hmm nothing much to say…. chapter 3! nice and long just like as I promised!
Chapter 3: Roar
So the threesome became a foursome and by October everyone knew Lily and the boys with the new addition of Remus. They continued these little pranks and soon they got better and better. But in the middle of it they had made another friend and who also lived in the same dorm room as Sirius, James, and Remus. Peter Pettigrew was his name and he was the newest addiction to the group. He was very useful to have around too since he was strong enough to carry the heavy loads of their pranks. He wasn't very useful to have when it was time to prank, only setting things up but he was a loyal follower. So now the foursome became and a five member group and they all agreed not to have any more members to their group. The five did loads of simple pranks like putting wild bugs into the Ravenclaws diner, writing jokes about Hufflepuff on classroom's window, making the steps down to the Slytherins common room slippery, that sort of stuff. Nothing major and they sometimes got caught and sometimes they didn't, but they were getting caught less and less.
One Saturday afternoon...
'Shouldn't we have a Halloween prank?' asked Peter to the group.
The five were at the library working on their homework, well Sirius, James, and Peter were while Lily and Remus were just helping them since they had already finished.
'What should we do?' asked Sirius, looking up from his book.
'I think we should skip this one...' said Lily, playing with her quill.
'Why would we want to skip this one?' asked James, looking at Lily.
'Just to see how Halloween is celebrated here. Then next year we'll know what happening and stuff and we can make a bigger prank.' said Lily.
'Can't we do something even small?' begged Sirius..
'No, I think Lily's right. Then next year we'll have something really special.' grinned James.
'Are you lot finished with your homework?' asked Remus looking up from the book he was reading.
'Almost… Jeez, I hope they don't give out this much homework in the week of the quidditch match....' said James continuing his homework.
'What's quidditch?' asked Lily putting down her quill.
'What do you mean what's quidditch? Everyone knows what quidditch is!' said Sirius.
'Oh right, she won't know….' said James. 'It's a game that we play on broomsticks and with four different balls.'
'Sounds interesting…. I want to learn how to play… Can anyone participate?' asked Lily
'No, we're too young to play.' said Sirius in disgust. 'They said we can't handle the extreme danger in this game.'
'Yeah, I know, it sucks. But at least we can try out for the team when we get to our fourth year.'
'Oh yeah, joy for me. Waiting that long…' said Sirius putting his head on the table.
'When is this match?' asked Peter.
'I think on, November 3rd…' answered James closing his book.
'Are we playing?'
'Yup, Gryffindor verses Slytherin!'
'You know, I think this is a perfect time to show how we love our team…' said Lily putting on the mischief smile.
'Now what do you have in mind, my fair lady?' asked Sirius grinning.
'Well…'
……
'Well this just bloody blows it!' yelled Sirius. Who in the world puts anti-spell charms on grass?!'
The five were at the quidditch field one after school afternoon.
'Well at least we tried. That would have been a nice idea Lily.' said James.
'If this is just anti-spell free grass I wonder what we could do with just muggle paint.'
'Muggle paint?' asked Peter.
'Yes, it's to decorate walls with color without using magic.' answered Lily.
'Where will we get muggle paint?' asked James
'From my mom. I'll just ask if she could send us some, red and yellow, and say it's for a muggle experiment.'
'Ok… let's try it…' said Remus. 'I hope this grass isn't muggle paint free too. If they did, they're just wacked!'
The boys went to the lake, their usual hangout while Lily went up to the castle to write her mom a letter.
'I wonder what's in the lake…' asked Peter taking off his shoes and socks and dipping his feet into the water.
'Ughh, I hope the fish survives your smell Peter.' said Sirius looking disgusted.
The three laughed while Peter blushed like mad.
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'Hurry up Peter!' said Sirius across the table. 'There will be another Halloween feast next year, so just stop eating!'
The five were at the great hall eating the feast with the rest of the school, but soon was done long before the other students.
'Ok,ok, lets go…' said Peter snatching a chicken leg.
'Drop it.' growled Sirius. 'We need you to carry the heavy load and you can't do it with one hand.'
Peter dropped it and the five sneaked quickly away from the feast. They went back to their common room while Lily went up the stairs to her dorm room.
'I don't know why we have to wait out here…' said James annoyed. 'She can't possible bring down all 50 gallons of paint by herself.'
'Remember when we tried to go to Lily's room?' asked Remus.
'Yeah., I just don't get that… Why on earth would they put a charm for boys on their steps?!'
'To keep boys out maybe?' said Lily out of nowhere. She was at the bottom of the steps with something big behind her. It was the 50 galleons of paint, floating in mid air.
'Well let's go…' said Lily.
'Show off…' said Sirius while Lily gave him a glare.
At the stadium the five got to work quickly. It was almost midnight when they had finished and they sneak back into the castle covered in paint without anybody noticing.
The day arrived of the quidditch match and every Gryffindor had something red and yellow to support their team, while the Slytherins had their own color, green and white.
When the gates open for fans to get to their seats everyone was surprised at what they saw on the grass.
The grass wasn't green at all. It was red and yellow of strips with no green, except for the big snake getting killed by the lion. Everyone laughed all except for the Slytherins who were trying to get rid of the sign with spells but the grass was still anti-spell proof and at the there was a sign…
The Marauders
Nobody knew what that meant, some looked at Lily and the boys, but soon laughter had died down since the match was starting. Everyone cheered on and hoped Gryffindor will win this match….
They lost. Gryffindor lost 30-250. It was a long game, lasted 3 hours and it was lucky for Gryffindor to get a score after an hour. They were beaten badly the paint got all smudged by the injured players who got knock off by their brooms.
'When I go on the team I'll make sure that we'll win every game!' said James walking back
'I'll knock the blood of them with me being a beater!' yelled Sirius with full rage..
'I understand the game now…' smiled Lily walking down the steps.
'Finally too.' grinned James. 'It took you a full hour to understand what the balls were meant for. Typical… girls are slow learners aren't they?'
'Hey, shut up or else I'll put a silence spell on you!' teased Lily
'You don't know that kind of spell.'
'Give me one week and I'll know! For you, I'll bet it'll takes you months!'
'Shut the bloody up!' yelled Sirius.
Everyone stared at Sirius in surprise.
'What's wrong Sirius?' asked Remus
'If you haven't noticed we lost to those bloody Slytherins!'
'So? We'll just get them next time.' said Remus.
'What makes you think that we'll win the next time?'
Everyone was in silence until Lily…
'You know… this is a perfect time for revenge' smiled Lily, evilly.
Sirius lips and grown from a frown into a smile. 'My fair lady, what do you have in mind?' asked Sirius taking Lily's hand.
'Something that you'll very much like, my dear sir...'
'So that is…?' asked James curiously
'Something big. The first real prank we would have done. This is just a vague idea, but if we put our minds together I'm sure we'll get it perfectly.'
The five went to their spot near the lake and started to plan.
