A Prank and a
Discussion of Prefects
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" Time to get up, James." James rolled onto his stomach and pulled the covers over his head.
" Go away, Sirius!" Sirius laughed.
" Come on, Jamesy! If we don't leave soon, we won't have enough time!"
" Time for what? It's got to be important if you're up this early." James said, cracking open one eye.
" You must be losing your memory, James." Remus said, walking into their room, toweling his hair. Peter followed, looking asleep on his feet.
" It's time for a little revenge." Said Sirius and both he and Remus grinned wickedly. Peter yawned and nodded.
" You remember, to get Fenus back of calling Lily mudblood." James was out of bed and pulling on his clothes before Peter finished. He slipped his wand into his robe and walked to the door.
" Well? What are you waiting for?" He asked. The other Marauders laughed and followed him into the common room. They walked to the portrait hole and were just about to leave when someone spoke behind them.
" Where are you going?" Answa was seated in a chair, a book open on her lap. The Sorting Hat had barely been placed on her head when it had declared her the second first year Gryffindor. She was watching them with eyes that stated clearly that she knew they were up to something and found it very funny. James smiled at her.
" To breakfast." She raised an eyebrow. Sirius grinned.
" Via the Slytherin rooms. We have a little present to deliver." She grinned back.
" Can I watch? I won't get in the way." The Marauders looked at each other.
" Sure!" They said at the same time. Answa smiled. Remus picked her up and set her on his back.
" We know where not to step." He said and they left.
" Hurry up, James!" Sirius said, glancing around the secret passage were they were couched. James sighed.
" I'm going as fast as I can, Sirius! This spell of yours takes time." Remus ducked in the room for the door on the left.
" Mrs. Norris is out there!" He said. James and Sirius both cursed. Answa looked at them.
" Who's Mrs. Norris?" Sirius rolled his eyes.
" The Caretaker's cat. A real pain in the ass." Answa's eyes twinkled.
" The Caretaker or the cat?" She asked. Sirius laughed.
" Both!"
" So what do we do?" Sirius rose.
" Diversionary tactics. Want to come?" Answa stood up and the two slipped out of the left side door. James raised his wand.
" Tacaren." He muttered, bringing his wand down sharply. Remus crouched beside him.
" What do you do next?" James pointed to the small peephole that he was looking out of.
" I have to set it to find Fenus and then we can go." James preformed the spell in two minutes and they both stood up.
" Let's get out of here." James said, opening the door on the right. Peter stood outside it, his eye plastered to the hole showing the hall outside. His shoulders were shaking. James frowned. " Peter?" The boy looked up, he was wearing a huge grin. He stepped aside and James looked out the hole. Answa was sitting on top of a giant cupboard, Mrs. Norris was sniffing along the floor below her. The girl was smiling, her eyes were locked on Sirius who was following the cat, imitating her every move. James lifted his wand and sent a tiny spark at Sirius. Sirius jerked up and looked at the wall. He nodded and tugged Mrs. Norris' tail. The cat meowed loudly. Sirius raced off down the corridor, Mrs. Norris hot on his heels. James, Peter, and Remus slipped out of the passage. Remus caught Answa as she jumped from the cupboard and they made their way to the Great Hall. The Hall was almost empty, breakfast had just appeared on the table. The staff table and the Ravenclaw table were both empty, the Slytherin and Hufflepuff tables had three people spread along their lengths. Nicole and Lily were sitting at one end of the otherwise empty Gryffindor table. Sirius entered the Hall from the opposite side and flashed them a grin. Nicole glared at the Marauders as they took seats and began to dish themselves up.
" Where have you been?" She demanded.
" Checking to make sure that my gold supply was still in the Ravenclaw Passage, Mother." Sirius said. Answa and the rest of the Marauders laughed. Lily smiled.
" They've been corrupting Answa, Nicky." She said. Nicole groaned.
" My little sister, consorting with the Marauders on her second day of school. Now there's no chance for her to become a prefect." Sirius gave the silver badge that the girl was wearing a look of disgust.
" Why would anyone want too?" He asked. James grinned and the light caught his silver badge.
" Because you get to use the bathroom on the third floor, the one with all the bubbles." Sirius rolled his eyes.
" I've been using that one since half way though first year." He said. Remus had leaned back in his chair and begun to study the schedules that had appeared on the table.
" I really can't think of any other good reasons." He said, not even looking up. " We have Charms first today." Sirius looked at Nicole.
" See, not one reason in the world to become a prefect."
" There is the honor that the position is supposed to bestow, Sirius." Said a very amused voice from behind him. Sirius looked up into the laughing eyes of Professor Dumbledore. Sirius grinned.
" Yes, sir. But I like having fun more." Dumbledore looked at James, Remus, Nicole, and Lily, who all sported the silver badge.
" Some how I doubt that your friends limit their "fun" just because they are prefects." He said. " So we have a new addition to your little gang. Welcome to Hogwarts, Answer. I wondered last night how you got such an unusual name. Would you care to enlighten me?" Answa smiled.
" Mother was very sad after Father died and she tried to find some way to cheer herself up. Then she found out about me and found that I was the answer that she had been looking for." Dumbledore smiled.
" I am sure you were a very good solution to her sorrow." He took a roll from the table and nodded to them all. " I have no doubt that I shall be seeing you all again." He said with a smile. " However, this year I would take it kindly if there are no dungbombs in my office." James and Sirius both turned red. Dumbledore made his way to the staff table and sat down. Remus, Peter, Lily, Nicole, and Answa all turned and stared at the two.
" You dungbombed Dumbledore's office?" They demanded. Sirius nodded.
" We meant to just paintbomb the ceiling but some how our bombs got mixed up. He gave us detention. We had to do all of our homework in his office with the smell. It was wonderful." Sirius could be very sarcastic.
" I think he is a very wise man." Answa said thoughtfully watching the Headmaster greet Professor McGonagall. James looked at her.
" He is. Why do you think so?" She looked at him.
" He probably just used the Scaren Charm and then put a new dungbomb in whenever you two came."
" Scaren Charm?" Remus asked. Answa nodded.
" It's an American charm, one that the Native American medicine men used. It summons a small wind that the summoner can command." James stopped with a forkful of food halfway to his mouth.
" A wind?" He asked, setting his fork down. Answa nodded. Peter and Sirius began to laugh. James looked at them, his dark blue eyes glittering.
" What?" He asked, a picture of innocents. Lily giggled.
" James, give it up. Your eyes are giving you away."
" What are you planning, Prongs?" Remus asked, his eyes lighting up. James shook his head.
" I'm not going to tell. I'll just say that Snape will have a bit of a problem with the ingredients today." Nicole grinned.
" Good." She looked at the door. " What is that horrible smell?" She asked. Fenus stormed into the room. His gang of friends followed him, at a distance. Remus held his nose shut and glared at James.
" Why did you make it so strong?" He demanded. James shrugged, pushing his food away and looking at his best friend.
" I just followed the instructions that Sirius gave me." Lily set her hand in her lap and, using the table as a cover, pointed it at her nose.
" Arensmell." She muttered. Answa had turned rather green. She pushed her plate away and stood up, looking over her schedule.
" I've got to find my way to the Transfiguration classroom by eight thirty, I think I'll go now." Sirius stared at her.
" But it's only seven thirty. You've got an hour." Answa started at him. Everyone else was plugging their nose or performing a charm, but Sirius just sat there, looking not the least bit bothered.
" He's smelled too many dungbombs." Said James, shaking his head as he rose. " Since we have Charms first, I'll show you where the Transfiguration room is." Remus and Nicole stood too.
" We'll help." They chorused. Lily was already standing, she nodded in agreement. Sirius watched as his friends, and most of the other students, made their way to the doors. Shaking his head, he grabbed several rolls.
" Wait up!" He called, running after them.
Ok, the next chapter is almost
finished. To the R&Rers, thank-you,
I'm glad you like it. Molly Weasley is
much older than James and Co. but I said Mary Weasley. And I don't have anything against a Harry and
Hermione relationship, it's just, the way that she and Ron argue, what else
could happen? As much as people who
compare HP to Star Wars annoy me, think of Han and Leia. - Aoi