The Marauder and the Prefect
By: super fox
Chapter 4
A/N: Before I go on with my story, I really need to say this:
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REVIEWS! I never even DREAMED that anyone would
actually READ my fanfic! I feel so happy... Anyway, enough with my mindless
babbling! Let's get on with the story!
After James and Lily finished their project, they headed back to the
Gryffindor common room, where, to James and Lily's surprise, people started
cheering for them.
"Oh, Lily!" said Katie happily. "We knew that you would come out sometime!"
"Nice acting, though." said Emma, amused.
"Huh? What are you guys talking about?" said Lily, confused.
"Oh, there's no reason to pretend Lily! I saw you and James in that
classroom! It was surely going to happen sometime anyway!" said Rebecca,
slightly disappointed (she had a crush on James), yet happy for her friend.
Now, if Lily was watching herself from afar at this very moment, she would
have expected herself to yell, scream, and run up to the girls dormitories
never to come out again, hexing anyone who dared to stand in her way, since
Lily was known to have a bad temper. But to her amazement, her reaction was
totally different; Lily suddenly felt so relieved it felt as if a big
weight was lifted off her shoulders. She smiled sheepishly, said "You
caught me!" and went off to tell James that it's OK, because by the looks
of him, he thought Lily was going to burst any minute now.
* * * * * * * * * *
"Lily! Lily! LILY!"
"I don' wanna gettup!" said Lily to her friends, rolling over to the other
side of her bed.
"LILY! Today is the last time we are going to visit Hogsmead in the entire
school year! Don't you want to make the best out of it?"
At this, Lily sat up straight. She had entirely forgotten that today was
their last trip to Hogsmead of the school year! She ran to the bathroom,
brushed her teeth, combed her hair, got dressed and ran off to the Great
Hall for breakfast. When she came down, most of the girls looked at her,
and there was only one word to describe them: jealous. 'Wow, the news about
me and Potter must have gone through quickly!' she thought, but didn't
care.
"'Morning Evans! I mean Lily, I mean, wait, can I call you Lily?"
Lily laughed, and said "Yes, you can call me Lily..."
After finishing breakfast, all the third years and up started heading for
Hogsmead. It was a nice, sunny day again, and the sky was crystal blue.
"So..." said James, after a while of awkward silence, "What'd you say we
head for the three broomsticks and get ourselves some butterbeers?"
"Sure." said Lily, feeling odder than ever. 'Who would believe,' she
thought, 'that just a few days ago I called him an arrogant little show off
that thinks that he's above the rest of the world..."
After another few minutes of awkward silence, James and Lily arrived at the three broomsticks. Lily was just about to get out a few sickles for her butterbeer, when James held her back and said, "My treat." After James paid for his and Lily's butterbeers, they sat down at one of the tables near the window, facing each other. "Well," said Lily, trying to start a conversation, "tomorrow is the next Quidditch game, Gryffindor vs. Slytherin." James was surprised to see that Lily was talking about Quidditch, but seized the chance to start a conversation, and said "Yeah, but there is no way the Slytherin's are gonna win! We spied on them during their practice time," James felt a little guilty about telling this to Lily, but she showed no sign of noticing the error in his ways, "and since we already know about their plans about knocking us off our brooms... We have a good chance of winning. Plus," he added as an afterthought, "I just learned a few new seeker tricks from the last world championship, one of them is called the Wronski defensive feint, it's when you fool the seeker of the other team that you just saw the snitch, and make him crash right into the ground... Hehehe..." James and Lily went on, talking about Quidditch for over thirty minutes, until James remembered that he had something he wanted to show Lily... "Oh, um, by the way Lily, there is something I want to show you..." said James with a slightly evil grin. "OK." said Lily, wondering what on earth James would want to show her. James led Lily out of the three broomsticks, out of the main street, and down by an open field, were no one could hear them. "I have a question..." said James, the slightly evil grin still on his face. "Who is someone you would really want to humiliate without them knowing it's really you?" "Well," said Lily, not knowing were this is going, "I would really like to humiliate that Malfoy kid, for calling me a mudblood all the time, but why on earth-?" "Say no more, Lily, just follow me!" said James enthusiastically. Lily followed James (who was fidgeting with something silvery in his pocket) all the way back to the main street, and to a small empty space beside the candy shop, were Snape and Malfoy were standing. James led Lily straight into a bush, told her to wait there and get a good look at Snape and Malfoy, and put on the silvery thing in his pocket, which now Lily noticed was an invisibility cloak. Lily, who now had a slight idea were this was going, looked eagerly at Snape and Malfoy, who now got a dung bombs thrown at them. "What the-?" Another dung bomb got thrown straight towards Malfoy's mouth, which prevented him from completing his sentence. "Who's there?" asked a pale looking Snape, who just got another dung bomb thrown at him. Suddenly, a firework that was set off blasted red and gold bits on Malfoy, and another firework hovered a few feet above the ground and spelled: Snape, you slimy git! Lily was now rolling on the ground with laughter, like most of the other students that were watching. Dung bombes and slime bombs got thrown, fireworks with rude comments and bits of red and gold got set off, but Snape and Malfoy had no idea were they were all coming from. While everyone was cracking up, (especially Lily and the other Marauders that came to watch, who all knew what was going on), Snape and Malfoy started running away, yelling "GHOST!" "I must admit, James," said Lily, still laughing, "That was one of the funniest pranks I ever saw!" James smiled at her, said "It was nothing, really..." and started telling Lily about every single prank he pulled as they headed back to the castle. Lily, who just couldn't stop laughing, thought, 'I thought I'd never see the day when I would find any of Potter's childish pranks funny...'
End of Chapter 4 A/N: By the way, I want to note to you all that this chapter FINALLY didn't end in a CHLIFFHANGER! Oh yeah, and I know that Lily and James started dating in the seventh year, I just felt like making a little change... Teehee...
After another few minutes of awkward silence, James and Lily arrived at the three broomsticks. Lily was just about to get out a few sickles for her butterbeer, when James held her back and said, "My treat." After James paid for his and Lily's butterbeers, they sat down at one of the tables near the window, facing each other. "Well," said Lily, trying to start a conversation, "tomorrow is the next Quidditch game, Gryffindor vs. Slytherin." James was surprised to see that Lily was talking about Quidditch, but seized the chance to start a conversation, and said "Yeah, but there is no way the Slytherin's are gonna win! We spied on them during their practice time," James felt a little guilty about telling this to Lily, but she showed no sign of noticing the error in his ways, "and since we already know about their plans about knocking us off our brooms... We have a good chance of winning. Plus," he added as an afterthought, "I just learned a few new seeker tricks from the last world championship, one of them is called the Wronski defensive feint, it's when you fool the seeker of the other team that you just saw the snitch, and make him crash right into the ground... Hehehe..." James and Lily went on, talking about Quidditch for over thirty minutes, until James remembered that he had something he wanted to show Lily... "Oh, um, by the way Lily, there is something I want to show you..." said James with a slightly evil grin. "OK." said Lily, wondering what on earth James would want to show her. James led Lily out of the three broomsticks, out of the main street, and down by an open field, were no one could hear them. "I have a question..." said James, the slightly evil grin still on his face. "Who is someone you would really want to humiliate without them knowing it's really you?" "Well," said Lily, not knowing were this is going, "I would really like to humiliate that Malfoy kid, for calling me a mudblood all the time, but why on earth-?" "Say no more, Lily, just follow me!" said James enthusiastically. Lily followed James (who was fidgeting with something silvery in his pocket) all the way back to the main street, and to a small empty space beside the candy shop, were Snape and Malfoy were standing. James led Lily straight into a bush, told her to wait there and get a good look at Snape and Malfoy, and put on the silvery thing in his pocket, which now Lily noticed was an invisibility cloak. Lily, who now had a slight idea were this was going, looked eagerly at Snape and Malfoy, who now got a dung bombs thrown at them. "What the-?" Another dung bomb got thrown straight towards Malfoy's mouth, which prevented him from completing his sentence. "Who's there?" asked a pale looking Snape, who just got another dung bomb thrown at him. Suddenly, a firework that was set off blasted red and gold bits on Malfoy, and another firework hovered a few feet above the ground and spelled: Snape, you slimy git! Lily was now rolling on the ground with laughter, like most of the other students that were watching. Dung bombes and slime bombs got thrown, fireworks with rude comments and bits of red and gold got set off, but Snape and Malfoy had no idea were they were all coming from. While everyone was cracking up, (especially Lily and the other Marauders that came to watch, who all knew what was going on), Snape and Malfoy started running away, yelling "GHOST!" "I must admit, James," said Lily, still laughing, "That was one of the funniest pranks I ever saw!" James smiled at her, said "It was nothing, really..." and started telling Lily about every single prank he pulled as they headed back to the castle. Lily, who just couldn't stop laughing, thought, 'I thought I'd never see the day when I would find any of Potter's childish pranks funny...'
End of Chapter 4 A/N: By the way, I want to note to you all that this chapter FINALLY didn't end in a CHLIFFHANGER! Oh yeah, and I know that Lily and James started dating in the seventh year, I just felt like making a little change... Teehee...
