…When Pranks Go Bad…
By Zetta Zofia
Disclaimer: Not mine, belong to someone else, yadda-yadda-yadda.
Summary: When Pranks go bad, it's never good… Especially when you're dealing
with Age Potions.
Characters: MWPP, Lily Evans, Severus Snape, and More!
Who's Who: Lily plays James, Frank plays Sirius, and Peter's stuck babysitting
again.
Author's Note: Lemme know if you're getting confused!
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Chapter Three
- Tuesday
As punishment for forcing him to change the diaper, Frank charmed some of their underwear to decorate the Great Hall the next morning.
Remus and Peter, well used to such tricks from Sirius and James, were not too embarrassed. Remus was acting as Sirius, but to make things easier, they'd decided that Sirius and James were coming down with a bug, and therefore, their behavior could be somewhat muted. He just had to hope that no one would find it odd that Sirius was collecting Remus's knickers.
They were all very grateful for the inspiration of the sickness, especially Remus, Frank, and Arabella, who would be playing Sirius the rest of the week, and did not want to try and be as energetic as he normally was.
For whatever reason, this seemed to inspire the Slytherins to look at them and laugh.
But it wasn't until near the end of Potions that any of the Slytherins actually said something to them.
Avery stopped in front of who he thought was Sirius and sneered. "Feeling sick, Black? And where's Potty and Loony-Loopy-Lupin?"
"Sod off," Remus-as-Sirius sneered. Peeves had made up the 'Loony-Loopy-Lupin' bit during their first year, and the Slytherins loved to mock him with it. Peter hurried next to him, ready to support him, but looking nervous.
Frank stood on his other side, but was rather pale, and did not look as though he could survive a fight should it come down to it.
Lily had been watching warily. She sighed and dropped an extra bayberry leaf in her potion. "Professor!" she called. "I think I just screwed up!"
The professor bustled over to her. She eyed 'Sirius', Peter, Frank, and the Slytherins. "Back to your cauldrons," was all she said before turning her gaze on Lily again.
No one argued, and the crisis was momentarily averted.
They managed to get out of class immediately and they hurried away before another confrontation could occur.
Fortunately, they had Charms with the Ravenclaws, who didn't really bother Sirius and James.
Except some of the girls. They all seemed to go for Sirius and James.
Remus, who was acting as Sirius, was nearly attacked upon walking in, with two girls grabbing his arms and another smiling flirtatiously at him. "Are you free tonight?" one of the cooed, and played with the button on his shirt. "I was hoping we could… get together… like last week?"
Remus's eyes nearly bulged at that. Sirius had been gloating about what he'd done with her. "Uh…"
Lily sighed. "Get lost, you idiot bimbo." She grabbed Remus's arm and jerked him forward, pulling him over to sit next to her as her partner.
All through class, Remus could feel the girls staring at him- or rather Sirius- and it made him rather uncomfortable. But also very grateful that Lily was his partner.
Lily scared them off.
They grabbed lunch from the kitchens and went up to relieve Arabella from the kids for a little while.
She was relieved to see them, and made Remus change Sirius's nappy.
He was not pleased, as it was the first diaper he'd changed with more than just piddle.
They went off to class again after that, and talked through History of Magic. Midway through class, they decided that since Binns wouldn't notice anyway, no one had to act like James or Sirius during that class anymore, and for the next few days they could let the potion wear off. Though that might make it more of a headache than it was, as that would involve changing clothes, and sneaking off to change bodies...
After History of Magic, the group filed on up to the Divination classroom.
Within fifteen minutes, Remus wanted to pull out all of Sirius's hair. The Divination Teacher was everything the rumors about her claimed to be.
She predicted a grim future for everyone who was wearing black shoes that day, and since it was part of the school uniform- and more important, it was the only color that matched their robes- everyone was doomed. Except for Arabella, who'd worn maroon flip-flops in a silent rebellion against the school.
Leaving the class an hour and a half later, he informed Frank and Peter that the woman was insane.
They both agreed.
Things were going very well for them though, and no one seemed to have caught on.
But they were all expecting something bad to happen.
They figured out what it was later that night, after Remus had returned from his date, and he, Lily, Arabella, Peter, and Frank were sitting up in the room, playing with the boys and working on the potion.
"I don't feel too good," Frank said finally.
They all looked worriedly at him. "What's wrong?" Lily asked, frowning worriedly.
"Upset stomach, dizzy, and really… well, unpleasant." He looked rather green as well.
"Me too," Lily admitted, looking puzzled. "I was fine this morning, except for a little stomach ache."
"Maybe there's a bug going around," Peter suggested.
Arabella gasped. "Or maybe it's what Snape did! You aren't still itching, are you?"
Lily and Frank shook their heads.
"Why would he do itching powder that only lasts a day?" Arabella demanded. "He had to have done something else. He must have made some powder…"
"Because of the Quidditch match," Peter said. "That's gotta be it. They were Sirius and James yesterday, so Snape must have thought he hit them…"
"So I'm getting sick because I had to be Potter?" Lily moaned. "That's so not fair!"
"Where are the robes you wore yesterday?" Remus asked. "We can try and get a sample of the powder and find out what exactly it is."
They both pointed to the robes on the bed and Remus carefully lifted them up. He disappeared into the bathroom for a while, and returned a few moments later with a folded piece of paper.
He held it very carefully. "Anyone who needs to use the loo, do it now. I got some powder off of your… er, their robes, and I'm going to start checking on this, and we don't need anyone else getting sick, and the potions I have to use are powerful."
Grim faced- and in Frank and Lily's cases, green faced- they all waved him to go back in.
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(Yes, I know this chapter was short. The chapters will all have rather varying lengths, and this one happens to vary into the short end.)