Okay. So we have to put this copyright thing up. The Harry Potter characters belong to J.K.Rowling. Romeo and Juliet is created by Shakespeare. Artemis is my character. Claudia is me and MaraudersMagic93's character.

Dunno why we have to put this, though. This is Fanfiction. Obviously most of the stuff is already copyrighted. Oh whatever.

Rest assured. The OCs doesn't serve Mary-Sue purposes. I mean, what kind of Mary-Sue is a borderline asexual cross-dressing girl?

Edit 2-26-08: I've re-written some parts and corrected some of my grammar mistakes.

"Yo." Sirius said loudly as he walked into his dormitory, where the other Marauders were still half-asleep. It was Sirius's turn to check the Gryffindor Common Room Bulletin Board for updates today.

"What is it, Padfoot?" James yawned. "Anything interesting today?"

"We do have one thing that may be of your interest, Prongs." Sirius said. " Today is the open call audition for the Annual Hogwarts school play."

"And what play are we going to do this year?" Remus asked with a half yawn.

"Romeo and Juliet by that famous Muggle guy Shakespeare." Sirius said. "Surely everyone have heard of it, right?"

Even Peter nodded.

"Anyways, Prongs, here's something that may add to your interest…" Sirius said, "I saw Artemis downstairs in the common room. She told me that Lily will be trying out for Juliet." Sirius said. Artemis was close friends with the Marauders and Lily, and has been trying to convince Lily to give James a chance since James told everyone that he liked Lily in the Great Hall ever since 3rd year.

"You should try for Romeo, James…" Peter suggested, but James was already out the door.

"Seems like Prong is on his way to tryouts, Wormtail, we'll see him there." Sirius said and left the room, Remus and Peter did so too.

Two Weeks Later…

"Guys! The final cast list is up!" Peter announced to his half-asleep dorm mates. James seemed to have fully awakened at this exclamation and bolted out of the room, no doubt checking for the list for his part and Lily's,

"As expected from Prongs." Remus shook his head and smiled. "Always like that when it comes to Lily. Coming, Padfoot, Wormtail?"

"Coming." Replied Sirius and Peter as the three walked down the stairway and joined James at the bulletin board.

"PADFOOT! MOONY! WORMTAIL! I MADE ROMEO! AND LILY IS JULIET!" James shouted to his best friends in ecstasy.

"Calm down, James…. I bet the Slytherins can hear you all the way from the Dungeons." Sirius grinned. "But nevertheless, congratulations, mate."

"Let's see… good. I got Benvolio. Sirius, you got Mercutio, the role that every other guy who tried out wants…. Peter…." Remus said, but was cut off by Sirius.

"Excellent. I get to swordfight and have a few monologues." Sirius said. "I did want the role of Juliet though." He added as a joke comment.

"Are you serious?" said James seriously.

"Of course I'm Sirius. Have you forgotten my name, Prongs? Shame on you."

"I know you are Sirius. But are you serious? I mean about Juliet."

"I am Sirius, but I am not serious. That doesn't even make any sense."

"Oh…Padfoot, cut it with the puns." Moony said.

"But Shakespeare used a lot of puns. At least in Romeo and Juliet." Sirius replied, grinning. Remus palmfaced.

"Anyways…Peter, you got the role of………THE NURSE?!" Remus exclaimed, then burst out laughing, joined by James and Sirius.

"Excellent, Wormtail, you got the part with all the bawdy innuendos. Great job, man." James laughed.

"But I wanted to be Sampson or Gregory." Wormtail said. "You said they got a crap load of innuendo lines in the beginning. And they're men. But since I never read the play, I don't really know."

"Personally, I thought that Eric Sampson and Gregory Esser were more suited to be Sampson and Gregory. Their names even match up. The teachers thought so too," commented Sirius. "Still, it's not like you ended up being the random person on the street or something."

"True." Peter said, and at that exact moment, two girls came down the stair way to the Girls Dormitories. One was nearly as tall as Sirius, the tallest of the Marauders, with long black hair tied in a ponytail and wearing the pants of the guys' uniform instead of the skirt and knee socks of the girls'. The other was nearly a head shorter, but tall for a girl nevertheless. She had thick red hair and bright green eyes. They were laughing at a joke that the taller one just told.

"Lily." James muttered, restraining himself not to ask her out on that spot.

"Artemis… I still think you should've tried out for the play." Lily said to the black-haired girl next to her.

"I'd have tried out for Mercutio, but I personally think Sirius is much more suitable than I am. He can pull off the innuendos much better than I do. I bet anything he got the part. I'm not that great at acting anyways." Artemis said as they approached to the cast list. The Marauders moved aside to let them see, "Anyways, I like doing the costume and set design."

"But you are the best swordsman…or swordswoman in the school as far as I know." Lily complimented her friend. "Now… let's see… I got Juliet…that's good…POTTER GOT ROMEO? ANYONE BUT POTTER!"

"Lily…I mean Evans…can't you just give me a chance?" James said on the side putting hand up to ruffle his hair out of habit, only to be grabbed by Sirius.

"Lily hates that, remember?" He whispered.

"It's a habit….y'know." James whispered back.

"Anyways… Lily, you should give James a chance. He really likes you, and that's not a lie. Plus… this is just a play, isn't it?" Artemis said.

"Yes. But still… Potter?" Lily sighed. "Ah. Fine. I'll live. It's not like Avery got Romeo or something."

"I'd be surprised if he did." Artemis said as she checked the list. "Anyways, congratulations on getting the lead roles, guys."

"Thanks, Art. You'll be doing costume designing, right?" Remus said. "And where's Claudia?"

"Yep." Artemis replied. "Claudia went to the library before the cast list was put up to check something. I'd better tell her she got the role of the Chorus."

"Costume design, Art? A talent used to its fullest extent." Sirius said. "Just don't put I, as Mercutio, in a pink, frilly, dress, okay?"

"I won't, don't worry… you know I don't enjoy designing pink, frilly dresses anyways."

"We can tell. What kind of person in their right mind would want to design such a vile thing?" James said.

"None that I know of." Artemis laughed. "Not me anyways. See you at breakfast, then."

Severus Snape got down from the Slytherin Boys Dormitory into the Common Room.

"Hello Regulus. Checking the List?" Snape said. Even though he hates Sirius, Snape was rather good friends with Regulus despite him being Sirius's younger brother. After all, Regulus and Sirius didn't get a long too well ever since Sirius entered Hogwarts and was sorted into Gryffindor, breaking the family tradition of a long line of Slytherins. Of course, the brothers really couldn't hate each other, as they used to be best friends, but there was still a certain rift between the two.

"Yep." Regulus said. "I got Tybalt."

"Good for you." Snape said. "Let's see… Lily is Juliet, that's to be expected… HOW IS POTTER ROMEO?"

" It's not the end of the world, Severus." Regulus said. "You got Paris, which means you get to ask her hand in marriage. Does that make up for it?"

"I guess so." Snape said darkly. "But still, Potter, Romeo?"

"I personally think you'd make a better Romeo, but the teachers thought otherwise. You had, and still have, my support, though."

"Thank you, Regulus. And good luck on your part too."

"Speaking of which, Peter Pettigrew… y'know… one of my brother's friends, got the part of the Nurse." Regulus checked down the list. "Perfect for him." Out of Sirius's friends, Peter was the one that Regulus thought the least of. Of course, Peter also happened to be the stupid one of the group of geniuses. So he can't be blamed.

Even Snape grinned at that one. "Suits him, alright."