Unprankable

Chapter 1

James Potter. You would think, from a distance, that he is just a boy like all the others, but that first impression is false. James Potter is no ordinary boy; quite the contrary, however, he's everything you could dream for. Well, everything a very shallow girl could wish for: he's rich, hot, and plays Quidditch so well he's led his team to victory, year after year.

He was currently standing self-assuredly on Platform 9 3/4, not bothering wasting his time looking at anyone. Everyone knew what he was waiting for – the rest of the Marauders. As usual, though, the three other Marauders were late. You'd think they would bother to show up on time, this being their first day of fifth year! However, James suddenly turned to his left to see one of his very best friends run on to the platform.

Sirius, a tall, black-haired boy, was the first to reach James. He enthusiastically greeted his friend, and as they began to discuss that summer's main events. Soon after his appearance stumbled a slightly shorter boy, who was having a bit of trouble with his overlarge trunk. He ran up to his two friends, out of breath and red with the effort.

"My mum," he whispered to his friends. They nodded knowingly. It was not the first year that Peter's lovely mother had decided to pack her son's trunk with a multitude of colorful sweaters that he (as would any other sane person) would rather die than wear.

The last one to arrive was Remus Lupin. His fair looks and blue eyes, as well as calm and intelligence, made him amongst the most eligible bachelors of Hogwarts. He walked over to Sirius, James, and Peter with his slow, confident walk, and, busy discussing the pranks they had separately come up with during the last week ( the only time they had spent apart during their entire summer vacation), they walked inside the Hogwarts Express and into an empty compartment.

James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter, respectively nick-named Prongs, Padfoot, Moony, and Wormtail, were the best of friends. They were as close as brothers, always looking out for each other. When other people looked at them, they were certain that nothing could ever come between these boys.

"So, Prongs!" exclaimed Sirius. "How's it going with Evans?"

"If you would talk louder so everyone else on the train could hear, please?" groaned James.

"Oh, I take it you haven't exactly told her then," said Remus, even though he knew very well that James couldn't really tell her. You see, James was wanted by every girl in her right mind. Unfortunately, Lily Evans was not in her right mind, therefore she did not adore him...

Lily Evans was... a very interesting young woman. She was the kind of girl who had everything: the brains and the looks. She was neither short nor tall, a height which the other girls enviously called "perfect". She had flaming red hair, falling about halfway down her back, and sparkling emerald eyes. The Hogwarts boys liked to debate on what made her beautiful, but never could really choose between the eyes and hair. But Lily Evans was not, as most would expect, stuck up and self-centered, but exactly the opposite: nice and funny. She was, in most cases, calm and forgiving. She did, however, have a bit of a temper when it came to James and his friends, but that was part of what made James Potter have an enormous crush on her.

James Potter remembered the exact day, in third year, that he had fallen for her.

FLASHBACK

Peter, Sirius, Remus, and James were celebrating the first day of winter as they always did, with a traditional Prank Day. They planned this day carefully all year long, making sure that every student in Gryffindor was pranked at least once. It was about noon, and they had taken care of the entire houses of Hufflepuff and Slytherin, as well as most of Ravenclaw, and were now heading over to the History of Magic class, where they hoped to prank the Gryffindor girls from their year.

They entered the classroom proudly, with a quite noisy arrival. They shared their History of Magic classes with Ravenclaw. As soon as they had entered the room, several Ravenclaws had hid themselves under their desks, hoping to escape the infamous pranks. Some Gryffindors had their wands out, bracing themselves. Others simply shielded themselves with their rather large history books.

Only one person remained calmly taking notes as the professor, already quite old and half-deaf, continued his lesson: Lily Evans. The four Marauders looked at each other, surprised at such a reaction. A slow smile spread on Peter's face, as the other boys quickly decided what to do with her.

They stood rooted to the spot, and speedily transformed a lamp into a large cauldron, which they proceeded to fill with a disgustingly green liquid, poured out from Sirius' wand. Then, James levitated it into the air, and steadily positioned it over Lily's head.

People in the classroom had begun to whisper anxiously, and Lily's friends were trying to motion to Lily, but she didn't look up from her parchment. Right when the four boys were about to dump the bucket over her head, she calmly stood up, and turned slowly around.

"If you let that bucket fall on my head," she started stonily. "I will - "

Sirius burst out laughing, interrupting her mid-sentence. "What exactly are you going to do?" he laughed.

James flicked his wand, and the bucket began to tip over. Lily promptly flicked her own wand, sending the bucket flying to the other side of the room, then letting it spill all over the four Marauders.

"That's exactly what I'm going to do," she said placidly. "I would suggest not trying to prank me again."

The class erupted in cheers, everyone laughing hysterically, even though most were the Marauder's adorers.

"She's got some sort of a sixth sense!" exclaimed Remus, awestruck.

And as James wiped the sickening, nauseating goo of his face, he couldn't help but think that this unprankable girl was sort of... Sort of hot!

From that day on, James hadn't been able to stop thinking about Lily Evans. He was, however, a rather arrogant person, and he didn't want to ask her out, knowing that she might turn him down. He preferred to avoid telling his friends this, and liked to excuse himself by saying that "it was not the right moment". He had also been dating a different girl every week, trying to find one that could maybe take his mind off the beautiful red-head.

Unfortunately, every single girl had failed that. And so it became the Hogwarts girls' objective: to make him keep a girlfriend for more than a week, each witch competing for his attention.

Most girls, after being turned down by James, got over him as quickly as they could, and then began to adore Sirius, Remus, or even Peter.

And now, two years later, he still had a hopeless crush on her, and she still paid no attention to him.

Lily Evans was currently sitting on her large trunk on the platform, waiting for her three best friends. She was really bored, even though there were many other people around her, saying hello to her. Just when she was going to die from boredom, a flash of brown startled her, and a something hurled itself at Lily.

"Lea!" Lily exclaimed, hugging her.

"Lily!" Lea mocked, grinning excitedly. "How are you?"

"I'm fine!" laughed Lily. "How was your summer?"

"Awesome, of course!" Lea replied carelessly. "More details later."

Lea was a very enthusiastic, good-natured person. She threw herself into everything she did. She was generally a great friend, and a very popular girl. But that wasn't entirely due to her great character: she happened to also be a very pretty girl. She had long, straight brown hair with natural blonde highlights and light, dancing blue eyes. She almost always had a nice tan, because she spent most of her time playing Quidditch. Although she was short, she was one of the most talented seekers the Gryffindor team had seen in half a century.

The second to arrive was Justine. She was a pretty quiet person, but not the least bit weak. She was in fact quite the opposite, a very strong person. In general, Justine was the reasonable one of the four. She knew her limits, but did not hesitate to do crazy things for the people she loved. She was very talented in music, and often entertained her fellow Gryffindors with songs and tunes. She had blonde hair cut just below her shoulders, and soft hazel eyes.

As Justine hugged her friends warmly, overjoyed to see her friends after two long months, Mona arrived.

Mona was also a very pretty girl, obsessed with fashion. She had the largest wardrobe of all of Hogwarts, and loved to spend her time reading Muggle fashion magazines. She had a terrible temper, but seemed to be getting better. She never wanted to hurt her friends, but sometimes when she was mad at them, she could be very nasty. They didn't blame her for it, thought, but her parents, who spoiled her terribly. She also happened to flirt with all of Hogwart's male population . But Lea, Justine, and Lily, loved her dearly, and forgave her for all of this.

The girls, chattering cheerfully, got onto the train, heading towards their usual compartment. As Lily headed opened the door and entered the compartment first, she abruptly stopped. Lea bumped into her.

"What the-?" she began, putting her hands on her hips and looking over Lily's shoulder.

"Hey," said Justine, pushing past Lily. "What – " she stopped dead when she saw the four Marauders.

"What are you doing here?" demanded Lily unhappily, staring at the four boys she loathed. Well, not so much Peter and Remus, but she couldn't STAND James and Sirius. Especially James.

"Sitting," answered Sirius as innocently as he could. Which wasn't very innocent.

"Out!" exclaimed Mona. "NOW."

"Well, there's plenty of room for all!" called James in a falsely sweet voice.

"Oh yes, let's all squeeze in here and have some fun!" said Lily sarcastically.

"Whatever you say, Lily," said James, his gaze dropping to her chest.

Lily gasped. "You perv! You – you just – "

"Please get out?" asked Mona, trying to contain Lily's anger by opening the door and motioning towards it invitingly.

"Sorry," answered Peter. "But our compartment is being used to transport new books for the library to Hogwarts- we were told to stay here."

Lea looked at the four Marauders, and saw a glint of mischief in Sirius' eyes. She frowned, and sat down as far away from them as she could.

"Lea, why don't you come sit down next to me?" asked Sirius, flirtatiously.

"Ew!" exclaimed Lea disgustedly. "Get away from me, Black!"

The other Marauders cracked up, finding Sirius' behavior highly entertaining.

Justine sat down in a corner of the compartment, and pulled out a book, completely ignoring the boys. Lily seated herself next to Lea, and Mona sat down right next to the boys.

"Awkward silence," muttered Remus.

"Awkward silence? Never with me!" exclaimed Sirius. Lea snorted at this, and bit her lip. "Well, what?" he asked.

"Awkward silence! Never with me!" she mimicked.

"In that case!" he exclaimed, before grumpily exiting, looking for something to eat.

As soon as he left, there was silence. Lily brusquely stood up. "Well, this really proves that whoever said 'the more the merrier' was obviously wrong. I propose that we call a truce for the length of this train ride."

"A truce?" snorted James.

"As if!" exclaimed Peter.

"Fine!" sighed Lily. "Have it your way!"

She sat back down, crossed her arms, and waited, staring out the window. At that moment, Sirius entered carrying armloads of candy and cakes, smiling again.

"Well someone's suddenly in a good mood!" said Lily.

"Food does that sort of thing to me," he told her, smiling. "Want some?"

"Sure!" she exclaimed happily, grabbing a chocolate frog. "Thanks!"

"Wait a second!" called out James, shocked. "You're... You're..."

".. being civil to each other?" completed Peter, equally outraged.

"Food does that sort of thing to people!" they both exclaimed, before dissolving into laughter.

"Righty-o, then," said James. "I might as well join in if food is involved!" he said, grabbing a caldron cake and stuffing it in his mouth.

"This doesn't mean we have to be civil with each other after, right?" asked Lea cautiously.

"Fo fhway," said James, his mouth still full of food.

"Well, in that case..."

And soon, the four boys and the four girls were happily eating the mountain of candy, much to the dismay of their adoring "fans", looking through the window of the compartment, wondering why they couldn't join in the fun.

"Wait, Evans and Potter get along?" called a Hufflepuff bimbo from their year enviously.

"NO WAY!" yelled a Ravenclaw before crying hysterically.

"But- Sirius, he's... he's talking to that Lea girl!"

"Oh my gosh!" a girl cried. "He can't be! I just got a tattoo of his face on my – "

It was a sad, sad day for the Hogwarts girls... Little did any them know that the Marauders and the four girls had solemnly sworn they would never act nice to each other again.

Meanwhile, none of them would admit they were having so much fun.

A/N: Well, here's my new story! I'm sort of having trouble with the other one, and it was getting too overdramatic for me, so I decided to start this one... With the help of yellownotepaper, my awesome beta. I really like this story.. And yes, it does have a plot! I don't want it to end up like a typical romance story...

Please review!

Kayane