A/N: To my two other reviewers:

Shdurrani: * blushes* thanks! I'm silly in the mornings too! ;)

Keronshara: Thanks! I would love some chocolate! Alright, I'll tell you this much: Two Marauders get to prank Snape! Then, they read some from the Marauders book (in the next chapter) and Harry talkes to his dad (sort of)

Thank you, and here's the moment you've all been waiting for: the one, the only: ChApTEr 5!

Chapter 5: A new Marauder, an animagus, and a prank on Snape!

In his office, Dumbledore and Sirius talked, mostly about Harry.

" Do you think he will be ok, Dumbledore?"

" Yes. Don't bother him much tomorrow. Try reading the Marauders Book with him."

" Er. I'm not so sure that that would be a good idea."

" Why not?"

" Well, in some parts of the book. we.er. made it so that you could see or hear us. All of us."

" I am sure he would love to hear his parents. Is Lily in there too?"

" Yes. Dumbledore, I have a question. Does Harry have the Marauder's Map?"

" The what?"

" The Map of Hogwarts that we made in our 5th year. It shows secret passages and where people are. Invisibility Cloaks don't fool it."

" Are you referring to the map that Alaster Moody's imposter borrowed from Harry last year?"

" Er. yeah, that might be it. It was confiscated by Fil- er. Mr. Filch from us in our seventh year. From what Harry has told me, the Weasley Twins stole it back, memorized it, and gave it to Harry in his third year, so he could sneak out to Hogsmeade . you know, because his uncle didn't sign his permission form, and because I was escaped."

Dumbledore thought for a minute, then said, " Let me go retrieve it." He was gone a few minutes, but came back with the map. " Is this it? When we heard Crouch's confession, he mentioned it, but I could never get it to work."

Sirius was looking at the map like a long lost friend. He automatically took out the wand that Dumbledore had bought him and tapped the piece of blank parchment, saying, " I solemnly swear I am up to no good!" Then words appeared.

Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs proudly present
The Marauders' Map

The whole castle was displayed. The map showed Sirius, Fawks, and Dumbledore inside his office, Filch prowling around the Forest and Harry and Phoebe in the Gryffindor Dorms. Fawks was watching the two adults. When he saw that Phoebe was in the castle, he let out a hoot of joy.

" I fink ickle Fawksy has seen Phoebe" Dumbledore teased. The phoenix gave him an embarrassed look. He turned to Sirius. " You four made this?"

"Well, Peter hardly helped at all, but yes." Sirius looked embarrassed and sheepish.

" You know, this is really good. Something like this could be useful. I think we need to make another map like this, for the castle."

" That's a good idea!"

" Can you and ' moony' meet together to make another one?"

" Sure! Harry can help too . We wrote down all of our notes in the Book."

" Wonderful! Well, I believe it is time for bed. It has been a long day."

Sirius said good-by, and went to join Harry. When he entered the Dormitory, he said a proper Hello to Phoebe.

" Hi, Phebes, do you remember Padfoot?" Sirius said in a baby voice. Phoebe rolled her eyes, in a look that clearly said, " I'm not a baby, you know," but she sang to Sirius. Sirius looked at Hedwig, who only looked slightly left out. " Hey, Hedwig. How are you? I'm the big black dog that scared Harry many times. The owl's eyes widened. Clearly she remembered him. " Don't worry, I'm not a Grim." He chuckled, and plopped down on the temporary bed that was laid out for him. Dumbledore figured that no one would want a convicted murderer to be sleeping in his bed.

When Harry woke, it was nine o'clock. He noticed that Hedwig was gone, and Phoebe told him that she was receiving a letter. She also said that Hedwig was not envious anymore. He threw some clothes on and rushed to the Great Hall, worrying that he would be late for breakfast. Luckily, Sirius and Dumbledore were still there, but they were the only ones.

There was only one table set up; the other was stacked against the wall. Harry noticed it was the Gryffindor table.

" Hi, Harry! We thought that since there were so few of us, and we were all once Gryffindors, we might as well sit here!" Dumbledore said.

" Who else is in the castle? What if they walk in on Sirius?"

" Don't worry, only Mr. Filch and Professor Snape are still here. Everyone else will arrive in another week. And I have informed Mr. Filch of Sirius. He agreed not to tell anyone, but didn't seem too happy about the news." Dumbledore said.

" I wonder why?" Sirius muttered sarcastically. The three of them laughed. Just then, Hedwig flew in. It was rather odd to see only one owl fly in for the post; during term, there were hundreds of owls arriving during breakfast. Hedwig flew over to Harry, and nipped his finger affectionately.

" Who's it from?" Sirius asked.

" Hermione" Harry answered once he opened it. " She said she wrote a letter to me yesterday, but I didn't get it, because it was addressed to Privet Drive. Hermione got a new owl, so it doesn't really know me yet. Professor, can I tell her everything that went on yesterday?"

Dumbledore studied his face. " If you wish to tell everything."

" Well, most everything. I'll write a letter after breakfast. Hedwig, can you wait for me in the Dormitory?" She hooted, which he assumed meant yes, and flew off.

" So, Harry, what were you planning on doing today, other than writing a letter?" Dumbledore asked him.

" Well." But Sirius inturrepted. He leaned over to Harry and whispered something in his ear. Harry smiled mischievously. " Sure."

" Sirius, you haven't been here for a full day yet, and you're already planning a prank?"

But Sirius only smiled like Harry. Dumbledore sighed. " Some things never change. So, who's the victim? Or do I have to ask?"

Sirius smiled at him again, and said, " Whom would you guess?"

Dumbledore pretended to think hard. " Well, my three guesses would be, Professor Snape, the Slytherins in general, or both."

"Try the fir-" Harry started, but Sirius covered his mouth. " Rule number one, don't tell other's what you're going to do."

" Oh." Harry said. Dumbledore laughed. " Alright, just make sure it doesn't do too much damage, ok?"

" Agreed." Sirius and Harry said at the same time. " Just don't tell anyone."

Now it was Dumbledore's turn to wear a mischievous smile. " My lips are sealed."

Harry and Sirius rushed from the table, yelled a quick good by to the Headmaster, and ran to Gryffindor tower.

" Ok, got any suggestions?"

" Turn Snape's hair pink, and leave him a note saying this." Harry wrote something on a piece of parchment. Sirius read, " This is a side affect of abandoning the use of shampoo. If you are in need of a bottle, please owl the I-Am-A-Slimy-Haired-Git-Who-Has-Never-Used-A-Bottle-Of-Shampoo-In-My- Life-But-I-Don't-Even-Have-A-Life company. We will sent you a note saying we don't care about slimy gits who don't have lives. If you get lucky, we will send you some pink boxers to go with the hair."

When Sirius was done reading, there were tears in his eyes. " Where were you 30 years ago? Harry, I am going to make you an official marauder!" Sirius grabbed the Marauders book, and flipped to the page with the oath. He read, " Do you solemnly swear that you will pull pranks on Teachers and Slytherins?"

Through laughter, Harry managed to say, " I do!"

" Do you promise to protect your pranks with your life?"

" I do!"

" Do you promice to try your best to annoy the Slytherins?"

Harry was still laughing. " Of course I do!"

Sirius frowned. " This next rule has been broken! ' Do you promice to stick up for your fellow Marauders, and to give your life for them!' Haha.."

" I do."

" Welcome to the Marauders! Now we can sign your note with, ' The Marauders'. But Harry, you need a nickname! You need to become an animagus!"

" Um, Sirius, something tells me that I already am one. I think it came with the powers. I think. I think I can turn into multiple animals."

" Try to turn into something. like, a dog preferably."

Harry concentrated. He imagined himself as a dog. Suddenly, he felt his whole body change. But instead of a dog, he was a phoenix. A second later, he was a dog. Sirius gasped. Harry then thought of a stag. No sooner had he thought of it, than he was one. When he wanted to become a human again, he turned into a phoenix first. Then Human again.

Sirius stared. Then he went to the fire, threw Floo powder in, and called for Dumbledore. When the Headmaster stepped out of the fireplace, he asked, " Is something wrong?"

Sirius was gasping for breath. " Harry, why don't you explain?"

" Well, sir, Sirius was. er. teaching me to be a marauder," Dumbledore smiled knowingly, " and then he said I need to be an animagus to have a nickname. But .something in my head. told me. that I could become more than one animal. And then I tried it. IT seems that my true form is a phoenix, but I can become any animal I want. To go from human to animal, though, I have to be phoenix first, and from animal to human, I have to go to phoenix."

Harry demonstrated. He went from Human to Phoenix to cat to dog to stag to phoenix to human in less than a minute.

Dumbledore blinked.

Sirius blinked.

Phoebe blinked.

" Harry. this is another first. No one ever has been able to do that. They can only become one animal, unless you undergo transfiguration. but you weren't even holding your wand."

" What do we do?" Sirius seemed to have found his voice again.

" Well, we need a name for this. Let's call you a multi-animagus. But you have a true form, the phoenix. And I must say, Harry, very few have ever been a phoenix. An animagus reflects your personality. Do you realize what this means?"

Harry stared. " I. I have a pure heart?"

Dumbledore nodded. " Professor? Can we not tell anyone about this? It would give me an advantage over Voldemort if he didn't know."

Dumbledore smiled at Harry. " Brilliant, Harry! Alright, only we three are to know. Only tell Ron and Hermione. Hermione will most likely figure it out, however." Harry nodded.

" Now, I must go. Thank you for telling me." Dumbledore left through the fire.

" Well, Harry, let's go pull that prank. Actually, this is great! You can sneak anywhere. You can become a fly if you want to, and spy on people!"

" But what about my nickname?"

" Well, how about. you're true form is a phoenix, right, so.. what about ' Ashfeather?'"

" Great!" He signed his nickname on the parchment after Sirius wrote, " Padfoot". Harry offered to carry it to Snape's office as a bird, and then enchant it so that the moment Snape touches it, his hair becomes pink." Alright, but I get to carry the Map as a dog. Snape could be in his office, you know"

" Right." They both changed. Sirius told Harry, (Animagi can talk to other animals or other Animagi, and they can hear humans)

~ If he is in there, hide yourself. He knows me. I will distract him; you put the parchment on his desk. ~

~ Sure thing! ~ * As Albus made his way to Filch's office to ask him about banned candies for password ideas, he saw a large black dog carrying a map and a phoenix carrying a note stealthily walking (and flying) to Snape' office. He quietly laughed. The two Animagi looked at him. He put a finger to his lips. Secretly, Albus always wished that he could play a prank on Serveus. It was way too easy, from what he heard the Marauders say.

Uh, oh. Harry's a Marauder now. We're all in trouble. He will encourage Ronald and Hermione to join, and Sirius will owl them with prank ideas every day. He shook his head.

But, Albus secretly wanted to see what the two were going to do. He turned into his animagus form, a snowy owl that looked a lot like Harry's, and flew in the shadows. The Marauders didn't even notice him.

*

When the Marauders reached his office, the shaggy dog dropped the map and read it.

~ Ok, he's in there, so let me distract him. I'll steal his wand or something, and then you go in. Good luck~

~ You too~ Harry had noticed a snowy owl following them in the shadows. He knew it wasn't Hedwig, she wouldn't fly like that. so he thought, who did he know that would have the personality of an owl. wise, helpful. suddenly, it hit him: Dumbledore. Harry winked at the owl, which looked astonished that he was seen, but the phoenix hid in the corner with him.

~ Hello, Professor. ~

~ Harry! How did you know it was I? What exactly are you going to do? ~

~ Well, who else could have an animagus form who's here at the castle? And Sirius is going to distract Sn. Professor Snape while I put this on his desk~ Harry indicated the parchment. ~When he touches it, it will turn his . never mind. you'll have to see for yourself. ~

The two birds watched the dog run out of the potions office with a wand in his mouth, and a very angry Snape chasing after it, cursing. The birds shook with laughter. If possible, tears would be coming out of their eyes (phoenix tears are only shed for healing)

~ Are you coming? ~ Harry flew into the office, Dumbledore following. The phoenix dropped a piece of parchment on the desk and flew to a corner. The owl, forgetting completely about Filch, joined him.

After a few minutes, a extremely angry Snape burst through the door, carrying a wand that looked soggy with dog slobber. " Bloody Black!" Harry tried to stay silent and not laugh. It was hard.

Snape walked over to his desk and noticed the parchment. He picked it up to read, and suddenly his hair was pink. He read the note to himself and wondered what had happened. Obviously, he felt something, but couldn't see it. Looking in a mirror, he screamed, " Potter! Black!" He ran off to find them.

As soon as he left the room, Harry and Dumbledore turned back into Humans. They both looked at each other and then burst out laughing. Tears rolled down their eyes. Dumbledore lay on his stomach and beat the floor with his fists. Harry banged his head against the wall. It took several minutes for them to finally settle down. Once thy had, Harry said, "Professor, I think you should read the note we gave him" Dumbledore read it and laughed so hard he fell over. When he got up, he grabbed another piece of parchment out of his pocket and wrote something down. Finished, he handed it to Harry, and rolled on the floor laughing his ass off. Harry read the note aloud, for Sirius had just walked in panting.

" Thank you for owling the I-Am-A-Slimy-Haired-Git-Who-Has-Never-Used-A- Bottle-Of-Shampoo-In-My-Life-But-I-Don't-Even-Have-A-Life company. We regret to inform you that we don't care about slimy gits who don't take showers or have lives. However, we felt generous, so we decided to send you a gift to match you hair." All three laughed. Harry had an idea.

" How about I conjure pink boxers with hearts on them to be the only thing that Snape is wearing when he reads the note. And to make sure he reads it, I will have it float." Laughter erupted again. " But hurry, Harry. He's coming soon." Sirius warned. Harry added to the note, " Ashfeather, Padfoot, and Wizewing."

Then he said, " Wingardium Leviosa parchment en recievo pink heart boxers readario!" All three became animals just as Snape was heard down the hall. They tried to hide as well as they could. With out thinking, Harry charmed all three to become invisible just as their victim walked in.

Snape noticed the note and read it without touching it. As soon as he was done, there was a * pop * and suddenly all of his clothes were lying on the floor, and he was wearing nothing but pink boxers with hearts on them.

Unfortunately, Harry didn't put a silencing charm on the Animagi, and they laughed so hard they became human again. They still were invisible, though.

" Potter! Black! I can hear you! Are you under that bloody cloak?" This only made the three laugh harder. If looks could kill, all three would have been dead, when they looked at Snape. He desperately tried many counter- curses, but nothing would make his clothes reappear on him. " Potter! Tell me the counter course, NOW!" Unfortunately for Snape, this made them laugh even harder. But he could hear three people laughing. He looked back at the note. " Ashfeather, Padfoot, and Wizewing?" He read aloud. " Padfoot is Black, but who are the other two? Ashfeather. that sounds like a phoenix. and Wizewing an owl. but who are they?"

Harry whispered to his partners in crime, " Turn back. Let's get out of here." They all became an animal, and Harry wandless lifted the invisibility spell. Snape let out a roar of fury as the two birds flew high above him and the dog ran past him, grabbing his wand.

" Black! Give me my wand! AAAAAAAH!" Thanks to Harry, Snape was floating in midair, but he couldn't move. " Black! Let me down and give me my wand!" The dog shook his head stubbornly. Snape looked at the birds. " And who are YOU?" The birds just smiled at him, and flew in a circle around him, like vultures. " Just wait till I tell Dumbledore. I'll have which ever one of you feathered idiots is Potter expelled!" The animals only laughed harder at this. The birds fell to the ground, almost chocking in laughter, and the dog had fallen to it's back, shaking. Tear fell down its eyes.

Harry thought, Imagine Snape telling this to Dumbledore, when he was also a culprit! And Snape just called his boss a feathered idiot!

When Harry had fallen from the sky to the ground, it lifted the spell that kept Snape in the air, and he rushed to his feet, ran to Sirius, who ran out the door, and lunged for his wand. " I would sooo love to curse you two right now!" * more laughter*

" That's it! I'm going to Dumbledore! You two will be expelled!" * more laughter* As soon as he left the room, they changed back; laughing so hard they had headaches. Harry tried to say, " Let's Apperate to you're office". * Laughter has died down* " But Harry, we can't Apper-ah!" Harry had grabbed Dumbledore's hand and Apperated there in an instant.

" How did."

" I have special powers, remember?"

" Er. right. Ok, he's coming, I can hear him. Try not to laugh, and make it seem like we've been here long."

" Solomum!" Harry cast a solemn charm on the two of them so they wouldn't seem happy.

As the door burst open and Snape entered in only pink boxers, Dumbledore said, " I'm sorry, Harry, but Hermione and Ron- Servus! May I ask why you are wearing-"

" ASK POTTER!" The Headmaster and Harry looked at each other. They couldn't hold it in. They laughed so hard that they fell on the floor.

" POTTER! TAKE THIS SPELL OFF RIGHT NOW! DUMBLEDORE, HAS HE TOLD YOU WHAT HE DID?"

Dumbledore finally stopped laughing and looked at Harry. " Mr. Potter has told me everything. including that you threatened to expel the two birds."

" Which one were you, Potter? And who was the other one?"

Harry looked at Dumbledore and burst out laughing again. Just at that moment, Sirius ran in, of course, as a dog. One look at Snape and he was rolling on the floor again.

"POTTER! TAKE THIS BLOODY SPELL OFF!"

"Well, Professor," Harry said innocently, " I don't think it would be wise to take those off." * more laughter* All three were rolling on the floor laughing. What made it even more hilarious was the fact that Snape was blushing and looking utterly embarrassed. This was the first time that either of the three ever saw Snape blush.

" POTTER! YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT!"

* After many minutes, laughter subsides* " Oh. You mean you want your original clothes on? What about the hair? Do you still want the grease?" *more laughter*

" POTTER! I SWEAR, ."

" Alright, hold still." Harry lifted his hand and his robes were back in place, his hair was black and greasy, and there was no sign of pink boxers with hearts on them. Once he realized everything was black and greasy, he ran out of the office. * Laughter once again, longer than ever*

Finally, " Really, Harry, that was brilliant, but did you have to mention the last bit?" Dumbledore asked.

Sirius was still laughing over, " ..'I don't think it would be wise to take them off! HAHAHA! I've never seen Snape blush!"

" Neither have I" Dumbledore admitted.

" Harry, for your first prank, this was bloody brilliant! Where were you 30 years ago? Do you know what we could have done?"

" I must admit, that was one of the best pranks I have ever seen, and I have been here a very long time. Pity the rest of the school wasn't here to witness it!" * laughter* Dumbledore said.

" Yeah, I'll have to tell Fred and George! And Moony!"

Sirius smiled at the mention of a fellow Marauder. " You know, Harry, your father would be proud. Proud that he had such a brilliant prankster of a son!" * laughter. no one could speak for a quarter of an hour*

Finally, Dumbledore stopped. " Well, Harry, I expect you want to write your friends of this, but first, can you not tell anyone that I was involved? I do have a responsibility as headmaster."

" Oh, is that what you call it?" Sirius inturrepted. They all laughed, but only for a minute.

" Anyway, especially don't tell Professor Snape. You know, I've been wanting to do that for years. And I love the name you gave me. Wizewing! How did you come up with that?"

" I don't know. Hey, How about you are a 'Summer Marauder?' You help with pranks during the summer?"

" Sure! Wizewing! And Professor Snape couldn't even tell who was who!"

Finally, through some miracle, the three managed to stop laughing. It took twelve somber spells, three Stupefies, and them not looking at each other to do it, however.

" Well, * ahem * you two should go back to Gryffindor Tower and write. letters."

" Ok, *lau-cough cough* (Harry tried to stop his laughter)"

But, in the Halls, they happened to meet up with someone (guess who).

" Ah, Ladies and Marauders, meet the one, the only, Pink-Boxered Lady-er.I mean Potions Teacher!" Sirius called when they passed him in the Halls. A few minutes later, the potions teacher could be seen chasing a boy and a dog across the grounds of the castle cursing colorfully.