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"I can't believe you were about to tell the whole class we're Animagi!" Sirius flapped, sitting down at the Gryffindor table.
"Sorry…" Peter mumbled, just about loud enough for us to hear.
"Yeah…well you should be" Sirius finished, grabbing a cup from the table and taking a swig of Pumpkin Juice. He was so concerned about looking dignified that he choked up and spluttered, spraying juice all over the table. He received some nasty looks from the 6th years and caused a whole bunch of 3rd years to burst into a fit of giggles.
I chuckled lightly and patted him on the back.
"Thanks" he managed to croak.
I saw Lily and Alice walking into the Hall. Lily looked like she had been crying, how much I wanted to go and ask what the matter was. But she would probably just shoo me away, tell me to mind my own business.
"Hey Remus, what's up with Lily?"
"I don't know" He shrugged.
"Maybe she broke a nail" Sirius laughed trying to make a joke. I saw him also staring at her; I could tell he also wanted to know the matter.
"Go ask her" I said nudging Remus.
"Why me?"
"'Cause she likes you best"
"First of all that isn't a correct sentence, it's supposed to be 'She likes you the most' and secondly I don't want to bother her. If she is upset I'm sure she doesn't want me butting into her business"
"Oh Remus you flannel just go will you" Sirius said sounding resigned.
We gave him a push and he fell off the seat.
"Ouch" He moaned. We gave him a look and he got up and walked over to where Lily was now sitting.
I leaned intently in the direction of their conversation.
I could only hear small snippets though so I decided to wait until Remus came back.
When he had finished talking to them he sat back down in his seat.
"So?" The three of us asked in unison, me and Sirius sounding the most interested.
"So…she's upset" He said matter of factly. I glared at Remus.
"Yes, we gathered that…why is she upset?"
"Oh…just stuff"
"And…"
"And what?"
"REMUS!"
"Ok, ok, she just got a letter from her parents"
"Ohhh I get it now", Remus smiled, "Because I always cry when I get letters from my Parents!" I shouted sarcastically.
"Hey, no need to lose your hair" Remus said.
"Will people stop telling me I'm going to lose my hair!" I said banging the table.
"Ok, sheesh looks like someone's on their period"
"Oh ha-ha how original"
"He-he I know, anyway in the letter it said that her Grandma is really ill, she's the only grandparent Lily still has, so naturally she's pretty upset"
"Well thank you for finally telling us!" Sirius said wiping his fore head with the back of his hand.
"Your welcome" Remus smirked.
I don't think you'll really care about our afternoon lessons because about the only interesting thing that happened was Professor Binns tripping over Sirius foot and landing face first in Margaret Smith's lap. This gave me quite a few laughs by the way.
So anyway let's get to the good stuff. Oh wait, I had detention didn't I. O darn it; I was really looking forward to that Prank meeting as well.
So anyway, to the detention.
"Hello Professor"
"Ahh Mr Potter, prompt I see"
"I was let out of class a little early"
"I see. I would like you to sort all the potion ingredients into alphabetic order then place them on the shelves. I have some business to attend to so I expect it to be perfect by the time I return" And with that he left.
I got to sorting out the jars straight away.
It was a thoroughly uneventful hour and by the time Slughorn returned I was lying on the floor singing western folk songs about a mother Hen and her chicks.
"And the mother Hen lay her eggs,
as her baby chicks lay down to bed,
O mother hen wont you lay,
another egg for me today.
Ooooh ooooh…"
"A lovely performance Mr Potter, Have you ever thought of joining the school choir?" Slughorn chuckled as I scrambled to my feet.
"Sorry sir"
"Don't be. It seems as thought you have done an excellent job here. You are free to leave"
"Thank you sir" I started making my way out of the door.
"Oh and one last thing Mr Potter"
"Yes sir"
"Next time you attempt to woo Miss Evans I suggest you pick a victim to which you will win the fight"
"But sir I was going to win!"
"That is how it may seem to you, but if you proceeded to 'win' against Snape then to Miss Evans you would be the loser, do you see where I am taking this?"
He had a point, a brilliant point. Lily wanted someone mature, she deserved someone mature. Not someone who went round randomly hexing people. But I could be mature…I guess. Lily just didn't see me as boy friend material, and if I didn't buck up my ideas and start to behave more like a 'gentleman' then I was never going to get a date with my blossom. He was also right about Snape. Lily had always had a soft spot for him. I don't know why though.
He smells like a farm yard.
I walked out onto the grounds and made my way to the tree. I could see Remus reading in the distance and Sirius and Peter throwing some kind of ball around.
"Hey guys" I said running up to them and sliding down the tree.
"Hi" Sirius and Peter said in unison. Remus gave me a small nod of acknowledgement without looking up from his book.
"Ok, are we gonna get started or what?" I asked unfolding the piece of paper with my scheme on.
"Sure, let's see what you got" I spread out the sheet and smoothed all the creases. Remus put down his book to have a look. (Hey I rhymed. Yay!)
"Ok, so our main target is McGonagall…" I told them the plan from start to finish, leaving out NOTHING.
"It looks good, but is it fool proof?"
"I've planned everything, nothing could possibly go wrong" But of course it did.
After dinner everyone returned to their dorms as usual. Sirius and I set up the prank while Remus and Peter kept a look out.
It was 10:45 and the last people in the Common Room were the Marauders and a small 1st year sitting quietly by the fire, studying a map of the Wizarding world.
"Hey kid, did you know that if you stay up past 10 the boogie monster jumps out of that fire and gobbles up all the little firsties"
Her face dropped and she scurried off up to her dorm.
Remus gave Sirius a serious look and punched him in the arm for being cruel.
At around 11 we were ready to put our plan into action. Everything was set.
"GO, GO, GO!" I shouted. Sirius set off a bunch of Filli buster's fireworks which lighted up the room. The noise was tremendous.
"Peter now!" I said. Peter left the room to get McGonagall whilst Me Remus and Sirius continued to unleash our plan.
The noise had attracted attention from the sleepy Gryffindors who were now filing out of their rooms to see what had disturbed them from their beauty sleep.
"Now!" I shouted to Remus. He aimed his wand at the ceiling and cast a spell. Suddenly frogs began falling from the sky, followed by a swarm of newts.
The girls screamed and even some of the boys. It was bliss to watch.
Peter had been gone for a while now; I expected him and McGonagall to arrive any minute. I heard someone outside the portrait hole. This was it; I just wish I had a camera.
The door swung open and a bucket full of honey on top of the door started to fall dangerously on top of the person who had just walked in.
Little did I know that the person about to walk in was…?
"LILY!" The bucket toppled off the ledge and poured its sticky, syrupy, contents all over my, would be girlfriend. She looked like a large honey cone.
"POTTER!" She screamed. Attempting to stamp her foot for emphasis but instead tripping over her own feet and slipping over onto her rear.
I didn't wait around to see her get back up as I had already run back up the stairs, entered my room and slammed my door securely behind me.
What a disaster, I had covered everyone except the one who I had planned to coat in a gold glaze.
I was screwed. Lily would never talk to me again. And this I was almost sure of.
"James" Sirius called from outside the door. He attempted to twist the door knob but my grip tightened firmly over the one inside the room.
"Open up mate" He tried again.
"I can't…why did this have to happen Sirius? We were supposed to get McGonagall. Not Lily!"
"Hey James shit happens, we can't let it get us down"
"But it's LILY!"
"I know" And it sounded as though he did, because he suddenly went very quiet and stopped trying to get into the room.
"Sirius?" I asked.
"Hmm"
"Are you ok?"
"Huh...Oh yeah, I'm fine" Obviously he wasn't.
"Wanna come in?" I asked, opening the door slightly.
"Sure" He pushed open the door and entered.
"So…" I said.
"So" It reminded me of that time I had with Lily. Hey why does everything I do with Sirius remind me of something I do with Lily? I just hope I'm not reminded of Sirius when me and Lily have our first kiss. Yuck!
"How's Lily?"
"Apart from the fact she looks like she's just stepped out of a large vat of honey and she's red in the face with frustration she's doing fine"
"Oh…" I hung my head in shame.
"Remus is with her" I looked at him.
"She's not mad at Remus?"
"Course not; she's never mad at Remus"
"Yeah…I suppose that's true"
"Personally I'm quite offended by it but you know…" I nodded my head in agreement.
"So…"
"So. Wanna go get something to eat from the kitchens?"
"Sure" I bounded up off the bed and made my way to the door.
"Hey Padfoot"
"Yes Prongs"
"Do you think Lily will ever talk to us again?"
"Dunno mate, but I sure hope so. I hope a lot" And with that we left the room and didn't return again till the next morning.
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