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Second Year

Snape POV

"Don't pay attention to him, Lils. He's just a worthless, old duffer."

Lily giggled a little, wiping tears away with the sleeve of her cloak. "He's not really what I would call old, Sev."

"But he is worthless AND a duffer. You shouldn't be crying."

"I know, but he just makes me so angry," she muttered, shaking her head – red ponytail swinging sideways. "And to top it all Petunia hates me."

Severus made a face and sneaked an arm around her shoulders, pressing him to his side slightly. "She doesn't hate you."

"She does." Lily muttered dejectedly looking out at the lake in front of them.

Severus sighed. "She's probably just jealous. You being the wizard and the nice one. Not to mention pretty," he said, blushing slightly as he said the last part. Lily looked up at him and smiled.

"Maybe we should get back to him, you know?"

"Huh?" Severus asked, pulling away from her, startled at the sudden change of subject.

"Potter, I mean. We could turn him into a chicken – or pour a can of paint on him like they do in muggle movies," she mumbled half to herself, standing up and starting to walk back to the castle. She then turned to look back at Severus who was looking at her with an eyebrow raised, a confused look on his face. "Coming, Sev? I'm gonna go to the library, look for a potion to make paint that's impossible to remove. Probably pink –maybe I'll shave his eyebrows too. And have something follow him around telling him how much of a prat he is."

Severus laughed, standing up and walking after her. "Maybe you should also have him talk like a squirrel, you know, just for good measure."

"Squirrels don't talk, Sev, please," Lily muttered rolling her eyes. "But maybe having him talk like a girl wouldn't hurt."

"And make his nose blue and sparkly."

Lily smiled looking up at Severus. "I think I'm going to like working with you," she said winking at him. Severus shook his head, chuckling softly. This girl was really an evil genius.

James POV

"Sirius." James half-growled as he pushed open the door to the dormitory, or he would have if his voice weren't such a squeaky tone.

Sirius glanced up at him from where he was sitting crossed-legged in his bed and promptly started to laugh. He knew he shouldn't, but he couldn't help it when his best friend looked like that. James was a sickly pink color all over – except his nose, which was a startlingly blue color and flashed from time to time. James looked pissed off.

"Man," Sirius finally managed to wheeze out. "What happened to you?"

James sighed, sinking into his bed, eyebrows – or, at least where they should have been – knitting together. "Lily."

"Evans?!" Sirius asked incredulously, James nodded, which only made Sirius laugh more. "NO WAY! She wouldn't do that. She's like – such a goody two-shoes."

"Well, it was her," James grumbled, starting to get annoyed at his best friend.

Sirius cleared his throat, taking a deep breath to calm himself. "Fine. But you have to admit that was a good prank."

James sighed, leaning back and running a hand through his hair. "So, will you help me?"

"Help you?" Sirius asked, raising an eyebrow at his best friend. Visibly making an effort not to laugh again. "Doing what?"

"Getting back at her, duh." James said, rolling his eyes. Sirius smiled, one of his trademark mischievous smiles.

"Hell, yeah!"

James grinned and reached out to high-five his friend. There were a few minutes silence, and then Sirius turned to look at James, nose slightly wrinkled.

"We'll have to wait until her prank wears off though."

James looked confused. "Why?"

"Well…" Sirius looked uncomfortable. "It's not that I mean anything by it, mate, seriously. But… um… I don't want to be seen in public with you – looking like this I mean."

James rolled his eyes, throwing a pillow at him. Sirius laughed maniacally before rushing of to find Remus to see if he could get rid of Evans' spell.

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