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Chapter Three: And The Day Just Keeps Getting Better…

When they awoke in the morning, the three girls had to cover their ears. Allison was a person who liked to sing in the shower, apparently. That would have been fine, Alex and Lily both did it too, except that she was loud and she couldn't carry a tune.

Alex winced. "This is going to be a long year. As someone who went to a cathedral choir school, that is physically painful."

Finally, they'd all gotten their robes on (and in Allison's case, about four pounds of makeup) and found the class schedules that were set on their trunks.

"Let's see. Transfiguration, Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Care of Magical Creatures, and Astronomy. Not bad." Lily was reading her schedule as they went down to breakfast. "Well, Potions tomorrow with the Slytherins. That's not good, right?" Lily looked enquiringly towards Bella. Bella had made some comment about how horrible Slytherins were.

"Nope. That's awful. Well, we're lucky. According to my older sister, last year the potions teacher was head of Slytherin, so he favored them a bunch. He had to retire, though, after some kids put veritaserum in his pumpkin juice and got him to say loudly in front of the whole school that he was in love with McGonagall. His house almost lynched him." By this time, they were seated in the Great Hall. Bella reached for a muffin.

"Ummm… Bella? Why is your hair pink?" Alex had just noticed something. "And, um, Lily, yours is kinda green?"

Lily looked over at Alex. "Well, yours is black." She sighed. "Probably that nutter trying to say he owns you. Tell me, does my hair match my eyes?"

Bella leaned in close. "Yeah. It does."

Lily smiled. She looked down the table to where the marauders were trying not to be obvious about how they were looking to see the girls' reactions. She waved happily at James. "I think I'll leave it, then."

Alex used her goblet as a mirror, and then used a charm an older girl had taught her the night before to make her hair straight. She eyed it critically, then nodded, satisfied. It looked wonderful on her, because her hazel eyes had changed color from brown to a beautiful silvery green. "What do you guys think?"

Bella grinned widely. "Beautiful. I think I like my hair, too. The poor boys. They just can't get a raise out of us. They're just not talented enough."

Sure enough, the three boys (Remus was pointedly looking only at his plate) were trying to hide the disappointment on their faces as they noticed that the girls didn't care. In fact, for the rest of the day, all they guys did was frown whenever they saw the girls. This simply added to the enjoyment of the three bright-headed ladies.

Lily discovered with a small feeling of joy that she was great in all her subjects, but especially charms. She didn't struggle with anything. Charms was easy for her, though. She'd understood everything the professor had said, which was great for her. She'd worried she might not fit in or be as good at things as those raised in wizarding households, but she was wrong. She was better than most of them. It was nice to feel smart, when Petunia had always put her down.

At dinner that night, the three girls began plotting their revenge on the boys. "Maybe permenantly pink robes?" Alex considered Bella's suggestion, and then shook her head.

"You know what would be more fun? Not do anything." At the looks on Lily and Bella's faces, Alex grinned. "We smile mysteriously when we see them, and let them wonder what we're going to do and when. And then, when they've let their guard down and we've learned some good charms… we hit them. Hard." She slammed her fist onto her palm for emphasis.

Lily smiled widely. "And in the meantime… what about muggle tricks? Water buckets in the morning, hide all their shoes, etc. Something like that. Something to keep them on their toes, but not enough to make them really want to retaliate badly." The other girls laughed and they all slapped hands.

Lily was right. Their arsenal of muggle tricks, ones the guys had never seen before, kept the boys very wary around the girls for a month or so. The girls would pass them in the hallways, mouthing nonsensical words and making weird gestures. James, Sirius, and Peter seemed the most affected by it. Peter especially jumped every time he saw Lily, Alex, and Bella. Remus, on the other hand, acted apologetic. He hadn't (the girls learned) had anything to do with their hair on the first day, and so the girls pretty much left him alone. Alex in particular advocated that nothing be done to him to punish him for something the other marauders did.

"It's just not fair. And besides, I LIKE my hair black." It was true. She still had black hair, and as she got better at charms, she was able to do more things with her unmanagable mane. Lily had let her hair go back to red, and Bella had left a few pink streaks in hers.

Eventually, however, it was decided that they knew enough to get the boys back. Lily had found a certain spell and the three plotters had used it on the robes of all three boys. They sat in their first class of the day, Charms, and waited for their victims. (A/N: To have a cliffy or not to have a cliffy… hmm…)

Soon, all four of the marauders had entered the room. Remus sat down and pulled out his parchment (remember, the girls decided to spare him). James was the next to slide into his seat. Literally, it turned out. His backside went sliding forward and he ended up with his feel out in front of his desk, sitting in front of his chair. This made Sirius laugh so hard that he had to flop into his chair, but he stopped laughing when he fell off the other side. Peter got the gist of what was going on and decided he'd stand for the lesson.

James and Sirius glared at Lily and Alex (Bella was too busy talking to Remus to notice or care), who were laughing so hard they were crying. Alex had put her head down on the desk, and she was shaking silently, black hair creating a curtain for her face. Lily was pointing at James and the tears were running down her cheeks. Oh yes, revenge was very sweet…

A/N: You've read, now review, please. All flames will be used to help me in my giant fudge making endeavor this holiday. Next chapter will be longer. Promise. Bows Gratias ago.