Chapter 37 - Halloween Prank -II (1/2)

There was a lot of excited whisperings among the students after the messages were completed. Even some of the teachers were discussing the event amongst themselves.

Dumbledore did not say anything and was calmly eating his food. Flitwick and Minerva were smiling.

Snape could not control his anger anymore. He stood up from his seat and shouted, ”Stop the drama this instant. Just wait. As soon as I find out about the identities of you four, I will make sure that you will spend rest of the year scrubbing cauldrons in the dungeon and then get expelled.”

Leo ”Hey Slyde. I won our bet. You now owe me 5 Galleons. I told you that Snivellous was going to be the first to lash out despite his good emotional control.”

The children started snickering after hearing the nick name for Snape while Snape tried to destroy the Howlers. He was unsuccessful as the letters were protected by some shield.

Leo ”Didn't think we would remember the name the original marauders had for you? We are trying to copy them so we made sure that we researched a lot about them. You were their favourite target weren't you Greezy git.”

Raven ”You couldn't get revenge on them so you decided to take revenge of the students of this school especially the Gryffindor. We have monitored your behaviour and we do not like you.”

Slyde ”Since you are responsible for encouraging the Slytherin house to bully others and also responsible for them not get punished, we decided you would be one of our guinea pigs for testing our new prank spells. Enjoy the smile on the face you will have for the rest of the week. Who know it might change your character for the better.”

Leo ”Hey twins, I challenge you to a prank war. Let's see who gets the most laughs. Goodbye”

The twins said, ”We accept your challenge.”

Raven ”Boys remember that only harmless pranks are allowed. We don't want anyone getting hurt except the bullies. If you don't want to become one of our targets, make sure that you follow that rule. You don't want to be on my bad side. Goodbye”

It was said with a sickly sweet voice that made the twins gulp due to fear.

There was another bang and the whole great hall was covered in smoke. After the smoke dissipated, everyone was shocked. All the students had their appearance and robes altered to match the colours of another Hogwarts house.

The Gryffindors now had green hair with Slytherin robes while Slytherins had Red hair with Gryffindor Robes. Similarly, Hufflepuffs had blue hair and Ravenclaws had orange hair. The professors were not affected by the pranks and some of them had disappointed expression on their faces.

What made everyone laugh was Snape. He was smiling. It was the first time anyone had seen him smile. Everyone could see from his face that he was angry but still he had a smile on his face. This contradictory expression made all the students including the Slytherin laugh. Snape tried to remove the spell for some time before giving up and storming out of the great hall in a hurry. Everyone could hear him cursing the marauders as he went past them.

Dumbledore stood up and said, ”What a brilliant application of your studies. Make sure that the functioning of the school is not affected by the pranks otherwise I would have to take action against you. Now let's continue the Halloween feat.”