A/N: *looks at reviews* Wow! 62 for the first three chapters and I haven't even hit 5000 words yet. It's a new record! I would go through all the reviews, but I'm super tired, and my neck hurts so let's just do a few, and then get to the fic, kay?

Lady Light: Err… they're not? Okay, well they are, but you won't get it until later on.
Whee: Not as far as anyone knows ^_^
Starlytemint: I'm glad you like it! I happen to like Guardian Angel myself... I reviewed, you just didn't know it was me (am soo sneaky!) ^^;;
Lariren: Well, you're on the right track (darn it), but you have a few things mixed up. It is nowhere NEAR as simple as that. You'll see… in a few chapters… *laughs* I completely befuddled my A+ average friend. All she had to say at the end of my very long description was, "You're so insane."

Oh! But before I start, I have to say one thing. I was chatting with my friend Sam while she was reading this. She laughed and laughed over the first two, before promptly yelling about the third where Harry was the main character. Her exact words? "I vote Harry off the island! (insert island emoticon here)"

The Noble Name of Black

Hogwarts was… interesting. A thousand kids from ages eleven to seventeen all crammed into a - okay, it was a rather large space, but you get the drift - all studying to become the best wizards and witches they could be. Still, take away all the moving paintings, walking suits of amour, walls pretending to be doors, and mystical ceilings, and it was basically a school, still filled with jealousy, crushes and kids making excuses for not doing their homework.

For any regular student, this would have been nothing out of the ordinary. Waking up to the same faces you'd seen for the past few years (or in the case of the first years, weeks), eating in the same hall, being taught be the same teachers, etcetera. You would have thought that all the similarities would have made for a very dismal year. Fortunately for the entire population, there were a select few that made the school year a bit more action packed.

Shaking her head, Serenity looked around the hall in wonder. She'd never been to a wizarding school before, and was quite overcome by it. Never in her life had she been in the same place with as many wizards and witches her age before. And they were all… abysmally weaker than her, but they were still a lot more fun than the muggles she'd spent the last few years with. Sure, she had Setsuna, but she didn't count. No one to talk about quidditch to, or argue about which Weird Sister was cuter. Now, she was in a place chalk full of people just waiting for the word quidditch to be said.

Not to mention people just waiting to be pranked.

Imagine her surprise upon learning that her dearest brother had a little group called the Marauders, that specialized in pranks. She remembered being outraged when she heard some sixth years talking about them. There discussion had then turned to what a hunk Sirius Black was, and Serenity had chosen that moment to tune out. That was something she really didn't need to hear. Ewww much?

Speaking of which…

See Sirius Black, James Potter, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew walk into the hall. See girls of all ages swoon over first two, while seemingly ignoring the latter two. Poor, poor Moonie and Wormtail. Of course, Serenity would not say this all out loud. That would release the information that she new their "secret" nicknames, and then there would be an interrogation upon how exactly she had stumbled upon said information. That was something that was private knowledge, and she wanted it to stay that way.

Unlike the rest of - she glanced around - the rest of the girls in the hall, she did not fall all over herself when she saw them. Perhaps it was because they were with Sirius, she may never know, but she simply didn't do it. It wasn't that they weren't handsome, oh no, for they were all quite the lookers (except for perhaps Peter… he seemed to be what Sirius would label a twit - made you wonder why they hung out together). Seeing as Sirius was immediately out of the running for cutest, for reasons apparent, her next choice - along with every other female with eyes - would have to be James.

His deep black hair stuck out in odd angles, falling all over the place, making him seem very cute in Serenity's opinion. Mischievous hazel eyes peered out from black-rimmed glasses. He wasn't exactly tall, but he wasn't short either… he was more of an average size. He had one drawback though, at least from what she could see. He seemed to be rather conceited, but Serenity was sure he had a good heart… somewhere.

The second after James would have to be Remus. He was slightly taller than James, by about half an inch, and had light brown hair and pale grey eyes. His skin seemed to be rather pale, and he had the look of someone who enjoyed nothing more than to curl up with a good book on a cold wet day, but she knew from the little information that she had gathered from Sirius that he could be just as rambunctious as both he and James.

The last was Peter, and just by looking at him you could tell why. He was a small, mousy haired boy who seemed to jump at even the slightest noise, and was often found trying way too hard to fit in. Propping her head up on one hand, Serenity looked at the boy. It wasn't that she didn't like him, no, it was the fact that he seemed to have taken to blushing when he was around her and she found it rather… distracting.

Then there was Sirius. What could she say about him? Err… he had black hair? Serenity sighed to herself. She couldn't help it if she didn't look at him that way. Brothers and sisters just didn't do that! It was wrong! I mean, how spooked would someone get if you walked straight up to someone and started rambling on and on about how utterly attractive your sibling was? Well, she could say that he would be attractive to the opposite gender. Let's just leave it at that.

She watched as James nudged Sirius and nodded towards her. Putting on her most innocent smile, she giggled silently as Sirius fought against James, clearly trying to make excuses of things he had forgotten to do. Unfortunately for him, Serenity decided to help James out a bit, making him about ten times stronger with the wave of a hand. How utterly hilarious it was to see both Sirius' and James' eyes widen and Sirius suddenly get hurled onto the bench. Discretely waving her hand, the younger Black made her spell dissipate.

"You enjoy ruining my life, don't you?" hissed Sirius sitting down properly across from her while his friends hid their snickers behind their hands and sat down as well. Sirius glared at his sister. "Ever since you got here, it's like you've been doing everything to show me up. Any specific reason?"

"Err - no?" replied Serenity cheekily, beaming at her brother. She took a sip of her morning Green tea. "You're just so fun to bug! See, I do the most harmless of pranks - like the one you just experienced - and you go all grrr on me. It's quite amusing to see." She saw Sirius wince when he touched his stomach. "You're not hurt are you?" her voice changing into a worried tone. The girl's brows furrowed in concern.

Sirius sent her a small smile. "You couldn't have thought of that before you sent me flying into the table could you?" He let out a bitter chuckle. He looked over at his sister, who lowered her eyes. "I'm fine," he assured her.

"Awh, isn't that just the sweetest thing you've ever seen Moonie?" drawled James with a smirk to his friend seated next to him. "Nothing like sibling love! Of course, we wouldn't know. You know, we're pitiful only children. See, before, nobody was better than anybody else, because we all revelled in our non-sibling - err - ness." His smirk turned into a sheepish grin, and he ruffled his hair.

Serenity raised an eyebrow at him, both because of the grammatical error (or whatever it was) and because of the ruffling of the hair. He seemed to do that a lot, she realized. "We'll you're certainly underprivileged then. No one to pull pranks on." She shook her head with an expression of mock sadness. "Of course, it gets to be a pain when said sibling doesn't bother to write! I got home to mom," - Serenity shuddered here - "only to be told you ran away to a friend's house." Sniffing, she added, "I was all alone in our home dearest with only mother and Kreacher."

Frowning, Sirius replied nonchalantly, "First of all, if you had told me where you were going to be, I might've found the time to write, but as it was, I didn't want to pay and or borrow an owl to deliver a message to who knows where. Secondly, you're complaining about being alone with mother and Kreacher for all of what? A month? I was alone with them for seven years! All because of your stupid wandless magic!"

"Okay, as interesting as this quarrel is," interjected Remus with a small smile, "perhaps we should stop this now, before another embarrassing moment is created." He, Prongs and Wormtail had to hide their smiles at Sirius now scarlet face.

"Hey, as the muggles put it, it ain't over until the fat lady sings," Serenity replied with a grin.

"Then why haven't you sung yet?" asked Sirius laughingly. He was immediately pelted with many, many crumpets, all bouncing back after hitting him. He put his arms up in defence, and yelled, "SERENITY!" just as the crumpets stopped. This resulted in most of the hall looking at him - again. Looking at his sister, he found her looking bored.

"You know, you take all the fun out of pranks. You fall victim way to easily," was her statement as she began picking at her nails. Looking up at him, she added, "Sorry if I'm ruining your image, but you know, you really should try to conceal your anger."

The Marauders laughed behind their hands. So rare was it to see Sirius get so flustered, and because of a girl! Usually it was the other way around, the girl walking up to him, getting flustered and promptly leaving in a fit of babbles. Mind you, this was his sister, so obviously the same rules didn't apply.

There was a giggling group of Gryffindor girls approaching. At the front was a very pretty red head with stunning green eyes. Recognizing her almost instantly as Lily Evans, Serenity cast her gaze on James, who was trying to seem unaffected, while casting quick looks at the red head. Giggling to herself, she waited until the group of girls had sat down.

"It's not polite to stare Potter," she said, completely amused by the situation. The boy in question looked towards her and blushed, trying to over it. Sirius, Remus and Peter on the other hand, tried to hide their smiles. James had completely forbidden them to jest with him, but Serenity had made no such pact. "I mean, if you like her, just ask her out," added Serenity, looking thoughtfully over at the red head.

"What are you talking about?" James said trying to be fierce, but failing miserably. He crossed his arms and glared at her. "I do not like Evans!" Each word was pronounced sharply, implying the point - even if it wasn't the truth. "She's just a girl!!"

Oh yeah, that won the Maturity award of the year. She's just a girl! Honestly! Serenity shook her head at that comment. If James wasn't interested in girls, it wasn't any of her business. A smile appeared on her face at that thought. Oh, one day this would be great blackmail material.

Perhaps she should have a notebook to write all this great blackmail stuff in. I mean, Sirius' sexy shoes and James dislike of girls. Yep, that's what she'd have to do.

Standing up, Serenity announced, "Well, since you care nothing for her, you won't mind if I go introduce myself!" She smiled brightly before stepping over the bench and making her way down the long of the bench. She smirked when she heard James' next comment.

"Bloody hell Padfoot! Your sister is a menace!"

That one comment made it all worthwhile for Serenity. Holding back giggles, she made her way closer and closer to the group of girls. They noticed her when she came within a meter of them, and abruptly stopped talking. This could only be for one reason: she was her brother's sister, and that brother just happened to be the best friend of one James Potter. From the gossip she had collected from around the school, she realized that this particular group of girls didn't seem to like the Marauders very much.

Stopping before them, Serenity smiled brightly and said, "Hello. Would you mind terribly if I sat with you? I was getting quite fed up with those juveniles over there." She nodded her head towards her brother and friends. There was a loud "hey!" from that vicinity, but was rudely cut off as some form of breakfast bun mysteriously lodged itself into each of their mouths. The girls giggled as the four Marauders choked and gagged on the buns.

"Will they be alright?" asked one girl with worry in her voice. She had short blonde hair and big blue eyes. She looked anxiously over at where the gagging sounds were coming from. Her eyes settled on one guy… her brother. Realization dawned on her.

"Oh, he'll be fine. He's used to choking on his enormous ego," Serenity assured her. The girl gave a small smile before turning back to her breakfast.

"My name is Lily Evans. Why don't you have a seat?" asked Lily, gesturing to a seat across from her. Smiling happily, Serenity took the offer. "So you're Sirius Black's sister eh? How's that working out for you?" There wasn't any mocking, just true curiosity. "No offence, but he seems like a conceited jerk to me. Him and that James Potter, they think they're all that." There was a bitterness in her voice that did not go unnoticed by Serenity.

"Can't say I don't agree," admitted Serenity guiltily. She played with her hands in her lap. "I mean, I love my brother - don't tell him that - but I've noticed he's changed. I don't think even he noticed, but … it's there." She put a sausage onto the extra plate, cut it up and ate a piece. "Oh well, what can you do? As for James, he has a good heart, he just doesn't show it… at all. At least that I've seen while I have been here. What I have noticed however, is that he's quite interested a certain girl…"

A bunch of girls sitting around them burst into laughter while Lily simply groaned and plopped her head into her crossed arms. "Don't remind me," came the muffled reply. "He's been pinning after me since the beginning of fifth year. He expects me to just fall all over him just like all the other girls in the school. Just because he's - well - awesome on a broomstick, and can catch that stupid little snitch without even thinking about it. I mean, he's not that great."

"Perhaps not," agreed Serenity, casting a look over at the guy in question, only to be met with a glare. She gave a little wave before turning back to the red head. "Don't you think you should at least give him a chance though? I'm sure he's great once you get past the cocky exterior."

"I guess that could happen," Lily admitted grudgingly, lifting her head to look at James. He started showing off as soon as he noticed her gaze. She rolled her eyes and looked back at Serenity. "I somehow doubt it though."

"Well, if worse comes to worse, you could always hex him, right?"

That earned a burst of laughter from the girl. "I suppose I could. I'm not Head Girl for nothing! Besides James Potter and Sirius Black, I'm probably one of the most magically adept people in this school - except for you. You're way beyond all of us, being wandless and whatnot."

Blushing, Serenity hastily waved away the comment. "Being wandless doesn't mean that I'm more magically adept." Okay, that was a lie, but Serenity didn't want to scare off her newfound friend. "It basically means that we just couldn't find a wand - anywhere - that fit with me or whatever. I wouldn't know what it feels like when you find that special wand because I obviously don't have a wand. Setsuna - um, I mean Professor Meioh - told me that I probably felt it when I used magic for the first time. I can't really remember that though. It was a long time ago."

Nodding in understanding, Lily sighed. "It must be wicked awesome to be able to do magic without a wand, and without spells. Must be pretty handy."

"Well, yeah," grinned Serenity. "It's especially helpful when doing pranks. No evidence. And the best part, I don't even have to be close to the scene of the crime..." She trailed out, looking like a deer caught in headlights. "But you won't tell anyone will you? I would be in so much trouble if Setsuna - Professor Meioh found out!" She looked over towards the garnet-eyed teacher and saw that those same eyes were looking at her suspiciously. Smiling weakly back, Serenity but her hand in between the gaze and herself.

"Don't worry, your secret is safe with me," said Lily sincerely, with a small wink towards the other girl. She got an impish look in her eyes. "However, you have to help me with something."

"Anything!" cried Serenity, casting a nervous glance at Setsuna. "If it's within my power to do it, I'll do it!"

Lily smiled a smile that promised much humiliation to someone. "Well…"

* * *

They were nervous. That was good. Everything was set in motion, and having them being nervous just made it so much more delicious. She cast a smile at her accomplice, who smiled back. Lifting her hand, Serenity focused her energy on the four boys who were not so unwittingly her victims. Her hand glowed pale silver, and she knew it had worked by the next set of events.

Eyes going blissfully blank, the four Marauders dropped their forks with a clang, earning puzzled gazes from their housemates. As if in trance (which is exactly what it was), they stood up on the bench and on to the table, ignoring the cries of outrage from the teachers' table. With uncanny coordination, they manoeuvred into a complex anime-ish pose. That was when the music began. With deep voices, they began to sing.

"We're men, we're men in tights.
We roam around the forest looking for fights.
We're men, we're men in tights.
We rob from the rich and give to the poor, that's right!
We may look like sissies, but watch what you say or else we'll put out your lights!
We're men, we're men in tights,
Always on guard defending the people's rights!
"

The tune changed to that of a classical cancan song. Stopping the previous poses they had been striking, the boys stood stalk still, before ripping off their robes only to reveal very red, very lacy, very risqué cancan dresses, complete with fishnet nylons. The hall burst out laughing, and it was only fuelled when the boys linked arms and started doing said dance while singing along with very out of tune, very high-pitched voices.

Serenity and Lily were trying desperately to get a hold of their laughter. Tears of mirth ran down their faces as they clung to each other in an attempt to stop the laughter that was racking their bodies so much it hurt.

The cancan music stopped to be replaced by the previous music, and once again, the four ripped off their dresses only to be wearing … tights. In fact, one might say they looked like Robin Hood and his merry men. Pulling swords out of - nowhere apparently, they jumped off the table and began the conclusion to the song.

" We're men - MANLY MEN - we're men in tights! Yes!
We roam around the forest looking for fights!
We're men, we're men in tights!
We may look like pansies, but watch what you say or else we'll put out your lights!
We're men, we're men in tights - TIGHT tights!
Always on guard defending the people's rights!
If you're in a fix, just call for the men in tights!
We're BUTCH!
"

As soon as the last word was sung, the trance seemed to lift off the quartet, for they looked around the laughing great hall with looks of confusion on their faces. The four pairs of eyes shifted to a certain pair of seventh year Gryffindor girls, one of which was on the floor from laughing so hard. The other was gasping out between laughs, "Look - Look at what - they're wearing!"

The four befuddled boys looked down only to be faced with the shock of their lives. In the place of robes they were wearing… TIGHTS? Getting out their wands, they quickly transfigured their erm, tights back into robes. First things first. They wanted to blame someone for this. Scanning the crowd, they came across the two figures from earlier, both with innocent smiles, waving gaily at them. Two shouts of rage echoed through the hall.

"SERENITY!"

"EVANS!"











A/N: So, was this one funny? I seriously hope so. It was funny in my mind at least! *shrugs* Reviews are greatly appreciated, so please leave one if you have time. Oh, and if I don't update for awhile, I've died of embarrassment. I'll rise again soon after, so don't worry… yeah, it's going to be bad… stupid concert…