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"EMBARESSING A FELLOW STUDENT - NOT SCHOOL APPRIOTE BEHAVIOR - NO ONE WANTED TO SEE THAT - MR. BLACK, KINDLY SHUT UP WHEN I AM SPEAKING!" Lily and Marissa were listening outside McGonagall office. They only heard parts of the conversation.
"Here, I'll put a Listening Charm on the door," Lily whispered. She muttered a few words and soon they can hear what was going on.
"But Minerva-"Sirius said.
"DO NOT CALL ME BY MY FIRST NAME!" McGonagall yelled.
"Sorry Minnie, but he cursed Peter in the charms corridor so we felt that revenge was the only option!" Sirius continued hurriedly.
There was a long pause. Then they heard the explosion from McGonagall. "YOUR ONLY OPTION? IF YOUNG MR. SNAPE CURSED MR. PETTIGREW THEN YOU COME TO A TEACHER! YOU DO NOT PULL A STUNT LIKE THAT!"
"Yes Professor, but we weren't only getting him back for that. For the past few months, he's cursed every one of us whenever there was no teacher around. He's called Lily a Mudblood and-"Remus was cut off.
"He what?" McGonagall said in a shocked voice.
"Yeah, he did! He's been doing that ever since we came to Hogwarts! And not just to Lily, he's been saying it to anyone who had muggle parentage!" James said pleadingly.
"Well, I will be sure to talk to Mr. Snape about that. But you should've told a teacher long ago! And you will still get two weeks worth of detentions with Mr. Filch. You are excused," McGonagall said with an impatient wave of her hand.
Lily heard the Marauder's footsteps. "But wait, how did you do that extraordinary magic? That is very advanced charms and spells you did," McGonagall asked curiously.
"That, Minerva, is a true Marauder secret," Sirius said. Lily could hear the footsteps again. She did the counter curse for the charm and stepped away from the door.
The Marauder's were walking out of the office, grinning. "Two weeks worth of detentions? Nice," Marissa said.
James grinned. "Thank you! Thank you! We'll so set the record for most detentions ever given. You know we have a whole file cabinet in Filch's office just for us?" James replied proudly.
Lily laughed. "And you're proud of this?"
Sirius looked bewildered, as if every one should be proud of a mischievous record. "Of course Lillian dear! It is our goal to wreck mayhem and be remembered well for it!"
"We only hope some one will follow in our footsteps and keep havoc continuing in these walls," Remus said in his quiet calm voice. Marissa just rolled her eyes and pulled Lily to their common room to get their schoolbooks for the day.
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Snape's femine side stayed with him all through the month. The teachers tried to help him get rid of it, but they couldn't figure out how to undo it. Professor Sinistra managed to get rid of the undergarments but no one could figure out how to get rid of anything else.
"I know you boys know how to get rid of it. Just please do it, it's extremely disruptive!" McGonagall said, pleading to the Marauders one day.
"No can do Professor. We honestly have no idea how to change him back," Remus said calmly.
They were telling the truth. The only person who knew the secret to the charm was Lily.
After a while, Dumbledore let the counter curse 'slip' in front of Professor Snelling. She hurried to Snape and performed it. Least to say, the Marauders were a little upset.
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"So, did you guys think any more about Marauder Headquarters?" Lily asked one night in the common room. She was lying on the couch with James, watching Sirius and Remus play Exploding Snap. Peter was lying across an armchair, reading a book.
"Yes actually, we've tried to go down there but we can't figure out how to redecorate it," James said, "Maybe we could go tonight and fix it up, since it is Saturday,"
Sirius put up the cards in the middle of the game. "Hey! I was winning!" Remus whined.
"Yeah, I know, but I love Prongs' idea. Lets go do it now!" Sirius said hastily. Peter sighed and put his book down.
James ran up and got his Invisibility cloak and the Marauders Map. Lily performed and Enlargement Charm on the cloak so they could all fit in it comfortably. They headed down to the dungeons.
"Okay we have a clear path until we get past Boris the Bewildered. That's where Peeves is," James whispered pointing the map, "So we have to tread carefully. Then Mrs. Norris is hanging around the Great Hall, so we have to be careful there too."
They went down a flight of steps and past Boris the Bewildered. Peeves painting very rude words on the statues head. They reached the Entrance Hall and hurried quietly past the Great Hall.
They got down to the dungeons and Remus opened the door. They walked down the passageway and into the room.
Lily smiled. "Well you guys tried your best," Lily said, suppressing a laugh. A little of the wall was purple and another part of it was yellow. The floor was a murky green color. They had managed to put a fireplace in the room and it was now crackling merrily.
"Well, we tried to make the walls red and gold, you know, for Gryffindor. But I don't know how they came out purple and yellow..." Sirius said scratching his head.
James stepped in. "And we were trying to figure out a good color for the floor but we couldn't think of another one. So we decided to make it mahogany with a big rug in the middle with the Gryffindor crest on it. I have no idea why it's green though..." James also trailed off, shaking his head and staring at the floor.
Lily burst out laughing. "Okay you guys are awful at decorating. Just conjure the furniture and I'll do the rest."
Lily pulled up the sleeves of her jumper and started charming the floor and walls. Sirius and James started to conjure a few red couches and armchairs while Remus started working on a circular table for the middle of the room. Peter couldn't conjure, so with nothing else better to do, he pulled his book out and sat on the floor to continue reading.
Soon the room was looking much better. The walls changed color from red to gold and the floor was mahogany with the Gryffindor rug in the middle. On top of the rug was a circular table with six chairs around it. In various places around the room was red furniture. There were a few end tables with various items on them. There was also a bed in the far corner of the room, just in case the Marauders need a quick escape and a good hide out. Although Sirius hinted he had put it there for other obvious reasons, the Marauders plus Lily made it illegal.
Everyone stood back and admired their work. "Wow," Remus said breathlessly.
"Wow is right. I don't think we need school anymore. We pretty much got everything down pat," Sirius said.
"Oh no, we all need school in some ways. Especially the Marauders. I can't believe you didn't know who to change the wall colors," Lily said but was cut off by Sirius.
"Lily it's a really big space! It's hard to do all of that! And at least we know how to conjure,"
"We aren't supposed to learn that until next year! I don't study THAT far in advance!"
James sighed and separated Sirius and Lily. "Children, children, let's behave! Peter, since you didn't do anything, do you wanna go get our Marauder things? They're in that hidden space by the wall of my bed,"
Peter gulped. "W-what if I g-get caught?"
"You won't. Just take the invisibility cloak and make no sound," James tossed him the Invisibility cloak, "Oh, watch out for the trick step!" James called as Peter scurried out of the room. Even the first years remembered to jump the trick step after a while, but Peter was always the one who forget and sank into it.
"We can just watch the map to make sure he doesn't get stuck," Lily said.
"Good idea, Accio map!" Sirius said. The map soared from the table and landed in his hand. "I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good," he muttered. Soon, the whole of Hogwarts was shown on the map.
Remus took the map and started doing commentary, just as he did during the Quidditch games. "He has a clear path and he jumped the trick step. Okay, he's in the dorms and he's getting the bag. Right, now he's going back down. Good he jumped it again. All right he's coming this way. I'll go open up the door," Remus ran down the passageway to open the door for Peter
Peter walked up to the circular table and dumped the bags contents on table. Lily was amazed at all the stuff that was poured out of it! There was a few a books like The Art of Pranking, Prank Ideas for the Common Witch or Wizard, Guide to Becoming an Anamagius, and The Ultimate Guide to Map Making. There were also a lot of pieces of parchment filled with various Marauders handwriting. She also recognized stuff that was from Zonko's Joke Shop.
"You guys spend way too much time on this," Lily said, shaking her head and going to a nearby sofa, stretching out on it as the Marauders laughed and went to work on their newest prank.
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Author Notes: I really hope someone is reading this story and enjoying it. And I really hope that someone reviews so I can know what to change. I really need criticism for the first twelve or so chapters because I don't like them and it doesn't start getting good until seventh year.
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