A/N: Last post before the beach. Hope you enjoy!!! Please Review!!!
Also: I would like a beta reader if at all possible. Just email, if you'd like to help.
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They continued to chat for approximately five minutes before-BOOM! An explosion over at the Slytherin table filled the Great Hall. People screamed, and more than a few teachers jumped. The air was filled with showers of red and gold sparkles, and the huge Gryffindor Lion pranced over the students. The glitter fell down and dusted everything, except the food. Then the lion disappeared with a snarl. The Gryffindor table let out an enormous roar of applause. Even the Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws had to laugh at the Slytherins faces.
"Thank you, James Potter, for the lovely display of house pride, but I am afraid dinner is over. Everyone, please follow your house prefects to your dormitories, and have a restful night." Professor Dumbledore said, smiling slightly at James.
"So that was your BIG secret, huh James?" Lily asked.
"Yeah, wasn't it awesome?" James asked.
"Yeah, I have to say it was. I liked the glittery stuff."
"You must have because it's all in your hair." Remus said laughing.
"What? Oh shoot, it's probably going to take forever to get out." Lily replied a bit irritated.
"Nah, leave it in. It looks good." Sirius commented. He was met with a few glances from the guys and a strange look from Lily.
"Have you ever had glitter put in YOUR hair?" she asked.
"Can't say that I have."
"Well, you try to get glitter out of your hair. Plus it gets all over everything and pretty much never comes off." Lily said indignantly.
"Ooooook. Whatever you say!" Sirius said, as they reached the portrait of the fat lady.
"Password?" she said more than asked.
"Castra Ponere." The prefect said.
The door swung open to reveal the red and gold colored common room. Everyone split up to find his or her dormitory. Sarah and Lily entered theirs to fid their other three dorm mates already there.
"Well, Hello there everyone." Lily said merrily.
"Hi, I'm Mariko Nagano." This girl was clearly Japanese. She had straight black hair that curled under slightly with bright pink tips, a lightly tanned complexion, and beautiful almond eyes.
"I'm Cora McGregor." This girl had short half curly/half straight hair, with natural blonde and light brown streaks, though it looked slightly frizzled. She had a hawk-like nose, and beady blue eyes.
"I'm Julia Beauregard." She was of a slight build with light brown hair. She was nothing spectacular, or stunning, nor was she ugly. She was a nice, homely looking girl, shy and sweet.
"I'm Sarah Kiersted." Sarah said. (well duh!)
"I'm Lily Evans." Lily said. (duh again!)
"So you're the one with that beautiful voice?" Mariko said, (she was defiantly Japanese, Lily thought).
"Yeah, I guess that would be me." Lily replied.
"Yeah, Lily, you did." Sarah added.
"Well, everyone, singing or not, I'm going to bed." Cora said as she climbed into her four-poster bed and closed the drapes.
"Wonder what got her?" Lily wondered.
"Don't worry about her." Mariko said, "I think she is just jealous of you."
"Yeah, while you were singing, she had a very sour look on her face." Julia said timidly.
"Well, I guess we better go to bed, too." Mariko said.
"Hey, Sarah!" Lily called quietly, after she thought everyone was asleep.
"Yeah." She answered groggily.
"Wanna pull a prank on the guys?" Lily had an idea.
Sarah sat up immediately, "Yeah, of course."
Quickly, Lily and Sarah crept down their stairwell and up to the guy's dorm. Lily didn't need magic to find their shampoo and fill it with red and gold dye. Meanwhile, Sarah poured glitter all over the dorm, starting in the far corners and working to the door, so they wouldn't leave tracks. She was halfway through when Lily joined her and helped her finish, only after pouring a whole container on the guy's heads. Just before they slipped out the door, Sarah, who was raised in a wizarding family, put a curse on the room so that the boy's couldn't remove the glitter for 24 hours. Stifling laughs, they left the boys to their glittering glory.
The next morning, Lily was up early, at about 5:30. She grabbed The Fellowship of the Rings and plopped herself down on a sofa near the fire. She read until about 6:30 when she heard a shout from the boy's dormitories, which startled all of the common room's inhabitants, except the redhead sitting by the fire.
The shout of "LILY EVANS!" was emitted from several guys who rushed downstairs.
"Yeah?" she shouted back innocently.
"What did you do?" James asked.
"I didn't do nothing." She stated honestly.
"Don't play innocent with us. Yes, you did. You covered our room in glitter." Sirius said, apparently he had taken a shower, trying to get it out of his hair. It seems all four of them had.
"One thing, I wasn't playing innocent with you, I said a double negative, which means, that I admitted that I did do something. And second, it's just glitter. Like you said last night, Sirius. Just blow-dry your hair and it'll all come out. I'll even lend you my blow dryer." Lily said kindly, knowing what would happen when they tried it.
"It better, or I'll…" James said.
"Or what? You'll set the boogie man on me!" Lily laughed.
"Just get us that blow dryer." Sirius said.
"Yes, Sir." Lily threw over her shoulder as she bolted up the stairs. A few moments, she came back down with her blow dryer, plus three others. "Here." She said as she threw them to the boys, who in turn ran upstairs to rid themselves of the sparkling glitter.
