Chapter 3: The Last First Prank

A/N This was supposed to be Chapter 2. Though when I started writing that chapter, it became very Jily heavy, and I didn't want to make it too long. Therefore, I decided to just make this chapter 3 instead.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or anything in this story that appears to come from anything Harry Potter related. The only thing that I own in this story is my OC, Jasmine, as well as the plot of this story.

Before Sirius and Jasmine with the help of Remus, secretly, could begin to help James plan the best way to ask Lily out, they had another order of business that they needed to attend to. It was the beginning of a new school year, their final school year at Hogwarts, and they had yet to pull a prank. They couldn't have that now. They had to make this last first prank one that no one would be soon to forget. They actually planned to make all of their usual annual pranks like that this final year. They wanted to go out with a bang after all. So, the Marauders all met up in the boys' dorm that first weekend after the school year started to start coming up with ideas and solidify a plan for what their first prank would be.

They were all sitting in the middle of the room sitting in a circle on the floor with pieces of parchment scattered around in the middle of their circle. On the parchment were various ideas they had all come up with over the years. There were plenty of ideas that they had all thought about doing but hadn't gotten the chance to do because of various circumstances. Now they were throwing them all out there because this would be their last chance, well at least at Hogwarts.

Going through all of these prank ideas, James started off by announcing what was on the parchment in front of all of them. "Okay, well here are all of the prank ideas that the five of us have written down and come up with over the years. They may not all be good, and some are ones that we have forgotten that we even came up with, but here they are all the same."

"No shit, Prongs," Jasmine said sarcastically. "I had no idea that that was what was on the parchment scattered in front of all of us."

James glared at Jasmine, but you could tell he wasn't really mad at her. "Anyway, we all know that we want this to be an amazing prank. We want to leave a legacy after all, but I have a stipulation. I can't get caught. Or if we do accidentally get caught, the prank can't have broken any rules. I am head boy now, and I really don't need to be setting a bad example to the student body by getting detention. There is a reason Dumbledore picked me as head boy, and I intend to show why."

The other 4 in the circle looked at James. Peter, being Peter, immediately agreed to James' terms, as did Remus. He didn't plan to get caught anyway, especially since he never actually had. Sirius and Jasmine, on the other hand, just started at James for a bit. They couldn't help but wonder how different James was now. He had really grown up a lot over the past two years and it was really showing. Nonetheless, both Jasmine and Sirius agreed to James' stipulation. Jaz assured James, "Well, Prongs, I wasn't intending on letting any of us get caught anyway. If you hadn't noticed, I'm kind of an expert at covering our tracks so no one can prove it was us. But to calm your nerves, I'll be extra sure to cover our tracks thoroughly."

James smiled appreciatively at the redhead. "Thanks, Jazzy." James turned his attention to the pieces of parchment. "Now, let's get cracking on finding that perfect prank."

There were a lot of prank ideas within the pile, so it took them some time to get through them and find the perfect prank. There were a few good ones that they decided that they might use later on in the school year.

"What if we start a food fight during dinner one night?" Jasmine read off from one of her prank lists that she was going through.

James stared at her. "How are we supposed to do that without getting caught, Jazzy?"

"Simple, me dear Prongs. We don't start the food fight, but instead cast a non-verbal spell causing the food to float into one of our faces or someone else's face."

James, along with the other Marauders couldn't deny that it was a brilliant idea, but Sirius had an even better idea for the prank. "It's a brilliant idea, Mare, but it would be even better if we did it at the end-of-year feast. That way, everyone would be there and no one would miss out on getting food on their clothes or robes. We could even get the professors in on it."

Jasmine smiled at her boyfriend before giving him a kiss on the cheek. "See, this is why I love you." Jasmine turned back to her list to continue scanning it for possible prank ideas. She made sure to write it down on a separate piece of parchment. She figured that it would be easier to have a single list to look at later.

There were others that they thought were good prank ideas, but they thought they weren't extravagant enough for the prank they were looking for.

Peter was reading through a list when he found one he thought could be promising. "Hey, guys," Peter squeaked. "What about this one? It says that we mix up the gems in the house point jars so that they are more colorful."

"That is a good one, Wormtail," Remus commented. "It would be even better if after we switched the colors around, we somehow got the colors of the houses to change. Therefore, the common rooms and quidditch robes would change colors with the changing of the colors in the jars."

"That would be something, Moony," James pondered dreamily.

"I think I could try to figure that out, but I feel like that just isn't what we are looking for now," Jasmine said. The boys' nodded in agreement and continued reading through the lists of pranks. Jasmine still wrote down the idea as something they could do in the future. She wasn't quite ready to let that prank pass them by.

There were others that they just threw out altogether as they weren't all that great of pranks. Though there were a few that they thought would be fun to just try even if they weren't pranks.

Sirius had been reading through one of his last lists when he came across an idea that wasn't necessarily a prank (or at least not what they are looking for) but still something he wanted to try at least once before he left Hogwarts. He voiced the idea, feeling that his friends would feel the same way. "This isn't what we are looking for, but I really want to try it." The others looked up from their lists and gave Sirius their full attention. "It says that we should set up a giant trampoline and jump out of the third story window onto it. I think it would be fun to try. What do you all say?" Sirius grins at them.

Jasmine on the other hand rolls her eyes. "First off, we don't need a trampoline. It would be really dangerous, especially when we might miss it. The softening charm would be way more effective than a trampoline." Jasmine explained. "And if we use the softening charm instead, we can make the whole floor like a trampoline.

"That is brilliant, Jazzy." James was excited about this idea. "But Pads is right, it's not what we are looking for. Heck, it's not even really a prank. Though, I still do want to try it. Maybe we can try it out after exams or something as a celebratory thing." The others nod their heads in agreement. "Then it's settled. Jazzy add it to the list and we will do it at the end of next term."

They had a lot of lists that they went through, but in the end, they finally met all of their needs and found the perfect prank. They had to figure out a few logistical things as well as plan when they were going to do the prank, but otherwise, they had their first prank of the school year figured out, finally.

Several days later, in the middle of the week, the Marauders had finally finished making the potion they needed for their first prank of their last year. The prank would be going down that evening at dinner. To accomplish their prank, they had had to bribe the House Elves into putting their potion into everyone's drinks that evening. There were 5 different potions that they gave to the house elves: a green one for Slytherin, a blue one for Ravenclaw, a red one for Gryffindor, a yellow one for Hufflepuff, and a purple one for the staff. It was the same sort of potion for each house, but to make sure the house elves didn't get confused, they colored them.

After giving the house elves the potions that morning before their classes, they had to bribe them some more by making sure they didn't tell the professors when they came down to see what had been done to the drinks. It was more effort than any of them had originally planned on, but what kind of prank would it be if it were easy to pull off without getting caught.

The potion's effects were only temporary and would eventually wear off. The Marauders weren't exactly sure how temporary it was, but they had found a spell that could reverse the effects just in case. They weren't about to get stuck with the effects of the potion all night after all. They also weren't about to let themselves not get pranked with this. If they didn't get pranked themselves, they knew it would be too obvious for the professors to blame the prank on them.

The Marauders couldn't wait until dinner to see their prank put into action.

By the time dinner rolled around, the Marauders were practically bouncing off the walls in excitement. They were really enthusiastic about this prank and felt it would be one of their better first prank ideas. In actuality, the boys believed their pranks had actually just improved a lot ever since they met Jasmine in their 5th year. Sometimes they couldn't even remember a time without the girl. It had only been two years since they met Jaz, but it felt like they had been friends for way longer.

Upon entering the Great Hall for dinner, the Marauders were one of the few that were there already. They had decided to come early in order to get seats nearest to the exit just in case they needed to make a quick getaway. They really didn't want to get detention, especially James, but in these times of uncertainty outside the walls of Hogwarts, they all knew that the students and even the professors need a laugh. And this prank would surely bring lots of laughs.

James took a seat at the very end of the table. Remus sat across from him as per usual. Though, Jasmine, instead of sitting next to James like she normally did, decided to mix things up and sit next to Remus for once. Sirius was now faced with a decision of whether to sit next to his best mate and "brother" or his loving girlfriend. Given that Sirius had spent an entire summer with just James, he decided to sit next to Jasmine. Peter, not wanting to have uneven seating, took the seat next to James. It was odd to see them like they were sitting, but no one who was in the Great Hall seemed to take not of the 5 of them.

As the Marauders' waited for others to show up, they talked about their classes. James and Sirius complained about how long their transfiguration work was, while Jasmine and Remus rolled their eyes at the two boys' ridiculousness. They also talked about quidditch. James once again tried to convince Sirius to join the team ("Come on, Pads! You are an amazing beater. We would definitely win the cup with you on the team."). To which Sirius again turned him down ("No, Prongs. I don't care how badly you want me to play, I'm not doing it."). Sirius had been on the Gryffindor quidditch team once upon a time but quit after accidentally injuring Regulus, his brother, in the Gryffindor v. Slytherin match. Ever since Sirius refused to be on the team as long as Regulus was on the team. Even though he and Regulus had drifted apart (especially after Sirius "moved out"), Sirius still cared for his brother. He did not like the choices that he was making or who Regulus was associating with, but he was still Sirius's brother and Sirius wanted to protect him.

Soon most of the student body along with all of the professors (and Hagrid) were at dinner. People had been eating for some time now as there wasn't a set time for dinner as it was just served between certain hours. And yet, the Marauders' prank hadn't occurred, but that didn't surprise any of them. Though they had bribed the house elves into putting the different potions in each of the houses and professors' drinks, they hadn't told them that there was a time component that they had added. After all, they wanted to get as many people as possible with this prank.

Only moments later, the first sign of their prank working had been heard. Out of nowhere, a random roar could be heard from the end of the Gryffindor table. It just so happened to be coming from one James Potter. Not long after, the rest of the Marauders erupted into roars. Anytime any of them opened their mouths, all that could be heard was a roar. Therefore, the Marauders, despite wanting to laugh, the boys and Jasmine shut their traps. They wanted to see how long it would take for the effects to occur for the other houses. It wasn't long after before they got their wish. Suddenly from the Slytherin table, you could hear hissing noises making them sound like snakes. Also, from the Ravenclaw table, you could hear caws and squeaks as if they were eagles. The sounds that came from Hufflepuff were almost what did the five Marauders in, but they stayed strong and held their resolve. The Hufflepuffs were emitting purr sounds like badgers. It was absolutely hilarious. The rest of the Gryffindors were also roaring as well. It almost sounded like a zoo in the Great Hall.

What finally broke the pranksters was when the professors started to speak to calm the students down but all that came out were various animal sounds. Out of McGonagall's mouth came meows. The Marauders couldn't help themselves. Hagrid was making bear sounds, which was amazing as he could almost pass for one, not that that was a bad thing. The Marauders just figured that it would fit him perfectly. Anyway, Flitwick was making a tweet sound like that of a small bird. He was a Ravenclaw after all, but given his size, the Marauders thought it would be perfect to have him make sounds that smaller birds would make. Then there was Slughorn, who was basically also making hiss sounds, but every so often there would be a rattling sound. He was head of Slytherin, so the Marauders decided to have him still make his sounds, but also include rattles as if he were a rattlesnake or something. Finally, Dumbledore was making sounds that his phoenix Hawks would make. The boys and Jasmine couldn't help themselves. For the other professors, the Marauders couldn't think of what animal to do, so they just randomized it. So now, once the professors started speaking, it sounded like a zoo in Great Hall.

The Marauders were now laughing, or rather roaring, their arses off. They couldn't help it, their prank had gone off exactly as they had planned, and it was hysterical. It was quite a while later that the boys and Jasmine had finally calmed enough to finish their meals. They did chuckle a bit more as they were eating upon seeing some of the students' faces, but other than that, they tried to finish dinner as fast as possible. They felt that they needed to get out of there sooner rather than later. The five of them could feel McGonagall glaring at them. They knew they would be in trouble if they didn't get out of the Great Hall before the end of dinner. Although, it wasn't like McGonagall had concrete proof of that they were that made this happen. She only suspected them, which they knew was reasonable given their past.

Upon finishing their meal, the five pranksters quickly left the Great Hall. Though, Jasmine couldn't help but look back to see if any of the professors were getting up to follow them. Instead of seeing professors following them, Jaz saw McGonagall chuckling at the five of them. It was a sight that she never thought she would see, so she had to tell the boys. "Guys, turn around! I don't think that we will be getting punished for this prank."

Confused at the girl's statement, the four boys turned around. They followed Jasmine's gaze to where the professors were sitting and were just as surprised as Jasmine to see not only McGonagall but Dumbledore as well chuckling. They were almost frozen in shock at the sight, but then Dumbledore winked at them, and they quickly made their way out of the Great Hall.

The five of them ran to a nearby classroom where they reversed the effects of the potion. Then they left a note on McGonagall's office door with instructions on how to reverse the effects of the potion if it didn't wear off like it was supposed to. They figured McGonagall was bound to see it that way. The Marauders hoped it was an unnecessary precaution though. They didn't exactly want everyone in the Great Hall to be like that all night, except maybe the Slytherins. Although they didn't really want to just hear hissing in their classes with Slytherins tomorrow. That would get old real quick.

The next morning when the Marauders went down to breakfast together, they were relieved to find that everyone was speaking normally. They found out from Lily at breakfast that not long after they left, the effect of the prank had started to wear off. "You guys are insane, you know that? That prank, though brilliant, could have landed you all in some hot water if it hadn't worn off."

"We had that covered, Lils," Jasmine reassured her cousin, but Lily just glared at her in confusion. "We had a contingency just in case it didn't wear off like it was supposed to."

Lily's eyebrows raised in slight surprise. "Wow, you guys really planned this out really well. I'm impressed. How did you even do it?"

The five of them just looked at each other having a silent conversation about whether they wanted to reveal their pranking secrets to Lily. Upon coming to a silent decision, Jaz was chosen to speak for all of them. "Well, Lils, we can't tell you that, at least not here. We still don't want to get in trouble, especially James. Plus, we don't know who's listening. So, if you are still curious after classes, let me know and we will tell you just how we came up with this amazing prank."

Lily nodded. "Okay, guys. I'm definitely going to want to know. That was so impressive magic that I don't think anyone will soon be forgetting." Lily then got up from her seat between Jasmine and Marlene (the girls had decided to join the Marauders for breakfast that morning) and started to gather her stuff. Then, with Jasmine and Marlene going with her, Lily exited the Great Hall leaving the boys to stare after the girls before quickly gathering up their stuff and following them out of the Great Hall.

Later on, they ended up taking Lily to an empty and secluded classroom to tell her how they accomplished their amazing prank. Lily was particularly interested in the potion they made and how they made it, but what really piqued her interest was when they told her about how they got the potion into everyone's drinks.

"Wait! You five know where the kitchens are, and you didn't tell me!" Lily looked at each of them accusatory. Meanwhile, the five accused were confused as to why Lily was so upset, but they soon go their answer as Lily continued. "Do you know how many times I have accidentally missed a meal because of studying or because I lost track of time? Oh my god, you five. I wish you had told me you knew where the kitchens are. I've been looking for them forever."

"Wait, you mean to tell me that you still haven't found the kitchens after all this time?" James asked. "It's literally in the same corridor as the Hufflepuff common room."

Lily turned and faced James. "What?! Are you serious?"

"No, but he is," James jokes pointing over a Sirius.

Lily rolled her eyes but still let out a small chuckle. "If it has been by the Hufflepuff common room this whole time, how come I haven't found it?"

"Well, it's not entirely obvious," James explained. "The doorway is that picture of a pear and to enter you have to tickle the pear. That's the only way it will open. And believe me, we have tried other ways."

Lily stared at James for a moment, debating whether to believe him or not. It was such a ridiculous notion, she doubted that he would make it up. Thus, Lily chose to believe James, but not without a stipulation. "You better take me there sometime. There I no way that I am going down to the kitchens alone and tickling some pear. I don't plan on looking like a fool."

James sighed and agreed. "Fine. Anytime you want, one of us should be available to go with you, right guys." James looked around at his friends who were all nodding their heads in agreement.

"Then it's settled. You owe me a trip to the kitchens, Marauders." With that, Lily turned and exited the empty classroom. She didn't look back once, but the Marauders all stared at her. Lily had never called them the Marauders, at least not aloud in their presence.

It wasn't long after Lily left that the Marauders left as well. They all headed back to the common room to do some of the work they had been assigned. Overall, they were happy. It had been a great day, especially after finding out how well their prank had gone after they had left.

A/N This was more of a filler chapter which is why it will probably be the shortest chapter in this "book." I didn't want to just brush over their first last prank at Hogwarts. And I would have made it longer, but I thought this was a good place to stop. Anyway, I found the prank idea on Reddit when someone asked for Marauders' prank ideas. I thought it was a good idea, so I took it. It was said by Little-Violinish4107 on Reddit. The other prank ideas I found off of Tumblr from the same person who gave me the idea for the first prank the Marauders pulled with Jasmine. Hope you enjoyed this pranky chapter, let me know if you did. I'm a bit iffy with the ending but let me know what you all thought.

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