When in Doubt~
-A series of drabbles about what the Potter characters would do when in doubt-
Sirius and James-
Everyone knew that Sirius Black and James Potter were two of the four notorious pranksters in Hogwarts, aka the Marauders. They were well known for pranking all of the student body, the Slytherins in particular, and they had no problems with dragging their fellow Marauders, Remus and Peter, along with them. But all of that aside, no one knew that they (well, aside from Peter) were actually quite intelligent. People also didn't know that the Marauders were in the midst of doing something illegal.
For a good few years, James, Sirius, and Peter were trying to master their Animagus transformation. But since Peter didn't have a lot of self-confidence, if any at all, he didn't spend nearly as much time on it as Sirius and James did. So for the two pureblood wizards, whenever they needed a break from schoolwork and weren't up to planning a major prank on the school, they'd fall back on option three.
For now, when in doubt, become an Animagus.
Don't worry, there will be another Marauder chapter dedicated to pranking. ;]