Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter... But I do own Elle Smith.

Marauders II

The Prank

"Shhh Ron," Hermione Granger hissed in her wand light, "You're going to get us caught if you don't be careful with that stuff." The bushy haired girl sighed as she walked behind the red head.

Ronald Weasley groaned under the pressure of the boxes. "Explain again why we can't charm so their feather light and just carry them down the hall way?"

The bushy haired girl rolled her eyes in the dark, "Because if we do that, we run the risk of dropping them, or squishing them and then the entire thing is completely ruined." Ron gave her a perplexed look, which was only partially visible in the light emitted by her wand. "Look Ron, we've been planning this since being of term, if we don't pull this off now, the Slytherins will be us to the punch line, and we can have that."

Seeing as how there was no use in arguing, the fire haired sixteen year old, concentrated on not dropping the heavy boxed. By the time they made it down to the damp dark corridor, they found Harry Potter casing on last spell. "Oh, good your back. I don't know where Elle is, she should have been here by now." The boy who lived looked slightly concerned, "Think she got caught?"

"Don't be silly Harry. Elle has the map, it would be pure idiocy if she got caught." Nodding his head in understanding, they watched as Ron placed down the large boxes. "Now help us put this stuff up, patrol ends soon, and you guys need to be in bed by then." Hurrying to the task they ripped open the boxes.

It took all of Harry's strength to not laugh, "Where are we going to put all this stuff?"

"More importantly how are we going to keep them from seeing it?" Ron wondered as he started to place all the bottles and buckets into place.

A chuckled sounded down the hall; the three stopped instantly turning to see the last accomplice in their mission. "With a concealment charm of course."

"What took you so long?"

"Oh, I took the liberty with charming the Quidditch showers as well." The four snickered before getting back to their work. Forty minutes later everything was in place for the next day. "A good nights sleep is in order?"

"Always after a good days work." Harry agreed as the four headed back to Gryffindor tower, tomorrow was going to be a great day.

Morning light shone brightly thought the charmed windows in the Slytherin common room as its students started to rise and get ready for the day ahead. "Can you believe the work McGonagall gave us, Monday? I mean really, she must think we have no lives." A very random Slytherin third year complained to her friends. "It was like 12 parchments long!" She exaggerated.

A boy snorted, "You're so melodramatic!" The group of third years laughed at common room door slid open. The dark haired boys stepped across the thresh hold, as they passed the door ways they were covered head to toe in Chocolate sauce, a loud groan and a few screams echoed through the corridor. Turning on their heels the tired to reenter the common room but the door wouldn't open, nor would it bugle when they utter the password.

Thinking that maybe the chocolate was the end of the prank they continued down the hall. Well they were wrong, as they continued down the hall they were first hit with vanilla pudding, then with some apple sauce, green jello, grape jelly, sprayed car wash style with red Kool-Aid, dunked with flour then caramel and toppled with feathers.

The group of third years yelled hysterically refusing to neitherreenter the hallwaynor wait for someone else to appear they tried every lavatory in the castle and none- not even the prefect bathroom would open. Soon every Slytherin who left the common room was submitted to the exact same process, Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zabini, Gregory Crabbe, and Vincent Goyle were no exceptions. Noone Was Spared!

Needles to say the second week of term started off deliciously when Harry, Elle, Hermione and Ron entered the Potions classroom to see ever Slytherin covered from head to toe in what now look like goop. "Nice look Malfoy." Ron snorted taking his normal seat. The blond Prince of Slytherin attempted to shoot him a nasty glare but covered in such substances it only came out a half-hearted smirk.

The Gryffindors were beside themselves with laughter at the tasty looking Slytherins. "Something mighty kinky is going on in thought dungeons aye?" Dean quipped causing the Gryffindor side of the classroom to erupt with even more laughter.

"SCI…." Professor Severus Snape stared dumbly at his students. "What in all of Salazar's names is going on here?" Eyeing the Slytherins for a moment he turned to the Gryffindors, "What happened to them?" The gold and scarlet clad students just shrugged.

"Sorry sir, we're no allowed in Slytherin territory." Seamus replied looking towards the green and sliver students, mirth dancing in his chocolate brown eyes.

The potion master turned back to his house students, "Well?"

"We can't get back into the common room to change." Malfoy replied solemnly, "We tried but not even the pass word seems to be working." Snape looked everything short of dumbfounded. "Before you inquire, none of the bathrooms will open, the boys have tired the girl and girls have tired the boys… nothing!" He hissed, turning his attention towards the Gryffindors, who blinked innocently.

"Well then we'll just have to check this out." Snape stood from his spot sweeping across the classroom, all the students following behind them. Nobody saw Harry, Elle, Ron, and Hermione get each other very anxious looks.

The stoic Professor swept down the hallway towards the common room. He stopped right before entrance and looked around. Nothing had happened; turning toward the door he pulled out his wand. "Alohamora." The door didn't budge, "Complex spell." Trying a different more complicated opening charm the door opened, stepping in nothing happened. "Well… seems our prankster has made himself none existent." Shaking his head Snape stepped back out side to be dunked in chocolate, to be brief he wasn't spared either. "Back to your common rooms, believe a staff meeting is in order."

The Gryffindor Common room was a bundle of laughter, Seamus could be found leaning heavily on his best friend clutching his stomach, Lavender and Pravati were both lying on the floor rolling, gasping for breath. While Dean himself was standing, looking thunderstruck at the four people in front of him. "You did that?"

"Well… yes. Beginning of year Prank." Harry explained.

Neville burst into the common room gasping his chest for air. "McGonagall…. puff…wheeze… coming." The inhabitants of the room quickly calmed their laughter and found a seat somewhere.

"To the Great Hall the lot of you." Smirking at each other they quickly followed behind their Professor. When they arrived in the Great Hall, all the students in the school had been called to their house tables. Many of them were snickering at the state of all the Slytherins, especially their potions professor.

Ginny gave them the thumbs up and mouthed /Well done/ before looking towards Ron and smiling. /The Twins would be proud/

Ron beamed in pride as everyone turned to look towards a grinning Professor Dumbledore. "Now I'm sure that this is very, very… chuckle… amusing."

"Understatement Professor!" Dean quipped from the Gryffindor table.

Chuckling again, Dumbledore started again. "Now, as I said that this maybe very amusing but those who do not come forward will loose 20 house points per culprit. Oh some of you are wondering how will that happen? Well just like you're prank there is a spell on the door, and which ever house is responsible the spell has already detected and the number of culprits, in other words you only 5 minutes."

Harry, Elle, Ron and Hermione looked at each other, either loose eighty-house points and stay detention free, or take the detentions. Looking over at their housemates they sighed heavily. The four raised their hands, "Man professor eighty points?"

Remus J. Lupin had never been so proud in his entire life. Harry pulled off one of the great pranks he'd ever seen in his life. Concealing the implements, charming all the doors on the showers, and even charming the Slytherin common room door! Not even Sirius supposed mastermind of all great pranks would have never have thought of that. "Well, now that we have established who is responsible. It is only right to punish you four. Ten house points a piece, and separate detentions for two months." Remus shot them what he hoped was a very piercing glare.

The four groaned, "That's right. Mr. Potter… you'll have detention with me." Harry sighed in relief, "Mrs. Smith, you'll be having detention with Professor Snape." The bushy haired girl couldn't help but grimace, "Mr. Weasley you be holding detentions with Hagrid." Ron uttered an unidentified noise that could have been in fright, somebody was completely sure. "And Ms. Granger will have detention with Professor Lupin."

"YES!" Hermione yelled punching the air, coming down she did a small dance of victory in front of her friends, singing, "I got Remus, I got Remus." Doing a small hip movement she slid to right, snapped her fingers, and slid back to the left, all the while singing.

"Don't at all think that just because… we're…. 'friends' means that I won't be just as strict as Professor McGonagall or…" Remus stopped to look over at Snape, "or be as challenging as Hagrid's detentions." The students started to laugh at the pause and cautiousness in his glace towards Snape.