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Chapter 6- Levitation Spells and Singing Potions
Alexandra spent the next morning rambling on how annoying Bellatrix is. Sirius and Peter were laughing their heads of at James imitating Snape. Carrie, Ellen, and Esther were in a terrible mood, and Lily and Remus were oddly quiet.
When they reached the dungeons after Herbology, Alex reached out on her purse and said:
"Yesterday I was so annoyed that I forgot to tell you. I got the potion. However there's only enough for doing this once, we cannot have any mistakes," She showed them a blue potion that was labeled 'Singing Potion' on a spidery letter.
"Oh, great! Tomorrow we can put it, our first period is DADA, and Prof. Hagan would go crazy if the four sang throughout the class," Lily remarked, laughing at the thought.
"Yep. Which reminds me, why did Remus lunge at Narcissa Black yesterday during detention? I'm not complaining or anything, thanks to him everyone was too busy staring at him."
"Oh, Narcissa called me a mudblood, whatever that is."
"SHE WHAT?" Alex shrieked with a horrified face, while people turned to look at her.
"She called me a mu-" Lily repeated with a puzzled look.
"I am going to murder her. I swear I'm going to murder Narcissa Black, and her sister," Alex kept repeating until Carrie told her to shut up and explain what was going on.
"Well, that little b-, I mean, monster, called Lily one of the worst insults in the wizarding world. It means muggle born, but it's a ruder way to say so."
Everyone remained quiet while this sinked in and Ellen finally said they should put some of the potion inside Narcissa's juice tomorrow as well. Alex pointed out, however, that even if they had enough potions, Narcissa would know it was them because we would obviously be angry at her and she'd think of a revenge on potions. Once more just as they were thinking of possible revenges, Prof. Pryde interrupted them, telling them to go inside the class and start their potions.
Towards the end of the class, a cauldron exploded. No, it wasn't Peters, surprisingly, or rather, not surprisingly, it was Narcissa's, who was drenched with a thick, puce colored potion. Alex was on the floor, laughing uncontrollably at Narcissa's screams, accompanied by the marauders. Prof. Pryde looked ready to murder the whole class.
"Miss Black, what have you done! When it's not Pettigrew, it's you! Why do you first-years have to explode a cauldron every week?"
"But Professor, it's the first time I exploded a cauldron, and-" Narcissa said, stammering, and looking completely not-Narcissa.
"That's what all of you say. It's a week-worth of detention, and you'll be serving it with Pettigrew."
"What? Prof., I didn't explode a cauldron this week. Yet. But still, it's unfair-" Peter started complaining.
"Mr. Pettigrew, it's up to me to decide what's fair or not what's unfair or not inside this class. And yes, you haven't exploded any cauldron, yet, but since I'll probably be too busy with other things, it's better to give you detention now, when I'll remember it. Now, everyone back to work. Miss Owens, would you like to go to a private room where you can laugh all you want?"
"No, thank you anyhow, Prof." Surprisingly, Alex stopped laughing long enough to say that.
The rest of the day was uneventful, though Alex did quite good imitations of Narcissa screaming when her cauldron exploded, much to the Slytherins dislike. The girls went to sleep with little misterious smiles, though the Marauders hardly noticed that; they were too busy thinking of new pranks.
The next mornig the girls woke up exceptionally early, much to thew dislike of Alexandra and Carrie. They went to the Great Hall as quietly as they could to find it nearly empty, except for a few Ravenclaws first years Lily recognized as Adelle Alton, a skinny girl with dark black hair and huge black eyes, Kiersten Lankston, a Scandinavian girl, who was as big as any boy, Jake Perry, a very cute boy with honey-colored eyes and honey-colored hair as well, and Cameron Locke, a scrawny boy who looked like he'd rather die than sit next to Kiersten.
Making sure no one was looking at them they put a few drops in the goblets the boys usually drank from, and proceeded to eating breakfast. The next part of the plan was slightly more difficult than the first. Alex and Carrie, who were known as the sleepyheads by now, were to pretend they were sleeping and make sure only the Marauders sat there.
About an hour later, the Marauders arrived at the Great Hall, and when they caught the sight of the girls 'sleeping' they all grinned mischievously and sat on the four seats next to the girls. James and Sirius turned around quietly, and counting to three on their fingers they shouted: "GOOD MORNING SLEEPYHEADS!" causing the girls to feign surprise and grumble a lot. (Carrie muttered something envolving Sirius and his mother that wouldn't be nice to repeat.) After the girls stopped grumbling, they left the Great Hall, leaving the laughing boys to drink their juice.
Half an hour later, Prof. Hagan, the DADA teacher, beckoned the students into his classroom, giving the Marauders warning look. Once everyone was seated he asked:
"Who can tell me what are the difference between a crup and a common dog? Mr. Black?"
"The di- Hey dad, look at me, think back and talk to me. Did I grow up according to planned?" Sirius started singing Perfect, from Simple Plan, with a horrified look.
"Mr. Black! Do you, by any chance find it amusing to start singing when I asked you a question? 10 points from Gryffindor, Mr. Potter, can you answer it for me?"
"Yes. She paints her nails and she don't know, he's got her best frined on the phone!" James also started singing, Flavor of the Week, American Hi-Fi, though he looked like he was about to ask what a phone was.
"Mr. Potter! You will serve detention today, with Mr. Black, and that will be 10 points from Gryffindor. Miss Evans, please."
"There's hardly any difference between a crup and a common dog, except that a crup has a forked tail, and it's incredibly ferocious against muggles."
"Yes, yes, excellent. 5 points to Gryffindor. Mr. Lupin, perhaps you could add a bit more information?" Apparently, Prof. Hagan had not noticed the girls laughing like crazy, and the Marauders glares at them.
"Well, I never thought I'd die alone, I laughed the loudest, who'd have known?" Remus also started singing, Adam's Song, Blink 182, with a puzzled look.
"Why, I would like to know, are the boys all singing?" Prof. Hagan asked, still oblivious to what was happening.
"I don't know, Professor. Maybe they think it's funny," Esther said, when she managed to stop laughing.
"Hmm, perhaps I should send them to an empty class room so they might discuss the importance of paying attention in a class," Prof. Hagan mused.
"Yeah, Prof.— All the old paintings on the tombs, they do the sand dance, don't you know, if they move too quick (oh whey oh) they're falling down like domino," Peter, slow as he always had been, didn't realise that he would also have started singing. He was singing Walk Like An Egyptian, The Bangles. Prof. Hagan looked prepared to murder them, but instead made them go to the classroom next door.
Throughout the class you could hear parts of songs, including the macarena, Hey Ya, Outkasts, Uptown Girl, and Mrs. Robinson.(apparently they had started singing that when McGonagall had entered the room.)
After DADA class finished, they proceeded to Potions, Alex laughing histerically at the angry looks the boys gave her.
They entered the dungeons quietly and sat down next to each other. Prof. Pryde arrived and asked Remus what were the uses for a Forgetfullness Potion. Remus looked terrified, cleared his throat and began:
"Blue moon, you saw me standing alone, without a dream in my heart, without a love of my own." Prof. Pryde's eyes narrowed to slits and he said in a cold voice:
"Mr. Lupin, do you think my class is a joke? 20 points from Gryffindor. Mr. Black, please."
Sirius looked equally terrified, and said, or rather, sang, "You're so vain, you probably think this song is about, you're so vain, you probably think this song is about you, don't you? Don't you?" Prof. Pryde's eyes narrowed even more, while the Slytherins all cracked up at Sirius's version of 'You're So Vain.'
"20 more points, and if one of you do that again it's detention. Yes, Mr. Potter?" James, forgetting for a second that he was also singing everytime he opened his mouth, raised his hand and began, "Hey, uh uh uh, what I like about you, you really know how to dance, when you go up, down, jump around..."
"MR. POTTER, MR. LUPIN, AND MR. BLACK, YOU'LL SPEND DETENTION WITH ME FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK!"
"Er, Prof., they have detention today already," Lily said quietly.
"Then next week! Now, we've lost enough time for today, everyone start the Forgetfulness Potion, now!"
Throughout the class Slytherins made smart cracks about the boys little singing problem. They almost fainted with laughter when James started singing I Hate Everything About You, Three day grace, when Bellatrix passed through him.
After Potions, James jumped on Lily and Sirius on Alex. Remus took out a piece of parchment and Peter looked around to see if anyone was coming. He wrote, Undo whatever you have done to us now! Since breakfast we've been singing stupid songs! Ellen smiled, and said, "Well, Adams Song, Flavor of the Week, I hate Everything About you, and Perfect are great songs. And what I like about you is more or less. Also, Peter singing Walk Like an Egyptian was soo cute!"
James didn't even know what a phone was when he sang his little song!
"Well, maybe he should study a bit more of muggle customs!" Esther said, outraged that James didn't know what a phone was.
Just undo this thing!
"Okay, but Alex has the antidote, so Sirius, let her go." Sirius let go of Alex, she grinned at him, and removed a vial with red potion inside. She told each of the Marauders to open their mouths and she dropped a few drops in each of their mouths. After a minute, James said:
"Great, now we can become murderers! And guess who's about to become our first victims?" The girls giggled and ran to the Charms classroom, with the Marauders after them. When they reached the classroom, they found that Prof. Flitwick hadn't arrived yet.
"Hello class. Today will be our first practical class. Last week we practiced the Levitation movements and enchatment, and I thought everyone was prepared for this. Everyone has a quill in front of you, right? So today you'll be levitating the quills. Remember, swish and flick, and the incantation is Wingardium Leviosa! You may begin."
The students stared at the quills for a while then started trying to levitate it. Behind Alex and Lily, who were seated next to each other, were Sirius and James had grinned at each other. They pretended to be trying to levitate the quill and after a while they pointed their wands at the girls in front of them. They did the swish and flick movement, and whispered the incantation. Suddenly, Alex and Lily were being levitated into the air. Alex started screaming, and Lily turned around to find Sirius and James pointing their wands at them. Curiously, a minute before Prof. Flitwick had left the room to go pick something up.
Peter started clapping for James as he made Lily go higher and higher, and Remus looked impressed at Sirius, who was making Alex turn around and around as she went higher.
Esther, Ellen, and Carrie had run to where James and Sirius were seated and had started trying to strangle the boys, which turned out to be a mistake, since the boys let go of their wands and Lily and Alex had come crashing down. Thanks to Remus's good reflex and excellent use of wand, he managed to stop both of the girls in midair. However, unfortunately for him, Prof. Flitwick arrived at the exact moment, with Prof. McGonagall behind him. Both looked absolutely stunned, and after a few seconds, Remus lowered his wand and both of the girls landed gracefully, though Alex's hair was very tangled, due to Sirius's exaggerated spell.
"Would anyone care to explain what is happening? First, Prof. Pryde and Prof. Hagan tell me that the Gryffindor boys were singing every time they opened their mouths, and now, when I come here to see if everything is fine, I see Miss Owens and Miss Evans flying, the Schlotsky's and Miss Williams strangling Mr. Potter and Mr. Black. The only one who isn't doing anything is Mr. Pettigrew," McGonagall said, her lips were only a thin line now. Prof. Flitwick looked horrified at his student's behavior.
"Professor, it's all my fault. You see, after the dungbomb insident, I wanted to get revenge. So I got some singing potion, from the student's cupboard of course. And this morning I put some of the potion in the boys juice, so they would sing everytime they opened their mouths. After Potions, they made me give them the antidote and now, as a form of revenge, Sirius and James levitated me and Lily. The other girls tried to stop them from doing so, but in the process Sirius and James let go of their wands, causing Lily and I to fall down. However, if Remus hadn't stopped our fall, we'd probably be smashed now," Alexandra said, her eyes downcast. Indeed, Alex looked guilty, but to those who knew her better, such as Sirius and James, knew she was pretending everything, and had just convinced McGonagall and Flitwick that they shouldn't give them detention.
"Well, Miss Owens, what you have done is a serious breach of Hogwarts rules. However, I will only take 25 points from Gryffindor, and you won't need to serve detention. However, you must promise me that you will try your best not to prank each other. And that applies to you four boys too," McGonagall said, her face filled with pity for Alex and Lily, who had almost been smashed to pieces, according to Alex.
"Thank you, Prof. I promise, and I'm sure the other girls agree with me, right?" Alex said, once more being falsely sweet. The girls nodded, though Carrie was staring at Alex as if she couldn't believe she was saying that.
"Hmm. It's almost lunchtime, so why don't you just go a little earlier, okay?" McGonagall said, glancing at Flitwick, who was nodding vigorously.
"Ah, yes, boys, I would like to congratulate on the excellent levitation spell you have done today, even though it was missused, of course," Prof. Flitwick said.
Once they were out of McGonagalls and Flitwicks hearing range, James and Sirius high-fived Alex, who smiled modestly, though gave Sirius a little pinch.
"That was brilliant, Alex. I always knew you were good at convincing people, but that was the greatest of your performances!" James said, apparently enthusiastic at the idea of having a colleague that could talk teachers out of punishments.
"But I don't get, if you're so good at it, why didn't you talk Pryde out of detention?" Remus asked, puzzled.
"Because I needed to get the potion, for our little revenge, remember? Oh, and thanks Remus, for stopping us in middair," Alex said sincerely.
"It's okay," Remus mumbled, almost inaudibly, flushing scarlet.
"You mean that was all acted out?" Lily said, unable to believe her friend could do such a thing.
"You didn't actually think that I would serve detention again when I was the victim, did you?"
"No, but... that's so false. I hate false people."
"Yeah, I don't like doing this either, but I didn't want Gryffindor to loose more points than it had already lost."
Lily remained silent, and they proceeded to the Great Hall for lunch in silence. Throughout lunch Alex, Sirius, and James fought about which prank was best, Remus, Lily and Peter discussed the classes(only Lily and Remus said anything, because all Peter did was nod and stare blankly into space.) Carrie and Esther and Ellen were deeply involved in a muggle methods vs. Wizarding methods discussion. The rest of the day was filled with tension between Alex and Lily, who refused to speak with Alex, and by the end of the day everyone was happy to go to bed.