The cold, blustery month of January arrived, bringing with it a new term of school. Most of the Dumbledores left for Hogwarts, leaving the manor unusually quiet, allowing Minerva and Albus some peace before Apparating to Hogsmeade. However, that will soon change.
Unfortunately, due to the cold weather and lack of clothes, a certain little boy of seven years now called Harry James McGonagall Dumbledore had caught a cold. Minerva was too attached to the boy and she seriously doubted the babysitter that usually comes will take care of him properly, which led to only one solution – she must bring Harry with her to Hogwarts for a few days and trust her children to look after him when she was unavailable.
Harry was bundled up until he looked like a little snowman, which he had complained and whined about, causing Minerva to see sense and take off a couple of coats. Then they held hands and Flooed to Minerva's office at Hogwarts.
After delivering Harry to the Great Hall just in time for breakfast, she hastened to find one of her children who had a free period. This was no easy job, as she had to hurry from table to table. Finally, she found the triplets, siting at the very end of the Gryffindor table even though they were in different houses, talking in hushed voices.
"What are you doing here?" Minerva asked, hands on her hips, going into full teaching mood. "Well, mother, we are family, and since you're the head of Gryffindor, it seems right that we should sit here, right?" Zoe smiled innocently up at her mother.
Minerva sighed. "Well, I'll let you off just this once, but you need to do me a favor. Can you babysit Harry? And it's no use saying you're busy, I checked your timetables and you're free for the morning," she said when Kate opened her mouth to protest.
"That'll be fine with us, mother," Bianca assured her mother. "Won't it?" she asked in a steely voice, along with the famous 'McGonagall Glare', looking at her sisters. There was no arguing after that. Bianca was capable of several nasty spells herself, despite her usual timid behavior. Besides, she would be useful in what the triplets were planning.
Breakfast was soon over, and they returned to the Gryffindor common house. After all, that was sort of their 'family room'. Harry asked to go to the loos, and when he returned, he overheard a rather interesting conversation.
"Come on, Bi. We need you! You are the cleverest of us all, you know that," Zoe pleaded. "Without you, our prank will be ruined."
"If you're trying to butter me up, forget it. I'm not going to give in," Bianca said, with the stubbornness of Minerva.
"You say that every single time and you always give in! Besides, I know you well enough to tell that you hate that greasy git. Just imagine how Snape would look like if our prank goes right!" Zoe said. "It'll be hilarious!"
That was enough encouragement for Harry. He stepped out of the shadows just in time to hear Bianca. "Fine, fine! I must be insane. Remind me to go to St. Mungo's, will you?"
"What prank are you guys talking about?" A tiny voice said. Kate's eyes widen. "What the fu…" "Kate, language!" Bianca reminded her.
"I won't even tell Mummy. All I want is to help you!" Harry pleaded desperately. The triplets glanced at each other, and nodded in agreement. "So, Harry, here is what you do…"
"Snape likes you, Harry, and he invites you for chats about Potions. Get yourself invited to tea in Snape's private rooms, and go to the toilet. Look for his shampoo and switch it for a potion of ours. Then perform a charm on his mirror – we'll lend you a wand and the spell is barva povratne – and get out of there as soon as possible or Snape will be suspicious. We won't tell you the results yet, but we promise it'll be very entertaining."
The plan went off without a hitch, and the day passed uneventfully. The next day, Harry was sitting with Isabelle and Isabella at the Ravenclaw table, and he was sitting in front of Professor Snape's currently empty seat.
Several amusing and interesting things occurred at once. For one thing, Snape came in, and he had smooth honey-blond hair instead of his greasy black hair. However, he seemed unaware of that fact. Second, at the moment he was in full view of the Great Hall, two beams of pink light shot at Snape's robes and shoes. His black teaching robes were Transfigured into shocking pink women's dress robes and he looked taller, due to the fact that he was wearing pink high heels with 3.5 inch heels. Unluckily for Professor Snape, he had never taken lessons for walking in high heels. He lost his balance, and he fell flat on his face, opening his mouth in surprise, and swallowing an unlucky beetle that happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
For an instant, the entire Hall was silent. Then every single person burst into peals of uncontrollable laughter at the entertainment the Dumbledore triplets had provided.
Just in case you want to know, 'barva povratne' is Slovenian for 'color reverse'. So you could work out what did Harry do to the mirror! Anyways, please, please, please review! Reviews always mean so much to me… Come on!
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P.S. Zoe tabbycat gave me the idea for the prank, so thank her if you like it!