Chapter 3: THE Day

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September seemed to drag by as long essays and tedious assignments weighed down the 6th years. Most of the Gryffindor students were up until 1 o'clock in the morning attempting to finish assignments. However, the Marauders still managed to find time to lighten the mood by pranks. This prank was mainly the prank that Sirius was allowed to play on James because he lost the bet of getting Lily to go out with him. Sirius had warned him that the prank was to last an entire day and James wasn't allowed to do anything to try and stop the pranks from happening; he just had to sit there and let it unfold.

One morning at breakfast, James came down late to see Bridget huddled in a circle whispering with Remus, Peter, and Sirius at the table.

"What're you guys talking about?" he asked loudly causing them all to jump. James laughed and sat down next to Bee. Bridget grabbed a piece of toast and stood up to leave. "Do I smell or something that you have to leave?" James joked.

"No, I just have more important places to be than sitting next to you," she replied in a snobby and slightly sleepy tone.

"Ooh, not friendly in the morning."

"When have I ever been," she said, not as a question but as a statement.

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The next few weeks in October were the same as the previous day for James. Bridget always seemed to be in a bad mood and never wanted to talk to him unless it was to insult him. As well, James was starting to feel uneasy because it had been exactly one month since he lost the bet and Sirius had yet to prank him.

James woke up on a cold Saturday morning to hear rain splattering against his window outside. The sun wasn't out to burn his eyes so he closed them and fell asleep for another half an hour. At 10 o'clock he rolled out of bed and pulled some jeans and a shirt on and shuffled down to breakfast figuring that the others were already there. Though instead of walking to breakfast alone he physically ran into Bridget causing her to fall to the ground rather harshly.

"Oh my God, Bee, I am so sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going and must've just hit you," James repeatedly apologized, though Bridget didn't even seem to hear.

"Have you seen Remus?" she asked completely ignoring his apology.

"No, I just woke up."

Bridget then merely stood up and walked out of the common room leaving a very confused James behind.

James decided that the weather was bringing all his friends down because when he arrived in the Great Hall it was to find Sirius asleep on the table, Remus reading a book upside down, and Peter not even touching his food. Bridget was nowhere in sight.

"Why's everyone so bummed out today?" James said loudly in a hopeless attempt to awake Sirius. Remus ignored him and Peter simply shrugged his shoulders, stood up and left. "Ok," James said slowly.

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The next morning was a week before Halloween and today was the day of the prank. Sirius woke up an hour earlier to get everything all set up. And when 7 o'clock rolled around Sirius made sure to blare James's alarm clock so he would hit it hard.

James woke with a fright as his alarm sounded ten times harder than it normally did. His eyes snapped up and he quickly turned to shut it off, but as he pressed the off button two gallons of ice cold water came raining down onto his head drenching him from head to toe.

"AH!" he exclaimed as he jumped out of bed and began shaking uncontrollably. "PADFOOT!" he shouted angrily, but looking around he saw all his roommates were gone. He quickly showered and dressed to get down to breakfast on time and when he walked in the door he was met by silence. No one was at breakfast. "This is too weird. What is going on?" James wondered aloud.

Just then James heard the caretaker wheezing his way up the hall. James tried to run but the caretaker had seen him already so he saw no point to try and escape.

"Skipping classes are we?" the caretaker said in a hoarse voice.

"What do you mean? It's only eight o'clock," James said now very confused.

"It's eleven thirty you little brat, don't play dumb with me!" he shouted as his left eye twitched slightly.

"I'm not playing dumb my alarm went off an hour ago I swear!"

"I don't care when it went off just get to class now before I skin you alive!"

James took off at a run to Transfiguration because he hadn't a doubt in his mind that the old caretaker would skin him alive if given the chance.

He arrived at Transfiguration out of breath and was greeted by a detention from McGonagall, a laughing Sirius, and strange looks from the students.

"Mr. Potter," McGonagall said sternly. "Do you mind explaining to the class why your skin is orange and your hair is green?"

James looked at his skin and blushed even though he looked normal to himself. Sirius must have put a charm on his skin and hair so it would look normal only to him.

"Well you see Professor," James began. "I lost this bet with my dear pal Sirius, and if I lost he got to prank me for an entire day. He already set my alarm to give the wrong time making me late, and had ice water poured on my head. So if you can find it in your heart to look past the green hair and orange skin, and into my knowledge and pure wit, it would be greatly appreciative," he finished with a dramatic puppy face and gave a slight sniffle to emphasize his pathetic point.

Professor McGonagall merely shook her head and continued her lesson as though James had never come in late at all. When the bell rang James stayed after to find out that his detention was to clean the first years cauldrons without magic tonight at eight o'clock.

He ran out to catch up with the other Marauders and found them at lunch.

"Nice prank, Padfoot," he said trying to be the better person, even though he was itching to prank him back.

"Awww, thanks, Prongs, but I'm happy to say that it's not over yet," Sirius replied smirking.

"What else are you going to prank me with? The day will be over in twelve hours."

"Much can be done in that amount of time," Sirius answered in a mystical voice.

The pranks that followed James for the rest of the day included a set of Quidditch balls circling around his head and occasionally one of them would whack him in the head. As well, when dinner rolled around he found that he could only speak if he was singing like an opera singer; this caused him sing an enchanting solo as to how much he wanted the mashed potatoes.

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"I have never been more humiliated in my entire life," James groaned into his pillow that night after he got back from his detention.

"Now you know how others feel when you prank them," Remus said from under a book.

"I think it great how you took the pranks in a positive way though," Bridget said as she sat on Peter's bed helping him study.

"Oh, so you're talking to me now are you?" he asked tentatively, not wanting a teenage girl outburst.

"Yea, I suppose. I was mean to you because I was helping with the pranks and these guys (she gestured to the other Marauders) told me not to talk to you, so being mean was the only way in my mind," she finished with a smile.

"You could have just ignored me you know."

"Yes, but this was much more fun," she said as all the guys, but James, laughed.

"It was one day, James, lighten up a bit," Peter said.

"I know. I'm just tired from all the pranks, I'm going to bed," and with that he pulled his curtains closed.

"Yea I'm going to go too," Bridget said standing up and stretching. "Lily will flip if she finds out I've been here for the past two hours."

"Night," all the boys replied in unison.

(15 minutes later when they're all in bed)

"You have to admit, they were good pranks," Sirius said to no one in particular. He was met by the creak of a bedspring.

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I wrote this while I was supposed to be doing a Science report. But if you ask me, nothing can help my Science grade now. Anyways, nobody will probably see this because nobody is reading this but Happy New Year!