We're now over half way guys! And with a year behind us. Hopefully I'll finish this before the year is out.

Can I just apologise for the complete lack of hilarity when it comes to the prank? I'm definitely more victim than prankster material. Sorry it's rubbish.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter

Remus Lupin and James Potter, 4th Year

"This is going to end in disaster." Remus Lupin warned his friends.

Three of the four Marauders were standing at the banister of the staircase, looking down at the Entrance Hall below. Remus, however, was standing back from his friends, trying to discourage them from their current idiocy. Sometimes it wasn't easy being the sanest of the group (not that it really helped his case at all, all the Marauders were insane, there was no question about it). However, as the sanest it was his job to make sure they didn't do anything too stupid.

"Nonsense, Moony." James Potter said. "This is going to be brilliant."

"A brilliant disaster." Remus stressed.

"Stop being so uptight, Moony, we'll be fine." Sirius Black said.

"We always are." Peter Pettigrew added.

"What about that time you accidently jinxed Flitwick? Or that other time when you let a pack of Nifflers out into the castle and it took hours for you to round them all up? Then there was when you pranked a whole bunch of older, tougher, Slytherins and they jinxed you and you all ended up in the hospital wing?"

"It was worth it." Sirius shrugged. James and Peter sniggered in agreement.

"Or that time when you charmed the lid of McGonagall's biscuit tin shut?" Remus continued. "Or the time you gave the Defence Professor a nervous breakdown? Or the time-"

"You keep saying 'you', Moony," James interrupted, "but you fail to realise that you were involved in all of said expeditions."

"Expeditions? Really?" Remus scoffed.

"Yes, expeditions, Remus." Sirius said walking over to his friend and draping an arm around his shoulder. "And this one is no different."

"It's going to be brilliant." Peter grinned.

"Definitely, Wormtail." James agreed.

"You really think that pitching a load of Screechsnap over the top of the banister is going to be a good idea?" Remus asked sceptically. "Really, I mean I was all for that prank we played on Snape but really, Screechsnap?"

"Yes, Screechsnap." Sirius rolled his eyes, holding a bag which contained a bunch of the green plant. The bag itself was letting off a small squeaks, muffled by the fabric of the bag. "Hell will break loose if we drop this in the Entrance Hall."

"It'll be squeaking for ages before anyone can stop it." Peter said.

"It'll annoy everyone at dinner because the Screechsnap gets louder and louder the longer it stays out of its pot." James said.

"You are such idiots. This has no comedic value whatsoever and we're bound to get into trouble. I see no point!" Remus said.

"You are a wet blanket, mate." Peter said.

"Keep it up like this and you'll be made a prefect." Sirius shook his head ruefully.

"I will not!" Remus protested.

"You will. Telling us to stop having fun." James said.

"I'm honestly not, guys; I just know that this particular prank isn't going to end well for anyone."

"Care to bet on that one, Moony?" James asked, grinning evilly at his friend.

"It depends on what we define 'well' as." Remus narrowed his eyes suspiciously.

"We shall define 'well' as not getting a detention, no loss of points, no telling off from Professors, just no Professors proving it was us really." James shrugged.

"Alright then." Remus nodded. "If I win this bet, you are not allowed to tease me about possibly becoming a prefect."

"Fine." James grinned. "And when I win, we are allowed to tease you mercilessly about your 'time of the month' and about being our future prefect."

"Two things? That's not fair!" Remus protested.

"Life isn't fair." Peter said, shrugging at his friend.

"And you're the one who's so sure everything's not going to go well." Sirius smirked.

"Fine then." Remus said and he held his hand out for James to shake. "It's a bet."

"That it is, Remus, that it is."

Approximately 30 minutes later

"Is now the appropriate time for 'I told you so'?" Remus hissed at his three friends as the four sat on chairs in Professor McGonagall's office.

"Not really." James muttered back, eyeing McGonagall warily as the quartet watched her mouth go progressively thinner.

"What on earth were you thinking?" McGonagall asked, her lips barely moving as she tried to keep her anger in check. "What on earth possessed you, four reasonably intelligent boys, to drop Screechsnap in the Entrance Hall? Mulciber is in the hospital wing right now because you dropped the plant on him!"

James and Sirius tried not to smirk in triumph (Mulciber had, after all, been where they had been aiming).

"One week of detention and 10 points from Gryffindor each." McGonagall sharply. "Now go back to Gryffindor tower and please try and stop causing mischief."

"Unlikely." Sirius muttered under his breath as the Marauders left their Head of House's office.

They made it down the corridor before Remus spun around to confront his friends.

"What did I tell you?" Remus exclaimed. "I knew this wouldn't end well. I knew it. But you guys didn't believe me!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." James rolled his eyes. "You were right."

"That's right! I was right, which means that you cannot tease me about possibly becoming a prefect." Remus smugly.

"I guess so." James shrugged. "But who cares? Did you see the look on Mulciber's face?"

The four glanced at each other, mischief glinting in four pairs of eyes- blue, grey, hazel and brown- and they simultaneously started roaring with uncontrollable laughter.

September 1st

"Look who gets the honour to become a pompous prat!"

Remus turned around from where he was standing in a carriage of the Hogwarts Express to see his three best friends smirking in the doorway.

"No more rule breaking for us." Sirius smirked. "No more sneaking out into the grounds."

"It's the tragic end of all our pranks." Peter grinned.

"Because we would never be able to pull them off with a prefect in our midst." James finished, smirking at his friend who had a shiny red and cold badge pinned to his jumper.

"I thought you weren't allowed to tease me about being prefect." Remus said, a slight blush creeping onto his cheeks. This was exactly why he hadn't told me that he'd received the badge.

"No, we said we wouldn't tease you about becoming a prefect." James corrected.

"But now you are one..." Peter trailed off.

"We're allowed to take the mickey out of you all we want!" Sirius grinned.

"Why am I even friends with you?" Remus rolled his eyes but he couldn't keep the small smile off his face.

Author's note: Sorry about the wait, inspiration just wasn't happening. I've got 6 unfinished chapters for this but they're all in-progress and nothing's really working out.

To everyone who wanted a Krum chapter: well, I've started it. The characterisation isn't too bad, in my opinion, but the way I'm writing the accent is ridiculous. So that might be something that no one's eyes but mine see (and maybe my sister who occasionally looks through my unfinished fanfics). So yeah, sorry, that might never be finished.

And Screechsnap is a real plant, in case you were wondering. It's mentioned in a Herbology lesson in Order of the Phoenix.

Thanks for all your lovely reviews. Your support is heart warming.

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