Hope you all like this. I wrote it completely at school, so I really hope it doesn't show that I was somewhat distracted.
"Moony!" Sirius called as he burst through the door to the dormitory. "Moony, where have you been?!"
"I've been here, Sirius. All day. Sleeping in, like any normal, sane person would do on a Saturday," Remus replied.
"Why would you do that? It's a beautiful day!" Sirius said as he flung open the curtains.
"Arg!" Remus yelled at the sudden burst of light.
"No, Rem, International Talk Like a Pirate Day is in September, remember?"
"Sirius Black, shut the damn curtains before you blind me!" Remus yelled, burying himself farther under his covers.
"Fine," Sirius sighed. "I just wanted to enjoy the sunrise with you."
"That's incredibly romantic of you Siri-sunrise?!"
"Yeah, it's lovely!"
"Sirius," Remus whined, "it's far too early for any decent, logical human to be awake! You're never up this early. Why are you up this early?"
"Because it's my most favorite day of the year!" Sirius announced proudly.
"It's not your birthday," Remus said with a grin, but then it hit him. His grin disappeared as he visibly paled. "Oh, no..."
"Oh yes!" Sirius replied giddily. "It's April Fool's Day!" He laughed loudly.
"Oh, Merlin," Remus groaned. He looked around the room. "Where are James and Peter?"
"They went on ahead. Troopers, those two, giving up their morning for the greater good. We're the Three Musketeers!"
"The greater good is tormenting people through ridiculous antics? And what happened to the Marauders?"
"Can't very well be the Marauders with the fourth lying lazily in bed, now can we?" Sirius reprimanded.
"I don't think it's actually considered lazy if it's dawn and the person just wants a normal amount of sleep," Remus grumbled.
"No time for normalcy now, mate, we've got a mission to accomplish!" Sirius said, finally crossing over to Remus's bed.
"I'd prefer to just stay here," Remus said, closing his eyes and snuggling back into the warmth.
"The only way you'd stay here is if I got to stay here too, and since I'm far too busy for any sort of canoodling right now, up you go!" Sirius said, yanking Remus up and steadying him with his own arms.
Remus landed with his nose in the crook of Sirius's neck.
"Mmm, you smell nice," Remus breathed.
Sirius let out a chuckle. "Yes, I know. Now let's go!" He leaned down and kissed Remus fully to wake him up, and then they were off.
"Men and Peter-"
"Hey!" Peter protested.
"Fine, you can be a man too," James continued, rolling his eyes. "Men, this is possibly the most important day of all time."
"Why is this day different than any other April Fools Day we've spent at Hogwarts?" Remus asked in an annoyed tone.
"Were you holding Sirius's hand during my speech on any of those other April Fool's Days?"
Remus flushed deep crimson and released Sirius's hand; Sirius coughed awkwardly, and James glared.
"Right, as I was saying: this is our last April Fool's Day at Hogwarts. Ever. Our entire legacy as the Marauders depends on this prank. Should we fail, we will be known only by our greatest failure and not by the numerous plans that have been successful. We cannot let that happen! It is our duty- Sirius, would you pay attention?!"
Sirius embarrassedly stopped watching Remus and returned to James's speech.
"It'd be a lot easier if you could get to the point, mate." Sirius replied.
"I will not finish my important speech early just so you can go shag Moony in the nearest broom closet! Merlin, that's a bad mental image."
"I disagree with you there, Prongs," Sirius replied, winking.
"This has to be absolutely perfect. We need to make sure we brand the Marauders' identity to the walls of Hogwarts forever!" James concluded.
"Wait, you don't mean that literally, do you?" Remus asked worriedly.
"Of course I mean it literally, Moony! How else are we supposed to be remembered forever?"
"Uh, Prongs, I don't think this is something we should leave on the walls forever. Maybe for a day, or a week. I don't think I'd want it there forever."
"What exactly do you morons plan on embedding on the wall?" Remus asked.
"You'll find out soon enough, love."
"Sirius, do you have to use pet names around us?"
"You can call Lily whatever you want, I can call Remus whatever I want. If I want to refer to him as the most gorgeous-arsed, shaggable werewolf there ever was, I damn sure will."
Remus sighed. "I would actually prefer you didn't."
Sirius smirked. "Prefer I didn't what, most gorgeous-arsed shaggable werewolf there ever was?"
Remus growled. "Call me that. I'd prefer you didn't call me that."
"Well-"
"It's time to get started! The mission is a go!" James interrupted.
"Padfoot and Moony, calling Padfoot and Moony. Come in, Padfoot and Moony!" James spoke urgently into his wand.
"Padfoot and Moony to Prongs, we are listening. Provide Instruction," came the reply.
"Wormtail, are you in? Wormtail? Come in Wormtail!"
"It seems Wormtail has aborted the mission."
"We're on our own then, men. Prongs has the west corridor. Padfoot, patrol the east; make sure we're clear of any authority. Moony, you enter from above."
"Above?! Are you serious?" Remus's voice spoke.
"Of course not, you're with Sirius! Okay, Padfoot and Moony, exchange duties. Moony, patrol the east corridor. Padfoot, you're high flying."
Sirius whooped excitedly.
"If all goes according to plan, I will meet the two of you just inside the Great Hall in about five minutes. Good luck, men."
James ended wand communication.
"Lucky for us nothing ever goes according to plan," Remus groaned.
"That's the spirit, Moony!" Sirius said, clapping him on the back.
James snuck down the west corridor humming a song he felt was incredibly spy-ish. He knelt behind statues and ducked just inside of doorways, completely inconspicuous to the world. It was amazing; no one saw him, no one could touch him-
"James, what are you doing?"
James jumped and fell to the floor in a heap. Lily was standing above him.
"Ah, Lily dear! Nothing, absolutely nothing," he coughed.
She examined him for a second. "Well, since there is clearly nothing going on, I will just head in the opposite direction, pretending I saw nothing, and see you later. Happy April first," she said and turned with a wink.
James stared dumbfounded at her retreating form. "I bloody love that girl."
Remus walked normally down the east corridor, completely uncomfortable with his situation. The other boys still refused to tell him what the prank was, and he hadn't seen Peter since their first meeting this morning. Peter never missed a prank, especially when it was almost completely under James's command. It was quite suspicious, the way he had taken to acting lately.
Remus reached the end of the hall and gripped his wand. "Moony to Padfoot and Prongs. All clear."
"All clear here, too. Padfoot, commence flying," James replied.
"On it." Remus could practically hear the smirk on Sirius's face.
Remus and James emerged from their separate wings simultaneously and ran into the Great Hall. They looked up and saw Sirius dropping slowly from the ceiling. Miraculously, none of the other students had noticed him. Remus looked around to see how Sirius was descending so slowly, and with a sigh of relief, he noticed Peter in his assigned spot. He was gently lowering Sirius at a speed that was nearly unnoticeable.
James gave them the sign and Peter lowered him a little faster. Sirius pulled a vial out of his pocket, extended his hand, and tossed the contents in it at the wall. A large cloud of purple erupted and enveloped the wall. Large gasps echoed around the Great Hall and the individuals located nearest the cloud were attacked with coughing fits. The Marauders ran to a concealed corner near the doors and waited.
Remus watched, at first in awe and then in horror, as the cloud lifted. On the wall, there were four humanoid figures slightly bent over. Remus counted four moons, but not the moon that normally instilled fear within his heart. No, much worse than that. Arses. And he recognized them. Each arse had the personal signature of its owner. He read over them, disbelieving, and his gaze lingered on one in the middle. Moony was written across very familiar cheeks in his own elegant handwriting.
The Great Hall erupted in girly screams, much laughter, and a few wolf-whistles. Remus felt someone grab his arm as the boys made a break for it. Turning as he ran, he noticed Dumbledore's concealing smile and the look of pure fury etched across McGonagall's face. He felt Lily was a bit of a traitor as she sat at the Gryffindor table and tried to hide her laughter and seem indifferent to her boyfriend's antics.
The boys reached the door. "Every man for himself!" James yelled, laughing. Remus saw Peter disappear into rat form and scurry into a small alcove. Sirius grabbed Remus's hand, and they sped away. Remus relived the scene from a few months before as he and Sirius ran as fast as possible towards the Room of Requirement, once again hiding from a livid McGonagall. As he took in the situation, he erupted in laughter, thoroughly enjoying the prank, the Marauders, and Sirius Black.
Good prank? What do you think? I liked Lily in this chapter. I didn't write her out to be as...mean as normal. I think some of these next chapters are the ones I envisioned to be darker and less fun. As much as I hate to do that, we can't forget that the Marauders schooling was in the middle of a war. I'll see you in the next chapter!