James and Lily- Series Part 1
Chapter 4—the Mysterious Prank
Sorry that this 1 took so long, but the school had started and the scholarship tests r starting soon. So I'll be kinda busy.
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The next morning, James woke with a start. A loud, funky music was ringing in the air. He looked around for Sirius and Remus, but they're not in the dorm.
This is very strange. Thought James, as he walked in the common. To his surprise, his friends all seemed to be in the common room.
"JAMESIE!!!" Shouted Sirius, over the loud music, "COME AND DANCE WITH US!! THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!"
James gasped as he squished through the crowd towards his dancing friends. The common room is filled with all the Gryffindors. Lily, of all the people, was standing on a chair and singing loudly with an enchanted microphone in her hand, her eyes twinkling in the sunlight. There were people cheering, dancing, singing and clapping, everyone seems to be bewitched by Lily's beautiful clear voice.
"She's FANTASTIC!!!" said a six year, "Just like a professional."
"Yeah! I know!!" exclaimed his friend, "I heard that she went to a school for geniuses in music, art, artistic sport or literature."
"Who needs to go to concerts when we have Lily." Said Frank Longbottom. "GO LILY!!!!!!!!!" Shouted Lesley. James's jaw dropped open, Lesley was usually quite composed. Rebecca was always the wild one. But, Rebecca, when James spotted her, was a hundred times wilder than Lesley.
"GO LILY!!!! GO LILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Everyone literally started to echo that again and again as if they're in a Quidditch match.
"Sirius, WHAT ON EARTH IS HAPPENING!" shouted James.
"Well," explained Sirius, "Lily got up early to practice singing, she started to sing a pop song. A couple of muggle born joined in. Then more and more people began to sing along. So Lily undid the shrinking charm she putted on her microphone and enchanted it. And then all this started."
"but Sirius, do you realize how many points we're going to lose if the teachers finds out about this?" asked James serious.
"Wha—!!" Both Sirius and Remus choked on the chocolate they were eating.
"Gee, James, when did you start to follow rules? Look, there's Molly Greta, who probably never broke a rule in her whole life and there's the arrogant and annoyingly 'perfect' Gilderoy Lockhart, the school 'prefect'. There are both breaking rule number 124 with us, and YOU, YOU—
Sirius grew speechless with mocked shock.
"That's was a speedy, dramatic, amazing, unbelievable and unfortunate change you know, James." teased Remus.
"Alright, alright. Pretend that I never said that." Said James. He wasn't about to be called Mr. Start-to-follow-rules when just yesterday, he called Lily a goodie-goodie.
In a short while, James, like everybody, was bewitched by the red-haired girl, who yesterday, behaved like a demure serious lady, but today, like open, happy singer, totally absorbed in her own music.
If Professor McGonagall hadn't force the Gryffindors to eat breakfast that day, the Gryffindors would have danced the whole day. ('unbelievable behavior! Never have I, in my whole entire life if i might add, seen such a noisy, careless group of children. 50 point off Gryffindor!' said McGonagall.)
However, when the day was over, James got 40 points back for Gryffindor in Transfiguring. Remus was praised in portion, and earned back another 30 points. Sirius did well in portion, but Professor Terrell was too mean and strict too give out lots of points. Lily answered every single question right in charms, and got 50 points from Professor Flitwik. Even Peter got 10 points for Gryffindor in Herbology, though he unfortunately lost 20 points in charms.
At dinnertime, when the four boys advanced toward the hall, they heard a scream. The next moment, Lucius Malfoy ran out of the hall, cursing, his hair is both pink and smoky. He was followed closely by Professor McGonagall. The four boys broke out laughing. Which made the Professor stop.
"did you boys do that?" she bellowed, pointing to Lucius' hair.
Before any of them had time to explain.
"POTTER!!! BLACK!!! LUPIN!!! PETTIGREW!!! THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND YOU ARE ALREADY IN TROUBLE. I HAVE BEEN WARNED BY YOUR PARENTS OFYOUR REPUTATION FOR BEING PRANKSTERS, BUT THIS HAS GONE TOOOOOO FARRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!" roared the Professor unreasonably, "DETENTION, YES, ALL OF YOU, INCLUDING PETTIGREW!!!!! Meet me in the office at 8 o'clock sharp!"
James and Sirius looked at each other.
"What was that all about?" asked Remus, completely astounded.
"I admit that the idea is brilliant, just the kind I would have thought of, but I didn't do it, did you?" asked James.
The three boys shook their head.
"But if we didn't do it, who did?" asked Peter.
The boys thought hard, now, who in the school (except for themselves) likes to play pranks on people and have a brilliant mind? There weren't any, no, not that they could think of.
So, at eight o'clock, the boys walked gloomily to the professor's office.
Professor McGonagall was sitting in her desk, looking stern.
"You will rub all the trophies in the trophy room three times Potter. Black, you'll mop the floor 3 times. Lupin will then polish both the floor and the trophies, and Mr. Pettigrew, you can go back to the common room- (Peter let out a sigh of relief)-to copy out your charms book three time (Peter let out a gasp of horror). You may start NOW." She said while she walked to the door, "By the way, another toe out of line and you'll been expelled before you can say 'detention'."
James and Sirius looked at each other gloomily. They had played pranks on people countless times and they had always managed to escape troubles, but why do they have to be punished for something they haven't done?
Suddenly the door creaked and opened. James turned around, expecting to see a teacher. But it wasn't.
The End of Chapter 4
Note:Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't like to be as wild as lily.
And I only made lily look perfect and act perfect to show that she loved magic enough later on in the story to give up her musical career.
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