Disclaimer : I don't own Harry Potter, all characters except Phoenix and some plotlines go to J.K Rowling

Potions the next day was pandemonium.

Despite us supposedly needing to revise for our OWL's, that were less than a week away, the classroom had been taken over by a rowdy bunch of fifteen year olds – or the Marauders.

Poor Peter Pettigrew's potion had exploded showering, coincidentally, several Slytherin's in the contents. One thing I never understood about Hogwarts, why would the crazy old bastard that was our Headmaster think that putting the two warring houses together for classes was a good idea?

Honestly, putting Slytherin with Gryffindor immediately spelled trouble. And James Potter with Severus Snape… well our previous Defence against the Dark Arts teacher had resigned three months into the year out of fear they'd accidentally kill her during one of their many duels.

So Professor Slughorn, or the walrus, had pompously escorted the effected Slytherin's out of the classroom and to the Hospital Wing leaving the Gryffindor's in varying fits of laughter especially at the sight of a half bald Snape – I really wished I had had a camera at that moment.

But as walrus had left practically crying over his bald snakes the Marauders, well James and Sirius, had taken the opportunity to take over. Several spells had been shot across the room breaking many windows, courtesy of the Slytherin's, and even more cauldrons had exploded, the Marauders.

Lily had stalked off to reprimand James which had ended up with her screaming at him, Remus had set off around the room repairing the broken windows and cauldrons as Sirius practically pissed himself laughing at the sight of Lily screaming at James.

I watched the pair in amusement from where I sat at the back of class Lily's empty space beside me. Lily's face was red with rage and she was repeatedly tossing back her long mane of fiery red hair, she was a fair bit shorter than James but the idiot looked nothing short of terrified.

Poor bastard.

"Ooh look, Lily's got her murder eyes on."

I looked at my friend Dorcas Meadowes with a grin on my face. Dorcas was a stunningly pretty girl, with long pin straight blonde hair, bright blue eyes and beautifully tanned skin. Dorcas had a reputation for being… well, the best way to describe Dorcas would be that she's a female version of Sirius and add that to her exceptional duelling capabilities lets just say its very difficult to try and break up with Dorcas Meadowes and live to tell the tale.

"That's her normal look Doe." I told my friend with a laugh.

Dorcas shrugged as she resumed the filing of her nails, "Yeah, but it's a nice change to have her glaring at someone else other than us."

"You guys bring it on yourselves." Hestia Jones said with a smirk.

Hestia was, like Dorcas, a very powerful witch; she was a lot quieter and more reserved than Dorcas and a hell of a lot quieter than me. For years McGonagall had been telling me and Dorcas that it was safer to keep us apart, far from stopping us though it had only spurred us on to cause more trouble. Hestia was a very pretty girl, with shoulder length black hair and light grey eyes, her main role as being friends with me was to stop me from accidentally killing myself every day.

I am one hundred percent convinced that when I leave our dormitory every morning a sign appears above my head saying, 'Accident prone and loving it.' I'm rather known throughout my year for causing rather a lot of trouble, sometimes purposely but mainly by accident.

Personally, I find there is no better way to cause some mischief.

"Whatever," Dorcas said with a huff, "Do you think this colour suits me?"

I raised my eyebrow as she flashed us her emerald green nails.

"Definitely not," I replied, "Unless you're now a Slytherin which would mean you need an exorcism."

Dorcas grinned as she tossed back her hair, "There's a cute sixth year I'm trying to impress."

"Wouldn't it be easier to just flash them?" I asked.

Dorcas laughed as Hestia smiled.

"I really hope your kidding their Nix." Hestia said using the nickname I had long since gotten used to, I shrugged in reply.

"It might work…" Dorcas said with a sly smile, "I think he'd be very impressed…"

"Who is it anyway?" I asked interestedly resting my chin on my arms.

"Dunno," Dorcas replied airily, "I didn't catch his name."

"Wow that's lovely; you should definitely flash him then." I suggested.

"Don't you even think about it." Hestia said tiredly to Dorcas who pouted.

"Aww, why not?" I complained with a grin, "I really could use some entertainment!"

"Yeah, Lily screaming at James really isn't good enough."

Hestia rolled her eyes at the two of us.

"You two are so immature."

"Hey! I'm pretty sure I'm getting better…sort of…" I added seeing Hestia's doubtful look.

"Sure you are Nix." Dorcas said patting me on the head as if I was a beloved pet.

I scowled, "I'm not a bloody dog Doe."

"There's nothing wrong with being a dog."

I looked around as a new voice suddenly joined our little impromptu discussion about flashing and pets. Once again I found myself looking at a grinning Sirius Black who had his wand out and was non-verbally repairing the broken window beside us. I had to admit that was impressive, we weren't supposed to learn non-verbal spells for another year then again this was Sirius Black, one of the Marauders, I wouldn't be surprised if they had known how to do non-verbal spells for years.

"Did Remus guilt-trip you to do that by any chance?" I smirked.

Sirius rolled his eyes, "Yeah, the git, wasn't even me who did it."

"Well James looks a bit to busy wetting himself with fear to help." I pointed out.

Sirius glanced over his shoulder to where James was stood still being yelled at by Lily. Merlin, she'd have to stop sometime to breathe.

"Good point," He grinned, "Though he'll still probably talk for hours on end about how her eyes shine when she's angry – you know that type of crap."

"Ah the mushy romantic rubbish," I said crinkling my nose, "I get you."

"Does he always do that?" Dorcas questioned tilting her head slightly.

Sirius shrugged, "Not sure, I usually stick him with Wormtail for a few hours so I don't kill him."

"Such a good friend." I laughed.

Dorcas grinned as she tapped her wand to her nails turning them glittering silver.

"Really Doe?" Hestia questioned exasperated.

"It's not green," Dorcas argued, "But they're still Slytherin themed!"

Sirius raised an eyebrow and looked at me, "Do I want to know?"

"No." I replied simply.

"I DON'T CARE IF IT WASN'T YOUR FAULT! YOU STILL PROVOKED THEM!"

I winced at the sheer volume of Lily's yell. Her wand was in her hand and she looked murderous as she glared at James, her bright emerald green eyes flashing dangerously.

"Ah, it might be time to intervene." Hestia murmured anxiously.

"I did it last time," I said holding up my hands and leaning back in my chair, "You know we really should sort out a rota for taming Lily."

Hestia shot me a dark look.

"Come on Doe."

"Do I have to?" She whined and I laughed.

Hestia chuckled slightly and stood up pulling Dorcas up with her. Dorcas scowled, tossed her hair, but allowed Hestia to drag her to the front of the class to stop Lily before she hexed James – again. Good old Lily.

"I don't think you've ever actually stopped Lily." Sirius smirked.

I shrugged and grinned, "It's far more entertaining to see her scream herself hoarse because of James."

"Bad friend."

"Hey," I laughed, "I am an awesome friend; I've stuck with that girl's hate the same guys crap haven't I?"

"It didn't seem like that earlier," Sirius pointed out sitting down in Lily's deserted seat, "Why do girls even do that?"

"I have no bloody idea," I replied honestly, "But if it stops Lily from having a mental breakdown I'll gladly pretend I want to brutally murder James."

"She really hates him doesn't she?"

"No I don't think she really does," I said slowly, "I think her first impression of him has just stuck with her, plus he didn't do much to help it harassing Snape."

"Well Prongs has always had a reason to do that." Sirius said an uncharacteristic dark look crossing his handsome face.

I frowned, "What do you mean?"

"It doesn't matter, I'm sure Prongs will tell you."

"I'm not so sure about that," I admitted with a sigh, "We're not as close as we used to be."

"Lily?"

"Yes," I replied with a laugh, "Among other things."

"You don't have to tell me; after all I am a man-whore."

I laughed loudly, "Yeah you really are."

"See I take that as a compliment." Sirius said with a shrug as he grinned at me.

"You'll take anything anyone says as a compliment."

"Is that a bad thing though?" Sirius asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Hmm, not really." I admitted.

"Oh yeah, word of warning, Moony wants to talk to you."

I glared at him and he laughed.

"Thanks for mentioning it; he'll probably make me clean out Snape's pants drawer." I grumbled resting my arms on my desk.

"Nah he won't." Sirius said leaning back in his chair so that it hit the stone wall with a slight click and he was balanced on two legs.

I looked at him incredulously.

"Maybe," Sirius corrected himself with an impish smirk that made his eyes sparkle brilliantly, "But he just wants to talk to you about the plan."

"My amaze-balls plan?"

Sirius laughed and shook his head, "Yeah you're er – amaze-balls plan."

"Don't judge my choice of adjective," I threatened him playfully, "Because you know it is a bloody brilliant word."

"Don't you mean an amaze-balls word?"

I laughed, "See! You're learning! I'm so proud!"

As me and Sirius burst into laughter, Hestia and Dorcas returned. Dorcas was laughing and Hestia was scowling slightly despite a small amused smile curving her lips.

"What's so funny?" Dorcas questioned as she slid back into her seat and arched around to look at the two of us.

"Sirius is finally beginning to learn something," I teased, "And it only took him five years."

"It's such a proud moment." Sirius chuckled.

"How are the lovebirds?" I questioned.

"James is practically drooling at her; Lily just seems to be getting louder." Dorcas replied amusedly.

"So glad I'm not Prongs." Sirius said.

"I think we all are," I told him, "Merlin, I've only been yelled at Lily twice – this week – it's bloody terrifying."

Hestia snorted, "She's not terrifying, she's just loud, there's nothing terrifying about someone being able to deafen you."

"You tell my eardrums that." I retorted.

"Why is Remus coming over here?" Dorcas asked curiously looking over her shoulder.

"To make me clean Snape's pants drawer."

Sirius laughed as did Dorcas, Hestia looked at me as if she was questioning my sanity, not that I hadn't done it before.

"He looks kind of angry…" Hestia said frowning.

I looked at Sirius who looked back at me the same thought that was running through my mind showing on my face. Remus was going to kill us.

"Lets go see if Lily needs help!" Dorcas declared unnecessarily loud pulling Hestia to her feet.

"Don't leave us to the wrath of Remus Lupin!" I said desperately.

Dorcas smirked at me and waved before walked away her blonde hair dancing behind her, Hestia grimaced at me as Dorcas dragged her away and Remus reached our table.

Unlike James and Sirius, Remus Lupin wasn't an in your face I'm-gorgeous-and-I-have-abs-and-regularly-shag-people-in-broom-closests type of guy, he had a classic more clean cut to him, with his soft brown hair and green eyes he was very attractive. He was the quieter and definitely more responsible of the Marauders, though I had also heard that he was the mastermind behind many of their more infamous pranks.

I grabbed Sirius's arms as the Marauder looked as if he was about to sprint for it, or dive out the newly repaired window.

"Before you say anything," I told the Prefect – oh crap, Prefect! – slowly, "This is all James's fault."

Clearly trying to hold back his laughter Sirius nodded in agreement.

Remus chuckled in amusement.

"Sure it is," He said smiling, "I'm not actually here to yell at you because you seem to be under the illusion that I am."

"There's a lot of yelling at the moment," I shrugged, "I thought that you might be influenced by it."

Sirius laughed his typical bark like laugh.

"So if your not here to yell…what do you want then?"

Remus glanced around making sure no one was listening, not that anyone was as they were thoroughly distracted by the Lily and James spectacle, and then sat down in Dorcas's abandoned seat. I took that time to look towards the front of class to see that Lily had stopped yelling at James but had brandished her wand and appeared to be talking to the Marauder in a low, dangerous voice – never a good sign.

"Maybe you should go help," I advised Sirius, "You know, stop James from saying something completely and utterly stupid?"

Sirius grinned, almost in relief, and stood up and walked to the front of the class. I watched him for a moment as he muttered something to James who promptly shut his mouth and paled slightly. Hestia was half restraining Lily as Dorcas openly laughed at our friend.

I shook my head fondly at my friends and looked at Remus.

"Sorry, got distracted by my lovely sweet tempered friend," I grinned, "What did you want to talk about?"

"Your plan." Remus replied looking wary.

"My amazing plan you mean."

He rolled his eyes and sighed looking much older than fifteen for a brief second before he smiled warmly, "I'm worried about it…your not actually planning to kill Snape are you?"

"Sirius?"

"James actually," He replied with a dry laugh, "Please tell me your not trying to kill him."

"Unfortunately no." I replied with a shrug.

He sighed in relief, "Good, I always had a feeling Sirius would end up in Azkaban for murder."

I grinned, "You know I don't doubt that, though by how this lesson is going I have a theory that Lily might beat him to it… no scratch that she'll probably go to Azkaban for killing Sirius, or James, or me…"

"That's highly comforting Phoenix, thanks."

I laughed, "Just saying it how it is Remus."

"What exactly is this plan?"

I glanced around making sure no one was listening in, I was mainly looking for Slytherin's but they were on the other side of the room talking with their heads close together no doubt plotting how to get revenge for their classmates being scalped. I scowled slightly then looked back to Remus meeting his kind gaze and explained in a quiet voice the plan I had devised the day before.

"That might actually work." Remus said in a surprised voice once I had finished talking.

I grinned, "I try my best."

"But do they really have to attack Snape?" He asked with a tired expression.

"It's the best part."

Remus gave me a stern look not unlike Professor McGonagall's.

"It was a joke," I said quickly, "And yes they do, it's the only way to provoke Snivellus for the plan to work."

Remus groaned, "Not you too!"

I smirked at him, "Yeah, me too, sorry."

Remus chuckled slightly suddenly once again looking very tired. I frowned slightly when I noticed the dark colour under his eyes.

"Come on Remus, admit it your fed up with Lily always being at James's throat and James acting like a complete and utter prat in front of her all the time, with Sniv – Snape out of the picture they'll at least talk civilly to one another."

"You're right and it is really annoying."

"See?" I grinned, "That wasn't so hard to say! Admit it, I'm a genius!"

He looked at me amusedly, "You're a genius."

"Why thank you," I chuckled, "And you have to admit another thing, Snape really does deserve it, he's a slimy git who is convinced me and Dorcas are controlling Lily."

"Well…he does have a point, especially now." Remus pointed out.

"I'm not controlling her in anyway, Lily's the most independent person I know plus I am not capable of subtlety. We're just lending a helping hand to remove an unpleasant greasy growth."

Remus raised his eyebrows at me, "You have a very weird way of wording things."

"More fun that way."

Remus laughed then sighed.

"Why am I agreeing to this?"

"You're not going to actually be doing anything, just pretending you have no idea what me, James and Sirius are planning," I shrugged, "It's quite easy really."

"And what would I get out of this?"

"Your sanity." I replied simply.

He laughed loudly as did I.

"You do have a point there Phoenix," Remus said smiling at me, "why haven't you suggested this before?"

"To be honest it took me a year to figure it out, fine-tuning and all that."

"So it wasn't a spur of the moment idea?"

I grinned and shook my head.

"Oh drat, I was hopeful for a second then."

I arched an eyebrow at the Prefect, "You have that little faith in my brilliant plan?"

Remus sighed, "It's a plan with James and Sirius - something will go wrong."

"That's where they've gone wrong before, I haven't been involved."

He rolled his eyes. I could tell Remus was still doubtful with the plan, I didn't blame him to be truthful there was a lot at risk, being near Snape and Lily yelling at me – it was horrible to imagine either one of those things happening.

I smiled mischievously at Remus and said in a slow voice, "You know, the house-elves in the kitchens are rather fond of me it wouldn't be too difficult for them to get some chocolate…"

His face remained impassive yet his eyes brightened considerably.

"Prefect Lupin," I said in a falsely shocked voice, "You'll cave so quickly?"

"The plan does sound like it would work and even if it didn't not much bad would come from it… and it would make my life a bit easier if James and Lily could have a normal conversation for once…"

I somehow managed to suppress a smile as Remus began to talk more to himself than me, he was letting his Marauder side talk his Prefect side into agreeing with my plan.

"All right," Remus said after a few moments, "I'll pretend I knew nothing of your plan and let you three go along with this crazy scheme."

I grinned, "So, chocolate's your weakness?"

"Doesn't everyone have a weakness?" He retorted.

"No one can say no to chocolate – that definitely applies to you."

Remus chuckled glancing over his shoulder, a small frown formed on his face as he saw that Lily was being restrained by Hestia and Dorcas now. James was pale with fear as was Peter's, so much for Gryffindor courage, and Sirius was once again laughing.

"I'm going to go intervene, I have a feeling Sirius is just helping James dig himself a digger hole."

I smirked at the accuracy of Remus's statement.

"Bye Phoenix."

"See ya Remus."

He smiled at me as he left. I watched him for a few moments as he walked to the front of the class calmly stepping in between Lily and James. I rolled my eyes; five years of dealing with the other Marauders Remus had become a master at diffusing these types of arguments.

Lily's yelling faded to silence and the classroom was filled with the buzz of chatter after a few seconds. I looked at my watch to see there was only ten minutes left of the lesson and much of it had been spent by Lily yelling at James.

I looked out of the window Sirius had repaired mere minutes ago, for a change the weather was turning out to be quite pleasant, I hoped it would last for a bit longer, it would be just our luck that it would be torrential rain when our OWL's were finally over and we had some time to actually go outside.

"Daydreaming are we?"

I jumped slightly at the sound of Sirius's voice beside me. I hadn't noticed him walk over, nor had I noticed him sit down in Lily's deserted seat.

"Yes." I replied simply.

He rolled his eyes, "I noticed, you kinda zoned out for about five minutes."

I laughed, "That sounds just like me."

"So," Sirius said swinging his legs off of the table and onto my lap, I rolled my eyes at his actions as he continued with a roughish grin, "How do you think the lovebirds are doing?"

I didn't have to ask who he meant; instead I looked to the front of the class where Remus was still talking to Lily and James. Lily was frowning with her arms crossed and James, the James Potter, looked sheepish. I had known James for most of my life and Merlin; I had never seen the prat look sheepish before!

I watched for a few more moments tilting my head slightly to the side, Lily was looking at James and no longer looked angry but, rightfully so, confused.

"James looks like he feels guilty, I think its confusing Lily."

Sirius watched the pair for a moment.

"Yeah…your right, bloody hell he's whipped."

I laughed, "And their not even together – yet."

"Ah, can't forget the yet now can we."

I grinned at him and he grinned back at me his grey eyes twinkling like the stars we had studied so many times in Astronomy.

The door to our classroom opened, we all swivelled around to look at who was there. Slughorn walked forward as large and hairy as ever; behind him trailed the Slytherin's who had been hit with Peter's exploding potion all of them looking disgruntled and grumbling darkly under their breath, as soon as Snape walked in the Gryffindor's, even Remus, burst into laughter.

He was still missing half of his hair.

I could have sworn that as Lily glared at James for laughing at the sight of the scalped snake that was her oldest best friend and Slughorn told the class in a booming voice to settle down that there was a small amused smile on her face.

A/N So here's chapter two! Took a while for me to rewrite but I definitely prefer this version to the other one! Enjoy and please REVIEW! Ta, Mischief Managed ;)