hello everyone, im back. i wont bother with excuses, cause i think that would take up more space than the actual chapter. hehe. sowwy. actually, when i started writing this, i did not plan on it being the last chapter. i was just gonna set up a different chapter, which i thought of while in the shower. where the best thinking is done.

anyway, that will just have to wait for the sequel...which i will write! i think.

i apologise for the abrupt ending, it was not planned, it just came out...

James raced along the corridor, puffing as his legs pumped underneath him as fast as he could make them. A few red drops fell behind him off the hem of his robes. He cursed those damn boys under his breath.

This was not a scene following a tragic event, as it might seem; rather, it was something else James angrily vowed would never happen again.

He had been pranked. By…shudder….BLACK!

He could still see, through his red eyes—red with anger as well as punch—Black's smug smile as the juice dripped down his face. Of course, he hadn't been the only victim; juice was spouting from each candle in the Great Hall. Ok, so no one had proved that it was Black, and when he growled death threats for Black in poor Remus' ear (Remus being the nearest person), all he got was a pair of eyes rolling at him.

Now he had to run back to his dorms to change, ensuring that he would be late for Flying class. And Merlin knows how long he'd been looking forward to this class! Even his dreams were full of scenes with Madame Hooch running towards him, saying "Merlin, I've never seen such flying! I'll put in a word with the Quidditch captain right away!"

But of course, he knew that wouldn't happen. The Quidditch team was already full, plus first years weren't even allowed on the team. But still, one could dream….

Sirius and Remus fell against each other laughing. "That was brilliant, Remus! What would we ever do for amusement without you?"

"Aw, you're the one who thought it up, I just look up the spells."

"Yeah, we all know I have no patience for that stuff."

Remus snorted. "Oh man, James is gonna kill you. He knows you did it."

"Eh, there's nothing he can do that'll scare me."

They walked off again laughing.

It was lunchtime, and Remus had already left to find Professor Sprout to discuss his experiment with her. All his plants seemed to be dying, except for the littlest one, which refused to produce seeds. Sirius sighed as he picked up his bag, it was overstuffed with books.

James watched Sirius leave with narrowed eyes. He grabbed his bag to follow, planning on confronting Sirius about the morning. He followed the path to Gryffindor tower, knowing that was where the boy would go. He spotted his prey at the end of the hall, but as he sped up to catch him, someone else beat him to it. He broke into a run, and his jaw dropped when he finally caught sight of what was happening. It seemed that others had decided that Sirius was to blame for the morning's prank, and were taking a much more violent approach of discipline than he had planned.

Quickly he took out his wand and pointed it into the room, making as little noise as possible. "Stupefy!" he yelled. Rodolphus Lestrange hit the floor. Bellatrix Black whipped around, wand in hand. As she began to shriek a curse, Sirius' bloody hand reached up and grabbed her foot out from under her. Lucius Malfoy turned back to him.

Remus ran to the hospital wing, with Peter at his side. Peter couldn't think, couldn't straighten out his thoughts. The last coherent thought after Remus told him that Sirius and James were in trouble and at the hospital wing had been WHAT?. No, that's a lie. It had been WHAT? Holy shit! He could hardly breath when he entered the hospital wing, and it took all his will not to cry out when he saw the state of the two, they were both incredibly pale and their eyes were closed. He couldn't even tell if they were alive.

Peter and Remus stayed in the hospital wing that night, with the other two boys. When Remus woke up in the morning, his eyes widened as they fell upon the patients. He shook Peter awake. James Potter and Sirius Black were facing each other, wide awake, and…laughing? The two families of the wizarding world with the most enmity for each other…laughing. As Remus and Peter looked at each other, they discovered why.

The first prank of Hogwarts most infamous pair had been played.

P.S. it took Remus and Peter three days to wipe the goatees from their faces. They eyes drawn on their eyelids took no less than a week.

REVIEW REPLIES! MY FAV PART!

BrennQT: man i love you, my first reviewer every time, you are amazing. lol, i can dream of a LOT of passion, i dunno if u realize how much. here, u get siri, if i can get all the other marauders, PLUS fred and george. well talk then ;)

padawannabe: ok, here is your MORE! lol. thanx for the review!

thecatgoesmoo: give him a hug, but NO MORE, or i might get jealous...

the nutty imp: ummm...its slightly longer...0:)

paige-rossi-black: aw, i like slytherins, dont be too hard on them. tho its good ur siding with siri, he needs you! lol

LittleMissPadfoot: ooh, love the name. sry, im not gonna put the clip in, it would be a shared fic then. im more than happy to share a fic, but only from the beginning. sry again.

LetMeLoveYou: umm...not soon, sorry. but i did update in the end!

jojo: heres the update update update update! hah u didnt specify when, so i didnt dissapoint you!

Shards of Dimond: wow, thanx for the review. more of all that goodie conflict in the hopefully upcoming sequel

siriuslyobsessed: OK!

outofthebox:i know u guys lose interest, and im really sorry, but i lose interest also. then a reply like urs makes me ashamed, so i update!

lewllyn: give peter a chance, you dont know the whole story behind his turning. read my story Confessions for the full argument. and snape went down a bit from the last book, even if he was working on dd's orders. but i still love him, cause he is so interesting! to quote shrek, hes like an onion!