One Week
By: VoldemortsIllegitimateChild
Chapter Five: Animal Appendages
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"Okay, Remus, what's the plan?" James asked.
"I don't know; that's your job!" Remus answered.
"It was your idea, and now you're telling me we don't have a plan?" James asked.
"That's okay, I have an idea!" Sirius said happily. I was going to use it on the girls at home, but we can do it here! Wait, no we can't. Damn," he swore.
"What?"
"We need to be able to get into their bedroom," Sirius said. "I can't figure out how to do that."
The boys settled into silence, thinking. After a few minutes, James began to get restless. He always got distracted when he tried to think on command. His gaze settled on his Nimbus 800 and his mind drifted to Quidditch thoughts. Maybe they could get a game going, if the girls brought their brooms as well… "That's IT!" he yelled excitedly, jumping up.
"What? What?" Sirius asked, glad his plan was going to work out after all. James explained, "All we have to do is fly to the windows. I'm a GENIUS!"
Remus smiled a bit. "I wouldn't go that far," he said, hurrying to finish as he saw James's face fall, "but it was a good idea."
James brightened. "Okay, Sirius, what's the rest of the prank?"
When Sirius finished explaining, Remus slowly shook his head. "No, Charms is Lily's best subject, she'll counter it in a second."
"You're right," Sirius sighed. "Back to the drawing board, I guess."
"No, what if we do this…" Remus suggested. A short while later, the boys picked up their brooms from where they had thrown them on the floor and flew to the girls dorms.
When they came back, they realized they would have some time to kill before the girls went to bed; it was only ten o'clock. Remus wanted to get a head start on the research for his Potions essay, and retreated to the privacy of his bed, with the curtains closed.
Knowing Remus wouldn't be listening to them, James took the opportunity to talk to Sirius about a pressing problem of his.
"Lily hates me, Sirius," he said sadly, staring at his hands.
"I'm not going to lie to you mate, she really does," Sirius replied, patting his friend on the back consolingly. "But you could fix it."
James looked up hopefully. "I could?"
"Yeah, it's not hard either. She thinks, maybe rightfully so, that you're conceited."
"Conceited? You mean, stuck-up?" James said, sounding completely disbelieving.
"Mmm-hmm. So all you have to do is be more humble. It's really not that hard," Sirius said.
"Maybe not for you," James argued. "How am I supposed to be modest when I didn't even know I was arrogant?"
"I'll help you," Sirius said promptly. He was always ready to help his friends, no matter what. James sat in silence for a few minutes. Then he said, "I should go downstairs, and watch the girls."
Sirius nodded. "See you in a few."
Downstairs, the girls were talking, which was not unusual, about several things. Movies, music, teachers, boys, and girls were discussed for nearly an hour. At that point, Lily yawned slightly, stretching. "Let's go to bed, guys."
Riana and Carrie nodded and stood up, cracking their stiff limbs. James, who had been hiding in the shadow by the stairs in his invisibility cloak, ran upstairs. "Phase two shall commence in one minute and counting," he announced, grinning.
The boys heard the girls passed, and raced downstairs, needing to finish Phase Two quickly. Meanwhile, the girls were a bit shocked to see their room. All of their furniture was on the ceiling. "How are we supposed to go to sleep?" Riana said.
"It's nothing. They probably used a temporary sticking charm." Lily tried to cast the counter charm, but it didn't work. "Damn it; they must have put a pass word on it. We'll have to sleep in the Common Room."
Carrie jumped up in the air, her arm stretched as high as it would go.
"What are you doing?" Riana asked, staring at her friend curiously.
"Trying to get my pillow," Carrie said. "I've been using it for years." She sighed. "Doesn't matter. Let's just go downstairs."
There was no way to change, as their pajamas were in their trunks, which were steadfastly stuck to the ceiling. There were plenty of pillows downstairs, and the small fire kept the nightly chill of the castle out. The girls stretched out and went to sleep.
The next day, James, Sirius, and Remus had the privilege of waking up to three very high pitched screams. "Ah! If I'd've known that was going to happen, I wouldn't have done this bloody thing!" James said, covering his ears with his hands. The door of the dormitory burst open and smacked against the stone wall with a sickening crunch. "POTTER!" Lily yelled, loud and angry.
"Yes, my pet?" James asked sarcastically.
Lily walked forward until she was nose to chest with Potter (her nose, his chest). She glared at him angrily from her petite height. "Potter, you had better watch yourself for the rest of this week. When you least expect it, expect it, because I will get you back SO bad, just wait and see. Are you reading me clearly?"
James managed to nod slightly. "Good," Lily said, turning to walk away, and revealing a rather large lion's tail. She looked over her shoulder. "Oh, and Potter?" she said, smiling sweetly.
"Yes?" he answered back, with a most charming of grins.
"If you ever call me your pet again, I will cut of your toes, run them through a meat grinder, and force feed them to you, with a side of eyeballs."
"Ow," James said.
"Yeah," Lily said. Then the girls left, Lily covering her tail, Riana's donkey ears twitching, and Carries elephant trunk swaying slightly.
Sirius couldn't help himself. He let out a loud lion's roar, which Remus followed up with an elephant trumpet, and James finished with a donkey noise (though it sounded more like a horse).
SLAM. James sighed, "Such a violent young generation. So angry."
The next morning, the animal appendages had worn off, and the girls had calmed down considerably. Riana went so far as to complement James, who was sitting next to her, on the prank.
"Well," James began. Slowly, Sirius shook his head slightly. "It wasn't me, really. It was all Remus and Sirius. I just helped."
Lily raised her eyebrows at his unexpected modesty. How strange.
She had little time to dwell on this, however, as Dumbledore had given them an announcement that pushed all other thoughts from her mind. Today, they would go to Hogsmeade, and tomorrow night, Saturday, they would go to a new teen club. Lily grinned, already planning on what color her new robes would be.
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I know that was a so-so chapter for a long wait, and I apologize. I really do. But writers block's a bitch, as I'm sure you fellow writers know. That said, please don't hurt me.
The author would like to thank the following people for their support:
Big-HP-and-GW-fanalsoRW-andHG- This really means a lot to me, because you're on my fave. list and wow!!
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Siriusgirlforever- Thanks! I loved the Lucius one, myself. But I did do that. He he he.
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Kris-I struggle at pranks, so I hope this was a good one. Now that I think about it, the donkey ears have severe Pinocchio undertones. Ah, well.
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One last thing: Years and years ago, I saw a music video. I don't remember the song at all, but the video was the saddest thing I've ever seen. There was a guy in his 20's and he had a wife and a little girl. The guy got called off to war, and the whole video was about his last day. It was so sad and sweet! So, if anyone knows what the hello I'm talking about, could you tell me? Thanks, you're all fabba-dabba-doo!
