A/N: Hey people. How's it goin? I'm pretty good! Okay, String Beanbrain, this chapter has a prank, as you wanted. School starts in 2 days and I don't even have a backpack! I'll get one tomorrow. Well here's the fifth chapter for ya, hope you like! Oh and one more thing, if you have any other friends on fanfic, could you please tell them about this story, I need as many reviews as I can get.

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The Marauders Pre-Marauders

Chapter 5

Operation floating food

James came in from the Quidditch field, drenched and muddy, yet perfectly content with himself. He walked up to the Gryffindor Common room, leaving behind a trail of muddy footprints.

"Hey James," Sirius said when James came crawling through the portrait hole, "How was Quidditch practice?"

"It was great!" James said enthusiastically, receiving a non-believing look from Sirius. "No, really, it was fun, apart from the fact it's pouring outside."

"Cool," said Sirius, not really seeming to care, "Look I was thinking that we should pull a prank, to sorta….celebrate that we survived the first month of school," there was a mischievous glint in Sirius' eyes that intrigued James.

"I'm listening," James said, wondering what Sirius had in mind.

"Ya see I was thinking…" Sirius began but was interrupted by a very pale Remus Lupin who rushed into the Gryffindor common room, and said, "You guy's I have to go see my sick aunt, so I won't be back for a day or two,"

"Aw, c'mon Remmy, we were thinking about doing a huge prank to celebrate surviving a whole month here," pleaded Sirius, doing his puppy dog eyes.

"Wow I really can't believe it, you were thinking? I didn't know you could!" Remus said, pretending to be shocked.

"Okay, fine, we were planning a prank," Sirius said, slightly annoyed, "But really, you have to help us."

"Nope, sorry, my aunt's really sick," said Remus, looking unhappy.

Sirius muttered something that sounded like 'party pooper' under his breath.

"Okay, well bye," Remus said hastily as he scrambled back out the portrait hole.

"Okay, I was thinking we could maybe charm people's food at dinner to just start floating around, and 'coincidentally' have some splatter a certain Slytherin who has abnormally greasy hair," Sirius said, and evil smile coming to his lips.

"Oo, I know!" James said, "We could also make the food sing!"

"I like that idea!" said Sirius, jumping up and down with excitement, "Oh, this is going to be so much fun!"

"Okay, operation…hmmm," James paused for a moment, trying to come up with a good name, "…floating food! Or as we shall call it, Operation F. F."

Just then Peter walked into the common room and sat in one of the overstuffed armchairs. "Hey, guys," he said, looking slightly out of breath, most likely from walking up stairs, "what's happening?"

"Oh, we were just thinking up a prank for tomorrow night, you see we were thinking-"

But Peter cut him off, "You were thinking. I can't believe it; this is a day that will go down in the history of Hogwarts: the day that James Potter and Sirius Black actually thought!" Peter said sarcastically.

"Pete, that's a little old," said Sirius sourly smiling (bet you can't say that three times fast) and continued, "we want it to happen like this…" and went on to describe Operation F. F.

"That sounds fun!" Peter agreed, "but we're going to need to go to the library to find out which spells to use."

"Yeah, good idea, Peter," James said, clapping Peter on the back, "Let's go."

When they got to the library, the librarian, Madam Plinket almost fainted at the sight of James Potter, Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew. "You cannot be serious," she mutter to herself, but Sirius ended up hearing her, "Why, of course I'm Sirius!" Sirius said and Madam Plinket rolled her eyes.

The group went back to the isle where the charms books were.

"Hmmm, here's a charm that levitates things," squeaked Peter, looking in a book called Everyday Charms for the Everyday Witch or Wizard.

"Hmm, wingardium leviosa," James muttered, "Yes, I think this will work! Good find Peter!" James scribbled the incantation down on a scrap piece of parchment.

"Hey guys, look what I found," Sirius said, "Audiaco, a charm that can make any inani-intani-," Sirius struggled with the word inanimate, "well, whatever!" Sirius said, frustrated with the word, "Object sing or make whatever sound the charmer wishes."

"Sounds good to me," James said, writing down audiaco on the scrap of parchment, "Okay men, our damage here is done. We shall be off!" James exclaimed with pretend authority, receiving a shh! from Madam Plinket. They hurried out before they could get any type of punishment.

"Phew! I never ever want to go in there again," said James once they had left the library, "That was one of the scariest things I've ever done!"

"Yeah, I know what you mean!" Sirius said, laughing, "That was…" Sirius searched for the word. If it had been Remus, he would have said 'horrific' or 'terrifying'. "… bad."

"Your vocabulary never ceases to amaze me," James joked in pretend awe.

"Why thank you," Sirius replied, making a mock bow.

"C'mon, let's get back to the common rooms we can practice these charms," James said grinning.

When the threesome (A/N: that's not supposed to be perverted!) got back to the common room they found it to be very crowded, so they went up to their dormitory instead.

"Wingardium Leviosa!" James shouted, flicking his wand at a feather he had pull off his pajamas that was still there from their pillow fight. The feather didn't move an inch.

"This is hard!" Sirius complained after trying to get his slippers to sing 'It's a Small World After All' at least ten times.

"Well, we have to try really hard if we want to make this prank go well!" James said, for he was getting frustrated with his feather.

After about forty-five minutes of trying to get the charms right, Peter, of all people, got his scarf to sing some folk song about crazy chickens.

"Yay Peter!" shouted Sirius, coming over to see the scarf sing, "Um, Peter?"

"Yeah?" said Peter, his face gleaming with pride.

"Where did you learn that song?" Sirius asked, laughing.

Peter blushed profusely, "Um well I uh…"

"Hey look!" they heard James squeal as a feather floated by, "You guy I did it!" said James, looking prouder than Peter, if that was possible.

After a few more minutes, Sirius accomplished both of the charms as well.

"Well goodnight," James said drowsily from his four cornered bed later that night, "Can't wait for the prank tomorrow."

And with that they all dosed of into sleep, the light of the full moon shining onto the floor and the faint sound of a wolf's howl far off.

The next morning all three boys awoke cheerful and early. None could wait for Operation Double F. The day seemed to go by quickly for the pre-marauders (minus Remus, of course). Before they knew it, it was time for dinner already. They discussed the plan as the walked down to go eat….and prank.

Tonight they decided not to sit together, to be spread out, so they could execute this prank better.

Around the time that the meal was half-way over, James, Sirius, and Peter started on the prank. James levitated some mashed potatoes and had them start singing 'Mary had a little lamb" and splattered them on Ravenclaw's head. After he and his friends did this for a while, a full-fledged food fight broke out in the great hall. This wasn't initially part of the plan, but it worked all the same.

James, Peter and Sirius abandoned the charms they had practiced so hard and used their hands instead. Now this was a fun prank, and they probably wouldn't get in trouble fopr it.

A/N: He he, that was a fun chapter to write. Well you know the drill please review, hope you liked, because I need to get to bed now. See ya!

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