Hpz26: Thanks!
Laterose: . . .Um. . .thanks. . .I think. . .lol. Just kidding. Thanks for the review! And just between you and me, I have conversations with the inner me, too. . .k, so I'm just a little weird. . .oh well, c'est la vie!
NSW: Yes, yes, I updated! Whoo hoo! Was it soon enough? Yay!
Amy: Really? I suppose that Harry being a stag isn't really too original. . .but I suppose the other ones are. ::Smiles:: Have you ever seen a clouded leopard? They really are very pretty! It was either gonna be that or a mountain lion. . .guess you can see which one won. . .
Leaf: Hehehe, something tells me I'm going to have a lot of fun for the next chapter or so. Pranks, gags, and tricks, the whole nine yards! If you have any ideas drop them off in the suggestion box and I'll see what I can do! That goes for everyone!
Wanted: Love Ch25: Sweet, Sweet Revenge
"Are we almost there?"
"Shh! You're going to get us caught!"
"Am not! And you're being louder than me!"
"Don't shove me!"
"I didn't mean to, I slipped."
"Oh, I'm so sure!"
"Ow! What was that for!?"
"What you mean this?"
"Ow! Stop that!"
"Would both of you shut up and get over here?"
Ron and Hermione peered sheepishly through the darkness. Seeing a lone figure looming a little further down the hall they smiled and headed over.
"Is that you, Harry?" Ron asked.
"Of course it's me. Did you two get it?" Harry asked importantly.
Hermione smiled and pulled several small viles out of her robe, "Of course, what did you expect."
"Well it was taking you long enough." Lavender said, coming down the stairs.
"Is it ready?" Harry asked her.
"Sure is. Dobby is more than willing to help."
"Harry, are you sure this is a good idea? I mean, Dumbledore might have said it was okay for Malfoy. . .but *them*?" Hermione asked.
"Cool it, Hermione. If you remember correctly, he never said it was limited to the prick." Ron said with a mischievous smile.
Harry nodded, "After all they put us through they have it coming. Besides, I only have a little longer to get this done."
The three were suddenly very quite and Harry shuffled uneasily on his feet, "Sorry. . .didn't mean to bring that up."
Ron shook his head and clapped Harry on the shoulder, "It's alright, mate. Let's just concentrate on the mission at hand."
"Right! Let's go, we only have about a half hour till everyone starts getting up and we still need to talk to him." Harry said before darting off.
Lavender rolled her eyes, "Easy for you to say. You didn't just run half way across the castle."
"Stop complaining, you need the exercise!" Ron said jokingly.
"Hey!" she said, indignant, before hitting his shoulder.
"Ow! I wish you people would stop doing that!" he exclaimed grabbing his arm
"Well maybe if you weren't such a git we wouldn't have to." Hermione suggested.
"You're going to get us caught." Harry reminded them as they came to a halt.
"How do you know he's in here?" Ron asked, ignoring Harry's comment, as they entered an empty classroom.
Harry smiled, "You kidding? With all the racket he was making up here I'm surprised half the castle didn't wake up. Peeves! I know you're in here! I promise not to hurt you again; we just need your help."
"Wait a minute. . .how can you hurt a ghost?" Lavender asked.
". . .It was an accident." he replied, smiling sheepishly.
The three rolled their eyes and Harry shrugged. There was still no response from Peeves and Hermione got a smile on her face and stared at her friends in a way as if to tell them to follow her lead.
"Come on, Harry. Out of all the people in the castle you chose a ghost?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
Lavender stifled her smile at the indignant scoff they heard, "Yeah, you've heard the rumors. Peeves lost his touch. Hasn't done a thing since the Halloween Ball. . .sad, really."
Harry sighed and hunched his shoulders, "Maybe you're right."
"Damn right. That wimp is a has-been. . .we should try Sirius or Remus." Ron said, as if struck by a brilliant idea. The three's eyes lit up.
"Brilliant! Let's---" Harry started as Peeves finally appeared before them.
"You think those measly humans could take the place of me? I'm offended!" Peeves shouted, arms crossed and glaring at the four.
"Well at least they've been in practice. . .and they'd help us." Hermione reasoned.
"*No*one can replace me! I'm the master of trickery!" Peeves exclaimed, pounding on his chest for effect. They looked at each other and gave subtle smiles but quickly forced them down.
"You'll help us then?" Harry asked.
Peeves thought for a moment, "Perhaps. . .what exactly are you planning?"
Ron finally let his smile break out, they had him, "Either you're in or you're out."
"No fair!" Peeves cried.
"It's a simple enough question. Are you in or out? Yes or no?" Harry asked.
Peeves floated back and forth, ". . .Fine, I'm in. This had better be good though."
"Oh don't worry, it is. . ."
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"I'm surprised at you four. It's been a week already. You should be well on your way with this." Sirius said later that day.
The last week of the winter holiday had been pure torture for those living with the new Marauders. They had been busy practicing their new ideas on anyone and everyone within reach. Now that school was back in session, he was dying to see something pulled on someone else for a change.
Harry smiled and stretched his arms in an exaggerated manner, "Just luring him into a false sense of security. . .Blackbeak's idea, actually. I think she's been watching one too many movies over the holidays."
Hermione pursed her lips, "I don't know what you're talking about. . ."
"Yes you do, when I saw you in London of the summer you must have had at least ten different, freshly purchased movies with you." Lavender said, earning a mock glare from her friend.
"So I suppose this means that you'll be starting soon?" Remus asked.
"Of course. . .I won't say much but. . .dinner should be interesting tonight." Harry said with a glint in his eyes. Sirius, Tali, and Remus looked at each other.
"You know, Harry, you look just like James when you do that. . .always meant we were about to have fun." Tali said as she took a short trip down memory lane.
Remus laughed, "Always meant we were going to get in trouble."
"That too." agreed Sirius, also laughing.
Harry scrunched his face as Sirius ruffled his hair, "You might see some of that too. . .maybe."
"I swear you are Prongs reincarnated." Sirius said, shaking his head.
Harry smiled, "Thanks!"
"Hate to break up this party, but it's almost noon. We have places to be and people to see." Ron prompted.
"Right, see you later, Padfoot, Moony, Tali!" Harry said, running off with his friends.
"This could only lead to trouble." Tali mentioned, staring after them.
Sirius took in a deep breath and smiled proudly, "Yeah, ain't it grand?"
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Prongs Jr, Specs, Blackbeak, and Fang slipped into the Quidditch pit unnoticed. Harry had his wand poised, following a certain Slytherin around the field as he practiced with his team.
"Careful, Harry. Don't hit anyone else." Hermione cautioned.
Ron rolled his eyes, "Yeah, *that* would be a tragedy."
"Where did you find that spell anyway?" asked Hermione.
"Not sure. . ." Harry said, trailing off into thought.
"Oh, so it's one of *those* spells. . .I'll bet if you were still taking classes that you'd pass every test with flying colors." Lavender said with just a hint of envy.
Harry shrugged, "I'll bet if I was still taking classes Snape might be taking more trips to the hospital wing than Neville and I combined."
Ron snorted, "And the bad part is? It's not like you could be blamed if you lost your temper, mind you it's quite easy to do with that man."
"Knowing Snape he'd still find some way to get even." Lavender said before breaking out into giggles, "Now that I think about it. . .if you still were taking classes. . ."
"Oh yeah!" Ron exclaimed, catching on to what she was getting at, "Alair! Bloody hell that was funny. Best Christmas hands down."
"Morticombus." Harry said casually, breaking the conversation short.
There was no light to this spell, but they could tell it had hit its target when Malfoy wavered for a minute. The Slytherin team was back on the ground and walking to the locker rooms, practice being over.
"You okay, Draco?" Pansy, the newest member to the team, asked.
Now that Malfoy was the captain, an obvious change had taken place in means of choosing team members. Instead of big and bulky, the team consisted of Malfoy's closest friends, a huge mistake on his part according to Ron and Harry.
"I SLEEP WITH A STUFFED MONKEY NAMED NANNERS!" Malfoy screamed before clamping his hands over his mouth. His team members stared at him as the Marauders and the Ravenclaw team, who had just arrived, burst out laughing.
"You have a monkey named what?" Cho asked as she and her team walked up.
"I'M NOT WEARING UNDERWEAR!" Malfoy declared, looking positively mortified. Though they continued to laugh, most looked disgusted at the outburst.
"Why are you telling us?" Crabbe asked.
Malfoy appeared to be trying to keep his mouth shut, but never the less it opened and out came, "MY MOTHER PICKS OUT ALL MY CLOTHES!"
"Aren't you a little old for that?" the Ravenclaw Keeper asked.
Malfoy turned and ran towards the Slytherin locker room as he yelled out, "I WET THE BED UNTIL I WAS TEN!"
"What spell did you use?" Ron croaked out between his laughs.
"Morticombus. . .the Secret spell." Harry answered, calming down a little, "For the next two hours whenever he talks or someone asks him a question he has to respond with some kind of embarrassing secret."
"Brilliant! I'll have to remember that one!" Ron said, sitting up from the ground where he had been laughing.
"Two hours?" Hermione asked.
Harry smiled, "And we're just getting started. Come on!"
The group carefully snuck back into the castle, making sure not to be noticed. They wandered around a bit, allowing time for Malfoy to get changed back into his clothes. They stopped in the Great Hall for a late lunch where they were greeted by Sirius and Remus who tried to wheedle them into telling them what was planned for that evening. Luckily, they were saved by a large group of students walking into the Hall, laughing immensely. The new Marauders were quite pleased to find that they were discussing Malfoy's. . .condition. After listening in for a minute, Sirius and Remus turned back to their successors with smiles.
Remus raised an eyebrow as if to ask, "You?"
"Darn tootin'. And we've only just cracked the shell." Harry said with a smile. Sirius looked at Remus and the two broke out laughing.
"You're doing us proud. I bow to your genius." Sirius said, mocking a bow.
Lavender smiled and answered for the group, "Thanks. . .we have to be going, though. Part two should be ignited soon."
Then, before any further questions could be asked, they took off, leaving an amused Moony and Padfoot.
"This is all you, Ron, Lavender." Harry said, as they reached the entrance to the dungeons.
"We're honored." Ron said, "We'll keep that git out as long as that spell is in effect."
"Yeah, I'm sure everyone is dying to hear what he has to say for once!" Lavender said, giggling. Harry and Hermione glanced at each other.
"Just don't forget to bring him to you-know-where." Hermione said.
"Us? No, of course not." Lavender said in mock hurt.
"Well, we better be going. See you soon." Ron said as he and Lavender headed down the stairs.
Once they were out of eye sight Hermione shook her head, "I'm almost beginning to feel sorry for Malfoy."
Harry smirked and swung an arm over her shoulder, "Key word, almost. Come on. If all goes according to plan we only have about five minutes to get ready."
Hermione nodded and the two started on their way to Snape's classroom. It didn't take long for them to reach their destination, and they carefully peered into the room to make sure it was empty. Breathing a sigh of relief, they entered the room.
"A bit weird being in here without being forced to." Harry said randomly.
"I just hope Peeves keeps Snape busy long for us to get out of here." Hermione said, staring at the ceiling.
Harry laughed, "I'm more worried about him keeping Snape busy too long."
"I suppose that's a possibility, too." Hermione said, thoughtfully.
"Do you wish to do the honors?" Harry asked, bowing deeply.
"Why certainly," she said, giving him a curtsy, "Reragnium."
Instantly dust flew into the air as everything in the room jumped around.
Harry banished the dust and coughed, "You think he might consider dusting every now and then."
Hermione shrugged and surveyed her handiwork, "He's probably just waiting for a student to get a detention and then get them to do it."
"Most likely. . .nice job." Harry said, also looking around the room which was in complete disarray.
"Thank you. I'm glad I finally had a reason to use that spell." Hermione said as she pulled yet another bottle out of her robe and placed it gently down on the only table still upright.
"I'M SCARED OF NINJAS!"
Harry grabbed Hermione's arm and pulled her out of the classroom into the shadows, "Right on schedule."
They watched on as a red wolf and a clouded leopard chased Malfoy into the disheveled classroom. Before the two animals could make it in, the door was slammed shut and locked. Hermione was giggling and the two animals walked over to them. Once in the privacy of the shadows, they transformed back into Specs and Fang.
"Ninjas?" Ron asked, cocking an eyebrow, "What does he know about ninjas?"
Harry, however, had a nasty grin growing onto his face, "Don't know. . .but it could work to our advantage. . ."
"I sense another prank coming on." Lavender said in anticipation.
"But of course. . .It'll take a while to set up, though." Harry said, thinking to himself.
"Well? Are you going to tell us or---" Hermione was interrupted as Snape came storming down the stairs.
"Damn that Peeves! Who does he think he is!?" he raged, sopping wet.
The Marauders were shaking with silent laughter. Once again Peeves had out done himself. Snape stopped suddenly and stared over to where they were hiding. They clamped their hands over their mouths and Snape shook his head before heading into his classroom.
"Malfoy! What did you do to my classroom!?" Snape shouted.
"PEPPARONI GIVES ME HIVES!" Malfoy hollered back.
"I don't care what gives you what! What did you do!?. . .Is that a *love* potion!?" Snape yelled and they could hear him snatch a glass bottle from presumably Malfoy's hands.
"I FAILED KINDERGARTEN!"
"Do you think that gives you a right!? No! I don't want to hear it, detention for a month and fifty points from Slytherin! And come on! I'm taking you to see Dumbledore!"
It was perhaps one of the most difficult things any of them ever had to do, keeping silent while Snape dragged Malfoy up the stairs towards the Headmaster's office, hand clamped desperately over his mouth. Finally, after they were certain that the two were out of earshot, laughter rang out in the halls of dungeons.
"Perfect!" exclaimed Hermione.
"You're telling me," said Lavender, "And there's still the grand finale left."
"Malfoy failed kindergarten!" Ron laughed.
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"This isn't going to work." Lavender said, tapping her fork on her plate nervously at dinner that evening.
"Oh come on, Specs. Have a little faith, would you." Ron said carelessly as he took a bite of his chicken.
"She's right, you know. We should have started small." Hermione said, equally tense.
Harry and Ron just smiled at them and leaned back to get a look at the Slytherin table. It had been pure torture waiting all day for dinner, especially with both Lavender and Hermione beginning to have second thoughts. They had made it though, and it was too late to back out.
"If you think about it, it is small. We could have started a lot bigger." Harry said, turning his attention back to their discussion.
Ron nodded, "It's about time we let everyone know that the Marauders are back. It's been a week already."
They still looked a bit doubtful and Ron put down his food, "Okay, look at it this way. None of them would have turned down the opportunity to pull one over on either of you. Why should you worry? Besides. . .we're all in this together. There's only one more year left to this school. Why not have the best times possible?"
Hermione glanced up at the professor table. Sirius, Remus, and Tali saw her and nodded with evil smiles. She smiled back before letting out a small laugh, "Yes, I suppose you're right. I know at least three who will back us up. . .besides, if Dumbledore said it was alright, surely we won't be held responsible."
"Exactly! And need I remind you that there are very few who know who Prongs Jr, Specs, Fang, and Blackbeak are." Harry said with a smile.
"I just hope that they're all hungry." Lavender said, giggling madly.
Finally, after what seemed to be an eternity the dinner foods were replaced by the desserts. Hermione nibbled on a chocolate covered strawberry as she stared at the Slytherin table intently.
"Ready? Any second now. . ." Harry said, anxiety growing with every word.
A few minutes passed and Lavender pursed her lips at Ron and Hermione, "Are you *sure* you got the right one?"
"Don't ask me, 'Mione got it. I was just the look out." Ron said as Hermione glared at him.
"Of course I got the right one! What do you---"
She was cut off by a sudden shriek at the Slytherin table.
"Pansy! What happened to your hair!?"
Everyone in the room swerved around to see Pansy Parkinson's hair turn a bright orange before falling out completely. Seeing her hair fall around her she let out a terrible cry which was quickly drowned out as the other Slytherins began to suffer similar fates. While some lost their hair, others had their skin dyed green. A few were under than nasty illusion that they were naked, though all were quite thoroughly clothed. Just about all of them, however, were steaming at the mouth.
"Put it out! Put it out! Hot!" a third year screamed and was quickly followed by several others.
There was complete silence from the other tables so it wasn't surprising when Ron, just a little excited, forgot to whisper, "You heard, 'em, Prongs Jr. Let them have it."
A few turned to the four as Harry discreetly pointed his wand towards the ceiling and said something no one could hear. Suddenly there was a gigantic downpour of rain cascading down over all the Slytherins. Just about everyone who wasn't a Slytherin, even a few teachers, were too busy laughing to notice that the rain had stopped and the Slytherins, miserable and sopping wet glared the Gryffindor table, particularly the end of the Gryffindor table. Before anyone noticed, Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle were towering over Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Lavender.
"Potter! What the hell did you do?" Malfoy yelled at him.
The four, who had been too busy laughing to notice them before, looked up and broke out into their laughter at the sight of them. They had been careful to make sure that the house elves understood to put a different vile in each kind of dessert. All three had apparently been quite piggy, and as the three were all missing hair, green, and seeing as how Goyle was still covering his private area, it was pretty obvious at the amount they must have eaten.
"Sorry?" Harry asked, wiping tears of mirth from his eyes and standing up.
"You heard me! I know you're behind this!" Malfoy said.
Harry glanced at the professor's table and nodded at Dumbledore who smiled and whispered something to the others at his table. By the time his attention had returned to the Slytherins before him the rest of the school stared on in anticipation of what was to come.
"What would give you that idea?" Harry asked with a smirk.
"You've been behind everything rotten that's happened today!" Malfoy shouted at him.
Harry put on an innocent face, "Who? Me?"
"Get off it, Malfoy. I'd like to see you prove anything." Ron said, crossing his arms.
Malfoy glowered at them then lightened it to a smile, "I don't need to. I'm sure everyone heard Weasel tell you to start the rain. . .really, Prongs Jr? I didn't think you needed to sink as low as a nickname."
Harry smiled and looked to his friends who nodded, "You don't know who you're dealing with, do you Malfoy?"
The Slytherin looked blankly at him but kept his smirk of triumph. Harry took this as a no and motioned to his friends, "Allow me to introduce you, then. You already know me, Prongs Jr."
"The name's Fang, and don't you forget it." Ron said, standing up.
"Blackbeak, present." Hermione said, walking around the table and joining her friends with Lavender.
"Specs reporting for duty! Better watch your back, Malfoy. You have no idea what you've got yourself in for." Lavender said, laughing a little as she said this.
"Big deal, so you've all got dumb nick names." Malfoy said, rolling his eyes. A few of the other students, some even from Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, seemed to agree. Ron just shook his head and patted Harry on the shoulder as if to tell him to just tell him.
Harry smiled, "Together we're known as the Marauders. . .generation two."
Most of the first years looked at each other but the rest of the student body and a few of the professors found their jaws dropping.
Malfoy seemed to be in a state of semi horror but tried to play it off, "S-- -so. I bet you don't know half the things the originals did."
Looking up to the table, Sirius and Remus nodded. Hermione nodded towards them, "Maybe, maybe not. Or perhaps we have two right here in Hogwarts to assist us."
"Padfoot and Moony at your service." Sirius said, mocking a bow.
"Whatever. Nice try, Potter. Not going to work, though. Let's just see who gets who last." Malfoy said, shoving him into the table. Harry, who had turned around in order to lessen the blow of the table, felt a smile creep onto his face.
"And I suppose you would know best about that, wouldn't you, Malfoy?" he asked, not turning around.
Malfoy eyed his back suspiciously, ". . .Got that right."
"It just a pity we wasted everything on trying to get you, isn't it?" Harry asked, now gaining curious stares from everyone in the room as he still didn't move.
". . .What do you mean 'everything'?" Malfoy asked, now beginning to feel uncomfortable.
Harry finally turned around with a piece of cake in his hand, "To think we ruined all this good food. . ."
Malfoy let out the breath he had been holding and smacked the cake out of his hand, "Oh please, Potter. Do you really think I'm *that* slow?"
Harry winked and everyone's eyes in the room, except for Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, widened, "No, not at all."
The three eyed those in the room, "What are you up to now, Potter?"
"Oh, nothing," Harry said before putting a thoughtful expression on his face, "By the way, Malfoy, I might get an umbrella if I were you."
"And why's that?" he sneered.
Harry's smile broadened deviously, "I think it might rain again."
Malfoy carefully looked up just in time to see a huge pile of cakes and pastries from the Ravenclaw's table fall onto him and his cronies. As the three fell to floor, now completely undistinguishable, Ron and quite a few others fell to the ground in laughter. Even the professors had to let small chuckles pass past their lips at their appearance.
"I bet you thought that was funny!?" Malfoy raged and he clambered to his feet, a big glop of whip cream towards the front of his head. Harry was too busy laughing to respond other than to flick his wand and cause a large red cherry to appear on top of the whip cream.
"Lighten up, Malfoy. This is the sweetest you've ever been." Lavender croaked out before submerging into another fit of giggles.
Malfoy scowled and picked up a cupcake. He tossed it up and down in his hand a couple of times before chucking it at Harry who lost his grip on the table and fell out of the way in laughter just as the cupcake flew past where he had just been. It flew all the way to the professors' table. Instantly everyone fell silent as it hit Sirius square in the face. Malfoy gulped and stepped behind Crabbe and Goyle, if there was one thing he didn't need it was one of the original Marauders on his back. Tali and Remus hid their mouths though it did little good as their laughter could be heard quite clearly.
Sirius wiped his face and turned to his two friends, "Think this is funny do you?"
"No. . .no of course not, Sirius. . ." Tali said but couldn't manage to hold her laughter in.
"Sure, Tals. And I'm sure you'll find this equally as amusing." he said as he smashed a particularly large piece of cake in her face before running it back through her hair.
He patted it a few times to make sure it settled in well before standing up with another piece in his hands and staring at Malfoy, "As for you. . .ah!"
Just as he was ready to throw it, Tali jumped at him, smashing a piece of pie in his face. The cake fell out of his hands and landed on Remus who wiped off his robes, "Of course who know this means war. . ."
However, instead of throwing it at his two friends, he threw it back to the crowd and hit Goyle. Goyle slipped in the pastries on the floor and accidentally pushed Crabbe back into the Ravenclaw table. And of course, him being the big oaf that he was, it caused the food on their table to fly into the air and onto quite a few unsuspecting students.
Laughter picked up again but was quickly accompanied by food flying through the air. Harry ran through the Great Hall as fast as he could, throwing food when he had time. He and his friends had separated in order to improve their odds of making it to the exit. This definitely wasn't how he had anticipated the day's finale to be. . .but he had to admit, the looks on Malfoy's and Sirius' faces when they were hit were priceless. Besides, it made the next and final part of their plan ten times easier.
"Where do you think you're going, Potter!?" Malfoy shouted, making a diving grab for his feet which his succeeded in.
Harry stumbled but managed to keep on his feet. Turning around, he pelted Malfoy with yet another pastry. After hitting him in the eyes, he managed to get his foot loose and he continued running, Malfoy right behind him.
"How's it going, Harry?" Hermione asked, joining up with him and her other friends.
"Not bad, yourselves?" Harry asked with a smile.
"Perfect! You should have seen the look on Snape's face when Sirius nailed him with a giant whip cream covered pumpkin pastry ball! Classic!" Ron exclaimed.
"Yeah! Almost as good as the infamous Alair!" Lavender laughed as they made it out of the Great Hall.
A glob of tapioca pudding flew past Ron's ear, "You sure this is going to work? They're gaining on us!"
"They promised us. Take your own advice and have a little faith!" Hermione said, patting him on the shoulder as the four ducked into a side passage.
"Got. . .you. . ." Malfoy said as he came to a screeching halt.
"You sure about that?" Harry asked with a smirk. Filling the hall were hundreds of house elves, each with all different sorts of food. Peeves was flying above with a smoky war helmet on and a horn.
He blew it and pointed forward, "It's now or never! Charge my little minions! Charge!"
The house elves, led by Dobby continued where Harry and co had left off.
"Don't hold back! Cruel people the Malfoys are!" Dobby shouted, jumping up and down. Obviously he was elated to be able to get his own revenge upon his old master.
As the house elves and Peeves charged after the three unfortunate Slytherins, the Marauders laughed and clapped each other on the back.
"That was bloody brilliant! Did you see them when they saw our reinforcements? Bloody brilliant!" Ron said, laughing hysterically.
"Most definitely worth it!" Lavender agreed.
"You don't suppose Dobby and them will get in trouble do you?" Hermione asked with a hint of worry.
"Not likely." Harry said with a smile, "Who would actually believe house elves are capable of such a thing?"
"Yeah, Hermione, lighten up a bit." Lavender said giving her a soft punch.
Ron smiled and broke out laughing again, "This is going to be great! Three days until their skin turns normal. Another two weeks before their hair grows back!"
The other three started laughing again too as Dobby came bouncing back into the hall.
"Harry Potter, sir! Dobby got it, he did!" he exclaimed handing Harry a photo. The four took one look at it and fell to the floor in hysterics.
"This is perfect! We can hold this over their heads forever!" Harry said as the photo fell out of his hand.
Dobby picked it up and smiled, "Winky says Dobby should take more."
Hermione took the picture and nodded, "You're good enough, Dobby."
Dobby fiddled with his fingers and blushed, "Dobby is honored, Madame."
The three turned their attention back to the picture. Yes, there was nothing more satisfying than a picture of their least favorite Slytherins covered from head to toe in food with no hair and green skin.
Author's Note: . . .Hmm. . .that was. . .unique. . .I ain't got no idea where that came from. . .I was listening to the song 'Kung Fu Fighting' while writing it. . .maybe that had something to do with it. Oh well, how was it? Not too bad I hope. If you still want to see a certain prank happen let me know, there's still time for it to be worked in! Well. . .it's one o'clock in the morning. . .Quidditch game next chapter! Please review! Don't be shy!
Laterose: . . .Um. . .thanks. . .I think. . .lol. Just kidding. Thanks for the review! And just between you and me, I have conversations with the inner me, too. . .k, so I'm just a little weird. . .oh well, c'est la vie!
NSW: Yes, yes, I updated! Whoo hoo! Was it soon enough? Yay!
Amy: Really? I suppose that Harry being a stag isn't really too original. . .but I suppose the other ones are. ::Smiles:: Have you ever seen a clouded leopard? They really are very pretty! It was either gonna be that or a mountain lion. . .guess you can see which one won. . .
Leaf: Hehehe, something tells me I'm going to have a lot of fun for the next chapter or so. Pranks, gags, and tricks, the whole nine yards! If you have any ideas drop them off in the suggestion box and I'll see what I can do! That goes for everyone!
Wanted: Love Ch25: Sweet, Sweet Revenge
"Are we almost there?"
"Shh! You're going to get us caught!"
"Am not! And you're being louder than me!"
"Don't shove me!"
"I didn't mean to, I slipped."
"Oh, I'm so sure!"
"Ow! What was that for!?"
"What you mean this?"
"Ow! Stop that!"
"Would both of you shut up and get over here?"
Ron and Hermione peered sheepishly through the darkness. Seeing a lone figure looming a little further down the hall they smiled and headed over.
"Is that you, Harry?" Ron asked.
"Of course it's me. Did you two get it?" Harry asked importantly.
Hermione smiled and pulled several small viles out of her robe, "Of course, what did you expect."
"Well it was taking you long enough." Lavender said, coming down the stairs.
"Is it ready?" Harry asked her.
"Sure is. Dobby is more than willing to help."
"Harry, are you sure this is a good idea? I mean, Dumbledore might have said it was okay for Malfoy. . .but *them*?" Hermione asked.
"Cool it, Hermione. If you remember correctly, he never said it was limited to the prick." Ron said with a mischievous smile.
Harry nodded, "After all they put us through they have it coming. Besides, I only have a little longer to get this done."
The three were suddenly very quite and Harry shuffled uneasily on his feet, "Sorry. . .didn't mean to bring that up."
Ron shook his head and clapped Harry on the shoulder, "It's alright, mate. Let's just concentrate on the mission at hand."
"Right! Let's go, we only have about a half hour till everyone starts getting up and we still need to talk to him." Harry said before darting off.
Lavender rolled her eyes, "Easy for you to say. You didn't just run half way across the castle."
"Stop complaining, you need the exercise!" Ron said jokingly.
"Hey!" she said, indignant, before hitting his shoulder.
"Ow! I wish you people would stop doing that!" he exclaimed grabbing his arm
"Well maybe if you weren't such a git we wouldn't have to." Hermione suggested.
"You're going to get us caught." Harry reminded them as they came to a halt.
"How do you know he's in here?" Ron asked, ignoring Harry's comment, as they entered an empty classroom.
Harry smiled, "You kidding? With all the racket he was making up here I'm surprised half the castle didn't wake up. Peeves! I know you're in here! I promise not to hurt you again; we just need your help."
"Wait a minute. . .how can you hurt a ghost?" Lavender asked.
". . .It was an accident." he replied, smiling sheepishly.
The three rolled their eyes and Harry shrugged. There was still no response from Peeves and Hermione got a smile on her face and stared at her friends in a way as if to tell them to follow her lead.
"Come on, Harry. Out of all the people in the castle you chose a ghost?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
Lavender stifled her smile at the indignant scoff they heard, "Yeah, you've heard the rumors. Peeves lost his touch. Hasn't done a thing since the Halloween Ball. . .sad, really."
Harry sighed and hunched his shoulders, "Maybe you're right."
"Damn right. That wimp is a has-been. . .we should try Sirius or Remus." Ron said, as if struck by a brilliant idea. The three's eyes lit up.
"Brilliant! Let's---" Harry started as Peeves finally appeared before them.
"You think those measly humans could take the place of me? I'm offended!" Peeves shouted, arms crossed and glaring at the four.
"Well at least they've been in practice. . .and they'd help us." Hermione reasoned.
"*No*one can replace me! I'm the master of trickery!" Peeves exclaimed, pounding on his chest for effect. They looked at each other and gave subtle smiles but quickly forced them down.
"You'll help us then?" Harry asked.
Peeves thought for a moment, "Perhaps. . .what exactly are you planning?"
Ron finally let his smile break out, they had him, "Either you're in or you're out."
"No fair!" Peeves cried.
"It's a simple enough question. Are you in or out? Yes or no?" Harry asked.
Peeves floated back and forth, ". . .Fine, I'm in. This had better be good though."
"Oh don't worry, it is. . ."
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"I'm surprised at you four. It's been a week already. You should be well on your way with this." Sirius said later that day.
The last week of the winter holiday had been pure torture for those living with the new Marauders. They had been busy practicing their new ideas on anyone and everyone within reach. Now that school was back in session, he was dying to see something pulled on someone else for a change.
Harry smiled and stretched his arms in an exaggerated manner, "Just luring him into a false sense of security. . .Blackbeak's idea, actually. I think she's been watching one too many movies over the holidays."
Hermione pursed her lips, "I don't know what you're talking about. . ."
"Yes you do, when I saw you in London of the summer you must have had at least ten different, freshly purchased movies with you." Lavender said, earning a mock glare from her friend.
"So I suppose this means that you'll be starting soon?" Remus asked.
"Of course. . .I won't say much but. . .dinner should be interesting tonight." Harry said with a glint in his eyes. Sirius, Tali, and Remus looked at each other.
"You know, Harry, you look just like James when you do that. . .always meant we were about to have fun." Tali said as she took a short trip down memory lane.
Remus laughed, "Always meant we were going to get in trouble."
"That too." agreed Sirius, also laughing.
Harry scrunched his face as Sirius ruffled his hair, "You might see some of that too. . .maybe."
"I swear you are Prongs reincarnated." Sirius said, shaking his head.
Harry smiled, "Thanks!"
"Hate to break up this party, but it's almost noon. We have places to be and people to see." Ron prompted.
"Right, see you later, Padfoot, Moony, Tali!" Harry said, running off with his friends.
"This could only lead to trouble." Tali mentioned, staring after them.
Sirius took in a deep breath and smiled proudly, "Yeah, ain't it grand?"
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Prongs Jr, Specs, Blackbeak, and Fang slipped into the Quidditch pit unnoticed. Harry had his wand poised, following a certain Slytherin around the field as he practiced with his team.
"Careful, Harry. Don't hit anyone else." Hermione cautioned.
Ron rolled his eyes, "Yeah, *that* would be a tragedy."
"Where did you find that spell anyway?" asked Hermione.
"Not sure. . ." Harry said, trailing off into thought.
"Oh, so it's one of *those* spells. . .I'll bet if you were still taking classes that you'd pass every test with flying colors." Lavender said with just a hint of envy.
Harry shrugged, "I'll bet if I was still taking classes Snape might be taking more trips to the hospital wing than Neville and I combined."
Ron snorted, "And the bad part is? It's not like you could be blamed if you lost your temper, mind you it's quite easy to do with that man."
"Knowing Snape he'd still find some way to get even." Lavender said before breaking out into giggles, "Now that I think about it. . .if you still were taking classes. . ."
"Oh yeah!" Ron exclaimed, catching on to what she was getting at, "Alair! Bloody hell that was funny. Best Christmas hands down."
"Morticombus." Harry said casually, breaking the conversation short.
There was no light to this spell, but they could tell it had hit its target when Malfoy wavered for a minute. The Slytherin team was back on the ground and walking to the locker rooms, practice being over.
"You okay, Draco?" Pansy, the newest member to the team, asked.
Now that Malfoy was the captain, an obvious change had taken place in means of choosing team members. Instead of big and bulky, the team consisted of Malfoy's closest friends, a huge mistake on his part according to Ron and Harry.
"I SLEEP WITH A STUFFED MONKEY NAMED NANNERS!" Malfoy screamed before clamping his hands over his mouth. His team members stared at him as the Marauders and the Ravenclaw team, who had just arrived, burst out laughing.
"You have a monkey named what?" Cho asked as she and her team walked up.
"I'M NOT WEARING UNDERWEAR!" Malfoy declared, looking positively mortified. Though they continued to laugh, most looked disgusted at the outburst.
"Why are you telling us?" Crabbe asked.
Malfoy appeared to be trying to keep his mouth shut, but never the less it opened and out came, "MY MOTHER PICKS OUT ALL MY CLOTHES!"
"Aren't you a little old for that?" the Ravenclaw Keeper asked.
Malfoy turned and ran towards the Slytherin locker room as he yelled out, "I WET THE BED UNTIL I WAS TEN!"
"What spell did you use?" Ron croaked out between his laughs.
"Morticombus. . .the Secret spell." Harry answered, calming down a little, "For the next two hours whenever he talks or someone asks him a question he has to respond with some kind of embarrassing secret."
"Brilliant! I'll have to remember that one!" Ron said, sitting up from the ground where he had been laughing.
"Two hours?" Hermione asked.
Harry smiled, "And we're just getting started. Come on!"
The group carefully snuck back into the castle, making sure not to be noticed. They wandered around a bit, allowing time for Malfoy to get changed back into his clothes. They stopped in the Great Hall for a late lunch where they were greeted by Sirius and Remus who tried to wheedle them into telling them what was planned for that evening. Luckily, they were saved by a large group of students walking into the Hall, laughing immensely. The new Marauders were quite pleased to find that they were discussing Malfoy's. . .condition. After listening in for a minute, Sirius and Remus turned back to their successors with smiles.
Remus raised an eyebrow as if to ask, "You?"
"Darn tootin'. And we've only just cracked the shell." Harry said with a smile. Sirius looked at Remus and the two broke out laughing.
"You're doing us proud. I bow to your genius." Sirius said, mocking a bow.
Lavender smiled and answered for the group, "Thanks. . .we have to be going, though. Part two should be ignited soon."
Then, before any further questions could be asked, they took off, leaving an amused Moony and Padfoot.
"This is all you, Ron, Lavender." Harry said, as they reached the entrance to the dungeons.
"We're honored." Ron said, "We'll keep that git out as long as that spell is in effect."
"Yeah, I'm sure everyone is dying to hear what he has to say for once!" Lavender said, giggling. Harry and Hermione glanced at each other.
"Just don't forget to bring him to you-know-where." Hermione said.
"Us? No, of course not." Lavender said in mock hurt.
"Well, we better be going. See you soon." Ron said as he and Lavender headed down the stairs.
Once they were out of eye sight Hermione shook her head, "I'm almost beginning to feel sorry for Malfoy."
Harry smirked and swung an arm over her shoulder, "Key word, almost. Come on. If all goes according to plan we only have about five minutes to get ready."
Hermione nodded and the two started on their way to Snape's classroom. It didn't take long for them to reach their destination, and they carefully peered into the room to make sure it was empty. Breathing a sigh of relief, they entered the room.
"A bit weird being in here without being forced to." Harry said randomly.
"I just hope Peeves keeps Snape busy long for us to get out of here." Hermione said, staring at the ceiling.
Harry laughed, "I'm more worried about him keeping Snape busy too long."
"I suppose that's a possibility, too." Hermione said, thoughtfully.
"Do you wish to do the honors?" Harry asked, bowing deeply.
"Why certainly," she said, giving him a curtsy, "Reragnium."
Instantly dust flew into the air as everything in the room jumped around.
Harry banished the dust and coughed, "You think he might consider dusting every now and then."
Hermione shrugged and surveyed her handiwork, "He's probably just waiting for a student to get a detention and then get them to do it."
"Most likely. . .nice job." Harry said, also looking around the room which was in complete disarray.
"Thank you. I'm glad I finally had a reason to use that spell." Hermione said as she pulled yet another bottle out of her robe and placed it gently down on the only table still upright.
"I'M SCARED OF NINJAS!"
Harry grabbed Hermione's arm and pulled her out of the classroom into the shadows, "Right on schedule."
They watched on as a red wolf and a clouded leopard chased Malfoy into the disheveled classroom. Before the two animals could make it in, the door was slammed shut and locked. Hermione was giggling and the two animals walked over to them. Once in the privacy of the shadows, they transformed back into Specs and Fang.
"Ninjas?" Ron asked, cocking an eyebrow, "What does he know about ninjas?"
Harry, however, had a nasty grin growing onto his face, "Don't know. . .but it could work to our advantage. . ."
"I sense another prank coming on." Lavender said in anticipation.
"But of course. . .It'll take a while to set up, though." Harry said, thinking to himself.
"Well? Are you going to tell us or---" Hermione was interrupted as Snape came storming down the stairs.
"Damn that Peeves! Who does he think he is!?" he raged, sopping wet.
The Marauders were shaking with silent laughter. Once again Peeves had out done himself. Snape stopped suddenly and stared over to where they were hiding. They clamped their hands over their mouths and Snape shook his head before heading into his classroom.
"Malfoy! What did you do to my classroom!?" Snape shouted.
"PEPPARONI GIVES ME HIVES!" Malfoy hollered back.
"I don't care what gives you what! What did you do!?. . .Is that a *love* potion!?" Snape yelled and they could hear him snatch a glass bottle from presumably Malfoy's hands.
"I FAILED KINDERGARTEN!"
"Do you think that gives you a right!? No! I don't want to hear it, detention for a month and fifty points from Slytherin! And come on! I'm taking you to see Dumbledore!"
It was perhaps one of the most difficult things any of them ever had to do, keeping silent while Snape dragged Malfoy up the stairs towards the Headmaster's office, hand clamped desperately over his mouth. Finally, after they were certain that the two were out of earshot, laughter rang out in the halls of dungeons.
"Perfect!" exclaimed Hermione.
"You're telling me," said Lavender, "And there's still the grand finale left."
"Malfoy failed kindergarten!" Ron laughed.
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"This isn't going to work." Lavender said, tapping her fork on her plate nervously at dinner that evening.
"Oh come on, Specs. Have a little faith, would you." Ron said carelessly as he took a bite of his chicken.
"She's right, you know. We should have started small." Hermione said, equally tense.
Harry and Ron just smiled at them and leaned back to get a look at the Slytherin table. It had been pure torture waiting all day for dinner, especially with both Lavender and Hermione beginning to have second thoughts. They had made it though, and it was too late to back out.
"If you think about it, it is small. We could have started a lot bigger." Harry said, turning his attention back to their discussion.
Ron nodded, "It's about time we let everyone know that the Marauders are back. It's been a week already."
They still looked a bit doubtful and Ron put down his food, "Okay, look at it this way. None of them would have turned down the opportunity to pull one over on either of you. Why should you worry? Besides. . .we're all in this together. There's only one more year left to this school. Why not have the best times possible?"
Hermione glanced up at the professor table. Sirius, Remus, and Tali saw her and nodded with evil smiles. She smiled back before letting out a small laugh, "Yes, I suppose you're right. I know at least three who will back us up. . .besides, if Dumbledore said it was alright, surely we won't be held responsible."
"Exactly! And need I remind you that there are very few who know who Prongs Jr, Specs, Fang, and Blackbeak are." Harry said with a smile.
"I just hope that they're all hungry." Lavender said, giggling madly.
Finally, after what seemed to be an eternity the dinner foods were replaced by the desserts. Hermione nibbled on a chocolate covered strawberry as she stared at the Slytherin table intently.
"Ready? Any second now. . ." Harry said, anxiety growing with every word.
A few minutes passed and Lavender pursed her lips at Ron and Hermione, "Are you *sure* you got the right one?"
"Don't ask me, 'Mione got it. I was just the look out." Ron said as Hermione glared at him.
"Of course I got the right one! What do you---"
She was cut off by a sudden shriek at the Slytherin table.
"Pansy! What happened to your hair!?"
Everyone in the room swerved around to see Pansy Parkinson's hair turn a bright orange before falling out completely. Seeing her hair fall around her she let out a terrible cry which was quickly drowned out as the other Slytherins began to suffer similar fates. While some lost their hair, others had their skin dyed green. A few were under than nasty illusion that they were naked, though all were quite thoroughly clothed. Just about all of them, however, were steaming at the mouth.
"Put it out! Put it out! Hot!" a third year screamed and was quickly followed by several others.
There was complete silence from the other tables so it wasn't surprising when Ron, just a little excited, forgot to whisper, "You heard, 'em, Prongs Jr. Let them have it."
A few turned to the four as Harry discreetly pointed his wand towards the ceiling and said something no one could hear. Suddenly there was a gigantic downpour of rain cascading down over all the Slytherins. Just about everyone who wasn't a Slytherin, even a few teachers, were too busy laughing to notice that the rain had stopped and the Slytherins, miserable and sopping wet glared the Gryffindor table, particularly the end of the Gryffindor table. Before anyone noticed, Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle were towering over Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Lavender.
"Potter! What the hell did you do?" Malfoy yelled at him.
The four, who had been too busy laughing to notice them before, looked up and broke out into their laughter at the sight of them. They had been careful to make sure that the house elves understood to put a different vile in each kind of dessert. All three had apparently been quite piggy, and as the three were all missing hair, green, and seeing as how Goyle was still covering his private area, it was pretty obvious at the amount they must have eaten.
"Sorry?" Harry asked, wiping tears of mirth from his eyes and standing up.
"You heard me! I know you're behind this!" Malfoy said.
Harry glanced at the professor's table and nodded at Dumbledore who smiled and whispered something to the others at his table. By the time his attention had returned to the Slytherins before him the rest of the school stared on in anticipation of what was to come.
"What would give you that idea?" Harry asked with a smirk.
"You've been behind everything rotten that's happened today!" Malfoy shouted at him.
Harry put on an innocent face, "Who? Me?"
"Get off it, Malfoy. I'd like to see you prove anything." Ron said, crossing his arms.
Malfoy glowered at them then lightened it to a smile, "I don't need to. I'm sure everyone heard Weasel tell you to start the rain. . .really, Prongs Jr? I didn't think you needed to sink as low as a nickname."
Harry smiled and looked to his friends who nodded, "You don't know who you're dealing with, do you Malfoy?"
The Slytherin looked blankly at him but kept his smirk of triumph. Harry took this as a no and motioned to his friends, "Allow me to introduce you, then. You already know me, Prongs Jr."
"The name's Fang, and don't you forget it." Ron said, standing up.
"Blackbeak, present." Hermione said, walking around the table and joining her friends with Lavender.
"Specs reporting for duty! Better watch your back, Malfoy. You have no idea what you've got yourself in for." Lavender said, laughing a little as she said this.
"Big deal, so you've all got dumb nick names." Malfoy said, rolling his eyes. A few of the other students, some even from Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, seemed to agree. Ron just shook his head and patted Harry on the shoulder as if to tell him to just tell him.
Harry smiled, "Together we're known as the Marauders. . .generation two."
Most of the first years looked at each other but the rest of the student body and a few of the professors found their jaws dropping.
Malfoy seemed to be in a state of semi horror but tried to play it off, "S-- -so. I bet you don't know half the things the originals did."
Looking up to the table, Sirius and Remus nodded. Hermione nodded towards them, "Maybe, maybe not. Or perhaps we have two right here in Hogwarts to assist us."
"Padfoot and Moony at your service." Sirius said, mocking a bow.
"Whatever. Nice try, Potter. Not going to work, though. Let's just see who gets who last." Malfoy said, shoving him into the table. Harry, who had turned around in order to lessen the blow of the table, felt a smile creep onto his face.
"And I suppose you would know best about that, wouldn't you, Malfoy?" he asked, not turning around.
Malfoy eyed his back suspiciously, ". . .Got that right."
"It just a pity we wasted everything on trying to get you, isn't it?" Harry asked, now gaining curious stares from everyone in the room as he still didn't move.
". . .What do you mean 'everything'?" Malfoy asked, now beginning to feel uncomfortable.
Harry finally turned around with a piece of cake in his hand, "To think we ruined all this good food. . ."
Malfoy let out the breath he had been holding and smacked the cake out of his hand, "Oh please, Potter. Do you really think I'm *that* slow?"
Harry winked and everyone's eyes in the room, except for Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, widened, "No, not at all."
The three eyed those in the room, "What are you up to now, Potter?"
"Oh, nothing," Harry said before putting a thoughtful expression on his face, "By the way, Malfoy, I might get an umbrella if I were you."
"And why's that?" he sneered.
Harry's smile broadened deviously, "I think it might rain again."
Malfoy carefully looked up just in time to see a huge pile of cakes and pastries from the Ravenclaw's table fall onto him and his cronies. As the three fell to floor, now completely undistinguishable, Ron and quite a few others fell to the ground in laughter. Even the professors had to let small chuckles pass past their lips at their appearance.
"I bet you thought that was funny!?" Malfoy raged and he clambered to his feet, a big glop of whip cream towards the front of his head. Harry was too busy laughing to respond other than to flick his wand and cause a large red cherry to appear on top of the whip cream.
"Lighten up, Malfoy. This is the sweetest you've ever been." Lavender croaked out before submerging into another fit of giggles.
Malfoy scowled and picked up a cupcake. He tossed it up and down in his hand a couple of times before chucking it at Harry who lost his grip on the table and fell out of the way in laughter just as the cupcake flew past where he had just been. It flew all the way to the professors' table. Instantly everyone fell silent as it hit Sirius square in the face. Malfoy gulped and stepped behind Crabbe and Goyle, if there was one thing he didn't need it was one of the original Marauders on his back. Tali and Remus hid their mouths though it did little good as their laughter could be heard quite clearly.
Sirius wiped his face and turned to his two friends, "Think this is funny do you?"
"No. . .no of course not, Sirius. . ." Tali said but couldn't manage to hold her laughter in.
"Sure, Tals. And I'm sure you'll find this equally as amusing." he said as he smashed a particularly large piece of cake in her face before running it back through her hair.
He patted it a few times to make sure it settled in well before standing up with another piece in his hands and staring at Malfoy, "As for you. . .ah!"
Just as he was ready to throw it, Tali jumped at him, smashing a piece of pie in his face. The cake fell out of his hands and landed on Remus who wiped off his robes, "Of course who know this means war. . ."
However, instead of throwing it at his two friends, he threw it back to the crowd and hit Goyle. Goyle slipped in the pastries on the floor and accidentally pushed Crabbe back into the Ravenclaw table. And of course, him being the big oaf that he was, it caused the food on their table to fly into the air and onto quite a few unsuspecting students.
Laughter picked up again but was quickly accompanied by food flying through the air. Harry ran through the Great Hall as fast as he could, throwing food when he had time. He and his friends had separated in order to improve their odds of making it to the exit. This definitely wasn't how he had anticipated the day's finale to be. . .but he had to admit, the looks on Malfoy's and Sirius' faces when they were hit were priceless. Besides, it made the next and final part of their plan ten times easier.
"Where do you think you're going, Potter!?" Malfoy shouted, making a diving grab for his feet which his succeeded in.
Harry stumbled but managed to keep on his feet. Turning around, he pelted Malfoy with yet another pastry. After hitting him in the eyes, he managed to get his foot loose and he continued running, Malfoy right behind him.
"How's it going, Harry?" Hermione asked, joining up with him and her other friends.
"Not bad, yourselves?" Harry asked with a smile.
"Perfect! You should have seen the look on Snape's face when Sirius nailed him with a giant whip cream covered pumpkin pastry ball! Classic!" Ron exclaimed.
"Yeah! Almost as good as the infamous Alair!" Lavender laughed as they made it out of the Great Hall.
A glob of tapioca pudding flew past Ron's ear, "You sure this is going to work? They're gaining on us!"
"They promised us. Take your own advice and have a little faith!" Hermione said, patting him on the shoulder as the four ducked into a side passage.
"Got. . .you. . ." Malfoy said as he came to a screeching halt.
"You sure about that?" Harry asked with a smirk. Filling the hall were hundreds of house elves, each with all different sorts of food. Peeves was flying above with a smoky war helmet on and a horn.
He blew it and pointed forward, "It's now or never! Charge my little minions! Charge!"
The house elves, led by Dobby continued where Harry and co had left off.
"Don't hold back! Cruel people the Malfoys are!" Dobby shouted, jumping up and down. Obviously he was elated to be able to get his own revenge upon his old master.
As the house elves and Peeves charged after the three unfortunate Slytherins, the Marauders laughed and clapped each other on the back.
"That was bloody brilliant! Did you see them when they saw our reinforcements? Bloody brilliant!" Ron said, laughing hysterically.
"Most definitely worth it!" Lavender agreed.
"You don't suppose Dobby and them will get in trouble do you?" Hermione asked with a hint of worry.
"Not likely." Harry said with a smile, "Who would actually believe house elves are capable of such a thing?"
"Yeah, Hermione, lighten up a bit." Lavender said giving her a soft punch.
Ron smiled and broke out laughing again, "This is going to be great! Three days until their skin turns normal. Another two weeks before their hair grows back!"
The other three started laughing again too as Dobby came bouncing back into the hall.
"Harry Potter, sir! Dobby got it, he did!" he exclaimed handing Harry a photo. The four took one look at it and fell to the floor in hysterics.
"This is perfect! We can hold this over their heads forever!" Harry said as the photo fell out of his hand.
Dobby picked it up and smiled, "Winky says Dobby should take more."
Hermione took the picture and nodded, "You're good enough, Dobby."
Dobby fiddled with his fingers and blushed, "Dobby is honored, Madame."
The three turned their attention back to the picture. Yes, there was nothing more satisfying than a picture of their least favorite Slytherins covered from head to toe in food with no hair and green skin.
Author's Note: . . .Hmm. . .that was. . .unique. . .I ain't got no idea where that came from. . .I was listening to the song 'Kung Fu Fighting' while writing it. . .maybe that had something to do with it. Oh well, how was it? Not too bad I hope. If you still want to see a certain prank happen let me know, there's still time for it to be worked in! Well. . .it's one o'clock in the morning. . .Quidditch game next chapter! Please review! Don't be shy!