Plotting With the Enemy

Disclaimer: Yes me! I own Harry Potter! Sorry, I was still in my favorite dream...but who knows? Someday...in the far, far future...I just might own Harry Potter.

Summary: Lily and James do not get along very well. But what happens when James and lily want revenge on the same person? Well put their differences aside and combine forces of course!

A/N: For the sake of making the story better, we'll pretend that Peter is one of them...not dorky and stupid, and Remus not so depressing. O and don't forget to review!

Chapter 2 – Where James Falls from Greatness

"IT WAS HIM!" both Remus and James yelled at the same time while pointing at each other.

They stayed frozen like that for a whole minute then they all winced as Sirius attempted to shove Lily's jaw back in place.

"Ooh, he shouldn't have done that," Peter whispered.

"Potter you freak! Do you know how long it took me to write that?" Lily screamed.

"Why do you always assume it's me?!? Open your eyes! It was Remus all along," James yelled back. It was so frustrating that the girl blamed him for everything.

"Well you're the one that tore it up!" Lily did feel a little guilty, because he was right in a way. "What are you nodding for? You're next!" Lily turned to Remus who was nodding as if agreeing with her.

People were crowding in the doorways and even started buying snacks to watch the show that was sure to occur, featuring the infamous fighting pair.

"What are you looking at? Clear out!" Lily and James said together.

"Well at least they agree on something for once," Sirius said sourly.

"Potter, we'll discuss this later," Lily said softly. "Remus, give me your essay."

Snatching his long roll of parchment Lily stormed off.
"So, Lily, how'd it go?" Andie asked sending meaningful glances to Morgan, who was looking very hopeful. "Usual. Potter is a prick. Strange that you even need to ask," Lily said. "They tore up my essay, so I just took Remus's; and he better hope he did good."

"So, Lily, you must be pissed," Morgan asked, trying to sound nonchalant.

"Nah, it was too amusing to see them flinch to be mad for too long," Lily said lightly. "But I bet they think I'm a real psycho."

"YES! Andie this should teach you to bet with me," Morgan said happily.

"Whatever," Lily said, rolling her eyes. "I've got an essay to copy."

"Huh. Why not just keep Remus's?" Ashleigh asked.

"Wow, I didn't even think of that! Yelling at Potter really takes a lot out of me," Lily replied.
"That girl is a real psycho!" Sirius said as he and Peter walked up the train, trying to find the food lady, as they call her.

"First-class," Peter agreed. "I mean, it was just an essay..." "No...I think she just likes to have a reason to yell at James," Sirius said as his eyes lit up. "You don't think...nah, impossible..."

"Sirius, you're so hopeless," Peter said exasperatedly. He was about to continue lecturing Sirius on the importance of keeping up a human image when he was distracted by food.

When Sirius and Peter opened the door to their compartment, they were shocked to find James doing a victory dance, apparently very pleased with himself.

"What happened? What did I miss?" Sirius asked.

"I'm quidditch captain, I'm quidditch captain," James chanted joyously.

"Wow, that really proves Johnston to be insane," Sirius said jokingly. "Wonder why you're surprised, we all knew it was going to be you."

"You just can't let me have my moment, can you?" James replied.

"Cut out the noise!" Remus yelled while trying to put Lily's essay together as if doing a puzzle. "I'm trying to piece together an essay and if you didn't notice, I'm running out of time. Huh...this should go here...and this..."

"Relax, Remus," Sirius said, "Marauders don't do work...they find a geek to do it for them."

"Why didn't anyone tell me this before?" Remus exclaimed.

James shrugged. "We thought you knew," he said simply

"We better change now," Peter reminded them.
"I need to get back at James, and you're going to help me," Roxanne informed her 'friend' Chelsea.

"So what do you think we should do?" Chelsea questioned.

"Haven't got a good idea yet," Roxanne said. "What do you think?"

"Whatever you say is good I guess," Chelsea answered.

"Oh my God, I have the perfect plan!" Roxanne exclaimed excitedly. "And I can include Evans in this too!"
In the great hall, the noise was thunderous, mainly because the heavy rain tempted the students to top its volume.

"I wish they'd hurry up with the sorting," Lily complained, "I'm starving!"

"Exactly," James said, sitting across from her. "Finally, someone who sees my point,"

"Potter, you better hope Remus's paper is good enough to get me an O," Lily spat at James.

"Why Lilykins," Sirius said, settling himself beside Morgan, "That was harsh...you know, I think there should be a rule that says all prefects must be polite to those with less brain cells."

"How about I be really nice to you and give you detention?" Lily threatened.

"That's what I can 'abusing your position'," James cut in lightly.

"Shut up, Potter, I'm in my happy place." Lily replied, rocking back and forth in her seat.

"What's in your happy place?" James inquired looking quite interested.

"Well...for one thing you're not there," Lily said thoughtfully, "and Sirius was a bug that I squished."

"How cold...and I was just trying to be nice." James said, obviously hurt.

"How about you be nice to me by not talking?" Lily suggested.

The sorting started, and everyone sitting around them looked relieved as they stopped arguing.

After the sorting, Dumbledore stood up and said grandly, "I'm sure you are all hungry and tired of clapping your hands raw...so now let the eating begin!"

For the first fifteen minutes or so, Lily barely touched her own food, occupied with first staring at James, then Sirius. She could not believe human beings could shove food down their throat as fast as they were doing...but then again, they can't really be considered genuine humans. Lily smiled vaguely and eventually started eating herself.

After all the dishes were clean, Dumbledore stood up once more.

"Students, the usual notices for the year are of course, the forbidden forest, hopefully will not receive any visits from you students, and due to a long research over the summer, Mr. Filch as added eight pages to his list of banned items inside the school...and outside," Dumbledore added, looking as if he did so solely for the Marauders.

This year's head boy is Arthur Weasley, from Gryffindor! Dumbledore paused until the applause died down. And the head girl is Molly Prewitt, also of Gryffindor, at this, the noise the Gryffindors made nearly rivaled a hurricane, if not more.

Also, this Halloween, we will be having a carnival of different events that the students may organize themselves. I suggest you start thinking about what you wish to do if obtaining a booth is in your best interest. We will also be hosting a prank contest...after many debates, and the ones who think up the best hoax will be allowed to take four friends and be allowed to attend the annual prank fest in Rome, Italy." Dumbledore finished.

"I see some of you in the crowd already nodding off, so I will speak no more, off to bed with you!"

People's thoughts about the prank contest

The Gryffindors

"Guess the competitions really just about the four of us," James commented to Sirius, Remus, and Peter.

"Certainly," Sirius agreed.

"Betcha ten galleons it's going to be me though," James said arrogantly.

"James, you just wait, I am WAY better than you in this," Sirius said with confidence.

The Hufflepuffs

Girl 1 : James is going to win, I know it! Girl 2: Nu uh! Its so gonna be Sirius...he's way better than James... And so, a war of who was hotter, James or Sirius began.

The Ravenclaws

Boy 1: No doubt one of the Marauders are gonna win that thing. Boy 2: But hey! There are only four of them; they get to take one extra person! Boy 1: You're right! I'm going to try to be extra nice to them...

The Slytherins

Narcissa: We can't let potter win this thing! Bellatrix: Better him than our demented cousin...
"Can't wait to see the high and mighty James Potter fall tomorrow in front of everybody, Evans is just an added bonus," Roxanne whispered to Chelsea as they parted ways after returning from mixing a potion in the girls' bathroom.

"Just how exactly are we going to make them take this?" Chelsea asked.

"We'll come early and dump it in their cups," Roxanne answered. She rolled her eyes, sometimes hanging with Chelsea can be such work! "Don't worry about it; I know how to handle this."
"Lily! Lily, wake up!" Ashleigh shook Lily violently, "and on the first day too!"

"I'm trying to sleep Petunia...ooh that's a pretty dress..."

"Lily its Ashleigh and you can tell me all about your pretty dress tomorrow...I really wanna hear...now WAKE UP"

"Why?" Lily demanded.

"Because you're gonna be late for potions"

"Ash, this better not be one of those times when you wake me up early and it's really a Saturday..." Lily mumbled as she got out of bed.
They were in the middle of breakfast when Roxanne Summers stood up and raised her goblet and said very loudly, "Yesterday I didn't get the chance to do this, but as of the moment, I would like to congratulate Molly and Arthur in being the new Heads!"

Well, that seemed reasonable enough, so both Lily and James drank to that. What a horrible, horrible mistake that was.

They both stood up against their wishes and made their way over to the Slytherins table before stopping in front of Snape.

"Severus, can I have a word with you?" James asked in a voice most unlike his own.

"Move Potter, I was here first," Lily said hostilely, "And I'm sure Severus would want to talk to me more."

Is the world ending? Snape thought to himself.

"Oh please, he goes around calling you a mudblood, I highly doubt he'd prefer you over me," James replied.

"If you like him so much, then why are you always making his life a miserable mess?" Lily shot back.

"That's just my weird way of showing affection, Evans," James responded.

By now most of the hall was roaring with laughter, and Roxanne personally got on a table and bowed to take credit for this great prank even thought she knew it'd cost her a few detentions.

But suddenly, everything had gone quiet. James Potter was kissing Severus Snape. Even Lily, under the potion was shocked. Sirius, Remus, and Peter, along with Lily's friends ran with rapid speed to drag their friends out of there.

For the rest of the day, they stayed in the common room. As the potion started to wear off, James realized what he had done.

"Crap! I can't believe I did that!" James wailed to Lily, "My whole reputation will be ruined! Ruined I tell you!

"What I did doesn't seem so bad now. But I was on the verge of confessing my love to Snape right before you kissed him." Lily replied. "I'm gonna go kill myself, I'll see you in hell Evans," James said as he stalked off.

"James you can't die! You have to keep living; for me!" Lily said full of concern.

"Really? You really care?" James looked surprised but a strange warm feeling was spreading over him.

"Of course! How could I make fun of you with this highly interesting information if you weren't alive?" Lily said, amused that he believed her.

"Alright Evans, I'll stay alive for you sake; although you really are impossible." James answered.
"Okay, men, war is upon us, anyone got a good idea for a splendid payback?" James announced that night in the boy's dormitories.

"But, James!" Peter complained, "We never prank girls."

"We start now," James said, "Anyways, that evil sorry-excuse-for-a-person embarrassed us too bad to ignore."

"You mean she embarrassed you," Remus reminded him.

"We are one. Never thought I'd have to say this corny line, but I guess there's a time for everything," James replied, scratching his head, "Now back to the matter at hand."

"Well sir," Sirius said quite critically, "Summer's friend currently resides here [Sirius points to a dot on the Marauder's Map], and if we skip sleeping tonight, we can ambush her and torture her for information about everything Summers afraid of, etc. etc."

"Good job sergeant," James said approvingly, "We shall do that tomorrow night, since your leader is worn-out."

"Since when are you the leader, James?" Remus inquired.

"Since forever," James responded arrogantly, "You know you can't live without me."

"We pretend." Peter said simply.
A/N: Thank you, my awesome reviewers!!! :D