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Chapter 7
Revenge. It wasn't a pleasant word, but it was all the four girls could think about throughout the entire day of Halloween; the feast past by in a blur as their minds were focused on something far, far more important. It couldn't be stupid, or something that could be undone quickly and easily. It had to have long lasting effects and be traumatic. So traumatic, that the Marauders would have to have years of therapy with Dumbledore and never be able to show their faces around school for weeks because of the humiliation. Oh yes, revenge was certainly sweet. They sat on Esmee's bed and began brainstorming different ways to cause serious mental discomfort to the Marauders. It was evil, yet surprisingly fun.
"Boys, suck", Esmee declared, causing 'yes's' of support to come from her friends, toasting their glasses of Fizzing Brains together. Now Fizzing Brains – your head won't know what's hit it! was a drink that had been new and extremely popular about ten years previously until parents had lobbied together to get it banned. It was a drink that sent children and adults alike into a fit of extreme happiness which resulted in a terrible headache a few hours later. It was in fact a drink that had every side effect of alcohol, without containing any alcohol. The Ministry of Magic had deemed it too dangerous and had banned it five years previously. It was only down to Lia and Ally having connections that allowed them to crack open this now treasured and rare beverage. Needless to say, the effects of the drink were already working their magic on the girls.
Lily was clutching her glass almost possessively. "Your brothers are amazing", she sighed as she took another swig, commenting on the fact that Lia and Ally's Auror brothers had access to many banned substances. "Imagine never having the chance to drink this".
Ally smirked as she watched Lily well and truly let herself relax. The redhead really was too highly strung sometimes. Lia smiled in agreement before pulling them all back on track.
"Revenge will be ours girls, we just need to come up with the perfect plan".
It was the middle of the night, and Ally kept casting nervous glances around the room, in case another bat found its way into her hair. Lia noticing this sighed heavily and tried once again to reassure her nervous cousin.
"Ally, there are no more bats okay? I exterminated the whole room by ending the spell – I'm amazing, praise me", she said.
"So modest", Lily muttered.
"Geniuses need no modesty", Lia grinned.
"Too true", Lily said, "especially when it's me", causing Lia to look at her and say Oooh, the fiery little demon has finally come out of its shell!"
"Little demon? Where'd that come from?"
"The abyss of my stomach – mwahahahaha!!"
Lily backed away slowly, but forgetting she was near the end of the bed, reached the edge and fell over backwards, landing on the floor with a loud thud. The three remaining girls burst into hysterical laughter, Fizzing Brains and chocolate being thrown in the air, causing them to laugh even harder. Any passers by would automatically assume that the girls were drunk, which was not far from the truth. Ah bless that Fizzing Brains.
-~ In the common room ~
The Marauders, as was usual, had stayed up very late in the common room. It was completely deserted apart from them, and they usually spent this time planning more of their pranks and adventures. This time however was a bit different.
Sirius, still high on his victory – well their victory, kept laughing manically and nudging James and occasionally Remus to join in. Peter however looked worried; they might not expect the girls to retaliate, but he sure as hell did.
"Sirius don't get complacent, the girls aren't as forgiving as you think, and they're not going to take this lying down", James said with Peter nodding vigorously in agreement. Sirius looked sceptical and sneered.
"They can't touch us – we're too clever for them", he said cockily.
"Sirius, I know Esmee, and I'm starting to get a better idea of her friends, this isn't going to be pretty", James added, again getting vigorous nods from Peter.
Remus had remained quiet, listening intently to the raucous laughter that kept escaping the girls' dorm. He finally spoke quickly and quietly.
"Guys, listen. The girls are up to something".
"Moony, you're paranoid. Chicks can't plan revenge, and these are no different – no matter how hot they look in their pyjamas", Sirius added wistfully, thinking back to that morning.
"Especially Esmee" Peter said getting a vigorous nod from Sirius this time. Sirius seemed to have had a memory lapse that Lia was the third biggest prankster in the school. The others had not, but were still stupid not to be on their guard.
~Back with the girls ~
Esmee put her elbow on her knee and put her finger up to emphasise the fact that she had an idea.
"Okay girls I think I've got it", she said in her hyper state. They quickly gathered round and listened to the plan, giggling manically as time went on.
"Wait", Lily stated, a mischievous glint in her eyes, "Not just them, but all the boys in the 6th year and above!" she finished demonically.
"Oh yeah!" Esmee agreed, high fiveing her friend.
"Those boys are going to be so sorry", Lia finished, taking another gulp of the banned drink.
They had stayed up all night, strategising up until the very last detail, but it was all to pay off in about an hour. That was when the boys were to take showers, mwahahahaha! They had all dressed in black clothing for the full on ninja effect, pulling their hair up into high ponytails. They were ready for action, and with final evil grins they crept into the dorms of the 6th and 7th year boys' rooms, stealing clothes along the way and summoning owls to take them off their hands, commenting quietly on how messy the rooms were.
"I thought I was bad", Lia stated.
"You are, they're just worse", Esmee answered with a smirk.
It was all starting to come together and as they arrived at the last area of showering stalls and they could see a figure just outside, keeping watch. It was Peter, but the girls were unfazed however and had anticipated this move by the Marauders. Lia started massaging Esmee's shoulders as if she was a boxer getting ready for a title match.
"C'mon girl, you alright? Ready? Confident?" Lia asked.
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm good", Esmee answered. "How's my hair? Make-up?" she asked, placing a hand to her head.
"You look great. Go get 'im", Ally said, pushing Esmee towards an unsuspecting Peter.
"Poor sod", Lily added, "He doesn't have a hope in hell", and she was answered by evil grins and shakes of the head.
Esmee sauntered over to Peter, one hand on her hip, swaying them as she walked. She figured that if she had to do this, she might as well do it right. She stood in front of him, fluttering her eyelashes and pulling her hair down and shaking it around her body for the full on effect. Peter was immediately captivated, and Esmee felt a smile tugging at the corner of her lips. 'This is too easy' she thought.
"So how come you aren't in there showering too?" she asked in a sultry tone. He mumbled something that she couldn't hear.
"Now there's a sight I wouldn't mind seeing" she continued in the same voice. Inwardly she was cringing in disgust but outwards she looked cool, calm and colleted. As Peter turned his head shyly, Esmee seized the opportunity and beckoned for the girls to hurry into the shower room whilst Peter was distracted. They quickly emerged giggling manically with stolen clothes in hand. Peter's adoring smile faltered on his face as he finally caught on to what had just happened.
"But…you…how?" he sputtered in disbelief.
"Revenge Peter dear – it's sweet is it not girls?" Esmee asked. Peter knew that something bad was going to happen to him, but he never knew how evil and scheming their minds were.
"Take it away Esmee", Lia said extravagantly, while Lily and Ally had vacant looks on their faces.
"Petrificus Totalus!" Esmee yelled. Peter's arms immediately snapped to his sides and his legs locked together as he fell backwards as if made out of stone.
"It's nothing personal Peter – no scrap that – yes it is, it's never been more personal", Esmee finished. Lia however turned to Ally and Lily with a mischievous smile and glint in her sapphire blue eyes.
"I can't help but notice how your eyes wondered a bit in there girls – especially to Remus and James".
"I've no idea what you're talking about", Ally muttered but the dark blush that had appeared on her cheeks clearly stated that she did.
"I would never look at James Potter like that!" Lily added trying to sound insulted.
"Really?" Lia questioned them, disbelief flooding her face.
"Well, okay, for just a second maybe", Ally admitted in defeat.
"Well…he was there, and I am a teenage girl, I'm allowed to look" Lily added. Lia only laughed but Esmee had a cheeky look on her face and said, "I gotta see this, even if they are my best friends", and quickly ran into the showers. She came back out with a red tint in her cheeks, but was grinning demonically.
"Not bad, not bad at all", she commented.
"Anyway Lia, are you trying to tell us that you didn't sneak a peak at Sirius", Ally asked slyly as a pink tinge immediately formed on Lia's cheeks.
"Okay…I did, but it was only for a second – like Ally, but hey I'm only human. I may hate the guy's guts but, Quidditch practice has done that body some good", she grinned suggestively, and as the other's cried "hell yeah!" she was glad the attention shifted off her.
"They may be my best friends, but they are fine", Esmee smiled. Suddenly the comment were cut short as the taps were turned off.
"Uh…guys, RUN!!!!!!" Lily yelled.
As Esmee, Lily and Ally disappeared around the corner Lia held back slightly just in time to see Remus poke his head around the door, a look of shock apparent on his face when he saw Peter lying motionless on the floor. His attention was soon transferred to a female voice yelling; "Yoohoo Remie!! Looking for these?" He turned around and saw Lia holding up his boxers, with an extremely evil grin on her face. "Good taste by the way", she added before following suit of her friends and sprinting down the corridor, evil "Mwahahaha's" escaping her lips and echoing loudly.
He went back into the showers to tell the boys the good news. They were frantically searching the books for their clothes – finding nothing. Remus sighed and said;
"It's no use, the girls have struck".
A look of fear passed over James' face but Sirius remained oblivious.
"Struck? Remus what are you going on about?" he asked.
"Grab a towel boys, and follow me", there was a mad dash for the towels and Sirius was not best pleased when he ended up with a pink and fluffy one. James and Remus went over to help Peter up from the floor and quickly removed the full body bind spell from him. Peter then recapped what happened and as they entered their dorm, their worse fears were confirmed, as they could find no trace of their clothes. Confused and angry voices proved that they were not the only ones who had suffered this evil fate.
"Peter how did this happen? You were supposed to keep watch!" Sirius said in disbelief.
"They sent Esmee", he said in a miserable and strangled voice.
"Oh they're good. They're really good", James added.
After a quick discussion they agreed that they had to brave the Great Hall with only their towels on. They needed to find out where their clothes were, and unfortunately the girls were their only hope. They walked nervously down the corridors, attracting a lot of female attention along the way. Not that Sirius minded but it was a bit embarrassing. As they entered the hall, silence fell but was then shattered as Professor McGonagall yelled out;
"Boys, what on earth do you think you're-" but was cut off rudely by a piercing evil cackle that came from the direction of Esmee.
"Mwahahahaha!! Mwahahahahahahaha! Mwahahahahahahaha-" but she was then cut off by James' "Esmeeeee!!!"
"Uh, excuse me, I think I was in the middle of an interesting conversation with myself", she quickly added "Mwahaha, now, please continue", she said as the other three girls erupted into hysterical laughter, in what appeared to be a drinking competition between Lia and Ally with Lily as referee. There was a triumphant yell as Lia stood up, empty glass raised above her in the air and said "I WON!!!" before cackling manically, and turning to Sirius with raised eyebrows.
"Ooo, Sirius, pink is definitely your colour", she said and dissolved into hysterics once more as Sirius turned pink, conveniently matching the colour of his towel.
As this was taking place, Professors' Dumbledore, McGonagall and Terp, slowly started making their way to the table. Professor Dumbledore spoke first;
"Girls, I do believe an explanation is in order", he said trying to hide an amused smile.
"Now, now Albus, don't you hide that smile from me, you're as amused as we are", Esmee said in her hyper state – it was the drinks fault!
"And you don't need an explanation, its obvious what's going on here", Lia piped up with mock seriousness. "They're trying to get more girls – and I do believe they may succeed".
At this point McGonagall and Terp were having a whispered conversation to decide whether the girls were drunk or not, however they were not quite quiet enough.
"Au contraire Minerva, we are not drunk, I can safely assure you that we have consumed no alcohol whatsoever" Lia said as the girls all exchanged what they thought were secretive smirks.
"And what pray tell have you been drinking?" Professor Terp sneered at them.
Lia beckoned the other girls together so they could show the professors that they were telling the truth. They pulled out four bottles of the liquidy goodness and slammed them from the table, yelling in unison and pointing directly at the professors, "YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'VE FIZZED YOUR BRAIN!!" then collapsed into giggles once more.
The Professors exchanged meaningful looks, looking slightly worried as hysteria slowly engulfed the girls.
"Where did you come by this banned drink?" Dumbledore asked quietly but the only intelligible reply he got was from Lily who was muttered something about "finding it with the fairy's" as they erupted into laughter once more.
The Marauders exchanged worried looks and Sirius found himself muttering, "Oh dear Lord they've finally cracked". The girls tried to regain their composure without much success, as they looked at the Marauders in their towels. Lia suddenly let out an evil cackle and held up a pair of boxers above her head, waving from them all to see.
"Looking good Remus! But are you missing something?" she asked, leaving poor Remus to blush bright crimson. She then nudged Ally in the ribs.
"Hey Al what do you think of these boxers?" Lia asked.
"Oh very nice", Ally said approvingly, "A hot guy must wear them". Lia glanced at her with a sly grin, "They're Remus'" she cackled.
"Like I said, a hot guy", she said returning the grin as an owl swooped into the hall and flew off with Remus' boxers in its talons.
Esmee, who had picked up on the conversation, opened her eyes wider and feigned astonishment. She attempted to whisper to Remus, her hand placed subtly (or not) to the side of her mouth and said – louder than expected;
"You hear that Remus? You're still in with a chance – hold in there buddy!" causing Remus to again blush and James to chuckle slightly despite himself.
Esmee then turned her attention to Lily who had been staring at James for a very long time with her mouth slightly open.
"Lils, I know James isn't a bad sight to behold, but really, close your mouth!" she added, the blush now switching from Remus' cheeks to James'.
Dumbledore noticing that the girls were calming down ever so slightly said;
"Ladies, I am still waiting patiently for an explanation".
"Take it away Lily", Lia said.
"It all started on the day I was born, sixteen years ago-" Ally cut her off.
"No Lily dear, not that far back".
"Oh. Well, it started the morning of Halloween when Ally woke up to a most terrifying sight. The room", she paused dramatically "was moving", she whispered in a deadly voice. "I quickly woke Esmee and Lia up and turned the lights on. The sight that we beheld will traumatise us forever", she said, breaking off into fake tears.
Lia, not wanting to lose the atmosphere quickly continued.
"You don't understand Professor, it was so awful. There were spiders on the floor, scorpions in the bathroom and vampire bats in the air", she finished.
"An in my hair", Ally added in a traumatised whisper. Lia placed a comforting arm around her shoulder and said in an overly concerned voice, "There there, they're gone now".
Esmee then decided to join in;
"Ant they", she pointed an accusing finger at the Marauders who were not looking amused, "The culprits of this traumatic crime, just stood there laughing whilst we suffered", she broke off, flapping her hand in front of her face dramatically, apparently unable to continue. Lily then brought the story home.
"So you see Professor, revenge was necessary", she said in a serious voice, "We turned to Fizzing Brains for comfort. True, there was no alcohol in it, but the sugar", she paused "the secret ingredient! It all got to us, and in our disillusioned state we decided, unwittingly, that the rest of the senior boys in Gryffindor should suffer the same fate – as them", she said, glaring daggers at the Marauders, venom laced in her voice.
As the four girls finished, the Great Hall erupted into applause at the girls' acting skills, all be it slightly over-dramatic.
"We apologise profusely Professors and assure you that this will not happen again, Also, the boys' clothes will be returned shortly – bearing in mind once more that we were not in our right state of mind when we did this", Esmee finished finally.
"Very well girls, I accept your apology and explanation, but I suggest that you go up to your dorm and…recover", he smiled at them, "However I am going to confiscate this drink from you".
Lia looked up with an incredibly vulnerable expression and her lower lip trembled. It also seemed that she wasn't faking it this time.
"Professor…please" she uttered in a small voice.
"I'm sorry, but I must do this. Now up to your dorms".
The girls walked out of the hall, grumbling to themselves, and as the Professors had thought they had left, Lia's head popped back around the door and she leaned back dangerously. Too far in fact, and as she fell, in a chain reaction she dragged Ally, Esmee and Lily with her. Giggles erupted again but this time Lia's voice could be clearly heard.
"Hey what do we have first lesson?" she asked with interest.
Professor Terp answered, a malicious glint in his eyes. "I do believe, Ms Smith, you have potions".
The other three girls groaned loudly but Lia appeared to be in deep thought. Pulling her self and the others up, she counted on her fingers; "Sleep, Twerp, sleep, Twerp", then with a triumphant yell, she said as loudly as possible; "Sorry Twerpie old buddy, sleep wins!! – c'mon girls its bedtime", and with loud woohoo's and cackling the girls ran back out of view and hearing range.
Back in the Great Hall however, Dumbledore cast his eyes on the semi-naked Marauders. Sirius decided this was the time to speak up.
"Surely Albus, you're not going to let them get away with this?" he cried in horror.
"Well I have to agree with the girls, they were most certainly not in their right mind when they did this", he added thoughtfully then, "You four however have no excuse for your behaviour yesterday, therefore you shall all be awarded a weeks detention and twenty points will be taken off Gryffindor".
The boys could only splutter in disbelief and horror.
"But Professors, I've known Esmee all my life. She's a brilliant actress! She just proved it!" James finally managed to say.
"A very interesting young lady indeed - as are her friends. But my punishment remains intact and there will be no arguing".
Sirius was about to protest when a large flock of owls screeched into the hall, carrying the boys' missing clothing. As they flew overhead, one owl dropped a pair of white silk boxers with pink hearts on them on to Sirius' head causing him to blush crimson as his friends had previously.
"We told you they'd be back soon" the voice of Lia was heard through the Hall from the doorway, and she then added to the females in the Great Hall, "Oh and girls, don't you just love Sirius' boxers!?" She smirked evilly at Sirius' glare and ran back up to her dorm room – this time staying there.
