(AN: Another story by me (Katie). This is my third story. Everyone hear
should know by the now who the Harry Potter characters belonged to. Review
tell me if u want me to continue!)
Lily Evans walked down the halls of Hogwarts with her friends, Samantha and Emily. It was Friday and they were all looking forward to the weekend. They had all thought ahead and finished all their assignments during lunch and in between classes and were free to do whatever they wanted.
They were just heading down one of the many stair cases when they heard a familiar voice calling "Hey! Evans!"
"Oh no....." Lily rolled her eyes. She knew only too well who the voice belonged to. She and the two other girls looked up to the top of the staircase to see James Potter and his friends Sirius, Remus and Peter. Lily turned away and continued down the steps. James was the last person she wanted to see.
"Ah come on, Evans!"
"Take a hint, Potter! She doesn't want to talk to you!" Emily yelled back at him "I hardly blame her!" and she headed down after Lily. Samantha looked back glaring daggers at James and Sirius, before going after them.
"I despise him!!!" Lily yelled when they were finally outside. "He expects every girl to fall at his feet! No matter how obnoxious he acts! It's a wonder he could even fit his head through the castle doors! That arrogant git! And doesn't he ever brush his hair!?!?!"
"I can't believe he had the nerve to talk to you after what happened last week!" Emily said.
"Me neither....." said Samantha "Oh I could strangle him and that Black for what they did to my brother!"
It was true, after Lily told Sam what happened to her brother Severus, she was ready to rip out James and Sirius's throats. Sam was a year behind her brother in Hogwarts and was in Ravenclaw, much to Severus's disappointment. He thought she could do better than that. Both Lily and Emily were in Gryffindor and her best friends. Severus also didn't approve of that. But what could he do? Samantha had a life of her own which he can't control (try as he might). He did however keep an eye on her. Sam loved her brother more than anything and the thought of anyone hurting him was enough to send her off the deep end! She hated James probably even more than Lily did.
"And than Tuesday! Remember when they created a breeze in the corridor?! Blew our skirts right up! In front of everyone!" Emily hugged her books to her chest.
"How could we possibly forget that?!" Lily said, her face beginning to color "I swear there is nothing more embarrassing than having your knickers displayed in public!"
"What did they do that for anyway?"
"Severus told me that Sirius said it was payback for Lily, for when she turned Potter down in front of everyone. Severus was so mad at them." Sam explained.
"Did you tell him I was sorry, Sam? For calling him 'Snivellus'?"
"Yes. He didn't mean what he said, Lily. Although he would never admit it, he never would have called you that, if those bozos haven't been beating on him already. I really don't mind what you said, you were already mad at Potter and that was a terrible word. I must have given my brother a two hour lecture!"
"But what are we going to do about those Marauders?"
"I don't know....." Lily said, thinking.
"We owe those jerks, Lily. And we always pay our debts." Said Sam.
"Yeah, I say its time for payback!" Emily added.
"But what should we do, Em?"
"I don't know but we better do something before they come up with a new way to humiliate us!"
"She still won't talk to me, Moony, I can't believe it!" James said to Remus.
"Well after what happened last week, not to mention Tuesday!"
"Hey that wasn't my idea! That was Padfoot!"
"Hey! She humiliated you in front of everyone! We had to do something!" Sirius defended.
"But did you have to do that in front of everyone? Emily cried....." Remus said. He had felt very bad about what James and Sirius did to Lily and her friends. He didn't like it when they made fun of Severus either. Remus tried to keep out of everything but than he felt responsible for not stopping his friends.
"That girl had nice knickers though--- "
"SIRIUS!!!"
"Relax, Moony! You really need to relax. Look its Friday, lets go out and do something fun!"
"Yeah, like what?" asked James.
"Something to get your mind off that red head. What do you say we go for a swim?"
"A swim? Is this really you talking, Padfoot? Something actually harmless where we won't get in trouble?" Remus asked in fake awe.
"Where's the fun in that?" James laughed.
"Now, now, I wasn't finished. Not just a swim, that's just too boring. I was thinking more of the lines of midnight, in the lake....."
"No way!"
"What's wrong, Moony? It's not a full moon!"
"Well....."
"Come on don't be chicken like Wormtail."
What could he do? He couldn't argue. And he REALLY didn't want to be stuck in the Gryffindor common room when his mates were out having fun, even if it might be something stupid. "Ok, count me in."
The three best friends sat under a tree by the lake, trying to think of a plan.
"What if we curse their beds with an itching spell?" Said Sam.
"Sounds good but not nearly our best." Lily said.
"Yeah, they embarrassed us." Emily reminded Sam "We got to let the punishment fit the crime."
"Right.....ok."
"Hmm.....If only there was a way that we could get them like they would get us....." Emily thought outloud.
They all thought for a few minutes.
"Maybe there is....." said Lily "We'll have to keep our eyes open. It's a Friday night, they are bound to make trouble.....lets follow them....see where they go, maybe find a way to get them back."
11:30 p.m. everyone was asleep in their dormitories.....well almost everyone. Lily, Sam and Emily sat on the stairs that led to the girls dormitory, waiting. Emily yawned and leaned her head on Sam's shoulder.
"Come on, Em. You got to stay awake." Said Lily.
"Maybe they aren't coming."
"They will!" Said Lily, becoming rather tired of waiting herself.
Right then they heard footsteps coming from the boys' stairway and Lily put her fingers to her lips. They kept close to the wall so not to be seen. They saw James, Sirius and Remus, walk to the middle of the common room. James was holding something, some kind of cloak. "Ok" he said "Ready for the Lake?"
"Let's do it!" Said Sirius. Than James draped his cloak around them and they disappeared.
The girls' mouths hung open. They saw the portrait door open and then closed. They knew they were gone.
"That sneak!" Lily gasped "He has an invisibility cloak!"
"That is not fair!" Sam.
"Now how are we going to follow them?"
"Didn't you hear, Emy? They're going to the Lake!" Sam explained.
"Yeah but we still better be careful, we can't see them so we wont know if they see us follow them. We better wait a few minutes and go very quietly."
Once the three boys reached the Lake they removed the cloak.
"I bet its freezing, mate." Said Remus.
"Probably, it'll feel good though." James said removing his robe, and loosened his tie. Sirius did the same, then his shirt and then to Remus' surprise started working at his belt buckle.
"Uh.....Padfoot? What are you doing?"
"Well you didn't think I was going swimming in my clothes did you?" asked Sirius as he continued to remove his pants.
"Well.....no, I guess not....." It's not that Remus thought it was a huge deal, but this did take him by surprise, by swimming he never thought that meant skinny dipping! Still, he thought he could give this a go. So he loosened his tie.
Lily led her friends outside, keeping very close to the castle walls. Then they came in view of the Lake and Lily ducked down. "Sam, Emy, get down!" She whispered and they did so. Lily couldn't believe what she was seeing! James Potter was stripping! Then the perfect idea hit her.
"Oh my....." Emily whispered.
"Oh this is too perfect!" Lily whispered back.
"You smelling something, Lily?" Sam asked.
"Oh yeah" Lily inhaled deeply "ah.....the sweet smell of pay back!"
Sirius was already in the water, doing back strokes. James was in up to his waist waiting for Remus who had yet to remove his knickers.
"C'mon, Moony! What are you waiting for?" James asked.
"Uh....."
"Moony! Come on in! Don't be a girl!" Sirius said coming back to the shallow end.
"Did you just call me a girl?!" Remus came walking into the water.
"Uh.....yeah mate that's just about right....."
"Oh.....you're going to regret that, Padfoot!" And Remus went running into the water (still in his knickers) and jumped onto Sirius who was retreating back into the water. Then James joined them in the water battle.
All the while this wild event was taking place, Lily, Sam and Emily were watching them with their mouths wide open.
"Whoa....I didn't know Sirius had such a nice—"
"Concentrate, Sam!" Lily said. "We're here to humiliate not admire. Remember Sirius is the big jerk who never lets your brother alone!"
"Yes, yes I know, Lily. I haven't lost my concentration."
"Alright they're all over each other. Now's our chance!"
"For what?"
"Come on! Let's get their clothes!" Lily started running towards the tree.
"What! Oh my gosh!" Emily smiled and followed.
"Oh this is too easy!" Sam said following, keeping low to the ground.
The boys were still too busy restling in the water to notice the girls sneaking towards them. Lily grabbed James's clothes, and Sam went for Sirius. Emily was gathering Remus's clothes when Lily said "Should we leave him his pants at least?"
"Nah, we can't go easy on any of them, Lily. Go ahead Em." Said Sam and she headed back to the castle taking Sirius clothes with her! Lily followed close after as did Emily.
"What are we going to do with them?" asked Sam.
"I say we hang their knickers up for the whole school to see in the great hall!" Emily said with a grin.
"I'll go for that but what shall we do with the rest?"
"Let's curse their trousers! And make 'em kick them in the arse!" Sam laughed, as did her friends. Lily nodded "Alright, we'll find a bunch of things to do with them." And through the castle corridors they went.
"Alright, Padfoot! Enough already!" The boys were all treading water in the middle of the Lake, and Sirius kept splashing. Fog was starting to pore in, they couldn't even see the land anymore and it was getting cold. James was freezing and ready to turn in. Remus was floating lazily on his back, this was getting rather boring.
"I'm with James, mate. Let's head back."
Sirius sighed "Aw you two blokes are such lightweights!"
Remus griped his friend's shoulders firmly and plunged him in the water. "Quite being such an ignoramus and get out of the water! I'm freezing!"
James had already started swimming to the land. When he felt the soft earth beneath his feet he stood and treaded through the water till he finally reached the grass. He turned around but could only hear his friends in the water. Then he looked around for his robes. Finally Remus managed to drag Sirius out of the water. They found James standing still looking very confused.
"Uh.....guys? Where are our clothes?"
Lily Evans walked down the halls of Hogwarts with her friends, Samantha and Emily. It was Friday and they were all looking forward to the weekend. They had all thought ahead and finished all their assignments during lunch and in between classes and were free to do whatever they wanted.
They were just heading down one of the many stair cases when they heard a familiar voice calling "Hey! Evans!"
"Oh no....." Lily rolled her eyes. She knew only too well who the voice belonged to. She and the two other girls looked up to the top of the staircase to see James Potter and his friends Sirius, Remus and Peter. Lily turned away and continued down the steps. James was the last person she wanted to see.
"Ah come on, Evans!"
"Take a hint, Potter! She doesn't want to talk to you!" Emily yelled back at him "I hardly blame her!" and she headed down after Lily. Samantha looked back glaring daggers at James and Sirius, before going after them.
"I despise him!!!" Lily yelled when they were finally outside. "He expects every girl to fall at his feet! No matter how obnoxious he acts! It's a wonder he could even fit his head through the castle doors! That arrogant git! And doesn't he ever brush his hair!?!?!"
"I can't believe he had the nerve to talk to you after what happened last week!" Emily said.
"Me neither....." said Samantha "Oh I could strangle him and that Black for what they did to my brother!"
It was true, after Lily told Sam what happened to her brother Severus, she was ready to rip out James and Sirius's throats. Sam was a year behind her brother in Hogwarts and was in Ravenclaw, much to Severus's disappointment. He thought she could do better than that. Both Lily and Emily were in Gryffindor and her best friends. Severus also didn't approve of that. But what could he do? Samantha had a life of her own which he can't control (try as he might). He did however keep an eye on her. Sam loved her brother more than anything and the thought of anyone hurting him was enough to send her off the deep end! She hated James probably even more than Lily did.
"And than Tuesday! Remember when they created a breeze in the corridor?! Blew our skirts right up! In front of everyone!" Emily hugged her books to her chest.
"How could we possibly forget that?!" Lily said, her face beginning to color "I swear there is nothing more embarrassing than having your knickers displayed in public!"
"What did they do that for anyway?"
"Severus told me that Sirius said it was payback for Lily, for when she turned Potter down in front of everyone. Severus was so mad at them." Sam explained.
"Did you tell him I was sorry, Sam? For calling him 'Snivellus'?"
"Yes. He didn't mean what he said, Lily. Although he would never admit it, he never would have called you that, if those bozos haven't been beating on him already. I really don't mind what you said, you were already mad at Potter and that was a terrible word. I must have given my brother a two hour lecture!"
"But what are we going to do about those Marauders?"
"I don't know....." Lily said, thinking.
"We owe those jerks, Lily. And we always pay our debts." Said Sam.
"Yeah, I say its time for payback!" Emily added.
"But what should we do, Em?"
"I don't know but we better do something before they come up with a new way to humiliate us!"
"She still won't talk to me, Moony, I can't believe it!" James said to Remus.
"Well after what happened last week, not to mention Tuesday!"
"Hey that wasn't my idea! That was Padfoot!"
"Hey! She humiliated you in front of everyone! We had to do something!" Sirius defended.
"But did you have to do that in front of everyone? Emily cried....." Remus said. He had felt very bad about what James and Sirius did to Lily and her friends. He didn't like it when they made fun of Severus either. Remus tried to keep out of everything but than he felt responsible for not stopping his friends.
"That girl had nice knickers though--- "
"SIRIUS!!!"
"Relax, Moony! You really need to relax. Look its Friday, lets go out and do something fun!"
"Yeah, like what?" asked James.
"Something to get your mind off that red head. What do you say we go for a swim?"
"A swim? Is this really you talking, Padfoot? Something actually harmless where we won't get in trouble?" Remus asked in fake awe.
"Where's the fun in that?" James laughed.
"Now, now, I wasn't finished. Not just a swim, that's just too boring. I was thinking more of the lines of midnight, in the lake....."
"No way!"
"What's wrong, Moony? It's not a full moon!"
"Well....."
"Come on don't be chicken like Wormtail."
What could he do? He couldn't argue. And he REALLY didn't want to be stuck in the Gryffindor common room when his mates were out having fun, even if it might be something stupid. "Ok, count me in."
The three best friends sat under a tree by the lake, trying to think of a plan.
"What if we curse their beds with an itching spell?" Said Sam.
"Sounds good but not nearly our best." Lily said.
"Yeah, they embarrassed us." Emily reminded Sam "We got to let the punishment fit the crime."
"Right.....ok."
"Hmm.....If only there was a way that we could get them like they would get us....." Emily thought outloud.
They all thought for a few minutes.
"Maybe there is....." said Lily "We'll have to keep our eyes open. It's a Friday night, they are bound to make trouble.....lets follow them....see where they go, maybe find a way to get them back."
11:30 p.m. everyone was asleep in their dormitories.....well almost everyone. Lily, Sam and Emily sat on the stairs that led to the girls dormitory, waiting. Emily yawned and leaned her head on Sam's shoulder.
"Come on, Em. You got to stay awake." Said Lily.
"Maybe they aren't coming."
"They will!" Said Lily, becoming rather tired of waiting herself.
Right then they heard footsteps coming from the boys' stairway and Lily put her fingers to her lips. They kept close to the wall so not to be seen. They saw James, Sirius and Remus, walk to the middle of the common room. James was holding something, some kind of cloak. "Ok" he said "Ready for the Lake?"
"Let's do it!" Said Sirius. Than James draped his cloak around them and they disappeared.
The girls' mouths hung open. They saw the portrait door open and then closed. They knew they were gone.
"That sneak!" Lily gasped "He has an invisibility cloak!"
"That is not fair!" Sam.
"Now how are we going to follow them?"
"Didn't you hear, Emy? They're going to the Lake!" Sam explained.
"Yeah but we still better be careful, we can't see them so we wont know if they see us follow them. We better wait a few minutes and go very quietly."
Once the three boys reached the Lake they removed the cloak.
"I bet its freezing, mate." Said Remus.
"Probably, it'll feel good though." James said removing his robe, and loosened his tie. Sirius did the same, then his shirt and then to Remus' surprise started working at his belt buckle.
"Uh.....Padfoot? What are you doing?"
"Well you didn't think I was going swimming in my clothes did you?" asked Sirius as he continued to remove his pants.
"Well.....no, I guess not....." It's not that Remus thought it was a huge deal, but this did take him by surprise, by swimming he never thought that meant skinny dipping! Still, he thought he could give this a go. So he loosened his tie.
Lily led her friends outside, keeping very close to the castle walls. Then they came in view of the Lake and Lily ducked down. "Sam, Emy, get down!" She whispered and they did so. Lily couldn't believe what she was seeing! James Potter was stripping! Then the perfect idea hit her.
"Oh my....." Emily whispered.
"Oh this is too perfect!" Lily whispered back.
"You smelling something, Lily?" Sam asked.
"Oh yeah" Lily inhaled deeply "ah.....the sweet smell of pay back!"
Sirius was already in the water, doing back strokes. James was in up to his waist waiting for Remus who had yet to remove his knickers.
"C'mon, Moony! What are you waiting for?" James asked.
"Uh....."
"Moony! Come on in! Don't be a girl!" Sirius said coming back to the shallow end.
"Did you just call me a girl?!" Remus came walking into the water.
"Uh.....yeah mate that's just about right....."
"Oh.....you're going to regret that, Padfoot!" And Remus went running into the water (still in his knickers) and jumped onto Sirius who was retreating back into the water. Then James joined them in the water battle.
All the while this wild event was taking place, Lily, Sam and Emily were watching them with their mouths wide open.
"Whoa....I didn't know Sirius had such a nice—"
"Concentrate, Sam!" Lily said. "We're here to humiliate not admire. Remember Sirius is the big jerk who never lets your brother alone!"
"Yes, yes I know, Lily. I haven't lost my concentration."
"Alright they're all over each other. Now's our chance!"
"For what?"
"Come on! Let's get their clothes!" Lily started running towards the tree.
"What! Oh my gosh!" Emily smiled and followed.
"Oh this is too easy!" Sam said following, keeping low to the ground.
The boys were still too busy restling in the water to notice the girls sneaking towards them. Lily grabbed James's clothes, and Sam went for Sirius. Emily was gathering Remus's clothes when Lily said "Should we leave him his pants at least?"
"Nah, we can't go easy on any of them, Lily. Go ahead Em." Said Sam and she headed back to the castle taking Sirius clothes with her! Lily followed close after as did Emily.
"What are we going to do with them?" asked Sam.
"I say we hang their knickers up for the whole school to see in the great hall!" Emily said with a grin.
"I'll go for that but what shall we do with the rest?"
"Let's curse their trousers! And make 'em kick them in the arse!" Sam laughed, as did her friends. Lily nodded "Alright, we'll find a bunch of things to do with them." And through the castle corridors they went.
"Alright, Padfoot! Enough already!" The boys were all treading water in the middle of the Lake, and Sirius kept splashing. Fog was starting to pore in, they couldn't even see the land anymore and it was getting cold. James was freezing and ready to turn in. Remus was floating lazily on his back, this was getting rather boring.
"I'm with James, mate. Let's head back."
Sirius sighed "Aw you two blokes are such lightweights!"
Remus griped his friend's shoulders firmly and plunged him in the water. "Quite being such an ignoramus and get out of the water! I'm freezing!"
James had already started swimming to the land. When he felt the soft earth beneath his feet he stood and treaded through the water till he finally reached the grass. He turned around but could only hear his friends in the water. Then he looked around for his robes. Finally Remus managed to drag Sirius out of the water. They found James standing still looking very confused.
"Uh.....guys? Where are our clothes?"