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Chapter 6 : A Change of Plan
The girls became the talking point of the whole school within days. Everyone passed and pointed at them, sniggering, and even the teachers had to fight hard to control their amusement. It seemed the boys had done their research well to ensure the prank worked completely, for though Lily sat for an hour with the others as they tried to transfigure their other clothes, (which had too been changed,) nothing worked. What they didn't know, of course, was that the time-lock spell on their new looks lasted for two weeks, so they were better off just leaving things alone until they changed back.
The girls were often seen at night huddled in a dark corner of the Gryffindor Common Room whispering darkly and glaring towards the Marauders; all of the boys were becoming increasingly concerned, for after a week the girls had yet to retaliate. Sirius decided to turn on his charms and offered to help Jennifer make her way up the stairs - she had been finding it hard to work her hooves in order - but for his pains he received an angry "PISS OFF, DICKHEAD!" and a kick right between the legs that left him lying in pain for a quarter of an hour.
Mali had attempted to bite Remus after she had asked if anyone in the common room could help her with her Transfiguration homework; Chloe furiously hit Peter with a well-placed Jelly Legs curse as she passed in the corridor and he offered her a weak smile; Lily had enhanced the spikes on her hair and had stuck her head into James' chest, resulting in a trip to the hospital wing for James and a difficult conversation with Madam Pomfrey trying to explain why there were 5 holes in his chest with blood pouring from them.
Later that same evening the boys all sat in the abandoned common room; Remus was finishing off a Defence Against the Dark Arts essay, Peter was reading a book and James and Sirius were playing Exploding Snap.
Sirius paused thoughtfully and stared out of the window with an odd expression on his face.
Remus frowned mockingly. "Oh my god! Padfoot is - dare I say it - actually /thinking/!"
He paused for dramatic effect as James and Peter both gasped; the next minute a heavy book flew across the room towards Remus' face. He dodged it easily, for he was only 4 nights away from the full moon and the wolven senses were beginning to come through as his eyes yellowed.
"Shut it, you three." groaned Sirius as the others sniggered. "I was just thinking -"
"Theres a surpise..." mumbled James; next thing he had been toppled backwards off his chair as Sirius flew at him, arms flailing, and soon the two boys were rolling about the floor.
Sirius punched James on the nose and it began spurting blood; James kicked out and sent Sirius backwards; as the two leapt to their feet they drew their wands. As they both glared at each other angrily they collapsed in hysterics, grinning. Remus sighed - the two were like this every other night.
"Anyways, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted," Sirius glared meaningfully at James, "maybe the girls have decided to give up. I mean, thats nearly two weeks and they haven't even tried anything."
James nodded. "Yeah, we've won!"
"Somehow I don't think so - I think they've got something up their sleeves...." said Remus, frowning.
Peter paused. "Well, they change back tomorrow; maybe then they'll attack..."
~*~*~*~
The next morning Lily woke up and miserably stomped over to her mirror; suddenly her face broke into its first true smile for two weeks and she screamed in delight.
"Wake up, wake up!!" she shouted, shaking Jennifer's shoulders. The girl had had to sleep like a horse with her legs tucked underneath her body, for it was too hard to get into bed, but now it looked like she was simply lying on the floor.
Chloe and Mali mumbled sleepily and climbed out of their beds - as they stared at each other their faces broke into identical grins and they shrieked.
"WE'RE US AGAIN!" Mali cried, dancing about the room, touching her gums. "NO TEETH!"
Chloe high-fived Jennifer. "No more hooves for you!"
Lily touched her long flaming red hair and sighed happily. "Its normal!"
The girls dashed to their wardrobes and hastily began ploughing through their clothes; Jennifer gave a shriek of delight.
"So when will it be ready?"
"Fluxwings have to be picked at the full moon; we can do that in two nights. It'll be ready in another two weeks." said Lily, bearing an evil grin.
Chloe smiled. "Excellent."
~*~*~*~
It was the night of the full moon. Remus had left for the hospital wing during their final period, complaining of feeling peaky; Professor McGonagall had excused him immediantly, and as he left Sirius had winked and said, "See ya later!"
The remaining three Marauders would go to Remus at around midnight; he wouldn't leave the tunnel until they met him in the Shrieking Shack, so it was up to them to ensure that it was safe for Remus to emerge.
At quarter to midnight they silently left through the portrait of the Fat Lady huddled underneath James' invisibilty cloak and clutching the Marauder's Map. As they gently opened the great oak doors James froze.
"Look - the girls - they're coming!" he said breathlessly, indicating three red dots moving in their direction. Lily, Chloe and Jennifer were all moving quickly and catching up on the boys.
"Outside and transform now!" exclaimed Sirius, and without another word the trio swept outside and seconds later where they had stood there was a large, magnificent stag, a great black dog and a small rat. The dog picked up the map and cloak in its mouth and ran to hide it under a bush; when it returned to the other two animals the large doors creaked open once more and three girls emerged, giggling.
"Look!" gasped Lily, covering her mouth with one hand as she noticed the animals.
Prongs stood and raised one hoof gingerly, the moon beating down upon his back and illuminating his silver-grey coat.
Lily silently extended one palm and moved it towards the beautiful great stag; it was sniffed before the stag nudged her hand. Holding her breath she touched its large, velveteen horns and patted its muscular neck. The stag snorted and nuzzled her side, careful to keep its horns away from her, and she hugged his neck gently.
Jennifer had cautiously moved towards the handsome, proud-looking dog, and had touched its head with one hand and ruffled its thick, soft fur. The dog's tail had began to twitch and she had tickled behind its ears; next minute its large paws were on each of her shoulders and the dog gently licked her cheeks. Chloe had picked up the small rat and hugged it, and it happily scrambled up onto her shoulder and stood perched like a parrot.
The girls stood with the animals for fifteen minutes, completely entranced by their tameness, before remembering the reason why they had came out onto the grounds in the first place. Reluctantly they left the beasts alone; when they returned to the castle they were nowhere to be seen.
~*~*~*~
Two weeks later the girls walked down to the Great Hall cheerfully. Each clutched a small bottle inside the pockets of their robes, and were trying not to look too pleased with themselves. They all sat down opposite James, Sirius, Remus and Peter, and greeted them happily.
"Morning boys!" smiled Jennifer, looking particularly at Sirius. He flashed her one of his trademark, heart-melting smiles and winked.
Lily beamed at James, Mali nudged Remus underneath the table with her foot, and Chloe nodded towards Peter.
They began to make small talk, asking how everyone was and the like, and after ten minutes the boys excused themselves and said they were going to get some more cereal from the Ravenclaws.
"Go now!" whispered Lily, and quick as a flash the girls whipped out the bottles and poured them into each of the boys' goblets. Two minutes later they returned and, unsuspecting, downed their drinks.
It happened within minutes. Sirius was talking to Remus and suddenly his hair began to lighten; Remus began to fill out and grow slightly taller; James' nose began to lengthen and his hair began to grow; Peter shot upwards and began to grow muscles.
"OH MY GOD!" shrieked Sirius, looking down at himself as the Great Hall erupted into laughter. "I'M MALFOY!!!"
James stood up and dusted himself down disbelievingly. "WHAT THE FU-?"
Peter and Remus stared in horror at each other; the boys were now Snape, Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle. Sirius ran screaming from the hall as he touched his new blonde locks; the whole hall pointed in shock as James, Remus and Peter raced off after him.
The girls exchanged high-fives and grins, enjoying the looks of dismay upon the faces of the 'real' four Slytherins.
A/N - Wow, that was long, lol!
Kiki-The-Random-Maiden - Lol, sorry! Guess I mis-interpreted your last review. Thanx!
purplefluffychainsaw - Lily does, tee hee! Thank you!
Loadsa thankies to: Fresh-AngelBabe, Hyper Fairy Queen, Hermharry, slippersRfuzzy, DarknesswithinonesHeart, SiriusBlacksgirl4eva, Princess- ofthe-Moon144, ty-fan-06, i o u a name, Marissa03 and antiprep71890. You all made my day!!!
Chapter 6 : A Change of Plan
The girls became the talking point of the whole school within days. Everyone passed and pointed at them, sniggering, and even the teachers had to fight hard to control their amusement. It seemed the boys had done their research well to ensure the prank worked completely, for though Lily sat for an hour with the others as they tried to transfigure their other clothes, (which had too been changed,) nothing worked. What they didn't know, of course, was that the time-lock spell on their new looks lasted for two weeks, so they were better off just leaving things alone until they changed back.
The girls were often seen at night huddled in a dark corner of the Gryffindor Common Room whispering darkly and glaring towards the Marauders; all of the boys were becoming increasingly concerned, for after a week the girls had yet to retaliate. Sirius decided to turn on his charms and offered to help Jennifer make her way up the stairs - she had been finding it hard to work her hooves in order - but for his pains he received an angry "PISS OFF, DICKHEAD!" and a kick right between the legs that left him lying in pain for a quarter of an hour.
Mali had attempted to bite Remus after she had asked if anyone in the common room could help her with her Transfiguration homework; Chloe furiously hit Peter with a well-placed Jelly Legs curse as she passed in the corridor and he offered her a weak smile; Lily had enhanced the spikes on her hair and had stuck her head into James' chest, resulting in a trip to the hospital wing for James and a difficult conversation with Madam Pomfrey trying to explain why there were 5 holes in his chest with blood pouring from them.
Later that same evening the boys all sat in the abandoned common room; Remus was finishing off a Defence Against the Dark Arts essay, Peter was reading a book and James and Sirius were playing Exploding Snap.
Sirius paused thoughtfully and stared out of the window with an odd expression on his face.
Remus frowned mockingly. "Oh my god! Padfoot is - dare I say it - actually /thinking/!"
He paused for dramatic effect as James and Peter both gasped; the next minute a heavy book flew across the room towards Remus' face. He dodged it easily, for he was only 4 nights away from the full moon and the wolven senses were beginning to come through as his eyes yellowed.
"Shut it, you three." groaned Sirius as the others sniggered. "I was just thinking -"
"Theres a surpise..." mumbled James; next thing he had been toppled backwards off his chair as Sirius flew at him, arms flailing, and soon the two boys were rolling about the floor.
Sirius punched James on the nose and it began spurting blood; James kicked out and sent Sirius backwards; as the two leapt to their feet they drew their wands. As they both glared at each other angrily they collapsed in hysterics, grinning. Remus sighed - the two were like this every other night.
"Anyways, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted," Sirius glared meaningfully at James, "maybe the girls have decided to give up. I mean, thats nearly two weeks and they haven't even tried anything."
James nodded. "Yeah, we've won!"
"Somehow I don't think so - I think they've got something up their sleeves...." said Remus, frowning.
Peter paused. "Well, they change back tomorrow; maybe then they'll attack..."
~*~*~*~
The next morning Lily woke up and miserably stomped over to her mirror; suddenly her face broke into its first true smile for two weeks and she screamed in delight.
"Wake up, wake up!!" she shouted, shaking Jennifer's shoulders. The girl had had to sleep like a horse with her legs tucked underneath her body, for it was too hard to get into bed, but now it looked like she was simply lying on the floor.
Chloe and Mali mumbled sleepily and climbed out of their beds - as they stared at each other their faces broke into identical grins and they shrieked.
"WE'RE US AGAIN!" Mali cried, dancing about the room, touching her gums. "NO TEETH!"
Chloe high-fived Jennifer. "No more hooves for you!"
Lily touched her long flaming red hair and sighed happily. "Its normal!"
The girls dashed to their wardrobes and hastily began ploughing through their clothes; Jennifer gave a shriek of delight.
"So when will it be ready?"
"Fluxwings have to be picked at the full moon; we can do that in two nights. It'll be ready in another two weeks." said Lily, bearing an evil grin.
Chloe smiled. "Excellent."
~*~*~*~
It was the night of the full moon. Remus had left for the hospital wing during their final period, complaining of feeling peaky; Professor McGonagall had excused him immediantly, and as he left Sirius had winked and said, "See ya later!"
The remaining three Marauders would go to Remus at around midnight; he wouldn't leave the tunnel until they met him in the Shrieking Shack, so it was up to them to ensure that it was safe for Remus to emerge.
At quarter to midnight they silently left through the portrait of the Fat Lady huddled underneath James' invisibilty cloak and clutching the Marauder's Map. As they gently opened the great oak doors James froze.
"Look - the girls - they're coming!" he said breathlessly, indicating three red dots moving in their direction. Lily, Chloe and Jennifer were all moving quickly and catching up on the boys.
"Outside and transform now!" exclaimed Sirius, and without another word the trio swept outside and seconds later where they had stood there was a large, magnificent stag, a great black dog and a small rat. The dog picked up the map and cloak in its mouth and ran to hide it under a bush; when it returned to the other two animals the large doors creaked open once more and three girls emerged, giggling.
"Look!" gasped Lily, covering her mouth with one hand as she noticed the animals.
Prongs stood and raised one hoof gingerly, the moon beating down upon his back and illuminating his silver-grey coat.
Lily silently extended one palm and moved it towards the beautiful great stag; it was sniffed before the stag nudged her hand. Holding her breath she touched its large, velveteen horns and patted its muscular neck. The stag snorted and nuzzled her side, careful to keep its horns away from her, and she hugged his neck gently.
Jennifer had cautiously moved towards the handsome, proud-looking dog, and had touched its head with one hand and ruffled its thick, soft fur. The dog's tail had began to twitch and she had tickled behind its ears; next minute its large paws were on each of her shoulders and the dog gently licked her cheeks. Chloe had picked up the small rat and hugged it, and it happily scrambled up onto her shoulder and stood perched like a parrot.
The girls stood with the animals for fifteen minutes, completely entranced by their tameness, before remembering the reason why they had came out onto the grounds in the first place. Reluctantly they left the beasts alone; when they returned to the castle they were nowhere to be seen.
~*~*~*~
Two weeks later the girls walked down to the Great Hall cheerfully. Each clutched a small bottle inside the pockets of their robes, and were trying not to look too pleased with themselves. They all sat down opposite James, Sirius, Remus and Peter, and greeted them happily.
"Morning boys!" smiled Jennifer, looking particularly at Sirius. He flashed her one of his trademark, heart-melting smiles and winked.
Lily beamed at James, Mali nudged Remus underneath the table with her foot, and Chloe nodded towards Peter.
They began to make small talk, asking how everyone was and the like, and after ten minutes the boys excused themselves and said they were going to get some more cereal from the Ravenclaws.
"Go now!" whispered Lily, and quick as a flash the girls whipped out the bottles and poured them into each of the boys' goblets. Two minutes later they returned and, unsuspecting, downed their drinks.
It happened within minutes. Sirius was talking to Remus and suddenly his hair began to lighten; Remus began to fill out and grow slightly taller; James' nose began to lengthen and his hair began to grow; Peter shot upwards and began to grow muscles.
"OH MY GOD!" shrieked Sirius, looking down at himself as the Great Hall erupted into laughter. "I'M MALFOY!!!"
James stood up and dusted himself down disbelievingly. "WHAT THE FU-?"
Peter and Remus stared in horror at each other; the boys were now Snape, Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle. Sirius ran screaming from the hall as he touched his new blonde locks; the whole hall pointed in shock as James, Remus and Peter raced off after him.
The girls exchanged high-fives and grins, enjoying the looks of dismay upon the faces of the 'real' four Slytherins.
A/N - Wow, that was long, lol!