Chapter 8: Revenge

'Sirius, James, I really don't think you should do this!" Remus protested, whilst running after the pair of grinning boys who were heading down to the library. "It's really not a good idea! You could get a detention!"

Sirius laughed and stopped running. "Ooh, detention, scary." He said, pretending to sound scared. James laughed at him.

"Come on Sirius, Snape could be at the library right now, and we could miss the opportune moment to get him!" He said impatiently, bobbing up and down on the balls of his feet. Remus sighed.

"This is really not a good idea, you know." He told them, annoyed.

"Whatever you say, Remus." Sirius said, not really paying attention to his friend. At that moment, Peter came stumbling around the corner. "Peter!" Sirius called out. "Where've you been?" Peter looked at the three guiltily, and then at the ground.

"Kitchens." He said shortly, and his eyes darted to the door nearest him.

"The Kitchens?" James asked. "How'd you get in there?"

"I – er – I…" Peter stuttered, trying to walk to the door nearest him, but James advanced on him.

"Peter, you're our friend, aren't you? And friends tell each other where the kitchens are." James told him, smiling.

Peter's eyes lit up. "Really?" James nodded. "Well, when you get to the main staircase, you take the door to the right of it, and carry down until you see this painting of a bowl of fruit. Then you tickle the pear – it giggles, it's funny – and then it turns into a door handle! My uncle told me where to go before I came to Hogwarts. He knows I can get quite peckish." Peter said bashfully. Sirius laughed.

"That's great, Peter! Now since you're here, we need your help in doing something…" he said deviously, and carried on. "We're going to do something to Snape while he's in the library, and we'll need your help."

"Don't do it Peter, you'll all get into trouble." Remus told him, sounding bored.

"That's where you and Peter come in, my dear Remmie." James told them, whilst Remus scowled at the nickname. "You're going to be look-outs."

"Look-outs?" Peter asked, confused.

"Look-outs." Sirius confirmed as he stood by James. "See, we're going to be concentrating on getting revenge on Snape, so we won't see Madam Pince if she sees us. So, we need you to warn us if she's coming along by shooting green stars out of your wand."

"Count me out." Remus said, exasperated, and began walking off.

"Where're you going?" Sirius called after him.

"Library." Remus called back. Sure, he was going to the library, but he had homework to do, and he also wanted to see if there were any cures for his lycanthropy at Hogwarts that Dumbledore might have missed.

Sirius watched him, confused. "Aren't we going there?" James nodded. "Strange. So, Pete, you up for it?"

"Okay." Peter replied nervously.

James looked at him and said, "Remember, we're counting on you if Madam Pince is nearby." He smiled. "No pressure."

Peter whimpered quietly, but followed the mischief-makers as they headed towards the library. They climbed the stairs, only slightly behind Remus who was determined to ignore them and pretend that they were not, in fact, playing a prank on Severus Snape. He strode into the library to the section on magical creatures, and began looking for books on werewolves. Soon, he found a couple, and sat down at the nearest desk, and began to scan the contents page on anything that would help to cure a werewolf.

Meanwhile, Sirius, James and Peter were snooping around the shelves trying to find Severus Snape. So far, they had not succeeded.

"How about the Magical Creatures Section?" Sirius suggested. "He might be trying to find out what kind of creature his hair is!" James and Peter laughed at this, but Sirius put his finger to his mouth, indicating that they should be quiet. They tiptoed around the shelves, but soon James whispered, "Do we have to tiptoe? We'll look a bit suspicious to Madam Pince if we do."

"Okay, just walk quietly then. And pretend that we're searching for a book." Sirius whispered back. He pulled out a random book on the shelf next to him, but soon replaced it, pretending to look like it wasn't the book he was looking for. They carried on, walking slowly, and randomly looking at books, until they reached their destination. They were in luck. Severus Snape had entered the section a few moments before they had.

Remus inwardly groaned. He'd seen Snape, and then Sirius, James and Peter hiding at the bookshelves nearest to him.

"Hey! Remus is there!" Sirius whispered to the other two. "Wonder what he's reading, looks like something on werewolves. I don't remember us doing on werewolves!" he exclaimed quietly. James raised an eyebrow at this.

"Maybe he's just interested in them. Look, there's Snape! Peter, you go around the bookshelves to the other side, and watch for Madam Pince!" he ordered. "Remember, green stars."

Peter nodded. "Green stars, green stars…" he muttered, walking towards the place where he was to look out.

"Sirius, you ready?" James whispered to his friend behind him. Sirius replied with a quick yes, and both of them raised their wands. "After three." James instructed. "One, two, three!"

Simultaneously, Sirius and James swished and flicked, saying the charm, "Wingardium Leviosa!" The book that Snape had been reaching for slid out of the shelf, and floated upwards. When they saw the bewildered look on his face, James and Sirius sniggered. Snape reached forward to grasp the book which was just above him, but with a flick of his wand, James directed it just out of his reach.

Remus, who had been reading one of the many books piled next to him, heard the book sliding out of the shelf, and James and Sirius' snickering. He sighed and leant back on his chair, looking around for Peter, who was nowhere to be seen. Remus sighed again. So much for their look-out. He smiled, amused. Why they trusted Peter to be a look-out, I'll never know! He then leaned back over the desk, picking up a book and pretending to read whilst actually regarding the scene over the top of it. He was just in time to see Sirius flick his wand upwards, levitating the book over Snape's head. Remus also saw something that made him almost laugh, and made him want to say, "I told you so!" to the two troublemakers. Instead, he grabbed his wand, deciding to give them a hint, and began to write the words, "behind you," with it. James saw this, and wondered what Remus was doing, and if it was to do with his book-reading. Then he realised. He slowly turned his head, and sure enough, what he had realised was true. He tapped Sirius on the shoulder. "Sirius…"

"Yeah, mate?" Sirius asked, eyes focussed on the book above Snape's head that the greasy-haired boy was jumping up and down to try to reach.

"Drop the book." James said bluntly.

Sirius laughed as quietly as he could manage, and said, "What an idea! James, you have the best ideas sometimes."

James smiled weakly behind Sirius' back. "Just hurry up, will you?"

"Will do." Sirius said, and lifted the charm off of the book. It fell through the air, only to land with a loud bump on Severus Snape's head. Remus smirked from behind his book, but hid it quickly, and Sirius burst out laughing.

"Mr Potter, Mr Black." A stern female voice said from behind them. "That is not how you treat books."

A/N: I think this is possibly the quickest I have ever updated this story. 3 and a half weeks! Wooh!

10 points to the house of your choice if you can guess who the "stern, female voice" was. I know, I know, it's easy!

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