Hello all,
Wow, I never expected this kind of reaction! Thank you all! No worries, after all that I won't put the stories on hold. I even typed out the beginning of the new chapter for you guys, it's not much, but it's something.
I also decided that I won't post itty bitty pieces of chapters like this anymore. If you want to read all the new small pieces as I write them and not wait until a longer chapter, I started a new yahoo group for just that. The link is in my bio under 'Homepage'. I have more written of this chapter, but I don't have it with me, so I'm afraid this is all you get. This is the last change I have typing and posting stuff for my stories for two weeks, but by then I should have a good bit written for you.
Till then,
McKenzie
Hogwarts dormitories, late at night:
"Shhh, you'll wake Harry!"
"Oh good idea, let's wake Harry."
"In case you forgot, we're planning a prank on his Godfather, I doubt he'd want us to."
"He could, James here never minded pranking his parents, and maybe he's got more in common with James then just his looks."
"Besides, he could help."
"Help prank his beloved Godfather, yes I'm sure that would go over real well."
Harry Potter, or Harry Clay as he was now known to everybody except to Dumbledore, McGonagall and the older versions of Sirius and Remus, lay in his bed listening to the four Marauders talking with a smile on his face. This was too much fun! He couldn't really make out who was saying what trough the heavy curtains around his bed and apparently Moony and Padfoot's voices had changed over the years, but he had fun just listening and guessing who was saying what.
When the conversation changed to the ever fun; "Lets tell him" "No" "Yes" "No" "Yes" Harry decided to step in.
"The first thing you should know about me is that I'm a light sleeper."
Silence descended over the dormitory.
Harry sat up and pushed open the curtains surrounding his bed.
"So, you're planning on pranking the new professors."
When all the reaction he got was guilty looks and one hopeful one, but no-one actually speaking, Harry decided to just push on.
"Well, the first thing you should know about them is that they're pranksters themselves."
"Really?" Sirius asked and the look on his face indicated that he liked his new professors a lot more all of a sudden.
"Oh yes," Harry responded. "What comes with that is they can spot a prank a mile away. If you want to prank them you've got to be extremely careful."
The marauders exchanged glances, and James was apparently elected as spokesperson.
"Do you have any ideas? You know them better then anybody else."