be embarrassed in front of his wife and godson.
