A/N: This chapters are coming faster than I thought they would. O.o Thanks for all the reviews, they inspire me. J And sorry about the bold in the last chapter, I didn't realize it was bolded. :\

Harry stumbled into his room back in Hogwarts and was only slightly shocked to find his friends waiting there for him. They had all been dosing off due to the late hour but had startled awake when Harry had opened the door. Harry immediately noticed relief that had surged through them after seeing that Harry was okay, albeit he looked completely exhausted.

"How did it go?" asked Blaise, the quickest to shake off the grogginess that set in with the early stages of slumber.

"Well, actually. It started off pretty badly, though. Remus didn't recognize me at first and was hesitant to put his full trust in me, probably because of my new appearance. But he's on our side now… He actually decided to become a spy for us. He's going to continue to attend meetings for the Order and pass along information our way."

"That's wonderful! It'll be very helpful!" exclaimed Pansy, having somehow procured energy in a few small minutes.

"Okay, this is all wonderful and all but it's late, can we continue this discussion tomorrow?" Draco asked, obviously getting cranky from lack of sleep but his face showed his relief.

"Dray, technically it would be later to-" Harry began but was rudely interrupted.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Later today, I don't give a bloody damn. I just want to sleep now that this is over with."

"Fine, be that way… Mr. Crankypants." Harry stated produced subdued chuckles from Blaise and Pansy, who attempted the usual coughing cover up.

Draco glared at Harry, not in the mood to be teased, but Harry merely shrugged it off and spoke up once more,

"Oh, thought it would be obvious if we ventured out a lot without changing our appearance somehow. He said it was likely that Dumbledore would have people try and shadow us."

Harry watched as the information sunk in and before anyone could start producing random idea, he reiterated Remus's idea.

"Remus suggested that we try and become animagi so we will be able to move around a lot more freely without calling attention to ourselves. I personally think it's a brilliant plan but it'll take awhile. Till then we can use our current methods."

Everyone nodding in agreement. Blaise and Pansy stood up to go to their rooms, sensing that the conversation was over when Harry yawned and headed to his trunk to pull out his pajamas. He spoke up once again when the pair had just been about to close the door behind them.

"Did you guys set up everything for the prank?"

"Yeah. It will all go into effect when we use the starter spell." Pansy replied, a wicked smile playing at her lips.

Harry smiled just as wickedly right back at her before she closed the door and going back to preparing for bed. Once Harry had finished, he sat down next to Draco on his bed, where he had been waiting for the past few minutes.

"What wrong?" Harry asked, reaching over and brushing Draco's silky strands of hair out of his face so he could see his expression.

"I was really worried about… you shouldn't do things like that alone…" Draco murmured, one arm pulling Harry into a tight embrace.

"I'm sorry. I just thought it would make Remus more comfortable if we were alone…" Harry replied against Draco's neck, he placed a soft kiss on the area where neck and shoulder merged, hoping it would relax and comfort Draco

Draco pulled away enough to be able to look into Harry's eyes. After a few seconds of intensely searching each other's eyes, their eyes fluttered closed as their faces closed the small gap between them.

The kiss was soft and slow, as if trying to ease the tension created by the worry away. Gradually the kiss became more heated and passionate. Tongues moved against one another, as Draco flipped them around so that he straddled the smaller boys' hips against the bed.

Draco nipped and licked down Harry's neck, enjoying the soft noises Harry was making. Harry scratched with almost non-existent nails at Draco's back as his mind tried to think logically past the fog of lust.

They were moving too quickly again, both boys knew this but it was hard for them to truly process that information and stop. It was the feeling of Voldermort entering Harry's mind that snapped him out of his lust and he was finally able to push Draco away, not as gently as he had hoped.

"What? Wait what's wrong?" Draco asked, watching as several emotions played across Harry's face: anger, disgust, lust, and determination.

"Well for starters, we're moving faster than we planned and agreed to. But also, what if Voldermort decided that he wanted a front row seat to our…moment." Harry said, spitting the last sentence out in clear disgust.

Draco made a face, "You mean, he entered your mind and-"

"Yes. I'm so utterly repulsed I'm not sure if I can even kiss for the next few days."

"That's disgusting… Wait, no kissing for a few days?"

Harry laughed at Draco's expression and rolled his eyes.

"We'll see. I think it's time we go to sleep." Harry said, gently pushing Draco towards his own bed as amusement lit up his eyes.

"Well I know I will definitely be having nightmares tonight…." Draco muttered, ignoring the laughter coming from Harry's direction.

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The group sat at the Slytherin table for breakfast, all looking tired even though several glamour spells had been cast.

"Didn't get much sleep last night?" Nott asked, leaning towards the group from a few seats down.

They all shook their heads, silently eating food they hoped would give them enough energy to last the day. It was then that Harry noticed something.

"What happened to Crabbe and Goyle?"

"Oh, their grades were a tad bit too unsatisfactory for the school." Draco responded, with a casual shrug. Harry was surprised to find out that one could flunk out of Hogwarts but not surprised that Crabbe and Goyle would flunk out of anything academic.

"Its time." Blaise whispered, his eyes flickering behind Harry and Draco towards the rest of the hall for a few seconds before settling back on Harry. Harry seemingly turned to look at Draco but his eyes grazed the Great Hall. Draco did the same.

They had decided to wait until the Great Hall was filled with most, if not all, students at breakfast. One of the few meals that even the more zealous of nerds, such as Granger, always attended. Unfortunately, Dumbledore was missing from the Great Hall. He had been missing since the Howler, and there was little doubt in the new marauder's mind that he was dealing with the legal and financial consequences of forging Harry's signature and stealing his money.

"Incipio," Harry whispered, flicking his wand underneath the table.

The room trembled for a bit and everyone turned to look around them in shock and fear which quickly became confusion.

Laughter began to feel the recently silenced room as people looked up at the head table. The professors now found themselves atrocious bathing suits that Pansy had picked out to be particularly embarrassing. Each bathing suit was picked specifically for each professor.

Professor McGonagall found herself adorning a flamingo pink grandmother style bathing suit with cat lady written across the front. She had also grown cat whiskers that twitched in her annoyance.

Professor Snape was in an unfortunate bikini decorated with flowers everywhere and had a long, Dumbledore-like, black beard. He tried to stand up immediately in his anger but stepped on his beard, causing himself not only pain but also to fell ungracefully back into his chair.

Professor Trelawney wore a skimpy bikini that showed more than anyone ever thought was possible, and most of the students were surprised to see that Trelawney had a nice body hidden underneath all crazy, bag lady clothes she usually wore.

Hagrid was the only teacher spared, though more for the marauder's own sake then Hagrid's. Pansy had absolutely refused to provide him with an outfit, swearing that they would all go blind in the attempt to amuse themselves.

It was hard to tell whether the red in their faces depicted their embarrassment or anger, perhaps a mix of both. Snape glared accusingly at new quartet but took no action against his house.

The banners that had unfurled during the laughter, one banner above the table of each house. The Slytherin banner read 'Come to the dark side, we have cookies. And much sexier students. Jealous much?'

Ravenclaw read 'We'll do you like our homework, all night' much to their embarrassment. Hufflepuff read 'Underground Nymphos', several Hufflepuff's blushed and there were a few that looked around guiltily. Gryffindor read 'Because there's a fine line between bravery and stupidity.'

Anger, embarrassment, and laughter filled the room. Ron stood up angrily and turned to point at Harry, whom was having a hard time controlling his laughter.

"You! What do you think you're playing at! You slimy-" Ron stopped mid sentence, his hand going up to touch the skin on his face tentatively.

The people closest to him began to scoot away as angry purple boils appeared all over his face and any area of skin as far as anyone could tell with the robes. He turned to look at Hermione, hoping she would have a counter, only to find that she was suffering the same condition.

They both flung one last glare at Harry before attempting to hurry to the Hospital Wing but ended up wincing and settled for walking as fast the odd manner they were forced to walk in allowed them to. The Great Hall was once again roaring with laughter as people discovered the extent of their boils.

Once they were almost at the doors to leave, one more banner appeared above the Great Hall doors. It read 'Marauders. New Edition!' in sparkling letters with animated stick figures running around and wreaking havoc on the Hogwarts crest in the corner.

The four new marauders stood up, smirked, and bowed elegantly to the Great Hall, ignoring Weasley and Granger as they exited the stage. The professors, quite dumbfounded at the unexpected prank, had just transformed their clothes back to their normal attire.

Both McGonagall and Snape marched down the aisle between the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor tables towards the four pleased marauders and was about to assign them a punishment and take away far too many house points when she was interrupted by Snape, most people were surprised that he managed to get there that fast.

"A week of detention in the dungeons every night at 7. And 100 points from Slytherin."

"That's all? They should receive much more punishment than that." McGonagall argued, angry at Snape's obvious bias.

"These students are in my house, Minerva, and I will punish them as I see fit." Snape said, throwing a glare at the transfiguration professor. Her lips pressed into a tighter line than usual but she turned and walked off to her office.

Snape leaned in with a sneer that showed he was obviously displeased with the group.

"If you're going to be bloody idiots and follow in the footsteps of Potter's father, then you better not be obvious like you were today. I won't have you wasting all the points our noble house earns. You better not get caught or I'll give you a real punishment… And Draco I am most disappointed."

Draco shrugged as Snape stalked off in his usual dramatic fashion, his lips twitching upwards at the mumbled wanker that came from Harry and Pansy.

"Really, he's no fun. Has he no sense of humor?" Pansy said, once he had left.

"Nah, it's just that he needs to get laid." Blaise replied matter-of-factly.

The group sniggered and grabbed their things, heading to their first classes, none of them noticing the thoughtful stares that followed them out.

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Potions was going rather quickly, brewing a simple but time consuming potion that Snape demanded. Pansy and Harry were once again partners, sitting behind Blaise and Draco who were talking about some Quidditch team.

"So have you and Draco had sex yet?" Harry nearly sliced his finger in shock and turned to look at Pansy, horrified.

"No! Way too soon for that and please, Pansy do try and not say such shocking things while I'm doing dangerous things."

Pansy pouted, "But I want details. What's the point in have gay friends dating if I can't see some action?"

"Umm…. Our happiness?"

"Pfft. You can be happy in other ways."

Harry laughed and shook his head at Pansy's teasing comment.

"I think we should start brewing the Animagus potion to find out our animal tonight. It takes about a week to make." Draco whispered, leaning back into the amused pair. They shook their heads in agreement.

"Oh, Harry, can I borrow the map and cloak today? I'm going to see my Uncle during my free period." Pansy whispered so softly that Harry almost didn't hear her.

Harry nodded, looking at Pansy intently. It took a Slytherin to see the underlying sadness in her actions and expression. It was hard for her to lose her father, Harry knew, even if he hadn't been the best. A parent is always a parent no matter what.

"Your father would be proud, I'm sure, of you taking a stand for what you believe is right." Harry whispered, giving her a quick hug without any Gryffindor's noticing.

Harry took up the flask of the finished potion to Snape, who was once again unable to find any flaws in the potion. Harry smirked at Snape's growing frustration, having yet to find any problems with the potions Harry made but taking it out on the parchments he turned in.

When Harry got back to his desk, he found a note sitting on his desk. He looked at Pansy, who shrugged and whispered,

"It just appeared on your desk. I have no clue where it came from."

They both eyed the note with curiosity and Harry looked down at the folded parchment on his desk. On the very top it read, 'Much better than owls, don't you agree?'

A/N: If you have any ideas for pranks or pairing, drop me a line. I'm still considering where I'm taking this story, its kind of writing itself… :p