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The Wind Through My Hair

Lily Evans was ecstatic. People were talking about Lily and the Marauders. They were actually talking. About her. And for once, it wasn't complaining about how she had busted so-and-so the other night, but because she was hanging out with one of the coolest, reckless groups in school. Oh, sure, there was complaining, as Lily heard a loud obnoxious girl say, "I cannot believe Lily Evans even gets to stand within fifty feet of my Sirius!" But, it was not the usual sort of complaining, and that, my friends, made Lily a very happy camper.

Mind you, she hadn't actually done anything yet. She hadn't actually pulled any pranks. She had only been sitting with the Marauders at Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner for two days, and usually not saying a thing through the entire meal. Listening to them talk was enough, and she thought that if she put in her bit of the conversation, it would turn into a nasty row. So, sitting silently, and savoring these moments of bliss was good enough for her. Lily had never thought of herself as socially challenged, but, when she merely began sitting with this "cool" group of kids, Lily realized just how much she missed went on about the school. All sorts of flying rumors and gossip came her way, and she noticed things she had never noticed before. For example, Mrs. Norris and Mr. Filch were telepathically connected, and were formally connected at the hip? Why, Lily had never known. Did I mention how the rumors fly? Sort of like pigs...

At lunch on the third day of their deal, James scooted in his chair and gave everyone around him a pointed look. Sirius, Remus, and Peter all scooted in. Lily scooted in too, but she wondered what for. She did not want to scoot any closer to Peter than necessary; he smelled as if he hadn't showered in days. They all put their heads together and James said in a low whisper, "So, we've got this huge prank underway, that we've set up in the Slytherin's dorms. You know, for the upcoming Quidditch match against them," James said, more to Lily than anyone else. The other Marauders probably already knew about this anyway, since it took weeks of preparation.

Lily knew what he was talking about. Both James and Sirius were on the Quidditch team for Gryffindor, and ever since they joined the team in second year, they put a memorable prank on the house's team they would play soon. It was tradition, and they did it every time. Everyone knew about the seasonal Marauder Quidditch pranks. Slytherins always got it the worst, and Lily was sure they were all bracing themselves for a blow. This year's outcome was very important for Charlie Weasley, the team captain's last year at Hogwarts, and every match counted. He needed to win the cup just one more year before he left.

And so, James and Sirius had a great prank planned for the entire Slytherin common room. They were going to changed everything in the common room to look like it was a Gryffindor common room, so the morning of the Quidditch match, they would be very confused. Even the boys and girls dorms would look like that of Gryffindor style, and so would their bathrooms. Lily herself thought it was a wonderful idea, until James had told her to be ready the next night at around two in the morning to help change the room from green, silver, and dull dungeon grey, to red and scarlet. Lily had not known she was expected to help-- she was so used to the marauder pranks she was doing now...none.

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Lily tip-toed down the stair-case and into the common room, where James, Sirius, and Peter were waiting. Sirius looked irritable, as he was missing on sleeping hours, though he had thought the prank up himself.

"Ugh! You are late, Evans, and we could be using this valuable time to be pranking, and then, ultimately, sleeping!" he snapped. Lily was in no mood either. She had never broken into the Slytherin Common room to throw a huge prank on them before...

"Look, you, I was only five minutes late, so shut your trap, nit wit!" she snapped back, just as irritable.

"I don't have to! WE are doing YOU a favor by bringing you out of your hermit shell! And you have the balls to be late!"

"No, Sweet Sirius, dear. If you haven't forgotten, you are the one with the balls! And I AM NOT A HERMIT!" Lily screamed the last half, and was then immediately bombarded with four frantic "Shhh's!"

"Keep your voice down! We're almost to the Slytherin dungeons," Remus said. Lily hadn't even noticed that she had left the Common Room and was now in a dimly lit corridor with walls made of stone and dreary looking paintings. They got to a completely bare stone wall with only two torches hanging on it.

James whispered, "Dragon's Blood," and a small opening in the wall slid open. All five of them climbed in one after the other, into a lavishly furnished and decorated common room. There was elegant paintings of famous witches and wizards, expensive looking and cushy couches, and a huge fireplace that was almost as big as the dungeon wall they had just walked through. Almost everything was either a shade of green, or a shade of grey. There wasn't much of any other color else where, except in the paintings.

"Well...here's the deal. Sirius, Remus, and Peter, you guys should get started on the common room. I will go up to the boy's dormitories and work on the boy's dorms, while you, Lily, will work on the girl's dorms," said James. Lily's eyes widened.

"You mean, by myself? Go by myself to the girl's dormitories?" she asked, appalled.

"Uh, yes. By yourself. No boys can even get up the girls stair case, genius," James teased.

"But...what if I get caught? I can't go by myself!" Lily was frantic.

"Calm down, Lily, calm down!" Remus said, placing a calming hand on her shoulder. "It's not that hard. You know the spell to change something from one color to another. Just don't trip on anything or something, and don't shake anyone awake. Slytherins sleep like logs, I swear," Remus said, reassuringly. Lily nodded, convincing herself. If she wanted to be bad, she had to do something first. She nodded and numbly began walking toward a staircase.

"Er...Lily? That's the boy's dormitories. You'll want to be heading to your right," said Sirius.

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Lily jumped down the stairs two at a time. She had done it. She had really done it! Every single room now had scarlet and gold....everything! She was bad. Oh, she was so bad. She felt adrenaline pumping through her, and she was more awake than she'd ever felt before. She was on the last jump before getting to the bottom, when she tripped while doing a victory dance on the steps, and fell on her face. She looked up to find grinning faces.

"Did ya do it?" asked Peter.

"Yes! Yes! YesYesYes! I. Did. It!" Lily exclaimed.

"Congrats. I just need to tidy up the common room..." said Sirius, blushing slightly. Lily looked around, speechless. The room was a vibrant swirl of green, scarlet, gold, and silver. It looked like the mind of a stoned drug-addict. Lily felt slightly dizzy as she followed the colors around the room.

"What happened?" she asked.

"Er...well...Peter here," Sirius shot him an angry look, "fumbled up the spell a tab bit."

"Ahem...yes, and Sirius helped to fumble it up," said an rather amused Remus. Sirius did not comment any further, and Peter continued to apologize profusely.

"Look, let's just...fix this up, shall we? Then we can hop on out of here and thank the gods for sleep," James said.

"Alright, Remus and Peter, you do that wall, Lily you--" James stopped mid-sentence though, and tilted his head slightly. Remus and Sirius seemed to be doing the same thing, and Peter had his face scrunched up in concentration.

"Someone's coming!" whispered a panicked Peter. Peter quickly transformed into a rat and scampered away. Sirius seemed to think it was a good idea too, and transformed into the black shaggy dog, then darted into a dark corner, where his black fur would discreetly hide him. James looked around for a place to hide, and Remus was already cramming himself into some crevasse behind a chair. Lily stood rooted to the spot. They were going to get caught! They were this close to getting out, and now, they were going to get caught! James began to run toward a hiding spot, but stopped when he realized Lily wasn't even moving and inch; she wasn't even searching for a place to hide. He groaned silently, and grabbed her limp hand, dragging her with him to hide underneath the large sofa by the fireplace.

They both squeezed underneath the small space between the floor and the couch, and Lily trying to control the beating of her heart. She was sure the person coming could hear it's thumping, it was so loud. She took a deep breath, and tried to calm herself. Lily loosened her vice-like grip on James hand, which she was still holding. There was probably an imprint of her hand on his now, as well as deep fingernail marks.

The person who had come down was a third year with long, stringy locks of unhealthy looking dirty blond hair and large, scary looking blue eyes against ghostly white skin. She went by the name of Morgan Shepard, and apparently, hadn't noticed the change of decor in her common room.

"Gosh, I've got the worst headache..." muttered Morgan. She opened her groggy eyes slightly more than the slits that were currently open enough for her viewing pleasure, and she briefly glanced around the room. She shook her head disbelievingly. "What a bizarre dream...or nightmare," she said.

Lily had to stifle her giggles at that particular comment. James was grinning too, but nudged her as much as he could in the position they were currently in. "Hm...is this a dream? I mean...I thought I just woke up from a dream with a headache," Morgan said. "Maybe it's one of those, wake up in your dream only to have another dream," she analyzed.

"Or, maybe...well...let's see. If this is really my dream...then I can make whatever I want happen. So...I want...er...that fire to go out," she suggested, then began to close her eyes as if in deep concentration. "Come on! Go out!"

James looked at Lily. "Watch this," he said, then took out his wand, and pointed it at the fire. "Aquarius!" he said, and a fountain of water from his wand doused some of the flames. Thus, the room was now extremely dark.

"Hm...It worked...I guess this really is my dream then. I...can't really see any of those far-out colors anymore though," she said.

James took his chance and grabbed Lily's hand again and nearly dragged her out from underneath the couch. He closed his eyes for a moment to adjust to the dark, and then began heading for the exit. He could see that the other Marauders realized this was there chance, as he heard a lot of stumbling, and something crashing. James felt around for the wall, and pushed it open. Light poured into the common room, from the torches lighting the corridor, and James could spot Sirius, Peter, and Remus coming forward too. It didn't matter if the girl heard them now. They were home free, and she hadn't seen their faces. James quickly closed the dungeon opening, and promptly began running back to Gryffindor common room.

They got there, and everyone left out a breath they hadn't known they were holding. There was silence between the four as they all knew what each other was saying: "We were hell of a lot lucky to get out of that."

Lily's face broke into a grin. She couldn't help herself. She jumped up and down, silently singing a victory song. She stopped and continued to smiled.

"Well, looks like I am not a prude after all," she said, looking sweetly at Sirius, and then began toward her own dorm.

A/N: I think I made that longer that usual. Hoped you like it. Lily's first step to becoming a total rule-breaker. Woohoo. R-e-v-i-e-w!