A Tigerlily and a White Stag
As Professor McGonagall walked up to the front of the classroom, the various portraits on the walls all, in perfect unison, began singing.
"In the town where I was born, lived a maaaaan, who sailed to sea, and he told us of his liiiiiiife, in the laaaaaand of submarine..."
Professor McGonagall looked around. "Where are they?" Nobody had to ask who she was talking about; everyone knew that when she said 'they' in that tone of voice she undoubtedly meant the four Marauders.
No-one answered her for a moment, then Lily spoke up. "Sarah and I saw them in the Great Hall right after breakfast, but we haven't seen them since, Professor."
James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter snuck out the thankfully still-open door, found the nearest secret passage, and got out from under the Invisibility Cloak. James stuffed it into his bag and they went back into the classroom, looking for all the world as if they were just a bit late.
Sirius looked around at the singing portraits, feigning intense surprise. "Professor, who did this?" She glared at him.
"Just what I was about to ask you, Mr. Black. And, of course, your friends," she added as James, Remus, and Peter all attempted to sit down before she noticed them.
"Us, Professor?" Remus asked, looking the picture of innocence. "We haven't been in here since class yesterday, and you were watching us then, weren't you?"
McGonagall looked at him for a moment, then back at Sirius, then at James.
"Well, Potter?"
"Professor McGonagall, I assure you I have no idea what you're talking about here."
She ignored this comment. "All I have to say to you two is, if you must go back to your... extracurricular activities, make sure the Quidditch team does not suffer for it."
James and Sirius stared at her, then at each other.
"We will, Professor," James finally said, "but I still don't know what you're talking about."
The class laughed. Professor McGonagall rolled her eyes.
Heh, I love the idea of McGonagall actually kinda 'encouraging' them with their pranks. I got the idea from a fanfic in which MWPP decide to be more mature and the professors get all worried about them...XD Don't know what it is or I'd credit it.
Anyways... R&R. And R&R RAB too, please? Kisa (AKA Lassie) and I have been working fairly hard on that and we think you'll like it... and ever-so-sorry for the long space between chapters of this. I've been neglecting both stories, actually... had writer's block which randomly and magically fixed itself last night and resulted in this chapter and chapters 7 and 8 of RAB (and Kisa hugging me into oblivion when I told her this morning).
Oh, and the lyrics belong to the Beatles.