Love This Feeling
Disclaimer: JKR……Must I say more?
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"So, What's our plan for April Fool's?" Sirius grinned, looking at the three other boys, sitting in various positions in the 6th year boys' dormitory.
"Make sure you work ahead in your classes if you're planning on spending the whole day pranking." Remus put in his advice, not looking up from his Potions essay.
"Sure Remus. Are you with us, or what?" James asked, and both him and Sirius looked at Remus expectantly.
"You know I am." Remus sighed, but a smirk fought its way onto his face.
"Brilliant. Now, for the plan, I think we should prank some people from each and every house." Sirius smiled.
"Who should we do for Gryffindor?" Peter asked, an excited glint in his eyes.
"I think," James smirked, "Evans."
As April 1st was the next day, and Lily was positively worried. The Marauder's had been giving her funny looks for the past week, and it unnerved her to no end. She just knew they were going to try to prank her. How, she didn't know.
The school was buzzing with Quidditch talk, as the Quidditch Final, Gryffindor vs. Slytherin, was coming in two weeks' time. The Gryffindor Quidditch team spent extra time on the field, practicing their moves for the big game, they were sure to win. James and Sirius co-captained the Gryffindor team, both having the best ideas for the team.
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"Look! It's the ickle little Mudblood….." a voice snickered from behind Lily.
Lily tensed, her hand clutching her wand, but kept walking, hoping to avoid a fight.
"Ignoring me, like a little coward, are you Mudblood? Just like that filth my master terminated last month….." the voice cackled, and Lily could see the mental image of Bellatrix Black, a 7th year Slytherin, smirking.
"Afraid to say your masters name, Bellatrix? Voldemort's a murderer!" Lily growled, wheeling around to face the scowling Slytherin.
"Voldemort is the greatest thing that has ever happened to this world, and filth like you will be gone!" Bellatrix screeched, glaring at Lily.
"It's filth like you who should be 'terminated' Bellatrix. Good Day." Lily frowned before walking the other way, but using a mirror to check behind her, to make sure Bellatrix wouldn't attack her from behind.
As Lily reached her common room, it never seemed so blatantly clear, that even at Hogwarts, the safest place in the wizarding world, had Students who were already followers of Voldemort.
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The next morning, Lily woke up, remembering the conversation with Bellatrix. Without realizing that today was April Fools, Lily continued getting ready like usual. Lily found Bri, Julia, and Jolene in the Common Room waiting for her to go to breakfast.
The Marauder's came down the stairs seconds after Lily, and after laughing for a few seconds, caught up with them, grinning a super huge grin, which made Lily remember that today was their special day, April 1st.
As Lily entered the Great Hall, she took extra care to watch the Marauder's and what prank they would do today. As the post arrived, you could tell that more students received letters than usual. Everyone was looking around when the letter started to drop, but were letting out sighs of relief, as the envelopes weren't black, informing them that their family wasn't dead.
As the students opened the letters, some shrieked, some laughed and some growled as a combination of wartcap powder, fireworks, dungbombs that exploded in a great bang! Filling the Great Hall with sound, and various other pranking items.
The fireworks that went off were spelling something above the house tables, and everyone was mildly surprised at what it said.
Happy April Fools
Complements of the Marauder's
Lily's head shot up at the sound of a firecracker going off near the Slytherin table. Buckets of red and gold paint were hovering over the Slytherin's table, and as another firework went off, the red and gold paint poured on each and every Slytherin's head.
Gryffindor's are the best!
The flashing red and gold banner and the Slytherin's scowls made the Great Hall burst in laughter.
"Week's detention, Potter, Black, Lupin and Pettigrew. My Office tomorrow after dinner." McGonagall walked past them as the bell rung, signaling the end of breakfast.
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Lily walked to her next class, Potions, recounting the pranks that had been pulled that day. So far, three Hufflepuffs, three Ravenclaws and two Gryffindor's and Severus Snape had been pranked, as far as she had heard. Not including The Paint Incident on all of the Slytherin's that morning.
'I just hope they don't try to prank me' Lily thought to herself, wondering why the Marauder's hadn't pranked more individual Slytherin's, like they usually did. She was suddenly pulled out of thought as she was pushed into a store closet, falling on someone.
"Have fun Lily flower." Lily heard Sirius' voice from the other side of the door, along with a click of the door locking.
"Bloody hell! Has he gone over the edge?" Lily yelled, pushing herself from the person. "Who are you!" Lily demanded, looking for her bag, which Sirius seemed to have taken.
"Its James." Lily glared in the darkness.
"Bloody brilliant. I'm stuck in a closet with bloody James Potter." Lily huffed. "When's he going to let us out of here? I'm sure you had something to do with this!" Lily asked, anger biting at her.
"No, actually, I didn't have anything to do with this." James said as coldly as he could manage.
"Oh." Lily sighed, realizing; "We're late for Potions. Damn Sirius."
"I'm sure that Sirius will let us out after class." James sighed. "He took my wand."
"Same here. But after Potions won't do us much good. If we're still alive, that is." Lily huffed.
"You're a brat, you know that Evans? It's not like I enjoy spending time in a closet, stuck with you." James replied.
"Is that why you constantly ask me out then?" Lily said, and gasped as she covered her mouth. That was so conceited of her.
"Maybe it's because I never realized what a bitch you could be?" James scowled in the dark, crossing his arms across his chest.
Silence. Nothing was heard except soft breathing and the rustling of someone moving.
"I'm sorry….." Lily whispered to James, breaking the silence. "..…I just don't understand how you like me. Like you said, I'm a bitch." Lily said, sighing and feeling a sense of guilt she knew her words would bring.
'I'll change'
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"Yes! Sirius locked us in that closet!" Lily told Jolene."I think that Sirius is great, only he would do something like that for his friends. It's amazing you didn't tear each other apart." Jo smiled.
"Honestly, I feel so guilty from before……never giving him a chance." Lily looked down to her plate.
"Honestly, Lil, you were a bit of a bitch, not that he didn't deserve it……." Jewls told Lily.
"That's what he said." Lily half smiled, as she looked down to finish her dinner, when an owl dropped a letter by her plate.
"You think it's safe to open this?" Lily asked Julia and Bri, who both nodded, and watched as Lily open the letter.
"Shit!" Lily shrieked as twenty bugs crawled and flew out of the letter, covered in wartcap powder.
Jewls and Bri looked at the Maurder's with glares, close friends of Lily's knew that she hated all bugs with a passion.
Lily swatted away the bugs, using her books to squish them, breaking her plate, and not noticing the warts that rose on her face from the flying bugs and wartcap powder.
"Get the fuck off of me!" Lily exclaimed, standing up to leave, which was a bad idea.
The great hall broke out in laughter as a bucket off green paint appeared and emptied over Lily's head.
Lily screamed as green paint covered her, but somehow only managed to get into her hair, dying it a bright green. Lily choked back tears of anger and hurt as she walked to James and Sirius, who were grinning at her. James looked regretful and apologetic.
"Thanks for this Potter, Black. I enjoy it so much. I should just go join the Slytherin's, right? Already have got the spirit?" Lily pointed to her hair, grinning at them.
Lily used her wand to shoot words onto the ceiling of the great hall before hitting James and Sirius upside the head, wiping the grins off of their faces. Then she walked out, tying her hair up into a high ponytail.
'Slytherin's are the best!
Lily growled, punching the wall as she kept on walking. They made her sick! Angry tears threatened to spill out of her eyes, her vision bleary.
"Lily, I'm sorry-" James caught hold of Lily's arm, spinning her around to face him.
"Sure you are, Potter. Say it like you actually mean it. And let go off me." Lily said, prying James hand off her arm. She could still hear the laughing from the great hall.
"Lily, Wait!" James called, but Lily walked all the more faster.
"Go to hell Potter. After everything you said today! I can't believe it! And you're one to call me a bitch!" Lily turned around, screaming.
"It's not me who can't take a joke Evans." James spit back at her.
"You know what, James Potter. I bet, if any person in all of Hogwarts tried to prank you, you wouldn't know what the hell to do. You would get so pissed off, and you would make that person's life hell. It's you who can't take the joke."
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AN - Hey! Hope you like this chapter, it was weird to make, as I don't think I could do anything Lily said or did to the Marauder's! Wonder what's going to happen next? Review and I'll have the next chapter up soon! Love you all so much! Thanks for reviewing!!
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Miss Meg