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The Start of Term Prank

James just stared into space not knowing what to think about.

"I can't sleep" he said out loud. It was about 2:00 in the morning and James didn't really expect a response but was surprised when he got one or rather three.

"Me neither" came Remus' voice.

"Would you ladies shut up?" Sirius' voice interrupted.

"There are girls in our room?" Peter piped up.

"Yeah Peter I brought Queen Elizabeth and her maids to sleep with me tonight"

"How did she accept?"

"Would you two shut up already?" said Remus sitting up.

"Is this a dream or are all of you guys really awake?" asked James completely surprised that of all the people SIRIUS BLACK was awake this early.

"No prongs" said Sirius sarcastically "I am still asleep…I'm sleep-talking"

"Alright now that we are really awake" James nodded at Sirius who sat up on his four- poster, "When is the start of term prank?"

"Good Godric I almost forgot about that!" said Peter.

"'Course you did" said Sirius.

"I was thinking that we do it now" said James after a while.

"I'm in" said Sirius enthusiastically.

"Do I have a choice?" said Remus.

"I'm in too" squeaked Peter.

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Lily, Anna and Sirius were sitting in the common room waiting for their friends to arrive so that they could go for breakfast together. Sirius unfortunately had caught the bathroom first and hence the others had to wait for about an hour for him to come out. Jade was dressing up in the dormitories. Anna and Sirius were trying to get Lily to tell them how she felt about James.

"C'mon Lils" begged Sirius "Don't let fear in your cockpit!"

"Excuse me!" said Lily not understanding what Sirius meant. "Don't let what in my where?"

Jade arrived right on cue.

"So what's this about cockpits?" she asked Anna.

"Well-" started Anna but was cut off by another voice.

"Okay people lets go fill our Egyptian mummies" said Peter skipping the last three steps of the boys dormitories.

"Egyptian what?" said Jade facing Peter.

"That's his dum rhyming slang which he thinks suits him but Peter seriously it sounds terrible" said Remus coming down the steps.

"And what exactly does 'Egyptian something' mean?"

"Its Egyptian Mummies it means tummies"

"So why didn't he just say stomach?" said Anna looking completely confused.

"Don't strain your brain Anna dear" said Lily.

Soon, accompanied by James, they went for breakfast. There wasn't a single Slytherin around. This surprised most of them. The Marauders were pretty cheery that morning. Lily could not understand why James had that annoying grin plastered on his face. Finally she decided to ask them.

"What's with the happiness?" she questioned Sirius who was sitting to her right.

"What happiness?" asked Sirius blankly with a lop side grin attached to his face.

"I know that you're hiding some- " but was cut off when the doors of the great Hall opened to revile very angry looking Slytherins. They wore Red and Yellow robes and had either red or yellow hair. And to add to their Gryffindor-coloured appearance all of them including the males, wore red lipstick or rather red paint. The hall burst out laughing at the sight of them.

Lily couldn't help but laugh like everyone. It was really funny to see Slytherins, green and slimy, wear red and yellow robes let alone paint their hair red and yellow.

"Must be stupid Black's work" came Rohit's voice from beside Jade.

"I heard that!" burst out Sirius. "Infact I heard that twice"

"Err-Sirius how can you hear it twice when he said it only once?" asked Anna who was sitting towards Lily's left.

"Well-I-umm" started Sirius "I was recalling it!" he finished some what lamely.

Anna just rolled her eyes.

"The Slytherins-look like-they just had-their arse cut out-and stuck up their nose-to smell it" said Frank Longbottom in between his laughs.

"Totally" said James who was sitting opposite to Lily.

James, Lily and Frank were laughing like never before. To James, hearing Lily laugh was music to his ears. Finally they all stopped laughing, but they were still grinning.

"Will the responsible student or rather students stand up" said Professor Dumbledore smiling.

James glanced at Sirius and Remus who nodded. He then winked at Lily and stood up. The other Marauders followed.

"As I suspected" muttered Professor McGonagall but smiled nevertheless.

"Now Mr. Potter" said Professor Dumbledore his eyes twinkling "Enlighten us on how this" he pointed at the Slytherins "Could be reversed"

"Well Professor" started James grinning "All they have to do is come and tell a Gryffindor, that 'Gryffindors are the best' from the bottom of their hearts. They must mean it or their robes won't change"

"And I am afraid I owe you a week's worth of detention from Professor McGonagall" said Dumbledore glancing at Professor McGonagall "You would be cleaning the Trophy Room without magic."

The Marauders exchanged bored glances. The Trophy Room was the dirtiest and boring place in Hogwarts according to them. But they accepted nevertheless.

"That was a bloody cool prank" said Jade. They were going to the Transfiguration classroom.

"I think Gryffindors are the best" a Slytherin first year was saying to Anna. Instantly her robes changed to normal and so did her hair and lips. "Cool"

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Transfiguration turned out to be interesting as they were learning about Animagi. James had another reason to be happy. Lily had to sit next to James as Sirius sat near Anna. James spent all the while just staring at Lily while she took down notes.

"Ms. Stryker can stay awake in my class" the voice of a stern Professor McGonagall brought James out of his fantasy.

"I'll tryProfessor" moaned Anna still half asleep.

"By the way Mr. Potter tell me when you would like to have the Quidditch tryouts"

James nodded.

"I want two parchments on Animagi by Monday" said McGonagall. "You may leave"

The students filled out groaning. But unlike them Lily seemed interested in this Animagi subject. She thought it was really amazing to transform into an animal at will. 'wish I could be one' thought Lily as she followed James out. Little did she know that the boy in front of her was an Animagi …

History Of Magic turned out to be quite fun for James as he sat beside Lily again. Lily didn't find it irritating when he kept staring at her. Infact she felt herself blush when she caught him staring as he gave her his trade mark grin. James just loved to stare at her.

James was feeling a bit bored so he took out his quill and scribbled a note and passed it to Lily. Lily gave James a quizzical look and opened the note. Hey Lils it read

You look beautiful

Lily blushed and replied.

Thanks but its not like I didn't know

Just reminding you if you forgot

Yeah thanks anyway and stop passing notes I have to concentrate

Why do you even bother listening to that ghost?

I bother because I unlike you have to study to pass.

C'mon Lily History Of Magic is there for passing notes and enjoying ourselves!

No History Of Magic is there to tell us about the history of magic.

Yeah that too but c'mon it's damn boring

Okay I give up!

Cool now that you are free do you want to go to the broom closet and snog me senseless?

NO!

They couldn't continue as the class ended. They joined the others and left for double portions with Slytherins, snickering at all the Slytherins still in colorful robes.

"Laughing are you?" drawled a voice behind them.

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A/N: R/R

Ill give you three guesses who the voice belongs to…try and guess

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