Chap 5: Muhahahaha
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As the Marauders sauntered off in the other direction doing goodness knows what, they didn't notice two elves sitting in the corner of the table, who had been watching their "performance" from afar. They had on identical smirks and Lord Elrond eyed them warily. Oh yes, trouble was brewing alright.
Back at Sirius's room:
"Why did we have to go to your room?" Peter whined. He had never been a fan of Sirius's fashion taste and right now he was seriously reconsidering the fact of disowning Sirius for good. And for good reason too. For someone who had only been in that room for less than 12 hours, he had totally erm, refurbished it. The walls were splashed with bright orange with black dots here and there, making the whole room look like a gigantic tigger and Sirius had somehow changed all the flowers in his room to cactus. The guy was creative, he had to give him that, but bright orange??? This was what happened when people spent too much time obsessing about what colour to change their enemy's hair into.
"Why not???" Sirius asked. "I personally think it was the best I had done so far, if I say so myself. Although I don't think I got the spell right, it was supposed to change it to bright orange with black stripes, hmm, I wonder if any of you can help me?"
"No!" They all shouted in unison.
Sirius pouted and faked a hurt look and Remus decided to cut in "Relax Peter, it's only going to be for a while, then we can leave Sirius to his mad room"
Peter wasn't exactly happy with this, but who was he to say anything? He had always been the timid one, afraid to stand up for what he thought. Anyway, if Sirius liked it, that was his business, after all, Sirius was the one who was going to stay in this room, not him thank goodness. Peter thought he would be blinded after only a week looking at all the bright colours everyday.
"So, what are we going to do about the girls? They have caused us so much trouble and worst of all- have doubted our abilities! I say we should play a trick on them to pay them back for insulting us and at the same time showing them how good a wizard we are."
"Good idea Prongs, lets do it!" Sirius said ever enthusiastically.
"Ok, I am fine with it, but do you mean all of the girls? I mean, Laurelin is really nice, and she did lead us to Lord Elrond..." Remus was cut off by James and Sirius, who said at once: "No way! She agreed with them too remember? And that days she was probably just pitying us because we were mere humans remember?"
Oh shit, mere humans, yeah Remus remembered. He sighed heavily and he looked downcast. Mere humans, Mere humans that were probably not good enough for elves. Lesser beings. And what more, he was a werewolf! He was sure that that definitely put defined him as a even lesser being. What was he thinking, that they might actually be friends?
Looking at Remus's downcast face, Sirius and James immediately looked embarrassed and knew that they had struck a nerve. They tried to remedy the solution by changing the subject, and while they were still thinking about what they wanted to say, Peter for once was clever than he looked and said "So what pranks are we going to pull on them?"
Remus snapped out of it, probably because of the sudden display of intelligence in Peter, after all, he wasn't normally this smart. Or was he? Remus didn't know, he normally just didn't care. Sirius then piped up excitedly, glad that they had succeeded in distracting Remus. "Yeah, hmm, I know of many, but to do that I need..."
Suddenly, Minnie the house elf popped out of thin air again to their utmost surprise and handed Sirius some tattered and torn notebook. "Here you go, sir!"
"Oh yeah, I need this! Great, thanks a lot Minnie, I..." But as he turned around, he was even more surprised to see Minnie already gone. The look on his face must have been really funny because the Marauders burst out laughing.
"Sometimes, Sirius, I swear that Minnie can totally read your mind!" Remus joked, still rolling on the floor, clutching his sides laughing.
"Oh gee, thanks a lot, I really appreciate this information, now my brain feels totally violated." Sirius faked a pout. "Anyway, back to the book, here is where I keep all my ideas for pranks; and the spells required too. You see this is totally useful, I have like over 500 unused pranks here. And they are all totally original and guaranteed to work or your money back." Then Sirius burst into laughter too. "I can totally be a product advertiser." Mimicking a man's real deep voice: "Drink Yummy, and you will have great big muscles just like me." And he flexed his nonexistent and imaginary muscles proudly.
The Marauders burst into laughter again. Sirius totally cracked people up all the time. That was probably why every single girl in Hogwarts who wasn't in love with James adored Sirius, Peter thought bitterly.
"Okay now back to business, so how 'bout we do this, this, this and this! All agreed? Okay, we shall go into action tomorrow night. Remus you take Anarrima's so you don't chicken out, James you take Laurelin's so that you don't faint and I will take Serinde's. Peter, you will stay in your room and pretend that we are all in your room. That way, we have an alibi in case anyone gets suspicious of us." Sirius proclaimed loudly. "Now you all can be dismissed. See you guys tomorrow morning and don't be late!"
"Yes teacher." They chorused in unison and scrambled out of the room before Sirius could hex them for insulting him. However, as usual, they still got caught and hexed as Sirius chased them out. They then spent the rest of the night bright blue. Some people never learn.
When Remus returned to his room, he looked out of the window of his room and stared at the moon. It was almost full, a sure sign that the full moon was about to come in a few days. He cursed himself mentally for forgetting to ask Lord Elrond about where he could transform, he didn't want to hurt the innocent. However, as he turned to leave the side of the window to look for Lord Elrond, he heard someone sing. Mesmerized by the voice, he leaned further out of the window to listen properly. He recognized the voice as Laurelin's of course, he wasn't sure that he would ever forget the lovely sound of her voice and although it was sung softly, due to his status as a werewolf and the upcoming full moon, his hearing was many times sharper than the normal human or elf so he managed to hear every word.
When you get caught in the rain,
With nowhere to run,
When you're distraught and in pain,
Without anyone.
When you keep crying to be saved,
But nobody comes,
And you feel so far away,
That you just can't...
Find your way home.
You can get there alone.
It's okay.
What you say is...
I can make it through the rain.
I can stand up once again.
On my own. And I know,
That I'm strong enough to mend.
And everytime I feel afraid,
I hold tighter to my faith.
And I live one more day,
And I make it through the rain.
And if you keep falling down,
Don't you dare give in.
! You will arise, safe and sound.
So keep pressing...
On steadfastly,
And you'll find what you need,
To prevail.
What you say is...
I can make it through the rain.
I can stand up once again.
On my own. And I know,
That I'm strong enough to mend.
And everytime I feel afraid,
I hold tighter to my faith.
And I live one more day,
And I make it through the rain.
And when the wind blows,
And shadows grow close,
Don't be afraid.
There's nothing you can't face.
And should they tell you,
You'll never pull through,
Don't hesitate.
Stand tall and say...
I can make it through the rain.
I can stand up once again.
On my own. And I know,
That I'm strong enough to mend.
And everytime I feel afraid,
I hold tighter to my faith.
And I live one more day,
And I make it through the rain.
And I can make it through the rain,
And stand up once again.
And I'll live one more day,
And I, I can make it through the rain.
Oh yes, you can.
You're gonna make it through the rain.
(Through the rain by Mariah Carey)
Laurelin sat in her room, with unshed tears in her eyes. She had walked back to her talen alone and seeing the Marauders together supporting each other as if they were real brothers related by blood had made her even sadder. True, her parents were still there for her, but they seldom visited, and most of the time she was alone. Most people had thought she was shy and did not want to disturb her. Even Anarrima and Serinde, who were her closest friends in Rivendell, seldom saw her as she was always busy or at least that was what she wanted them to think. She was just withdrawn from the world around her, plain and simple despite how much she wanted to deny it. She only went to functions if she had to and wanted nothing more than to avoid the other elleths her age. All they could think of was ellons and beautifying themselves. Well most of them at least, she silently corrected herself. Anarrima and Serinde were much better, however if they were interested in a male, they always went crazy and obsessed. After all the crying and such, she began to feel exhausted and slowly drifted off to sleep. However, surprisingly, or at least to her, her dreams were filled with nothing but a face with warm hazel eyes.
As Remus listened to the song, he was disappointed when the singing had come to an end. The voice had been filled with so much pain, sadness and emotion that Remus could not help but get touched by it. Then, suddenly remembering what he had to do and the importance of it, he set of for Lord Elrond's office, if he could find the way. After all, nothing can be more important than innocent lives, he thought. But surprisingly again, his heart argued with his brain "Can it?"
Finally, after walking in MANY circles and going in millions of merry go rounds, he reached Lord Elrond's office. Knocking on the door, he was surprised to see a rather erm, hassled Elrond open the door. I wonder what Elrond had been doing before he knocked. Remus smirked and Lord Elrond asked in a clearly irritated voice: "Now what is the problem, I hope it is important enough to disturb me at this time of the night."
"Of course it is. At least I think it was more important than what you were doing just a few minutes ago" Remus rebutted, not really caring that he was teasing a esteemed lord. He just knew that he had insulted him and he would pay. Lord Elrond just glared at him and said in a definitely impolite manner: "Spit." "Well you see, I am not sure if Gandalf told you, but I am a werewolf." Looking at Elrond's expression, which easily showed that he did not understand a word of what on earth Remus was talking about, he decided to explain further. "You see, at every full moon, I turn into a wolf. Then I have no control over my actions and will probably do something irrevocable. Ruining the forest, killing people, destroying homes, etc, etc"
Lord Elrond then just calmly said "I see"
Remus of course, immediately thought he was crazy because he was sure that no one in his or her right mind would after finding out that his people and possessions would be in danger just say "I see". "Hello??? I need something that is strong enough to house me and stay standing even if I brutally attack it. Get it?" Lord Elrond just continued smiling calmly at him and said "Ok. Sure." Remus was now definitely sure he had lost his marbles. He just grunted in anger and stalked off. "Elves" he muttered under his breath.
Lord Elrond grinned even wider when he heard Remus's comment. Man was he in for a big surprise. He then said "humans" and re-entered his room to continue doing his erm, business.
Very quickly, the day passed and soon it was time for the prank. They met in James room this time, deciding it was better and also easier on their eyes and sanity. After they finalized all the details, it was time to set off. Each of them had memorized their spells before hand and put a chameleon charm on each other and tested it out. James would have used his invisibility cloak, but due to the fact that he had left it behind, he had no choice but to use the spell. As the guys wanted their first prank in rivendell to start with a bang, they had decided to have different pranks that were customized for each of their receivers.
Remus was the first to reach Anarrima's talen as it was the nearest to their rooms and he silently slipped in. They had also put a silencing charm on themselves incase they were heard. Lucky for them they did, as elves had wonderful hearing, although they did not know that yet. First, Remus put a spell on all of Anarrima's clothes which made them say in bright fluorescent colours: "I love humans!" He also added that spell to her forehead and the sight of her sleeping with bright flashing lights on her head saying "I love humans" was nearly too much for Remus to bare. He laughed his head off and luckily due to the silencing charm, Anarrima didn't even stir. Then, as he sifted through her things, he was surprised to notice that she was a warrior from the vast collection of weapons that she owned. Smirking to himself, he decided to make the handles VERY slippery as a finishing touch. He made a mental note to get someone to challenge Anarrima to a duel the next day in public and totally embarrass her in the crowd. He also put a sleeping spell on her that would only wear off after 6 hours. As he looked at his handiwork, he was very pleased with himself and slipped out of her talen again and back to his room.
James had also finally reached Laurelin's talen put his plan into action. Remus didn't like it, but the other three of them had outvoted him. He whispered the spell and smirked as he saw that it worked. He too put a sleeping spell on her that would last 7 hours. Tomorrow would totally be hilarious. He continued laughing silently to himself as he went back to his own room. If anyone had seen him, he would have made a really funny sight as he was laughing his guts out with his mouth wide open but no sound was coming out from him. 'I crack myself up' He couldn't help but think as he arrogantly stared at his reflection in the mirror.
On Sirius's side, he too had reached Serinde's talen. However, due to his pathetic perverted mind, he had chosen at the last minute to take all of Serinde's underwear and hang it on the roof of her talen, for the whole world to see. Then he also silently transfigured a coin he had brought along with him into a seemingly replica of Serinde. Not bad if I say so myself, he thought. He then put the replica into Serinde's clothes closet where she was sure to find it the next day. He chuckled to himself and thought: 'I am such a genius'. He made sure that he alos put a sleeping spell on Serinde that would last for 8 hours as that way, they could watch all of their wonderful victim's reactions without missing out a second of it. He then slipped out of Serinde's room and made his way back to his room with a contented sigh.
However, Peter was not as happy as the rest of them. As usual, he was left out on their prank and while the others were off having fun, he was stuck in his room talking to himself and pretending the others were there. Not that he didn't know why he was in that position, Peter had never been good at charms or transfiguration and he probably would only be more of a burden than a help. However, he still felt that it was unfair and that he deserved better. He sighed heavily but what could he do other than sigh? He was just nothing but a little mouse after all.
Next Chap: What on earth did they do to Laurelin???
A/N: hello, I took slightly longer to get this chap up as I had to choose the song and think bout the pranks, however I may not be updating so frequently anymore as I am going away. If you guys got any songs that are suitable for my oc's character, feel free to suggest to me ok? And I need ideas for pranks too... and pls pls pls be a nice person and review ok? Cos recently I've been getting so few reviews, :(, so review ok? Thanks lots ... Amirel