For the Love of Pranks
Disclaimer - Garden Gnome: Hey, we should write a disclaimer, shouldn't we? Sploogal: Probably. Garden Gnome: So. Sploogal: Well, everyone already knows that we don't own anything that JK does. Garden Gnome: Yeah, that's right. We don't own anything. Sploogal: Except? Garden Gnome: Oh, that's right! We own the plot!
Chapter six
"Have you heard? Old Snapie got a detention!" Remus yelled, bounding into the common room. James and Sirius looked up and Sirius hid something behind his back.
Remus didn't notice this action, but he did notice that Sirius didn't get up and do his victory dance that he usually did when Snape got a detention, especially if it was the Marauders' fault.
"What's up with you two?" Remus asked suspiciously.
"Nothing!" James answered quickly. Too quickly, thought Remus.
"Right," he replied. "And I'm Merlin's mother!"
"Oh, are you? What an oddity!" Sirius said in a high pitched voice.
Remus collapsed into a comfortable red arm chair and didn't notice James grinning and rolling his eyes.
"So, what's Snape doing?"
"Got it with Filch!" James and Sirius exchanged evil, identical looks. They were loving this!
"Cleaning the trophy room" Remus continued. The three of them burst into laughter.
"Is he allowed to use magic?" James asked Remus, but was answered by a different voice. James and Sirius jumped - they had thought that they were the only ones in the common room at that time - but Remus had seen her coming.
"I should hope not," The voice said. "It would be such a shame if he went there, and wasn't able to use his hair! I mean, he wouldn't need the cloth or the grease!"
The boys whirled round to see who had spoken. It was Lily. "What did he get it for?" She queried. "You guys wouldn't have had anything to do with it, now would you?"
"Well. . . er. . . umm. . . you see, we," James stuttered.
"A truth charm?" She demanded.
"Yes," James and Sirius replied tentatively, and looked down, ready for a stern lecture, and an ear bashing, but it never came.
They looked up, to find Lily in a silent fit of giggles. "Oh Merlin," She gasped. "He was being truthful?!" Her look of amusement quickly changed to horror. The boys looked at each other, shocked and amazed.
Remus was the first to find his voice. "Lily, are you feeling Ok?"
"No, not anymore,' she groaned.
"That was an interesting reacting."
"Well, what would you do if a slimy git walked up to you, and said he liked you, and you then found out that he had a truth charm on him?!"
The boys' faces changed quickly from shock to amusement, and then to mischief.
"Snape likes Lily! Snape likes Lily!" James and Sirius sang, skipping in circles around Lily.
"Lily. the end of year ball's coming up, and," Remus stopped when he noticed James, Lily, and Sirius staring at him in shock and amazement.
Was Remus asking Lily out? If so, Sirius was sure that James would never get over it.
"What?" Demanded Remus. "You lot look like you've been petrified!" A look of realization dawned on his face. "I am not asking her to go with me! I am merely suggesting that Snape will most likely ask Lily to go to the ball with him!"
Lily collapsed on a chair, her face in her hands. "Mother of bloody Merlin!"
There was a minute's silence before Sirius asked James, "Do goldfish bounce?"
A/N: Sploogal wishes to express her annoyance at being unable to get the goldfish scene in here, but it will be here soon, so don't fret! We have been working tirelessly to finish this section of the story, and have now completed drafts of the first eleven chapters! Yay! Sploogal just needs to get up off her lazy ass and type the damn things! Many thanks to Tom Girl for your review!
Disclaimer - Garden Gnome: Hey, we should write a disclaimer, shouldn't we? Sploogal: Probably. Garden Gnome: So. Sploogal: Well, everyone already knows that we don't own anything that JK does. Garden Gnome: Yeah, that's right. We don't own anything. Sploogal: Except? Garden Gnome: Oh, that's right! We own the plot!
Chapter six
"Have you heard? Old Snapie got a detention!" Remus yelled, bounding into the common room. James and Sirius looked up and Sirius hid something behind his back.
Remus didn't notice this action, but he did notice that Sirius didn't get up and do his victory dance that he usually did when Snape got a detention, especially if it was the Marauders' fault.
"What's up with you two?" Remus asked suspiciously.
"Nothing!" James answered quickly. Too quickly, thought Remus.
"Right," he replied. "And I'm Merlin's mother!"
"Oh, are you? What an oddity!" Sirius said in a high pitched voice.
Remus collapsed into a comfortable red arm chair and didn't notice James grinning and rolling his eyes.
"So, what's Snape doing?"
"Got it with Filch!" James and Sirius exchanged evil, identical looks. They were loving this!
"Cleaning the trophy room" Remus continued. The three of them burst into laughter.
"Is he allowed to use magic?" James asked Remus, but was answered by a different voice. James and Sirius jumped - they had thought that they were the only ones in the common room at that time - but Remus had seen her coming.
"I should hope not," The voice said. "It would be such a shame if he went there, and wasn't able to use his hair! I mean, he wouldn't need the cloth or the grease!"
The boys whirled round to see who had spoken. It was Lily. "What did he get it for?" She queried. "You guys wouldn't have had anything to do with it, now would you?"
"Well. . . er. . . umm. . . you see, we," James stuttered.
"A truth charm?" She demanded.
"Yes," James and Sirius replied tentatively, and looked down, ready for a stern lecture, and an ear bashing, but it never came.
They looked up, to find Lily in a silent fit of giggles. "Oh Merlin," She gasped. "He was being truthful?!" Her look of amusement quickly changed to horror. The boys looked at each other, shocked and amazed.
Remus was the first to find his voice. "Lily, are you feeling Ok?"
"No, not anymore,' she groaned.
"That was an interesting reacting."
"Well, what would you do if a slimy git walked up to you, and said he liked you, and you then found out that he had a truth charm on him?!"
The boys' faces changed quickly from shock to amusement, and then to mischief.
"Snape likes Lily! Snape likes Lily!" James and Sirius sang, skipping in circles around Lily.
"Lily. the end of year ball's coming up, and," Remus stopped when he noticed James, Lily, and Sirius staring at him in shock and amazement.
Was Remus asking Lily out? If so, Sirius was sure that James would never get over it.
"What?" Demanded Remus. "You lot look like you've been petrified!" A look of realization dawned on his face. "I am not asking her to go with me! I am merely suggesting that Snape will most likely ask Lily to go to the ball with him!"
Lily collapsed on a chair, her face in her hands. "Mother of bloody Merlin!"
There was a minute's silence before Sirius asked James, "Do goldfish bounce?"
A/N: Sploogal wishes to express her annoyance at being unable to get the goldfish scene in here, but it will be here soon, so don't fret! We have been working tirelessly to finish this section of the story, and have now completed drafts of the first eleven chapters! Yay! Sploogal just needs to get up off her lazy ass and type the damn things! Many thanks to Tom Girl for your review!