NOTE: Okay second chapter yah! As always all characters except Chastity, Courtney, Addy & Alex, and Cameron belong to J.K. Rowling and I am not making any money from this so...enjoy?!
That night at the Gryffindor table, four heads huddled together and hushed whispers could be heard drifting out of the little pack once in awhile.
"So," said James, his brown eyes dancing in excitement, "Peter will stand watch in the common room while Remus, Sirius and I continue on."
"Right," said Peter, sounding a little unsure of himself. Suddenly a thought popped into his head, "B-B-But…what do I do if someone comes in?" Peter looked around at his three counterparts, fear etched in his face.
"Peter, Peter, Peter," Remus said, sighing as he did so. "We've already told you. All you have to do is give them the full body bind! They'll never know what hit them. Peter opened his mouth as if to speak but Remus cut him off (after seven years with Peter they all knew how his little mind worked). "Of course, when we are done, Sirius will put a memory charm on them that'll last until they're to old to remember anyway." At these words, Peter sighed and nodded his head, giving in to their little scheme.
"Right then," said James, "Moving on. I think it is best if…ah…let's see…Remus asks Lily about the make up."
"Me? Why Me? She's your girlfriend," said Remus, expecting that James would have been doing this part.
"Because, she would least suspect you of being up to something. Tell her that you've decided to give your cousin some make up for Christmas and are unsure of what to get." James then looked up to see Remus nodding in understanding.
Sirius clapped his hands in anticipation, having developed a quick plan for the earlier part of the evening. "Remus you'd better be off and find her now before she disappears to girl's lounge. James and I had better get a move on so that we can get that nasty potions essay done early. Peter, you should go to the library and refresh your memory on that body binding curse," said Sirius. Everyone then moved off to where they needed to be, after finishing the delicious apple tart desert.
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"Ouch! James, watch where you put your feet down!" hissed Sirius, feeling his big toe go numb. The four of them were scrunched together underneath James's silvery invisibility cloak, inching their way through the maze of dungeons on the way to the Slytherin common room. The quartet had been this way only twice before, once to play one of their numerous tricks on Chastity, and once to reclaim a stolen Gryffindor flag.
Sirius smiled (despite the now obvious pain in his foot) just thinking about the trick they were going to play on her tonight, it was going to be the best one ever, mainly because the entire school, including the teachers, would be witness to James and his genius the following morning during breakfast
"All right now, quiet," whispered James, "We're here."
"But, James how are we to get it? We do need a password and since we don't have one I think we should just turn around and go straight to bed," complained Peter, who was looking more and more nervous.
"Peter, forget about going back to bed right now because we do happen to have the password," Sirius said matter-of-factly.
"WE DO??" said Remus, James, and Peter simultaneously.
"Yes, I oh…ah…bribed it out of that Slytherin first, what's his name…you know…Cameron Findley!" said Sirius, confident in his choice. "Oh, and James, before you even open your mouth James clasped his jaw shut I told him that if he gave me the wrong one he would find a nasty surprise waiting for him one morning, so we have nothing to worry about."
Very slowly, a smirk of a smile spread across James and Remus's faces Peter's stayed blank as they realized they weren't going to have to stand out here just guessing passwords all night.
"Shall we?" Sirius asked, his voice dripping with sarcasm. The other three nodded in approval Peter gulped.
"Rotten Apples!" Sirius bellowed. A section of the stone wall slid back with a low rumble, rather like of a lion's throaty growl. It reveled a rather large room, which was carpeted with a green oriental rug with the house mascot on it. The parts of the floor that weren't covered were made of the same dull gray stone as the walls. It was furnished with white marble tables that were surrounded by stone chairs with plush green cushions. The fireplace that was stationed in the center of the room gave off little or no heat, making the room incredibly cold. On the walls were some pictures of past Heads of Slytherin, all of them looking rather unpleasant in the plain wooden frames. There was a single chandelier hanging down from the damp ceiling that was lit with candles that cast an eerie glow about the room, making everything look like a monster that was lying in wait. Basically it looked like something out of the Stone Age.
"Cheery place isn't it?" James remarked. "Shall we proceed?" he questioned again, with an exaggerated sweep of his arm towards the dormitories.
"Yes, I think we shall," Sirius mused. "James, Remus, with me, Peter take up your post," Sirius said as he began to tromp up the stairs leading to the girls' dormitories.
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"Why must women have so much of this junk?" James commented. He was seated on the cold tile floor belonging to the bathroom of the 7th year Slytherin girls, along with Sirius (Remus was in the bedroom making sure none of the girls woke up during the process). For the past hour they had been sorting through Chastity's make-up (it was all clearly marked with silver lettering) and adding the right spells, charms, and potions that would create quite a spectacle the following morning.
"I honestly don't know. Personally I think that most of the time they look much better without it," Sirius remarked as he screwed the lid back on the mascara tube.
"I agree with you. Although, I must say that a little touch hear and there doesn't hurt, Lily's little bit usually makes her look better. Not to say that she isn't beautiful without it though," James replied.
"Are you about done with everything James? I'm ready to turn it in." Sirius said, as he let a huge yawn escape his mouth.
"Yep. I just have to put the weed-growing potion in the…the hair glue stuff," James said, just as he popped the lid off of the container.
"It's called "hair spray" genius," Sirius said, flatly.
"Whatever," James answered, not really caring at all about the name of the stuff.
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"Well ladies, what do you think? It's genius, no?" Chastity said as she gazed around at her three best friends, Courtney Cortès, Alexandria Hoganvolt, and Adriana Hoganvolt (Adriana and Alexandria are twins).
"I'll tell ya Chast, that is pretty good," Courtney said with an evil looking smirk on her pale face.
"Pretty good? Only pretty good? As if you could have done better," Chastity remarked, with ice in her tone.
"You tell her Chast," Alexandria cheered.
"Chast, that is pretty harsh though," Adriana replied. She sighed. She knew she was supposed to be laughing along with the rest of them but this time she had gone too far. It was fine as long as it was just her and Sirius going at it, and it never hurt to involve James, but Lily? Lily had never done anything to hurt them, in fact Adriana rather admired her, she was smart, pretty, and always polite. Perhaps if it had been another joke it would have been all right, but messing in their love life was just down right wrong.
"Addy," Alexandria gasped, "You don't actually mean that do you?" Her sister sounded horrified that's she could even consider something like that.
"No…I am just a little out of it this morning, I mean geez Alex," Addy replied, forgetting her previous thoughts and just moving on with the morning.
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"Good morning gentlemen," Sirius called cheerfully, "And lady," he added after a glare form Lily.
"Morning Sirius, sleep well last night?" James said with a wink.
"Oh yes, thank you, sound as a log," he replied, winking back at James. Suddenly, there was a great flapping noise as 100 different owls swooped into the Great Hall and began searching for their owners. The noise was suddenly drowned out by an extremely high-pitched scream.
"Looks like it's show time boys," Sirius whispered as his eyes danced in excitement and he casually folded his hands behind his head and leaned back in his chair.
That night at the Gryffindor table, four heads huddled together and hushed whispers could be heard drifting out of the little pack once in awhile.
"So," said James, his brown eyes dancing in excitement, "Peter will stand watch in the common room while Remus, Sirius and I continue on."
"Right," said Peter, sounding a little unsure of himself. Suddenly a thought popped into his head, "B-B-But…what do I do if someone comes in?" Peter looked around at his three counterparts, fear etched in his face.
"Peter, Peter, Peter," Remus said, sighing as he did so. "We've already told you. All you have to do is give them the full body bind! They'll never know what hit them. Peter opened his mouth as if to speak but Remus cut him off (after seven years with Peter they all knew how his little mind worked). "Of course, when we are done, Sirius will put a memory charm on them that'll last until they're to old to remember anyway." At these words, Peter sighed and nodded his head, giving in to their little scheme.
"Right then," said James, "Moving on. I think it is best if…ah…let's see…Remus asks Lily about the make up."
"Me? Why Me? She's your girlfriend," said Remus, expecting that James would have been doing this part.
"Because, she would least suspect you of being up to something. Tell her that you've decided to give your cousin some make up for Christmas and are unsure of what to get." James then looked up to see Remus nodding in understanding.
Sirius clapped his hands in anticipation, having developed a quick plan for the earlier part of the evening. "Remus you'd better be off and find her now before she disappears to girl's lounge. James and I had better get a move on so that we can get that nasty potions essay done early. Peter, you should go to the library and refresh your memory on that body binding curse," said Sirius. Everyone then moved off to where they needed to be, after finishing the delicious apple tart desert.
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"Ouch! James, watch where you put your feet down!" hissed Sirius, feeling his big toe go numb. The four of them were scrunched together underneath James's silvery invisibility cloak, inching their way through the maze of dungeons on the way to the Slytherin common room. The quartet had been this way only twice before, once to play one of their numerous tricks on Chastity, and once to reclaim a stolen Gryffindor flag.
Sirius smiled (despite the now obvious pain in his foot) just thinking about the trick they were going to play on her tonight, it was going to be the best one ever, mainly because the entire school, including the teachers, would be witness to James and his genius the following morning during breakfast
"All right now, quiet," whispered James, "We're here."
"But, James how are we to get it? We do need a password and since we don't have one I think we should just turn around and go straight to bed," complained Peter, who was looking more and more nervous.
"Peter, forget about going back to bed right now because we do happen to have the password," Sirius said matter-of-factly.
"WE DO??" said Remus, James, and Peter simultaneously.
"Yes, I oh…ah…bribed it out of that Slytherin first, what's his name…you know…Cameron Findley!" said Sirius, confident in his choice. "Oh, and James, before you even open your mouth James clasped his jaw shut I told him that if he gave me the wrong one he would find a nasty surprise waiting for him one morning, so we have nothing to worry about."
Very slowly, a smirk of a smile spread across James and Remus's faces Peter's stayed blank as they realized they weren't going to have to stand out here just guessing passwords all night.
"Shall we?" Sirius asked, his voice dripping with sarcasm. The other three nodded in approval Peter gulped.
"Rotten Apples!" Sirius bellowed. A section of the stone wall slid back with a low rumble, rather like of a lion's throaty growl. It reveled a rather large room, which was carpeted with a green oriental rug with the house mascot on it. The parts of the floor that weren't covered were made of the same dull gray stone as the walls. It was furnished with white marble tables that were surrounded by stone chairs with plush green cushions. The fireplace that was stationed in the center of the room gave off little or no heat, making the room incredibly cold. On the walls were some pictures of past Heads of Slytherin, all of them looking rather unpleasant in the plain wooden frames. There was a single chandelier hanging down from the damp ceiling that was lit with candles that cast an eerie glow about the room, making everything look like a monster that was lying in wait. Basically it looked like something out of the Stone Age.
"Cheery place isn't it?" James remarked. "Shall we proceed?" he questioned again, with an exaggerated sweep of his arm towards the dormitories.
"Yes, I think we shall," Sirius mused. "James, Remus, with me, Peter take up your post," Sirius said as he began to tromp up the stairs leading to the girls' dormitories.
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"Why must women have so much of this junk?" James commented. He was seated on the cold tile floor belonging to the bathroom of the 7th year Slytherin girls, along with Sirius (Remus was in the bedroom making sure none of the girls woke up during the process). For the past hour they had been sorting through Chastity's make-up (it was all clearly marked with silver lettering) and adding the right spells, charms, and potions that would create quite a spectacle the following morning.
"I honestly don't know. Personally I think that most of the time they look much better without it," Sirius remarked as he screwed the lid back on the mascara tube.
"I agree with you. Although, I must say that a little touch hear and there doesn't hurt, Lily's little bit usually makes her look better. Not to say that she isn't beautiful without it though," James replied.
"Are you about done with everything James? I'm ready to turn it in." Sirius said, as he let a huge yawn escape his mouth.
"Yep. I just have to put the weed-growing potion in the…the hair glue stuff," James said, just as he popped the lid off of the container.
"It's called "hair spray" genius," Sirius said, flatly.
"Whatever," James answered, not really caring at all about the name of the stuff.
********
"Well ladies, what do you think? It's genius, no?" Chastity said as she gazed around at her three best friends, Courtney Cortès, Alexandria Hoganvolt, and Adriana Hoganvolt (Adriana and Alexandria are twins).
"I'll tell ya Chast, that is pretty good," Courtney said with an evil looking smirk on her pale face.
"Pretty good? Only pretty good? As if you could have done better," Chastity remarked, with ice in her tone.
"You tell her Chast," Alexandria cheered.
"Chast, that is pretty harsh though," Adriana replied. She sighed. She knew she was supposed to be laughing along with the rest of them but this time she had gone too far. It was fine as long as it was just her and Sirius going at it, and it never hurt to involve James, but Lily? Lily had never done anything to hurt them, in fact Adriana rather admired her, she was smart, pretty, and always polite. Perhaps if it had been another joke it would have been all right, but messing in their love life was just down right wrong.
"Addy," Alexandria gasped, "You don't actually mean that do you?" Her sister sounded horrified that's she could even consider something like that.
"No…I am just a little out of it this morning, I mean geez Alex," Addy replied, forgetting her previous thoughts and just moving on with the morning.
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"Good morning gentlemen," Sirius called cheerfully, "And lady," he added after a glare form Lily.
"Morning Sirius, sleep well last night?" James said with a wink.
"Oh yes, thank you, sound as a log," he replied, winking back at James. Suddenly, there was a great flapping noise as 100 different owls swooped into the Great Hall and began searching for their owners. The noise was suddenly drowned out by an extremely high-pitched scream.
"Looks like it's show time boys," Sirius whispered as his eyes danced in excitement and he casually folded his hands behind his head and leaned back in his chair.