UNPRANKABLE

Chapter 5- Revenge: Part II

"Aw crap," said Justine, stopping dead in the middle of the hallway leading to the potions classroom. "I forgot my potion's book," she moaned.

"You better hurry, then," said Lily, checking her watch. "Class starts in 10 minutes, and the Gryffindor tower is on the other side of the school."

Justine's eyes widened, and she nodded at Lily as she sped off into the distance. Shaking her head, Lily continued the walk to Potions. Justine seemed to be forgetting things all the time now….

Justine ran through the halls, not really paying attention to the happenings around her. The rest of the corridor was deserted (as far as she could see) and this worried Justine even more; they were probably at their class already.

Justine turned a corner and ran into something. She humped in fright when the something started to speak: Mona.

"Justine," said Mona in a falsely sweet voice. "Sorry to bother you, you seem caught up in your thoughts, but we need to talk to you…" she finished maliciously as Roxy and another girl she didn't know jumped out from behind her and pushed her into a closet.

"Mona!" Justine screamed, pounding on the door with her tiny fists. "Let me out of here!"

Ignoring Justine's muffled protests, Mona checked the large clock on the wall. Still ten minutes to go before step two. She walked at a leisurely pace through the halls, heading towards the potions' classroom.

Finally she came to a halt in front of the large library doors, sure that Lily would be out looking for Justine in a minute or two. Sure enough, Lily came through the door, a concerned look on her face, carrying her bag as well as Justine's.

Mona looked around, waiting for Rhonda Hawkins, a small third year, to make her appearance. As if reading Mona's thoughts, a small girl appeared, doing as planned. Rhonda ran up to Lily and tapped her on the shoulder, her face innocent and her voice frantic.

"It's your friend! Your friend is in trouble!" exclaimed Rhonda breathlessly. "She... lake... I... you... help her!"

Perfect.

Lily dropped the two bags she was holding and darted through the halls, pushing through a small crowd of 4th years and dashing off towards the lake.

Lily arrived at the lake approximately 1 minute later (sure to be a record), and came to a halt. The surrounding area seemed to hold no human life.

"Where is she?" she screamed to herself. "What's going on?"

"Oh, nothing much!" said Roxy sweetly, appearing behind Lily. She whirled around, staring at Roxy. "It's just that Justine seems to have... fallen into the lake."

Lily's eyes were filling with angry tears.

"But seeing as you're terrified of swimming... I don't see how you can save her!" Mona said dramatically, her voice gleeful, appearing behind Roxy.

But Lily's next move stunned her. Lily didn't stop to think of the consequences, nor did she pause to think about whether or not this made sense. Diving into the lake, she held onto her wand for dear life.

Mona was thinking quickly. She had thought Lily would cower and cry, leaving James to think she was a wimp that couldn't swim. So Mona did the only thing she could think of.

"Petrificus Totalus!" she shrieked. The spell hit Lily square on the back, and immediately she grew stiff as a board. Her head disappeared from the glossy surface of the water, her body slowly sinking and disappearing in a pool of darkness.

"You're going to kill her!" someone yelled, watching Mona in horror.

"Of course not," answered Mona calmly, twiddling her wand. "I'll bring her up as soon as she'll have suffered enough."

"Or you'll bring her up now," said a voice coldly above her. Mona looked up and saw James Potter standing behind her with Lea, holding his broom in his hand, his knuckles white.

"J-James!" she said in shock, her jaw dropping. "Quidditch practice is over already?" she asked him innocently, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"You disgust me," James snarled, dropping his broom and pushing her arms off of him, then rushed into the cold water. Lea jumped in immediately after him and followed him into the dense, murky waters.

Mona panicked, she didn't know what to do. She aimed her wand at them, but someone knocked it out of her hand.

"What the hell is your problem?" asked a girl on her left in disgust, holdingthe wand in her hands.

But Mona didn't answer. She stared at the water, hoping that James would come up magically in love with her.

Under the water, Lea and James were frantically trying to see Lily. They both swam up to the surface, gasping for breath. Suddenly, James remembered a charm they had learned in fifth year. He grabbed his wet wand, hoping it would work. He murmured a few words under his breath, and all of a sudden there was a big bubble around each of their heads.

"Genius!" exclaimed Lea. She had completely forgotten about her hate for the Marauders, and in that moment all that mattered was finding her friend.

They dived under, the wands lighting the way. Finally, they caught sight of her, still sinking down towards the bottom of the lake. They swam as fast as they could towards her, but they weren't fast enough: the grindylows had caught her.

Lea frantically swam towards her friend, wondering what she could do. Suddenly, she realized what she should have done from the beginning. She yelled the counter curse to the charm. Lily floated helplessly, unconscious. "I'll shower sparks at them, you go get her!" she yelled to James. "Relashio!"

James swam down, grabbed Lily around the waist and pulled her up, swimming towards the surface, Lea following closely, holding Lily's wand in her hand. Finally they broke the surface of the lake, popping the bubbles they had put around their heads.

"Come on! We have to get her to the shore!" yelled James, his wet hair in his face.

"You pull her, I'm going to give her a heating charm!" exclaimed Lea, swimming next to him.

As soon as Lily felt the warmth, she opened an eye to find herself in the middle of the Great Lake, with James' hand around her waist and Lea swimming next to them.

"What the-?" she yelled.

"Lily! Thank God- We have to swim back!"

"Oh my gosh! We're in the middle of the Great Lake!" whispered Lily to herself. "But what about Justine? Is she alright?"

"Justine wasn't hurt at all! Mona was trying to hurt you!" exclaimed James. "Now swim!"

"I can't!" whispered Lily. "I can't!"

"Yes you can!" answered Lea, pushing Lily. "I know you're scared, but you can, trust me."

"So magically I'm going to start swimming well?" asked Lily sarcastically.

"Evans? That's what you're doing," commented James.

Lily's eyes grew as wide as saucers. "I'm swimming!" she exclaimed.

"Now we really need to get back to shore!" said Lea.

So the three of them swam all the way back to the shore, where a growing crowd of Hogwarts students were cheering them on.

When they finally arrived on dry land, dripping and freezing, the students surrounded them, happily chatting away.

"That was wonderful!"

"How did they do that?"

"Mona is going to be transferred to another school!"

"That was so cool!"

"Do you think they'll give points to Gryffindor?"

"You guys went all the way down to the bottom of the Great Lake?"

Suddenly Justine appeared at their side. She hugged her friends tightly.

"You went into the lake for me!" whispered Justine to Lily. "You're an awesome friend, you know!"

"I must say that today's events were unspeakably shocking," began the Headmaster at dinner. "But the extraordinary courage of two Gryffindors, Mr. James Potter and Ms. Lea Montirgo, is something to be remembered. And I wish all of you to consider them as models, in these times which I fear are growing darker and darker. I award them 50 points each."

And as the Hogwarts students whooped and cheered, Lily looked at James with a new look of respect, admiration, and even gratitude, and he smiled back at her.

"Peter once told me that if I wanted us to be friends, I had to have your agreement," he whispered to her while bowing to the rest of the students. "So, will you be my friend?"

Lily laughed, but her smile was enough.

James and Lily, friends.

Who would have guessed?

A/N: Well, they're friends! Sorry I took so long to update, but I'm on vacation and I've been having trouble finding computers... Well, please review!

K.J.