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The Pranks On You

The next day was Sunday, the day of the prank for Lily and the Jusketeers. They had planned the prank out to the letter in the library when they had gotten back from Hogsmeade. Well, Lily, Matt, and Isaac did anyway. Kevin had claimed he had left something for the prank in his dormitories and run off, never coming back.

Lily woke up that morning with an awful feeling in the pit of her stomach. It didn't feel like nerves either, though she suspected that some of it might be. She ignored it was she took her shower and got dressed. It had started to ebb away anyway. There was probably nothing to worry about. Besides, she didn't want to get distracted. She might miss a line that she was supposed to say or something.

Lily brought down a book and read while waiting to met Isaac and Matt in the common room at a quarter to seven. They wanted to make sure that they were up by the time the Marauders came through to go to breakfast.

"So guys. They're still asleep right?"

"Yeah. Don't worry though. They normally get up by seven thirty to get to breakfast. They 'wouldn't want to miss it'." Isaac said sarcastically.

Lily laughed with them and rolled her eyes. It was good to have friends like this again. They reminded her so much of Dani and Sarah. Lily sighed inwardly. She had to forget about that. That was the past. There was no need for her to dwell on it.

The trio didn't need to wait long for the Marauders to come down the stairs for soon they heard their familiar laughing at well… nothing.

That was their cue for the plan to start.

"Lily, how about heading down for breakfast now. We're starving!"

"I told you both," Lily started, her finger 'holding' her place, "I want to finish this chapter on grindilows, then I'll head down ok? Save me some seats?"

Isaac and Matt groaned as they stood up. The marauders had stopped laughing and were 'whispering' to each other while eavesdropping on the conversation.

"Fine Lily," Isaac started, "but don't blame us if the only seat left for you is by the marauders!"

Lily glared at them as the Marauders dashed out of the common room, Isaac and Matt on their tail. She could faintly hear Matt yelling, "Hey guys! Wait up!" Then she smiled to herself. Phase one, complete.

James Potter woke up on Sunday morning in a great mood. Hogsmeade visit was the day before, and the Marauders had gotten stocked up on their prank supplies. They were going to finish planning the perfect plan that night and then pull it off at breakfast the next day. He couldn't wait. The only thing going wrong for him that morning was a small stomachache that he had woken up with.

He of course had gone into Moony's trunk and pulled out a light dosage of a pepper up potion that quickly helped him feel better. He hopped into the shower before the rest of his 'crew' would be able to get in thinking that nothing could make that day go wrong. It was going to be the perfect day. No classes, no homework to do (he had copied Moony's the night before), and for once No detention… yet.

Sirius, Remus, and him had walked down the stairs laughing at the state of Peter's trunk which was SO disorganized it had taken him ten minutes to find a clean robe. Peter of course was laughing along with them having no idea what they were laughing about.

James however motioned for them to stop laughing when he saw Lily talking to Matt and Isaac. He smiled inwardly as he heard Lily say that she was going to come down later for breakfast and for those two to save her a seat. Maybe he could make that seat by him. His smile grew larger when he heard Matt ask for them to wait up. Things were going pretty good so far.

James got Isaac and Matt to sit by them at the breakfast table, Matt by him and Isaac by Sirius who was sitting across from James. Remus then sat on Isaac's other side and Peter sat next to James so that the only place for Lily to sit would be next to Matt, close to him.

Lily walked down to breakfast with a small skip in her step. Hopefully Matt and Isaac were able to pull of Phase two and sit right next to the Marauders. When she entered to Great Hall, she first looked for Kevin. He was halfway down the Slytherin table conversing with… Malfoy? Lily shook her head. Maybe Malfoy was just trying to give him some 'pointers' or something. Kevin would know what to take for truth or not. Then she turned towards the Gryfinndor table and made her way over there, forcing a scowl onto her face when she saw where Matt and Isaac were sitting. Phase two, complete.

She sat down next to Matt and whispered, kind of loudly so that Potter could hear, "Why in the world did you sit next to them?"

Matt laughed. "Don't worry Lily. They don't bite." He whispered back, again loud enough for Potter to hear.

Lily turned back to the table and put some food on her plate. Then she gave a slight gasp. "Oh! I'm sorry Matt, Isaac, I forgot that I needed to talk to Kevin right away this morning! I'll be right back."

Matt and Isaac gave a slight nod and watched her walk away.

Lily walked across the Great Hall and up the Slytherin table ignoring all of the glares from that table and up to Kevin, to whom she gave a slight tap on the shoulder. "Hey Kevin! How is it going!"

Lily's anxious face turned to a confused one when he narrowed his eyes before responding. "What are you doing here?"

Lily almost jumped at the roughness in his tone of voice. "Uh- I would think that that was obvious, Kevin." Lily emphasized his name hoping that maybe it would bounce him back to reality… maybe.

"Go away you filthy little mudblood." He snarled at her.

Lily froze. Did he just call her that?! "W- what did you say?"

Malfoy smirked as he responded for Kevin. "He told you to beat it mudblood."

Lily stood her ground. "Kevin come on! What is with you!" She was starting to get nervous. What was going on with her boyfriend?

"None of your business mudblood, now beat it." Kevin snarled again.

Finally Lily moved. She slapped him hard across the face and ran out of the great hall in tears.

James watched Lily with interest as she went to the Slytherin table. He had heard her tell Matt that she needed to talk to Kikkert but other than that, he wanted to know what was going on. He could tell that Lily was getting nervous and worried by the expressions on her face. And when she slapped Kevin across the face and ran out of the Great Hall, he knew something was wrong.

He quickly got up and strode over to the Slytherin table himself to give Kikkert a piece of his mind, the rest of the Marauders following him.

"What did you do to Lily?" James demanded, more angry then he had ever been in his life.

"Why do you care about a mudblood Potter?" Malfoy sneered at him.

James turned on him, "I wasn't talking to YOU Malfoy, and you best not call her that again."

Kevin finally spoke. "Well that's what she is right? Just another everyday mudblood." He emphasized the last word.

James' face got really red, but before he could do anything Sirius punched him hard in the face. "DON'T EVER CALL LILY THAT EVER AGAIN." Sirius snarled at him, or you'll be in worse shape than you are now."

By this time the whole student body was staring that the group. They had seen Lily run out, and when the Marauders had gotten up and started yelling at the new transfer, it was a shock to all. Professor McGonnagal, the head of house for Gryfinndor, and Professor Acrorrie, head of Slytherin house, had also come up to the fighting group livid.

"Twenty-five points from Gryfinndor for Mr. Black's lack of self control and a detention for him as well tonight at 7:30 with Professor Acrorrie." McGonnagal said her voice raising slightly with each word.

James stepped in to defend his friend. "But Professor! Kikkert, he called Lily a-"

"I don't care Mr. Potter, and unless you wish to join your friend in detention tonight you all better apologize to Mr. Kikkert. Right now."

James kept his mouth shut. Kikkert didn't deserve an apology. If anything he deserved another punch in the face. Grinning slightly evilly James finally opened his mouth. "I apologize Kikkert, I apologize to your mother that she had you as a spawn."

McGonnagal looked appalled. "Mr. Potter," she started, her voice already very loud, "twenty more points off of Gryfinndor for that and you WILL be joining Mr. Black in detention."

James just shrugged and walked off with the Marauders, ignoring the very smug looks on the faces of Malfoy and Kikkert. So what he had another detention. And house points? They didn't matter much anymore. They had most of the year left to earn them back anyway.

When Lily had slapped Kevin across the face and stormed out of the hall, Matt and Isaac knew immediately that something was wrong. She was supposed to have come back bursting out into fake tears causing the Marauders to get up or be distracted long enough to put what they needed into their drinks. Sure what she did was only a little different but it was enough for them to tell something was off. So instead of doing something for the prank they slipped out of the Great Hall in search of Lily, Isaac going left and Matt going right. They each took a common route to the Gryfinndor tower. Matt found Lily first, curled up in front of Gryfinndor tower.

He went up to her and pulled her into a slight hug. "You okay Lily?" Lily didn't respond with words, she just sobbed harder. "Shh… it's going to be ok Lils. Come on. I'll get you inside the common room and to the stairs to your dormitory. You can get up them ok right?" Lily continued to sob but she nodded her head.

Matt helped her up and through the portrait door pausing only to say the password to the Fat Lady as he brought her carefully to the bottom of the staircase leading to the girl's dormitories. Lily didn't say anything to him as she grabbed the railing and began to walk slowly up the stairs.

As soon as Lily was out of sight on the stairs Matt walked over to the armchair right next to the fire and plopped down to think about what could have possibly happened. He tried to think of all kinds of scenarios but still couldn't come up with one that would fit for Lily to still be in tears.

Isaac came sulking in not long after that, not even looking at Matt as he made his way up the stairs to their dormitory, stomping up the stairs.

Not much later the Marauders came stumbling through the portrait all looking very upset but none more than James Potter and Sirius Black.

James was on the verge of yelling, so Matt could easily hear him across the common room as he walked nearer to him. "I can't believe he called her that." He said plopping down on the couch behind Matt. "I'm gonna kill him."

Matt turned around quickly, "What happened to Lily? Do you know? She was too upset to talk."

Sirius snorted, "Of course she was, anyone in her position would be. I mean, whose boyfriend would ever do that!"

Remus spoke up so quietly that Matt wasn't even quite sure he had heard him, but what he said wasn't something one would joke about so he knew that he was telling the truth. "He called her a – a mudblood."

Matt stood up quickly. "HE CALLED HER A WHAT!"

James nodded in agreement with Remus but he couldn't speak, his anger level overriding every other emotion and ability.

Matt was fuming. He had never been so mad in his entire life. Kevin Kikkert was going to pay big time. He stormed up the stairs to his dormitory, leaving the Marauders behind in the common room, and slammed the door when he got inside.

Isaac looked up and they gave each other a knowing glance that said pretty much everything, Kikkert was going down.

Ok, first off I want to apologize for the short chapter. Second off, I don't think that there is a second off. But I just want to thank everyone for reading this!!!!