A/N: Happy April Fools day, everyone!

Disclaimer: I don't own the wonderful world of Harry Potter.


When Lily woke up the light was in her eyes, and that would have been bad enough without a bucket of water splashed upon her.

"Arggggh!" She yelled. "What the hell, Marlene?"

Lily's blond haired friend smirked down at her. "It's time to get up, Lily. Class starts in 10 minutes."

Oh my God oh my God oh my God! Lily scrambled up frantically, and flew to her dresser to grab her uniform. "Professor Slughorn will Avada me!"

"I'm sure you'll be fine, Lil," Alice Prewitt soothed her. "You're his favourite student!"

"That can always be changed," Lily muttered.

"Loosen up, Lils," Marlene said. "Don't forget your bag."

Hestia Jones, who had been watching the proceedings with pursed lips, stood up. "Did you remember the scroll on Wolfsbane that's due today?"

Lily checked her schoolbag. "Erm, no. It's not in my bag. I mean, it should be done because it was assigned on Monday and it's Saturday today-" It sunk in to Lily that it was Saturday, and there were no classes on Saturday.

"Marlene Eliza Mckinnon! Why in the name of Merlin's saggy old mouldy underpants did you wake me up at-" She checked her watch- "7 o'clock on a Saturday?"

Marlene burst out laughing, and soon Mary, Alice, Hestia and Emmeline all joined in. "April Fools!" Marlene crowed, high-fiving the other girls.

"I hate you," Lily grumbled. "I hate you all."

Marlene laughed even harder. "You… know… you… love… us," She gasped out.

After a few minutes, the girls had all stopped laughing. "And you'll love us even more because we're going to start a prank war with the Marauders."


The six girls tiptoed up the stairs to the boys' dormitory. Marlene and Lily were grinning crazily in the front, and Alice was fidgeting at the back.

Once they reached the ornate door reading 7th Year Boys, Marlene turned around. "Okay, gals, it's time to rock," She said, smirking devilishly. "Alice, you stay and stand guard. Hestia, Emmeline, you two open the boy's trunks and grab their pranking items. Lils, you and I will, erm, alter their appearances. Mary, you can steal their pants."

Mary MacDonald huffed. "Why do I have to steal their pants?"

"Because it'll be funny! Besides, you said last year you've always wondered what kind of pants the famous Marauders wore. Now's your chance."

Mary blushed beet red. "I did not say that!" She whispered frantically.

Hestia giggled and patted Mary's shoulder. "You did, Mary. After you got pissed drunk and we used the Veritaserum Sirius nicked."

"Wonderful," Mary muttered. "Well, let's get this over with already."

Marlene nodded. "Silencio," She said, waving her wand at the door.

Lily raised her wand as well. "Alohamora!" She whispered, and the door clicked. She slowly opened the door, being careful to not make any noises.

Marlene tiptoed into the room first, and flicked her wand. From the tip of it burst a hooded black cloak and 5 Muggle ski masks. Marlene caught them, and pulled the cloak and a ski mask on.

Lily covered her mouth to stifle her giggles; her mate really was loony.

Marlene just smirked and tossed them the ski masks. Lily sighed, and reluctantly pulled her mask on. It was rather silly and juvenile, really. And it made them look like wannabe Death Eaters.

Marlene beckoned them over, and the girls set upon their set tasks. Lily followed Marlene over to the 4 poster beds. "You take Sirius, I'll take James," She whispered. Marlene nodded at her, and on the count of three they slowly wretched the boy's respective hangings slightly apart.

Lily looked at her boyfriend's snoring form. In his sleep, James was more relaxed then ever and he wasn't wearing his stupid, insufferably attractive smirk.

And he wasn't wearing a shirt, and Lily could see most of his toned torso.

Quidditch has been good to him, Lily thought dreamily before she shook her head to clear her head. This prank war wasn't going to get started on its own.

So she raised her wand again. "Pigmentium mutatio capillos," She muttered, and James' hair and eyebrows were now bright pink.

"Pigmentium mutatio cutis," She murmured softly, and his skin turned acid green.

She then proceeded to put a Babbling Curse on him and write the words "My name is James Potter, and I sleep with a stuffed Hippogriff named Clawie," onto his back.

She looked him over and had to contain her laughter before crossing over to join Marlene.

She had to clap her hand over her mouth again to stifle her laughter. Sirius was lying there with his hair bright daisy yellow. His nose was enlarged to an almost grotesque size, and his teeth had been lengthened. The words I love Snivellus were written across his chest and worst of all, he had a huge Cyclops pimple on his forehead.

Marlene raised an eyebrow at Lily. "Do you think it's good enough?" She asked, and dramatically blew on the tip her wand.

Lily snorted quietly. "He'll be pissed, Mar," She told her friend seriously. "Mostly because of the bloody troll-sized blemish on his face."

Marlene grinned. "Good, because that's the point," She told the redhead, and sauntered off to examine Lily's handiwork. "Lils! You went easy on him! Did his gorgeous abs distract you?"

Lily blushed. "N-no," She stuttered. "It's fine. He'll be mad just the same. Anyways, we still have to work on Remus and Peter."

The two changed the other two Marauder's appearances. before meeting up with Mary, who was now holding up an armload of pants and Hestia and Emmeline, who were holding what looked like half of Zonko's each.

Marlene flicked her wand towards the ceiling, before turning back to her dorm mates. "Let's go," She whispered, and the girls all tiptoed back to their dormitory.

Once inside the privacy of their room Hestia and Emmeline dumped the joke shop items onto Marlene's bed, and Mary dumped the Marauder's pants onto the floor in disgust.

Lily examined the items in front of her. There were many items, including dozens of Dr. Filibuster fireworks, 7 extra-long whoopee cushions, a few Anti-Gravity hats, several boxes of Dungbombs, and some innocent looking sweets that she knew probably turned you into some kind of animal or possibly made you extremely gassy.

Marlene beamed. "Well, girls, it seems that our mission was a success," She said, twirling around in a circle. "But first, I suggest we all go down to the Common Room. I rigged the room to wake them up in 15 minutes after we left."

Lily smirked and grabbed her book bag. "I've just remembered that we have a study session."


In exactly 12 minutes, a loud and very unmanly shriek could be heard from the boys' dormitory.

All the girls covered their mouths to muffle their guffaws as they wrote on some magical notepaper from Sirius's trunk.

I think that was James. –Lily

Why? Does he make that noise when you're shagging him? –Marlene.

EWWWW! –Alice

Oh shut up, Alice. I walked in on you and Frank last year. You shouldn't be talking. –Mary

Marlene! We haven't you-know-what yet! –Lily

While this conversation is definitely interesting, I think you should know that I heard the door opening. –Hestia

The boys' footsteps could be heard going down the steps now.

Shite! Erase the paper, Lily! Make it look like we're studying! –Marlene

James came out first, looking very disgruntled in pink and green. Sirius came after, looking furious. Then came a bemused Remus, who looked like a merman, and a tired Peter, who looked like he'd been dipped in yellow paint.

Sirius advanced on Marlene. "What the hell?" He growled.

Marlene just smiled at him sweetly.

Lily didn't even notice James walking over to her until he was right in front of her. "This isn't over, you know," He told her casually as he ran his hand through his hair. "We'll get you guys back. We're Marauders, after all."

Lily grinned at him, and leaned in until her lips were almost touching his. "I wouldn't have it any other way."


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