Remus had never seen Marlene this angry before as he saw her stomping out of the potions classroom, Dorcas hot on ber heels.
"Stupid cunt, motherfucking asshole." Remus beard her muttering under her breath as he made his way over to her and Dorcas.
They were supposed to be meeting for lunch but he supposed that it would have to wait until Marlene calmed down.
"That useless bellend, That absolute fucker." Marlene continued
"Yes, baby, he is a useless wankstain on reality can you calm down please." Dorcas asked.
Marlene just huffed in response.
"What happened." Remus asked finally next to Marlene and Dorcas.
"Fucking Slughorn and Dumbledore thats whats wrong." Marlene said like that told him what he wanted to know. "They gave me a fucking detention."
"Well I'm assuming it was for a dumb reason since you're this upset." He said hoping Marlene would give him something more, hoping she would elaborate.
"Yeah, it was a dumb fucking reason, I was just wearing trousers, the proper school ones might I add and then Slughorn said I was breaking school rules and that all girls must wear a skirt, so I obviously faught him on it so he got Dumbledore and the old bastard said the same thing." Marlene said, not even stopping for a breath so her face was a bit red by the end of it.
"That's bloody ludicrous."
"That's what I said."
Remus thought Hogwarts school rules were outdated and stupid. Why is it such a huge issue if a girl wears a skirt or trousers, it's it's the 70s for Merlins sake. It's bloody ridiculous that two old men care about it especially. What were either of them doing looking at Marlene long enough to take notice of that it was wrong, plain and simple wrong. He had an idea though.
"I need your skirt, Marls."
* * *
The next day he woke up ready to take action and derail gender roles.
He was getting dressed in his dorm that he shared with the rest of the marauders, he only had his shirt and boxers on at the moment but he had Marlenes skirt in hand and started to pull it up his legs. It was a good thing Marlene was only slightly shorter then him otherwise this plan wouldn't have worked.
Sirius came out of the bathroom drying his hair as he was putting on his jumper. Sirius stopped walking all of a sudden to stare at Remus.
"Alright, Pads."
"Your legs."
"Oh." He said looking down at his scared calves, he knew they were a bit repulsive but he thought Sirius wouldn't think the same way after all it was Sirius who told him he was gorgeous all over but maybe Sirius was lying and thought that he should keep his disgusting body to hims"I didn't think they were that bad."
"Wait-what-no, they're not bad, like at all, Moony, It's just your legs."Sirius said finally picking his mouth up of the floor and making his way over to Remus, to kiss his cheek.
"What about my legs."
"They're gorgeous is all."
"You've seen me naked before, Black."Remus said with a small chuckle.
"Well, yeah,"Sirius said his cheeks going a deep pink, that was one of his favourite things about Sirius Black. How easy it was for Remus and only Remus to make him blush. "But your never usually so open and confident with your gorgeous legs."
"Well this is for a good cause." he said kissing Sirius goodbye and striding out into the common room so he could meet Marlene.
"You look fab, Lupin." Mary called from one of the big couches next to the fireplace, Lily was cuddling into her. " Give us a twirl."
So naturally he rolled his eyes.
"The sass on you,Lupin." Marlene said practically cackling.
He sat next to Marlene on the couch.
"How did Sirius react." Mary asked.
"Oh he could barely keep his mouth off the floor." James said coming down the stairs, Petter on tow nodding.
"Neither could you Potter, I bet." Marlene added
"No I could not." James said "Don't tell Reggie that please."
"Dont worry Prongs, your secrets safe with us."
Their first class that day was Transfiguration so Remus wouldn't have to deal with any old men misogyny just yet, that he was glad of.
The class went as normal and then when he was leaving Mcgonagall asked him to stay back.
Oh shit.
"Yes, Professor. " he asked once he was at the top of the room next to Mcgonagall.
"I'm proud of what it is you're doing." She said in her Scottish brogue
" Excuse me." He exclaimed, shocked.
"Mr.Lupin, what you are doing. Putting old misogynistic rules to rest is a very brave thing, a truly brave thing, thank you for doing it."
"Thank you, professor."
He left the classroom, Sirius was waiting outside. A look of mild concern painted across his face.
"Everything alright."
"Ye-" Was all he could get out before Mulciber was yelling.
"He was just getting in trouble for showing off his faggy-ness."
Sirius' face went flat, he started to take his wand out of his pocket but Remus had a different approach in mind.
"Oh yes, Mulciber, my faggy-ness, of course or maybe I'm just comfortable enough in being a man that I can wear a skirt without it effecting my ego."
" I-I'm comfortable being a man." Mulciber spluttered.
"Then prove it."
He walked away after that.
His next class was History of Magic so that was another easy one to get by since Professor Binns didn't even know any of their names let alone pay attention to what there wearing.
His problem came in the Great Ball as thats when all the teachers were there and since he was a Marauder that meant there was an extra eye on him.
He was eating his dinner with the whole of his friend group and the whole of Dorcas' friend group as well since James and Regulus started dating and Marlene and Dorcas had started dating their two friend groups had become one big group.
Mid-sentence he felt a tap on his shoulder, when he turned he saw Hogwarts one and only Potions Master.
"What is it that you think you are doing Mr. Lupin."
"Eating my dinner?" Afterall that was what he was doing.
"Don't give me that Mr.Lupin, I mean regarding your clothes."
Here we go.
"I dont see the issue." He stated blankly.
"Well it us inappropriate for a male student to wear a female students garments."
"Well Professor, Marlene here got in trouble for wearing trousers yesterday so I assumed that I would too. "
"Headmasters office, now"
"Gladly,"
Remus walked out of the hall slowly, with his head held high and a smirk adorning his face. Making sure everyone was enjoying the show even winking at Sirius. Maybe he should'be worn a skirt sooner it was working wonders for his self esteem.
When he reached Dumbledores office his confidence had not wavered.
"Good evening, headmaster." He said once Dumbledore called him into his office.
"Mr.Lupin. "
"You know, Headmaster, I'm unsure why I am even here."
"I think you know very well what this is regarding."
"Oh, yes the stupid sexist rules this school seems to have."
"Mr. Lupin I'll have you know that these rules are in place for the benefit of your learning and you cannot learnig you are distr-"
"Sorry to interupt,Professor but these rules are outdated and quite frankly silly, and if we are talking about the benefit of learning and not being distracted while doing so Marlene was showing off less skin while wearing trousers than a skirt and yes I am wearing less in a skirt but its alright for girls legs to be showing I dont see the difference in boys legs and I will keep wearing this skirt to get that through your thick skull, respectfully."
"Mr.Lupin if this continues you will have detention until the end of your school career."
"Then so be it." He said walking out of the old Headmasters office.
"Mr.Lupin, I was no finished speaking with you."
"I was."
The next day he enlisted his whole friend group to wear a skirt if they were male or presented as such and a pair of trousers if they were female or presented as such.
Everyone went for this immediately, wanting to help.
The day after that people outside his group were doing the same thing.
Slughorn and Dumbledore getting angrier by the day but Mcgonagall had begun to give house points to make up for the ones other teachers were taking away.
The day after that, everyone was in the opposite type of bottome then they were when the week had commenced.
So at dinner Dumbledore stood up to give the speech he had wanted since the start of this week.
"From now on students will be permitted to wear any type of bottoms they please no matter their sex... we can thank Mr.Lupin for this change, for showing true bravery by never stopping this... movment, no matter the consequences."
* * *
From that day there were girls who wore skirts and boys who wore trousers and people who switched in between the two including him, Sirius' reaction to his legs were the same each time, Hogwarts became a more comfortable place for everyone.
He was glad he was a part of the reason why.