Title: Mischief Managed?
Description: After a terrible prank on the first day of 6th year, Ebony Silver befriends a Marauder. After a bitter beginning, the other Marauders accept the fact she is the friend of their pal Moony. She becomes a member of their small gang, having no friends of her own. This is the tale of Ebony & the Marauders during their 6th year at Hogwarts.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the HP characters such as the Marauders and any other names that will come up in the course of this fanfic. Ebony is so far the only one I call mine. The others characters I will try to make nameless because I do not consider them mine…
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Chapter 1- The First Prank
It was back to business as usual for Ebony Silver; back to the same thing she did September through July for the past five years. It's not like she was complaining, she was just tiered of the same old Hogwarts. Of course, she was not trying to reinvent Hogwarts, unlike the whispering Gryffindors sitting down the row from her.
Ebony sat up straight and tried to listen to what the boys were saying. It was by far, more interesting than what Professor Binns had to say. As much as she leaned towards the boys, she couldn't catch anything of what they were saying. Sulking back into her seat, she sat in the common pose of a bored History of Magic student. Ebony's head was leaning on her hand; her elbow was on the desk. The heat, despite the window being open, made Ebony very sleepy. She figured the last forty minutes could be spent on a catnap.
After what seemed like seconds, the girl next to Ebony kicked her in the shins. Ebony jolted awake and looked around drowsily.
"Ebony! You were sleeping!" the girl whispered. She wasn't as much as Ebony's friend as she was her boredom buddy. "That is not the way Ravenclaws act! You should be taking notes! Or at least pay attention!"
Ebony looked around and saw not only the Gryffindors AND Ravenclaws not paying attention, bit it looked like the only ones not sleeping were her, her Ravenclaw pal, and the four Gryffindor boys. Pretending to take notes, and not get kicked in the shins again, Ebony closed her eyes.
"Excuse me Professor Binns?" The whole class seemed to become alert. Professor Binns stopped talking about the 1483 uprise of merfolk. Or was it 1438? Ebony thought. He said, "Yes, um, Mr. Blake?"
"Professor I don't feel well at all, I feel like I'm going to sp-"
"Well then Mr. Block, please go to the Hospital Wing." Binns said, and continued to lecture. Within the minute, both Remus and Peter stood up, covered their mouths, and ran out the door. They both looked exceedingly green, and sick.
"Professor?" Prompted the last boy left, James Potter. "Maybe I should go see if they make it allright?" After he left, the class went back into their glassy-eyed stupor, but Ebony wondered exactly what they were getting up to.
The answer came to her-literally right after class. First it came casually, then in surprisingly quick intervals. First person to get hit was her boredom buddy, heading off quickly to Defense Against The Dark Arts. Next was a shy boy from Ravenclaw. Then came down a giant sheet of water balloons, hitting everyone who walked out of the room. With Ebony's luck, which is non-existent, she got hit by 4 water balloons. It seemed as though they were chasing her. Later, as she found out, she was wrong, but not entirely. The water balloons chased all of the students until they hit their mark, a weary Gryffindor or Ravenclaw.
Ebony sighed as she brushed out her now frazzled hair, wondering if today were an omen that everyday would be as chaotic as this. And if she'd have to constantly arrive to class soaked.