The door of the boys' lavatory opened and closed. After making sure it was
empty, the two marauders removed the invisibility cloak. Sirius tumbled
over in laughter, James laughed too.
"I can't believe it worked!" said James.
Remus then stormed into the bathroom "I thought you two were just fooling! I can't believe you went through with it!"
"Yes Moony! And it was a success!!!" Sirius shouted triumphantly.
"You two actually went in the girls' showers?" Remus asked, frowning.
"Don't worry, Moony, every girl was either dressed or wrapped in a towel." Said James "We didn't see anything....."
"...Unfortunately." Sirius added. James punched him in the arm "Hey! Don't pretend that you didn't want to catch a glimpse of Evens too, Prongs!" At that comment, James pounced on his friend and they started to wrestle of the bathroom floor.
Remus rolled his eyes and left his two mates to their battle.
"Oh my God! This is disgusting!" Emily cried. She was helping Lily comb the last few worms out of her hair. Emily's hair was shorter and thinner then Lily's so it was easier getting the worms out.
"Who could have possibly done it?" asked a third year student.
"There is only one person with the gall to set foot in this room....." Lily growled. "Once I get my hands on him....."
"Lils! Not here!" Emily whispered. This was not the time to talk about the marauders, although Emily shared her best friend's feelings. But she didn't want to bring any other girls into this. They had to handle this on their own.
After they were sure they were free of worms, Emily and Lily dressed and headed back the common room. They had completely lost their appetite for breakfast.
At the Ravenclaw table, Samantha sat down for breakfast. She looked over at Gryffindor expecting to see her best friends sitting there, but they were nowhere in sight. All she saw was the marauders with satisfied smirks on their faces. She knew then that they had struck again. And she wasn't with Lily and Em. "Shit" she whispered, looking around.
"Thank Merlin, I had a towel. I couldn't possibly live with myself with the thought of those perverts seeing me." Lily said, sitting on her bed, using her wand to style her hair. She felt she should wear it up for a while.
"Yeah especially Black," said Emily "he always was a pig."
Lily sat quietly for a few minutes, thinking of this morning's events. She could feel the worms crawling all over her. She rubbed her shoulders to assure her self that they were gone. She imagined the Marauders laughing at her. "I bet they....." Lily paused when she realized something ".....wait a minute....." she said.
"What?" Emily looked up.
"How did they.....how did they get in?"
Emily's eyes widened "I-I don't know.....I mean there is no way they could have gotten in without being seen....."
"Unless they came in the night before...?" Lily suggested.
"Yes...wait no! How would they know which showers we were going to use?!"
"I don't know! They would have to be....." Lily stopped. She slowly turned to her pillow "Oh no....." she turned back to her friends "they couldn't have....."
"You think they...?" Emily asked.
Lily quickly crawled over to her pillows and removed them. It was what she feared. The cloak was gone "CRAP!!!"
Lily and Emily were excused from morning classes when the teacher's found out what happened in the girls' showers. They found out from the Gryffindor prefects but they didn't know how it happened. But Lily and Emily would have to continue their classes after lunch.
Lily and Emily decided they couldn't miss out on lunch and they weren't about to give the Marauders the satisfaction of them hiding away in the dormitories all day. When they got out the portrait of the fat lady they found Samantha waiting for them.
She started talk at once "Oh my God! I heard all about it! Every girl is talking about it! It was THEM wasn't it? How could they have done it? Did you see them?!" she said before pausing for breath.
Before she could go any further Emily said "KEEP IT DOWN, SAM!" she whispered looking around. When she saw there was nobody in the corridor she continued "We are positive it was them. They got the cloak....."
"WHAT?" Sam turned to her Lily "Lils I thought you had it....."
"I DID last night, but they must have took it!"
"How? Boys can't get up the stairs to our dormitory."
"I don't know. But once I get my hands on that Potter I swear I'll strangle him!" Lily clentched her fists, her cheeks turning red.
"And now that they have the cloak..." Emily said in a hushed voice ".....they could be anywhere....."
The three girls looked around them. Everyone had gone to lunch. Nobody was around.....but now they couldn't be sure.
"They could be in this corridor RIGHT NOW!" Samantha whispered now starting to get shaky.
"What are we going to do?" Lily asked quietly.
"Nothing yet.....let's go to lunch. If they are there, we'll at least know where they are....." Emily said. "And we'll figure something tonight."
The three girls agreed and headed down to the great hall, careful not to say anything in case they were being watched. When they made it to the Gryffindor table, Lily and Emily realized that Sam wasn't fooling. Everyone was talking and not just the girls. Luckily for them, nobody but the prefects and teachers knew it was them who were cursed. All anyone knew was that two girls had some sort of worm curse on them that morning.
"Well that's good news....." Sam told them.
"Yeah, but that doesn't make up for the experience." said Lily. She sighed.
"Uh-oh....." said Em "Lily, don't look now.....but Potter is looking over....."
"Oh jeez....." Lily brought her hand to her forehead.
"Want I should deck him for you?" Sam asked staring murderously at the boys at the other end of the table.
"Forget it, Sam. That's probably what Sirius wants you to do....."
"He wants a shag that's what he wants." said Emily. The other two nodded.
"Oh if only there was something we could do to wipe the smile of those blokes' faces....." Sam said, and took a gulp of cold pumpkin juice.
"Yeah....." Lily was going to take a drink to when she thought of something. She stared into her glass "...maybe there is....."
".....is what?" asked Emily.
"A way to wipe their smiles off their faces....." Lily smiled.
The three girls went through the rest of the day like the event that morning never happened. Lily finished the day's classes in a very happy mood. She had a something up her sleeve for James Potter. She couldn't wait to see his face in the morning. The thought sent her into giggles.
The next morning in the great hall, Lily sat down at the Gryffindor table perfectly cool and calm. Samantha left the Ravenclaw table to join her on one side and Emily sat on her other side.
"Did you get it, Sam?" Lily asked.
"Sure do....." The raven haired girl handed Lily a vile. ".....provided by my brother."
Lily turned over to the Slytherin table and spotted Severus Snape looking over at them. Lily smiled, Severus nodded with what looked to Lily like a hint of a smile.
"I asked him, and he said he would help us just once." Sam said.
"Tell him to think of it as returning the favor." Lily said.
Severus got up from the table and started to head out of the great hall. Lily watched James, and sure enough, he noticed Snape leaving. He got up, as did Remus, Sirius and their friend Peter. The girls who were sitting by the Marauders were watching them as they stood and started fallowing Severus.
"It's now or never, Lily.....nobody is watching.....GO!!" Samantha whispered.
Lily got up and headed down the table to wear the boys left their plates. While she was doing so, Sam kept an eye on her brother. He had just made it out the door before the four Marauders had caught up to him. She had to wait for Lily before she could go to him. She hoped she would hurry before any curses were muttered. Severus was in enough trouble as it is.
"Lily's gone under the table, Sam. You better go now." Emily urged. Samantha was up before she could blink and rushing to the door.
She could hear the boys arguing, and she could tell that her brother was close to pulling out his wand.
"What's the matter, Sniveless? Forget your wand?" Sirius taunted.
"Alright! That's it! Break it up!" Sam yelled as she stepped between the marauders and her brother.
"Well, well, well.....it's the Lovely Samantha Snape coming to the rescue....." Sirius said, looking at her up and down. Severus didn't miss the look he was giving his sister and was prepared to ring his neck but Samantha stopped him.
"You need your little sister to save you, Snivellus?" James said.
"That's 'Severus' you hippogriff's arse! And for your information he doesn't need me, or anybody to help him! I'm merely helping you....."
"Us?"
"Uh-huh. If it wasn't for me, he could have done you some serious damage. Now get out of here, Potter and take your traveling circus with you." She glared daggers at Sirius when she said that.
When they didn't move she pulled out her wand "Don't test me, Potter.....I'm quite gifted with curses."
James looked at the ravenclaw and decided she wasn't bluffing.
"Alright, Snape, alright. We'll let you both off easy this time.....c'mon." she turned and Sirius, Remus and others followed after them. They didn't see Samantha turn and hug her brother.
James and the others sat down to finish their breakfast.
"What happened in the corridor James?" asked a fourth year girl who was sitting next to him. "Did Snape give you any trouble?"
"He did, Kat."
"And we would have hung him high for the world to see but his sister came to the rescue." said Sirius.
"Oh, that's a shame." said another girl, who was sitting with Sirius.
"But we'll get him next time." said James before taking sipping his pumpkin juice. Sirius nodded and did the same. "Hmm.....good juice, today." He said and looked at Remus. Remus was staring at his friends and holding his cup like he was about to drink but froze.
"Moony? What's wrong mate?" Sirius asked smiling. Remus didn't answer, he just stared.
"I know people say we are incredibly handsome but isn't this taking it a bit far?" James laughed. But then he saw that Peter was staring too. A girl sitting across from them gasped and covered her mouth. Another girl stifled a giggle. A boy who was a couple seats down was laughing his head off and looking at them. Remus looked into his glass then put it down, looking around.
"What's up Moony?" Sirius asked.
"Uh....." was all he could say.
By now, half of the most of the Gryffindor table was laughing and James and Sirius were clueless to what was happening.
"Oy! Potter! Forget to brush your teeth this morning?!" Samantha shouted from down the table.
"What?" James looked around. Kat, who was sitting next to him, pulled out her hand mirror from her bag and held it in front of his face. Sirius looked too. They gasped. Their lips and teeth were bright PINK!!!!
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" they screamed.
"Ah" Lily sighed happily "Music to my ears."
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"I can't believe it worked!" said James.
Remus then stormed into the bathroom "I thought you two were just fooling! I can't believe you went through with it!"
"Yes Moony! And it was a success!!!" Sirius shouted triumphantly.
"You two actually went in the girls' showers?" Remus asked, frowning.
"Don't worry, Moony, every girl was either dressed or wrapped in a towel." Said James "We didn't see anything....."
"...Unfortunately." Sirius added. James punched him in the arm "Hey! Don't pretend that you didn't want to catch a glimpse of Evens too, Prongs!" At that comment, James pounced on his friend and they started to wrestle of the bathroom floor.
Remus rolled his eyes and left his two mates to their battle.
"Oh my God! This is disgusting!" Emily cried. She was helping Lily comb the last few worms out of her hair. Emily's hair was shorter and thinner then Lily's so it was easier getting the worms out.
"Who could have possibly done it?" asked a third year student.
"There is only one person with the gall to set foot in this room....." Lily growled. "Once I get my hands on him....."
"Lils! Not here!" Emily whispered. This was not the time to talk about the marauders, although Emily shared her best friend's feelings. But she didn't want to bring any other girls into this. They had to handle this on their own.
After they were sure they were free of worms, Emily and Lily dressed and headed back the common room. They had completely lost their appetite for breakfast.
At the Ravenclaw table, Samantha sat down for breakfast. She looked over at Gryffindor expecting to see her best friends sitting there, but they were nowhere in sight. All she saw was the marauders with satisfied smirks on their faces. She knew then that they had struck again. And she wasn't with Lily and Em. "Shit" she whispered, looking around.
"Thank Merlin, I had a towel. I couldn't possibly live with myself with the thought of those perverts seeing me." Lily said, sitting on her bed, using her wand to style her hair. She felt she should wear it up for a while.
"Yeah especially Black," said Emily "he always was a pig."
Lily sat quietly for a few minutes, thinking of this morning's events. She could feel the worms crawling all over her. She rubbed her shoulders to assure her self that they were gone. She imagined the Marauders laughing at her. "I bet they....." Lily paused when she realized something ".....wait a minute....." she said.
"What?" Emily looked up.
"How did they.....how did they get in?"
Emily's eyes widened "I-I don't know.....I mean there is no way they could have gotten in without being seen....."
"Unless they came in the night before...?" Lily suggested.
"Yes...wait no! How would they know which showers we were going to use?!"
"I don't know! They would have to be....." Lily stopped. She slowly turned to her pillow "Oh no....." she turned back to her friends "they couldn't have....."
"You think they...?" Emily asked.
Lily quickly crawled over to her pillows and removed them. It was what she feared. The cloak was gone "CRAP!!!"
Lily and Emily were excused from morning classes when the teacher's found out what happened in the girls' showers. They found out from the Gryffindor prefects but they didn't know how it happened. But Lily and Emily would have to continue their classes after lunch.
Lily and Emily decided they couldn't miss out on lunch and they weren't about to give the Marauders the satisfaction of them hiding away in the dormitories all day. When they got out the portrait of the fat lady they found Samantha waiting for them.
She started talk at once "Oh my God! I heard all about it! Every girl is talking about it! It was THEM wasn't it? How could they have done it? Did you see them?!" she said before pausing for breath.
Before she could go any further Emily said "KEEP IT DOWN, SAM!" she whispered looking around. When she saw there was nobody in the corridor she continued "We are positive it was them. They got the cloak....."
"WHAT?" Sam turned to her Lily "Lils I thought you had it....."
"I DID last night, but they must have took it!"
"How? Boys can't get up the stairs to our dormitory."
"I don't know. But once I get my hands on that Potter I swear I'll strangle him!" Lily clentched her fists, her cheeks turning red.
"And now that they have the cloak..." Emily said in a hushed voice ".....they could be anywhere....."
The three girls looked around them. Everyone had gone to lunch. Nobody was around.....but now they couldn't be sure.
"They could be in this corridor RIGHT NOW!" Samantha whispered now starting to get shaky.
"What are we going to do?" Lily asked quietly.
"Nothing yet.....let's go to lunch. If they are there, we'll at least know where they are....." Emily said. "And we'll figure something tonight."
The three girls agreed and headed down to the great hall, careful not to say anything in case they were being watched. When they made it to the Gryffindor table, Lily and Emily realized that Sam wasn't fooling. Everyone was talking and not just the girls. Luckily for them, nobody but the prefects and teachers knew it was them who were cursed. All anyone knew was that two girls had some sort of worm curse on them that morning.
"Well that's good news....." Sam told them.
"Yeah, but that doesn't make up for the experience." said Lily. She sighed.
"Uh-oh....." said Em "Lily, don't look now.....but Potter is looking over....."
"Oh jeez....." Lily brought her hand to her forehead.
"Want I should deck him for you?" Sam asked staring murderously at the boys at the other end of the table.
"Forget it, Sam. That's probably what Sirius wants you to do....."
"He wants a shag that's what he wants." said Emily. The other two nodded.
"Oh if only there was something we could do to wipe the smile of those blokes' faces....." Sam said, and took a gulp of cold pumpkin juice.
"Yeah....." Lily was going to take a drink to when she thought of something. She stared into her glass "...maybe there is....."
".....is what?" asked Emily.
"A way to wipe their smiles off their faces....." Lily smiled.
The three girls went through the rest of the day like the event that morning never happened. Lily finished the day's classes in a very happy mood. She had a something up her sleeve for James Potter. She couldn't wait to see his face in the morning. The thought sent her into giggles.
The next morning in the great hall, Lily sat down at the Gryffindor table perfectly cool and calm. Samantha left the Ravenclaw table to join her on one side and Emily sat on her other side.
"Did you get it, Sam?" Lily asked.
"Sure do....." The raven haired girl handed Lily a vile. ".....provided by my brother."
Lily turned over to the Slytherin table and spotted Severus Snape looking over at them. Lily smiled, Severus nodded with what looked to Lily like a hint of a smile.
"I asked him, and he said he would help us just once." Sam said.
"Tell him to think of it as returning the favor." Lily said.
Severus got up from the table and started to head out of the great hall. Lily watched James, and sure enough, he noticed Snape leaving. He got up, as did Remus, Sirius and their friend Peter. The girls who were sitting by the Marauders were watching them as they stood and started fallowing Severus.
"It's now or never, Lily.....nobody is watching.....GO!!" Samantha whispered.
Lily got up and headed down the table to wear the boys left their plates. While she was doing so, Sam kept an eye on her brother. He had just made it out the door before the four Marauders had caught up to him. She had to wait for Lily before she could go to him. She hoped she would hurry before any curses were muttered. Severus was in enough trouble as it is.
"Lily's gone under the table, Sam. You better go now." Emily urged. Samantha was up before she could blink and rushing to the door.
She could hear the boys arguing, and she could tell that her brother was close to pulling out his wand.
"What's the matter, Sniveless? Forget your wand?" Sirius taunted.
"Alright! That's it! Break it up!" Sam yelled as she stepped between the marauders and her brother.
"Well, well, well.....it's the Lovely Samantha Snape coming to the rescue....." Sirius said, looking at her up and down. Severus didn't miss the look he was giving his sister and was prepared to ring his neck but Samantha stopped him.
"You need your little sister to save you, Snivellus?" James said.
"That's 'Severus' you hippogriff's arse! And for your information he doesn't need me, or anybody to help him! I'm merely helping you....."
"Us?"
"Uh-huh. If it wasn't for me, he could have done you some serious damage. Now get out of here, Potter and take your traveling circus with you." She glared daggers at Sirius when she said that.
When they didn't move she pulled out her wand "Don't test me, Potter.....I'm quite gifted with curses."
James looked at the ravenclaw and decided she wasn't bluffing.
"Alright, Snape, alright. We'll let you both off easy this time.....c'mon." she turned and Sirius, Remus and others followed after them. They didn't see Samantha turn and hug her brother.
James and the others sat down to finish their breakfast.
"What happened in the corridor James?" asked a fourth year girl who was sitting next to him. "Did Snape give you any trouble?"
"He did, Kat."
"And we would have hung him high for the world to see but his sister came to the rescue." said Sirius.
"Oh, that's a shame." said another girl, who was sitting with Sirius.
"But we'll get him next time." said James before taking sipping his pumpkin juice. Sirius nodded and did the same. "Hmm.....good juice, today." He said and looked at Remus. Remus was staring at his friends and holding his cup like he was about to drink but froze.
"Moony? What's wrong mate?" Sirius asked smiling. Remus didn't answer, he just stared.
"I know people say we are incredibly handsome but isn't this taking it a bit far?" James laughed. But then he saw that Peter was staring too. A girl sitting across from them gasped and covered her mouth. Another girl stifled a giggle. A boy who was a couple seats down was laughing his head off and looking at them. Remus looked into his glass then put it down, looking around.
"What's up Moony?" Sirius asked.
"Uh....." was all he could say.
By now, half of the most of the Gryffindor table was laughing and James and Sirius were clueless to what was happening.
"Oy! Potter! Forget to brush your teeth this morning?!" Samantha shouted from down the table.
"What?" James looked around. Kat, who was sitting next to him, pulled out her hand mirror from her bag and held it in front of his face. Sirius looked too. They gasped. Their lips and teeth were bright PINK!!!!
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" they screamed.
"Ah" Lily sighed happily "Music to my ears."
(A/N: Hey, there's still more to come! REVIEW!!!!!)