"What's going on?" he asked the two with a frown.
"Just watch" James instructed. "It's bloody gold" he snickered, gesturing to the other side of the common room where Sirius was sat with Marlene.
Harry noted that Sirius was a very deep shade of red and Marlene looked more amused than Harry had seen her thus far. Suddenly the sound of romantic violin music could be heard throughout the room and Sirius shot to his feet, clearly irate and stormed over to where they were sat.
"Will you please just stop it, it's unbearable" he pleaded.
"It's nothing to do with me Padfoot" James replied, holding his hands up to demonstrate his innocence.
"I just got back" Harry pointed out. "Arithmancy work" Remus shrugged.
Sirius groaned weakly before heading back to the corner in defeat.
All three of the other's burst into laughter. "What did you do?" Harry asked James amusedly.
"Wasn't me" James choked out, pointing to Remus. The werewolf leaned forward and beckoned the other two closer.
"I put a charm on a violin to play the music whenever the word 'curse' is used, shrunk it and stuck it under the table" he explained proudly. "The thing is, they only have to sit somewhere else and it will stop" he snickered.
"He's going to kill you" Harry proclaimed.
"Are you going to tell him?" Remus asked.
"Good point" Harry conceded.
They spent the rest of the evening being entertained by the spontaneous outbreaks of music that sounded throughout the room and hid from their glares that Sirius through their way. His breaking point came when Marlene attempted to drag him to his feet for a dance and he flat out refused and stormed up to the dormitory and slammed the door behind him, not coming out for the rest of the night. It took three days for him to calm down enough to even begin speaking to them again, but even then it was clear that he was planning some revenge. Harry decided that he would help him out and offered the boy his services and an idea, to which Sirius readily agreed.
It took a further three days for them to work out all of the details for the prank but eventually they were ready to put their plan into action, much to the delight of Sirius who could not wait to get his own back.
They waited for the rest of the group to fall asleep and went to work on everything that needed to be done to pull it off. Once they were satisfied everything was in place they themselves went to bed, intent on getting up early so they could witness the results.
Harry woke before the rest of his dorm mates and roused a sleepy and irritable Sirius, who soon perked up when he was reminded of what was going to happen. The pair readied themselves for the day as quickly and quietly as possible before they made their way to the door to head down to the common room.
That's when Harry was hit with another brainwave and he carefully woke Peter.
"Get down to the common room as soon as possible and bring your camera" he whispered to the boy. "Do not wake James" he added firmly.
Peter simply wore a look of bemusement but nodded his compliance before Harry and Sirius exited the room.
It was ten minutes later that they were joined by both Peter and Remus who had also woken up in the time that they were gone.
"What's going on?" the werewolf asked with a frown.
"Just wait" Harry replied with a smirk. It was five minutes later that the first sign that their plan had worked was apparent.
By this time the common room had filled with most of the house and they turned nervously towards the staircase as an ear splitting roar sounded throughout the tower.
"HARRY!" James shouted furiously. "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU" he added angrily.
"What have you done?" Remus asked worriedly.
"Watch" Harry instructed simply. "Peter, get the camera ready".
Sirius wore an excited look of anticipation that actually had him shaking with glee.
A few more moments passed before the sound of several thuds could be heard as James toppled down the stairs and spilled into the common room, landing in a heap on the floor. The sight of the boy had the entirety of the room in peals of laughter as he stood and glared at his dorm mates with both shock and anger etched into his face.
His hair and eyebrows were now so thick that his eyes could barely be seen and he now had a very hair mole just above his top lip. His ears had grown to a comical size and his nose was in a similar state. The icing on the cake however, was the t-shirt he wore that simply read: 'The Ugly Twin'. Which presence became apparent as Harry approached him and removed his jacket, revealing the same shirt that read 'The Pretty Twin'.
"Say cheese" he chuckled as he wrapped his arm around the other boy, nodding towards Peter as he did so.
Peter took the nod as his cue and snapped a picture of the pair, handing Harry the photo as it printed. "One for the family album don't you think?" he asked James who simply scowled at him. "Why would you do this to me?" he growled. "Revenge for the prank you got Sirius with when he first met me" Harry shrugged.
"But that was weeks ago" James whined. "Yup" Sirius agreed with a grin. "Had to get you back though".
James pouted.
"Well when the hell will it wear off" he asked desperately.
"Maybe a few hours" Sirius guessed. "But the t-shirt in a day or two" he added uncertainly. James just shook his head and headed back up to the dorm room, clearly no happy with the rest of them. "You know, I might send this to Mum and Dad" Harry mused aloud, reminding himself that he did indeed have to write to them anyway.
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