Summary: Adventures of the Marauders…. And James Potter's sister, Rella, because apparently girls can't be part of the Marauders… And Lily Evans because she's Rella's best friend and 'hates' James Potter… Of course, trouble ensues.
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Word count- 2699
Pages- 12
"Ow, Lily, get off me and get the camera!" Rella, best friend of Lily Evans said.
"Why don't you? You're just lying on the bed!" Lily said indignantly.
Rella just rolled her eyes, "Because, my dear friend, I am fulfilling my own little mission."
"Which is….?" Lily said cautiously.
"To be as lazy as possible!" Rella declared
"Of course," Lily snorted, "That would be your life long goal."
"Yes, yes, whatever now get the camera out, minion!" Lily crawled under the bed to retrieve the camera that she bought during the summer, since it was a muggle contraption.
"Are you sure that it will work here, Rella?" Lily asked.
"Positive. I asked my dear brother," she grinned evilly, "You never know when some blackmail can come in handy… and of course he was willing to tell me how to get muggle contraptions to work at Hogwarts."
"Do you think it will work, though, Rella?" Lily still wanted to make sure.
"Of course, Lils, my brother is the infamous James Potter, I am pretty sure he knows how do get the thing working," Rella said exasperatingly, "Come on, let's get this over with." And she heaved herself off the bed.
"Check to make sure that nobody's in the common room, quickly!" Lily said. Rella dashed to the door, composed herself, and then walked out smiling to the empty common room. Nodding to herself, she went back to the dormitory.
"Alright, nobody's out there, let's go!" Rella said.
"Okay." The two girls ran across the common room to the boys dormitories, and stopped at the seventh year boy's one.
"Hide!" Rella hissed as she opened the door.
"James… James… JAMES!" she finally yelled. Looking around the disgusting room with distaste, she motioned for Lily to come in.
"Set it up! Let's go!" Rella was nervous. She had played pranks before, on many people. Even joining up with the Marauders, but she had never went against them… much.
"Okay, it's all set up," Lily said.
"Goodie," Rella smiled wickedly again, reminding Lily forcefully of her brother, James.
In unison, they looked up to the spot where Lily had rigged the camera, in the corner of the ceiling, where it could see everything, and not be seen.
"Hello," said Lily, speaking to it, "We are, well not exactly pranking, but getting revenge on the annoying boys who call themselves 'The Marauders'. If we get something good, well I can only say, watch out Hogwarts."
The two girls slipped out quietly, and made their ways to their own quarters. Looking at each other, they burst out, giggling.
"I can't wait when we get the camera back!" said Rella. She, of course, lived with James and had eavesdropped on him a couple of times, but when he was with his friends… oh she could only imagine what they would get.
"What are you two laughing at?" Mary asked as she entered.
"Nothing," said Lily.
Mary shrugged, "Well, it's a girl's night tonight, apparently."
"Yes it is!" Alice declared as she entered, "And we are going to have fun!"
"Oh, alright. I'll go to the kitchens after dinner to get some food," said Rella, being the only one to know the way.
"Ok, I'll get out the truth or dare game too," said Lily. Girls' night is when everyone pitches in.
"Alright, I'll see you all tonight then!" Alice said, always cheerful. She skipped out of the room, probably to spend time with her boyfriend, Frank.
"What time is it?" Lily asked.
"Umm, around oneish," said Mary.
"Lils, we better get going to divination if we want to avoid them," said Rella.
"Right. Bye, Mary!" said Lily.
"See ya!"
"All..moosst…therrreee…" Lily panted.
"Yeah…" Rella said. After about another five minutes of running, they arrived at the trap door.
"Yes! We made it before Potter and his little gang!" Lily said.
"Evans! So nice of you to think of me like that!" James appeared with Lupin, Black, and Pettigrew.
"Don't flatter yourself," Lily spat.
James ignored this. "Ah, little sister! Good to see you too!"
"Little by seven minutes, James, remember that," Rella said.
"James, did you here that? It sounded so small," Sirius Black interrupted. The group exploded into laughter. Rella 'Hmphed'. She wasn't that small, they were just abnormally big, as she had tried to point out many times.
"Lily, did you hear that? It sounded like an egotistical dog" Rella said, laying emphasis on the word dog. Sirius's eyes narrowed, but otherwise didn't show any sign to have heard her.
"Now, now let's not get into a fight. After all, we really want to see Professor Trelawny!" Said James sarcastically.
"I dare say, Prongs, she must live for your visits," Remus said. Pettigrew just snickered and looked like he was about to say something, but thought better of it and just resumed an awed expression.
"Let's go. I want to get away from these idiots," Lily said, rolling her eyes and pulling Rella up the stairs, into the perfumed room.
Before long, the rest of Gryffindor and Hufflepuff had shown up and were seated on the poofs.
"Well, class," Trelawny appeared out of nowhere, looking like a great bug with round glasses and her dark green shawl, "today we shall start the art of gazing into the crystal ball. Please turn to page 178 in your books and start reading. When you have completed that, look deep into the depths of the crystal ball. The few of you that have the sight," here she looked scathingly at James, Sirius, and Rella, the main disturbances of her class no matter how many times Lily tried to stop them, "will succeed in this task. Begin!"
The sound of shuffling paper and irritated sighs was heard around the room. Looking around the room after finishing reading, Lily looked around the room to see that she was the only one. Most of the class was just staring out of the window. James and Sirius shared a table, Lily and Rella shared one beside them, and then Remus and Peter the one next to them. Lily could see James and Rella were having a conversation with mischievous grins on their faces, while Sirius was listening with a smile on his face. Finally, they broke apart, still with grins on their faces. Even more suspiciously, they were both reading innocently. They never read if it didn't have a benefit to them.
After a while, the class thought they had been pretending to read long enough, and set about talking quietly, while staring at the crystal ball.
"What were you and Potter speaking about?" Lily asked.
Rella just smiled, "Wouldn't you like to know." Lily just stayed out of it, like usual, and waited for the mayhem that was bound to come.
She didn't have to wait long. Rella said loudly, "Oh, James! Do you know what I see?"
Trelawny looked up, with something that looked like hope in her eyes. Lily shook her head. Didn't the poor woman know what to expect yet?
"No, dear sister, what did you see?" James said mockingly.
"I see an awesome cat, an arrogant stag, a brattish dog, a more mature wolf, and an awestruck rat," Rella said dramatically.
"What are they doing?" Trelawny said, believing fully that this was not a trick. James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter looked at her, amused. Of course, Lily knew they were animagi and werewolf, and swore not to tell, since it would reveal Rella too.
"They are bowing down to the cat, with its shiny hair and bright eyes," Rella was still staring avidly at the crystal ball, and Sirius let out a snicker. Trelawny shot a glare at him.
"Oh, you gifted child," Trelawny gave Rella a hug, "You have found your inner eye!"
"Thank you for teaching me this precious gift," Rella hugged back, and Lily could still see the evil grin on her face, "I will be forever indebted."
Trelawny just smiled at her and bustled away, but now without announcing that Gryffindor would receive fifteen points for being and a large group of gifted students.
"'I will be forever indebted to you?'" James quoted, "That's a bit too much, don't you think?"
"Ah well," Rella shrugged, "at least she bought it."
"Did you succeed?" James asked.
"Of course! Now, enjoy the show," Rella said.
"What did you do?" Lily asked, curiously.
James looked over at her, "Ah, Evans. I wouldn't tell you."
"Why not?" Lily's eyes flashed dangerously.
"Because if you don't know, you can't get in trouble," James looked hopefully at her, wishing that this would bear well with Lily and maybe show her he cared for her.
"Oh, well thanks," Lily blushed. Rella smirked. She knew that James really did care for Lily, but he had too big of a head. She also knew that Lily liked James back, but he annoyed her too much.
However, at this moment Trelawny started jumping around, scratching furiously at her bottom, where Rella had discreetly poured itching powder down her skirt. The Marauders and Rella laughed loudly. The whole class was in fits of giggles and even Lily had to hide her fits of giggles behind her hand.
"POTTER!" She screamed.
"Which one, Professor?" Rella, smiling innocently.
"YOU! AURELIA POTTER! YOU IMBECILE! I TRY HARD FOR THIS CLASS AND YOU COME IN AND RUIN IT! CLASS DISMISSED!" She screamed, still jumping around the room.
Still laughing, James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, and Rella stumbled down the ladder, amazed Rella didn't get detention.
"Oh, classic," said Sirius.
"It's a shame you're a girl," Remus said.
"Yeah, then you really would be part of the Marauders," Peter added.
"Ah, for many years I have influenced you," James started dramatically, "And now, I have the perfect mold!"
"I say 'Thank God you're not a boy, because I bet Hogwarts really would be in trouble then'," Lily said, but with a smile on her face.
The group walked to their last class, Transfiguration, chatting merrily. For once, Lily and James got along. Well, they didn't yell at each other.
"Hi Minne!" said Sirius, winking at Professor Mcgonagall as they entered.
"'Sup Mins?" said James.
"Hello Minnie!" said Remus.
"Bonjour, Minnie!" Rella said.
Peter just nodded to McGonagall, and Lily smiled and said, "Hello, Professor!"
"Thank you, Miss. Evans, for being the only one who greeted me appropriately. I would ask the class, again, to be respectful to my wishes and call me something that is not 'Minnie'," Professor McGonagall said, glaring at the Marauders and Rella.
"Now, Aurelia, would you please explain to the class the effects of itching powder when it is exposed to bare skin?" though she didn't approve, there was an amused glint in her eyes. Everybody knew Professor McGonagall didn't particularly like Trelawny.
Rella smirked, "Of course, Minnie," she went on to explain everything from the mark it would leave, and how long the victim would experience the effects. The Potters, though very mischievous and seemingly idiotic, did know their stuff.
"Thank you for that very detailed explanation, Miss Potter. Now, today we shall be…" the rest of it was lost on Rella as she knew that she either knew it, or James or Lily would teach her later.
"Mr Black, would you mind reading the note that you and Mr Potter were passing," professor McGonagall's shrill voice cut through Rella's daydreams as she looked up, interested, at James and Sirius.
"Well, Minnie," said James, relaxed and confident, "we could read you the note, but we think that that would be an invasion of privacy."
"But," it was Sirius now, with a sly grin on his face, "as you seem so keen to reveal people's secrets, we could read you another note," Sirius cleared his throat and took out a piece of paper.
"Oh, my Minnie, how light my heart is when I'm around you,
It seems time stops, and I'm willing to astound you,
I think my advances are fair,
But you don't seem to care,
I know that you deny your feelings,
But I think there is a deeper meaning,
I am a student,
And you are a teacher,
You think that I am the fairer creature.
The class had erupted in laughter for the second time that day. Professor McGonagall was quite pink, but was apparently not amused or embarrassed enough to not give Sirius detention.
They exited the class, and a loud babble broke out.
"Uhh, Rella? Can we have a word with you?" James asked.
"Yeah, sure. Why?" Rella said.
"No reason," James said, and lead her around the corner.
"Petrificus totalus!" He said, and Rella was trapped in the full body bind curse. The other marauders soon came, with identical smirks on their faces.
"We know you hid a camera in our dormitory, Rels," Sirius said.
"We didn't like it, Rella," Remus added.
"So we decided to do something about it," James said.
"You shouldn't of done it," Peter said.
"Sirius, Peter, take the traitor to our dorm," James instructed.
"What?" Peter whined.
"Why us?" said Sirius. If there was something Peter and Sirius had in common, it was their excessive laziness, "Can't all four of us carry her?"
"No, because you know Evans, she'll get suspicious if all four of us and Rella went missing. She would look for her," James said.
"Why can't Remus go instead of me?" Sirius was still whining.
"Because I'm the most mature one, and Lily trusts me. Sort of," Remus said smugly.
"Fine," Sirius grumbled.
"Are you guys going to argue any longer?" Rella asked. The spell was wearing off now.
"Just bind her hands and feet and take her to the common room," said Remus, "Me and James will distract Lily while you take Rella."
Sirius nodded, "Silencio." Rella immediately couldn't make a single sound. The Marauders looked at her satisfactorily.
"Well, good luck," James said. Remus nodded to Sirius and Peter, and set off.
"Right," Sirius said once they were gone, "I'll take the head, you'll take the legs."
"What?" Peter said. This was unfair.
"You heard me."
Peter pursed his lips, but said nothing as he grunted. He didn't realize someone so small could weigh so much. Sirius looked to be having less trouble than him. But, Peter thought, he only has the head.
After much shuffling, Sirius and Peter had managed to make it to the stairs.
"Stupid James. He just wants to be with Evans. He could've easily carried her like he usually does," Sirius grumbled, looking at their new challenge.
"Yeah," Peter agreed wholeheartedly. But Sirius just sighed and started half dragging Rella up the stairs.
"Okay," Sirius panted, "One staircase gone, about fifteen more to go."
"What the hell do you think you're doing!" The silencing spell had worn off, since it had taken an astounding amount of time to carry Rella to the staircases.
"AH!" Peter yelped and let go of her legs. In shock, Sirius had also dropped Rella's head and she went tumbling down the staircase, screaming as she went.
"Uh oh."
Hehe! Oh, the Marauder boys… dropping people down staircases…
Anyway, I hope you like! This chapter is ten pages long, and almost three thousand words long.
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So, here's a preview of the next chapter:
"You threw my sister down the staircase! What kind of people are you! I thought you were my friends!"
"Well, to be honest, it was her fault."
"Her fault! She had her feet and wrists tied up! How can it have been her fault!"
"Jeez, Prongs, I have a very good explaination."
"Well?"
"It was Peter's fault."