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Summary. The Marauders and Lady Marauders have started their prank war. The Marauders were going to plan their next prank when James introduced them to Drake Malfoy.

Chapter 9: New friends, Old fun

James replied, "Well, I want to have someone become and honorary Marauder. I'm sure if you give him a chance you'll like him. Boys may I introduce to you…" out of the shadows stepped, "…Drake Malfoy."

The other three Marauders looked at James then to Draco Malfoy and back to James. Draco leaned over to James and whispered, "One nasty word from Pothead, Weasel, or Forgetful and I am out of here."

Ron opened his mouth. "What is the brainless, Deatheater wannabe git doing here, Slither?"

Draco turned towards the door and said clearly, "That's it I am out of here!"

James turned to the other Marauders and nearly shouted, "Look, I know Drake better than any of you. If you cannot accept him as a friend then maybe I don't belong here either. As for you Mask, I will let you know that he is neither brainless or a Deatheater wannabe. Maybe a stubborn git, but not the others. As for you Drake, if you leave then you haven't learned a thing."

Everyone stared at James like he was mad. Finally Harry spoke up. "Draco, if James trusts you then you must have shown him something to trust. If you can give us a reason then I don't see a reason as to why we cannot be friends."

Neville looked at Harry as though he made a deal with the Devil. "King, are you sure about this? We all know that his father is a Deatheater and that he hates us."

James turned to Neville and said, "Paws let Drake explain himself and maybe you'll understand him like I do."

Ron looked at Draco and said, "All right! Since I happen to like Slither as a friend tell us why we should trust you."

Draco took a deep breath and said, "Ok here we go. During the summer between the second and third years I met a Muggle girl. Her name was Jewel. I know what my father said about Muggles but she was an angel and I fell in love with her. She had a younger brother who used to call me 'Drake'. My father found out about her during our fourth year. This summer after Voldemort was resurrected, my father killed her and her family so that the Dark Lord may never know about my love for her. After that day I knew that I never wanted to become like my father. I knew that I did not want to live like a servant of Voldemort."

Ron and Neville panicked at the mention of the name of Voldemort. Harry looked at them and sighed, "Paws, Mask, you cannot be afraid of a name. Voldemort. Voldemort. Voldemort. Voldemort. Voldemort. See he did not show up. Slither, Draco, and I can say his name. Are you telling me that Draco is braver than two Gryffindores?" Harry then turned to Draco and said, "Draco, or do you prefer Drake? I don't know if I fully believe your story, but I trust Slither very much and so I will give you the benefit of the doubt."

Draco smiled. Not his usual smirk but a genuine smile. He then turned to James and said, "Now I understand what you meant about how true friends are supposed to be. Harry, I do prefer between us to be Drake. But what is with this Slither, Paws, King, Mask stuff?"

James just smiled and said, "Those are our names for each other. Do me a favor and say 'Monstrare Animagus'. This will show what kind of Animagi you will become."

Drake performed the charm and out of his wand came a tiger. Drake looked at the smoke and said, "I can become a tiger? That is so cool."

Harry then said, "To be able to become a tiger you need to perform 'Accidere Animagus' on yourself. Then you need to practice transforming everyday until you change easily."

Drake did as Harry said and his body became white with black stripes. Drake quickly changed back. Then he said to the Marauders, "Ok now I guess I get a weird name like Stripes huh?"

Ron laughed and said, "That's perfect. Drake Malfoy, as a founding member of the New Marauders I proclaim you Stripes, honorary member of the Marauders!"

Drake made a disgusted face. He then said to Ron, "I was only kidding about that name."

Neville spoke up and said, "It's too late now Stripes. You're stuck with it."

The group of boys broke out in laughter. Then Harry took command. "Ok we still need to plan our next prank. And since we now have five members working this should be classic."

The Marauders planned their next prank with Drake as a integral part of it. They decided to pull the prank after lunch the next day. They then all went back to their dormitories parting as friends. Harry fell onto his bed and fell asleep with a question in his mind. Did we really make friends with Draco Malfoy? The same Draco Malfoy who has tried making our lives living hells since we started at Hogwarts? He was surprised as James answered him. Yes we did. And I have a feeling that we will be friends for a lifetime.

After lunch that day Harry and Drake were standing by Potions class. They decided that to pull off their plan Harry and Drake would have to stage a fight. So waiting until most of the class was in the dungeon Drake said in a loud voice, "Potty, where's that mudblood girlfriend of yours? Did she dump you yet? Everyone knows that she really wants me!"

If Harry didn't know that Drake was acting he would have cursed him into tomorrow. "Malfoy if you had any brains you would know that snakes don't make good boyfriends!"

Drake hid his smile and said, "Take this Pothead, STUPEFY!" Drake sent his curse very wide. The rest of the class rushed out to watch the fight. Harry sent a curse at Drake that missed. Soon the class was joined by Professor Snape. As soon as Snape entered the hallway Ron, Neville, and James went into the classroom placing a charm on the blackboard.

They then entered the hallway again watching Snape pull Harry and Drake apart. "Potter, fifty points from Gryffindore and you have detention with me tonight at 8:00." Harry hoped that losing fifty points and getting a detention was worth the prank they pulled. Snape then turned to the class and said, "Inside all of you. NOW!"

When the class took their seats Snape spoke up and said, "Now we will be learning a potion that may very well keep you alive. I shall write the ingredients on the board and you are to copy them down. Homework will be to learn the properties of each ingredient and write an essay about how each one helps the potion." Snape turned to the blackboard and started writing the ingredients, but as soon as he wrote the first letter it disappeared and was replaced by the phrase, "My name is Snape. I wear pink pajamas to bed. I have a teddy bear named Pookie."

The class tried to keep their laughing inside for fear of what Snape would do to them if they laughed. Snape looked aghast and then turned to the class. "Who did this?" No one answered. "Fine. Let's see who did this. Revealo Incantator!" Red marks shown over Ron, Neville, and James. "Weasley, Longbottom, Harrison, that will be fifty points each from Gryffindore and each of you will have detention with me. Each will have detention on different nights so that you cannot be together. After class I want you three to stay after to set them up. Since those three have enchanted my blackboard I will tell you the ingredients, so pay attention because I will say them only once and if you do not get them all you will fail your homework."

Everyone glared daggers at James, Ron, and Neville. They decided that prank defiantly wasn't worth it. The Marauders all listened carefully and wrote down what they needed, but watched as Snape placed parchments on each of the Slytherins' desks. Obviously he was giving them a list of the ingredients so that they wouldn't fail.

After class Hermione stopped Harry and said, "I guess the Marauders lose. We decided that if you guys lose that the pairing would go like this. I get you for a week as my slave. Luna gets Ron. Lavender gets Neville. Ginny gets James. Since your weeklong slavery starts today I choose that we go to the library and you will have to get any book that I want. If you are a good boy maybe I'll reward you with kisses."

As much as Harry hated losing, he had to admit he couldn't think of a reason not to lose. After dinner, Hermione and Harry walked to the library and she pulled him to back of the library and said, "Today I don't want to study. I just wanted a quite place to be able to be with you and kiss you." Harry smiled at this and said, "Your wish is my command!" He then pulled her into a very passionate kiss.

When they broke apart they held each other while looking into each other's eyes. Harry was about to pull Hermione into another kiss when he heard in his head Ron's voice saying, King! King! Get your tongue out of Hermione's mouth long enough to hear this! Remus just sent an owl to us! He says that we need to see him at the Shrieking Shack tonight!

Harry sighed and Hermione asked what was wrong and he explained what Ron said, but left out the part of the tongue. Harry then looked at his watch and noticed that it was a quarter to eight. He then said, "I have to go. I have detention with Snape tonight. If you are willing to wait up for me in the common room we can continue where we left off."

It was almost midnight when Harry came back to the common room. Hermione was waiting up for him and asked, "So what did Professor Snape make you do?"

Harry sighed and collapsed on the couch and said, "He made me take the enchantment off of his blackboard then I had to restock the student supply cabinet. It was completely bare when I started. This prank was not worth it. But on the upside I have a very beautiful master to serve for the next week." Harry then pulled Hermione into a kiss, but she stopped him and said, "Not now! I am the master and we will do that when I say. Right now you need to go to bed."

At first Harry looked at her open mouthed. Then in a more firm tone she said, "Your master gave you and order. Now follow it." Harry dropped his head and stalked off to the boys dormitory. Hermione giggled at him and thought to herself. I don't think he is going to like what the Lady Marauders have planned for the Marauders on the last day of slavery. Hermione then went up to her dormitory.

A/N: Ok time to stop for the night. If you like this story please review. -------