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A/N: Thanks to Shree and Tom Girl for reviewing the first chapter :) Hope you like this one! (To Ali and Fran, thanks for the review, despite the fact I already know what you think *grin*)

CHAPTER 2

They had finally managed to separate Lily and James and were now firmly escorting them back to their own dormitories to de-hex.  Fee and Bella exchanged a worried look, they had never seen Lily looking so mad (or as Bella had pointed out, so blue, she had had to dodge the leg-locker curse that Lily had thrown at her).

"Lils, will you just sit down, we have to find out what he did to make your skin blue so we can find the counter-curse.  Do you remember any of the ones he did?"  Fee asked, desperately flicking through her 'Standard Book of Spells Grade Six'.  Bella was sitting on her bed, her eyes following the pacing Lily trying to distinguish what hexes James had used.

"Anguicomus," Bella suddenly called out.

"Thanks Bells," Fee replied sarcastically, "you're really being helpful, look up the counter curse unless your want Lily to have hair made out of snakes for the rest of eternity!"  Bella rolled her eyes but got up to grab a book off the shelf.

"I am sooo going to get him back for this!"  Lily ground out, on top of what James had done to her hair and skin he had also turned her eyes black, she loved the colour of her eyes, ugh! I hate him! she thought bitterly.

"What are we going to do to him?"  Fee inquired eagerly, snapping the book shut.

"Something worse than anything the Marauders have ever done," Lily replied, a grin spread over each of their faces.  "The best time would be at full moon, when they're one man down, Peter isn't good for anything, so that just leaves us Sirius and James to contend with, both of whom are compulsive so they should play right into our hands." Lily said, thinking out loud. 

Fee and Bella exchanged a look, "Lils," Fee said, "wouldn't that let them know that we know how Moony got his nickname?"

Lily cocked her head on one side, thinking… "No, they'll just assume it's because he's the one of them we can actually stand so we didn't want to involve him, plus he's the smart one so they'll probably just presume we wanted to even up the odds," she shrugged.  The girls nodded their agreement.

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James was lying in the floor of his dormitory where his friends had unceremoniously dumped him.  "Will you guys hurry up with the counter for this stupid curse?" he blustered.  At the moment he was seriously annoyed with them, they had literally dragged him up the stairs, due to Lily's leg-locker curse. 

Remus was sitting on the bed and frowning, "I tried the counter, but I think the curse may have reacted with something else she did, so its not working, maybe we have to say both counters at the same time, do you remember what else she used?" he asked James. 

Sirius ran his hands through his hair and looked deep in thought, he blinked, "I think…"  he said slowly, pausing for effect, the others turning to look at him expectantly, "I think… Lily's name shall now be Medusa…" he grinned.

James groaned. "Padfoot, how the hell is that going to help me?"  he demanded. 

Sirius looked at him like he'd missed the obvious. "Prongs, dear fellow, it will, of course, help you to still annoy the fair maiden when we make you go to apologise." 

Remus and James gaped at him, James spluttered incoherently,

"You've got to be joking!? James asked his voice rising. 

"No, I'm Sirius," he replied.  Remus cracked a smile at their antics and sat back to watch the show. 

"Sirius, I'm not apologising to that… that…"  James stopped unable to think of a horrible enough name for Lily.

"Yes, you are Prongs, because Mummy always taught you to be nice to girls," Sirius smirked.  James hit himself on the head, still being in the leg-locker curse, he was unable to hit Sirius.

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"It's called chemistry my dear Lily." Fee grinned at Arabella's words to describe Lily and James' constant arguing, Lily started to glare.

"Yes Lils," Fee said standing up and clasping a cushion to her, "it's soooo romantic," Fee fell to the bed in a swoon, before proceeding to giggle madly. Lily tried hard to keep a straight face but Arabella was now striding dramatically round the dormitory with the net curtain on her head, pretending to be a tragic heroine.  Fee jumped up off the bed and grabbed the blanket that was folded up at the bottom of it and wrapping it round her she staggered around the room in an imitation of an old crone. "Would you like an apple, deary?" she croaked. 

Lily at this point was in full blown hysterics and jumping onto her bed. She grabbed her dress robes, and slung the hanger over her neck, as if she were wearing them.  "Lawks, madam," Lily giggled.  "Do I not get one last night of fun before you sell me off to the evil monster?" Arabella snorted with laughter as Lily picked up an transfigured empty wine bottle and waved it in the air.  Suddenly the door opened.

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Sirius, and Remus had finally managed to un-hex James and were now forcing him to apologise to Lily. They opened the door to the girls' dormitory and gaped.

The girls turned towards the door as it opened and froze when they saw who had opened it, but the look on the guys' faces made them break into renewed giggles. 

The Marauders took in the view of the girls' room, Fee was wearing a blanket, Arabella appeared to be wearing a curtain and Lily was draped in her dress robes and carrying a wine bottle.

"Are you drunk?" Sirius asked incredulously.

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Arabella ran to the door and ushered the boys into the room, draping Sirius in the net curtain as she went. She slammed the door behind them, and sunk to the floor.

James stared at them, "We're serious… are you drunk?" 

Still giggling Fee said, "Really! We thought that was just him," she said pointing at Sirius "now you're telling us all of you are as well!  Oh my god! You cloned him! Argh!" she yelled and ran to hide behind the bed.  Lily and Arabella had now collapsed with hysterics at her antics and Remus turned round to hide his amusement from the other two. 

James and Sirius turned to glare at Remus. "You think this is funny?"  James demanded. "They're all drunk!" he exclaimed.

Lily walked up to him swaying slightly, "Shhhh, we're not drunk," she said in a stage whisper, "seriously," she added in her normal voice, causing Arabella to snort with laughter.

"What about the wine bottle?"  Sirius demanded refusing to drop the idea that the trio had got themselves drunk on one bottle of wine at four in the afternoon.  Lily waved her wand at the bottle and in reverted back to its normal form of a very undistinguished looking lamp. 

James cocked his head at Lily, "Can you do that with a full bottle?" he asked with interest.  Rolling her eyes, she waved her wand again, holding the now full bottle of wine out to him to prove it.

"Miss Evans!  What in heaven's name are you six doing?"