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The prank idea is from SiriusJamesRemus'sgirl!
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After the whole best man fiasco and Lily and James' fight, everything was running along smoothly. Lily and Marissa were busy planning the wedding and sending wedding ideas back and forth to Lily's mum. James gave up on trying to become involved in the wedding. Lily promised him that when the wedding date draws more near that he would wish he wasn't able to help.
The night after the full moon the Marauders met in the Marauder Headquarters to discuss a new upcoming prank, and they were having a little trouble with it.
After a while James threw his quill down and flopped on the nearby couch. "This is ridiculous! We can make the whole school be underwater but we can't manage a simple prank like this," he grumbled, staring at the fire.
"For the underwater one we had all year to do it. Now we only have tonight," Sirius said, walking over to the other couch and stretching across it.
Remus rubbed his eyes, glancing over their notes. "I don't want to stay up late tonight. Tomorrow is the Hogsmeade visit with Kiah."
After a few moments of silence, Remus stood up abruptly and grabbed the invisibility cloak. "Where are you going?" Peter squeaked.
"To get backup," He said simply. Remus glanced at the map to make sure the coast was clear, then pulled on the cloak and ran into the tunnel.
When he left, the three boys ran to the map and hovered over it. They saw him walking into the common room and going over to Lily and Marissa. James grinned. "Lily and Mara are good at charms, they can help us with it."
They watched as the three of them huddled together under the invisibility cloak and headed back towards the Marauder Headquarters.
"What do you need our help with?" Lily asked as Remus peeled off the invisibility cloak.
"Our newest prank," James groaned. He led them over to the parchment and books all over the table. "Here's what we're having trouble with…"
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The next morning Remus met Kiah in the Great Hall for breakfast. He insisted that she sit at the Gryffindor table with the Marauders, Lily, and Marissa.
Kiah smiled shyly and sat down; staring at the food she was eating. "Guys, this is Kiah Malawi. She's from Ravenclaw and in the same year as us," Remus said.
Kiah shook hands with everyone and blushed when Sirius kissed her hand. Remus glared at him and Sirius went back to Mara, wrapping his arm around her waist, which she immediately shrugged out of.
In the middle of breakfast, James cleared his throat. "Ready?" he asked the Marauders. They all grinned and slumped down in their seats, going under the table.
Kiah looked confused. "What's going on?" she asked.
Lily grinned. "Slytherins are going to get pranked. It's so good. We had to help until midnight last night,"
"That's great, but what are they doing…" Kiah said, trailing off as she watched the Marauders crouch down and crawl over to the Slytherin table, unnoticed by any of the teachers. They then crawled under their table, taping people's feet and mouthing and incantation.
When they finished they crawled back to their table and sat up and started eating like they had been there the whole time. "Get ready. Three, two, one" Sirius murmured, looking up at the Slytherin table.
There were a series of loud popping noises and soon all the Slytherins were painted in red and gold, had lion tales, and when they tried to talk they roared instead.
The whole Great Hall burst out in laughter, the Marauders being the loudest. Everyone waited expectantly for McGonagall to stand up at give out detentions, but instead she just buried her head in her arms saying, "I give up, it's hopeless!"
Instead of McGonagall, Professor Snelling took charge. All four boys stopped laughing immediately and cowered under her stare. Peter started to whimper.
"Since I am not your Head of House, I cannot severely punish you. But since what you did involved my students, I can do some damage," Snelling said, sneering down on the boys. James gulped loudly. "Fifty points each from your house and detention with me for a week," With that, she turned on her heel and strode out of the Great Hall.
Remus breathed a sigh of relief. "I thought she was going to take Hogsmeade trips away from us. But two hundred points is not fair!"
"I know! What is she playing at? We'll need to work hard to get those points back." James said, looking over at Lily.
Lily rolled her eyes. "I'll help, but I'm not always going to earn all your points back."
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As they were walking around the village, Remus nervously grabbed Kiah's hand, seeing as the other couples were doing the same. Kiah gave him a small smile and moved closer to him.
Peter saw this and sighed, looking straight ahead. He had no one to hold hands with, no one to talk with. He had never even kissed a girl. Peter glared at the couples around him, feeling anger rise in him. "I'm going back to the castle," he said sullenly, turning around.
"Why? We've only been to three shops and haven't had lunch yet," Kiah said.
"I just feel like being alone right now," Peter said, walking faster.
Remus, Sirius, and James shared a knowing look, and started to head after him. Lily grabbed James arm. "Where are you going?" she asked.
"After Peter. He must be really bummed about something to miss Honeydukes," James said.
Marissa pulled Sirius back and even Kiah grasped Remus' hand tighter, which made him smile. "No, he said he wanted to be alone. Which means he doesn't want to talk to anyone, even his three best friends. If he wants to come back, he can come back. Let's just try to enjoy this day out," Marissa said pleadingly, giving Sirius the puppy dog pout.
Sirius groaned. "Why does everyone use that on me?" He obediently wrapped his arm around Marissa waist and kept walking with her. James mimicked him and Lily kissed his cheek. Even Remus encircled his fingers with Kiah's and also put his arm through hers. Kiah grinned happily and moved in even closer, resting her head on his shoulder.
The day went well from there on. Occasionally Remus, Sirius, and James talked about Peter leaving suddenly, but other than that everything was joyful. Remus asked Kiah to be his girlfriend and even bought her a bracelet with a witch's hat on it.
They got back to the castle a little past curfew and got five points taken from each of them by one of the prefects, but it was well worth it for the wonderful day they had. Remus walked Kiah to the Ravenclaw common room opening.
"So," Remus said.
"So," Kiah said.
"Well, er, goodnight," Remus said.
Kiah looked a little disappointed, "Yes goodnight, sweet dreams."
"Sweet dreams," Remus said and kissed her cheek. Kiah grinned and stumbled into her common room, waving goodnight to Remus.
Remus skipped through the corridors and down the stairs, whistling a muggle song called "Doh Wah Diddy".
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"Alright, it's ready, all we have to do is put this vial in Lily's goblet and this vial in Potter's."
"That's simple. But this just doesn't feel right. I hate Potter too, but this is a little harsh."
"You were put in Slytherin for a reason, do not back out now. If you think this is wrong, maybe you should go tell the Sorting Hat to put you in Hufflepuff."
"Fine, I'll shut up. Here's what the book said is the best way to use the potions…"
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Remus was trying to study at a table in the library, but he kept on hearing voices whispering in one of the older sections of books. After a few more minutes of reading the same sentence over and over again, Remus sneaked quietly over to the shelf to where the voices were coming from.
"Wilcox, I will not go over this with you again!" said a slimy voice. Snape, Remus thought angrily.
"Let me see if I can remember the plan! Lay off!" Remus peaked over the edge, seeing Snape and his best friend Wilcox standing there. Snape was holding two vials of colored liquid, which Remus guessed were potions.
"This one," Wilcox said, pointing to the one that was pink with clouds swirling inside of the vial, "is the love potion. I slip it into Lily's goblet and when she drinks it, she will fall in love with you and forget Potter."
Remus almost gasped but sucked it in just in time. A love potion in Lily's goblet? I have to tell James! No, he'll freak out and kill Snape. I'll tell Sirius first. Remus was about to creep away until he heard talking again.
"This one," Wilcox continued, pointing to the pitch-black potion, "is the poison that kills Potter. I put this in his right after Lily drinks hers. I put a non-tracing spell on each goblet so no one will know we had anything to do with it. I also put a spell on it to make the potions taste like pumpkin juice and have the same orange color."
Remus was shaking with anger and terror. Kill James—that's against the law. If they do that Dumbledore will surely know. I've got to talk to Sirius.
Remus ran out of the library, grabbing his book bag along with him. He ran to the common room and tumbled in, slipping and falling on the couch where Sirius and Marissa were laying and talking together.
"Remus, I'm not like that mate. That's why I'm dating Mara," Sirius said when Remus fell headfirst into Sirius.
Remus was trying to catch his breath. "Need to . . . wheeze . . . talk . . . wheeze . . . dorm," Remus sputtered out.
Sirius looked at him strangely and leaned in close to Remus, lowering his voice. "I'm kinda busy right now Remus," Sirius said.
Remus glared at him and slapped Sirius on the side of the head. Sirius yelped and rubbed his head. "Seriously!" Remus said angrily, still trying to catch his breath from running so far.
"Just go with him Sirius, he seems really upset. I need to finish my homework anyway." Marissa said, getting up and going to her dormitories.
Sirius groaned. "This better be as serious as someone dying Remus,"
"It is, we need to talk now," Remus said.
Sirius looked at him questionably and followed him to their dorm room.
Once they got in the room, Remus immediately began into his story of what he heard in the library. Sirius' face went from getting redder by the second to getting completely stark white to ashen when he finished.
"Sirius I know you're upset right now, but you need to take a deep breath and calm down. They didn't say when they were doing this, but I'm guessing tomorrow during breakfast," Remus said.
Sirius cursed loudly and ran his fingers through his hair. "What do we do? If we tell James he'll go insane."
"I know, that's why I came to you first. But I don't think we have any other choice, it involves Lily and James and we should let them deal with it," Remus said in a calm voice.
"But this involves death! This is serious! I say we deal with this ourselves," Sirius said, flopping on his bed.
"Let's sleep on it and tomorrow we'll know what to do," Remus said.
"We don't have tomorrow! That's when it happens!"
"Maybe, we don't know that for sure."
They continued to argue about it for a while and decided on an action. They would go find Lily and James tonight, and come with them when they seek out Snape (which they surely would, knowing both Lily and James' tempers).
Luckily, James didn't take the Marauders Map with him, only the Invisibility Cloak. They saw Lily and James walking around the lake and heading back towards the castle. Remus and Sirius grabbed their cloaks and the Marauders Map. They ran through halls and down staircases until the reached the Entrance Hall, where Lily and James were coming up the stairs, hugging each other and laughing.
"Guys we need to tell you something!" Sirius said, not the least out of breath. Sirius was in shape as Remus was not. Remus was huffing and puffing, saying he was walking from now on.
After Remus finally caught his breath, he told Lily and James everything that happened in the library. When he got to the part where Snape and Wilcox said they were going to poison James, Lily broke down in tears and wrapped her arms protectively around his neck. James encircled his arms around her waist and pulled her close, his eyes still on Remus, taking in every word he said.
Remus finished and watched Lily and James stand there together for a while. Then they looked into each other's eyes, almost reading each other's thoughts.
James went to Remus and looked at the Marauder's Map. "Where's the slimy git?" he asked, opening and folding parts of the map.
"That's the spirit, mate," Sirius said enthusiastically.
They found Snape and Wilcox heading down the hallway leading from the kitchens. The three boys looked furious and started running that way, James grabbing Lily's hand and leading her along.
They found Wilcox and Snape chatting happily. James ran faster towards them and no one even held him back, they just ran along with him. James was just about to swing his fist back, when Lily got out her wand and yelled out "Expelliarmus!" The two Slytherins were knocked backwards off their feet and their wands flew into Lily's hand. Lily then went into a fit of rage, sending curses everywhere, flinging the boys against the walls, the ceiling, and the floor. Finally Remus stopped her and pushed Wilcox and Snape into an empty classroom.
Just as Sirius closed the door, James became unglued. He was punching and kicking the two boys. To make things easier, Sirius stunned Wilcox and James moved to beating Snape.
James took him up by the collar and slammed up against the wall. "Why?" he growled.
Snape sneered. "Why what?"
James twisted his nose and broke it. Snape screamed and had tears leak out of his eyes. "Why were you going to poison Lily and I?" James yelled.
"Because I hate you and Lily is beautiful," Snape said simply.
James flung him on the floor. Lily came up to Snape, hate shining in her emerald eyes. Snape sat up staring at her. "If you ever think of hurting James, or me, you will wish you had never been born. Got it?"
Snape shakily stood up. He then grabbed Lily's arm and pulled her close to him and kissed her hard. Lily screamed inside the kiss and tried to get away, but he had a firm grip on her. James hurled forward and was trying to push Snape off of Lily, but Snape was stronger than he looked.
"Help me!" James called to Remus and Sirius. The two boys leapt forward, knocking both Lily and Snape off their feet. Snape came up for air and Lily began screaming, kicking him hard as Sirius pulled her up just in time, for James had a hold of Snape's shirt.
A string of curse words erupted from James' mouth as Sirius and Remus did their best to console Lily. "Don't ever touch her again!" James said punching him down and picking him back up. James was calling him every name in the book.
When James finally let off a little bit, Snape reached up and punched him square in the nose. James was stunned momentarily and then pinned Snape to the floor.
"Don't touch Lily you slimy excuse for a person. If you ever even think about her again I will come after you and this time I will kill you. If you tell anyone how you got your bruises, I will go straight to Dumbledore and tell him what you tried to do to Lily and me. Do you understand?" James growled in a dangerous voice.
Snape didn't say anything. "Answer me!" James yelled. Snape nodded. "Good." James stood up and kicked him in a very sensitive area. "Furnunculus!" James said. Snape began to break out in ugly boils.
Lily pulled away from Remus and Sirius and leapt into James' arms and started crying. James hugged her close. "It's okay, let's go back to the common room," he said, pulling her closer, smoothing her hair away from her face and kissing her temple.
On the way out, James stopped Sirius and Remus. "Thanks for telling me. If you guys didn't overhear the plan I would be dead and Lily would be with Snape," James said gratefully.
"Anytime mate," Remus said.
"What did you think we were going to do, sit back and let it happen?" Sirius asked, whacking James upside the head.
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When they got back to the common room, hardly anyone was there except a few 5th years and Marissa, playing with her necklace and staring into the fire. She looked up when they entered.
"Where have you been? You've been missing forever-"Mara noticed that Lily's eyes were red and puffy and she was shaking. She was clinging to James as if her life depended on it. James' glasses were broken and there was dried blood all over his face. James, Sirius, and Remus all looked fit to kill.
"What in God's name happened?" Mara asked slowly, taking out her wand and muttering a spell to clean off James' face.
Remus sighed, and told the story of what happened in the library for the third time. Sirius picked up to where they were fighting about if they should tell Lily and James. James picked up to where they were coming up the stairs and half way through the fight. Lily interrupted when it came to her talking.
"He stood up on his feet and almost fell over, and then he grabbed my arm and pulled me against him and he kissed me." James pulled her tighter to himself, not taking his eyes off the redhead.
"It was horrible, he forced his tongue in my mouth and lips were pressed so hard against mine it hurt. And then he, he, touched me." Lily started shaking.
James swore. "He touched you?" Lily looked away but James put his hands gently around her face. "He touched you?" he said in a more firm voice. Lily nodded. James got up and started heading to the portrait hole. Remus and Sirius jumped up and pulled him back.
"Finish the story, Mara needs to hear the rest," Remus said firmly. James continued on and when he finished, Marissa shook her head in disgust.
"The next time I see him, I'm going to hex him so hard that Voldemort will feel it," she said.
"I need to lie down," Lily said, still shaking.
"Do you want me to help you?" James asked.
"No you can't, the girls staircase, remember?" Lily said, giving him a small smile. James grinned and nodded. Lily shakily stood up and walked to the staircase slowly. About halfway up it, she sighed and collapsed, sliding down the last few steps.
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Author Notes: Cliffhanger! ((dun dunt dun)) lol. I think the whole fight thing was out of character for Hogwarts and Snape, but I changed it as much as I could without having to rewrite the whole thing. Oh well, when have I ever liked one of my chapters?
I'm very sad I haven't gotten more feedback on the later chapters…I need to know what to change so when I post it on here it's ten times better. If you've read this story before, review, IM, or email me!
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