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Ch. 9- The Halloween Prank
Not much happened in the next few weeks besides many an ugly glare being exchanged between James Potter and Lily Evans as they passed in the corridors, the common room, classes, pretty much any place where they happened to be within a few hundred yards of each other.
"You're not planning on getting over this row anytime soon, are you?" Bella asked Lily the morning of Halloween.
"Nope," said Lily, gritting her teeth and shooting an evil glance at Potter over her buttered toast.
He didn't glare back. He was too busy listening to Sirius Black, who was apparently very secretive about what he was saying, because he was talking in a low voice and kept motioning to his friends to move closer, so they wouldn't be overheard.
"Lily!" said Emmeline, breaking into Lily's thoughts. "Help me with this Transfiguration homework! It's due next hour!"
She sighed and turned to help her friend, removing her steely gaze from the four huddled boys for the moment.
"James, come on! This is the greatest Halloween prank ever!" muttered Sirius urgently.
"Huh?" said James, looking up from his battered copy of Quidditch Through the Ages.
He saw Lily Evans fiercely glaring at him, but he ignored her. "Excellent, Sirius! Enlighten us!"
Sirius motioned for James, Remus, and Peter to huddle around him. "Picture this," he whispered. "Everyone in Hogwarts and a tricky little summoning charm that causes everyone to be suddenly without quills, ink, or parchment making this wonderful holiday of Halloween homework-free!"
"Summoning charms?" said Peter worriedly, chewing the end of his toast. "But that's fourth year magic."
"Well, all three of us can do them," said Sirius, pointing at himself, James, and Remus before muttering, "Accio toast!"
The toast flew from between Peter's fingers, and Sirius caught it, taking a bite. He spat it out quickly.
"Ugh! I hate apricot jam! You're sick, you know that?"
Peter grinned smugly, as Sirius tossed the toast at his head.
"What about you two?" Peter asked Remus and James.
"Alright. Accio glasses!" said Remus, waving his wand. James's glasses flew off and into Remus's open hand. Remus put them on, batted his eyelashes, and said in a high voice: "Oh, I'm James Potter! According to Lily Evans, I have no interests beyond Quidditch and myself!"
"Give me those!" grumbled James, lunging at Remus. Remus dodged him and James yelled, "Accio glasses!" The glasses flew from Remus's eyes and into James's hand. "That will teach you to mess with the fabulous James Potter!" said James triumphantly.
"Fabulous?" said a cool voice. "Now I think you're pushing that a bit far, Potter."
James spun around and saw a tall, very pale, blurred shape. He put on his glasses and recognized Lucius Malfoy, a seventh year Slytherin prefect, who sported long pale blonde hair, icy blue eyes, and a sneering expression. Two fellow Slytherins flanked him: a goon known as Nathaniel Nott and Lucius's girlfriend, Narcissa Black, who was as pale and blonde as Lucius and had a similar disgusted expression on her face.
"Hello, Narcissa, dear cousin," spat Sirius, recognizing the seventh-year Slytherin. "How's Bellatrix doing in that scum hole you call a house?"
Lucius, blonde hair whirling, pulled out his wand and snarled, "Never insult the Noble House of Slytherin!"
"Sounds like the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black, eh Narcissa?" said Sirius coolly, his narrowed eyes flickering over the older students. "I've already insulted the Black family enough to last a lifetime, so I suppose I'd better catch up on those Slytherin insults!"
"You are a disgrace to the Black family!" screamed Narcissa angrily. "I can't believe you! Hanging around with a bunch of blood-traitors and Mudbloods!"
"I don't think Sirius is the one who's a disgrace!" James spat back.
"Is there a problem here?" asked a cool authoritative voice. Professor Wolcosh stepped forward in her usual green robes and sporting her usual cold stare. "Malfoy? Potter? Black? Black? Problems?"
"Er ... no Professor," they stammered.
All except James, who stated, "Not really, Professor. I was just asking Lucius why he keeps his hair so long. I personally think it makes him look like a girl."
Narcissa gave an earsplitting shriek, and Lucius gave a loud growl and nodded to Nott who began to stride toward James, his fists raised high. Clearly Malfoy prefered muscle to magic.
"Nott, back!" spat Professor Wolcosh, raising her wand, and the giant bloke was thrown backward. "Potter, ten points from Gryffindor for insulting Malfoy! Malfoy, ten points from Slytherin for attempting to do harm to a Gryffindor first year! Now Lucius, Narcissa, Nathaniel, back to the House table!"she barked before heading back to the staff table, and the Slytherins exited, grinning menacingly at the Marauders, and Nott crackled his knuckles menacingly.
"Well," said James lightly. "That was interesting."
The four boys were silent for a few moments, swelling with pleasure at the thought of how James and Sirius had survived a run-in with three seventh year Slytherins, and were now without a scratch on them, and Gryffindor House only ten points lighter.
"We have to perform the charms before first lessons! Come on!" said Sirius, breaking the silence, and he strode purposefully out of the Great Hall with James, Remus, and Peter following close behind.
The four Marauders assembled inside a rarely used classroom on the fifth floor and James, Sirius, and Remus pulled out their wands.
"Accio all quills in Hogwarts!" called Sirius.
"Accio all inkwells in Hogwarts!" said James with a lazy flick of his wand.
"Accio all parchment in Hogwarts!" said Remus quietly.
Soon they had three large piles of quills, inkwells, and parchment. Remus quickly put a Disillusionment Charm he had recently learned on the three piles, and the boys quickly exited the room and headed down the corridor.
"Wait!" said James, stopping abruptly, causing Peter to bang very hard into the back of his shins. "Ouch!" muttered James and then he ran back to the door of the classroom. "Alohomora!" The lock clicked into place and he ran back to his mates murmuring, "Extra precaution."
The four boys hurried to their Herbology lesson with the Ravenclaws and had just entered the greenhouse when the bell rang.
"Yes, made it!" said James smugly in a rather loud voice.
"Unfortunately," Lily muttered under her breath from the other side of the greenhouse.
"Today we will be learning about the plant Devil's Snare," said Professor Sprout, the Herbology witch, flattening her flyaway gray hair. "Please take out some parchment and a quill to take notes with."