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Chapter 5: Life is Good
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"Harry, wake up", shook James making Harry groan and wake up.
"Wake up mate. Time for the Marauder's to rule" smiled James, Sirius, Remus and Peter.
"What?" asked Harry, a bit groggy for waking up in the middle of the sleep.
"Come on. We are going to play pranks on Slytherins", chuckled Sirius.
Harry smiled wide. He knew he would be witnessing some of the pranks played on Snape. He wanted to wake Hermione up but decided against it. He quickly put on his jumper and his robes. He followed the Marauders, tip-toeing outside the common room. Remus opened the Marauder's map out. He then tapped the map and whispered the incantation.
"Coast is clear", he whispered to James. James nodded and led them towards third floor corridor and to the room which had Fluffy in Harry's first year.
"Alright, We all liked you and wish you to be a part of our Marauder's gang", smiled James. Harry was very happy. He simply smiled and nodded back.
"Wonderful, you need to get the dark mark and tackle a troll with bare hands to get inducted", smirked Sirius making Harry go pale.
"Don't mind him. He gets a little hyper when we go picking on Slytherins", apologized James, glaring at Sirius. Sirius nodded and calmed down.
"You see. We are all Animagi, one way or the other. We also wish you to join us in becoming one", said James.
"But James. I am already an Animagus", said Harry surprising everyone.
"I am infact a Golden Griffin....unregistered", continued Harry.
"Really?" gasped a shocked pack of four.
Harry nodded and turned into the magnificent Griffin immediately, shocking all the four. He then turned back to Harry quickly.
"That was awesome. You know, I don't remember anyone being a magical animagus", mused James recovering from his shock. Sirius and Remus dumbly nodded. Peter was too shocked to say anything.
"What do we do now?" asked Harry making Sirius beam the widest grin possible.
"Let's start the show", said James as the others followed them. They silently walked along the corridors, Remus occasionally making sure that no one is around in the vicinity. They approached the Slytherin common room.
"pureblood", whispered James, making the doors open up. They slid into the common room quietly.
Sirius was sniggering all along, probably thinking about the things they were going to do to the Slytherins. Harry looked at him strangely.
"Let's do it", whispered James. Sirius walked into the sixth year Slytherin dorm and whispered "Somnio induviae" and ran out giggling softly, like a child.
James motioned not to make any sounds and started swirling his wand around, making silent incantations. A thick mist started developing around and settled around the height of five feet. All Marauders looked at each other satisfied and walked out of the common room and shut it behind.
"What did we do down there?" asked Harry as they ran out of the dungeon.
"We charmed to make them look and feel naked, even if they are dressed, from tomorrow morning and James here made sure they also feel bald as they pass through the mist and see the same happen to each other Slytherins", said Sirius.
"Well, won't the teacher's say anything?" asked Harry, trying to judge the call.
"No, only Slytherins will see and feel all these", replied Remus catching up with James and a madly laughing Sirius.
Harry nodded and smiled.
'The Marauders are smart. No wonder they ruled during their time', thought Harry.
"Wait", warned Remus suddenly, making the rest stop dead on their tracks.
"Wilbur is coming this way", he hissed making all the rest shiver with fright. They didn't know why the professor would be roaming around the corridors at this hour, but there is no time to think and unfortunately, no class room around to hide. Harry noticed them panicking.
"It's Ok. Just don't make any noise. I will make sure we are not in trouble", said Harry. Before anyone could talk, he summoned the air guardian and it lifted all the five high into the air, almost touching the ceiling and held them there. In seconds, they found Wilbur walk past them, seriously searching for something, maybe them. He looked around and walked away. After a few minutes, Harry landed them down.
"Thanks Harry, you saved the day....err....night", said Sirius, imagining the punishment they would have got.
"Harry, How did you do it?" asked James, who is completely surprised.
"Err....I did learn some elemental magic last year", said Harry making everyone gasp.
"Wow....Harry. I mean, you mastered elements at such a young age?", said Remus rather rhetorically.
"Good for us. I mean, we could have set Slytherin house on fire", said Sirius laughing.
All five ran back to the Gryffindor common room and went to bed, imagining the next day and Slytherin show.
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The next morning Harry woke up and walked into the common room, to find Lily and Hermione sitting on the couch and talking with each other animatedly.
'They sure did hit off' thought Harry.
"Hello Lily, Hi Hermione", wished Harry and sat next to Hermione, putting a hand around her.
"You didn't sleep properly in the night, did you?" asked Hermione frowning at Harry. Harry sighed. He couldn't hide anything from Hermione. He simply nodded like a kid admitting his mistake. Hermione started lecturing immediately.
"My gosh, she is just like you Lil", mused Arabella, who just arrived. Lily frowned at the remark, but couldn't argue with Arabella as she was right.
'Hermione, would you stop lecturing me in front of my mother?' asked an exasperated Harry mentally.
'Sorry about that Harry. You know I didn't mean it. I was only concerned about you', replied Hermione.
'Don't worry about it. It's just that I am finding it hard to act in front of my parents as if I didn't know them from before. I am sorry for yelling at you', said Harry and kissed her mentally. Hermione smiled back dreamily.
"Hello, If you both care to stop that staring contest, we shall go for breakfast", interrupted Arabella. Harry and Hermione nodded and walked with the rest of the gang who just joined them.
As soon as they reached the Great hall, they found the most hilarious scene. The Slytherins were running around, trying to hide themselves behind chairs, tables and curtains. Some ran back all the way to their common room, while others hid themselves wherever they can. Most of them were feeling their heads, trick of James coming into play. On the contrary, they looked perfectly normal to everyone else, including the teachers. Sirius, James, Harry, Remus and Peter doubled with laughter while Lily, Hermione and Arabella looked in shock. Lily soon realized that it could be the doing of the Marauders. She glared at James and Sirius.
"What? We didn't do anything?" shrugged James, rather scared of Lily's wrath. Lily had infact warned all the Marauder's not to pull any pranks.
She simply walked past James and put a hand on Sirius's shoulder, who was oblivious to happenings between James and Lily.
"Siri, What a wonderful prank. I wonder who is that smart guy who pulled this", remarked Lily, sweetness dripping in her words. Sirius failed to notice the act Lily put up and a pleading James, trying to warn Sirius.
"Who else but us Lily. It was all my idea you know", said Sirius bragging about himself.
"So, It would be appropriate if I just give you a detention and not others", smirked Lily, proud of catching the culprits.
"What? You can't", shouted Sirius.
"Yes, I can. First, James, You, Harry, Remus and Peter follow me", said Lily, very upset about their behavior. They walked to the Gryffindor common room, very silently.
As soon as they reached the common room, James began pleading Lily.
"How many times must I tell you James. We are a prefects and you don't act like one. You should set an example to the younger ones and here you are, running around playing pranks on others. And now, you even included Harry in it", yelled Lily.
No one dared to talk back as they all know how much temper Lily can build up. Hermione walked towards Lily and touched her shoulder. As if water was poured on fire, Lily calmed down immediately. But she was determined to warn the boys.
"From now on, we will all be following you. We will not let you do any pranks, you understand?", warned Lily. Everyone, especially James and Sirius nodded.
"I am going to spy on you James, Hermione on Harry, Arabella on Sirius, Laura on Remus. Peter is such a nice guy who wouldn't do any of these silly pranks without your initiation", said Lily making James and Sirius glare at Peter.
"I am really disappointed with you James", said Lily angrily looking at him.
"Lil, It's not like I am causing pain to the innocent. Those Slytherins cause trouble to our young Gryffindors", sighed James trying to explain her. But she wouldn't listen.
"Would you put up if someone did the same to you in return?" asked Lily glaring at him.
Normally James would have swooned and given a kiss to soothe Lily when arguing and Lily would have melted in his arms. But this irked him a bit.
"Who would dare?" said James looking challenging.
"Alright, We shall see about it. As for now, I give you all a detention", paused Lily.
"I will speak with McGonagall on this matter", finished Lily. All the five shook their heads and walked from there.
'Harry, What happened?' asked Hermione mentally.
'Oh, Sirius, Remus and Dad pulled pranks of making Slytherins feel like their clothes disappear today and their hair lost. It was hilarious' laughed Harry mentally.
'Why didn't you tell me?' asked Hermione, with a slight hint of frustration.
Harry didn't reply.
'We need to talk. Meet me at the lake in half-an-hour', ordered Hermione while Harry silently nodded.
As soon as the boys left, Lily turned towards the girls.
"Team meeting", declared Lily.
'Team meeting?' wondered Hermione.
Lily led them towards the prefects bathroom and then through another corridor into an old, unused classroom. She closed the doors and turned towards the girls.
"Hermione, I am sorry, I didn't tell you. McGonagall asked me to make sure that Gryffindors do not pull pranks on Slytherins. Now, we girls took it upon ourselves to stop the Marauders from doing such things. Most of the times they get away with the pranks. But I think they are going too far. I really need your help to keep an eye on Harry", said Lily.
Hermione nodded and excused herself.
"I don't think Hermione would like it Lil. I mean, she is really in love with Harry and he also seems to be in love with her", said Arabella. Lily merely nodded.
'Hermione, Where are you?' asked Harry mentally, obviously waiting for her.
'Oh Harry, I will be there in just a sec', said Hermione and after making sure that no one is around apparated directly to the lake.
"What took you so long?" asked Harry.
"Lily organized a meeting. Apparently, as per McGonagall's request she is trying to control the Marauders from getting into trouble. She wanted me to keep an eye on you", said Hermione sighing.
"Hermione, you could keep both your eyes on me if you want to", smirked Harry lightly kissing her lips.
"What do we do now Harry? How are we going to get back?" asked Hermione.
Harry looked at her for a few seconds.
"I like it here Hermione, I mean with my parents. I know this is not going to be permanent. But, Life is good with them around, even if they are of my age, you know", said Harry.
"That is what I am afraid of Harry. You must not do anything that changes the future. If there is anything we might have learnt with a time-turner, that is it. I know how much you miss your parents, but you cannot change the future in any way to bring them back Harry", suggested Hermione with pleading eyes.
Harry simply nodded and kissed her forehead.
"Hermione. I am glad you are here with me to bring some sanity to the events. I don't know what I would do without you", smiled Harry making Hermione blush.
Slowly, they walked back hand in hand, not aware of two dark eyes watching them from the forbidden forest.
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"Damn, I never thought Lily would do this to us", sighed Sirius scrubbing stairs. Each one got a different detention, courtesy McGonagall. James was scrubbing pans in infirmary, while Remus was cleaning Potions class room. Peter helped Hagrid while Harry was serving detention with Dumbledore.
"Harry, I have some information for you, about the reason you traveled into past", said Dumbledore making Harry look up at him. He was sorting some parchments for Dumbledore that night.
"After reading some of the predictions made by the Founders, I understood that you will need to save someone close to you from harm. I do not know who or what sort of harm, but the result of your effort will influence your future very much", said Dumbledore peering over his half moon glasses.
Harry nodded trying to think who might be in danger. He really wished Lavender was around.
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**PRESENT**
"Sirius, How could it be possible?" asked a frustrated Ron.
Sirius sighed audibly.
"I don't know Ron. Me and Arabella went to say goodnight to Harry and Hermione and we didn't find them in their rooms. Both of their rooms were open and the door that led to the cellar was wide open. We never really cared to explore that place as it was filled with some antiques lying there from ages. Nothing seemed suspicious except for a box that lay open, with nothing in it", said Sirius looking pale at Arabella.
Arabella hugged Sirius tight. She loved Harry very much. He was like her own son. She had to hide her emotions being "old Mrs. Figg", his babysitter when living in Privet drive. Now, before she could experience the joy of being a godmother, Harry is away from her. She started sobbing silently in his embrace.
"Now, Ari, nothing will happen to him. He is the chosen one remember? He is a great wizard who defeated the dark lord", patted Sirius on her head. She simply nodded.
Ginny and Lavender were in near tears. Both loved Harry, like their brother and Hermione was their best friend. The three girls grew very close from their fifth year and were practically inseparable by the time they graduated.
"Maybe, we should look at the box closer", reasoned Draco trying to reach Harry by telepathy. He was actually trying from the moment they disappeared, but never heard from Harry or Hermione.
"I believe it's the box that took them somewhere", said Remus who was silent till then. Laura, his wife, walked to him and held his hand trying to understand.
"What do you mean?" asked Sirius
"I don't know, but I feel something about that box. Call it animal instincts. But we really need to see Dumbledore about this", suggested Remus.
"Why don't we go there now?" suggested Draco and all eight apparated to the edge of the forbidden forest and walked towards the school with various thoughts in their minds.
**END PRESENT**
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"Damn Slytherins", scoffed Sirius. That day the Slytherins teased and bullied a couple of first year Gryffindors. The real reason the Marauders play pranks on the Slytherins is that they bully and create trouble to all young Gryffindors, Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs. In fact, all three houses enjoy Slytherins being played pranks upon.
Sirius smiled wide as he approached Slytherin common room, cleaning the stairs. He looked around quickly and stood up took his wand out of his robes, which he hid before he started on the detention.
"Vestigius Scindo" murmured Sirius at the three stairs and carefully skipped them while running away towards the Gryffindor common room, finishing the detention.
All the five gathered in the common room after their detentions. Harry was least tired but Sirius seemed to be grinning like a goof.
"Why are you grinning?" asked an irritated James.
Sirius lowered his voice and told everyone about what he did. All applauded silently and patted him. They all hit the sack imagining the horror on Slytherins face the next morning.
It was chaos all over Slytherin again the next day. Who ever walked over the stairs had their feet splintered into four, making them look like a eight feet weirdos. It took major part of the day for Pomfrey, Flitwick and McGonagall to cure all the Slytherins.
"It's those Gryffindors. Why aren't they punished?" shouted a frustrated Snape.
"Mr. Snape. Please go back to your common room or loose points", responded Wilbur coldly.
Sirius, James, Remus, Harry and Peter chuckled at the scene. Hermione couldn't control her smile at Snape's woes.
"It's time we feed them some of their own medicine", sighed Lily. Arabella grinned. She is going to have some fun.
"What are you beautiful girls up to?" asked Sirius bowing lightly.
Before Arabella would swoon and kiss him, Lily glared at her and stopped her.
"Nothing Sirius. We were just going to the library", suggested Lily and dragged a protesting Arabella along with Hermione and Laura to the library.
Everyone went to their classes for the rest of the day. Sirius received a detention and lost some points, detention for making Wilbur's books scream vulgar words as he opened it and lost points for making Flitwick fly across whenever he swished his wand.
After serving his detention Sirius walked heavily back to the common room, only to be stopped by the whispers about the Marauders.
"Tonight we will charm the Marauders in their sleep", announced Lily, unaware of Sirius eavesdropping.
That night the four girls walked like cats to the boys dorm. Lily whispered a charm and they ran back giggling to their dorms. What they didn't know was that the boys already charmed the girls dorms.
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The next morning the Marauders woke up with pink hair and girly dresses, which they couldn't discard normally. James had a pleated gown and a his hair was a bun. Remus had a pony tail and long dress that showed his back. Sirius was the most hilarious with pig tails and a skirt. Only Harry had just a girl's pajama.
"Dam you Harry. You had it easy mate", Sirius feigned some cursing.
"Looks like Hermione is in love with you Harry", sniggered James making Harry blush.
"As much as I like to see him blush, I hate to see ourselves in these girly dresses", sighed Remus.
"Don't worry guys. I will revert you back", said Harry.
Harry had to use his magic to revert them back, not before most of the fourth and fifth year Gryffindors made fun of them.
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Lily woke up first that morning. As soon as she put her feet down from her bed, something felt odd. She walked towards the mirror and screamed loud waking up the rest of the girls. Her hair was green and her eye lashes were white. She looked like a joker in the circus. Arabella was even worse. It seemed that Sirius did a great job with her face. She grew some brown whiskers and her hair was yellow in color. Laura's hair was all spiked up and purple in color. But, Hermione had roses, sprouted on both sides of her head. It didn't look that bad. It looked like she decorated her hair with a few roses.
"I can't believe it Hermione. We got all this treatment and all you get is a few flowers that actually make you look good?", sighed Arabella.
Hermione merely giggled.
'Thanks Harry', she said to him in her mind.
'Any time' came back a cheering message.
Soon the Marauder's and the girls met in the common room and called it even. James reverted Lily back to normal and Remus did to Laura. But Sirius was reluctant to revert Arabella.
"Ari, you look like a hot kitten you know", whispered into Arabella's ear.
"And you look like Alice, from wonderland", giggled Arabella kissing him.
"You guys are sick", said Remus shaking his head only to hear laughter from Sirius and Arabella.
Meanwhile James and Lily already occupied a couch fervently kissing each other. They missed each other too much. Harry sighed and walked out to join Hermione. Harry was very happy to see his parents together, something he never thought possible in his life. Besides, he wanted to spend sometime alone with Hermione. Since their arrival into the past, they hardly found time for each other.
Harry walked into the library with Hermione. She walked straight to the restricted section and started searching for books regarding time travel. Bored with being in library, Harry decided to relax a bit.
"Hermione, I will be practicing some Quidditch", said Harry. Hermione simply nodded. But before Harry could walk away, Hermione caught hold of him and gave him a deep kiss. Harry grinned and looked dazed.
"Wow, Hermione. That was awesome", making Hermione laugh.
"Now, play safe", said Hermione kissing on his cheek. Harry simply nodded like a kid and walked away grinning.
A pair of eyes watched and smiled evilly as Harry left the library towards the Quidditch field. A stranger emerged out of the shadows and sneaked into the library.
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A/N: Thanks for going through. Now, I would love to hear your opinions....
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Devil-Angel-sWEETY : I guess I took some of your suggestions into consideration. If I didn't live up to your ideas, guess it is only to keep up with my plans in the next chapter...Love to hear more!!!
sew2100 : Thanks for the feedback.
solar : Glad you liked it. Enjoy the rest.
Muirnin : Hope you like this one too. More lily & Hermione to come.
Usagi Tsukino : Here you go
Jordan : Here you go. I must make sure I sound like Harry & Hermione from Founder's prophecy with lots of powers.....
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Chapter 5: Life is Good
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"Harry, wake up", shook James making Harry groan and wake up.
"Wake up mate. Time for the Marauder's to rule" smiled James, Sirius, Remus and Peter.
"What?" asked Harry, a bit groggy for waking up in the middle of the sleep.
"Come on. We are going to play pranks on Slytherins", chuckled Sirius.
Harry smiled wide. He knew he would be witnessing some of the pranks played on Snape. He wanted to wake Hermione up but decided against it. He quickly put on his jumper and his robes. He followed the Marauders, tip-toeing outside the common room. Remus opened the Marauder's map out. He then tapped the map and whispered the incantation.
"Coast is clear", he whispered to James. James nodded and led them towards third floor corridor and to the room which had Fluffy in Harry's first year.
"Alright, We all liked you and wish you to be a part of our Marauder's gang", smiled James. Harry was very happy. He simply smiled and nodded back.
"Wonderful, you need to get the dark mark and tackle a troll with bare hands to get inducted", smirked Sirius making Harry go pale.
"Don't mind him. He gets a little hyper when we go picking on Slytherins", apologized James, glaring at Sirius. Sirius nodded and calmed down.
"You see. We are all Animagi, one way or the other. We also wish you to join us in becoming one", said James.
"But James. I am already an Animagus", said Harry surprising everyone.
"I am infact a Golden Griffin....unregistered", continued Harry.
"Really?" gasped a shocked pack of four.
Harry nodded and turned into the magnificent Griffin immediately, shocking all the four. He then turned back to Harry quickly.
"That was awesome. You know, I don't remember anyone being a magical animagus", mused James recovering from his shock. Sirius and Remus dumbly nodded. Peter was too shocked to say anything.
"What do we do now?" asked Harry making Sirius beam the widest grin possible.
"Let's start the show", said James as the others followed them. They silently walked along the corridors, Remus occasionally making sure that no one is around in the vicinity. They approached the Slytherin common room.
"pureblood", whispered James, making the doors open up. They slid into the common room quietly.
Sirius was sniggering all along, probably thinking about the things they were going to do to the Slytherins. Harry looked at him strangely.
"Let's do it", whispered James. Sirius walked into the sixth year Slytherin dorm and whispered "Somnio induviae" and ran out giggling softly, like a child.
James motioned not to make any sounds and started swirling his wand around, making silent incantations. A thick mist started developing around and settled around the height of five feet. All Marauders looked at each other satisfied and walked out of the common room and shut it behind.
"What did we do down there?" asked Harry as they ran out of the dungeon.
"We charmed to make them look and feel naked, even if they are dressed, from tomorrow morning and James here made sure they also feel bald as they pass through the mist and see the same happen to each other Slytherins", said Sirius.
"Well, won't the teacher's say anything?" asked Harry, trying to judge the call.
"No, only Slytherins will see and feel all these", replied Remus catching up with James and a madly laughing Sirius.
Harry nodded and smiled.
'The Marauders are smart. No wonder they ruled during their time', thought Harry.
"Wait", warned Remus suddenly, making the rest stop dead on their tracks.
"Wilbur is coming this way", he hissed making all the rest shiver with fright. They didn't know why the professor would be roaming around the corridors at this hour, but there is no time to think and unfortunately, no class room around to hide. Harry noticed them panicking.
"It's Ok. Just don't make any noise. I will make sure we are not in trouble", said Harry. Before anyone could talk, he summoned the air guardian and it lifted all the five high into the air, almost touching the ceiling and held them there. In seconds, they found Wilbur walk past them, seriously searching for something, maybe them. He looked around and walked away. After a few minutes, Harry landed them down.
"Thanks Harry, you saved the day....err....night", said Sirius, imagining the punishment they would have got.
"Harry, How did you do it?" asked James, who is completely surprised.
"Err....I did learn some elemental magic last year", said Harry making everyone gasp.
"Wow....Harry. I mean, you mastered elements at such a young age?", said Remus rather rhetorically.
"Good for us. I mean, we could have set Slytherin house on fire", said Sirius laughing.
All five ran back to the Gryffindor common room and went to bed, imagining the next day and Slytherin show.
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The next morning Harry woke up and walked into the common room, to find Lily and Hermione sitting on the couch and talking with each other animatedly.
'They sure did hit off' thought Harry.
"Hello Lily, Hi Hermione", wished Harry and sat next to Hermione, putting a hand around her.
"You didn't sleep properly in the night, did you?" asked Hermione frowning at Harry. Harry sighed. He couldn't hide anything from Hermione. He simply nodded like a kid admitting his mistake. Hermione started lecturing immediately.
"My gosh, she is just like you Lil", mused Arabella, who just arrived. Lily frowned at the remark, but couldn't argue with Arabella as she was right.
'Hermione, would you stop lecturing me in front of my mother?' asked an exasperated Harry mentally.
'Sorry about that Harry. You know I didn't mean it. I was only concerned about you', replied Hermione.
'Don't worry about it. It's just that I am finding it hard to act in front of my parents as if I didn't know them from before. I am sorry for yelling at you', said Harry and kissed her mentally. Hermione smiled back dreamily.
"Hello, If you both care to stop that staring contest, we shall go for breakfast", interrupted Arabella. Harry and Hermione nodded and walked with the rest of the gang who just joined them.
As soon as they reached the Great hall, they found the most hilarious scene. The Slytherins were running around, trying to hide themselves behind chairs, tables and curtains. Some ran back all the way to their common room, while others hid themselves wherever they can. Most of them were feeling their heads, trick of James coming into play. On the contrary, they looked perfectly normal to everyone else, including the teachers. Sirius, James, Harry, Remus and Peter doubled with laughter while Lily, Hermione and Arabella looked in shock. Lily soon realized that it could be the doing of the Marauders. She glared at James and Sirius.
"What? We didn't do anything?" shrugged James, rather scared of Lily's wrath. Lily had infact warned all the Marauder's not to pull any pranks.
She simply walked past James and put a hand on Sirius's shoulder, who was oblivious to happenings between James and Lily.
"Siri, What a wonderful prank. I wonder who is that smart guy who pulled this", remarked Lily, sweetness dripping in her words. Sirius failed to notice the act Lily put up and a pleading James, trying to warn Sirius.
"Who else but us Lily. It was all my idea you know", said Sirius bragging about himself.
"So, It would be appropriate if I just give you a detention and not others", smirked Lily, proud of catching the culprits.
"What? You can't", shouted Sirius.
"Yes, I can. First, James, You, Harry, Remus and Peter follow me", said Lily, very upset about their behavior. They walked to the Gryffindor common room, very silently.
As soon as they reached the common room, James began pleading Lily.
"How many times must I tell you James. We are a prefects and you don't act like one. You should set an example to the younger ones and here you are, running around playing pranks on others. And now, you even included Harry in it", yelled Lily.
No one dared to talk back as they all know how much temper Lily can build up. Hermione walked towards Lily and touched her shoulder. As if water was poured on fire, Lily calmed down immediately. But she was determined to warn the boys.
"From now on, we will all be following you. We will not let you do any pranks, you understand?", warned Lily. Everyone, especially James and Sirius nodded.
"I am going to spy on you James, Hermione on Harry, Arabella on Sirius, Laura on Remus. Peter is such a nice guy who wouldn't do any of these silly pranks without your initiation", said Lily making James and Sirius glare at Peter.
"I am really disappointed with you James", said Lily angrily looking at him.
"Lil, It's not like I am causing pain to the innocent. Those Slytherins cause trouble to our young Gryffindors", sighed James trying to explain her. But she wouldn't listen.
"Would you put up if someone did the same to you in return?" asked Lily glaring at him.
Normally James would have swooned and given a kiss to soothe Lily when arguing and Lily would have melted in his arms. But this irked him a bit.
"Who would dare?" said James looking challenging.
"Alright, We shall see about it. As for now, I give you all a detention", paused Lily.
"I will speak with McGonagall on this matter", finished Lily. All the five shook their heads and walked from there.
'Harry, What happened?' asked Hermione mentally.
'Oh, Sirius, Remus and Dad pulled pranks of making Slytherins feel like their clothes disappear today and their hair lost. It was hilarious' laughed Harry mentally.
'Why didn't you tell me?' asked Hermione, with a slight hint of frustration.
Harry didn't reply.
'We need to talk. Meet me at the lake in half-an-hour', ordered Hermione while Harry silently nodded.
As soon as the boys left, Lily turned towards the girls.
"Team meeting", declared Lily.
'Team meeting?' wondered Hermione.
Lily led them towards the prefects bathroom and then through another corridor into an old, unused classroom. She closed the doors and turned towards the girls.
"Hermione, I am sorry, I didn't tell you. McGonagall asked me to make sure that Gryffindors do not pull pranks on Slytherins. Now, we girls took it upon ourselves to stop the Marauders from doing such things. Most of the times they get away with the pranks. But I think they are going too far. I really need your help to keep an eye on Harry", said Lily.
Hermione nodded and excused herself.
"I don't think Hermione would like it Lil. I mean, she is really in love with Harry and he also seems to be in love with her", said Arabella. Lily merely nodded.
'Hermione, Where are you?' asked Harry mentally, obviously waiting for her.
'Oh Harry, I will be there in just a sec', said Hermione and after making sure that no one is around apparated directly to the lake.
"What took you so long?" asked Harry.
"Lily organized a meeting. Apparently, as per McGonagall's request she is trying to control the Marauders from getting into trouble. She wanted me to keep an eye on you", said Hermione sighing.
"Hermione, you could keep both your eyes on me if you want to", smirked Harry lightly kissing her lips.
"What do we do now Harry? How are we going to get back?" asked Hermione.
Harry looked at her for a few seconds.
"I like it here Hermione, I mean with my parents. I know this is not going to be permanent. But, Life is good with them around, even if they are of my age, you know", said Harry.
"That is what I am afraid of Harry. You must not do anything that changes the future. If there is anything we might have learnt with a time-turner, that is it. I know how much you miss your parents, but you cannot change the future in any way to bring them back Harry", suggested Hermione with pleading eyes.
Harry simply nodded and kissed her forehead.
"Hermione. I am glad you are here with me to bring some sanity to the events. I don't know what I would do without you", smiled Harry making Hermione blush.
Slowly, they walked back hand in hand, not aware of two dark eyes watching them from the forbidden forest.
* * *
"Damn, I never thought Lily would do this to us", sighed Sirius scrubbing stairs. Each one got a different detention, courtesy McGonagall. James was scrubbing pans in infirmary, while Remus was cleaning Potions class room. Peter helped Hagrid while Harry was serving detention with Dumbledore.
"Harry, I have some information for you, about the reason you traveled into past", said Dumbledore making Harry look up at him. He was sorting some parchments for Dumbledore that night.
"After reading some of the predictions made by the Founders, I understood that you will need to save someone close to you from harm. I do not know who or what sort of harm, but the result of your effort will influence your future very much", said Dumbledore peering over his half moon glasses.
Harry nodded trying to think who might be in danger. He really wished Lavender was around.
* * *
**PRESENT**
"Sirius, How could it be possible?" asked a frustrated Ron.
Sirius sighed audibly.
"I don't know Ron. Me and Arabella went to say goodnight to Harry and Hermione and we didn't find them in their rooms. Both of their rooms were open and the door that led to the cellar was wide open. We never really cared to explore that place as it was filled with some antiques lying there from ages. Nothing seemed suspicious except for a box that lay open, with nothing in it", said Sirius looking pale at Arabella.
Arabella hugged Sirius tight. She loved Harry very much. He was like her own son. She had to hide her emotions being "old Mrs. Figg", his babysitter when living in Privet drive. Now, before she could experience the joy of being a godmother, Harry is away from her. She started sobbing silently in his embrace.
"Now, Ari, nothing will happen to him. He is the chosen one remember? He is a great wizard who defeated the dark lord", patted Sirius on her head. She simply nodded.
Ginny and Lavender were in near tears. Both loved Harry, like their brother and Hermione was their best friend. The three girls grew very close from their fifth year and were practically inseparable by the time they graduated.
"Maybe, we should look at the box closer", reasoned Draco trying to reach Harry by telepathy. He was actually trying from the moment they disappeared, but never heard from Harry or Hermione.
"I believe it's the box that took them somewhere", said Remus who was silent till then. Laura, his wife, walked to him and held his hand trying to understand.
"What do you mean?" asked Sirius
"I don't know, but I feel something about that box. Call it animal instincts. But we really need to see Dumbledore about this", suggested Remus.
"Why don't we go there now?" suggested Draco and all eight apparated to the edge of the forbidden forest and walked towards the school with various thoughts in their minds.
**END PRESENT**
* * *
"Damn Slytherins", scoffed Sirius. That day the Slytherins teased and bullied a couple of first year Gryffindors. The real reason the Marauders play pranks on the Slytherins is that they bully and create trouble to all young Gryffindors, Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs. In fact, all three houses enjoy Slytherins being played pranks upon.
Sirius smiled wide as he approached Slytherin common room, cleaning the stairs. He looked around quickly and stood up took his wand out of his robes, which he hid before he started on the detention.
"Vestigius Scindo" murmured Sirius at the three stairs and carefully skipped them while running away towards the Gryffindor common room, finishing the detention.
All the five gathered in the common room after their detentions. Harry was least tired but Sirius seemed to be grinning like a goof.
"Why are you grinning?" asked an irritated James.
Sirius lowered his voice and told everyone about what he did. All applauded silently and patted him. They all hit the sack imagining the horror on Slytherins face the next morning.
It was chaos all over Slytherin again the next day. Who ever walked over the stairs had their feet splintered into four, making them look like a eight feet weirdos. It took major part of the day for Pomfrey, Flitwick and McGonagall to cure all the Slytherins.
"It's those Gryffindors. Why aren't they punished?" shouted a frustrated Snape.
"Mr. Snape. Please go back to your common room or loose points", responded Wilbur coldly.
Sirius, James, Remus, Harry and Peter chuckled at the scene. Hermione couldn't control her smile at Snape's woes.
"It's time we feed them some of their own medicine", sighed Lily. Arabella grinned. She is going to have some fun.
"What are you beautiful girls up to?" asked Sirius bowing lightly.
Before Arabella would swoon and kiss him, Lily glared at her and stopped her.
"Nothing Sirius. We were just going to the library", suggested Lily and dragged a protesting Arabella along with Hermione and Laura to the library.
Everyone went to their classes for the rest of the day. Sirius received a detention and lost some points, detention for making Wilbur's books scream vulgar words as he opened it and lost points for making Flitwick fly across whenever he swished his wand.
After serving his detention Sirius walked heavily back to the common room, only to be stopped by the whispers about the Marauders.
"Tonight we will charm the Marauders in their sleep", announced Lily, unaware of Sirius eavesdropping.
That night the four girls walked like cats to the boys dorm. Lily whispered a charm and they ran back giggling to their dorms. What they didn't know was that the boys already charmed the girls dorms.
* * *
The next morning the Marauders woke up with pink hair and girly dresses, which they couldn't discard normally. James had a pleated gown and a his hair was a bun. Remus had a pony tail and long dress that showed his back. Sirius was the most hilarious with pig tails and a skirt. Only Harry had just a girl's pajama.
"Dam you Harry. You had it easy mate", Sirius feigned some cursing.
"Looks like Hermione is in love with you Harry", sniggered James making Harry blush.
"As much as I like to see him blush, I hate to see ourselves in these girly dresses", sighed Remus.
"Don't worry guys. I will revert you back", said Harry.
Harry had to use his magic to revert them back, not before most of the fourth and fifth year Gryffindors made fun of them.
* * *
Lily woke up first that morning. As soon as she put her feet down from her bed, something felt odd. She walked towards the mirror and screamed loud waking up the rest of the girls. Her hair was green and her eye lashes were white. She looked like a joker in the circus. Arabella was even worse. It seemed that Sirius did a great job with her face. She grew some brown whiskers and her hair was yellow in color. Laura's hair was all spiked up and purple in color. But, Hermione had roses, sprouted on both sides of her head. It didn't look that bad. It looked like she decorated her hair with a few roses.
"I can't believe it Hermione. We got all this treatment and all you get is a few flowers that actually make you look good?", sighed Arabella.
Hermione merely giggled.
'Thanks Harry', she said to him in her mind.
'Any time' came back a cheering message.
Soon the Marauder's and the girls met in the common room and called it even. James reverted Lily back to normal and Remus did to Laura. But Sirius was reluctant to revert Arabella.
"Ari, you look like a hot kitten you know", whispered into Arabella's ear.
"And you look like Alice, from wonderland", giggled Arabella kissing him.
"You guys are sick", said Remus shaking his head only to hear laughter from Sirius and Arabella.
Meanwhile James and Lily already occupied a couch fervently kissing each other. They missed each other too much. Harry sighed and walked out to join Hermione. Harry was very happy to see his parents together, something he never thought possible in his life. Besides, he wanted to spend sometime alone with Hermione. Since their arrival into the past, they hardly found time for each other.
Harry walked into the library with Hermione. She walked straight to the restricted section and started searching for books regarding time travel. Bored with being in library, Harry decided to relax a bit.
"Hermione, I will be practicing some Quidditch", said Harry. Hermione simply nodded. But before Harry could walk away, Hermione caught hold of him and gave him a deep kiss. Harry grinned and looked dazed.
"Wow, Hermione. That was awesome", making Hermione laugh.
"Now, play safe", said Hermione kissing on his cheek. Harry simply nodded like a kid and walked away grinning.
A pair of eyes watched and smiled evilly as Harry left the library towards the Quidditch field. A stranger emerged out of the shadows and sneaked into the library.
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A/N: Thanks for going through. Now, I would love to hear your opinions....