Read the Authors note at the end.
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Throughout the first week of school, Lily was constantly amazed at how Sirius and James could come up with so many excuse for not doing their homework.
"My owl ate my homework."
"My homework ate my owl."
"I was in a fight with another kid who thought you weren't the best teacher."
"I went to the Hospital Wing 'cause I though I had cancer, turns out it was a bad Every Flavor Bean."
"It's the thought that counts, right?"
Lily and Sarah got more exasperated at every try to get out of homework. To both of their amazement's, Sirius and James both aced the tests that they took. They didn't even mind getting detention. Even the Professors were amused at their antics. When Remus, James and Sirius were in Professor Dumbledore's office for switching the labels on Professor Jenkin's potions supplies, Dumbledore said for them to tell the truth. Remus, who had watched a lot of muggle movies, yelled "YOU WANT THE TRUTH? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!" Professor Dumbledore even hinted at a smile.
(A/N: I don't think movie had come out yet… but oh well…)
Late one Saturday evening in October, Lily and Sarah were walking through the halls plotting ways to get back at Sirius for making suits of armor in the castle come crashing down when ever they walked by, they came upon the three boys diligently polishing banisters.
"What is this I see?" grinned Sarah, "James, Remus and Sirius actually doing their detention right?"
"Don't think we're going to make a habit out of it," quirked Remus, "We're only doing this right so we can slide down these banisters later."
Lily grinned at the thought of the boys flying down them. Sarah suddenly cracked an evil grin, and pulled Lily down the corridor to an empty classroom.
"What if we dye the polish so it changes into a color besides the brown!" Sarah said.
"It wouldn't work though," Lily replied thoughtfully, "They would see it and just dye it back, and besides, how would we ever dye it without them seeing it?"
"Don't worry, I took all of that into consideration."
Minutes later Sarah and Lily quickly ran giggling down the hallway to where the boys were slaving away.
"What's up with you girls," grinned James.
"Nothing, we're just happy people," said Sarah mysterious, a with another giggle they continued along at a fast pace.
The boys, being extremely interested, quickly went down they way that the girls had came from. A walking for almost a full minute, and still hadn't seen anything of interest, turned around and walked back to the banister they were currently polishing. They would have kept going, but they hadn't yet become the famous Marauders that knew the castle inside and out, and had only just two mornings ago found their way down to the Great Hall without getting lost once. They didn't know that while they were away, the girls had charmed their polish to turn one of 256 colors, iafter it was dry/i.
A/N I know I'm putting a lot of these so after this one I'll shut up but I just had to say that I know that the magic they are doing to each other is a little advanced for being in the second month of their first year.
The next morning making their way down to the breakfast tables, Lily and Sarah were looking at the wonderful shades of colors that the banisters had turned, when a very peeved Professor McGonagall walked by followed by Remus, James, and Sirius, all protesting that they hadn't done it.
"But really, it wasn't us!" said James.
"If it wasn't you, then who was it?" asked McGonagall.
Sirius, who at that time was just passing by a very delighted Lily and Sarah, said, "It was them! They were just mad at us for pulling some iharmless/i pranks on them!" Both Sarah and Lily snorted at the word harmless.
"How do you consider trying to curse our toenails so they would grow at inhuman rates harmless?" sputtered Sarah.
Sirius was about to reply when McGonagall cut in, "From the recently made statements, either parties could be guilty, so I will administer detentions to both groups, and call it even." In James', Remus', Sirius', Sarah's, and Lily's minds, it wasn't even. And so began the rivalry, that would last for years.
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No this is not going to be a love/hate fic. Trust me. Anyway, I'll try and get chapters out quicker, but that just might not happen… PLEASE REVIEW!!!
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Throughout the first week of school, Lily was constantly amazed at how Sirius and James could come up with so many excuse for not doing their homework.
"My owl ate my homework."
"My homework ate my owl."
"I was in a fight with another kid who thought you weren't the best teacher."
"I went to the Hospital Wing 'cause I though I had cancer, turns out it was a bad Every Flavor Bean."
"It's the thought that counts, right?"
Lily and Sarah got more exasperated at every try to get out of homework. To both of their amazement's, Sirius and James both aced the tests that they took. They didn't even mind getting detention. Even the Professors were amused at their antics. When Remus, James and Sirius were in Professor Dumbledore's office for switching the labels on Professor Jenkin's potions supplies, Dumbledore said for them to tell the truth. Remus, who had watched a lot of muggle movies, yelled "YOU WANT THE TRUTH? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!" Professor Dumbledore even hinted at a smile.
(A/N: I don't think movie had come out yet… but oh well…)
Late one Saturday evening in October, Lily and Sarah were walking through the halls plotting ways to get back at Sirius for making suits of armor in the castle come crashing down when ever they walked by, they came upon the three boys diligently polishing banisters.
"What is this I see?" grinned Sarah, "James, Remus and Sirius actually doing their detention right?"
"Don't think we're going to make a habit out of it," quirked Remus, "We're only doing this right so we can slide down these banisters later."
Lily grinned at the thought of the boys flying down them. Sarah suddenly cracked an evil grin, and pulled Lily down the corridor to an empty classroom.
"What if we dye the polish so it changes into a color besides the brown!" Sarah said.
"It wouldn't work though," Lily replied thoughtfully, "They would see it and just dye it back, and besides, how would we ever dye it without them seeing it?"
"Don't worry, I took all of that into consideration."
Minutes later Sarah and Lily quickly ran giggling down the hallway to where the boys were slaving away.
"What's up with you girls," grinned James.
"Nothing, we're just happy people," said Sarah mysterious, a with another giggle they continued along at a fast pace.
The boys, being extremely interested, quickly went down they way that the girls had came from. A walking for almost a full minute, and still hadn't seen anything of interest, turned around and walked back to the banister they were currently polishing. They would have kept going, but they hadn't yet become the famous Marauders that knew the castle inside and out, and had only just two mornings ago found their way down to the Great Hall without getting lost once. They didn't know that while they were away, the girls had charmed their polish to turn one of 256 colors, iafter it was dry/i.
A/N I know I'm putting a lot of these so after this one I'll shut up but I just had to say that I know that the magic they are doing to each other is a little advanced for being in the second month of their first year.
The next morning making their way down to the breakfast tables, Lily and Sarah were looking at the wonderful shades of colors that the banisters had turned, when a very peeved Professor McGonagall walked by followed by Remus, James, and Sirius, all protesting that they hadn't done it.
"But really, it wasn't us!" said James.
"If it wasn't you, then who was it?" asked McGonagall.
Sirius, who at that time was just passing by a very delighted Lily and Sarah, said, "It was them! They were just mad at us for pulling some iharmless/i pranks on them!" Both Sarah and Lily snorted at the word harmless.
"How do you consider trying to curse our toenails so they would grow at inhuman rates harmless?" sputtered Sarah.
Sirius was about to reply when McGonagall cut in, "From the recently made statements, either parties could be guilty, so I will administer detentions to both groups, and call it even." In James', Remus', Sirius', Sarah's, and Lily's minds, it wasn't even. And so began the rivalry, that would last for years.
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No this is not going to be a love/hate fic. Trust me. Anyway, I'll try and get chapters out quicker, but that just might not happen… PLEASE REVIEW!!!