DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT J.K. ROWLING. I AM MEIA. I DID NOT WRITE THE HARRY POTTER SERIES. I WRITE FAN FICTIONS. THE ONLY THING THAT IS SIMILAR TO ME AND J.K IS THAT WE ARE BOTH FEMALES.
Chapter 21: The First Prank
It was almost Valentine's Day and the boys made no attempts to pull a prank. Almost everyone in the school was worried. They knew that when the two troublemakers hit, they would strike good. Hermione and Lily knew this too and started to regret limiting the boys on the number of pranks they could pull. The thought of the prank they could pull scared everyone. Even the Slytherins were worried. They would be the butt of the joke, they knew, whenever they hit.
Everyone kept a close eye out for any sign of a prank. Even the Professors watched for they often found themselves on the receiving end of the Marauder's pranks. No one escaped from them, no one got away "unpranked."
Finally, the day before Valentines Day, it happened.
It was early in the morning when the first prank was pulled. Everyone was sleepy that morning and trudged their way to the Great Hall for breakfast. As they entered the Great Hall, they each felt a tingle. No one thought anything of it though, it was to early in the morning for their brain to register that something was wrong.
But something was wrong. Nobody noticed until halfway through breakfast what exactly was wrong.
Everyone's face was a different color! As girls screamed and guys glared, every head turned towards James and Sirius. But to everyone's surprise, their faces was also colored. Then, as if someone was writing, words appeared over everyone's head.
As colors on an autumn tree
Your mood is there for all to see.
Try your best to somewhat hide
The emotion showing that never lies.
True feelings will be shown at last
No longer can they be masked.
Green with envy, feeling blue,
Orange is happy, pink in love,
Boiling red, embarrassing yellow.
Whatever the color, whatever the place
It will show on your face.
The spell can not be fought
At last, no answer can be sought.
Every face in the room was red as they glared at the two troublemakers. Their face was a bright orange as they doubled over in laughter. Even the teachers glared at them (for they had no escaped the prank).
"Sirius."
"James."
Hermione and Lily bit out the two boys names as their faces turned a dark, dark red. They stopped their laughter and tried to look innocent. Neither girl was amused by their "you-know-you-love-us" look.
"Is there anything you two would like to tell us?" Hermione asked, trying her best to hold back the rage.
"Like what Hermione?" James asked innocently.
"I don't know. Maybe something to do with this!" Lily yelled at him, pointing at her red face.
"Down girl," Sirius joked which earned him two fierce glares. "Don't worry girls, it will wear off in a week."
"A WEEK!" Both girls shouted. "But Valentine's Day is tomorrow!"
"Exactly," James said cheerfully.
"We just thought that we would help everyone out a little," Sirius joined in.
"And how is this helping?" Hermione asked incredulously.
"Well think about it Hermione," James explained slowly. "Now everyone will know who likes them and they can spend Valentine's Day together. Isn't that great?"
"Great?" Lily shouted in disbelief. "It's terrible! No one can hide their crushes. They can't hide any of their emotions for that matter."
"Yeah and crushes are usually kept to yourself. Imagine how people are going to fell at having their every emotion shown on their face for the world to see."
"Relax Hermione, they will probably thank us later," Sirius said wrapping an arm around her waist and pulling her closer. "Just wait till you see what is next."
A/N: OKAY….Don't you just love things that happen to you when your half asleep. I got up this morning at 3:00 am! I thought it was 5:30 so I went and took a shower. Imagine my surprise! Second, I put you in my story Autumn dear… Okay to all my reviewers, I would write answers in my updates but I have very little time as it is. I have more bad news. I might be getting a job (yuck!) and that means my updates might take a little longer. You might see me serving chicken and makin tacos though. Be sure to say hi and save me from the torture. I like being lazy. Okay well… thank you to all my reviewers and please PLEASE review!
