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SOLVING PROBLEMS
Arriving back at Hogwart's Lily and James headed straight for the Gryffindor tower. In the common room Aggy and Remus were snuggling up on the sofa both reading the same book, Sirius and Marie were down by the lake and Annie was in the library with Danny and Peter was nowhere to be found.
Smiling at the portrait Lily gave the fat lady the password and walked into the common room and dashed over to Aggy and Remus and dropped onto the sofa.
"Hi you two" she said leaning over to hug Aggy and kissed Remus on the cheek, laughing as he blushed slightly.
James sat down next to lily pulling her onto his lap and said, "Stop that…You guys alright…What's been going on while we've been away?"
Aggy shrugged "Not much…Its been a bit boring…Sirius has been in detention most of the time" and she winced slightly "We need to make that up to him…Can't believe he took the whole blame"
The others nodded at her and huddled together to make a plan. It wasn't long before the piece in the tower was shattered as Sirius and Marie came running through the portrait hole. As Sirius caught sight of Lily and James he bounded over to the sofa and dove on top of his four friends. The rest of Gryffindor glanced over but seeing Sirius most thought bloody idiot. Sirius was lying across the laps of his four friends.
"My friends how I have miss you" and he feigned a sorrowful look and moved slightly. This caused Remus to hit him "Watch were your putting your bloody elbows" and the rest to laugh.
Sirius covered his face with his hands and pretended to be embarrassed and then looked at Aggy and taking his life in his hands said "Sorry…Maybe you could rub it better for him" Sirius grinned and then tensed.
Blushing Aggy punched him and with the help of Lily (who wasn't that much help due to laughing) shoved him onto the floor, were landing a swift kick into his side she said "Sirius Black you are the biggest pervert I know" and she stormed out of the common room.
Sitting up rubbing his side and stomach Sirius looked at Remus and said "Sorry…couldn't help myself" finally getting to his feet "I'll just go and apologies…If I'm not back in 10 minutes just remember me fondly from time to time". Swooping Marie up into his arms he said "Wish me luck" and he kissed her.
Sirius headed up the stairs leaving his friends in fits of laughter. Reaching the girls dorm Sirius took a big breath and knock on the door before pushing it open. Looking around the room he located Aggy and walked over to her.
Turning Aggy said, "Get away from me Black NOW" and she raised her wand.
Sirius held up his hands in surrender "Aggy I am truly sorry…Please don't hex me"
Aggy scanned his face and was genuinely surprised by what she saw; he actually looked sorry the smile he gave her was pleading with her to forgive him. Standing up wand still raised Aggy walked over to him "Sirius don't ever cross me or I promise you will be sorry you were ever born". Watching him swallow Aggy decided he had suffered enough smiling she lent towards him and kissed him on the cheek. Laughing at the stunned look on his face Aggy moved to leave the dorm but could not resist pinching Sirius' bottom as she went passed.
Sirius shouted "Ouch" and turned only to see Aggy disappear out of the door and he set chase after her. Aggy literally flew into the common room and leaped over the back of the sofa landing on a surprised looking Remus. Aggy buried her head into his chest laughing hard as she caught sight of Sirius jumping over the end of the banister and she gripped onto Remus tight.
Aggy mumbled through the laughter "Help"
Sirius jumped over the sofa "That bloody hurt" and he rubbed his bottom for a second and laughed at the bemused looks on his friend's faces "She pinched me" he added.
Aggy chirped "Maybe Marie could rub it better for you" which had the effect of stunning the little band of friends into silence. A wicked grin slowly spread over Sirius's face and he was unable to hold the laughter in as he leant towards Aggy and started tickling her. It wasn't long before James and Remus joined in the fray and soon the three girls squealed at being tickled mercilessly.
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Later that night up in the boy's dorm James was mulling over what Richard had told him at Quidditch practice. Looking over at his friends he said "I need you guys to help me with the chastity charm"
Sirius smiled "What's the matter Prongs can't you keep it under control?" and he laughed.
James rolled his eyes "You should bloody try it…It's not funny any more"
Ever the voice of reason Remus said "James" this caused the other two to look at him "What does Lily think?"
Being called James by Remus unnerved him a little "I don't know…but finding out how to remove it doesn't mean I will…Help…Please". After a few moments Remus nodded. James sighed with relief and then told them about what Richard had said.
"Well the first thing we need to do is get hold of the books Phil has sent to Lily" Remus stated and looking at Sirius "I think this is a job for you"
Confused Sirius said "Why me?…She is his girlfriend"
Shacking his head Remus carried on "You go and ask Lily can you borrow the books because your looking for some new ideas for a prank" pausing he then said "it will be less suspicious coming from you". A plan was hatched and they settled down to get some sleep.
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Saturdays shopping expedition to Hogsmeades found the Gryffindor girls' in Honeydukes buying an assortment of candies and then the new joke shop, the girls went up to the assistant and explained they were looking for a gift.
After looking at a few things Marie commented "Sirius has virtually everything…we'll never find the perfect gift"
The assistant smiled "Are you ladies talking about Sirius Black" and the girls nodded. He disappeared behind the counter and returned with a small box "I think you will find that this is the perfect gift…The Pranksters compendium". Looking into the box the girls saw that it was an assortment of different items, some they recognised and some they didn't.
"It contains a collection of the latest mischief maker essentials" the assistant told them.
Smiling they all nodded and waited while he wrapped the gift for them. Paying him they went over to The Three Broom sticks for a Butter beer before heading back to the castle.
Up in the common room after lunch Lily gave James the signal, waiting for Lily to disappear up to the dormitories James whispered to Sirius to follow him upstairs.
Once inside the dorm Sirius sat down on his bed and said "What do you want Prongs?" but nearly had heart failure as his friends jumped out from all round the room and bellowed "Surprise" and leapt on him. Laughing at the look of horror on his face they finally got up off him.
They all came to rest on Sirius' bed and he said, "What's going on…It's not my birthday?"
Smiling at him Lily handed him the gifts and said "We wanted to say thanks for taking the wrap for the 'spring prank'" and she hugged him.
For a second the most bizarre thing happened Sirius Black was speechless and then with a very stern look on his face he said "You are my friends…I would die for you rather than turn you in". This caused the rest of the group to eye each other nervously at the sight of a very serious Padfoot but the tension was soon broken as Sirius opened the package and whooped with joy at the present.
The rest of the day was spent planning a prank for the Slytherin so that they could try out some of Sirius' new toys.
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It was soon Monday morning and the students were rushing to their first lesson of the day. The Gryffindor sixth years had double charms first with the Slytherin's. As usual the marauders were last to arrive, Lily rolled her eyes at Aggy and gave her a look that said nothing ever changes. The lesson went smoothly with no major hick ups; Professor Flitwick gave a sigh of relief as the bell went this was not one of his favourite groups of students.
Getting up Sirius banged into James causing him to topple over and knock a petite blonde Slytherin to the floor. What the rest of the class did not see was Sirius slip James a small black disc.
Bending down James placed his hands around the girls waist and pulled her to her feet "Sorry about that" he said with a smile and held out his hand to steady her.
But all he got was a look of utter disgust from the girl "Get off me you idiot…Bloody clumsy Gryffindor" and she wrenched her self-free of his grip.
"Get away from her Potter…Narcissa come" Lucius Malfoy gripped the girls arm and pulled her out of the classroom.
Watching them leave Lily walked over to James and Sirius and said, "What are you to up too?"
The two boys laughed and Sirius said "Wait and see" looking at James he said "Did it stick Prong's?"
Nodding James just smiled and taking hold of Lily's hand they left the classroom, Lily looked at Marie who just shrugged. The friends made their way down to the dungeons for their next lesson potions.
As they took their seats in the cold damp classroom Professor Greenhaulgh swept into the room and turning to the class bellowed today's task. Potions for the Gryffindor's was never pleasant if they managed to only loose 50 points during the whole lesson they considered themselves lucky.
Everyone was soon busy finely cutting up the ingredients for the potion they had to make and soon the lesson was almost over and they were making the finishing touches to the healing potion. James was grateful to be working with Peter who was the only one of them to enjoy potions, glancing over to Sirius who was working with Remus James nodded.
Sirius smiled and thought Time to try out my new toy. Having a quick look to ensure his victim was with in easy reach Sirius said to Remus "Not be a minute" and Remus nodded.
Taking a step closer to the next bench Sirius smiled at the sight of Narcissa, casually leaning on her bench he said "Hello ladies" and smiled
Scowling at him "What do you want?"
"Oh…I just stopped for a chat" and he smiled at her again.
Smiling at him she said "You have a very nice smile" and her hand shot up and covered her mouth. A horrified look on her face at what she had just said.
Chuckling he carried on "Thank you…but I don't think your boyfriend will be happy" and he smiled again.
At that moment Professor Greenhaulgh shouted "Black get back to your own bench…10 points from Gryffindor for harassing a Slytherin"
But to the classes surprise Narcissa said "Oh stop that you mean old hag". As the words escaped her mouth she slumped onto her stool spluttering "I can't believe I just did that".
A stunned class nervously watched the Professor who had turned a strange shade of purple "Black what have you done to Narcissa?"
Ever the actor he said "Me Professor nothing…I just said hello" looking shocked at the suggestion. Looking at Narcissa whose head was in her hands he said "Maybe she has been spending to many late nights in the Astronomy tower with Malfoy"
Unable to stop herself Narcissa screamed at him "How the bloody hell do you know that?" this time she shot a withering look over to Lucius Malfoy, who was stood cursing under his breath.
At that moment the bell rang and Professor Greenhaulgh bellowed "Get out of my classroom all of you" and the students quickly started to pack away. With a swish of her robes she was back at the front of the room and shouted "Lucius, Narcissa I will see you in my office NOW" and with that she was gone.
Fleeing the classroom as fast as they could the all the students headed straight for the Great hall. Once sat down Marie turned to Sirius asking, "What did you do?"
As his breathing returned to normal he said "It wasn't me actually if you must know it was Prong's" and at this all eyes turned to James.
"Padfoot you git…Don't blame this all on me" and he kicked his friend under the table.
"Ouch…alright…this morning in Charms when James knocked her over we placed a truth disc on her" grinning he said "Well I had to try out one of my new toys"
"How will you get it back?" Lily asked
"It only lasts for 2-3 hours and then evaporates" he said with a shrug and helped himself to a sausages and mash "pulling pranks don't half make you hungry". The rest of them just laughed.
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Spirits were high in the Gryffindor tower and late one night during the first week back after Easter the small group of sixth years were in their usual place huddled around the fire.
Finding they were the only ones left in the common room yawning Aggy said "I think I'm going to go to bed" leaning over kissing Remus on the cheek "Good night guys…see you in the morning". As Aggy got up from the sofa the other three girls decided to follow her. Annie waved good night to her friends, Marie kissed Sirius and Lily hugged James kissing him and saying "Good night" to the others.
Just before Lily made it top the bottom of the staircase Sirius caught up to her and asked "Lily can I borrow some of those books that Phil has sent you…I just wanted to look for some ideas for using the rest of my present"
Nodding to him "Yeah sure…Do you want to come and get them now?" Lily asked.
Smiling he took hold of her hand "Yeah if you don't mind" and they walked up to the girls dorm together. Turning to the boys remaining in the common room he said "I'll see you three upstairs ok" and they nodded to him and smiled.
After getting the books from Lily Sirius went straight into his own dorm and heading for James bed said "Here we go…probably easiest if we divide them up". Each boy took two books and went over to his own bed, ready to begin the search for the end of the chastity charm.
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SOLVING PROBLEMS
Arriving back at Hogwart's Lily and James headed straight for the Gryffindor tower. In the common room Aggy and Remus were snuggling up on the sofa both reading the same book, Sirius and Marie were down by the lake and Annie was in the library with Danny and Peter was nowhere to be found.
Smiling at the portrait Lily gave the fat lady the password and walked into the common room and dashed over to Aggy and Remus and dropped onto the sofa.
"Hi you two" she said leaning over to hug Aggy and kissed Remus on the cheek, laughing as he blushed slightly.
James sat down next to lily pulling her onto his lap and said, "Stop that…You guys alright…What's been going on while we've been away?"
Aggy shrugged "Not much…Its been a bit boring…Sirius has been in detention most of the time" and she winced slightly "We need to make that up to him…Can't believe he took the whole blame"
The others nodded at her and huddled together to make a plan. It wasn't long before the piece in the tower was shattered as Sirius and Marie came running through the portrait hole. As Sirius caught sight of Lily and James he bounded over to the sofa and dove on top of his four friends. The rest of Gryffindor glanced over but seeing Sirius most thought bloody idiot. Sirius was lying across the laps of his four friends.
"My friends how I have miss you" and he feigned a sorrowful look and moved slightly. This caused Remus to hit him "Watch were your putting your bloody elbows" and the rest to laugh.
Sirius covered his face with his hands and pretended to be embarrassed and then looked at Aggy and taking his life in his hands said "Sorry…Maybe you could rub it better for him" Sirius grinned and then tensed.
Blushing Aggy punched him and with the help of Lily (who wasn't that much help due to laughing) shoved him onto the floor, were landing a swift kick into his side she said "Sirius Black you are the biggest pervert I know" and she stormed out of the common room.
Sitting up rubbing his side and stomach Sirius looked at Remus and said "Sorry…couldn't help myself" finally getting to his feet "I'll just go and apologies…If I'm not back in 10 minutes just remember me fondly from time to time". Swooping Marie up into his arms he said "Wish me luck" and he kissed her.
Sirius headed up the stairs leaving his friends in fits of laughter. Reaching the girls dorm Sirius took a big breath and knock on the door before pushing it open. Looking around the room he located Aggy and walked over to her.
Turning Aggy said, "Get away from me Black NOW" and she raised her wand.
Sirius held up his hands in surrender "Aggy I am truly sorry…Please don't hex me"
Aggy scanned his face and was genuinely surprised by what she saw; he actually looked sorry the smile he gave her was pleading with her to forgive him. Standing up wand still raised Aggy walked over to him "Sirius don't ever cross me or I promise you will be sorry you were ever born". Watching him swallow Aggy decided he had suffered enough smiling she lent towards him and kissed him on the cheek. Laughing at the stunned look on his face Aggy moved to leave the dorm but could not resist pinching Sirius' bottom as she went passed.
Sirius shouted "Ouch" and turned only to see Aggy disappear out of the door and he set chase after her. Aggy literally flew into the common room and leaped over the back of the sofa landing on a surprised looking Remus. Aggy buried her head into his chest laughing hard as she caught sight of Sirius jumping over the end of the banister and she gripped onto Remus tight.
Aggy mumbled through the laughter "Help"
Sirius jumped over the sofa "That bloody hurt" and he rubbed his bottom for a second and laughed at the bemused looks on his friend's faces "She pinched me" he added.
Aggy chirped "Maybe Marie could rub it better for you" which had the effect of stunning the little band of friends into silence. A wicked grin slowly spread over Sirius's face and he was unable to hold the laughter in as he leant towards Aggy and started tickling her. It wasn't long before James and Remus joined in the fray and soon the three girls squealed at being tickled mercilessly.
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Later that night up in the boy's dorm James was mulling over what Richard had told him at Quidditch practice. Looking over at his friends he said "I need you guys to help me with the chastity charm"
Sirius smiled "What's the matter Prongs can't you keep it under control?" and he laughed.
James rolled his eyes "You should bloody try it…It's not funny any more"
Ever the voice of reason Remus said "James" this caused the other two to look at him "What does Lily think?"
Being called James by Remus unnerved him a little "I don't know…but finding out how to remove it doesn't mean I will…Help…Please". After a few moments Remus nodded. James sighed with relief and then told them about what Richard had said.
"Well the first thing we need to do is get hold of the books Phil has sent to Lily" Remus stated and looking at Sirius "I think this is a job for you"
Confused Sirius said "Why me?…She is his girlfriend"
Shacking his head Remus carried on "You go and ask Lily can you borrow the books because your looking for some new ideas for a prank" pausing he then said "it will be less suspicious coming from you". A plan was hatched and they settled down to get some sleep.
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Saturdays shopping expedition to Hogsmeades found the Gryffindor girls' in Honeydukes buying an assortment of candies and then the new joke shop, the girls went up to the assistant and explained they were looking for a gift.
After looking at a few things Marie commented "Sirius has virtually everything…we'll never find the perfect gift"
The assistant smiled "Are you ladies talking about Sirius Black" and the girls nodded. He disappeared behind the counter and returned with a small box "I think you will find that this is the perfect gift…The Pranksters compendium". Looking into the box the girls saw that it was an assortment of different items, some they recognised and some they didn't.
"It contains a collection of the latest mischief maker essentials" the assistant told them.
Smiling they all nodded and waited while he wrapped the gift for them. Paying him they went over to The Three Broom sticks for a Butter beer before heading back to the castle.
Up in the common room after lunch Lily gave James the signal, waiting for Lily to disappear up to the dormitories James whispered to Sirius to follow him upstairs.
Once inside the dorm Sirius sat down on his bed and said "What do you want Prongs?" but nearly had heart failure as his friends jumped out from all round the room and bellowed "Surprise" and leapt on him. Laughing at the look of horror on his face they finally got up off him.
They all came to rest on Sirius' bed and he said, "What's going on…It's not my birthday?"
Smiling at him Lily handed him the gifts and said "We wanted to say thanks for taking the wrap for the 'spring prank'" and she hugged him.
For a second the most bizarre thing happened Sirius Black was speechless and then with a very stern look on his face he said "You are my friends…I would die for you rather than turn you in". This caused the rest of the group to eye each other nervously at the sight of a very serious Padfoot but the tension was soon broken as Sirius opened the package and whooped with joy at the present.
The rest of the day was spent planning a prank for the Slytherin so that they could try out some of Sirius' new toys.
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It was soon Monday morning and the students were rushing to their first lesson of the day. The Gryffindor sixth years had double charms first with the Slytherin's. As usual the marauders were last to arrive, Lily rolled her eyes at Aggy and gave her a look that said nothing ever changes. The lesson went smoothly with no major hick ups; Professor Flitwick gave a sigh of relief as the bell went this was not one of his favourite groups of students.
Getting up Sirius banged into James causing him to topple over and knock a petite blonde Slytherin to the floor. What the rest of the class did not see was Sirius slip James a small black disc.
Bending down James placed his hands around the girls waist and pulled her to her feet "Sorry about that" he said with a smile and held out his hand to steady her.
But all he got was a look of utter disgust from the girl "Get off me you idiot…Bloody clumsy Gryffindor" and she wrenched her self-free of his grip.
"Get away from her Potter…Narcissa come" Lucius Malfoy gripped the girls arm and pulled her out of the classroom.
Watching them leave Lily walked over to James and Sirius and said, "What are you to up too?"
The two boys laughed and Sirius said "Wait and see" looking at James he said "Did it stick Prong's?"
Nodding James just smiled and taking hold of Lily's hand they left the classroom, Lily looked at Marie who just shrugged. The friends made their way down to the dungeons for their next lesson potions.
As they took their seats in the cold damp classroom Professor Greenhaulgh swept into the room and turning to the class bellowed today's task. Potions for the Gryffindor's was never pleasant if they managed to only loose 50 points during the whole lesson they considered themselves lucky.
Everyone was soon busy finely cutting up the ingredients for the potion they had to make and soon the lesson was almost over and they were making the finishing touches to the healing potion. James was grateful to be working with Peter who was the only one of them to enjoy potions, glancing over to Sirius who was working with Remus James nodded.
Sirius smiled and thought Time to try out my new toy. Having a quick look to ensure his victim was with in easy reach Sirius said to Remus "Not be a minute" and Remus nodded.
Taking a step closer to the next bench Sirius smiled at the sight of Narcissa, casually leaning on her bench he said "Hello ladies" and smiled
Scowling at him "What do you want?"
"Oh…I just stopped for a chat" and he smiled at her again.
Smiling at him she said "You have a very nice smile" and her hand shot up and covered her mouth. A horrified look on her face at what she had just said.
Chuckling he carried on "Thank you…but I don't think your boyfriend will be happy" and he smiled again.
At that moment Professor Greenhaulgh shouted "Black get back to your own bench…10 points from Gryffindor for harassing a Slytherin"
But to the classes surprise Narcissa said "Oh stop that you mean old hag". As the words escaped her mouth she slumped onto her stool spluttering "I can't believe I just did that".
A stunned class nervously watched the Professor who had turned a strange shade of purple "Black what have you done to Narcissa?"
Ever the actor he said "Me Professor nothing…I just said hello" looking shocked at the suggestion. Looking at Narcissa whose head was in her hands he said "Maybe she has been spending to many late nights in the Astronomy tower with Malfoy"
Unable to stop herself Narcissa screamed at him "How the bloody hell do you know that?" this time she shot a withering look over to Lucius Malfoy, who was stood cursing under his breath.
At that moment the bell rang and Professor Greenhaulgh bellowed "Get out of my classroom all of you" and the students quickly started to pack away. With a swish of her robes she was back at the front of the room and shouted "Lucius, Narcissa I will see you in my office NOW" and with that she was gone.
Fleeing the classroom as fast as they could the all the students headed straight for the Great hall. Once sat down Marie turned to Sirius asking, "What did you do?"
As his breathing returned to normal he said "It wasn't me actually if you must know it was Prong's" and at this all eyes turned to James.
"Padfoot you git…Don't blame this all on me" and he kicked his friend under the table.
"Ouch…alright…this morning in Charms when James knocked her over we placed a truth disc on her" grinning he said "Well I had to try out one of my new toys"
"How will you get it back?" Lily asked
"It only lasts for 2-3 hours and then evaporates" he said with a shrug and helped himself to a sausages and mash "pulling pranks don't half make you hungry". The rest of them just laughed.
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Spirits were high in the Gryffindor tower and late one night during the first week back after Easter the small group of sixth years were in their usual place huddled around the fire.
Finding they were the only ones left in the common room yawning Aggy said "I think I'm going to go to bed" leaning over kissing Remus on the cheek "Good night guys…see you in the morning". As Aggy got up from the sofa the other three girls decided to follow her. Annie waved good night to her friends, Marie kissed Sirius and Lily hugged James kissing him and saying "Good night" to the others.
Just before Lily made it top the bottom of the staircase Sirius caught up to her and asked "Lily can I borrow some of those books that Phil has sent you…I just wanted to look for some ideas for using the rest of my present"
Nodding to him "Yeah sure…Do you want to come and get them now?" Lily asked.
Smiling he took hold of her hand "Yeah if you don't mind" and they walked up to the girls dorm together. Turning to the boys remaining in the common room he said "I'll see you three upstairs ok" and they nodded to him and smiled.
After getting the books from Lily Sirius went straight into his own dorm and heading for James bed said "Here we go…probably easiest if we divide them up". Each boy took two books and went over to his own bed, ready to begin the search for the end of the chastity charm.
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