Chapter 2: Summer Pranks

The three boys woke up at 11:00, much later then usual. They went downstairs to find that James's grandparents already ate breakfast. They all turned to Mr. Potter to beg him to make them breakfast, they all knew that it would take about twenty minutes to convince Mrs. Potter would give in, and Mr. Potter was very easy to break.

The boys didn't even need to speak to get Mr. Potter to give in, "Fine, what do you-?

Before he could even finish asking Sirius answered by loudly blurting out, "PANCAKES!"

Mr. Potter waved his wand and starting making the batter while James Sirius and Remus plopped themselves on the couch. They were only sitting there for a few minutes when breakfast was ready. Sirius ate just as much as he had the night before, getting sticky syrup all over his face.

When they finished eating the three boys went outside with Sirius's broomstick and James's two.

"We should get Peter over here, all four of us haven't hung out together since school, you think you could stay here another night Moony?" James said.

"Yeah, I'll just go ask my mum and check, can I use Marauder?" Remus asked, secretly thankful not to get in between James and Sirius who had started hitting a bludger back and forth.

"Course, what do you think, I'd make you go back over there just to ask?" James laughed while sending a bludger straight at Sirius's face, who saved it quite spectacularly from hitting him. Sirius was on the Gryffindor quiditch team with James, he was a beater. Unfortunately Sirius had hit the bludger at Remus who let out a high pitched scream. "Oh stop being such a baby, Moony," James said as he managed to hit the bludger away from Remus and back at Sirius.

"I think I'll write Peter too," Remus said, flinching as Sirius whacked the bludger towards James. "I'll be back down here in a minute,"

About twenty minutes later Remus came back down, "My mum said yes, and Peter is coming around noon." James and Sirius were still hitting the bludger back and forth, but James now had a large yellow and purple bruise. "You know you two should be a little bit more careful, that bruise looks pretty bad."

"Aw don't worry, my grandma's a healer, she'll fix it right up," said James who had now landed, and was struggling to wrestle down the bludger after to get it back in the crate after Sirius had hit it at him. Sirius flew down and landed and joined James and helped him get the bludger back in the crate. James took out the snitch and started just playing with it, he would release it and then catch it, release it catch it, and so on. James would do that a lot, just out of habit.

Just then Peter walked into the back yard, "It still amazes me how you can do that over and over and over and over and over, without ever losing it!"

"Wormtail, all he is doing is letting it go, and catching it, it's nothing to be in awe of, especially since he does it all the time," Sirius said, rolling his eyes.

The Marauders went straight to James's room to plan out who all they would be pulling pranks on. Sirius was the one came up with their first prank:

"Let's do it to Bellatrix, she's back from that school in Italy, that evil bitch deserves to suffer more than anybody I know! Especially since she's going to be going to Hogwarts this year," Sirius said. Bellatrix Black was Sirius's cousin who was a year younger than him. She was very sadistic, she would torture innocent animals for amusement, and pretty soon she would most likely be torturing humans instead. Bellatrix transferred to a school for the dark arts in Italy, called Branston Academy for a few years, and now she was coming back to Hogwarts, because her parents wanted her home.

"You know how she always had a thing for Malfoy, I think we should set up a little date," Sirius said smiling, "what do you marauders think?"

"Let's get started," James said, rubbing his hands together. "Moony, you can write it, Bellatrix would recognize both Padfoot's and my handwriting." She recognized Sirius's handwriting, because they were cousins, and she recognized James's because of a threat letter he wrote her in his second year.

"Of course I will," Remus agreed.

James handed Remus a piece of parchment and a quill and Remus sat down at James's desk. Although Remus was writing it, all of the four Marauders helped with the ideas and finally created a letter with a horribly corny poem:

My Sweetest Bellatrix

You have truly captured my heart, and when I heard you were coming back to Hogwarts, my heart leapt with joy! Your beauty just takes my breath away. Ever since I saw you in my second year I knew my heart was stolen. I wrote this poem about you that year and the last stanza I wrote just now:

Bellatrix Black with hair as black as her name

Big black eyes to match

If only her heart I could claim

Her love I could catch

Oh the wonderful feeling I feel

When she will talk to me

She would show off her beautiful necklace of teal

Out of excitement I felt I might pee

Oh how happy I felt inside

When I heard she was coming back

My love I can no longer hide

Of the gorgeous Bellatrix Black

I know it is not the best poem ever written, I'm not much of a poet, but I meant everything I said. I just hope that you might go on a date with me today. If yes respond by meeting me at my house, you can use floo power, it the Malfoy Manor.

Yours truly

Lucius Malfoy

Once all Marauders were very satisfied with the letter they wrote Sirius Folded it up, drew some hearts on it, and tied it to Grenelda (James's Grandpa's owl, they didn't want her to recognize Marauder) and sent her off with the letter.

James's Grandpa had a glass ball (not crystal) that would show you anybody you wanted to see. The Marauders all went into the room that held the glass ball and they all sat around it and James said, "We wish to watch Bellatrix Black." The glass on the orb began to change colors and slowly they began to see what Bellatrix was doing.

Bellatrix was sitting in a large armchair with a helpless looking baby chick in her hands. Bellatrix was poking it hard in the head and each time the chick would let out a loud peep. She picked it up by its beak and shook it a little, and then squeezed it quite hard, and then a large tawny owl flew in through the open window. Bellatrix untied the package and the owl flew off unusually quickly. Bellatrix shrugged and unfolded the letter. She read it with a dreamy expression on her face. She must have read it either twice, or very slowly, because it took her a long time before she put the letter down.

The glass ball just showed that there was another girl in the room, Bellatrix's older sister Narcissa, who was very self absorbed, and demented. Although Narcissa and Bellatrix had very similar personalities, they looked nothing alike. Bellatrix had long pitch black hair that was as straight as a board, big black eyes, and her lips made it look like she was always pouting. Narcissa had blonde, almost white hair, light gray eyes and a nose that was always stuck up in the air.

Narcissa grabbed the letter just seconds after Bellatrix had set it down. Narcissa looked very jealous of her sister after reading the letter. She saw Bellatrix adjust her teal necklace and grab the floo powder vase, and left the room swiftly.

Bellatrix grabbed some floo powder out of the vase and threw it into the fire pit and said stiffly, "The Malfoy Manor"

The Marauders saw her twirling through the floo network, and she landed in a filthy fireplace. Sitting in a large black couch in front of the fireplace was Lucius.

"Oh," Bellatrix said, in a flirty tone, "I see you were waiting for me, and I wore my teal necklace, just hope you don't pee!" She giggled, but (at least to the Marauders) even her giggle seemed evil.

"What the hell are you talking about and what are you doing in my house?" Lucius said, jumping up in alarm.

"The letter you sent me…the poem…the date, you must have a horrible memory," Bellatrix answered, just hoping that he just forgot.

"What letter, what poem and what date?" Lucius asked, looking at her, confused.

"You wrote me a letter, with a lovely poem in it, and you asked me out on a date, and told me to meet you here by floo powder," Bellatrix just hoped he would understand now.

"I never wrote you a letter or a poem, and I never asked you out on a date!" Lucius said, looking disgusted. "Sorry to offend you, but I think I can do better, and you know, I was going to ask out your sister, she is quite a sight, and you are definitely not attractive! Now will you please get out of my house?"

Lucius shoved a bowl that had golden skulls painted all over it elegantly filled with floo powder in front of Bellatrix's face. Bellatrix angrily grabbed a handful of the floo powder. She threw the powder into the fireplace and when it was filled with green flames she stepped in and said, "Home," and she was off.

When she stepped back into her home she stormed into Narcissa's room and yelled, "You did this, didn't you!" and punched her sister in the nose.

James then decided he didn't need to watch the sisters fight and said, "I am finished watching." the image then faded and the glass ball looked as it had when the Marauders entered the room.

"Oh come on now, I want to see me dear cousin's battle it out," Sirius complained.

"Come on you know it will last for hours, I don't want to watch it all, but you should be happy, we got two people we hate with that prank!"

"I hope neither of them gets hurt very badly!" Peter squeaked.

"You know they deserve it Wormtail," Remus said.

"Wormtail, you know they deserve it if Remus doesn't have any second thoughts about being a big part in one of our pranks," James said.

As the Marauders left the room, Sirius was ready for their next prank, "Okay, who next."

"How about Snivellus this time," James suggested.

"Sounds perfect, I wonder what we should do to him this time," Sirius said smiling.

"I know," Peter said, "We switch all of his clothes with dresses and women's clothes, we can nick some of my sister's, and she has muggle dresses, you know because I'm the only one in my family who's magic. All her dresses have flowers and butterflies all over them!"

"That's a great idea!" James exclaimed, even though Peter didn't usually think of anything interesting, but on occasion he would think of the perfect prank.

"How are we supposed to find where he lives without using floo powder?" Remus asked, hoping that they might not find a way; he hated pulling pranks on people who didn't deserve it.

"I know where he lives, his mum was friends with mine," Sirius said, excited about their prank, "but we're going to have to wait until tonight to do it, we have to wait until he is asleep to sneak into his room."

"Come on let's go to my house and get some of my sister's clothes," Peter said, happy to be such a big part in the prank.

The Marauders went inside James's house and went into the living room. They took turns (Peter going first) using the floo network to go to Peter's house, which even though his parents were muggles, was hooked up to the network.

James was last to appear in Peter's fireplace. The rest of the Marauders were waiting for him patiently on the couch. When he appeared the other stood up and Peter said, "Okay my sister's room is down the hall, and the first room on the left. I think two of us should go in there, and two of us should keep watch, I'll keep watch, I don't want to get caught by my mum."

"I'll keep watch too," Remus offered, he didn't exactly want to get caught either.

"Okay then Prongs and I will get the clothes. I wanted to pick the clothes anyway!" Sirius answered

"Yeah I definitely want to pick out some of Snivellus's outfits," James said, with an excited smile on his face.

James handed Remus his two way mirror, where they could see each others faces and talk, so if Remus saw anyone coming he could contact him. Remus turned the light on in the bathroom and closed the door, and pretended to be waiting for someone to get out. Peter sat down on the couch, incase anybody got home.

Sirius and James entered Peter's sister Casey's room and shut the door. She had clothes all over her room, and a very large wardrobe. James started picking clothes from the floor, and Sirius moved to the wardrobe. Within one minute James already had six dresses, four blouses, and seven mini skirts. Sirius had a huge light pink, very fancy dress, a hot pink tube top with a built in bra, the shortest shorts he had ever seen, a tiny, skimpy night gown, a black string bikini, a lacy halter top, and a fairy princess costume, complete with a tiara and a wand.

Sirius and James set down the clothes they had picked out on the bed and then Sirius remembered, "Snivellus is going to need some knickers and bras!"

"That's a great idea Padfoot!" James agreed.

Another minute later all the clothes they had picked out before now had some frilly bras and underwear to go with them.

James and Sirius found a large plastic bag in Casey's room and put all the clothes inside, and then Sirius heard Remus's voice coming from his mirror. He pulled it out of his pocket and instead of his reflection he could see Remus's image. "Casey's coming!" Remus whispered.

"Okay we'll jump out the window, meet in the living room!" Sirius told Remus.

James and Sirius opened the window as far as it would open. The window must have been broken; there was very little space for them to get out. James went first and made it through pretty quickly. Sirius then shoved the clothes through. Sirius tried one last time to open the widow a little more, with no luck. He lent did his best to get out of the window. He barely fit, and he had to squeeze in his stomach, and James helped pull him, and he made it out of the window just in time. Right after his feet had disappeared Casey went in her room. Luckily she had tons of clothes, and she didn't even notice all the clothes James and Sirius had taken.

Sirius and James went to the front of the house and walked into the living room. Remus and Peter were sitting on the couch waiting, "You made it," Remus smiled, "I was worried you wouldn't, come on let's go.

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The Marauders just hung out in James's backyard (except for lunch and dinner) until about 10:00, when James's parents had gone to bed. "I bet Snivellus is asleep by now, I doubt he stays up even remotely late," James said, excited to get the prank started.

They knew they couldn't get to Severus's house by floo powder, so they had to walk there. Sirius led they way. After about a twenty minute walk they finally reached their destination. The Marauders walked around the huge house, looking in window's trying to find Severus's bedroom. Luckily his room did have a window, and was on the first level, so they could get in there. And just as they had suspected, Severus was indeed asleep.

The Marauders all agreed that James should be the one to go in and switch the clothes as he was the skinniest, as only he and Sirius volunteered, and he was smaller than Sirius. James pried the window open, and climbed in. Remus then handed him the bag of clothes and James dumped it all onto the floor. He then opened up Severus's wardrobe and pulled out the three outfits inside, and he found only two pairs of underwear (and no bras) to replace with Casey's clothes. He put all of Severus's clothes in the bag, and threw it out of the window to Peter. He then hung up all the clothes he brought, and folded and put the miniskirts, and short shorts in the first drawer. And put the underwear and bras in the second. James then snuck back out of the window and joined the other three marauders.

"Tomorrow, we need to show up here, and take a picture. He has to wear the clothes, his dad doesn't live here, so he can't borrow his clothes, and he is sleeping in Warty the Warlock footy pajamas! There is no way he would wear that in public, and even if he does wear them, they are equally embarrassing to wear as the clothes we gave him!" James said, excited, knowing there was no way their prank could fail now.

"Once we get to Hogwarts, we can put the picture on a huge poster, and hang it up in the Great Hall," Sirius said, happy with their work.

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Severus Snape woke up at seven in the morning and slowly got out of bed. He looked in his rusty cracked mirror and saw a large, ugly pimple. He picked at it for a few minutes until it finally was just a little bloody spot on his face. He wiped off the blood, and pressed his finger against the small wound until it had stopped bleeding.

Severus walked over to his wardrobe and opened it to change his clothes. He was horrified by what he saw. There were some muggle dresses; one was very large, fancy and pink. There were some colorful blouses, a hot pink tube top with a bra connected, a frilly pink, sparkly dress and a lacy shirt.

He opened the first drawer and found a bunch of brightly colored miniskirts, some very short shorts and a wand and a tiara.

Severus opened the other drawer in his wardrobe and found ladies underwear, and some bras. He didn't know what to do, he could either wear the women's clothing or wear his Warty the Warlock footy pajamas. He decided to wear the manliest of the women's clothing he could. He left the underwear he had on at that moment, and put on the short shorts. He then found a bright blue blouse with a large, sparkly purple butterfly in the middle, none of the other blouses were not anymore manly than this one. He looked in his mirror horrified at his image. He turned in a direction facing his window, and saw James Potter's face staring at him, and a bright flash and some smoke, and then his arch enemy's face disappeared. Severus ran to the window and stuck his face out, he saw the four Marauders running at full speed away from his house.

Severus ran to the entrance room, and ran outside, but by the time he got there the Marauders had disappeared, and some of his neighbors who had been getting in their car were now staring at him with their mouths open.

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When the Marauders knew that Severus could not reach them they stopped for a few minutes and sat on a curb to catch their breath, they were running for a few minutes at full speed. After they had all caught their breath they continued back to James's house.

When the Marauders came in through the front door James's grandparents jumped, "James! You startled me, I thought you were in bed," James's Grandmother said, surprised.

James had always been good at coming up with fake excuses with out having to think about it, "We just went for a morning walk, we were bored and we felt like doing something."

"Well you should have told us," Mrs. Potter said.

"We didn't want to wake you so early in the morning," Remus said politely.

"I'm starving!" exclaimed Sirius suddenly.

James's grandma then went into the kitchen and cooked them a breakfast of eggs benedict with hash browns.

After breakfast the Marauders were all very full and went to relax and talk about the prank they had pulled for awhile.

"I can't wait until we get to Hogwarts and show the school this lovely picture of Snivellus," James said excitedly, holding up the picture in which Severus was trying to cover up his pale, hairy greasy legs.

Around noon both Remus and Peter had to leave, and James and Sirius spent the rest of the day doing different quidditch drills.

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disclaimer: i dont own harry potter, everything u recognize is not mine, it's JKR's this disclaimer is for every chapter in this story!

oh and i personally think that the prank on Bellatix seemed too unrealisic but i didnt feel like deleting it after i wrote it.

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