A/N: I hardly ever write one of these at the beginning… but I feel I must explain. This is both a prequel to Harmony at Hogwarts and the third in the pranking series of the Marauder class (figured I'd kill two birds with one stone). If you've read one, or the other, or neither, this should still be easy to follow. Just some randomness really, but I would appreciate reviews on the other two as well! The only bad comments I've gotten on the Marauder pieces are that I 'disgrace the Marauders' because Lily gets them back for once… this time they're working together so I hope I won't run into this idea that Marauders rule all and no one can get them, because frankly, pride comes before the fall, and it's just a story anyway.
Now I'm rambling, so ON WITH THE SHOW! Enjoy!
Keep in mind I'm not following a timeline with the songs… they sing whatever brilliant idea pops into my little mind J
Disclaimer: I don't own the music and I don't own the characters.
Chapter 1- Starting a new prank war
James, Sirius, Peter, and Remus sat in a corner, plotting revenge for the last time they had seen Lily Evans. They hadn't seen her on the train, or would have implemented something then, but revenge was something that had to be carefully planned out now… something good. Peter really had no reason to be attempting to get Lily back, but she had managed an old trick with the other three that motivated them to thinking; and it was a dangerous thing to get one of the Marauders thinking, let alone the whole group.
"Perfect," James said, "she eat it right up."
"Literally," Sirius said, giving his best friend a high-five.
"When should we give it to her?" Peter asked excited to be in on the secret.
"How about now?" James said, putting the 'special' chocolate in a heart-shaped box. Lily had just walked in from the Great Hall, talking to a blonde-haired girl who James thought was a fifth year. "Lily, can I talk to you?" he asked.
"Sure," Lily said then excused herself from the conversation. "What is it?" she asked.
James and Lily were in at an in between stage… not quite exclusive, but more than friends. "I thought I'd give you these," James said, giving a shy façade added with handing over the box.
"Oh, my favorite," Lily said, taking the box, seeing that they were chocolates. "Thank you James," Lily added with a smile, leaning forward and hugging him. Hugging Lily back, James gave the thumbs up to the other Marauders.
Two hours later as most of the students were studying, Lily found herself in a corner, away from everyone else. Humming to herself she dipped her quill in some ink. Another girl over heard and started singing the lyrics to the song Lily was making the melody to. Lily smiled at the girl, another Muggle-born, and took over the mid section.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T,
Find out what it means to me,
R-E-S-P-E-C-T,
Take out the P-C-T
Just as her and the other Gryffindor were about to continue, Lily noticed the attention of four boys on her. "What are you looking at?" she asked. Remus's smile faded slightly.
"Nothing," Remus said, turning to the rest of the group, who all expected the performance to continue. "Don't you guys get it?" Remus asked them discreetly, being the only one to realize if it had worked Lily wouldn't have been able to stop singing. Lily became very interested and walked over to their group.
"Get what?" she asked.
"Nothing," Peter said, shaking his head like an idiot. "We were just… uh… going over an assignment," he added, failing at all attempts to sound casual and convincing.
"What's going on?" Lily said, head tilted slightly, lips pursed, and hands folded in front of her.
"Well, Evans—" Sirius started.
"Don't call me Evans," Lily corrected quickly.
"Lily," James jumped in smoothly, running his fingers through his hair to mess it up a bit more. "We were just thinking of how good that sounded," James said while leaning up against the wall right next to her. "You have experience singing?"
Lily looked at James skeptically. "Yeah," Lily said, not blinking through her examination. "I've done some community recitals and such, why?" she asked.
"No reason," James said, shaking his head.
Lily turned to Remus. Remus couldn't tell a lie. Well, he could, but not from her. Lily knew him too well. "So, what's going on Remus," Lily asked, with a grin on her face.
Remus took a deep breath. He managed for thirty seconds… a minute… a minute fourty-five, "we were just trying something new," Remus said. This way he wasn't lying, but he didn't say exactly what they were doing either.
"Testing what?" Lily asked.
Great, Remus thought. "Just some new chocolates," Remus answered, again dodging the actual question.
"Chocolates given to me?" Lily now wore a face of inspection. One that made the very insides of Remus cringe with worry of what she could do. Lily was very good with her charms, as she had proven, and had a knack for getting to their shampoo.
"Yeah, but they didn't even work," Remus said. Sirius rolled his eyes. Now they'd never get her.
"Yeah, they didn't work," James reminded her, knowing things could be bad for them if she tried to get them back. It might be worth it if she had stood up and started singing 'What's love got to do with it' or something to that extent; but it just didn't fit if he nothing happened.
"Well of course it didn't," Lily said, knowing exactly why things hadn't gone right. "You used a melody potion, correct?" Lily asked. She may have had her struggles in that class, but Lily knew one ingredient from the next. It was Professor Riddle that made her nervous enough to mess up, really.
"Yeah," Remus said, liking the way this conversation was turning. The girl who had previously sung with Lily had found a more interesting occupation with Gideon Prewitt, and was blocking Lily's way to her chocolates. Not wanting to disturb the snogging pair, Lily levitated the half eaten box over.
"Too bad that didn't work… you'd have a sore throat by the time you were done," Sirius said.
Lily gave him an exasperated look. "All you have to do is add a couple of charms," Lily said, moving her wand in meticulous motions and touching it in certain spots. "There," she said, handing the piece over to Sirius, "it should work now. The potion doesn't work under heat more than room temperature, and a human mouth causes much more than that," Lily said.
Sirius tried handing it over to James. "I'm not trying it, you try it," James said.
Out of curiosity to if it would work (and to what his voice sounded like in tune) Sirius put the chocolate in his mouth and started to chew. "Not bad… not bad," Sirius said, waiting for something to take effect. Soon he felt something in his stomach, rising to his throat.
With a distorted expression, Sirius heard music starting, and before he could stop himself he was going around the room.
I'm too sexy for my love too sexy for my love
Love's going to leave me
Sirius went up to one brunette who was talking to another guy and dipped her back a bit, looking right into her eyes, then brings her up before the next phrase.
I'm too sexy for my shirt too sexy for my shirt
So sexy it hurts
Lily's jaw drops as Sirius starts to take his shirt off. Many other girls blush as still more look on with cat calls and such.
And I'm too sexy for Milan too sexy for Milan
New York and Japan
And I'm too sexy for your party
Too sexy for your party
No way I'm disco dancing
James leans up against the wall laughing so hard his side is starting to hurt as Sirius starts to make John Travolta moves with his finger going from his hip to his shoulder, moving back and forth as his feet move side to side along with his hips. A girl with short black hair starts to walk up to him, but faints, leaving Remus to catch her. Sirius jumps on the coffee table, using it as his modeling stage, as several guys grab books and scowl, while the girls swoon up, some blushing.
I'm a model you know what I mean
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
Yeah on the catwalk on the catwalk yeah
I do my little turn on the catwalk
Sirius jumps from the table, seeing one of the Chasers polishing her broom to his right. He walks over to her sexily and starts running his fingers along the wood, picking it up and doing a sort of pole dance with it.
I'm too sexy for my car too sexy for my broom
Too sexy by far
And I'm too sexy for my hat
Too sexy for my hat what do you think about that
Sirius handed back the broom, winking at the chaser, who grins stupidly back at him.
I'm too sexy for my cat too sexy for my cat
Poor pussy poor pussy cat
I'm too sexy for my love too sexy for my love
Love's going to leave me
And I'm too sexy for this song
Sirius walked back to his original spot, posing for a moment as the common room bursts into applause.
Lily stares at Sirius, jaw hanging down a bit, and eyes blinking a few times. "Not too bad, eh Evans?" Sirius said with a smile on his face.
A/N: Next chapter…. Lily gets talked into reproduction! Okay… keep following and I would always appreciate a few more reviews that this one either follows or precedes!
Please REVIEW!
Thank you: (responses to final chapters in both Cabin Fever and Harmony at Hogwarts)
Cabin Fever Responses:
Katkit: Thanks a lot. I appreciate your support in reading all of these!
Firewalker32: Here you go… continuing two things at once! If you don't want to wait for the next chapter, you can always go for this one's sequel!
Space-Pirate10: This time it's just one BIG prank… thought it would be a bit easier that way. Besides… this is the prank that keeps on… singing!
Dafalcon: That review brought tears to my eyes! Thank you so much for those words of encouragement! Sorry it's taken so long to get into this one, but I was trying to come up with something, and it threw itself at me.
Misakichi1: thank you! I appricate that!
Mimi1888: Thank you!
Ronnies gurl: I'll keep the diary up in here… I'll try to end it the way the other two in that series do, but I might not, just to keep consistency with the other one as well.
Harmony at Hogwarts responses:
Isla: Thank you for reviewing! I don't know if Snape will sing Britney again, but I usually stick to songs I know… maybe Toxic though… hehe Just keep in mind he's allergic to the chocolate.
Katkit: awwwww… I hate bad reviews… I try and write at least one good thing if I'm reviewing!
Madison: WOW! Thank you! It was nice reading your review this morning, I must say. On top of that, I promise to attempt making this one top the last! Feel free to read some of my other stories. You might like the Deflating one… I like that one, personally, but most people say it's weird… 'in a good way, but weird'. Lol
SunDust25688: I already told you what songs those were…you got the email right? Thank you so much… I'm just glad a few people could be entertained by it.
JamieBell: Sorry I made those sarcastic remarks, but hey… you know better than for me to take that seriously. Sarcasm is my middle name… really… look on my birth certificate (crosses out Elizabeth and writes in Sarcasm).
