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                The whole class looked up as five unlucky students ran into Potions class, late.  Professor Iniquitas glared at them.  "What do you think you're playing at, coming into my class late?" he said softly.  "Do you really not care that you are failing my class?"
                "No, sir, we care!  We just think that it isn't worth bothering, since we'll fail either way!" said Sirius cheerfully.

                "Sorry we're late, sir," muttered a voice from behind Lily.  She turned around.  It was her cousin, Snape!

                "Quite all right, Mr. Snape.  Sit down," Professor Iniquitas said, amiably.  Snapping back to the Marauders, he seemed to notice Lily for the first time.  "And may I ask who you are?"

                "I'm Lily Evans, sir.  We are sorry we're late," Lily replied.  She really didn't like this professor.  He was very unfair.

                "Well, Ms. Evans, as this is only your second day in the castle, it is quite understandable to be late.  Please take a seat, and don't let it happen again," Professor Iniquitas's voice was oily.  "Potter, Black, Lupin, Pettigrew, detention."

                Sirius gaped openly.  So did James, Remus, and nearly the whole class.  Only Malfoy, Snape, and their group looked as if they didn't notice a thing.  Lily also was oblivious.

                "What is it, Siri?" Lily whispered once the class had settled down.

                "Professor Iniquitas is never that understanding to a Gryffindor!  Especially not one that comes in with us!" Sirius whispered back, obviously still confuzzled about the whole deal.

                "Maybe it's just because it's my second day here," Lily speculated.

                Sirius shook his head.  "No, I really don't think so.  On our first Potions class, we got detention and 50 points off Gryffindor for being late.  To top that off, I don't think we really were late.  We were the second people to arrive!"

                "Now, I hope that you will all be able to make a simple wiggenweld potion.  If you have been listening, it should be quite simple.  Well!  Get to work!" the Professor shouted the last bit.

                Lily frantically flipped through her book to find the right page, while Sirius, who was her partner, got out the cauldron.

                "Okay, it says that we'll need a dash of powdered unicorn hair, a jot of wolfsbane, and…" Lily listed the ingredients while Sirius got them out.

                Finally they were ready to start making the potion.  Unfortunately, Sirius was markedly bad with anything that was even closely related to cooking, so it was a real miracle that their potion turned out all right.  Sirius suspected that if it hadn't been for Lily, who was an amazing cook, the whole thing would have blown up in his face.

                When finally the Potions class was over, the crew headed to lunch.  They took a total of 3 secret passages, and went through 5 doors that Lily suspected were shortcuts.  Not to mention going through tapestries.

                Lunch was a noisy affair, made louder by the fact that James just happened to have some Filibuster fireworks in his pocket, which he set off at the Slytherins table.  Was it just luck that they happened to go off right under Snape and Malfoy? Lily wondered.  She thought it was better not to know.

                "Potter!  Black!  Lupin! Pettigrew! Detention!" yelled McGonagall.

                "Actually, Minnie, it was all me!" James shouted back.

                "Potter!  Detention!  And 5 points of Gryffindor for insolence!" Professor McGonagall screamed, her face turning purple with rage.

                "Okay, Minnie!" James shouted back.  "Nice look!  Purple really suits you!"

                "Your fighting a losing battle," Professor Dumbledore whispered to "Minnie."

***

                After lunch was Care of Magical Creatures.  That, in Lily's opinion, was a pretty boring class.  They were taking care of flobberworms, which didn't do anything and were classified as boring in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.  The teacher, Professor Kettleburn, was missing an arm and two fingers!  Also, Remus swiped some of the lettuce for another prank, which the boys promised to fill her in on during History of Magic, their next class.

                A ghost taught history of Magic.  It was probably the only class taught by a ghost that Lily would ever take, so she thought she better attend well.  However, it was a flop out.  Who cares about a  Goblin called Hagar the Horrible? Lily wondered.  Even so, she paid attention and took notes.  It took her by surprise when a piece of parchment came flying form nowhere and hit her in the head.  Lily carefully opened it.

                Hello my little flower!  It is I, the colour man!  As we are all quite bored, I am sure you are too.  Also, I am sure you might have noticed we have this class with the Slytherins.  And, Binns never pays attention to us anyways.  We, the marvellous Marauders, have decided that this class needs spicing up.  Given the above two items, I am sure you know what we plan.  Any ideas?

                Lily stifled a chuckle.  The whole note was Sirius through and through, though no one would ever be able to prove it.  Just as no one would be able to prove that the note was to her.  She turned the parchment over and wrote back.

                Colour boy~

                                As much as I would love to assist you, I'm afraid that there might not be enough time left

in this class.  But, maybe next time we could do something with a bouncing ferret named Malfoy? 

Just a thought.  As a "newbie" to this little groupie, am I, in fact, another Marauder or am I just a

mere acquaintance?  It would be helpful to know.  As you know, one Marauder must not pull a

prank on another, and I had the most wonderful idea for Remus.

                                                Flower

                Lily then threw the piece of parchment back at Sirius.  It hit him on the head, which was surprising, because Lily was absolutely awful at aiming.  Sirius picked it up, opened it, and read it.  He grinned evilly.  "Colour boy" paused for a moment, then picking up his quill, tried vainly to write a response for nearly a minute.  He finally realized he was trying to write with a sugar quill!  So Sirius picked up his real quill.  He scratched his head, then wrote something down.  Taking careful aim, he threw it at Lily's desk.  Being a star quidditch player, it, of course, landed right on target.  Lily unfolded the note.

                Hey!  We still have another… minute.  Okay, I concede.  What about Divination first thing tomorrow morning?

                                                Colour boy

                Just then the bell rang, leaving Lily no time to write a response.  She tucked the note in her bag, and followed the boys out of the classroom to dinner.

***

                "Oh!" Professor Trelawney gasped the next morning in Divination.  "My dear, I fear that you are going to die a painful, excruciating death early in life!  Oh!  This is so tragic!"

                Lily snorted.  "The only thing she should fear," she whispered to James, "is that we are going to prank her mercilessly today!  Wonder if she sees that coming."

                "Probably not.  My sister Harriet says that Trelawney is a fake.  But, this is our first class with her, so let's be fair.  Oh, and to pass this class, all you have to do is predict bad things.  Trelawney soaks up misery," James whispered back.

                "Class, please get a tea cup.  And dear, after you've broken your first cup, would you be so kind as to get one of the blue?  I'm rather attached to the pink," Trelawney said in her misty voice, addressing the last bit to Peter.

                Sure enough, as soon as Peter reached the shelves, there was the tinkling of broken glass.  Professor Trelawney swept over, saying, "One of the blue, then, if you don't mind."

                Once Lily and James were safely at their seats, they burst out laughing.  Unfortunately for them, Professor Trelawney heard and swept over.

                "May I ask what is so amusing?" she asked frostily, quite a change from her earlier voice.

                "Oh, Professor!" Lily exclaimed.  "We weren't laughing!  James's cup!  It…. it…it has the Grim!"

                "Oh!  You poor, poor child!  I see now, of course.  May I say that you have a great talent for this?  Your Inner Eye is astonishing for one so young, Ms.?"

                "Evans, Lily Evans.  Thank you, Professor!" Lily simpered.  She absolutely hated it, but figured it was her best chance out of detention.

                Just then, the bell rang.  "Oh!  Class dismissed!  Ms. Evans, would you please stay behind?" Professor Trelawney asked.

***

                After Divination was a free period for the Gryffindor third-years, so the Marauders waited for Lily outside the Divination classroom.

                "What'd she want?" Remus asked curiously.

                "She said, 'Ms. Evans, you have an amazing Inner Eye.  Would you like extra lessons to help train it up a bit?  I have no doubts that someday you will be as good as I!'" Lily replied with a grimace.

                "Inner Eye!" Sirius hooted.  "You couldn't tell a Grim from a squirrel!"

                "Could too!" Lily retorted.

                "Not!"

                "Too!  Grim's are black and ugly.  Squirrels are cute and cuddly!" Lily said.

                "Well!  I stand corrected!" Sirius replied.  "Grim- black and ugly.  Squirrel- cute and cuddly!  Yes, sir!" Sirius then saluted Lily, one hand in the air above his head, and one on his heart.  Lily burst out laughing.

                "That's not how you do it, smart one!" she said.

                "I don't care!" Sirius replied.

                "Fine!  I give up!" Lily said.

                "Good!" said Sirius.  "Now, since we didn't do that prank in Divination, what about Herbology this afternoon?"