Disclaimer: Do I really have to say it? The only things I own are any of the things or characters you don't recognize, and obviously the plot.
Lily woke as the beams of early morning light fell through the window and onto her eyes. It was a Saturday morning, so she had no classes to rush off too. Although it was incredibly early, she decided not to attempt to fall back asleep, so instead she stumbled out of bed (miraculously not waking any of her sleeping friends), and tossed on some muggle clothes. Then she quietly slipped out the door and into the Gryffindor common room.
She was surprised to see that she wasn't the only one wandering around in the early morning hours. Sirius had apparently also been wakened by the sun (his bed is also by the window, don't ask how Lily knows). He was sitting in one of the many cozy armchairs, which he had pulled up to a table and away from the fire, so that he could play wizard chess with himself.
"Good morning, Sirius." Lily managed to say before letting out a rather large yawn.
"Oh, hey Lily, good morning to you too."
"Playing against yourself?"
"Yeah, I'm losing."
Lily was too tired to stop and ponder how Sirius could be losing if he was playing against himself. Instead, she plopped herself down in another one of the big cozy armchairs.
This was Lily's 5th year at Hogwarts. Her and her best friends, Thereble (Ebby) and Lidnerae (Liddie), had known each other since the very first day when they had arrived at Hogwarts, back in 1st year. The three of them had made the mistake of riding in the same boat as Sirius and James, who decided when they were half way across the lake that it would be funny to "introduce" the girls to the lake-monster. To make a long story short, the two boys gave them a shove over the side, and the giant octopus picked them up (amidst a lot of screaming) and placed them, sopping wet and scared out of their wits, back into their boat. The three girls had spent the rest of the year in absolute fear of the lake, and still would never go any where near it while any of the Marauders were around.
Lily was one of the top students in the school, and obviously a prefect. In fact, her only rival when it came to grades was James Potter, one of the "Marauders", as he and his friends liked to call themselves. He could really drive her insane when he wanted to. She wasn't sure exactly what about him made her despise him so much. Maybe it was the constant gloating, or the fact that practically every girl in the school (not counting Slytherins) followed him around like a pack of brainwashed zombies. Well, anyway, Liddie, Ebby, and her were good friends with the rest of the Marauders, and they would often hangout, or go to Hogsmeade together.
It wasn't until 9' o' clock that Ebby, the last of the seven friends, finally came stumbling down the stairs into the common room. By then, Lily and Sirius were starving, and practically dragged the others down to the Great Hall for breakfast.
When they finally got there, they took their usual seats at the Gryffindor table. They had just started eating and talking about their plans for Hogsmeade later that afternoon, when Lily noticed that Peter's face suddenly begun to sprout feathers.
She had just taken a rather large bite out of an éclair', and almost choked on it as she started laughing.
"Peter's…* hahaha *…face…* hahahahaha *…!!!" was all she could say before falling out of her seat and onto the floor.
"What's wrong with my face??" asked Peter, as he raised a hand to his face, which was a mistake, as his entire arm was also now covered in feathers. "Ohhhhhh…"
He soon had a beak and matching tiny claws to go along with the feathers, and looked like a cross between a human and a chicken. Everyone was soon having uncontrollable fits of laughter, while Peter sat there uncomfortably, trying to figure out how the heck he had turned into a chicken, yet at the same time, for some strange reason, he couldn't stop himself from laughing along with them.
At that moment, Lily had gained somewhat control of herself, and had returned to her seat, only to receive stares from her friends, which were closely followed by more fits of laughter.
"What?" she asked Liddie, who was sitting next to her.
"Here." She said handing Lily a glass to use as a mirror, before once again being overcome with laughter.
When Lily looked into her glass, she saw that her nose and mouth were starting to look like that of a squirrel. She glanced down at her hands and saw that they were now covered in gray fur. 'OMG, I'm turning into a squirrel!' She looked behind her back to confirm her hypothesis, and sure enough, there was a poofy reddish-gray tail that could only be that of a squirrel.
She was about to turn around and lecture them for laughing at her (forgetting that she had been laughing even harder at Peter only a minute or two ago) when she realized that each of them had also started to grow random animal parts left and right. Ebby now had the nose of a golden retriever, along with ears and a tail to match.
Sirius now had the nose of a pig, his hands had been replaced by little black hooves, and a pink curly tail had sprouted out of the back of his robes.
James was turning into a bunny with a big pink nose, ears, and a puffy little tail, and Liddie was turning into a cat, whiskers, ears, tail and all.
They all sat there laughing at their odd appearances for a little while, before they realized the fact that none of them could stop laughing.
"What's…* hahaha *… going… * hahaha *…on… *hahahahaha * !?!" Remus managed to say.
"I…*hahaha *…don't… *hahaha *…know!!" gasped Ebby.
"You…*hahaha *…guys… *hahaha *…there's something… *hahaha *… seriously… *hahaha *…wrong here!!" said James.
"Let's…*hahaha *…go tell… *hahaha *…a professor!!" Liddie exclaimed.
"*Hahaha *…yeah… *haha *…good idea!" said Sirius.
"Professor…*haha *…McGonagall… *hahaha *…"
"Yes Lily, come now, stop laughing and explain why each of you looks like your half animal."
"She…*haha *… can't!!! *hahahahahaha *" interrupted Sirius.
"What do you mean she can't tell me why?"
"No…*hahaha *…he means… *hahaha *…she can't stop laughing!!" cried James.
"*Hahaha *…none… *hahaha *…of us… *haha *…can!" explained Liddie.
"Oh, it must be one of those laughing/animal transformation potions that the Slytherins seem to be so fond of slipping into everyone's pumpkin juice this year. Well, come along, you'll have to go and see Madame Pomfrey."
Anyone who happened to be wondering around the halls that morning was in for a rather strange and humorous sight. They would have seen professor McGonagall leading a small parade of animal/5th years, who couldn't stop laughing all the way up to the Hospital Wing. In fact, every now and then they had to stop and wait for a rather large fit of laughing, which would suddenly overcome them all, to end. Most of the 1st years were starting to wonder if it was safe to wonder the halls alone.
(a/n well, its pretty good for a start right? This chapter was mainly introductions, nothing really great, it should *hopefully * get better, don't worry. Well, this is my first real fanfic story I've done, so let me know what you think. If I don't get any reviews, or if their really bad ones, then I'm gonna end it right with this!!! Remember, be honest! Oh, and check out my friend's story, So what if I'm allergic to spiders? Its way better than mine, AND she modeled the character Bella after me!)