Pepper loved the Starks. That was nothing new. She knew the Starks for a little over a decade. For her, Rose and Tony were family. Tony was her boyfriend and Rose was the closest thing she had to a daughter. And they knew it. But just because she loved the father-daughter duo, doesn't mean that they didn't manage to get on her nerves on various occasions. The worst part, Rose was slowly turning into Tony 2.0, just a little bit more mature, and that was something that worried Pepper, not to mention scared her. And that was exactly why she was dreading this day-1st April. She didn't hate the fact that Rose and Tony played so many pranks on each other, it was an amazing entertainment. But the cleanup was a bitch. Especially if Rhodey, Ron or George joined in. And now she had no idea what to expect with the Avengers in the tower
She checked the papers that needed Rose and Tony's signatures one last time, as the elevator door opened and she entered the newly renovated communal. It wasn't that different from the old one, just held more something. While earlier it was plain and modern, this one seemed to have everyone impact. Be it the color scheme or the new furniture, you could tell it belonged to the Avengers with all the new additions. And the most important part, the communal was empty. Except for Hera and Zeus who were lying on the couch. She had taken a quick liking to the pups, especially since Mia and Rose told her how the 'kids' begged them to adopt them.
No one else was at sight. Pepper frowned and checked her watch. 9 AM. Sure Rose didn't have any appointments and wasn't required to go to the office, so there was a possibility that she was sleeping. But she knew that Steve, Nat, and Bruce were early risers and had to be awake by this point.
"Where's everyone?" she asked out loud, sitting on the couch. Hera and Zeus made their way to her, nuzzling and trying to play which only made her laugh.
"Miss, Captain Rogers, and Dr. Banner are awake in their rooms. Agent Romanoff is currently in the 86th-floor weapons range. Agent Barton is moving along the vents on the 89th floor. Ms. Granger is sleeping. Sir is in his lab and Mr. Odinson is approaching the communal right now"
Pepper looked at the sound of heavy footfalls and Thor appeared, dressed in pajamas and bedhead
"Good morning, Thor" Pepper smiled
"Good Morning, Lady Pepper" Thor smiled then frowned in confusion as he looked up at the empty communal "Where is everybody?"
"Doing stuff" Pepper shrugged
"I see" Thor nodded and went to the kitchen. Seeing him, Hera jumped off the couch, stumbled a few steps, made her way to Thor. She barked cutely and placed her paws on his foot. Thor grinned and picked Hera placing her on the island counter
"Is it your day to cook?" Pepper raised a brow
"No. It is Banner's turn" Thor replied, getting himself a mixing bowl, cereal, and cold milk.
"Oh" Pepper nodded
He also got the dogs their food bowls and put the milk for them. He placed Hera down and seeing food, Zeus also rushed to eat
"Sugar" Thor muttered and walked to the cabinet, opened it and took out the container with the sugar. Pepper tried not to wince at the lumpsum amounts of sugar Thor was putting in his cereal. Once done, a satisfied grin appeared on his face and he settled on the kitchen stool to eat
"Would you like something, Lady Pepper?"
"I'm fine. Thank you"
Pepper had learned the hard way to not eat anything from the Starks' kitchen on April Fools Day. She so wanted to warn Thor, but how often do you get to see a Norse god getting pranked?
Thor shrugged and took a huge spoon of cereal to eat. He started chewing but then stilled, his eyes widened and within the next second, spit the entire thing on the floor. Pepper had to suppress a laughter
"Who in the name of the Allfather put salt in sugar's container?!" he demanded
Pepper sighed. Prank war had begun. She'd be fine as long as the team cleaned their mess or didn't prank her. The signatures could wait
Rose was so in her turf. April fools Day. First for the team. and she was going to make it memorable. She had given JARVIS orders to record everything that happened today, no matter who the victim was. Even if it was her or Tony.
Sadly, the Weasleys couldn't make it. There was always an extra rush in their shops on this particular day. But just because they couldn't be there physically didn't mean they couldn't be there at all. George had sent her a package of all their exclusive prank-merch with a note - Give 'em hell, Princess.
And that was exactly what she was going to do.
There was a reason Tony locked himself in his lab. No one knew the security code, except Pepper and Rose. Pepper wasn't the pranking type and Rose knew better than to prank in his lab. Which doesn't mean he was unarmed. He had his own sets of pranks and he couldn't wait to test them out.
Clint was grinning like a mad man. He had a vantage point, a point above everyone. He was the king of the pranks and no way he was he going to be outpranked by anyone.
He was right now in the vent that went though Rose's room and he could see all the preparations she had done for the day. A huge crate of what looked like prank toys sat in the corner with a symbol of two Ws on top. Wouldn't take a genius to figure out that Weasleys had lent her a hand.
Clint tilted his head to focus on the girl instead. She was writing something down on a notepad on the desk. She nodded and left, out of his vision. Curiosity piqued. He pulled a pair of binoculars and focused them on the note she had written
"I know you are there, Legolas?" Clint frowned. Realization struck in a second late but suddenly a tsunami of glitter approached him from the front
"Fuck!"
Panicked, he turned around but froze when a similar tsunami came from behind.
"Oh Jesus"
Meanwhile, Rose was laughing her ass off. She had a feeling that Clint would hide in the vents and use it to his advantage. So she turned his advantage into her own. A few spores of glitter fell from the vent opening and she could hear Clint groaning and grunting.
"JARVIS?"
"Photos have been clicked, Ms"
Good thing she installed cameras in the vents too
Steve had been very precautioned when he woke up that morning. With two full-time pranksters and two other occasional troublemakers, he knew that today was going to be eventful. He had woken up, checked everything around him to see if anything was booby-trapped. Thankfully, nothing. With a contented sigh, he got off the bed, still checked around and then entered the bathroom to freeze.
It looked like a paint bomb had gone off in the bathroom. The whole place (and I mean the whole place-from floor to ceiling) was covered in red and golden paint. the walls, tiles, white towels, bath-tub, shower-stall, sink and mirror, everything was in red and gold paint.
Oh Tony was going to pay for this
Bruce Banner practiced calmness. Majorly to subdue the Other Guy. He wasn't overly fond of April Fools Day and he might enjoy the day too, as long as he was not the victim.
As carefree as he always was (which is never), he got up, took a shower(which had gotten repainted overnight to red and gold; thank you very much Tony) and headed for some food. There he found nobody, except an almost full bowl of cereal. He frowned. No one on the team in their right mind would waste food like that. He picked a spoonful and smelled it first. A smell of salt hit him. Okay. That wasn't bad. He walked off and searched for the cabinets carefully. He was still skeptical about eating from the kitchen, who knew what all had been swapped.
Finally, he found a big container in which he and Tony stored M&Ms. Others weren't very fond of them unless they had mood swings or cravings(or period cramps, in case of Rose and Mia). Tony had a sweet tooth and he liked them. Something was better than nothing. He unscrewed the container and popped one only to stop at the nutty flavor. M&M's didn't have hazelnuts in them, did they? He took a handful out and looked at them and a chill ran down his spine.
Someone had mixed M&M, Skittles and Reese's Pieces in it together. They had broken the sacred distribution.
Bruce put it all back and screwed the container again. Prank war was so on
Natasha stiffed a smirk as she looked at Bruce. She had waited long for someone to open the container and realize what she had done. She did not doubt that Bruce would be swearing at the culprit (i.e. her) in seven different languages.
With a satisfied sigh, she went back to her room and headed for the closet. She picked a pair of leggings and a simple top and placed it on the bed before heading into the shower. She mentally groaned at the state of the bathroom and the whole red-gold paint job. How and when Tony executed it would be something she'd like to know.
Forgetting about the paint job for a few minutes, she undressed and stepped into the shower.
She was midway washing her hair when she felt a little burning sensation on her scalp, which should not be there. she checked the shampoo bottle, it was the regular one. With a frown, she quickly rinsed her hair and the sensation stopped. Nat finished showering, dried herself and wrapped another towel around her shoulder-length wet hair and went out to get dressed
Tony groaned. He was hungry, but he knew if he stepped out of the security of his lab, he'd be pranked. So he cleared his throat and pressed the intercom button
"Guys, it's me. I know what's going on, but I'm also sure that everyone hungry. It's about to be 10. So let's call a truce for one hour, have breakfast and then go back to whatever we were scheming. Capiche? All clear? Cool. It's Brucie's turn to make breakfast. Everyone, get to the kitchen"
He turned and left the lab, hoping they all would listen to him for once
Surprisingly they did. Rose quickly followed dressed in loose deep grey one off-shoulder top and blue denim shorts. So far she didn't look pranked. But the smile on her face told she definitely pranked someone.
Steve followed next. He held a poker face but greeted everyone at the table with a smile. Bruce was already in the kitchen with a deep scowl on his face. Thor came next, frowning and muttered gibberish to himself. Then came Clint. Tony laughed so hard that he fell off the stool. Others were better either.
Clint Barton was covered head-to-toe in multicolor glitter.
"Barton!" Steve stopped laughing for a few seconds "You do make a sparkling entrance"
That caused everyone to laugh again as Clint scowled
"Yeah yeah, laugh all you want" he grumbled then looked at Rose "Okay. what's the secret?"
"What secret?" Rose asked innocently
"Why can't I remove it?" he demanded, rubbing a bit off his body but the glitter didn't come off
"Oh." Rose blinked, a grin forming "That's a semi-permanent sticking charm"
Tony was so sure that had they been able to see his real skin, Clint would have paled
"Semi-permanent?" Clint definitely didn't squeak
"Yup," Rose nodded then turned to Bruce "What's for breakfast?"
"Nice makeover, Barton"
They all turned to Natasha and their all were forced to hide their laugh behind snickers
"What's wrong?"
"Nat" Bruce began, a wide smile on his face "Did you check your hair?"
"My hair?" Nat frowned and then her eyes widened. Rose thankfully conjured her a mirror to check herself. Nat almost curbed a scream. Her bright red hair, her pride, her signature, her identity, was no longer there. Instead were lochs of bright neon green. She scowled hard and looked around for the culprit. None of them gave away anything. It sucked.
"Hey, sit down for breakfast. Then you can decide who to maul" Rose suggested and Nat obliged, silently promising a lot of pain to whosoever who did it
Rose turned to Bruce and smiled "What's the long face for?"
Bruce frowned again and then slammed the M&M container on the island in front of them
"No one had better touched my M&Ms" Tony grunted, opening the box and checking it only to whine. Someone had disturbed the holy grail of sweets. He growled and looked around the table "Whosoever did this has no soul. I'm telling you, this person has no soul or no heart. This is just wrong. I hope you are happy now. This is sad. This is sad! You should be ashamed! You'll burn in hell for this, I curse you" he finished his rant and looked back at the container "Heathens"
Just then the elevator door opened and Mia stepped out, in her pajamas and yawning
"Morning, guys" she yawned again and settled. Bruce quietly passed her a plate for which she muttered thanks. She was in the middle of the bite when she noticed the changes
"Clint? Why are you covered in glitter?" she frowned then shifted her gaze to the ex-Russian spy "Since when do you have green hair?"
"Prank wars" Clint replied, half grinning, half whining
Mia frowned then her eyes widened "Today's April 1st!"
"Good morning, bookworm" Tony laughed
Mia looked at them all "Okay. If anyone dares prank me..., I'm telling you. Don't you dare"
"Or what?" Clint challenged
"Or I'll post all the blackmail material we gathered in those three days on social media" Mia threatened
Needless to say, it was very effective, especially to those whom it concerned
Rose shrugged "You have nothing on me"
"I do" Mia replied, a rare smile forming on her face "You prank me, Rose, and I'll tell everyone what you did last St. Patrick's Day"
Rose froze and then slowly looked at her best friend "You wouldn't"
"Don't prank me"
Rose breathed deeply "Fine!"
Mia nodded "Good."
The next hour went pretty casual. They all had their breakfast in silence, all their gears moving with pranking ideas or payback. The moment breakfast was done, they all vanished to their lairs to plan and plot
One thing they all knew, was that Rose and Tony had an unfair advantage over them. Rose was magical. Tony built the tower, so he knew all the routes and shortcuts. Also JARVIS willingly to the craziest demands only if the Starks made them. And they all also knew that there were very fewer odds that Rose and Tony would prank each other.
So here was Steve, trying to gain access into Tony's lab where he knew all the Iron Man suits were.
"I'm afraid you are not authorized to enter the lab, Captain" JARVIS spoke up
"Come on. It's a prank war. All fair in love and war JARVIS" Steve smiled at the camera
"that will not cut it out, Captain"
Steve sighed. He had to find a better way to retaliate. Then a bulb went off in his head and he rushed upstairs to Tony's room. He carefully listened first to see if anyone was inside, but hearing no one, he entered and made his way to Tony's walk-in closet.
Smirking, Steve kept his duffel on the floor and took out two spray cans. He uncapped them, shook them and started spraying, a smirk on his face
For once, Thor was confused. He did not understand this particular Midgardian custom.
"JARVIS, can you tell me what's going on with the team?" he asked
"Certainly, Mr. Odinson..."
Once JARVIS's explanation ended, a smirk grew on Thor's face. They wanted practical jokes, then they shall get them
Clint stopped entering the vents after the glitter incident. Speaking of which, the glitter still won't come out! So he had changed into some full sleeve clothes and a beanie. He was so going to get Rose back for all the glitter.
But what he didn't understand was that he had changed all their shampoos for dyes. Everyones. Dyes he had ordered for the Weasleys. (Oh yes! Rose was not the only one getting external help.) But how come, only Nat fell for that?
Which was hilarious. World's deadliest spy and she fell for that!
So here he was making his way to Rose's lab. He was going to graffiti the hell out of her precious suits. And thankfully, her lab didn't have the same security measures Tony's had. That guy had made it a fortress with anyone being unable to enter.
He punched his code and entered. Her lab was white and pristine, right out of some sci-fi movie.
"Cleanliness freak" he muttered and went around to see what all he could graffiti
"Agent Barton, Ms has asked that if you choose to retaliate, that you leave her suits and inventions alone. Or the consequences would be severe"
Clint pouted "Don't worry about it, JARVIS. I'm not gonna touch her suits."
And he wouldn't after that warning. Prank wars were one thing but the last thing he wanted was a pissed-off witch who could turn you into a worm if she wanted.
Except, he rigged a few tripwires and hid some cans of black paint and feathers connecting to the tripwires. Then he taped an airhorn under her chair. and a few more booby traps.
Once done, he smiled satisfied and got up. He picked his bag and started making his way to the exit when he felt his foot touch something and he froze. He followed the thin red beam. And suddenly the beam went off and the lab doors closed.
"What?" he rushed and tried to open the door, but nothing.
"JARVIS open the door" he demanded, but nothing. Then it hit him. he must have triggered a motion sensor.
Hearing a sound, he looked up at the ceiling where a hatch was slowly opening. He knew that Rose's lab had no vents at all. And he didn't remember this hatch before. Before he could contemplate, something fell on him in huge amounts, drowning him completely.
Clint gasped once he was done. he looked at the floor from where the neon paint mix was draining out of the lab without leaving a trace on the floor. With a frown, he made his way to the full-size mirror he knew she kept in the lab. And he did not shriek when he saw his reflection. Not only was he still covered in glitter, but also different shades of neon paints. he quickly removed his shirt and to his horror, his entire torso was colored. How the hell did the paint get through his shirt?
The lab doors opened and Rose entered, laughing and holding her stomach
"Twice! TWICE! Barton how many times are you gonna fall for it?" she laughed
Clint frowned and then noticed that she was making her way to the chair. he bit back a smirk
"It was a good one" he crossed his arms
"I knew one of you was going to try and prank my lab" she grinned and almost sat down but stopped. She noticed Clint's reaction, it was weirdly anticipation. So she stood up
"You did something," she said and crouched, noticing the air horn. She gave Clint a look, pulled it out and kept it on the table.
"good one" she shrugged and turned to leave
Clint saw in anticipation when he saw almost heading for a tripwire. and she stopped right before it. She crouched and soon found the tripwire
"Tripwires?" she chuckled and looked at him "I'm gonna go on a limb and say that got the whole place booby-trapped." she nodded and went over the tripwire. And then she made all the way back to the lab doors, a huge smirk on her face
"Better luck next time" she shrugged and left
Rose walked into the kitchen, craving something. She carefully checked the cabinets. Nothing. She wouldn't put it past Nat, Tony or Bruce to rig the cabinets. But nothing came. Good so far. With a sigh on finding nothing, she walked to the fridge and opened the door. and within the next second, something cold and hard met her face before it fell on the floor with a huge clang, enough for the whole three floors to hear above and below
"what happened?" Steve ran into communal first and soon everyone followed.
"who broke what?" it was Tony
Rose sighed and stood up, facing the team and soon she heard howling laughter. She sighed, wiped her face off with her hand and opened her eyes. everyone was laughing
She took a deep breath. she wiped one finger off her cheek and tasted it
"lemon and cream cheese?" she asked "The least you could have gotten was strawberry"
That caused more laughter
"First time someone pranked you in a long time" Tony chuckled "Good to know things changed"
"Oh alright" she nodded, a very devious smirk making its appearance "It's on. So on. Till now I was doing baby stuff but now the real shit begins. Beware. So is anyone gonna claim this successful attempt?"
No one did
"You all are gonna pay, then" she turned her heel and left for her room
"what do you mean someone pranked her for the first time?" Bruce asked
"She's too good. Always knows about booby traps. It's very hard to take her by surprise. but this person did. And now she's gonna retaliate. I'd watch my back the whole time if I were you. She's super savage and ruthless when it comes to pranks" Tony replied
"Barton?"
"Yeah?"
"Bodypaint?"
Rose headed to her room, thinking of all the possible pranking spells. She almost entered the room when she noticed the open door. She carefully looked and raised a brow at the bucket placed over the door. she magically levitated it and placed it down before entering the room and made her way to the bathroom, which was not given a red-gold makeover. Quickly washing her face, dabbed with a clean towel and looked at her reflection, her eyes glowing for a split second.
Rose tied her hair in a ponytail and entered her closet to change and stopped cold. Someone had drawn on her clothes, including dresses that were worth thousands of dollars, with spray paint.
She took a deep breath as she looked at the destroyed clothes. Oh someone ( she knew who it was, or had a deep feeling about it) was going to pay dearly. Casting a cleaning spell, which vanished all the paint and graffiti, she pulled a fresh black-white striped top and black denim shorts.
Once changed, she made her way outside. On her way, she peeked into the bucket and her eyes widened seeing raw eggs and not water or paint. So this was how they were gonna do. Time to bring in some Weasley Charm
Bruce was, as per Tony's suggestion, watching his back. He didn't expect Rose to fall for his trick, but she did. So here he was, being very careful as he approached his room to plot some more. So far, nothing. With a contented sigh, he held his room's doorknob and opened it. And soon something collided with his stomach. He knew the furniture in his room. Nothing should be there. He looking down and almost jumped. a pair of orange beady eyes looked up at him, which soon leveled with his eyes. a forked tongue made its appearance.
Bruce gulped and took a step back slowly. He slowly looked over the huge thing in his room. Had to be about 24ft (almost 4.5 times his height) and about 350 pounds. He slowly took another step back and something hit the back of his leg. He looked down to see it was rather its body. He gulped realizing that, no, the thing was real and not an illusion. He took another step back and quickly closed the door, panting hard. He did not want to be its appetite. He had heard of cases where humans had been on its menu
Calming himself, Bruce sighed and opened the door a little and peeked inside. It was still there, crawling to his bed and lying around, its eyes still focused on the door. Bruce quickly shut it and leaned against the door. How did Rose get a python this big in his room without anyone noticing?
Natasha was plotting. She had prepared a lot of water balloons filled with ice-cold water, eggs, and all weird stuff. And had managed to hide it all in her clothes.
She got out of her room, ready to pelt anyone with the balloons. She walked across the corridor and stopped when she heard a little whoosh. As soon as she turned something collided with her forehead and some powdery substance covered her, making her cough. Once clear, she wiped the thing off her eyes and looked around. No one. She wiped her hand over her head and smelled it. Cocoa powder.
Another something hit her from behind, making her stumble a few steps forward. She turned around. No one. With a frown, she checked the next substance and something gooey hit her hand. She brought it forward. It was blue and jelly-like. And smelt of blueberry. And then she groaned. Slime. hearing another movement, she looked up and her eyes widened. On both sides of the corridor were a lot of balloons floating, aiming for her
"Oh holy fuck"
Thor entered his room and sat down on the bed when he felt something wet on his bottom. With a frown, he got up and looked on his bed. Something was different. He wiped his hand on the blanket and his hand was covered with paint.
he groaned and checked the rest of the room. All the important places were covered in wet paint. Thor bit back a swear.
He knew it wasn't Rose. He had an idea what her pranks could be. Covering his room in paint was more of what Barton or Romanoff would come up with.
He grunted and changed into clean pajamas before he walked to the stuff he had just brought from the shop with a smirk. He may not know much about prank days, but he lived with Loki for centuries. He certainly picked a thing or two
Tony had full faith that Rose wouldn't prank him. The opportunity to prank five unsuspecting poor poor fellows was too much for Rose to pass. Clint was already victimized twice and something told him there was going to be more. Besides they had been pranking each other for years. Hence, his guard was comparatively low. All he had to look up for was a pair of spies, a super soldier, a demigod, and a scientist. Not very hard if you've lived a Marauder your whole life.
He entered the kitchen and smirked. He pulled some Oreos( he knew that Cap had a thing for Oreos) and quickly replaced the cream with toothpaste. Classic prank. Though he was still pissed about someone damaging his M&Ms. Then he did something he had a couple of times before. He pulled some mac&cheese powder and mixed it in water. he stirred it, added some ice cubes and kept it in the glass jar and on the counter.
He knew Rose didn't drink orange juice so she'd be fine. He carefully placed some punked donuts and placed them in the fridge. Rose would not eat them, he knew. He turned to leave only to pause when he felt something against his leg. He looked down and almost whined. a tripwire. And soon something fell on him. Once done, he wiped the thing off his eyes and looked at his hands. Black paint and feathers.
He grunted. Rose better prank Barton good
Clint made his way to Steve's room. he knocked and waited, as Steve opened the door
"I'm not here to prank you" Clint quickly said "I'm here to call a truce"
"Truce?" Steve raised a brow
"Hmm-mm" Clint nodded "Rose got me twice. I want to get her back. Nat is nowhere to be seen and i-"
"I'm going to stop right there," Steve said "I'm totally in for this whole prank war, but no way I'm getting on it against Rose. You heard Tony. She's a pro. and by the looks," his eyes raked over Clint's neon and glitter form "I have no intentions of being covered in red, blue and white paint or glitter. You are on your own Barton"
"Fine" Clint huffed and turned his heel to go to his room.
First, he needed to get the paint off then plan to get back to the one Rose Stark and show her that no one can out prank him.
Deep in thoughts, he opened his room's door entered only to be greeted by chilly winds. Did JARVIS change the temperature again?
He looked and a literal chill ran down his spine. Not only was his room completely covered in white snow, but he could also see a couple of penguins playing in his bathroom, a huge polar bear dozing at another corner.
A sudden noise made him jump and look down. a fox was poking his head from the snow, tongue out, head tilted.
"What the?" He crouched and picked the snow. It was real. As if to prove him more wrong, the arctic fox jumped out of the snow and gave his face a firm lick before diving back into the snow.
Clint blinked. Shit!
So if the fox and snow were real, so was the polar bear. Gulping slightly, he turned around and gasped at the closed door. he tried the knob, but nothing. He jerked the door, trying not to make too much noise to wake up the bear. But the door wouldn't budge. He cried out.
Hearing a loud yawn, he turned back to see the polar bear waking up. Clint quickly scurried to the corner and sat in silence. Today was not his day, was it?
"Screw you Rose" he muttered, hands balling on the snow
Thor made his way to the kitchen. And found no one. knowing that he got enough opportunity to pull his prank, he made his way to the kitchen and started his plan.
Steve refused Clint for a reason. He had no intention of pissing off the younger Stark, anymore than he already had. So far, he had not been pranked by Rose, which didn't mean that she couldn't prank him later. Whereas he had spray-painted her whole wardrobe.
With a shake of head, he took a relaxing shower, didn't use shampoo, should anyone put anything, toweled himself and wrapped another around his waist and then opened his closet and gasped. All his clothes were missing. All except innerwear.
he swallowed. What was he going to wear now?
He had just come out of his room, barely hiding a blush, praying that no one would see him in that state. He peeked into the kitchen and was thankful to find Thor alone.
"Hey Thor"
Thor turned around and chuckled
"What happened to your clothes, Captain?"
"Someone stole them" Steve grumbled, "Can I borrow a few of yours?"
"Of course" he nodded
Steve smiled "Thank you." then he noticed Thor cooking "Isn't it Banner's turn today?"
"I couldn't find Banner anywhere and I'm hungry" Thor replied
"Oh okay," Steve nodded and turned to leave but froze when he heard the elevator open. He saw Rose walked out, smiling to herself. Oh, she pranked someone, he could tell.
She shot Thor a smile and then her eyes fell on Steve. They widened a little and chuckled
"Is this a new trend or something? Because I'm not complaining"
Steve's face grew warmer
"Someone on the team stole his clothes" Thor answered for him
"Ouch. that's pretty low" she exhaled "I can get some of dad's clothes"
"Uh...it's fine. I'll borrow some from Thor" with that he ran off. he had no idea what will Rose do if she found out the artwork he had to Tony's expensive wardrobe, but it certainly won't be amusing
Thor chuckled
"What?" she asked
"Uh...I have a feeling that it was you" he looked at her, asking if he used the phrase correctly
Rose nodded but then frowned "He spray-painted on my $10,000 Oscar de-la Renta dress"
After spending 2 hours to get the feathers and paint off his body, Tony sighed and went to his wardrobe and frowned. Had to be Steve.
He somehow found a clean pair of clothes and put them on. He either needed to get Rose there or spend thousands on dry cleaning. He looked at the clock which said 5 PM. Wow, time flew really. no one had even bothered for lunch.
And he was tired. Physically and mentally. A knock on his door got his attention. He opened the door to find a panicked Bruce
"Everything okay?" he asked
Bruce took a deep breath "There's a python in my room"
Tony blinked.
Snakes. Rose's second favorite prank.
"How did she get it?" he asked
tony shrugged "Ask her" he turned around and sat on the bed "What do you say, we call this off. I'm tired"
Bruce took a deep breath "Yeah. I like the sound of it" he nodded and pressed the intercom button "Everyone. Let's wrap this up with the pranks. Tony and I are tired and we have a lot of mess to clean. So, how bout you all get to the kitchen, we'll have some early dinner and call it a night."
Tony nodded at him and the two scientists made their way down to the communal
They found Thor and Rose there. Thor was cooking and Rose was eating a packet of peanuts. she saw them and smiled
"Hey, you got something" she pointed at Tony's neck
"Here?"
she reached and wiped it off his neck
"did you get doused by Clint's paint and feather prank?" she chuckled
"Unfortunately" Tony groaned
"Huh" she scoffed
Bruce went up to the counter and poured himself a glass of orange juice. He took a sip and then spit the entire thing in the sink
"What the heck is this?" he demanded
"It's not Orange juice?" Rose asked
"No" Bruce frowned as Tony snickered "Really?" he asked Tony
"It was good" Tony countered
Soon other filtered in too. Everyone else had to smother their laughs. Clint was now, on top of everything, covered in a thin layer of snow and shivering. Nat's green hair and rest of her body was covered in stuff ranging from slime and flour to...was that cocaine?
"What's with you?" Steve asked Nat
"She" Nat glared at the pink-head "spelled balloons to follow me everywhere I went. And they were filled with all the disgusting stuff"
"How did you do it?" Clint frowned at Rose
"Do what?" Rose asked
"Turn my room into an Arctic Tundra. There's a polar bear, an arctic fox, and penguins in my room!"
"My room was a 25ft python in it!" Bruce added
Rose's eyes widened for a second "Right. Medusa"
"You brought Medusa here?" Tony frowned
"Who's Medusa?" Steve asked
a loud clang came as the vent hatch fell from the top. All-except Rose and Tony- their eyes widened as a huge snake with bright orange eyes slithered out
"That thing was in the vents!" Clint cried out but got ignored
"what the hell?" Nat took out her gun
"You shoot her and I'll drench you in sewer water" Rose frowned at the assassin. The snake slowly climbed down and then slithered to Rose and wrapped itself around her body, resting its head on her shoulder
"Everyone, Medusa" Rose smiled as she introduced everyone "Medusa, these are my friends"
"Lemme get this straight. You have a freaking pet anaconda?" Clint demanded
"I do." and then her eyes narrowed "Medusa is a reticulated python, not an anaconda"
"Are you sure she won't eat us?" Nat asked
"Medusa is not a man-eater." Rose scoffed "Seriously snakes are not that bad"
"When did you get her here?" Bruce asked, fidgeting. Something about Medusa's sight was bad. Like she was sizing you for next meal
"Last night. She was in my room the whole day" Rose smiled "How'd you like the prank?"
Bruce frowned "Not funny"
Rose laughed. Medusa hissed loudly, which only made Rose laugh louder
"Well, Medusa says otherwise"
"and you can talk to snakes" Bruce scoffed in disbelief
"everyone can talk to snakes. They understand English quite well. The question, can you understand them?" she wagged her brows
"Can you, Rose?" Thor asked
"Hmm-mm" she nodded "I'm a parselmouth. It's a rare quality. I can understand snakes easily and other reptiles to some degree"
"How long have you had her?" Steve asked, hesitantly reaching to pet Medusa. The snake spared him one glance then went back to indifference.
"Little over 2 years" she replied, "Rescued her from a zoo in Florida."
"Thought you had no more pets" Clint folded his arms
"No. I said I don't have any more pets here. Medusa lives in London"
"A bit cold of reptiles, isn't it?" Bruce asked
"That's where magic comes" Rose smiled
"What about that polar bear and fox and penguins?" Clint asked,
"that's just the pups and a little magic" she smiled and looked at the stairs "Hera! Zeus!"
"do you have something for Greek mythology?" Nat asked
Rose shrugged "Maybe"
The pups came down running. Though they were normal, they all could see the hints of the illusions on them
"See, no polar bear. Just the pups" she grinned. Tony scooped them, as the puppies gave him a nuzzle and lick. Medusa eyed the pups and her tongue flicked out
"Hey!" Rose frowned "Pups are not on the menu"
Medusa turned to Rose and hissed something
"Yup" she replied
"I hate you. I so so hate you, Rose Stark" Clint grumbled
"everything's fair in love and war" she grinned
"Okay," Steve cleared his throat "who took all my clothes?"
No reply.
though, Thor loudly chuckled
"someone you wanna tell me?" Steve asked
Thor smiled big, especially when he saw Rose telling him to shut up behind Cap
"Nothing, Captain"
"Someone stole your clothes?" Nat scoffed "That's a good one" Nat nodded with a smirk
"Well, I'm heading to get Medusa back to her home" Rose stood up and almost hunched under all the weight Medusa was putting on her
"Get to your carrier, please" she looked at Medusa. Medusa hissed something and then slithered out of the communal
"I'll be back by dinner" with that she left through the lift.
"Well, I'm heading to the shower. I smell like weed" Nat turned and left
"Anyone had any idea how long before all this comes off?" Clint asked, particularly looking at Tony
"Tomorrow morning" Tony shrugged then looked at Thor "You made snacks?"
"Certainly, Man of Iron" Thor grinned and placed a plate of caramel apples, freshly baked brownies and a bowl of chocolate peanuts he had made.
"Aren't you gonna eat?" Bruce asked
"Nah. I ate my part" Thor smiled "I wish to get some rest" with that he turned and left
Tony shook his head and picked a piece of chocolate peanut and tossed it into his mouth only to stop. There was a stingy taste that should not be there. He spit the thing into a napkin and the rancid smell of garlic hit him
"They are not peanuts. it's garlic" Tony complained
"You think?"
He looked up, pushing Hera back into his lap as she tried to take a bite of 'chocolate peanuts', and almost laughed at the expression Steve had.
"These are caramel onions" he pointed at the caramel 'apples'
Clint suddenly gasped, ran to the sink, spit out the brownie he had bitten and began washing his mouth. Once done, he opened a bottle and drank the whole of it.
"what's wrong, Katniss?"
"They are spicy!" he pointed at the brownies
Steve carefully picked a piece ad smelled it and took a very small bite and his eyes widened
"The heck?"
"Tabasco sauce" Bruce laughed picking an empty bottle of it from the dustbin "Never thought Thor had it in him"
"Yeah too bad the girls aren't here to try them" Clint frowned, making his way to the fridge. He spotted the donuts. He closed the fridge and took one bite and then spit it back
"Seriously? Mayo?"
"It's an old prank" Tony shrugged with a smile "but worth it"
Steve shook his head before making his way to the cabinet, spotting a packet of Oreos. He opened the packet, checked it once before taking a big bite. And suddenly felt something minty. He frowned and looked around the three
"Who did it? And what is it?" Steve frowned
Bruce picked a cookie and smelled it and snorted "Toothpaste in Oreo. Not bad" he shook his head and switched the coffee machine on. Once the coffee was ready, he poured himself a mug and settled
"Well, for once, I'm glad the day's over" Clint muttered
"You'd say that because you got pranked...how many times again?" Tony snickered
"Don't make me shoot you, Stark" Clint grumbled
"I told you Rose is ruthless when it comes to pranks. She was her school's prank queen." he snorted "You are talking about turning your room into the tundra, she turned her school's entire fifth-floor corridor into a tropical swamp for a whole week" he chuckled
"Then it's good that Prank day's only once a year" Steve noted
Bruce chuckled and smiled at the group "I had my fair share with Medusa" he paused seeing the snickers
"What?"
"Your teeth" Steve smiled
"My teeth?" he frowned and picked the mirror Rose had conjured in the morning that was still on the island. He checked his teeth and groaned. they were all tinted blue.
Bruce groaned and then frowned "Thor!"
By nighttime, everything had gone back to normal. Not trusting anything, the team ordered food from outside and placed a new movie. Mia had finally joined them. she gave one look at Clint-covered in neon paint- and Nat's still green hair which for some reason smelled like cocaine and...
"Is that Vieux Boulogne?" she asked
"Don't ask" Nat muttered and she dropped the subject.
Pepper joined them later.
They were halfway through the movie when Rose appeared.
Tony was the first to notice that she seemed a bit put out and he frowned. She came to sit on the bean bag, didn't once glance at the food or movie
"Rosie?" he asked, "You okay, munchkin?"
"huh?" she looked at him. she looked disturbed and...scared(?) "Yeah, dad. I'm cool"
Tony frowned and shared a look with Mia and Pepper, who had also noticed. He muted the TV
"Rose?" Pepper asked
She bit her lip and looked at the team, now gathering all their attention
"Rosie, is everything okay?" Bruce asked
"Who do I have to shoot?" Clint asked
"Uh..." Rose pressed her lips in a line "well, I got something to tell you all"
Nat walked to her and crouched next to her "What's it?"
Rose took a deep shuddering breath, closed her eyes and exhaled. "Okay..." she opened her eyes and looked at everyone "Uh..."
"Just say it. We won't judge you" Mia added
Rose took another breath "I'm pregnant"
Steve choked on his food as his eyes widened as he coughed, but no one paid mind to him. Clint's jaw hit the floor. Bruce openly gaped. Nat was shocked. Mia and Pepper were no better.
"WHAT!"
They all looked at Tony
Rose sighed and looked at him "I'm pregnant, Dad"
"Who's the father?" Nat slowly asked
"I... don't know" she whispered barely
"Oh my baby" Mia wrapped her arms around her
"Congratulations, Rose" Thor beamed and approached her. Mia let Thor hug Rose and he patted her back
"Holy shit!" Clint stood up "Y-You...You're pregnant!"
"that's what she said" Nat frowned then realized something "the tower needs to be baby-proofed"
"I can help you with the checkups" Bruce offered
Steve opened his mouth but words wouldn't come out. He couldn't believe it. His crush was pregnant! Was this how the universe was going to screw him?
He wanted to be angry at her for being irresponsible but he knew the reason why she did the one-nighters or part of it
"But what about missions?" he asked rather
"Is it a boy or a girl?" Clint asked
"Ooh, I hope its a girl."
"Nah a boy."
"Girl," Natasha snapped at Clint,
"Boy."
"Girl!"
"Boy!" The arguing and mindless chatter continued. Rose shared one look with Tony and let out a small smirk and he scoffed as he looked around the team. Mia had figured it out too and Pepper...Mia told her(Rose could see a lecture of being careless forming in her head)
"Can I?" Bruce asked
Rose bit her lip and lifted her shirt as Bruce checked her abdomen
Steve was still horrified at everything
"dibs on godfather!" Clint shouted suddenly
"Oh hell no!" Bruce shouted, surprisingly
"I think I'd like to be the godfather as well" Thor butted
"Uh-huh. No way. She's like my little sister. I'm gonna be the godfather"
"Clint Barton, I swear," Bruce stopped when he heard a giggle coming from next to her
Everyone looked at her as her giggle turned into her laughing her ass off on the ground. Soon Tony joined her. Mia chuckled and Pepper just shook head with a smile
"What's going on?" Bruce blinked
Rose stopped and sighed "You adorable dunderheads. I'm not pregnant" she chuckled
"what?" Nat muttered
"She played you" Tony laughed "JARVIS. Please tell me you got everything."
"Of course, sir. I have saved it to your folder, your back up folder and your back up back up folder."
"That's my boy" Tony grinned "But seriously, you fell for that?"
"She could have been actually pregnant!" Clint pointed and Mia scoffed
"Really?" Rose snorted "I've been a player for years now. I think I understand the term 'contraceptive'"
This caused everyone to blush
"So you are not pregnant?" Thor asked
Steve sighed in relief
"Nope." she grinned "George gave me the idea. I think I'll send him the feed." she got up and stretched "Great day. I had a lot of fun" she grinned again and picked a pizza box "toodles"
"all hail the queen of pranks" Tony grinned
Rose heard it, turned around and did a mock bow as others scowled
"Better luck next time" she grinned and left
"I'm gonna show her next year" Clint muttered "Magic or not"
"We believe you" Mia replied with a smile, though her tone suggested she didn't. It's really hard to take a man covered in neon paint and glitter seriously
Tony played the movie and sat back and relaxed. Today had been eventful and one of the best April Fool's day
Edited: 21/12/2019 08:52PM
Quite a long chapter. For those who don't know about 'Vieux Boulogne', it happens to be the smelliest cheese in the world. So prank wars, yes, something I've been suggested by a lot of people. I hope you like it and please please please REVIEW!
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