A/N Please Review! And dory I haven't been able to update for a long time.
I'm planning this fake school thingy for school and I am not having much
time!!! Bye bye! So review! Again, review! Gosh, I never get tired of it,
do I?
Disclaimer: I don't own the familiar characters. I only own the ones you've never heard of.
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James and Lily
Chapter Six: The Ball and the Common Rooms
Sirius nervously ran his hands through his hair. "Is my hair alright? If my collar straight? Are my teeth clean? Do I look all right?"
James laughed. "Sirius, you don't have to be so nervous! It's just a ball! Just keep cool. We all know that you're in love with Arabella." Sirius blushed Crimson and turned back to the mirror.
"Uh. Sirius, it's already 4:45! The balls going to start soon. Didn't you ask Arabella to meet you in the common room at 4:50?" Remus asked quickly.
Sirius groaned and glanced at his watch. He took one last look at the mirror and went running out. But before going, Sirius quickly asked Remus and James. "Uh, James, Remus? Are you sure you're not going to the ball? You guys can just stand around. You don't have to dance, but if you want to I'm sure you can find some girls to dance with."
James and Remus shook their head and shooed Sirius off. "Don't be late. That'll be a bad impression for your love!" They had teased Sirius until the end. He blushed and left for the common room.
Once Sirius was gone, James faced Remus and rubbed his hands evilly. "Ah, now we are ready for our grand double prank of the year. Let's head over to Ravenclaw common room, since we already pranked up the Slytherins."
Remus grinned and they both climbed out to the Ravenclaw common room. Just as they expected, the room was empty except for James and Remus. James and Remus both raised their wands and began hexing it up.
When they left, the common room wall was made of ABC (Already Been Chewed) Bubblegum that easily stuck to your head and hair. The couch was painted in Emerald Green Classy's Paint. The carpet was made of the muggle 'Sticky Glue'. They also pranked up the showers. Instead of water flowing out, spiders were supposed to come out.
They left smiling quiet broadly and next headed for the Hufflepuff common room. It was of course empty. They quickly got to work.
This time they painted the wall with dung and left some dung bombs in the bathroom. It was supposed to rain snakes if you entered the bathroom. If you entered the common room, your leg would sink into the floor and you would need someone to pull you out, if the person helping you out wasn't stuck him/herself.
Proud of their brilliant accomplishment, they next headed for the prefects bathroom. Only prefects knew the password and prefects got to use the bathroom.
They left the room painted with Light Blue Classy's Paint (The mermaid on the wall wasn't very keen to get painted light blue) and when you turned on the three left faucets, fresh dung would pour out. If you turned on the three right faucets, spiders or snakes would come pouring out.
They quickly went back to their common room and began laughing hysterically. "I just can't wait to here everyone's scream today!" They grinned and laughed again.
"What do you exactly mean hear everyone's scream today?" Said a soft voice from behind their backs. They jumped a mile and slowly turned around. "L- Lily! What are you doing here? And why aren't you at the ball like everyone else?" demanded James.
Lily turned bright red. She would never admit to James and Remus that she couldn't find a date, ever! "I just didn't want to go. And what are you doing here yourselves?" she snapped.
Remus and James smiled innocently. "Nothing, nothing. We didn't feel like going to the ball. We don't like dancing." Remus said. They all scrambled up for the boys dorms.
Lily raised an eyebrow at them and sat down in front of the fire and opened her book, Hogwarts A History. She couldn't help thinking about James. James looked so cute with his messy black hair and his warm brown eyes. Wait, Lily Evans, you are not thinking this! She was supposed to hate and despise the ultimate James Potter! But, she was sure James could find a date just like that. He must be plotting something to not go. She sighed and sank back to her chair and dozed off.
***Boys Dorms***
"Why does Lily seem to find us laughing after a prank? Do you think she has extra sensitive ears?" asked Remus.
James let out a hollow laugh. "Probably. Well, you can go back reading. I'm going to go down to the common room for a while. Maybe to the kitchens. I'm hungry."
Remus chuckled and replied, "Sure, but you're hungry already? You must have a double stomach." He took out his 'Lord of the Rings' and began reading.
James chuckled and muttered "Bookworm" under his breath. He slowly tip toed downstairs. He sighed. His arm was sore from all the swish and flicking they'd done for the pranks. James was too tired to look properly; he accidentally sat on Lily.
"Ow!" James quickly stood up to see Lily sitting on the couch already. "What? I thought you went back to your dorm!" said James questioningly. "Oof, James, why'd you sit on me? You sure weigh a lot." Commented Lily.
They glanced at each other. "Well, there's no one here except you and me. So do you care for a dance?" James asked cautiously.
Lily raised in eye. "What, I thought you didn't like to dance. And we don't have music." She replied.
James sighed and answered. "That was a lie, I don't mind dancing. I just didn't want to go to the ball. And music, no problem. What kind of music do you want?"
Lily stood up. "A slow one, I guess. I learned some of that kind when I was 8." James whipped his wand and some music began from nowhere.
James bowed and took her hand. Lily giggled nervously and took his hand and curtsied. James grinned and they began dancing slowly. Their bodies were pressed closely and Lily could feel her hand sweating. Did James notice? They danced in silence for quite a while.
James gazed into Lily's eyes and they met for a while. They both danced for a while staring into each other's eyes.
James loved everything about Lily. Especially her beautiful emerald green eyes. He just wanted to bring her up to her face and well, kiss her. Wait, James Potter! Why are you thinking about these things? This person was Lily Evans!
Their faces were only inches away and both were gazing dreamily into each other's eyes.
WHAM. The portrait burst open and Sirius entered with Bella following close behind. The music immediately stopped, and James and Lily quickly tore apart.
"Well well, James, you haven't been doing anything, er, naughty have you?" asked Sirius suspiciously.
James shook his head furiously. "What do you mean? And what are you doing here so early?" Sirius and Bella turned bright red and Sirius left with another wham, pulling Bella to somewhere. Bella looked a little astonished.
They looked at each other. "Um, let's just forget about the dance, alright? Well, at least for now." He added hastily.
James stormed upstairs and disappeared slamming the door.
Lily was a little heart broken. They had been having a wonderful time and then Sirius had to ruin it all! She hated Sirius now. She wasn't going to forgive him that easily. Yet, she wondered what Sirius and Bella were doing here. Oh well. She stormed upstairs and shut herself into her room.
***Boys Dorm again***
"Hey, James, did you go to the kitchens?" asked Remus when James entered the room.
James peeked at him nervously. "Um, I didn't go to the kitchens. Actually, I, um, rested at the common room for a while."
Remus eyed him suspiciously. "Alright, if you say so. Just don't go over doing something naughty or doing a prank without telling us." With that, he returned to his book.
James shut himself in his dorm and punched his pillow. Why, why, why did Sirius have to come inside at that particular moment? He wasn't going to forgive Sirius so easily. James was going to kill him when he returned.
***After the ball***
Sirius entered the dorm looking dreamily into space. Remus looked at him and grinned. "So, you had a great time, right? You haven't been doing anything stupid, have you?"
Sirius glared at him; for a SECOND. His face immediately turned into a dreamy expression again. "Oh, I had a fabulous time. You'll never imagine how great the ball was. And Bella, she was so pretty. I just simply MELTED at the sight." He sighed and dropped down on his bed.
WHAM. The door flew open and James entered. "Shut up, will you? I'm trying to fix that memory in my mind forever." Requested Sirius, and dropped down.
"Oh no, I'm not leaving until you tell me WHY you entered to the common room with Bella when you guys were supposed to be at the ball dancing."
Remus gave Sirius an amusing glance and chuckled. "What were you up to, Sirius?"
Sirius blushed and retorted back to James, "None of your business. What were YOU doing with Lily Evans at the common room alone, anyways?"
This time James blushed and snapped back, "Well, I was just asking her why the hell she wasn't at the ball with the other. Is there anything wrong with that?"
Sirius smirked. "Yeah, right. It didn't seem like you guys were just talking." James blushed and stormed back to his bed.
Remus looked nervously at Sirius. He looked a little sad, but he was trying to keep the smirk for a while.
Just then, Peter came rolling in like a bowling pin, laughing his head off. Remus looked at him curiously. "What are you laughing at?" Peter just choked and tried to speak, but instead came another gale of laughter.
Remus looked at him depressed, and continued on his book. Pretty soon, Remus clamped shut his book and snapped at Peter, who was currently laughing his head off still.
"Will you PLEASE be quiet? I'm trying to read here." Snapped Remus angrily.
The door opened and Mundungus came in laughing his head off just like Peter.
"Will someone PLEASE explain to me why everyone is laughing like a maniac here?" demanded Remus. Sirius and James entered as well as Lily, Bella, and Maria from the other side.
"What in the world are laughing at?" The five students chorused. Mundungus choked and took out a wizard picture that moved.
The five students crowded around the picture and began laughing their heads off as well.
Remus came in. "What in the world is so funny? And Lily, Bella, Maria, you aren't supposed be here." He took a look at the picture and broke into gales of laughter.
Ok, I won't leave you in suspicion anymore. The picture contained of Malfoy in his girls ball gown trying to dance with an unhappy looking Narcissa from Slytherin. There was Snape as well, trying to dance with Marlou. She looked disgusted and was trying to go away. Jok was practically running away from Crabbe, who was chasing her.
"Ok, now I know why you were laughing. I should've went to the ball to go see the Slytherins." Said Remus, wiping a tear from his face.
"Yes, it was a hilarious sight." They all nodded in agreement when the boys froze. "What's the matter?" asked Maria.
The boys pointed to the door leading to the common room. "OUT!" Lily, Bella and Maria giggled and quickly left.
***Girls Dorms***
Bella giggled and said, "Did you see those stupid Slytherins? Can't believe they actually came out to the ball."
Maria giggled and nodded. "Yup, and I can't believe I saw them live! Lily, you should've come to the ball with us. I got to dance with a pretty cute Hufflepuff, Ken Flinch-Fletchly."
Lily pouted and asked Bella. "Bella, what were you doing here at 9:00, when you were supposed to be at the ball? With SIRIUS?"
Bella went scarlet and looked down at her feet. "Well, I guess it won't hurt to tell you guys. But only on two conditions- First, you can't tell ANYONE. Secondly, you guys have to tell us as well about your day. Truthfully." She eyed Lily suspiciously.
"To not let you guys lie, I will use this." She waved her wand and a green inkbottle appeared in her hands. "This is called a 'Truth or Dare Inkbottle'. We only use this in truth or dare, but we'll just use it. I will tell you my story, and the inkbottle will be listening to me talking. If it thinks I am lying, the inkbottle will squirt ink at me."
Lily and Maria listened intently as Bella continued tiredly. "After I tell my story, I will spin the inkbottle. The bottle will point to either Lily or Maria. The person it points has to tell the story next. If you lie, you get the ink, so be careful. And mind you, it's GREEN ink so it won't rub off that easily."
Lily groaned in her mind. How was she going to tell them about her and James night? They would never get over with it. Maria just blushed and grinned.
"Well?" asked Maria eagerly to the pale Bella.
"Ok, well, I met Sirry at the common room like everyone else. Oh, he looked so cute." her eyes became dreamy again. "And then-"
She was interrupted by a loud bang, a bam, a wham, and a shrill scream. The three girls looked at each other nervously and then rushed to the common room.
The common room was a mess. It looked like something exploded there. A group of flaring students from other houses was there, their wands poised toward the boy's dorms door, which currently was closed.
" What in the world happened in here?" A disgusted looking fat lady pointed to the group from her portrait.
Bella looked terrified, but she stomped up to the fifth year Hufflepuff, Amos Diggory, who looked like he was totally mad. "Um, this is the Gryffindor common room. Aren't you a Hufflepuff?"
Diggory gave her a thriving look and answered in a trembling voice, "Your so called friends actually pranked our COMMON ROOMS! It was a total mess. People screaming everywhere, people sinking into the crowd, people unable to move because of Classy's Paint! I am going to make those stupid ass's fix everything! THEY ARE GOING TO PAY!"
The crowd nodded and carefully stomped up the stairs. Just as the ringleader Diggory reached the doorknob, the door flew open and James came out.
"Uh, hey. What are you doing here? Aren't you a Hufflepuff? And I thought you were a Ravenclaw?" James asked quizzically, but almost immediately sunk down after seeing their faces.
"Potter, go get your filthy friend Lupin, and come down to the common room NOW!" James shook and nodded. He immediately ran into the dorm to go get Remus.
The group stalked back to the common room and took a seat at the couches. They waited for James and Remus, their feet tapping the floor.
Maria whispered to Lily, "I wonder what they did to make them so angry. Did you hear? They said that people were screaming and sinking into the floor and stuff!"
Bella shook her head. "Now I know why James and Remus didn't go to the ball; they wanted to prank up the common rooms! I wonder how they got the password?" They exchanged dark glances.
The door creaked open and James and Remus entered. Both were trembling and were pale, because right when they went out, all wands were pointed at them.
"Um, what's up?" asked James weakly. Diggory gave a hollow laugh and spat to them, "Well, you're asking what's up? I'll tell you what's up! YOU GUYS HAVE JUST PRANKED UP OUR COMMON ROOM TO MAKE IT A LIVING HELL!!!" he roared, spraying them with spit.
Brittany came up. "And why do think that it's Jamsie who pranked up your common rooms? You have no proof!" she demanded. Trust Brittany to defend James at the last moment.
Diggory gave her an icy stare and answered, "Well, let's see, they don't have proof- EXCEPT THAT THEY DIDN'T COME TO THE BALL AT ALL!"
Maria whispered to Lily and Bella. "Wonder why he's so pissed off?"
Kimberly Lu, a first year Ravenclaw who had followed the crowd to see what was going on, answered. "He's so pissed off because his girlfriend's hair was covered in ABC gum and was attacked by a swarm of insects and can't get out of the floor 'cause her feet sunk in."
Lily groaned. "They were THAT bad?"
Bella nodded. "Can't believe they had the nerve. They'll probably get a weeks detention."
"My feet got stuck to the floor as well, but someone came up and let me go." Answered Kimberly. "Spoiled brats, they are."
***Meanwhile the boys were dealing with.***
"WHAT THE HELL? YOU GUYS HAD TO RUIN MY DAY, WHEN SO FAR IT WAS GOING PERFECTLY! NOW KIMMIA CAN'T GO TO-" yelled Diggory, but stopped abruptly when he realized what he was saying, seeing those laughing, giggly smiles on Remus and James.
"Yes?" asked James innocently, batting his eyelashes in a sickly way.
"Oh, forget about it. Common." He muttered, motioning his crowd to go out with him.
Remus and James fell on the floor, laughing hard. "That was way too easy to handle with! Let's do it again!"
The portrait burst open and a flaring Professor McGonagall entered. Following her was Professors Sprout, head of Hufflepuff, Pickens, head of Slytherin, and Flitwick of Ravenclaw.
"YOU!" snarled Pickens, pointing a wobbly finger at them. "What did you do to our common rooms?"
"Come to my office. Now, Potter. You too, Lupin." Said McGonagall in a trembling voice.
They both could see Snape's evil smirk peeking from the gaps of Pickens arms.
***Dumbledores Office***
"Explain yourselves!" roared Pickens, his face red.
"Now now, Jon, (Professor Pickens first name) no need to be so hard on them." Said Dumbledore soothingly.
McGonagall looked furious. "Albus, surely you think that you are going a little to easy on them?" she asked sharply.
"Aaah, well, Minerva, will you mind? I'd like to speak and tell them what's right and what's wrong." He said sternly.
Seeing his look, McGonagall looked satisfied and motioned the others to come out with her. All followed her without a word, but she had to drag Pickens out, who was scowling at James and Remus like a 5 year old.
Dumbledore quickly locked the door and put a sound proof charm on the room. He turned around and smiled to the two boys.
"Aaah, I see you've gotten into trouble once again. Not very amusing as last time. A little upsetting, rather. I would have not complained if you only pranked up the Slytherins" his eyes twinkled merrily. "But as you have pranked all of the common rooms, I must have to give you detention and have some points taken away. I will be easy on you this time, and will only take away 50 house points."
James gave Dumbledore a thriving look but he continued as if he hadn't noticed it. "I will have you have your detention with Hagrid tomorrow night at eight. That's the only time you don't have your other detentions. Meet him by his hut RIGHT at eight, all right? And please do not be late and don't prank up the common rooms again. You are excused."
James and Remus jumped off there chairs and practically ran off to their dorm.
They arrived, greeted with Sirius, who was tapping his foot impatiently.
"Um, hi Sirius. What's up?" asked Remus innocently.
"So, how'd it go with McGonagall?" he asked curiously.
They looked at each other and decided to tell him everything. But when they started, they didn't notice Lily Evans hiding behind the door, listening to their conversation ever so quietly.
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A/N Oooh, a cliffy! I love cliffies! I think I will be able to update a lot more quickly this week 'cause I have a lot of days off. LOL. And I know Dumbledore shouldn't be so soft to them, but let's just say Dumbledore knows something they don't. Well, stay tuned and review, review, review! (Aimee, Nichole, and anyone else, I now accept anonymous reviews. Yeah!)
Disclaimer: I don't own the familiar characters. I only own the ones you've never heard of.
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James and Lily
Chapter Six: The Ball and the Common Rooms
Sirius nervously ran his hands through his hair. "Is my hair alright? If my collar straight? Are my teeth clean? Do I look all right?"
James laughed. "Sirius, you don't have to be so nervous! It's just a ball! Just keep cool. We all know that you're in love with Arabella." Sirius blushed Crimson and turned back to the mirror.
"Uh. Sirius, it's already 4:45! The balls going to start soon. Didn't you ask Arabella to meet you in the common room at 4:50?" Remus asked quickly.
Sirius groaned and glanced at his watch. He took one last look at the mirror and went running out. But before going, Sirius quickly asked Remus and James. "Uh, James, Remus? Are you sure you're not going to the ball? You guys can just stand around. You don't have to dance, but if you want to I'm sure you can find some girls to dance with."
James and Remus shook their head and shooed Sirius off. "Don't be late. That'll be a bad impression for your love!" They had teased Sirius until the end. He blushed and left for the common room.
Once Sirius was gone, James faced Remus and rubbed his hands evilly. "Ah, now we are ready for our grand double prank of the year. Let's head over to Ravenclaw common room, since we already pranked up the Slytherins."
Remus grinned and they both climbed out to the Ravenclaw common room. Just as they expected, the room was empty except for James and Remus. James and Remus both raised their wands and began hexing it up.
When they left, the common room wall was made of ABC (Already Been Chewed) Bubblegum that easily stuck to your head and hair. The couch was painted in Emerald Green Classy's Paint. The carpet was made of the muggle 'Sticky Glue'. They also pranked up the showers. Instead of water flowing out, spiders were supposed to come out.
They left smiling quiet broadly and next headed for the Hufflepuff common room. It was of course empty. They quickly got to work.
This time they painted the wall with dung and left some dung bombs in the bathroom. It was supposed to rain snakes if you entered the bathroom. If you entered the common room, your leg would sink into the floor and you would need someone to pull you out, if the person helping you out wasn't stuck him/herself.
Proud of their brilliant accomplishment, they next headed for the prefects bathroom. Only prefects knew the password and prefects got to use the bathroom.
They left the room painted with Light Blue Classy's Paint (The mermaid on the wall wasn't very keen to get painted light blue) and when you turned on the three left faucets, fresh dung would pour out. If you turned on the three right faucets, spiders or snakes would come pouring out.
They quickly went back to their common room and began laughing hysterically. "I just can't wait to here everyone's scream today!" They grinned and laughed again.
"What do you exactly mean hear everyone's scream today?" Said a soft voice from behind their backs. They jumped a mile and slowly turned around. "L- Lily! What are you doing here? And why aren't you at the ball like everyone else?" demanded James.
Lily turned bright red. She would never admit to James and Remus that she couldn't find a date, ever! "I just didn't want to go. And what are you doing here yourselves?" she snapped.
Remus and James smiled innocently. "Nothing, nothing. We didn't feel like going to the ball. We don't like dancing." Remus said. They all scrambled up for the boys dorms.
Lily raised an eyebrow at them and sat down in front of the fire and opened her book, Hogwarts A History. She couldn't help thinking about James. James looked so cute with his messy black hair and his warm brown eyes. Wait, Lily Evans, you are not thinking this! She was supposed to hate and despise the ultimate James Potter! But, she was sure James could find a date just like that. He must be plotting something to not go. She sighed and sank back to her chair and dozed off.
***Boys Dorms***
"Why does Lily seem to find us laughing after a prank? Do you think she has extra sensitive ears?" asked Remus.
James let out a hollow laugh. "Probably. Well, you can go back reading. I'm going to go down to the common room for a while. Maybe to the kitchens. I'm hungry."
Remus chuckled and replied, "Sure, but you're hungry already? You must have a double stomach." He took out his 'Lord of the Rings' and began reading.
James chuckled and muttered "Bookworm" under his breath. He slowly tip toed downstairs. He sighed. His arm was sore from all the swish and flicking they'd done for the pranks. James was too tired to look properly; he accidentally sat on Lily.
"Ow!" James quickly stood up to see Lily sitting on the couch already. "What? I thought you went back to your dorm!" said James questioningly. "Oof, James, why'd you sit on me? You sure weigh a lot." Commented Lily.
They glanced at each other. "Well, there's no one here except you and me. So do you care for a dance?" James asked cautiously.
Lily raised in eye. "What, I thought you didn't like to dance. And we don't have music." She replied.
James sighed and answered. "That was a lie, I don't mind dancing. I just didn't want to go to the ball. And music, no problem. What kind of music do you want?"
Lily stood up. "A slow one, I guess. I learned some of that kind when I was 8." James whipped his wand and some music began from nowhere.
James bowed and took her hand. Lily giggled nervously and took his hand and curtsied. James grinned and they began dancing slowly. Their bodies were pressed closely and Lily could feel her hand sweating. Did James notice? They danced in silence for quite a while.
James gazed into Lily's eyes and they met for a while. They both danced for a while staring into each other's eyes.
James loved everything about Lily. Especially her beautiful emerald green eyes. He just wanted to bring her up to her face and well, kiss her. Wait, James Potter! Why are you thinking about these things? This person was Lily Evans!
Their faces were only inches away and both were gazing dreamily into each other's eyes.
WHAM. The portrait burst open and Sirius entered with Bella following close behind. The music immediately stopped, and James and Lily quickly tore apart.
"Well well, James, you haven't been doing anything, er, naughty have you?" asked Sirius suspiciously.
James shook his head furiously. "What do you mean? And what are you doing here so early?" Sirius and Bella turned bright red and Sirius left with another wham, pulling Bella to somewhere. Bella looked a little astonished.
They looked at each other. "Um, let's just forget about the dance, alright? Well, at least for now." He added hastily.
James stormed upstairs and disappeared slamming the door.
Lily was a little heart broken. They had been having a wonderful time and then Sirius had to ruin it all! She hated Sirius now. She wasn't going to forgive him that easily. Yet, she wondered what Sirius and Bella were doing here. Oh well. She stormed upstairs and shut herself into her room.
***Boys Dorm again***
"Hey, James, did you go to the kitchens?" asked Remus when James entered the room.
James peeked at him nervously. "Um, I didn't go to the kitchens. Actually, I, um, rested at the common room for a while."
Remus eyed him suspiciously. "Alright, if you say so. Just don't go over doing something naughty or doing a prank without telling us." With that, he returned to his book.
James shut himself in his dorm and punched his pillow. Why, why, why did Sirius have to come inside at that particular moment? He wasn't going to forgive Sirius so easily. James was going to kill him when he returned.
***After the ball***
Sirius entered the dorm looking dreamily into space. Remus looked at him and grinned. "So, you had a great time, right? You haven't been doing anything stupid, have you?"
Sirius glared at him; for a SECOND. His face immediately turned into a dreamy expression again. "Oh, I had a fabulous time. You'll never imagine how great the ball was. And Bella, she was so pretty. I just simply MELTED at the sight." He sighed and dropped down on his bed.
WHAM. The door flew open and James entered. "Shut up, will you? I'm trying to fix that memory in my mind forever." Requested Sirius, and dropped down.
"Oh no, I'm not leaving until you tell me WHY you entered to the common room with Bella when you guys were supposed to be at the ball dancing."
Remus gave Sirius an amusing glance and chuckled. "What were you up to, Sirius?"
Sirius blushed and retorted back to James, "None of your business. What were YOU doing with Lily Evans at the common room alone, anyways?"
This time James blushed and snapped back, "Well, I was just asking her why the hell she wasn't at the ball with the other. Is there anything wrong with that?"
Sirius smirked. "Yeah, right. It didn't seem like you guys were just talking." James blushed and stormed back to his bed.
Remus looked nervously at Sirius. He looked a little sad, but he was trying to keep the smirk for a while.
Just then, Peter came rolling in like a bowling pin, laughing his head off. Remus looked at him curiously. "What are you laughing at?" Peter just choked and tried to speak, but instead came another gale of laughter.
Remus looked at him depressed, and continued on his book. Pretty soon, Remus clamped shut his book and snapped at Peter, who was currently laughing his head off still.
"Will you PLEASE be quiet? I'm trying to read here." Snapped Remus angrily.
The door opened and Mundungus came in laughing his head off just like Peter.
"Will someone PLEASE explain to me why everyone is laughing like a maniac here?" demanded Remus. Sirius and James entered as well as Lily, Bella, and Maria from the other side.
"What in the world are laughing at?" The five students chorused. Mundungus choked and took out a wizard picture that moved.
The five students crowded around the picture and began laughing their heads off as well.
Remus came in. "What in the world is so funny? And Lily, Bella, Maria, you aren't supposed be here." He took a look at the picture and broke into gales of laughter.
Ok, I won't leave you in suspicion anymore. The picture contained of Malfoy in his girls ball gown trying to dance with an unhappy looking Narcissa from Slytherin. There was Snape as well, trying to dance with Marlou. She looked disgusted and was trying to go away. Jok was practically running away from Crabbe, who was chasing her.
"Ok, now I know why you were laughing. I should've went to the ball to go see the Slytherins." Said Remus, wiping a tear from his face.
"Yes, it was a hilarious sight." They all nodded in agreement when the boys froze. "What's the matter?" asked Maria.
The boys pointed to the door leading to the common room. "OUT!" Lily, Bella and Maria giggled and quickly left.
***Girls Dorms***
Bella giggled and said, "Did you see those stupid Slytherins? Can't believe they actually came out to the ball."
Maria giggled and nodded. "Yup, and I can't believe I saw them live! Lily, you should've come to the ball with us. I got to dance with a pretty cute Hufflepuff, Ken Flinch-Fletchly."
Lily pouted and asked Bella. "Bella, what were you doing here at 9:00, when you were supposed to be at the ball? With SIRIUS?"
Bella went scarlet and looked down at her feet. "Well, I guess it won't hurt to tell you guys. But only on two conditions- First, you can't tell ANYONE. Secondly, you guys have to tell us as well about your day. Truthfully." She eyed Lily suspiciously.
"To not let you guys lie, I will use this." She waved her wand and a green inkbottle appeared in her hands. "This is called a 'Truth or Dare Inkbottle'. We only use this in truth or dare, but we'll just use it. I will tell you my story, and the inkbottle will be listening to me talking. If it thinks I am lying, the inkbottle will squirt ink at me."
Lily and Maria listened intently as Bella continued tiredly. "After I tell my story, I will spin the inkbottle. The bottle will point to either Lily or Maria. The person it points has to tell the story next. If you lie, you get the ink, so be careful. And mind you, it's GREEN ink so it won't rub off that easily."
Lily groaned in her mind. How was she going to tell them about her and James night? They would never get over with it. Maria just blushed and grinned.
"Well?" asked Maria eagerly to the pale Bella.
"Ok, well, I met Sirry at the common room like everyone else. Oh, he looked so cute." her eyes became dreamy again. "And then-"
She was interrupted by a loud bang, a bam, a wham, and a shrill scream. The three girls looked at each other nervously and then rushed to the common room.
The common room was a mess. It looked like something exploded there. A group of flaring students from other houses was there, their wands poised toward the boy's dorms door, which currently was closed.
" What in the world happened in here?" A disgusted looking fat lady pointed to the group from her portrait.
Bella looked terrified, but she stomped up to the fifth year Hufflepuff, Amos Diggory, who looked like he was totally mad. "Um, this is the Gryffindor common room. Aren't you a Hufflepuff?"
Diggory gave her a thriving look and answered in a trembling voice, "Your so called friends actually pranked our COMMON ROOMS! It was a total mess. People screaming everywhere, people sinking into the crowd, people unable to move because of Classy's Paint! I am going to make those stupid ass's fix everything! THEY ARE GOING TO PAY!"
The crowd nodded and carefully stomped up the stairs. Just as the ringleader Diggory reached the doorknob, the door flew open and James came out.
"Uh, hey. What are you doing here? Aren't you a Hufflepuff? And I thought you were a Ravenclaw?" James asked quizzically, but almost immediately sunk down after seeing their faces.
"Potter, go get your filthy friend Lupin, and come down to the common room NOW!" James shook and nodded. He immediately ran into the dorm to go get Remus.
The group stalked back to the common room and took a seat at the couches. They waited for James and Remus, their feet tapping the floor.
Maria whispered to Lily, "I wonder what they did to make them so angry. Did you hear? They said that people were screaming and sinking into the floor and stuff!"
Bella shook her head. "Now I know why James and Remus didn't go to the ball; they wanted to prank up the common rooms! I wonder how they got the password?" They exchanged dark glances.
The door creaked open and James and Remus entered. Both were trembling and were pale, because right when they went out, all wands were pointed at them.
"Um, what's up?" asked James weakly. Diggory gave a hollow laugh and spat to them, "Well, you're asking what's up? I'll tell you what's up! YOU GUYS HAVE JUST PRANKED UP OUR COMMON ROOM TO MAKE IT A LIVING HELL!!!" he roared, spraying them with spit.
Brittany came up. "And why do think that it's Jamsie who pranked up your common rooms? You have no proof!" she demanded. Trust Brittany to defend James at the last moment.
Diggory gave her an icy stare and answered, "Well, let's see, they don't have proof- EXCEPT THAT THEY DIDN'T COME TO THE BALL AT ALL!"
Maria whispered to Lily and Bella. "Wonder why he's so pissed off?"
Kimberly Lu, a first year Ravenclaw who had followed the crowd to see what was going on, answered. "He's so pissed off because his girlfriend's hair was covered in ABC gum and was attacked by a swarm of insects and can't get out of the floor 'cause her feet sunk in."
Lily groaned. "They were THAT bad?"
Bella nodded. "Can't believe they had the nerve. They'll probably get a weeks detention."
"My feet got stuck to the floor as well, but someone came up and let me go." Answered Kimberly. "Spoiled brats, they are."
***Meanwhile the boys were dealing with.***
"WHAT THE HELL? YOU GUYS HAD TO RUIN MY DAY, WHEN SO FAR IT WAS GOING PERFECTLY! NOW KIMMIA CAN'T GO TO-" yelled Diggory, but stopped abruptly when he realized what he was saying, seeing those laughing, giggly smiles on Remus and James.
"Yes?" asked James innocently, batting his eyelashes in a sickly way.
"Oh, forget about it. Common." He muttered, motioning his crowd to go out with him.
Remus and James fell on the floor, laughing hard. "That was way too easy to handle with! Let's do it again!"
The portrait burst open and a flaring Professor McGonagall entered. Following her was Professors Sprout, head of Hufflepuff, Pickens, head of Slytherin, and Flitwick of Ravenclaw.
"YOU!" snarled Pickens, pointing a wobbly finger at them. "What did you do to our common rooms?"
"Come to my office. Now, Potter. You too, Lupin." Said McGonagall in a trembling voice.
They both could see Snape's evil smirk peeking from the gaps of Pickens arms.
***Dumbledores Office***
"Explain yourselves!" roared Pickens, his face red.
"Now now, Jon, (Professor Pickens first name) no need to be so hard on them." Said Dumbledore soothingly.
McGonagall looked furious. "Albus, surely you think that you are going a little to easy on them?" she asked sharply.
"Aaah, well, Minerva, will you mind? I'd like to speak and tell them what's right and what's wrong." He said sternly.
Seeing his look, McGonagall looked satisfied and motioned the others to come out with her. All followed her without a word, but she had to drag Pickens out, who was scowling at James and Remus like a 5 year old.
Dumbledore quickly locked the door and put a sound proof charm on the room. He turned around and smiled to the two boys.
"Aaah, I see you've gotten into trouble once again. Not very amusing as last time. A little upsetting, rather. I would have not complained if you only pranked up the Slytherins" his eyes twinkled merrily. "But as you have pranked all of the common rooms, I must have to give you detention and have some points taken away. I will be easy on you this time, and will only take away 50 house points."
James gave Dumbledore a thriving look but he continued as if he hadn't noticed it. "I will have you have your detention with Hagrid tomorrow night at eight. That's the only time you don't have your other detentions. Meet him by his hut RIGHT at eight, all right? And please do not be late and don't prank up the common rooms again. You are excused."
James and Remus jumped off there chairs and practically ran off to their dorm.
They arrived, greeted with Sirius, who was tapping his foot impatiently.
"Um, hi Sirius. What's up?" asked Remus innocently.
"So, how'd it go with McGonagall?" he asked curiously.
They looked at each other and decided to tell him everything. But when they started, they didn't notice Lily Evans hiding behind the door, listening to their conversation ever so quietly.
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A/N Oooh, a cliffy! I love cliffies! I think I will be able to update a lot more quickly this week 'cause I have a lot of days off. LOL. And I know Dumbledore shouldn't be so soft to them, but let's just say Dumbledore knows something they don't. Well, stay tuned and review, review, review! (Aimee, Nichole, and anyone else, I now accept anonymous reviews. Yeah!)