Double Double Toil and Trouble

By Zeta - otherwise known as Amanda Halliwell

Chapter - I lost track of the Chapter number -

Lily looked around the Gryffindor common room and spotted Sirius moping by himself in the corner with the rest of the Marauders. They hadn't been their usual perky selves since Prue had been hospitalized. It was hard to hate them when they were like this. Rumours were floating about the school about how Sirius had had a crush on Prue the whole time he had been going out with Parisa. Rumour had it Parisa had gotten jealous and poisoned Prue by giving Sirius the muffins to give to Prue which contained the Draught of Peace. Parisa was reacting as if it didn't bother her. Or maybe she just hadn't heard the rumours yet.

"Parisa?" Lily asked as the girl entered the room, "Do you know what they're saying about you?"

"Yes," Parisa replied, "I'd like to take credit for it, I really would. But unfortunately it's not my fault. I didn't do it."

"You gave the thing to Sirius to give to Prue!" Lily exclaimed, "people are going to think…."

"All the better for me then isn't it?" Parisa said bitterly, "oh they'll hate this. They really will…"

Lily shook her head as she watched Parisa cry. It just wasn't fair. This was Sirius's idea of making Prue jealous and it had seriously ended up hurting somebody's feelings! Lily felt the rage boil up inside her as she sat next to Parisa and comforted her. Well if no one else was going to be there for the girl she might as well be. The girl was Chaser on the Qudditch Team and very popular. How people could just turn their backs on her she didn't know.

"I believe you Par," Lily said softly, "however it's them you've got to convince you're innocent."

"And how do I do that? Everyone just loves Sirius now, he's the popular man, the most eligible bachelor," Parisa spat angrily, "all the girls are after him!"

"Well I guess there is a way to make them believe you didn't do it," Lily replied firmly, "but you've got to actually find out who did do it. There are a number of suspects, none of them Gryffindor. Bring the Slytherin's out of hiding and how they set you up."

"You really think so?" Parisa asked raising her eyebrows thoughtfully, "it would be a brilliant plan I guess…"

"You guess?" Lily asked, "I know."

The two girls then sat on Parisa's bed and discussed their plan for bringing the real culprit out into the open. Little did Lily know that she was walking straight into a trap cleverly designed just for her and the Marauder's. Revenge would be sweet.

Sirius, James, Remus and Peter were gathered around the Gryffindor fire. Sirius was moodily staring into it while James was staring across the room at Lily who had just come down from the girls dormitories with Parisa. Remus was curled up with a good book, and Peter was muttering to himself. Finally, James had had enough with Sirius's non-focus. He needed some serious therapy. Seriously.

"Okay bud, we gotta get you happy somehow," James sighed, "now let's see. Need a real cool prank."

Sirius looked away from the fire and stared at James. A prank? Now that seemed like more fun than just sitting around a boring old fire. Even Remus closed his book and Peter had stopped muttering to himself. The boys all looked at James expectantly.

"I also have a great prank subject," James said coolly eyeing Parisa who was now sitting happily chatting with Parisa.

"Parisa? No way!" Remus said a little too loudly, "I mean seriously do we want to get ourselves into trouble? Maybe pranking Parisa is exactly what she wants us to do!"

James rolled his eyes and in a matter of seconds he had them all convinced that this was a really good idea and a must do. Remus however had his doubts. Somehow he had the feeling this was going to backfire rather badly on them. James in no time at all had switched from persuading them to telling them what the plan was. It was to desperately humiliate her in front of everyone and that could only take place in the Great Hall. In front of all the teachers and even the Headmaster. Remus wished he knew of a way to stop them and fingered his shiny prefect badge on his chest. His heart sank, would he really have to give his best friends a detention?

AUTHORS NOTES: Okay I know this was bloody short, but I'm running out of ideas! I'm stuck which is why this sort've took so long to write. Eeh, and its so bloody short…. ahhh…. worry about that later aye?