Chapter 11: Mayhem.
"Oh this is going to be fun…"
…It was absolute mayhem. There was screeching, screaming, yelling and very foul smells. And Lily really didn't want to know how James and Remus had managed to get someone's underwear up on their flagpole. It was a rather disturbing colour of pink and what made it even worse was that they were Y-fronts.
Peter had planted invisible mouse traps all over the place, so every now and then you could hear someone yell 'oh bugger!' and jump about yelping that they had hurt themselves.
Sirius had spiked the punch bowl. But instead of people passing out, they inflated to triple their size and started to sing in operatic voices. What made it a really funny sight was that each Marauder would grab one of the inflated people and bounce them like a ball. And you would hear a small 'ouch!' amidst the singing.
Mr and Mrs Evans were panicking. Something that looked like a jumping bean rolled up to them. They looked at it until it exploded. They were engulfed in a green smoke and when it finally started to go away, where Lily's parents should have been stood two rather dazed turtles.
"Lily…I think we should just maybe stop them." Gladys commented as she saw people yelping, being bounced, and being transfigured all around her.
Lily just looked at the chaos around her. She was mildly shocked but the hilarity of it all was getting to her. She burst out laughing as she saw Sirius throwing some of the inflated people (still singing their opera songs) at Petunia's friends. They couldn't really run away fast enough and were bowled over by them.
James, Sirius, Remus and Peter started to gang up on the boys who hadn't had a prank pulled on them. And Lily was immensely amused to see the scared look coming over Edward Beattie's face. It was priceless. Her four friends leapt onto them and after a lot of shouting, screeching and girly cries, Edward Beattie and his gang of boys had enchanted wedgies and were running around the garden in pain.
The four boys looked around them and smiled proudly. They looked fairly smug and the expression on their faces clearly read, 'our work here is done.' And it really was. They looked over and saw that Lily was laughing her head off, clutching a stitch at her side. Gladys just rolled her eyes at the immaturity of it all, but the laughter in her eyes gave her away.
A shocked gasp came from behind them. Their heads snapped in the direction of the door and there stood Petunia. She had gone into the house because she had spilt her orange juice on her dress. Here eyes darted around the whole garden, there were turtles, bouncing inflated guests, boy running around with pained looks on their faces and basically, the garden looked like trash. Of course she had heard the havoc of it all in her room, but she just thought that the party was just getting rowdy.
"Petty." Lily greeted grinning at the mess around her. "You missed the show." She laughed as she saw the boys preen from the corner of her eye. Petunia cautiously stepped into the garden, here eyes widened at everything around her.
"Wha…what…did...y-you do?!" she asked, a look of horror on her face.
"Oh…my friends came over." She said and nodded her head over at Gladys, James, Sirius, Remus and Peter.
Petunia's eyes practically bulged at the sight of James.
Simultaneously, the four boys face held a rather evil grin. Lily caught on as their gaze was set on Petunia. Under normal circumstances, she would have let them carry out their deed on their prank, but given that they had a mutual understanding earlier on, she couldn't let them go through with it.
"No. Whatever you were going to do, forget it. Save it for school." Lily warned them. All of them looked a little disappointed but left it at that.
Petunia sat down, feeling slightly dizzy. Here she was in a messy garden, with two witches and four wizards, and she felt absolutely helpless.
"Mum and dad are going to kill you!" she stated at Lily.
"The most that'll probably happen is that I'll get grounded for the holidays, I'm not that bothered." Lily replied.
"Well, actually, you won't get punished because once these pranks wear out; an automatic memory charm takes place. No one will remember a thing." Remus grinned.
"That's right Lily-o! Now until then…care for this dance?" Sirius asked and is if on cue, some Spanish Salsa music deafened out all the bouncing, rolling opera singers. Before Lily could profoundly refuse, he had grabbed her and was already twirling her around the garden. It was a surprise that she hadn't tripped over anything. She was taken by surprise as Sirius somehow managed to throw her up in the air like a professional dancer. 'Either this is a spell, or Sirius has been dancing all his life.' Lily thought as she was caught by him and twirled around again. In fact, Sirius could pass as a Spanish dancer; all he needed now was to look a few years older, a bit stubblier and a rose stem to clench in his teeth. She also saw how Remus had managed to get Gladys into dancing too, except he wasn't as…err…well, he didn't so a Sirius. James was trying his best to ignore Petunia's glances at him, and Peter was looking slightly flustered at having to stand in between the two. Lily would have laughed, if she had the chance. It was highly amusing.
Petunia couldn't wait any longer and asked if she could dance with James. He looked slightly sceptical but hid it. But he gave in, only because she was starting to pout and whine. 'Dammit!' he thought as she danced, and he just kind of swayed. But as sheer luck would have it, a loose dungbomb on his belt fell and exploded by Petunia. She screamed and everyone stopped and stared at her. She was covered with the stench and looked livid.
"You did that on purpose, didn't you?!" she accused. James eyes widened slightly shocked.
"Sorry princess! It was an accident!" he defended himself.
"I'll give you an accident!" she screeched turning red and stomped on his foot. Her heel digging into his foot.
"Oh…BUGGER!" He yelled as the pain shot through him. She smirked and turned around huffily. Flicking her hair in a dismissive manner. But James wasn't going to let himself get treated like that…especially to a junior, and a girl! He grabbed something in his pocket. It was an egg. He saw Sirius grinning at him and Remus and Gladys look slightly amused. Lily just wondered what the hell it was, well, apart from an egg.
He threw it.
Splat! Right on target. Right slap bang on her head. She stood stock still as the purple goo from the egg ran down her. The goo seemed come to life… Petunia screamed as it started to make a noise and ran, trying to fling it off. But the goo started to turn into a fluffy purple fuzz ball and started to chase Petunia. All of them burst out laughing at the sight. Petunia who hated exercise was running around being chased by this purple thing and it was absolutely hilarious.
"What the hell is that James?" she managed to ask through her laughter.
"That is the latest craze for us prank-players. It's called an Apollo and it becomes immediately attached to the first thing it sees. And it doesn't leave until the one person who it's attached to apologises for his or her wrong." James grinned.
They all watched with amused expression as the Apollo chased after Petunia. She didn't seem to have heard James' explanation and had no idea how to get rid of it. She just screamed. She finally had some sense and ran inside to the downstairs toilet. Locking herself inside. The Apollo waited outside, bouncing by the door happily, waiting for her. After a while of cursing she finally heard footsteps come to the door.
"Petty, if you want the fuzz ball to leave you alone you'll have to apologise to James. It's your own fault you know! You brought this on yourself!" Lily warned her. Lily heard a huffy 'fine!' come from her. She called James over.
"I'm sorry." Petunia said finally.
"Oh? That was a bit pathetic. I think you should put some more sympathy into that 'sorry.'" James told her. He could basically see her fuming and grinned. Lily playfully hit him on the shoulder but grinned all the same.
"Fine….I'm….ugh…I'm sorry." Petunia finally said. The puffy fuzz ball stopped bouncing and turned into an egg again. The door clicked open and Petunia glared at Lily and James.
"I hate you!" she commented and stomped up the stairs.
"The feeling's mutual!" he called back up at her. The door slammed. At that, Lily burst out laughing.
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A/N: Hi everybody! Remember me? No? Thought not! Lol! I looked back at my last chapter and I told you all there wouldn't be a long lack of updates .! Sorry! I never meant for Writer's Block to happen! It was a mistake I tell you! And I was lost for ideas too! For pranks! Don't get me wrong, all of them were VERY good and better than anything I could've come up with, but I just couldn't seem to write them. They were your ideas. Not mine. So, I couldn't write them. I hope you all liked my pitiful attempt at writing some pranks…I'm not the funniest person around, so pranks just don't come to me naturally!
Also, sorry if this chapter is a crappier then the others! Lily's kick ass attitude will be back and I won't be making Sirius a professional Spanish Dancer ever again (not unless you want me too)! I say that he was under a spell and he could to that! How he managed to defy the M.O.M is beyond my reasoning…but expect him to be back to Second Year at Hogwarts!
I am sorry for the lack of updates. Writers Block did set in and then exams strolled along. But come Friday and my exams will be OVER! And that means, more time for updates!
So, if any of my old readers are reading…sorry for the lack of updates! If you know anyone who read this fic before I had my Writer's Block, could you tell them to come check out this chapter…please?
And new readers…feel free to tell a friend or two about my fic! ::stops self promoting her fic::!
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