Hola! (That and Donde es el bano? are the only words that I know from seven
years of Spanish. Pathetic huh?) Anyway, I have updated. Now in a big huge
chorus say DUH!! I know that you all have eagerly been anticipating the new
chapter to find out what happens to your loveable friends the Wuzzels.
What? Wrong story? Oh, this is the Lily and James fic?! Hmm..........I better go
back and change the part about eating road kill.
On a more serious note: Thanks to everyone that reviewed on the last chapter. The reason that I took so long to update was because I had to go back and reread the story so far. I felt like I was straying off topic and that it was getting to mushy (thanks to some people's reviews, who shall remain nameless coughs something that sounds like Hpgirl (just kidding around!)) Hey if I can't tease my reviewers, who can I tease?
Oh, and a little bit of Stephanie's random historical facts: Operation Overlord was the code name given to the D-Day invasion by the Allied Forces on the beaches of Normandy in World War II. It's great to learn, cause knowledge is power!! (I'm going to make a wacky teacher!)
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AnniePADFOOT – Thank you for your review! I'm glad that you are enjoying the story so far and I hope that you continue to read and review and give me your input.
MissSiriusBlack- I didn't let you down, I updated. I think that you will enjoy Operation Overlord. I enjoyed writing it. Please let me know what you think of it.
Littlesecertwriter- Hey, I'm glad that you like the chapter and I will definitely keep you posted. Now that I have some free time, I plan on reading your story.
Amanda- You are so sweet! Thank you for the awesome review! I'm so glad that you like my story and I hope that you let me know what you think of this new chapter.
Aimee- I'm sorry that I made your life a living hell, I promise that I will try to update sooner so at least you will live in purgatory. J/k. Yes! Another person to join my goat revolution!!! Viva la Revolution! Please let me know what you think of the next chapter and thanks for being such a faithful reviewer.
Swishy Willow Wand- Swishy, swishy, swishy!!! Thank you for reviewing and I will try to update more since I have tons more time now!
Padfootlet- Muwwahhhahahah! Send your puny cats over! I have a vicious dog who eats cats for breakfast! Hahahahhahaha!!!! Send your worse!!! Any-who, thank you for your always entertaining reviews. Wait a minute! re-reads review WHAT IS SIRIUS DOING AT YOUR HOUSE?!!!! He told me he was going to get me some food! Oh he will pay, he will pay!!!
MooningOverMoony – Hey Claire!!! I hate cliffhangers too when I read, but I have to admit that they are soo much fun to write!! Hehehehe evil grin. Anywaaaaayyys, thank you for the always-ingenious reviews and I hope that you like this next chapter.
Sammy Solo – Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammyyyyyyy!!!! That is my Sammy, Sammy song, do you like it? I loved your review!!! Hmm..........could the Lily/Faith pact be a bit of foreshadowing? Time will tell. Thank you for the chocolate chip cookies. The puma is scaring me. Send help right away!!!!! S.O.S!!!
Kerry – Awe the evil cliffies are so fun to hate, but yet they are so attractive. I'm glad that you liked the chapter. I figured that Faith and Sirius needed to be together for now. I hope that you enjoy this next chapter, hehehehhee.
Blondie 03 – Thank you for reading and reviewing my story! I am always pleased when new reader takes the time to let me know what they think. I would love to read your story, especially from a Remus point of view. He is my new favorite older character now that sniff Sirius has vanished. I don't think he's dead and I think that Remus has a big important part to play in the series. I have plans for him in my story. But I can't tell you cause it will ruin it. Anyways, I look forward to hearing what you thought about the next chapter.
LJstagflower4e/JCtigerwolf4e – My girl Rebecca!! I gotta give a special shout-out to my favorite reader!!! Thanks for the review, and please send reinforcements. Marvin is crazy!!!!
AurorLina – Your review was the nicest one I have ever read. It made me blush immensely when I read it! Thank you for all of the kind words. Can you believe that I was seventeen only six years ago? It seems like a lifetime ago. Don't feel bad, I was really good at being seventeen also. evil grins, but since this is a PG-13 story I won't go into it. I hope that you keep reading and reviewing to keep me on track!
flyingwind33- Nestle, thank you for your always awesome and entertaining reviews. Now, to answer your questions: Lily and Bellatrix will face off again evil grin and I know that you will love it. Also I realize that I need to go into a little more with Remus and Liz. They will play a bigger part in the future, I have plans for them. I modeled Lily and Faith's friendship after James and Sirius's a little, but what do I have in store for them? Muwahhhhaha Anyway, that is awesome that you live in the Philippines! I knew a guy from there, he was the funniest guy I've ever met. I look forward to your review after this chapter!
SPASH Panther- Hey, thank you for the compliment! I appreciate it very much. To answer some of your questions: I figured that Petunia is older than Lily, so she must be at least 19 or 20 and that's not too young to get married ( just ask my mom and dad lol) I don't think Lily and James got married right out of Hogwarts, anyway, I guess my story will tell what I think happened. I hope that you keep reading and reviewing!
alicia spinet – Thank you for calling off the evil monkeys!!! The dung that they threw at my window was very hard to get off. Thank God for Mr. Clean (and by Mr. Clean I mean my brother, hehehehhhhehehe! Well I'm not cleaning it! It's poo!) Anyway, I don't want to get you in trouble with your mom so I hope that you can pry yourself away from the story for a moment to talk to her. Please let me know what you think of the new chapter!
moreHPplease88 – I totally felt grossed out when I saw the Star Wars and found out that Luke and Leia were bro and sis. I can't watch the second one without getting nausea from that scene. YUCK! Any-who, I don't want to know what happened the other night, but know that (in a perfect Mr. Mackey voice) Drugs are Bad mmokay. And I love obsessed people; being one myself. Please review my chapter. And stay away from the man in white for he wants to take your brain. A little heads-up.
RebelSheep – I'm glad that you like the story. And you are right, Faith and Sirius are like toddlers. But they are fun lol. Please keep reading and reviewing!!
Padfootedmoony- Oh, becareful what you wish for! This chapter is a doozy! Anyway, let me know what you think and thank you for the reviews!
mindy is my name quidditch is my game- Who sang that song anyway? I think it's a country song but I can for the life of me think of the singer. ANYWAY, thank you for reviewing and I hope that you keep reading and reviewing!
AngelinaWeasley1- Oh, I see how it is! Only reviewing cause you are lazy! I see, you don't really want to review, you just want to add me to your favorites..........all of the sudden become very humble. Well, thank you for adding me to your favorites. I think I'm going to go and hide under the desk for being such a git.
COPYRIGHT: This story is all mine! All mine!!! It only belongs to me and no one else. This is my creation and I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO LIFE!!!!
Da, da, da, daaaaaaaaaaa! The Disclaimer
Greetings,
Marvin the Puma here. I was very happy to see all of the warm reviews that I received by the nice people that reviewed. I'm glad that you are all very trusting of me. I am a very nice and trusting Puma. Yes, you should trust me. Stephanie trusts me. (Stephanie screams in the background DON'T TRUST HIM!!!) (A loud electric shock sounds through out the room and there is silence) Oh, that must have been my bug zapper. Any-who, as I was saying; you can trust me that I won't claim Harry Potter as my own creation. (my creation will be brought to life soon enough!) You can trust that I have no intention on gaining profit from Harry Potter. (once the hypnotize 153 is complete, the money will flow into my vaults!) Also, Stephanie is fine and all of you that are calling, sending emails and evil creatures, should stop because there is no problem here. (And if you continue to send them, I will try out my new machine on you, Muwahahahahh!!) Coughs and clears throat. Anyway, enjoy the chapter and disregard any secondary voices or screams that you have heard throughout this conversation. Trust me, everything is a- okay. Regards, Marvin the Puma.
Chapter 18: Revenge Part II
James, Sirius, Remus and Peter did not turn into bed until the very early hours of the morning. They would have been in bed sooner except that Peeves provided his excellent service of being the biggest pest in the whole school. He decided to possess the suits of armor and make them fight each other. Anyway, the task was done and James was glad to hit the soft mattress of his bed and pillow around four-thirty in the morning. The last thought he had before he went to sleep was the satisfaction that they had done something brilliant.
Seven o'clock arrived faster than James had wanted. It felt like he had just closed his eyes when the screeching of Remus's alarm clock woke him up. Apparently Sirius, Remus and Peter felt the same way as various groans and choice words of displeasure murmured about the room. Reluctantly James lifted his heavy body from the bed and got to his feet. He walked over to his trunk and pulled out a clean uniform. Remus had begun to do the same thing and Peter had sat up, but had not had the motivation to get out of bed yet. Sirius however, had rolled back over and thrown the blankets over his head so that all that was visible was a mop of black hair.
"Get up, Padfoot," said James very groggy. Sirius gave a muffled groan as he pulled the pillow over his head and James pulled the covers off of him. "Don't you want to see how our little effort turned out?"
Sirius gave another muffled answer from under the pillow. James smiled slightly, too tired to laugh, and headed towards the shower. That's what he needed, a shower. That would wake him up. And to some satisfaction it did a little. But he decided that he still needed a little bit of Pepper-Up potion to make it seem like he had gotten a full night's sleep. He entered the dorm room to find that everyone was up, but not awake. James walked over to his nightstand and pulled the drawer open. He reached in and grabbed the Pepper-Up potion bottle that he had 'borrowed' from Madame Pomfrey several days ago, and pulled the cork out. He took a long swig and handed it to Remus, who did the same and handed it to Peter, and finally to Sirius. Feel a little bit more like themselves, the boys finished dressing and made their way down to the Great Hall for breakfast.
"Good morning," greeted Lily as James sat down next to her at the table.
"Good morning love," said James giving her a quick kiss and immediately grabbing for the coffee. Remus, Sirius and Peter all said their 'good mornings' and also immediately grabbed for coffee or tea.
"Did you lot stay up late last night or something?" asked Liz, looking at them all very skeptically.
"Yes," said Remus, pouring milk in his cereal. "We were up finishing our Transfiguration essays." Remus did not look at her, but continued to make a production out of his cereal. Liz seemed satisfied with this answer and began to talk to Remus about her Transfiguration essay.
All throughout breakfast, as nonchalantly as possible, the boys kept glancing at the clock. One by one the Great Hall began to fill with students and teachers alike. The closer to clock ticked to the "trigger- time" the more distracted the boys became.
"Um, James are you listening?" asked Lily concerned as James had once again seemed to go off into another world. James rapidly turned his attention back to Lily.
"Of course I'm listening," said James, giving her a charming grin.
"Then what was I talking about?" asked Lily with a raised eyebrow.
"Patrolling duty tonight," said James, shoveling a rather large spoonful of cereal into his mouth.
Lily smirked and shook her head. She knew that James had not been paying attention, but she had been talking about patrolling duty. She shrugged it off and turned to talk to Faith, who was sitting across the table from her. The boys all glanced at the clock and conjured up the perfect look of innocence as the clock struck eight.
Just as the bell on the massive clock began to announce the new hour, several horrible shrieks pierced through the Great Hall and drown out the tolling of the bells. Practically everyone in the Great Hall turned to look at the screams issuing from the Slytherin table. Lily let out a gasp at the sight she saw emerging in front of her.
Every single Slytherin student had transformed into horrible looking beasts. Several students had various deformities altering their appearances. Several girls had thick, dark hair growing out of every inch of their bodies, causing them to look like a large heap of hair dressed in school robes. Several boys were sprouting horns all over their bodies and turning a sickly shade of gray. Warts, pimples, boils, hair and extra limbs sprung up randomly on students, horribly disfiguring them. Various body parts were turned into their animal counterparts. Many students grew humps and various limbs began to either shrink or enlarge, causing the students to look like trolls.
James, Sirius, Remus and Peter tried to hide their amusement as they saw Snape panicking as his oily, greasy hair grew longer and cover his entire wart covered body, which was now sporting a large hump over his left shoulder. The Great Hall was a mixture of gasps and laughter as the teachers hurried down from their table to attend to the Slytherin students. Unfortunately as the teachers walked towards the table, a horrible thick cloud of dung bombs formed a wall between them. Students began to laugh as they saw the teachers coughing and backing away from the horrible smelling cloud. Even the spells that they threw at the cloud would not dissolve it.
Slytherin students were starting to panic and a few of them made to flee the Great Hall. But every time a Slytherin student would go to get up, they would forcibly sit back down, as if some invisible string was keeping them there. The food on their table began to spring to life. Eggs and pumpkin juice splattered anyone who was near them. Pastries, waffles, cereal and milk smashed into student's faces and heads. Toast and bagels were seen attacking students who tried to get up.
Faith started laughing as she saw Rosier take a cream filled donut in the face as he sat in terror covered in heavy boils with enlarged eyes and lips. Lily could not believe her eyes. She sat there in awe at the sight before her. She couldn't believe this was happening! She knew that as Head Girl she should try to stop it. But she thought twice about it when she saw Bellatrix. She was covered in boils and warts and had a pig snout and a monkey arm. She a large horn growing out of the top of her head and the pimples on her face unmistakenly spelled out 'guilty'. Lily couldn't help but laugh as an enchanted bowl of rice pudding landed right on top of her head and poured down the rest of her body.
After a few more chaotic minutes, Professor Dumbledore silently stood up. He casually waved his wand and the thick, foul cloud evaporated. The teachers immediately charged the Slytherin table and began to de-charm the pastries and other various flying foods. James let out a loud laugh as Professor McGonagall took a bagel with cream cheese in the face. Professor O'Malley ran over to a group of Slytherin girls, to help them with a rouge pineapple that was set upon giving them a few new holes. While in his attempts, he slipped on some splattered milk and fell flat on his back into a pile of miscellaneous food. The whole group let out a huge laugh at the sight of the fallen professor.
Most of the Great Hall was in tears; either from crying due to their horrible appearance or crying from laughter at the scene in front of them. When the Professors had finally managed to conquer the challenges in front of them, they began to escort students to the Hospital wing. Once practically the whole Slytherin house was in the Hospital wing, the remaining students began to file out to go to morning classes.
"What in the name of Merlin was that?" exclaimed Lily as the group made their way out of the Great Hall, carefully avoiding bits of food smashed onto the floor.
"Did you see Snape?" laughed Sirius triumphantly. "I think he looked better, ey? Maybe now he can find a date." Faith and James laughed; Remus gave a sheepish smile as Peter giggled beside him.
"Well I was most pleased with Bellatrix. Did you see the bowl of cereal spatter onto her head?" said Faith, a wicked smile spreading across her face.
"Yes, it was the most entertaining thing I've seen in a long time," said Remus, as they walked out the front doors into the cool, crisp October morning.
"Well entertainment aside," said Lily, pulling her cloak tightly around her shoulders, "why did it happen in the first place?" She looked at James questioningly.
"Don't look at me," said James trying to look surprised by the event, "it was as big of a surprise to me as to everyone else."
As the group sat in Herbology, they could hear occasional sounds of explosions from inside the castle. Something told Lily that this morning's excitement was not remotely over. And she was right. When the doors to the front entrance opened, they were engulfed in a cloud of thick, sickly yellow smoke. That smell was all too familiar to Lily. It was the same smell that had driven her out of bathrooms, made her loose her appetite at meals, forced her to run in the other direction in between classes and practically made her faint in the library. It was the unmistakable smell of hundreds of highly explosive dragon dung bombs. Immediately she placed a bubblehead charm on herself and noticed that the others had the same idea.
"This is disgusting," said Liz, sounding like she was speaking from inside a glass bowl.
As the group made their way down to the dungeons for Potions, they noticed that the cloud was getting worse. The cloud was so thick that students needed to light their wands to make sure that no one bumped into them. Fortunately the Potions classroom was dung-free and they undo the bubblehead charms. As Lily and Faith took their usual seats together, Lily noticed that several Slytherins were cured and in class, including Severus Snape.
"Looks like we didn't do enough," whispered James to Sirius as he looked at Snape with much dislike.
"Oh, class isn't over yet, Prongs," whispered Sirius right back. "Remember what we did to this room?" A wicked grin spread across his face as comprehension dawned across James's face.
"Alright, settle down now," came the Potion masters voice. "Despite the chaos that is spreading through out this school today, I still expect all of you to complete the assignment." He waved his wand and the directions for today's potion appeared on the blackboard. "Begin."
"So, what do you think?" asked Faith as she began her potion.
"I think this is going to be a hard potion," said Lily reading the instructions carefully. Faith let out an impatient sigh.
"No, I mean about the mysterious pranks that have been happening all day," said Faith with raised eyebrows.
"Well, I'm trying not to think about it if you catch my drift," said Lily, looking at Faith out of the corner of her eye. Faith nodded her head in agreement.
"There are only four boys in this entire school that had the motivation and could actually pull this off," said Faith, nonchalantly looking back at Sirius and James, who were in deep conversation and looking eagerly at the Slytherin students.
"So what do we do about it?" asked Lily, following Faith's gaze.
"No, what do YOU do about it?" said Faith turning back to look at Lily. "You are the Head Girl and upholder of rules and such. Frankly, I'm enjoying this immensely and I plan on rewarding Sirius later for his efforts."
"That's too much information," smirked Lily as a sly smile slipped across Faith's face. "Well, the less I know about it the better. I don't want James to loose his badge for this stupid prank on my behalf." She let out a long sigh.
A loud yelp from across the room interrupted their conversation. The Gryffindors quickly looked at the Slytherin side. Several students were jumping up and down around the room crying in pain and itching their bodies. James and Sirius let out loud howls of laughter as Snape danced from tiptoe to tiptoe scratching and tugging at his robes. The Gryffindor side of the room erupted into laughter at the sight of the scratching and jumping Slytherins. The potions master leapt from behind his desk and ran over to the students.
"What is this?" he barked.
"I-I don't know P-Professor," said one of the scratching students. "I-I all of t-the sudden c-cant stop i-itching!"
The student tripped over one of the benches and fell backwards into the desk behind him. The contents of the potion on the desk spilled over and splattered right onto his face. Immediately, puss-filled boils emerged and half of his nose vanished. The potions master spent the next ten minutes ushering students to the hospital wing. James and Sirius were laughing so hard that they had actually fallen onto the floor and tears were forming in their eyes. Peter stood giggling in the corner as Slytherin students jumped and ran by him to get out of the classroom. Remus had collapsed into laughter and had to sit down onto a near by chair. Despite herself, Lily also found herself sitting in a chair along with Faith and Liz, laughing hysterically.
"Not very Head Girl of you," said Faith wiping her eyes, as the last Slytherin student was ushered towards the hospital wing.
"Well, revenge is a beautiful thing," laughed Lily. She grinned at James, who caught her eye and winked at her before falling into laughter again.
Lily had never witnessed so many amusing things in her life. Slytherin students were seen all over the school either unable to control their limbs, sporting newly grown hair or enlarged features, speaking in strange languages, giving off foul odors or missing half of their body. Madame Pomfrey and several other teachers, who were taking turns in between classes to help her out, just could not keep up with the new illnesses that plagued the Slytherin students. It seemed that every time a student was cured they would come right back with a new illness or problem.
The Great Hall was a little less than a quarter empty for dinner, seeing as most of the Slytherins were still in the hospital wing. Those that were deemed 'normal' enough to function were sent to dinner and classes. James could not help but feel very proud of himself as he looked over at the Slytherin table and surveyed all of the students that sat at dinner with various deformities. They had done it. They had all received justice and best of all there was no evidence to link any of them to the crime. James knew because they had checked the plan over literally one hundred times every way possible before implementing it into action.
Just before dinner ended, Dumbledore stood up. Immediately the Great Hall fell into silence. All eyes were gazed upon the headmaster. He glanced around the room and then taking a deep breath began to speak.
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I do not need to inform you that today has been a very chaotic and stressful day for most of you. I apologize for any inconvenience that today's events may have caused you. I know that some of you have been wondering why this happened and who is responsible for it." Dumbledore looked at the Slytherin table. James, Sirius, Remus and Peter all exchanged uncomfortable glances.
"Unfortunately I can answer either question. Due to the Ministry's new laws that are specific for this school, no student can be expelled without a confession or a creditable witness to the crime. And since there has been neither, I am afraid that nothing can be done. Nevertheless, those of you that are guilty of the crime (he looked at Bellatrix and several other Slytherin students) can for now take satisfaction in hiding behind the Ministry's laws. But let me assure you that your sanctity is short lived and justice will find you." Dumbledore vaguely looked at the middle of the Gryffindor table. James thought that he saw a twinkle in the headmaster's old eyes.
"Now, please enjoy the rest of your meal and retire to your common rooms quietly." Dumbledore sat back down in his chair and turned to engage Professor McGonagall in conversation.
The Great Hall burst back into conversation and the boys all looked at each other with relief.
"Well that was odd," said Liz addressing the group.
"Just a little," said Faith, pushing her plate away from her. "I'm stuffed, I can't eat another bite." She looked at the boys, who were now engulfing their food like they had not eaten for weeks.
"Wish I could say the same," remarked Sirius in between mouthfuls. Faith gave him a disgusted look and opened her mouth for a comeback, but she suddenly closed her mouth and shook her head.
"Nah, it's just to easy," smirked Faith as she turned to engage Lily and Liz in conversation.
Lily and James patrolled the corridors that night in unusually high spirits. As they walked down the winding staircases and the long hallways they laughed and reminisced about the highlights of the days events. After a few minutes of comfortable silence, the question that had burned inside Lily all day decided to come forth.
"James?" asked Lily taking his hand as they walked down a hallway on the sixth floor.
"Yes my darling Lily," cooed James playfully as he swung her hand in front of them.
"I have a question and I want you to give me the honest truth," said Lily turning her head to look James square in the eye.
"Okay, I promise that I want you to give me the honest truth," grinned James.
"I'm serious," laughed Lily. James stopped and straightened up. He took both of her hands in his and looked her square in the eye.
"I promise to tell you the truth in which you want to hear," said James in a mock serious tone.
"That's close enough," Lily grinned and shook her head. "James, all of these, um, events that have taken place today, um, you wouldn't perhaps know who did it, would you?" The grin on James's face grew wider.
"Why my dear Lily, I have no idea who would have done such a juvenile and immature prank." Seeing the skeptical look on Lily's face, James looked at her over his glasses and he tried to muster up a serious face. "You wouldn't think that I had anything to do with it would you?" Lily looked at him silently for a moment and sighed.
"Well, it doesn't sound like anything a Head Boy would do," grinned Lily as they began walking towards Gryffindor Tower.
"As Head Boy I wouldn't even think of it," said James airily. "Why that prank must have broken about two-hundred and fifteen school rules."
"More like five-hundred and thirty-two," grinned Lily.
They walked up to the portrait of the Fat Lady and James said the password. They entered the empty common room in silence. They walked over to the entrance of the separate dormitories to say goodnight. After a rather long kiss goodnight, Lily stood on her tiptoes and pressed her check against James's so that her mouth was right near his ear.
"Thank you," she whispered in his ear. James felt his spine tingle as the words echoed throughout his body. She gave him one last kiss and pulled away.
"Of course," said James gazing into her brilliant green eyes.
Lily smiled at him and turned to open the girl's door. As the door closed in front of James, he stood there for a moment. He was quite proud of himself and of his friends for accomplishing such a prank. This wasn't just any old prank like the ones in the past. This one had a purpose. As James turned to climb the stairs of the boy's dormitory a funny, sinking feeling settled in the bottom of his stomach. The realization of the situation had just hit him. James knew that this little victory was going to be short- lived.
Don't forget to review! Stay tuned for Banana Theater Presents- Bubbles: The Life of a Chimp at Michael Jackson's Mansion.
On a more serious note: Thanks to everyone that reviewed on the last chapter. The reason that I took so long to update was because I had to go back and reread the story so far. I felt like I was straying off topic and that it was getting to mushy (thanks to some people's reviews, who shall remain nameless coughs something that sounds like Hpgirl (just kidding around!)) Hey if I can't tease my reviewers, who can I tease?
Oh, and a little bit of Stephanie's random historical facts: Operation Overlord was the code name given to the D-Day invasion by the Allied Forces on the beaches of Normandy in World War II. It's great to learn, cause knowledge is power!! (I'm going to make a wacky teacher!)
SHOUT OUTS!!!!!!!!!
AnniePADFOOT – Thank you for your review! I'm glad that you are enjoying the story so far and I hope that you continue to read and review and give me your input.
MissSiriusBlack- I didn't let you down, I updated. I think that you will enjoy Operation Overlord. I enjoyed writing it. Please let me know what you think of it.
Littlesecertwriter- Hey, I'm glad that you like the chapter and I will definitely keep you posted. Now that I have some free time, I plan on reading your story.
Amanda- You are so sweet! Thank you for the awesome review! I'm so glad that you like my story and I hope that you let me know what you think of this new chapter.
Aimee- I'm sorry that I made your life a living hell, I promise that I will try to update sooner so at least you will live in purgatory. J/k. Yes! Another person to join my goat revolution!!! Viva la Revolution! Please let me know what you think of the next chapter and thanks for being such a faithful reviewer.
Swishy Willow Wand- Swishy, swishy, swishy!!! Thank you for reviewing and I will try to update more since I have tons more time now!
Padfootlet- Muwwahhhahahah! Send your puny cats over! I have a vicious dog who eats cats for breakfast! Hahahahhahaha!!!! Send your worse!!! Any-who, thank you for your always entertaining reviews. Wait a minute! re-reads review WHAT IS SIRIUS DOING AT YOUR HOUSE?!!!! He told me he was going to get me some food! Oh he will pay, he will pay!!!
MooningOverMoony – Hey Claire!!! I hate cliffhangers too when I read, but I have to admit that they are soo much fun to write!! Hehehehe evil grin. Anywaaaaayyys, thank you for the always-ingenious reviews and I hope that you like this next chapter.
Sammy Solo – Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, Sammyyyyyyy!!!! That is my Sammy, Sammy song, do you like it? I loved your review!!! Hmm..........could the Lily/Faith pact be a bit of foreshadowing? Time will tell. Thank you for the chocolate chip cookies. The puma is scaring me. Send help right away!!!!! S.O.S!!!
Kerry – Awe the evil cliffies are so fun to hate, but yet they are so attractive. I'm glad that you liked the chapter. I figured that Faith and Sirius needed to be together for now. I hope that you enjoy this next chapter, hehehehhee.
Blondie 03 – Thank you for reading and reviewing my story! I am always pleased when new reader takes the time to let me know what they think. I would love to read your story, especially from a Remus point of view. He is my new favorite older character now that sniff Sirius has vanished. I don't think he's dead and I think that Remus has a big important part to play in the series. I have plans for him in my story. But I can't tell you cause it will ruin it. Anyways, I look forward to hearing what you thought about the next chapter.
LJstagflower4e/JCtigerwolf4e – My girl Rebecca!! I gotta give a special shout-out to my favorite reader!!! Thanks for the review, and please send reinforcements. Marvin is crazy!!!!
AurorLina – Your review was the nicest one I have ever read. It made me blush immensely when I read it! Thank you for all of the kind words. Can you believe that I was seventeen only six years ago? It seems like a lifetime ago. Don't feel bad, I was really good at being seventeen also. evil grins, but since this is a PG-13 story I won't go into it. I hope that you keep reading and reviewing to keep me on track!
flyingwind33- Nestle, thank you for your always awesome and entertaining reviews. Now, to answer your questions: Lily and Bellatrix will face off again evil grin and I know that you will love it. Also I realize that I need to go into a little more with Remus and Liz. They will play a bigger part in the future, I have plans for them. I modeled Lily and Faith's friendship after James and Sirius's a little, but what do I have in store for them? Muwahhhhaha Anyway, that is awesome that you live in the Philippines! I knew a guy from there, he was the funniest guy I've ever met. I look forward to your review after this chapter!
SPASH Panther- Hey, thank you for the compliment! I appreciate it very much. To answer some of your questions: I figured that Petunia is older than Lily, so she must be at least 19 or 20 and that's not too young to get married ( just ask my mom and dad lol) I don't think Lily and James got married right out of Hogwarts, anyway, I guess my story will tell what I think happened. I hope that you keep reading and reviewing!
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Chapter 18: Revenge Part II
James, Sirius, Remus and Peter did not turn into bed until the very early hours of the morning. They would have been in bed sooner except that Peeves provided his excellent service of being the biggest pest in the whole school. He decided to possess the suits of armor and make them fight each other. Anyway, the task was done and James was glad to hit the soft mattress of his bed and pillow around four-thirty in the morning. The last thought he had before he went to sleep was the satisfaction that they had done something brilliant.
Seven o'clock arrived faster than James had wanted. It felt like he had just closed his eyes when the screeching of Remus's alarm clock woke him up. Apparently Sirius, Remus and Peter felt the same way as various groans and choice words of displeasure murmured about the room. Reluctantly James lifted his heavy body from the bed and got to his feet. He walked over to his trunk and pulled out a clean uniform. Remus had begun to do the same thing and Peter had sat up, but had not had the motivation to get out of bed yet. Sirius however, had rolled back over and thrown the blankets over his head so that all that was visible was a mop of black hair.
"Get up, Padfoot," said James very groggy. Sirius gave a muffled groan as he pulled the pillow over his head and James pulled the covers off of him. "Don't you want to see how our little effort turned out?"
Sirius gave another muffled answer from under the pillow. James smiled slightly, too tired to laugh, and headed towards the shower. That's what he needed, a shower. That would wake him up. And to some satisfaction it did a little. But he decided that he still needed a little bit of Pepper-Up potion to make it seem like he had gotten a full night's sleep. He entered the dorm room to find that everyone was up, but not awake. James walked over to his nightstand and pulled the drawer open. He reached in and grabbed the Pepper-Up potion bottle that he had 'borrowed' from Madame Pomfrey several days ago, and pulled the cork out. He took a long swig and handed it to Remus, who did the same and handed it to Peter, and finally to Sirius. Feel a little bit more like themselves, the boys finished dressing and made their way down to the Great Hall for breakfast.
"Good morning," greeted Lily as James sat down next to her at the table.
"Good morning love," said James giving her a quick kiss and immediately grabbing for the coffee. Remus, Sirius and Peter all said their 'good mornings' and also immediately grabbed for coffee or tea.
"Did you lot stay up late last night or something?" asked Liz, looking at them all very skeptically.
"Yes," said Remus, pouring milk in his cereal. "We were up finishing our Transfiguration essays." Remus did not look at her, but continued to make a production out of his cereal. Liz seemed satisfied with this answer and began to talk to Remus about her Transfiguration essay.
All throughout breakfast, as nonchalantly as possible, the boys kept glancing at the clock. One by one the Great Hall began to fill with students and teachers alike. The closer to clock ticked to the "trigger- time" the more distracted the boys became.
"Um, James are you listening?" asked Lily concerned as James had once again seemed to go off into another world. James rapidly turned his attention back to Lily.
"Of course I'm listening," said James, giving her a charming grin.
"Then what was I talking about?" asked Lily with a raised eyebrow.
"Patrolling duty tonight," said James, shoveling a rather large spoonful of cereal into his mouth.
Lily smirked and shook her head. She knew that James had not been paying attention, but she had been talking about patrolling duty. She shrugged it off and turned to talk to Faith, who was sitting across the table from her. The boys all glanced at the clock and conjured up the perfect look of innocence as the clock struck eight.
Just as the bell on the massive clock began to announce the new hour, several horrible shrieks pierced through the Great Hall and drown out the tolling of the bells. Practically everyone in the Great Hall turned to look at the screams issuing from the Slytherin table. Lily let out a gasp at the sight she saw emerging in front of her.
Every single Slytherin student had transformed into horrible looking beasts. Several students had various deformities altering their appearances. Several girls had thick, dark hair growing out of every inch of their bodies, causing them to look like a large heap of hair dressed in school robes. Several boys were sprouting horns all over their bodies and turning a sickly shade of gray. Warts, pimples, boils, hair and extra limbs sprung up randomly on students, horribly disfiguring them. Various body parts were turned into their animal counterparts. Many students grew humps and various limbs began to either shrink or enlarge, causing the students to look like trolls.
James, Sirius, Remus and Peter tried to hide their amusement as they saw Snape panicking as his oily, greasy hair grew longer and cover his entire wart covered body, which was now sporting a large hump over his left shoulder. The Great Hall was a mixture of gasps and laughter as the teachers hurried down from their table to attend to the Slytherin students. Unfortunately as the teachers walked towards the table, a horrible thick cloud of dung bombs formed a wall between them. Students began to laugh as they saw the teachers coughing and backing away from the horrible smelling cloud. Even the spells that they threw at the cloud would not dissolve it.
Slytherin students were starting to panic and a few of them made to flee the Great Hall. But every time a Slytherin student would go to get up, they would forcibly sit back down, as if some invisible string was keeping them there. The food on their table began to spring to life. Eggs and pumpkin juice splattered anyone who was near them. Pastries, waffles, cereal and milk smashed into student's faces and heads. Toast and bagels were seen attacking students who tried to get up.
Faith started laughing as she saw Rosier take a cream filled donut in the face as he sat in terror covered in heavy boils with enlarged eyes and lips. Lily could not believe her eyes. She sat there in awe at the sight before her. She couldn't believe this was happening! She knew that as Head Girl she should try to stop it. But she thought twice about it when she saw Bellatrix. She was covered in boils and warts and had a pig snout and a monkey arm. She a large horn growing out of the top of her head and the pimples on her face unmistakenly spelled out 'guilty'. Lily couldn't help but laugh as an enchanted bowl of rice pudding landed right on top of her head and poured down the rest of her body.
After a few more chaotic minutes, Professor Dumbledore silently stood up. He casually waved his wand and the thick, foul cloud evaporated. The teachers immediately charged the Slytherin table and began to de-charm the pastries and other various flying foods. James let out a loud laugh as Professor McGonagall took a bagel with cream cheese in the face. Professor O'Malley ran over to a group of Slytherin girls, to help them with a rouge pineapple that was set upon giving them a few new holes. While in his attempts, he slipped on some splattered milk and fell flat on his back into a pile of miscellaneous food. The whole group let out a huge laugh at the sight of the fallen professor.
Most of the Great Hall was in tears; either from crying due to their horrible appearance or crying from laughter at the scene in front of them. When the Professors had finally managed to conquer the challenges in front of them, they began to escort students to the Hospital wing. Once practically the whole Slytherin house was in the Hospital wing, the remaining students began to file out to go to morning classes.
"What in the name of Merlin was that?" exclaimed Lily as the group made their way out of the Great Hall, carefully avoiding bits of food smashed onto the floor.
"Did you see Snape?" laughed Sirius triumphantly. "I think he looked better, ey? Maybe now he can find a date." Faith and James laughed; Remus gave a sheepish smile as Peter giggled beside him.
"Well I was most pleased with Bellatrix. Did you see the bowl of cereal spatter onto her head?" said Faith, a wicked smile spreading across her face.
"Yes, it was the most entertaining thing I've seen in a long time," said Remus, as they walked out the front doors into the cool, crisp October morning.
"Well entertainment aside," said Lily, pulling her cloak tightly around her shoulders, "why did it happen in the first place?" She looked at James questioningly.
"Don't look at me," said James trying to look surprised by the event, "it was as big of a surprise to me as to everyone else."
As the group sat in Herbology, they could hear occasional sounds of explosions from inside the castle. Something told Lily that this morning's excitement was not remotely over. And she was right. When the doors to the front entrance opened, they were engulfed in a cloud of thick, sickly yellow smoke. That smell was all too familiar to Lily. It was the same smell that had driven her out of bathrooms, made her loose her appetite at meals, forced her to run in the other direction in between classes and practically made her faint in the library. It was the unmistakable smell of hundreds of highly explosive dragon dung bombs. Immediately she placed a bubblehead charm on herself and noticed that the others had the same idea.
"This is disgusting," said Liz, sounding like she was speaking from inside a glass bowl.
As the group made their way down to the dungeons for Potions, they noticed that the cloud was getting worse. The cloud was so thick that students needed to light their wands to make sure that no one bumped into them. Fortunately the Potions classroom was dung-free and they undo the bubblehead charms. As Lily and Faith took their usual seats together, Lily noticed that several Slytherins were cured and in class, including Severus Snape.
"Looks like we didn't do enough," whispered James to Sirius as he looked at Snape with much dislike.
"Oh, class isn't over yet, Prongs," whispered Sirius right back. "Remember what we did to this room?" A wicked grin spread across his face as comprehension dawned across James's face.
"Alright, settle down now," came the Potion masters voice. "Despite the chaos that is spreading through out this school today, I still expect all of you to complete the assignment." He waved his wand and the directions for today's potion appeared on the blackboard. "Begin."
"So, what do you think?" asked Faith as she began her potion.
"I think this is going to be a hard potion," said Lily reading the instructions carefully. Faith let out an impatient sigh.
"No, I mean about the mysterious pranks that have been happening all day," said Faith with raised eyebrows.
"Well, I'm trying not to think about it if you catch my drift," said Lily, looking at Faith out of the corner of her eye. Faith nodded her head in agreement.
"There are only four boys in this entire school that had the motivation and could actually pull this off," said Faith, nonchalantly looking back at Sirius and James, who were in deep conversation and looking eagerly at the Slytherin students.
"So what do we do about it?" asked Lily, following Faith's gaze.
"No, what do YOU do about it?" said Faith turning back to look at Lily. "You are the Head Girl and upholder of rules and such. Frankly, I'm enjoying this immensely and I plan on rewarding Sirius later for his efforts."
"That's too much information," smirked Lily as a sly smile slipped across Faith's face. "Well, the less I know about it the better. I don't want James to loose his badge for this stupid prank on my behalf." She let out a long sigh.
A loud yelp from across the room interrupted their conversation. The Gryffindors quickly looked at the Slytherin side. Several students were jumping up and down around the room crying in pain and itching their bodies. James and Sirius let out loud howls of laughter as Snape danced from tiptoe to tiptoe scratching and tugging at his robes. The Gryffindor side of the room erupted into laughter at the sight of the scratching and jumping Slytherins. The potions master leapt from behind his desk and ran over to the students.
"What is this?" he barked.
"I-I don't know P-Professor," said one of the scratching students. "I-I all of t-the sudden c-cant stop i-itching!"
The student tripped over one of the benches and fell backwards into the desk behind him. The contents of the potion on the desk spilled over and splattered right onto his face. Immediately, puss-filled boils emerged and half of his nose vanished. The potions master spent the next ten minutes ushering students to the hospital wing. James and Sirius were laughing so hard that they had actually fallen onto the floor and tears were forming in their eyes. Peter stood giggling in the corner as Slytherin students jumped and ran by him to get out of the classroom. Remus had collapsed into laughter and had to sit down onto a near by chair. Despite herself, Lily also found herself sitting in a chair along with Faith and Liz, laughing hysterically.
"Not very Head Girl of you," said Faith wiping her eyes, as the last Slytherin student was ushered towards the hospital wing.
"Well, revenge is a beautiful thing," laughed Lily. She grinned at James, who caught her eye and winked at her before falling into laughter again.
Lily had never witnessed so many amusing things in her life. Slytherin students were seen all over the school either unable to control their limbs, sporting newly grown hair or enlarged features, speaking in strange languages, giving off foul odors or missing half of their body. Madame Pomfrey and several other teachers, who were taking turns in between classes to help her out, just could not keep up with the new illnesses that plagued the Slytherin students. It seemed that every time a student was cured they would come right back with a new illness or problem.
The Great Hall was a little less than a quarter empty for dinner, seeing as most of the Slytherins were still in the hospital wing. Those that were deemed 'normal' enough to function were sent to dinner and classes. James could not help but feel very proud of himself as he looked over at the Slytherin table and surveyed all of the students that sat at dinner with various deformities. They had done it. They had all received justice and best of all there was no evidence to link any of them to the crime. James knew because they had checked the plan over literally one hundred times every way possible before implementing it into action.
Just before dinner ended, Dumbledore stood up. Immediately the Great Hall fell into silence. All eyes were gazed upon the headmaster. He glanced around the room and then taking a deep breath began to speak.
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I do not need to inform you that today has been a very chaotic and stressful day for most of you. I apologize for any inconvenience that today's events may have caused you. I know that some of you have been wondering why this happened and who is responsible for it." Dumbledore looked at the Slytherin table. James, Sirius, Remus and Peter all exchanged uncomfortable glances.
"Unfortunately I can answer either question. Due to the Ministry's new laws that are specific for this school, no student can be expelled without a confession or a creditable witness to the crime. And since there has been neither, I am afraid that nothing can be done. Nevertheless, those of you that are guilty of the crime (he looked at Bellatrix and several other Slytherin students) can for now take satisfaction in hiding behind the Ministry's laws. But let me assure you that your sanctity is short lived and justice will find you." Dumbledore vaguely looked at the middle of the Gryffindor table. James thought that he saw a twinkle in the headmaster's old eyes.
"Now, please enjoy the rest of your meal and retire to your common rooms quietly." Dumbledore sat back down in his chair and turned to engage Professor McGonagall in conversation.
The Great Hall burst back into conversation and the boys all looked at each other with relief.
"Well that was odd," said Liz addressing the group.
"Just a little," said Faith, pushing her plate away from her. "I'm stuffed, I can't eat another bite." She looked at the boys, who were now engulfing their food like they had not eaten for weeks.
"Wish I could say the same," remarked Sirius in between mouthfuls. Faith gave him a disgusted look and opened her mouth for a comeback, but she suddenly closed her mouth and shook her head.
"Nah, it's just to easy," smirked Faith as she turned to engage Lily and Liz in conversation.
Lily and James patrolled the corridors that night in unusually high spirits. As they walked down the winding staircases and the long hallways they laughed and reminisced about the highlights of the days events. After a few minutes of comfortable silence, the question that had burned inside Lily all day decided to come forth.
"James?" asked Lily taking his hand as they walked down a hallway on the sixth floor.
"Yes my darling Lily," cooed James playfully as he swung her hand in front of them.
"I have a question and I want you to give me the honest truth," said Lily turning her head to look James square in the eye.
"Okay, I promise that I want you to give me the honest truth," grinned James.
"I'm serious," laughed Lily. James stopped and straightened up. He took both of her hands in his and looked her square in the eye.
"I promise to tell you the truth in which you want to hear," said James in a mock serious tone.
"That's close enough," Lily grinned and shook her head. "James, all of these, um, events that have taken place today, um, you wouldn't perhaps know who did it, would you?" The grin on James's face grew wider.
"Why my dear Lily, I have no idea who would have done such a juvenile and immature prank." Seeing the skeptical look on Lily's face, James looked at her over his glasses and he tried to muster up a serious face. "You wouldn't think that I had anything to do with it would you?" Lily looked at him silently for a moment and sighed.
"Well, it doesn't sound like anything a Head Boy would do," grinned Lily as they began walking towards Gryffindor Tower.
"As Head Boy I wouldn't even think of it," said James airily. "Why that prank must have broken about two-hundred and fifteen school rules."
"More like five-hundred and thirty-two," grinned Lily.
They walked up to the portrait of the Fat Lady and James said the password. They entered the empty common room in silence. They walked over to the entrance of the separate dormitories to say goodnight. After a rather long kiss goodnight, Lily stood on her tiptoes and pressed her check against James's so that her mouth was right near his ear.
"Thank you," she whispered in his ear. James felt his spine tingle as the words echoed throughout his body. She gave him one last kiss and pulled away.
"Of course," said James gazing into her brilliant green eyes.
Lily smiled at him and turned to open the girl's door. As the door closed in front of James, he stood there for a moment. He was quite proud of himself and of his friends for accomplishing such a prank. This wasn't just any old prank like the ones in the past. This one had a purpose. As James turned to climb the stairs of the boy's dormitory a funny, sinking feeling settled in the bottom of his stomach. The realization of the situation had just hit him. James knew that this little victory was going to be short- lived.
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