I Dreamt Of You (Wolfstar)

Chapter 23 (a snakey headmaster)

The Prewett twins exchanged a slightly evil grin as they walked into the Great Hall. Today was the day they were pulling off their latest prank on the Headmaster. It was payback for all the times the old coot had put their non-bio little brother in danger and the various other things he'd done to Sirius. They'd bribed a house elf, who seemed more than happy to do it, to put a spell they'd designed themselves on the silverware so when Dumbledore touched them, he'd be instantly covered in green glitter and gain a really long forked tongue like a snake.

Sirius had demanded they also prank the other teachers so Dumbledore wouldn't realise they were targeting him, so the other professors were in for a surprise too. The twins were also looking forward to gark's reaction, though they'd purposefully arranged which person would get each, so they'd made sure not to do anything too bad to their friend's godfather and family. He'd actually been secretly more supportive of them in class recently and even given them a few suggestions for potions they were developing.

They sat down at the Gryffindor table after glancing over at the staff table, where the professors were just arriving and had yet to touch their meals. Fabian put together plates of food for himself and Gideon while his twin retrieved some paper from his bag to take notes of the effects and ideas for the future. They were inventors first and foremost, not just pranksters.

More students came in and sat down, plates appearing in front of them. Finally, Dumbledore reached for a spoon, and as soon as he touched it, there was a loud pop and he was suddenly covered in shimmering green glitter. From head to toe, the man was glitterified, the only part of him uncovered was his eyes.

The twins high-fived sneakily as gark gave Dumbledore an amused glance and after a moment of staring at them at the Gryffindor table, resignedly picked up his fork and knife. Another pop sounded as gark and then McGonagall was transformed, the former gaining pink eyes and blonde hair, while McGonagall was turned into a cat hybrid. Students were noticing now, and giggles turned into full-blown laughter at the sight of their teachers.

Dumbledore seemed to realise what had happened, and stood up, eyes frosty. "Who did this?" He asked, as if he actually expected the pranksters to step forward. Honestly, and he'd been in Gryffindor when he was a student. He should know that would never happen.

The students, finally calming, burst into laughter again when Lynal gained a tail and fluffy dog ears. Down the Gryffindor table, Remus was practically crying from laughing so hard and Sirius was grinning evilly while taking pictures of Lynal, Dumbledore, and Gark.

Repressing their smirks, the twins sat innocently at their table, eating their breakfast. This was just too good. They'd have to ask Sirius for a copy of some of those photos later, to add to their pranking book. The twins had been working on it for years and had mostly written accounts of the events, but there were the occasional photo and drawing.

Dumbledore could be seen repeatedly trying to fix the staff, failing miserably as well, as the twins left the Great Hall. They smirked at each other. Dumbles would be there for a while. They'd purposefully made it so the spell couldn't be cancelled, since it wasn't permanent and only lasted for a certain amount of time, they were able to manipulate the magic enough to do so. The teachers would have to wait for it to wear off. They'd also added a lovely little bit that made it so every time someone tried to remove the spell, it simply changed the animal they were.