Authors
Note: This is the revamped version of chapter 2, ¾ of the
marauding four begins here and the 1st prank of the story! R&R
please. Thanks.
Disclaimer: Everything that you recognize in the
story belongs to the wonderful author, Joanna Kathleen Rowling.
The
beginning:
A week has passed since they were initiated
into Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Lessons had fully
started, and the professors have all stopped cutting the "babies"
of the school some slack as they did when the first-years had just
come in. And it was not soon before the students felt that things
were just getting a tad boring.
"Jamesy dear, do you not feel that our lessons, as interesting as they are, are just getting a little boring. Is it not payback time? For the time Snape and Malfoy tried to put a hex on our fellow Gryffindor. They failed, certainly, but isn't the thought that counts?" Sirius said with an evil glint in his eyes while patting James' back.
"Of course, my friend, it is time." Catching on quickly, James replied with a glint that equaled Sirius'.
"Oh dear, is this how we're going to end up spending our weekend?" Remus groaned outwardly.
"How else then?" The two replied unanimously.
"Fine then, but then the question arises, muggle or magic?"
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"Dear daddy, how are mummy, Juliet and you doing? Has mummy's cooking improved? I would like to request for some ingredients listed on the attached letter for potions classes. Please send them by the week after next by owl mail. Thanks daddy, I won't let you down.
James"
"Wonderfully written, I'm sure Mr. Potter will be happy with this entrustment." Sirius grinned at James as he attached the letter to his owl, snowstorm. The owl gave him an affectionate nip on the finger before she took off. James turned and gave Sirius and Remus a bigger grin.
"Let's wait then."
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On the morning of a Wednesday the next week, snowstorm flew in through the window of the boys' dormitory, dropping a package too big for her size on James' bed, awaking him. Blurry-eyed, he accioed a toffee éclair out of his bag for her, mumbled "good job", and went right back to sleep. He distantly heard the flapping of wings in his dreams.
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Three boys could be seen gobbling down their food during lunchtime on that day, making one wonder when the last time they ate was. In just five minutes, the three was seen trying to run inconspicuously out of the Great Hall, but failing miserably.
"Igglewig!" James practically shouted in the rush they were in, and they sure were in a rush if they wanted the prank to be done by the double period of potions in 2 hours time. They then ran to the dormitory shared by all the boys of Gryffindor in the first year, straight to James' bed, as Sirius did a levitating spell that his father had taught him, his dad had said that it would come in useful, and it certainly did. There beneath the bed was the package from the morning. As Remus rummaged through the neatly packed items in it, he drew out a packet of rainbow-colored powder. James then cast a spell that they had searched for, the night before, a spell that either speeds up or delays the effect of something, this time, the spell was made to delay the effect by 2 hours.
"Let's hurry down! We don't want to miss the desert." Sirius shouted as he ran down the steps, and winked as he turned to face them for a split second.
"Such enthusiasm, why is it we've never seen it during lessons, especially when the professors ask for volunteers?" Came the ironic answer of Remus to James. A soft chuckle escaped James.
