Chapter 28: Part 1

That Monday morning, their plan was set into motion. The Marauders had spent the whole afternoon the previous day, concocting potions and researching in the library. Of course, the girls realized that it was rather odd for the Marauders to spend so much time studying as they called it, but the girls waved it off.

That was a heinous mistake.

James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter mad their way down the Great Staircase on their way to breakfast the next morning, full of high hopes. Both James and Sirius were carrying a vial filled with a powdered solution, which they

would sprinkle over Snape and Jake's breakfast. This would cause quite a comedic reaction, at least to the four mischievous boys.

"Do you remember the magic word?" Remus asked as they walked swiftly down the staircase. The other three boys nodded their heads vigorously.

"Of course we do, Moony," Peter whispered, as they crossed into the Great Hall. Remus greeted his girlfriend with a swift kiss, and they plopped themselves down away from the girls, as so they would not discourage their plans. Alyssa sent Remus a questioning look, but he returned it with a impish look. Alyssa rolled her eyes at him, fully intent upon asking him what was up later.

"All right," Sirius whispered, leaning closer to the other Marauders. "We need to find a way to pour this powder on their plates. Remus, you use the invisiblity cloak to get Jake. He is a bloody fool and would not realize

that you were there. However, we need a distraction of some kind to get Snape." Alyssa, who had been walking to talk to Remus, sat next to Sirius.

"I want in." Alyssa insisted, surprising the four boys. "I do not know what you are planning or what you are doing but I want in. I have not been able to prank anyone all year and I am starting to feel a little worn out." The Marauders' jaws dropped as they watched Alyssa who made no sign what so ever that she was joking or going to berate them.

"Are you serious, love?" Remus asked, his eyes wide. Alyssa gave him a look that clearly said that she most defiantly was not joking.

The Marauders told her their plan, and once again expecting to be reprimanded, were shocked when she burst into laughter. "You guys are bloody geniuses! Where did you come up with that idea?" Sirius raised his hand meekly.

"That was my bloody genius idea, thank you very much!" Sirius said with a grin that could light up London. Alyssa rolled her eyes at him and reached her hand out.

"Give me the vial. I will take care of ol' Snivellus. You guys get Jake." Alyssa said determined. Sirius looked slightly unwillingly, but handed the vial over eventually.

"Now watch me work my magic!" Alyssa said with a grin. She jumped up and started to stride towards the Slytherin table, but Remus cut her off.

"Be careful, ok?" Remus whispered, and he looked slightly guilty. Alyssa smiled at him and kissed the corner of his lips.

"I will be perfectly fine, Remus." Alyssa said with a grin. "It should be Snape that you are worried about." Remus hugged her tightly and resumed his postion of giving Jake his powder. Alyssa summoned up all her will and strength and made her way towards Snape.

Alyssa took a seat next to Snape, sending Angela toppling over her seat in the process. As Angela retook her seat, angrily insulting Gryffindors and their pride, Alyssa sent a swift, sweet smile towards Snape, that made him look absolutely repelled.

"Hello Severus," Alyssa whispered. You old slimeball, she thought in her head. "How are you this lovely day?" Not stinking about the place as usual, must be having a bad day.

Snape looked revolted at being addressed like this and scurried as far away from Alyssa as humanly possible without being in his neighbor's lap. "What do you want, Phoenix?" He snarled, showing his complete yellow teeth. Alyssa tried hard not to recoil in disgust.

"I just wanted to see how you were today." Alyssa said, her arm slowly slinking around to his plate, the vial stuck up her sleeve. "It seemed like you were lonely." No wonder, with a smile like that, dogs must howl in your presence.

"He is not lonely!" Angela snarled, and when Alyssa saw that Snape had looked towards her, she quickly emptied the vial. "He has Slytherins as friends, why would he ever be lonely?" Alyssa resisted the urge to roll her eyes. With a friend like Angela, she was surprised Snape had not thrown her out the window.

"Well, if thats the case, then I will just leave," Alyssa said with a quirky smile. However, as she went to stand, Snape grabbed her arm. Alyssa distinctly heard the clatter of the Marauders jumping up to her rescue.

Boys.

"Going to return to that boyfriend of yours?" Snape sneered, his grasp tight. Alyssa twisted her arm quickly out of his grasp and drew her wand.

"As a matter of fact, I am." Alyssa said with a truthful smile. "I am sorry if you have a problem with that." Snape leered at her, his yellow teeth showing more, if that was possible.

"I suggest you start watching his disappearances, unless of course you believe he lost yet another grandmother." Alyssa was about to question Snape's unfounded accusations, but the Marauders ruined her moment.

"Get your hands off of her!" Remus growled, even though Alyssa had already gotten out of his grip. Before anything worse could happen she grabbed Remus' hand and dragged him back towards the Gryffindor table. She had never seen Remus this angry, and she never wanted to again. The other three boys followed her reluctantly.

"I think you need to take a shower, Lyssa," Sirius said, and he was standing quite a distance away from her. "You will have grease on you for days, I bet you." Alyssa rolled her eyes and gasped in surprise as Remus pulled her into a tight hug.

"I knew something bad was going to happen," Remus growled and Alyssa instinctually rested her head on his rising chest. "I am never letting you go near that bloody greaseball again." Alyssa could not help but giggle and she stood on her tiptoes to kiss his cheek.

"At least I got the job done, did you boys?" Alyssa said with a smirk that could most easily rival her brothers. They all gasped at her.

"You did it?" James stuttered, his eyes widened in surprise. "But how?" Alyssa flipped her hair over her shoulder and smiled a brilliantly beautiful smile.

"No man can resist my charm," Alyssa stated and once again the boys were in shock. Remus nuzzled his nose into her hair and smiled.

"You got that right, love," Remus muttered, but Sirius was shaking his head furiously in denial to these facts.

"To a man, they may not be able to resist," Sirius said, explaining why he disagreed. "But Snivellus is not a human. As far as I am concerned, no one is quite sure what he is yet." Peter laughed at this, but the rest of them rolled their eyes. That joke was so old.

"So in Defense and we shall see how this turns out!" James said as they made their way to the first class of the day. They were going to wait till Defense because that was the only class the four Marauders had together that day.

"Yes, yes we shall," Sirius said, an evil glint in his eyes.

After lunch, the Marauders and the four girls made their way to their Defense Against the Dark Arts class. The Marauders and Alyssa had been impatient all morning. They could not wait to see the reactions from Jake and Snape when they realized what had occurred!

As the professor gave the normal instructions, Sirius was itching with restlessness. It seemed as though the professor was droning on much longer than usual. Sirius peered over at Snape and Chambers who were sitting next to one another. It was shocking that none of the others Slytherins had gotten into N.E.W.T. Defense, but only Snape had been smart enough to get that far. So because Snape could not be seen fraternizing with Gryffindors (not that

they would want to talk to Mr. I-don't-own-a-bottle-of-shampoo-because-I-like-the-way-the-grease-drips-onto-my-abnormally-large-nose anyway.), he always worked with Chambers.

Sirius jumped for joy when Professor Whatever-His-Name-Is finally stepped down from his postion in front of the class. Sirius could not help but beaming with contempt joy at James. They both gave the girls and Remus and Peter farewell salutes and walked towards Snape and Chambers.

"Hello Snivellus!" James said brightly, as though he was greeting Lily. "How are you today? Not too greasy I hope?" Before Snape could even open his mouth, Chambers snarled at both him.

"Why don't you guys go and get some lives," He snarled, with hatred in his eyes. "I have had enough of this shit that you two try to pull." James and Sirius both smirked the largest yet. THIS WAS IT! Sirius opened his mouth to shout out the retort, (also the magic word!), but Alaina cut him off first.

"Aw, look! Snivellus has found himself a girlfriend!" Alyssa and the Marauders all gawked opened-mouth at Alaina who shrugged.

"What?" She shrugged. "What did I say?" Alyssa tackled Alaina into a hug, which to her seemed like one for no apparent reason, whilst Sirius and James smirked at each other happily.

Then the fun began. Snape and Jake both opened their mouths to say a nice, gentle retort, however a large belch replaced each and every word. To say that they both looked completely shocked was an understatement. Both Snape and Jake shoved their hands over their mouths to stop the unending belches.

Although both Sirius and James had taunts ready for this moment, they were both doubled over with laughter to be able to have the strength to speak at all. Lily, Brittney, and Alaina were trying their hardest to hold in laughter, but were failing miserably and joined their friends.

However, though several people thought this was the end, a strong stench filled the room. Each time one of the two boys moved they would accidentally break wind, making the whole room smell terribly bad. It was so horrible, that the professor was forced to evacuate the classroom, all except Snape and Jake, of course, and run to Madam Pomfrey to try and find an antidote.

Once the professor was gone, Lily rounded on her the laughing Marauders. "It was you boys wasn't it?" Though Lily meant this to come out entirely reprimanding, it did not work since she could not wipe her smile off of her face.

"Of course it was!" Sirius exclaimed as he clutched his side, with tears running down his face from laughter. "Who else would come up with an amazing trick like this? Wait till they have to go to the bathroom!" A look of disgust crossed the girls' faces, but they continued to the common room.

"You boys are so horrible," Brittney said with a smile. "I can not believe you boys did that!"

"You think that is the end?" James said with a smirk. "Think again! Of course we need entertainment at dinner!"

"Oh no," Lily said, getting herself together. She pinned James against the wall in one swift movement, shocking all six of their friends. James' eyes widened in shock, but he soon smirked flirtatiously.

"Wow Lils'," James said, that smirk plastered to his face. Lily pulled away, disgusted, but the damage had already been done. "You could have at least waited until we were alone. But however..." James leaned down to give Lily a kiss but she grabbed the first thing to block him...and it was Peter.

Everyone froze and stared at James and Peter as their lips touched. James drew away in complete revolt, but Peter stood there shocked. Brittney and Lily burst into a fit of laughter, identical to the one they had just experienced in class. Alaina chuckled nervously, waiting for James to explode with anger. Alyssa looked absolutely startled and Sirius and Remus both looked as though they had walked in on their mothers showering and had seen something completely indecent.

"Oh, no!" Peter cried, shock etched into every line of his round face. "My first kiss was with...a guy!" Peter staggered back away from the group and the fled down the hallway towards the nearest bathroom. James was standing with his mouth wide open, still not being able comprehend what had just occurred.

The six students stood there waiting for a reaction from James for what felt like forever. When it finally came, it came in a large package.

"DISGUSTING!" He screamed, making several Ravenclaw first years stare at him in shock. "TOOTHBRUSH!" James darted in front of his friends and ran as fast as he could towards the common room, leaving everyone else behind.

"That was..." Sirius started to speak, but Remus finished his sentence for him.

"Odd." The four girls nodded their heads in agreement, but Lily was smirking, deviously.

"Looks like James won't be pranking Jake and Snape after all," To the girls shock, Remus and Sirius nodded their heads in agreement. However, Brittney, Lily, and Alaina did not see Alyssa smirking in the background.

"Quite right you are," Sirius said in a voice that most certainly meant trouble. "We, the Marauders, most certainly will not be pranking Snape and Jake." Lily seemed satisfied and turned around to walk back to the common room. She was muttering something about head duties and finding miscreants.

"I think we need to go over the final details of the prank, Moony," Sirius muttered, whilst he watched Alaina out of the corner of his eye. Remus nodded his head and grasped Alyssa's tiny hand in his own. "Want to go out to the courtyard? After all, James will be keeping Lily busy while they are on patrol." Remus once again nodded his approval and turned towards Alaina and Brittney.

"Do you guys want to help?" Remus asked, and Sirius winced.

As much as he would have liked Alaina and Brittney to help the sores were still opened and they still hurt. He missed Alaina, already. He had not spoken to her directly since the conversation before breakfast the day before, and he was not sure when he was going to talk to her again.

Sirius was starting to think this was going to be relatively soon, when Brittney opened her mouth to accept Remus' proposal but Alaina cut her off.

"No," Alaina said, with a terrible look on her face. It was a cross between being extremely unhappy and irritated. "No, you've made your plan quite clear. I'll deal with it, but don't expect me to shove myself into your mischievous doings." Alaina left Sirius gaping at her, quite shocked at what she had just said. It was almost identical to what he had said yesterday morning.

Alaina turned around and walked away swiftly, tears leaking out of her eyes. Brittney threw Sirius a glare, and then turned to follow her. Remus looked slightly startled about what had just happened. Sirius had not told any of the Marauders about the exchange between Alaina and him or the reason why he had wanted to prank Jason so badly.

"What was that all about?" Remus asked Sirius, nervously. Sirius was extremely pale, and his blue eyes wide in shock. Of all the things he had expected Alaina to say, it was not that.

"That, love," Alyssa said, with an angry glint in her eyes. "Would be Alaina telling Sirius off for what he did to her yesterday." Sirius could not help but be infuriated by this comment. What he did to her?

"Well excuse me for getting a little worked up when the girl that I like decides that she still wants to go out with her boyfriend even after she tells me she likes me!" Contrary to his belief of what was going to happen, Alyssa just rolled her eyes and released Remus' hand.

"Don't try to pull that, Sirius," Alyssa snarled, her eyes lighting up with fury. "You know perfectly well what happened. Alaina broke up with Jake, went to go tell you and you just yell at her and tell her that you do not want to be with her. That you would deal with it. Thats what you said, isn't it, Sirius?"

Alyssa's glare immediately softened when she looked deep at Sirius' face. He was ghostly pale, and his mouth was hanging wide open. Alaina had broken up with Jake? So, when she had come to tell him...oh god.

"Listen. You don't need to spell it out. I know what you're going to say, I just saw you and Jake. Quite honestly, I don't want to hear it. You've made your feelings very clear. I'll deal with it, but it doesn't mean that I like it or want it shoved in my face at every opportunity."

"But she kissed him!" Sirius snarled as he remembered the words he had said to her. "I saw her kiss him!" Alyssa rolled her eyes and touched his shoulder in a gentle, reassuring way.

"Remember when you broke up with Krystal, and she asked for one last kiss? Thats exactly what Alaina was doing. Giving Jake his last kiss." Sirius felt terrible, he made to go talk to Alaina, but Alyssa grabbed his arm, as he started to make his way towards the marble staircase.

"I understand you want to talk to her, Sirius," Alyssa said, in a calm relaxing voice. "But we need to figure out the fine points of this prank, whilst Lily has James occupied." Sirius nodded his head and made his way towards the courtyard.

"You picked a good one, Remus. A good one." Both Remus and Alyssa blushed at his words.

At dinner that evening, the four Marauders took their spots away from the girls once again. James and Peter had not spoken about their 'kiss'. They were sitting as far away as possible from each other, as so others would not get the wrong idea. Peter had a dark green tinge to his face and James was as stiff as a board.

"Are you men ready for the best prank that this school has and will ever see?" Alyssa said as she sat between James and Peter, helping them with their problem. James sighed with relief, and Peter's face turned from green to white. "Will you two knock it off, it was an accident!" Alyssa said, scolding the two boys. "Its not like James meant to kiss you on purpose, Peter." James made a scoffing noise.

"I do not believe that it was I who kissed Wormtail, I meant to kiss Lily...but he was just there." James said, a look of horror crossing onto his face as he replayed the unfortunate kiss in his head.

"Right," Alyssa said, and with a roll of her eyes, she changed the subject. "We need to get this prank underway. When will the charm be set off?" Remus looked down at his watch.

"Its 6:50. It will go off in ten minutes." Remus replied casually as if he was remarking on the weather. Sirius was highly distracted, as he was staring down the table at Alaina. James waved a hand in front of his face, but

it did not seem to faze Sirius one bit. However, a quick punch to the arm from none other than James Potter made Sirius jump in the air in pain.

"What was that for?" Sirius growled, rubbing his now sore arm. Alyssa rolled her eyes at Sirius and James slapped his hand over his eyes.

"Look, I promise you that you can talk to Alaina tonight, but can we please focus on the task at hand? Finishing this prank against Snape?" James whispered in an almost begging tone. Sirius nodded his head and spun towards the rest of his friends.

For the remaining ten minutes, the Marauders and Alyssa discussed what was to come, each anticipating see the faces of the surrounding students. There would be absolutely no way that any teacher would be able to track the prank back towards the Marauders.

Soon the ten minutes were up and the five students swivelled themselves towards the Slytherin table. It did not look like anything odd was occurring. Snape was casually getting up from the table and heading towards the staff table. The only way someone would even think that there was something wrong was by the look of horror that was etched on Snape's face, obviously showing that he had no control over his actions.

Several students had stopped their eating as the watched the seventh year Slytherin make his way to

Professor McGonagall, and once he was there, he involuntary cleared his throat loud enough that the whole Great Hall cast their eyes upon him.

McGonagall looked down upon Snape with shock in her eyes, but she quickly pulled herself together. "Yes, Mr. Snape?" Snape chuckled slightly, shocking both Professor McGonagall and the rest of the student body. The Marauders and Alyssa were trying their hardest not to laugh. The other three girls rushed over to them.

"What did you do?" Lily snarled to James who just laughed.

"Watch, my dear." James said, causing Lily to recoil in disgust.

"You are being way too formal, dear," Snape continued, the of horror on his face not at all connecting with the words that were coming out of his mouth. "You must call me, Sevie." At this the Marauders could not hold their laughter in any longer. Tears flew out of Sirius' eyes as he banged his fist on the table in laughter.

Professor McGonagall looked as though she was about to faint. Professor Dumbledore's eyes quickly flickered to the Marauders and then back to Snape, having already put two and two together. However, he made no move to stop what was bound to happen, and let a slight smirk come over his lips.

"Mr. Snape," McGonagall said in a shaking tone of voice. "Please return to your seat before I give you a detention." The look on Snape's face clearly showed that sitting down was something that he most dearly wanted to do, but the spell he was under prevented him from doing anything of the sort.

"Only if you will be the one giving the detention, love," Snape said, in a clear flirtatious tone. Sirius and James both dropped to the floor, in their laughter. The rest of the student body could not help but laugh at Snape also, and even a few of the teachers were chuckling. McGonagall looked as though she was about to faint from shock.

"Mr. Snape!" McGonagall exclaimed, in a tone of voice that showed that she was getting angry. "Take your seat this instant or I will make sure that you get a detention with Professor Slughorn cleaning up the entire Potions classroom and office!" Everyone in the Great Hall could tell that Snape was trying his absolute hardest to return to his seat.

"If that is the punishment for spending time with the one I love, then so be it!" Snape said, and he made to leap over the table to get to Professor McGonagall (who had fainted), but Professor Dumbledore cast a freezing charm on the young man.

"Would the following culprits who caused this please stand up." Dumbledore said with a smirk. Remus and Peter both stood up, but were bent over in laughter. James and Sirius, would have stood up, but they were laughing on the floor too hard to be able to move. "I believe that Mr. Potter and Mr. Black also helped with this incident?" Remus took a deep breath and choked out the answer.

"Well, I shall have to think up a good punishment for this one, boys!" Dumbledore said with a smile.