It was the first week of October. Since the beginning of Lily's maraudical apprenticeship, she had successfully completed all of Sirius' assignments. The charms classroom was heavily dusted by glitter that was practically blinding, the Slytherin Common Room was filled with thousands of stuffed lions, badgers, and eagles, and the underwear of the entire Slytherin house, was hanging off the Astronomy tower, waving in the crisp Autumn air.
Sirius didn't want Lily to know that he was impressed. In fact he din't even comment on the pranks. He just sent Lily a note once or twice a week to inform her of her next assignment. While this whole apprenticeship thing was going on, Sirius felt bad that he wasn't spending time with the Marauders. His attention was almost always diverted onwards Marlene. Therefore, he was looking forward got the full moon that would occur later that night. Marlene had claimed she was having a girls night with Lily and Grace after Lily was finished with head duties. Little did Marlene know that Sirius had an assignment for Lily tonight.
Sirius had been distant, James thought. He was all over Marlene, all the time. James had also been concerned with the encounter he saw between Sirius and Lily a week before. It looked as if she was begging him for something. He was quite annoyed with Sirius. Did he need to have all the girls. Especially the one that he wanted since first year.
Shit, Lily thought. She had received a note from Sirius about a new prank. The new assignment would be more difficult than the last few. It had to be in the Great Hall during dinner. As Lily sat in History of Magic she thought she had devised a suitable plan. She just hoped hair-dye wouldn't be seen as lame, so she added a bit extra things to the prank.
Grace was a shy girl. She couldn't even tell her best friends in the whole world that she had been in love with Remus Lupin since 6th year, and she didn't plan on telling them any time soon. Everything from his sandy brown hair to his scars was sexy, and he was a Marauder without being overly rambunctious like his hooligan friends, 'Padfoot' and 'Prongs'. Stupid nicknames, and they called him Moony, for Merlin's sake. She couldn't help feeling bad for Peter, who would want to be called Wormtail? Remus was hard to read. He didn't show any emotion. He had never asked a girl out at Hogwarts. That fact just sent Grace's dreams of going out with him down the toilet. There was something he seemed to be hiding, and Grace thought it was something that only the Marauders and his family knew.
Marlene was over the moon. She had liked Sirius for awhile, and now they were inseparable. She was looking forward to spend sometime with Lily and Grace later. Forget about Alice, she and Frank practically live in one of the broom closets in the fourth floor corridor. Sirius said he was hanging out with the Marauders anyway. They would see each other for Quidditch practice in the morning, and he was taking her to Hogsmeade on Saturday night also.
Remus was tired, tonight was the full moon. Even though Sirius was insane with the amount of Quidditch practices he held, Remus was glad a marauder was captain. He understood without a doubt why Remus would be missing practice in the morning. The time that the Marauders would be at practice would be a nice time for Remus to read a nice, long, classic novel without any interruptions.
Peter was depressed. Sure he had his friends, and everything, but still they wouldn't always be there. Sirius was with Marlene, James would either end up with Lily or commit suicide, and Remus would eventually get with someone despite that he thought he was 'too dangerous'. He was Peter, short, chubby, dumb, Peter. The guy that no girls talked to so much as like. He had no explanation for why the Marauders befriended him, but boy, to think where he'd be without them.
It was dinner time. Lily was sitting towards the middle of the Grryfindor table with Grace, Marlene, Alice, Frank, and Sirius, an interesting group she observed. Her plate was full, but she barely touched it. She would complete the prank in five seconds. 5…4…3…2…1… Lily muttered the incantation. Suddenly the entire Great Hall burst into laughter, especially the muggleborns. All of the teachers were wearing outfits that related to the popular muggle craze of the time, disco. She looked over at Sirius who smiled at her and gave her a thumbs up, and then ate her dinner as the Great Hall went into chaos.
After dinner, Marlene was sitting by the window in the common room. Grace was returning a book in the library, and Lily had just otter back from patrol and was reprimanding some younger students on the other side of the common room. Marlene was staring out the window. The sun was slowly setting. Suddenly, Sirius, James, and Peter came into view, she briefly wondered where remus was, but thought little of it. They were joking around and walking towards the Whomping Willow. Peter disappear form her view, and Marlene furrowed her brow, but what surprised her even more was when the figures of Sirius and James were replaced by those of a shaggy black dog and a stag. They were animaguses. Marlene continued to stare out the window, eyes wide and jaw dropped.