Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews! Er… Oh yeah! I decided to shift the focus away from Lily and James. It's more about the others (except Peter, the jerk). And you'll find out what's wrong with Lily in the next chapter or two.

Title: Role Reversal

Rating: PG

Spoilers: There aren't too many spoilers in chapters 1-12. The whole story has some spoilers, but how else do you write a fanfic? The chapter with major spoilers is "Old Friends".

Summary: James and Lily make a bet. Lily has to pull a bunch of pranks and James can't do any.

Disclaimer: I, of course, do not own Harry Potter or its characters. If you're reading this, you should already know whom it belongs to anyway.

Setting: This story is set in MWPP years. If you don't know what that means, you probably shouldn't be reading this fanfic.

!!! = setting change

italics = emphasis

italics = thoughts

-Week #3-

On Tuesday, September 18, Lily pulled another prank on our two favorite (or rather, least favorite) Slytherins, Severus Snape and Lucius Malfoy. Their robes flashed bright yellow, blue, and pink when teachers weren't looking.

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"Veronica?" Lily asked in the girls' dorm after lunch.

"Yeah?"

"Come here." She whispered in Veronica's ear, "Remus likes you."

"You're joking."

"No, I'm not," Lily replied, smiling.

"It's true? You're not trying to trick me, are you?" Veronica asked in a suspicious tone.

"Veronica!" Lily said exasperatedly. "I'm your friend. I wouldn't joke about something like this."

"Okay, okay. Oh, this is so great!"

"Yeah."

"How do you know that he does, anyway?"

"Um… James… told me."

"Oh. Thank you so much, Lily!"

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"Moony."

"What is it, Prongs?"

"Veronica likes you."

"Er… what?"

"She does."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"You're sure."

"Yes, I'm sure!"

"Thanks for telling me."

"You're welcome."

"How did you find out that she likes me?"

"Li… Evans told me."

"Ah."

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The day after that, she tricked the trickster named Peeves. The poltergeist had been about to bother a group of first years when suddenly he saw an image of the Bloody Baron. Lily had conjured an image of the Slytherin ghost. It said, "Peeves… I'm going to get you…"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Peeves flew around the castle screaming as Lily's fake Bloody Baron chased him. That was the third of her four pranks that had to be well known.

On Thursday, she altered a Ravenclaw's books. Every book looked like a different subject's book (AN: Charms book looks like Transfiguration, Transfiguration looks like Potions, etc.).

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Remus was sitting with Veronica in the common room before dinner, away from everyone else. They were the farthest from the fireplace.

"Hey, Veronica?"

"Yes?" She smiled at him.

He faltered upon seeing her stunning smile, then remembered what he was going to ask her.

"Um… We've known each other for a while, haven't we?"

"Since our first year."

"That's five years, right?"

Somewhat amused, Veronica replied, "Yes, it is. What are you trying to say, Remus?"

"Oh. Well, I was wondering… I was thinking… What I want to say is…"

"Remus! Just spit it out, will you?"

"Will you be my girlfriend?"

"What?" Veronica looked shocked. "You… you want me to be your girlfriend?"

"Well, yeah. I've liked you for a long time and…" Remus blushed.

"Yes, I'll be your girlfriend, Remus."

"Okay. Great. Uh… What do we do now?"

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Lily made a Hufflepuff third year bow to everyone he saw on Friday. Needless to say, a lot of people were confused but amused.

Saturday morning, Lily got out of bed early to play a prank on Sirius.

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"Aaaah!" Sirius had woken up to find that his hair was purple, his skin was blue, and his eyes were pink.

James sat up when he heard his friend's scream. He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes then put on his glasses. He started snickering when he saw what had happened to Sirius. Remus and Peter did the same.

"You look like a rainbow."

"Shut up, Wormtail."

"Looks like Evans got you good."

"Prongs! That's not the issue here! What am I going to do about this?" Sirius ran downstairs to find Lily.

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"Lily Evans! Where are you?" a very angry-looking Sirius Black yelled, storming down the stairs.

"Right here," she called from the other side of the common room.

"Did you do this?"

"I thought you needed a new look."

"Lily!"

"I have a bet to win, Black."

"But why'd you have to pick me?"

"I really don't know. I just thought it'd be funny," she said, giggling.

"Change me back!"

"Hmm… I don't think I will."

"What?!"

"Well, I just don't see any reason to."

"You don't see any reason to?! Look at me! I'm a multicolored freak!"

"That you are."

Sirius growled as Peter and Remus came down the stairs, followed by James. Lily noticed James and quickly averted her gaze. She turned around and ran to her own room.

"What was that about?" Peter asked.

"I'm not sure," Remus said.

"And I'm still different colors!" That, of course, was Sirius.

James didn't say anything, but stared at the spot where Lily had been just a few moments before. It's me. Whatever's bothering her has something to do with me. She hasn't spoken to me or looked at me in almost a week.

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Sarah stifled a laugh as she tried to help Sirius change back to his regular color. "You look funny."

"Blame your friend," Sirius said, not smiling.

"Oh, come on," Sarah said. "You know she has a bet going on with James."

"She's probably got something else going on with him too," Sirius muttered.

"What?"

"Nothing."

Sarah leaned back to get a better look. "Well, this is the best I can do. Your eyes are normal, but your hair still has streaks of purple and your skin still looks bluish."

"She's thorough, isn't she?"

"Yep."

"Hey, Sarah?"

"Hmm?"

"Do you wanna, er… go steady?"

"Sure."

Well, that was simple. "Okay," Sirius replied.

"You still look funny."

"You know what? Forget I asked you anything."

"No! I was just kidding."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"So was I. I think."

"You think? That's a first." Sarah giggled.

Indignant, Sirius said loudly, "Hey! I've thought before."

"I wouldn't have guessed."

"Some girlfriend you are," Sirius said, crossing his arms across his chest.

"Oh, you know you love me."

"Let's not get carried away here."

"Shut up and kiss me."

"I can do that."

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A rain cloud followed a Gryffindor first year around on Sunday. He was the only one who got wet (meaning the floor and other people did not get wet).

The Marauders were sitting in the common room with Sarah and Veronica after lunch. Sarah was sitting on Sirius's lap. Remus had his arm around Veronica. Peter got up and started doing jumping jacks (he wanted to lose the weight he had gained recently). James sat in an armchair drumming his fingers. He looked like he was pondering something.

"Where's Lily?" he asked the girls.

"She's up in our room," replied Sarah.

Veronica said, "She's been acting strange lately."

"Yeah, she's quiet…"

"Listless…"

"It's like she's under some sort of curse. She only does what needs to be done."

"Hey, I'll see you guys later," James said, getting out of his chair.

"Where are you going?"

"To talk to Lily," he replied, dodging the kid with the rain cloud and climbing the stairs to the girls' dorm.

Veronica said, "You're not allowed up there, you know."

"I don't care. There's something wrong with her and I am going to find out what it is."

TO BE CONTINUED…

Author's Note: Erm… Thank you for the reviews… Yeah, thank you to all the new reviewers… Okay, I'm going to type the next chapter now.