By The Full Moon...
Authors: Razzle and Dazzle
Chapter Author: Dazzle
Disclaimer: I don't own it . . . why must you pry?!
Special Thanks To: Imhotep Ardeth Bey for the soap idea and to Erin for the song! ^_^
Chapter One: The Prank
Remus Lupin listened detachedly to the excited whispers of his friends. His short, wispy, sandy hair was rather limp, scattering about his face and amber eyes; his normally rather tan complexion was pale, as it was nearing the full moon. Remus was, after all, a werewolf. They were all aboard the Hogwarts Express and about to start the sixth year of their magical education.
"This is going to be the best prank yet! Ickle Snivellus won't see it coming!" James Potter sniggered. He was thin and pale, of average height with a mound of messy black hair sitting on top of his head, a few strands of it falling into his hazel eyes that were currently swimming with mischief behind his round spectacles as he continued to ramble on.
"Exactly! It's a fool-proof plan . . . which is why we aren't including Moony." Sirius Black said with a wink in Remus' direction to show he had been joking. Remus smiled in return and continued to half-listen to the conversation. Sirius' long black hair fell into his beautiful eyes as he leaned forward to hear another burst of keyed up whispers from James.
"That was a good one, Sirius! Too funny!" Peter Pettigrew managed to gasp out in between great guffaws of laughter. His mousy brown hair fell away from his face revealing a very pointed nose and an odd pair of watery, beady eyes. Sirius rolled his eyes at him and turned back to James as the continued to plot. Peter didn't seem to notice.
Remus stared out at the window intently at the grey, ominous sky. His heart sunk at the knowledge of the coming rain. He normally would have been more than happy to be in the rain, smelling the earthy, sweet aroma, but he was not, however, looking forward to a carriage ride during –what looked like- a truly nasty storm.
The boy sighed inwardly. Rain like this was a bad omen, especially on the first day of school and so close to the full moon. His thoughts, needless to say, were definitely far from the plots his fellow Marauders were coming up with.
"Moony?" Remus was pulled from his thoughts abruptly. He turned to look at his three friends, all of whom, were looking at him curiously.
"Yes?" Remus asked after a short pause. "You were saying?"
James and Sirius exchanged odd glances before James spoke up. "We're going to bewitch this bar of soup here" –he pulled out a soap bar from the pocket of his robes- "to follow Snivellus around all day and scrub his hair." James chuckled.
"And," Sirius added, "if I can get it to recite the rhyme I wrote. . ." he let out on of his infamous bark-like laughs.
Remus sighed deeply. Peter looked at him curiously. "What? It's a bloody brilliant plan! James and Sirius always have the best ideas." Peter said, causing James and Sirius to look very smug.
"It's settled then," James said briskly, messing up his hair, "we start of the year with a bang!"
At that moment, Lily Evans entered the compartment, rolling her stunning bottle green eyes. "Another one of your idiotic plots to make fun of Severus, Potter? Don't you have anything better to do?"
"Actually, Evans, no, I don't." James smirked. Peter let out another burst of laughter and Lily rolled her eyes once again.
"Then you're even stupider than I thought you to be last year, Potter." And, tossing her long, red hair over her shoulder, she left.
James sighed once she was out of earshot. "She's so difficult."
"She's right!" Remus blurted, his hand immediately flying to cover his mouth.
James, Peter, and Sirius all exchanged odd looks and Remus swallowed the lump in his throat before looking out the window. "I . . . I just mean that . . . Maybe we should tone it down a bit." Remus muttered, carefully not looking at the other boys. "We do the same kinds of pranks every year. Doesn't anyone get tired of it?"
Sirius set his jaw and sat closer to Remus, using his index finger and thumb to move Remus' face so that he was forced to look at him. "Moony. . ." He began, his eyes bearing into the werewolf's. "Are you trying to tell us that you're tired of it?" Sirius sighed and looked away for a moment, and then looked back to Remus. "You don't want out of the Marauders, do you?"
Remus shook his head hurriedly, his breath caught in his throat, though he didn't know why. "N-no! It's not that! Really!" He began. Sirius pulled away, but still looked at him, Peter and James now doing the same thing. "It's just . . . close to the full moon . . . that's all." Remus lied, sighing as he looked out at the dark sky once again.
Sirius, seemingly satisfied by the answer, leaned back into the cushions of his seat, placing his hands behind his head and resting his feet against the seat across from him. "I'm glad you're still one of us, Moon. Wouldn't be the same without you." He mumbled, a huge yawn escaping his lips.
"Taking a little nap, Padfoot?" James said in a mocking child's voice.
"Now, my dearest Prongs," Sirius said tiredly, a grin on his face. "You know how plotting against my fellow students wears me out so."
Peter let loose another round of his annoying laughter at that, proclaiming as loud as he could: "Brilliant! Simply brilliant!"
James rolled his eyes and pulled out a piece of parchment paper and a quill, doodling what looked like little hearts bearing the initials, 'L.E.' and 'J.P.' in the centers.
Outside, it was now suddenly pouring rain. James looked out the window and sniggered. "Looks like we'll have suds to go along with the soap!" He said blissfully before going back to his doodles.
~*~*~*~
"Snivellus is a greasy git!
From his slimy hair to his dirty nose
He smells like a potion two weeks expired,
He needs to be cleaned!-What do you propose?
Let's scrub his face-and fingers too!
We might even need a bucket and a hose!
So, kiddies, if you don't want to smell like SNI-V!
Wash behind your ears and between your toes!"
The bar of soap proclaimed this as it ceaselessly scrubbed Severus Snape's hair. James, Sirius, and Peter, as well as a few other Gryffindors, were roaring with laughter. In fact, the only two of the crowd that wasn't laughing or smiling were Remus and Lily. They exchanged looks that clearly said the same thing: 'This isn't funny anymore. It's just cruel.' And with that agreement safely between the two of them, they each nodded and began their journey to Gryffindor Tower.
"I mean, it was bad enough that he flipped him upside down last year, but this?!" Lily fumed once they had got there. She was waving her arms and pacing back and forth like a raving madwoman. Remus took to sitting by the fire, simply nodding in agreement.
"We've been tormenting him since day one." Remus ran a hand through his hair, a sigh escaping his rather colorless lips. "Not that all of it's undeserved, mind you. He should not have called you a you-know-what. But James and Sirius just . . . can't help themselves, I guess."
"Well, it's time your friends learned some self-control, Moony!" She sneered. "Don't make excuses for them!" Lily sighed in exasperation and slumped into the chair next to Remus. "Look, I'm not blaming you . . . I can tell that you try." She said once she had cooled off.
At that moment, the other three Marauders entered the room in hysterics. Lily walked straight up to James and slapped him across the face. Sirius, Peter, and James all stopped laughing, filling the room with an awesome silence.
James slowly raised his hand to his cheek, a red handprint now appearing on his face.
"Real nice, Potter! You never learn, do you?!" Lily spat, her green eyes sending daggers. "You'll never amount to anything." To add insult to injury, she tossed her hair over her shoulder, marching up to the girl's dorm.
At that point, all eyes were on Remus.
Authors: Razzle and Dazzle
Chapter Author: Dazzle
Disclaimer: I don't own it . . . why must you pry?!
Special Thanks To: Imhotep Ardeth Bey for the soap idea and to Erin for the song! ^_^
Chapter One: The Prank
Remus Lupin listened detachedly to the excited whispers of his friends. His short, wispy, sandy hair was rather limp, scattering about his face and amber eyes; his normally rather tan complexion was pale, as it was nearing the full moon. Remus was, after all, a werewolf. They were all aboard the Hogwarts Express and about to start the sixth year of their magical education.
"This is going to be the best prank yet! Ickle Snivellus won't see it coming!" James Potter sniggered. He was thin and pale, of average height with a mound of messy black hair sitting on top of his head, a few strands of it falling into his hazel eyes that were currently swimming with mischief behind his round spectacles as he continued to ramble on.
"Exactly! It's a fool-proof plan . . . which is why we aren't including Moony." Sirius Black said with a wink in Remus' direction to show he had been joking. Remus smiled in return and continued to half-listen to the conversation. Sirius' long black hair fell into his beautiful eyes as he leaned forward to hear another burst of keyed up whispers from James.
"That was a good one, Sirius! Too funny!" Peter Pettigrew managed to gasp out in between great guffaws of laughter. His mousy brown hair fell away from his face revealing a very pointed nose and an odd pair of watery, beady eyes. Sirius rolled his eyes at him and turned back to James as the continued to plot. Peter didn't seem to notice.
Remus stared out at the window intently at the grey, ominous sky. His heart sunk at the knowledge of the coming rain. He normally would have been more than happy to be in the rain, smelling the earthy, sweet aroma, but he was not, however, looking forward to a carriage ride during –what looked like- a truly nasty storm.
The boy sighed inwardly. Rain like this was a bad omen, especially on the first day of school and so close to the full moon. His thoughts, needless to say, were definitely far from the plots his fellow Marauders were coming up with.
"Moony?" Remus was pulled from his thoughts abruptly. He turned to look at his three friends, all of whom, were looking at him curiously.
"Yes?" Remus asked after a short pause. "You were saying?"
James and Sirius exchanged odd glances before James spoke up. "We're going to bewitch this bar of soup here" –he pulled out a soap bar from the pocket of his robes- "to follow Snivellus around all day and scrub his hair." James chuckled.
"And," Sirius added, "if I can get it to recite the rhyme I wrote. . ." he let out on of his infamous bark-like laughs.
Remus sighed deeply. Peter looked at him curiously. "What? It's a bloody brilliant plan! James and Sirius always have the best ideas." Peter said, causing James and Sirius to look very smug.
"It's settled then," James said briskly, messing up his hair, "we start of the year with a bang!"
At that moment, Lily Evans entered the compartment, rolling her stunning bottle green eyes. "Another one of your idiotic plots to make fun of Severus, Potter? Don't you have anything better to do?"
"Actually, Evans, no, I don't." James smirked. Peter let out another burst of laughter and Lily rolled her eyes once again.
"Then you're even stupider than I thought you to be last year, Potter." And, tossing her long, red hair over her shoulder, she left.
James sighed once she was out of earshot. "She's so difficult."
"She's right!" Remus blurted, his hand immediately flying to cover his mouth.
James, Peter, and Sirius all exchanged odd looks and Remus swallowed the lump in his throat before looking out the window. "I . . . I just mean that . . . Maybe we should tone it down a bit." Remus muttered, carefully not looking at the other boys. "We do the same kinds of pranks every year. Doesn't anyone get tired of it?"
Sirius set his jaw and sat closer to Remus, using his index finger and thumb to move Remus' face so that he was forced to look at him. "Moony. . ." He began, his eyes bearing into the werewolf's. "Are you trying to tell us that you're tired of it?" Sirius sighed and looked away for a moment, and then looked back to Remus. "You don't want out of the Marauders, do you?"
Remus shook his head hurriedly, his breath caught in his throat, though he didn't know why. "N-no! It's not that! Really!" He began. Sirius pulled away, but still looked at him, Peter and James now doing the same thing. "It's just . . . close to the full moon . . . that's all." Remus lied, sighing as he looked out at the dark sky once again.
Sirius, seemingly satisfied by the answer, leaned back into the cushions of his seat, placing his hands behind his head and resting his feet against the seat across from him. "I'm glad you're still one of us, Moon. Wouldn't be the same without you." He mumbled, a huge yawn escaping his lips.
"Taking a little nap, Padfoot?" James said in a mocking child's voice.
"Now, my dearest Prongs," Sirius said tiredly, a grin on his face. "You know how plotting against my fellow students wears me out so."
Peter let loose another round of his annoying laughter at that, proclaiming as loud as he could: "Brilliant! Simply brilliant!"
James rolled his eyes and pulled out a piece of parchment paper and a quill, doodling what looked like little hearts bearing the initials, 'L.E.' and 'J.P.' in the centers.
Outside, it was now suddenly pouring rain. James looked out the window and sniggered. "Looks like we'll have suds to go along with the soap!" He said blissfully before going back to his doodles.
~*~*~*~
"Snivellus is a greasy git!
From his slimy hair to his dirty nose
He smells like a potion two weeks expired,
He needs to be cleaned!-What do you propose?
Let's scrub his face-and fingers too!
We might even need a bucket and a hose!
So, kiddies, if you don't want to smell like SNI-V!
Wash behind your ears and between your toes!"
The bar of soap proclaimed this as it ceaselessly scrubbed Severus Snape's hair. James, Sirius, and Peter, as well as a few other Gryffindors, were roaring with laughter. In fact, the only two of the crowd that wasn't laughing or smiling were Remus and Lily. They exchanged looks that clearly said the same thing: 'This isn't funny anymore. It's just cruel.' And with that agreement safely between the two of them, they each nodded and began their journey to Gryffindor Tower.
"I mean, it was bad enough that he flipped him upside down last year, but this?!" Lily fumed once they had got there. She was waving her arms and pacing back and forth like a raving madwoman. Remus took to sitting by the fire, simply nodding in agreement.
"We've been tormenting him since day one." Remus ran a hand through his hair, a sigh escaping his rather colorless lips. "Not that all of it's undeserved, mind you. He should not have called you a you-know-what. But James and Sirius just . . . can't help themselves, I guess."
"Well, it's time your friends learned some self-control, Moony!" She sneered. "Don't make excuses for them!" Lily sighed in exasperation and slumped into the chair next to Remus. "Look, I'm not blaming you . . . I can tell that you try." She said once she had cooled off.
At that moment, the other three Marauders entered the room in hysterics. Lily walked straight up to James and slapped him across the face. Sirius, Peter, and James all stopped laughing, filling the room with an awesome silence.
James slowly raised his hand to his cheek, a red handprint now appearing on his face.
"Real nice, Potter! You never learn, do you?!" Lily spat, her green eyes sending daggers. "You'll never amount to anything." To add insult to injury, she tossed her hair over her shoulder, marching up to the girl's dorm.
At that point, all eyes were on Remus.