Harry Potter Lord of Werewolves

The Great Hall was in complete chaos.

The students returned to Hogwarts in the usual fashion at the conclusion of the winter break. The students generally had time to go to their dorms to meet up with friends that remained at the school through the break before making their way down for the start of the Returning Feast.

The chaos started after the students were all seated but before Dumbledore could start his typical speech.

A loud trumpet blew a fanfare that had the students and staff all looking about in confusion. The second the fanfare stopped, a voice boomed out from the rafters.

"STUDENTS OF HOGWARTS, DURMSTRANG, AND BEAUXBATONS, WE HAVE ONE LAST HOLIDAY PRESENT FOR YOU ALL! ON THESE COLD SCOTTISH WINTER NIGHTS YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR SELVES ENTERTAINED. SO WE GIVE YOU THESE… THE EXPLODING SNAPE CARDS!"

In front of each student appeared a box of normal looking playing cards. Instead of the typical "Exploding Snap" card box, these proclaimed the name "Exploding Snape" and had a Wizarding picture of the Potions Master in the middle of a furious rant. That caused some chuckles and Snape to turn red. But the real laughter started when the students started to look at the cards.

The number cards looked normal aside from the replacement of the hearts, diamonds, spades, and clubs. Instead they were made of white orbs, a paw-print, a howling wolf, and a stag with a huge rack. The face cards however were completely changed.

The Jacks showed pictures of Fred and George in the process of playing pranks on people. One showed them setting the wards on the door to the Beauxbaton's carriage to banish the female students' knickers. Another had them placing catnip in the hall outside Professor McGonagall's classroom.

The Queens showed the Weasley twins in the outfits of female Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang students along with something identified by some Muggleborn as an American cheerleader. In all of the pictures the twins were smiling and waving at the camera while making teasing little gestures like flipping up their skirts to show some more of their pasty white and hairless legs.

But the ultimate were the Kings.

The first was Fred and George each leaning in to kiss the cheek of a shocked looking Severus Snape. The next showed a smiling twin with Snape running his tongue up the boy's cheek. The third had one twin standing behind a sitting Snape looking down while rubbing the Potion Master's shoulders. The problem was the only thing visible of the other twins was the back of his head that was resting in Snape's lap. Snape had this silly little grin on his face. The final picture was the three wizards leaning together with Snape in the middle, waving tiredly while smoking cheap-looking cigars.

Almost like a signature, the Ace cards showed a werewolf, a Grim, a Stag, and a final figure cloaked in darkness with only glowing green eyes really being visible.

The Great Hall broke out in laughter and talking as the students shuffled through the deck and shared their finds with their neighbours. Fred and George were flipping through the deck also and cringing with each new face card they came across. Then they looked up at the younger boy that had sat down across from them.

"Damn you Potter," one twin started.

"This was mean,"

"cruel,"

"mentally scaring,"

"and way beyond the bounds of good taste."

"Well done!"

Harry grinned at the Weasley twins. "I thought you'd enjoy them. The hard part was getting Snape to agree to the pictures." That caused the twins to pale.

"Wait…"

"That really was Snape?"

"Please say that's not true!" Harry started to laugh at their scared expressions. Harry stood to re-join his friends without relieving their fears. He was half way to his seat when a new voice was heard over the din of the Great Hall.

"POTTER!" Snape screamed. "100 points from Gryffindor and detention for a month! I know you are responsible for this!"

"Really Severus, we don't know that Mr Potter is responsible for this," protested Professor McGonagall.

"We know it was Potter!" raged Snape.

McGonagall frowned. "We know no such thing, Severus. We must investigate this to ensure that the correct culprit is punished."

"Maybe we should take this to my office after dinner?" Dumbledore suggested in a mild tone that fooled no one.

"Very well, Headmaster," Snape huffed as he sat down. "But the brat needs to be expelled this time!"

"We shall see, professor," Dumbledore answered mildly. "Perhaps, Mr Potter can join us after the feast."

"Very well, Headmaster," Snape agreed. The professor sat down with a scowl and proceeded to glare at Harry through the rest of the feast. The potion master's mood was not improved when it was discovered that the Snape cards would occasionally start to yell and insult the card players to the amusement of the students.

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