Harry Potter The Final Straw

When Annabelle returned with her keys and handbag, she was practically bouncing in anticipation. Her eager energy gave both Marauders pause and they shared a look that plainly said, 'Oh, bugger!' as they were dragged out the car by a woman on a mission.

While the adults all went about their business, Harry and Hermione were walking down to the reat Hall. Just as they were about to cross the threshold into the hall, Harry suddenly grabbed Hermione's forearm and stopped her from going any further.

Confused, Hermione asked, "What's going on?"

Slowly, the corners of Harry's mouth twitched in amusement. Laughing lightly, he said, "Do you remember what today is?" Seeing the confused look upon Hermione's face, he continued, "Fred and George left a little something on the door for their annual end of term prank."

Hermione drew her wand and discretely flicked it at the doorframe causing it to emit a golden shine for a second. Admiring her handiwork, she put her wand away and stepped into the room with a confused Harry in her wake.

Catching up to her, Harry asked quietly, "What did you just do?"

The smirk that graced Hermione's face actually caused him to stop in his tracks it was so predatory. A few seconds later, he caught back up to her at the Gryffindor table only to see her still grinning as she flicked her wand at the end of the bench where Fred and George usually sat.

"Are you going to tell me what you just did back there?" he hissed quietly.

In a singsong voice, Hermione said, "Nope, nope, nope."

With a playful huff, Harry said, "Fine, be that way." and turned to face a grinning Ginny and Neville. "Hello, Ginny, Neville. How are you two this morning?"

Neville was still smiling at Harry's antics when he replied, "We're good. We did have a bit of an interesting conversation with Ron this morning."

Intrigued, Harry and Hermione both turned their gazes to Ginny.

Ginny was blushing under their combined scrutiny. Tentatively, she said, "Ron tried to apologize to us about his behavior towards you two today."

Harry's only reaction to the news was a curt, "I see."

Hermione pursed her lips in thought, she was trying to decide if Ron's apology was sincere or not. After a few moments, she asked, "Was he looking at you or the floor when he apologized?"

Ginny and Neville were both surprised by Hermione's question. It proved without a doubt that she really knew Ron and his mannerisms well. Finally, Ginny spoke up, her voice was almost a whisper, but the disappointment rang through, "He was looking at the rug by the fireplace when he apologized to me."

All three teens looked up at Harry to see how he was responding to the news. His face was so expressionless that it appeared carved from stone.

Hermione knew that he was practicing Occlumency to maintain control. His anger, as well as hers, towards Ron went beyond a simple apology. There had been too many things said and unsaid, in addition to the Hospital Wing Incident, during the year for them to go back to the way they were.

Slowly, Hermione leaned into Harry and whispered, "I know what you're thinking, Harry and I agree."

Harry's only response was a single nod of his head. If he had his druthers, he would never speak to Ron again. Knowing that wasn't an option, he silently vowed to make it anything but easy for Ron if the git said something foolish.

Before anyone else could say anything, they all felt a tingling sensation on their skin, except for Hermione. Judging by their reactions, she realized that Fred and George must have entered the Great Hall.

Fred and George were looking forward to their end of the term masterpiece. The moment that they stepped across the threshold into the Great Hall, they knew that they were in trouble.

Their prank had been set to go off when they entered the hall. That way they wouldn't miss the fireworks. Unfortunately, someone had altered the prank to include them as well.

Hermione smirked at the looks on Fred and George's faces. They knew that they had been caught in their own web. What they didn't know was what would trigger the spell.

Knowing what was coming; Fred and George made their way over to their usual spots at the Gryffindor table. The moment they sat down, there was a loud bang followed by a puff of smoke and everyone in the Great Hall was suddenly wearing lurid magenta colored robes. There were a few moments of silence before everyone started laughing and pointing at each other.

Slowly, it dawned on the people around Hermione that her robes were still black with the Gryffindor trim.

Harry looked down at his magenta colored robes and frowned. He leaned over and playfully whispered into Hermione's ear, "You know, this really isn't my color but I think that it would look marvelous on you."

Hermione was laughing at Harry's reaction when she felt the familiar pull of Harry's magic.

Drawing upon his magical core, Harry concentrated on feeling the magic of the prank and how it was attached to him. He silently marveled at the twin's spell work. They charm was self-renewing as long as the trigger was still active on the threshold of the Great Hall. Every time that someone walked into the Great Hall, their robes would change color as soon as they sat down at one of the charmed benches.

When he found the connection, he severed it from his robes and reconnected it to all of Hermione's clothes, not just her robes.

Gasping in surprise, Ginny blurted, "Harry, how did you do that?" when she saw him change his robes back to their normal black.

Hermione had been watching Harry when his robes reverted to black. Feeling Harry using that much magic near her had made her tingle all over. Because of that, she failed to notice that all of her clothing was now sporting the neon shade of magenta that the rest of the students were wearing.

In the same annoying singsong voice that Hermione had used earlier, he sung, "Ah, ah, ah. That would be telling."

When Hermione reached out to grab a goblet, she noticed that she was now sporting the brightly colored robes just like everyone else. Surprised, she shrieked, "Harry!"

Ginny, Neville, and quite a few other Gryffindors were still laughing at Hermione's magenta ensemble.

Confusion was written all over her face, as she looked around at everyone laughing extra hard at her. Taking a closer look at her clothing, she let out an audible, "Eeep!" when she realized that her jumper and skirt were also that horrible color. Turning back to face Harry, she said in a sickly sweet voice, "Harry, what did you do to my clothes?"

Smiling at Hermione, he said innocently, "Nothing, dear. I think that you were the victim of the prank just like everyone else."

Ginny and Neville were openly laughing at Hermione's reaction.

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