A/N: Hey everyone! So so so sorry about the long wait. So much has been going on, but i dont have any excuses, just an apology. I'll update sooner next time, and i sincerely hope you like this chapter.
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Harry pulled his wand out of the inside of his robes and advanced towards the screen. After stopping it, he swung around to face the many people seated on boxes. He grinned, so many people were here for him. Not just to watch the tapes, though he was sure that was part of it, but to help him through it all, too.
"Is that what happens then?" Hermione asked Remus eagerly, "James stood up for a boy and then Lily liked him?"
"Oh no, no," Remus laughed, "Lily was just beginning to see something more in him, but trust me, she is far from liking him."
"Is the next tape seventh year?" Ron asked, stretching his legs in front of him.
Remus looked thoughtful for a moment, before he began blushing, "Er-no, it's still sixth year, but um…I'm not so sure Sirius or James would be okay with everyone watching this."
"Should we leave?" Mr. Weasley asked, already getting to his feet.
"No," Remus sighed, "It's nothing too bad, just completely and utterly humiliating, if I remember correctly."
"Why?" Ginny asked, "What happens?"
Remus shook his head slowly, "It's been such a long time, I only have small memories of it. All I remember is that tape seven was…amusing, to say the least."
"Well, then what are we waiting for?" George asked excitedly, "Let's play the next one!"
Mr. Weasley checked his watch, "We have a while before it's time for bed, so if it's okay with Harry, we can watch another one."
Harry had already enlarged the picture however, and after pasting it to the wall, began to mumble the incantation. He strode backwards to his seat and sat down. As the picture began to stir to life, Ginny grabbed his hand. Harry grinned inwardly, and laced his fingers through hers.
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"Here is tape seven!" Sirius sang, "We are at our end of sixth year, and James has still had no luck with Lily. In fact, I doubt he ever will, but it makes for interesting tapes, huh?"
"Stuff it," James growled, slipping on his shoes.
"Well, it's Saturday, and we have nothing planned so we're going to head downstairs," Peter said as he shrugged on a sweater.
Sirius snorted, and shoved his fist in his mouth, obviously trying to muffle his laughter.
"What?" Peter asked sadly, "What are you laughing at?"
Sirius creased at the middle and caved over, howling with laughter, "What…the hell is that?" He asked Peter between chuckles.
Peter smoothed down his dark purple sweater and flushed, "A sweater." He said hurtfully.
Sirius attempted to regain himself, "I see that, but why are you wearing it? Out of own free will?"
Peter pursed his lips angrily, "Stop making fun of it, you're just jealous."
"Yeah, that's it Peter, I'm jealous of a purple sweater with orange trim that my grandmother bought me." Sirius said sarcastically.
"I bought this in Hogesmeade last weekend!" Peter corrected.
Sirius just shook his head, "That sweater is almost as bad as James' long underwear."
"HEY!" James cried, "Lots of people have long underwear!"
"Yes, but are they leopard print?" Sirius asked with a shudder.
James blushed as Peter had earlier, "Maybe," He mumbled quietly.
Remus rubbed the bridge of his nose, "Okay, now that that's settled, let's get downstairs."
The four Mauraders trudged downstairs, some of their egos more damaged than others.
"There's lover girl," Sirius said gleefully, nodding towards Lily.
"I'm not going to ask her out," James said defiantly, "Do you remember that one day, a few weeks ago, when you and I were outside after I broke up that fight?"
Sirius nodded, wondering where this was headed.
"Well," James said, "You asked if I was talking about a prank, and I wasn't, I was thinking that I wasn't going to ask Lily out any more."
"So then you're giving up?" Peter frowned.
"No." James said, raising his nose higher into the hair, "I'm going to wait until she finally realizes her true love for me. Then she will be the one asking me out."
"You're mental." Remus said with a laugh, "You're completely mental."
"You know…" Sirius said, suddenly looking as if he were in a state of complete concentration, "There is one way you could actually find out if she likes you…"
"Dress like woman?" Peter suggested.
"Okay," Sirius said, "Two ways. Let's try the first."
"Wait!" James cried, "What is the first?"
"Asking her of course." Sirius said nonchalantly, "HEY LILY!"
"Yeah?" Lily asked from beside the fire. Her friendship with Sirius had progressed over the past few weeks.
"Do you like James?"
"No." Lily said, and with that she returned to whispering with her friends.
"Well," Sirius said with a shrug of his shoulders, "I guess we'll have to resort to our next plan. Plan number two."
His three friend's faces turned to sheer terror as the camera went black.
Moments later, it was back on, but it was different scenery. Once more it was in the boys common room, but this time only Peter and Remus were in view.
"It's been about two hours." Peter said.
"We've devised a plan." Remus continued, "To see whether Lily likes James. Wait, I take that back. We know Lily doesn't like James, but James still thinks other wise. This is the only way we can get him to shut up."
"But," Peter said, "If Lily doesn't like him, James and Sirius, who will be there to hear all this; will try to explain to them how amazing James is to try to change her mind."
"James and Sirius have volunteered to dress like woman." Remus blurted, and with that his lip began to quiver, as if trying desperately to muffle his laughter.
"Well," Peter said, "They didn't really volunteer, but since Sirius was the one putting this plan into action, we forced him too. Also, it's because of James that we are even making these tapes, so we forced him, also."
"I'm not going!" James shrieked, and with that the camera whipped around, showing where his voice was coming from. "YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!"
"James!" Remus said sternly, "Do you want to go out with Lily or not?"
There was a faint whimpering, and it was then that you could finally realize he was inside the bathroom.
"Come out!" Remus said, "NOW."
"Make Sirius first!" James cried.
Remus gagged, "Sirius is in the bathroom with you?"
"I was changing under the invisibility cloak, thank you!" Sirius yelled, also from inside the bathroom.
"So?" Peter asked, "You could still see James even if he couldn't see you."
There was a shriek of disgust, and the door flung open, Sirius spilling out onto the floor. The door slammed once more, James still inside the bathroom.
Sirius stood up, brushing off his arms. He was clad in a plaid skirt that went to the knees, and a pink sweater that looked too tight for comfort.
Remus burst out laughing, stamping his feet on the floor.
"The skirt is from Peter!" Sirius cried, pointing towards his friend.
"That is not a skirt!" Peter shrieked, "It's a kilt."
"Skirt." Sirius murmured.
"Whose sweater is that?" Remus asked shakily, having recovered slightly from his laughing spasm.
"Susan's." Sirius said cockily, "I just asked her if I could borrow it and she said yes."
"That's awkward." Remus noted. "Plus how does plaid and pink go together?"
"It does." Sirius said confidently, "Plus, this was the girlish clothing I could come up with. I couldn't just randomly pull out sexy girl clothes. This was the best I could do."
"Well, then what is James wearing?" Peter asked in confusion.
Sirius winced, "Um…it's not too pretty."
"Yes, but could it be worse than a kilt and skin tight sweater?" Remus asked.
Sirius nodded and gulped.
"JAMES COME OUT!" Remus shrieked, "YOU'RE BEING RIDICULOUS!"
Finally, the handle of the door slowly turned, little by little. The door was pushed open slightly, and soon James' toe appeared. After several moments, his whole foot was in view.
"Prongs." Remus sighed, "You are a sad little boy."
It took a long time, but soon James was in full view of his three friends. He had his head down, and his untidy hair covered his face, but not enough to hide the pink glow of embarrassment.
Remus, Sirius, and Peter fell to the ground in hysterics.
James Potter, ladies man and trouble maker extraordinaire, was standing there in his long underwear.
His leopard print long underwear.
"Stop laughing!" James cried, "You were the three who told me to wear it!"
"And you have to," Remus laughed, "It's the only girlish clothing you possess."
James looked down at himself. His outfit was a little too small, and it was too short in his arms and legs.
"I'm not going to wear this." James said firmly.
"You have to," Sirius said, "We're doing this for you, remember?"
"No," James said, "You can see the outline of my…er…"
"Male reproductive system," Peter said with a shudder.
"Not to worry," Remus said, tears streaming down his cheeks. He turned to look at Peter, "I need your sweater, Wormtail."
Peter shook his head, "This isn't girly enough," He said defiantly.
"It's the best we've got," Sirius said.
After a moments hesitation, Peter shrugged off his purple and orange sweater and handed it to Remus.
Remus strode over to James and handed it to him, "Tie this around your waist." He demanded.
"No." James said in disgust. "I won't…"
"Well you're going to have to. Now come on, it's getting dark; we've got to get a move on."
James cringed, but took the sweater and tied it around his waist.
"Good," Remus said, rubbing his hands together and pulling out his wand. "Now both of you; come here."
Sirius walked over slowly, and Remus aimed his wand at his head and muttered something softly.
Soon, Sirius' hair came down to his shoulder in soft ringlets. Peter clapped enthusiastically as Remus did the same to James, only James hair was straight, and it went a little past his shoulders.
"Bravo, Moony, bravo." Sirius said happily as he examined himself in the mirror. "Now, for the make-up."
"The make-what?" James shrieked. "No, no, no. Nobody said anything about THAT!"
"Well girls wear it," Sirius said, pulling out a small bag filled with beauty supplies. "I borrowed these from Susan."
"Okay," Peter said, "Put it on."
"I'm going, I'm going," Sirius said, pulling out the first thing he saw. "This is blush I think." He determined after a while.
"No." Remus said, "I think its eye shadow."
Sirius shrugged and pulled out a brush, "I say blush."
He spread it across his face, a very bright pink color.
"Isn't blush only supposed to go across your cheeks?" Remus asked. "I think you should stop putting it on your forehead and nose.
Sirius pulled out the next item, "Lipstick." He determined, and with that he spread the color across his lips.
"That's mascara, you idiot!" Remus shrieked as black appeared across his friend's lips.
"Whatever," Sirius said, "I think this color makes me look mysterious."
Remus smacked a hand to his forehead as Sirius pulled out an eyeliner. He put it on his lower eyelid.
"Sirius," Remus said, "I don't think it's supposed to go that low."
"No way am I putting it high up!" Sirius cried, "It would hurt."
So, Sirius black spread about half an inch of thick black eyeliner on his lower under eye.
"Okay, James," Sirius said, "Your turn."
Finally, about fifteen minutes later, both boys had finally finished putting on their make-up.
Sirius was bright pink, had black lips, and it looked like he had bruises under both of his eyes.
James was a deep brown color with red lips, black lines under his eyes, and he had attempted to put on mascara, resulting in him getting it on his eyebrows.
"Alright," Sirius said, pulling out a box of tissues, "Now we have to create nu-nu's."
"Nu-nu's?" James questioned.
"Yes," Sirius said, pulling out wads of tissues at a time. He rolled a bunch into a ball and stuffed them into his sweater.
"Who calls them nu-nu's?" James wondered aloud, before realization dawned on him, "WE HAVE TO MAKE WHAT?"
"Come on," Sirius said, handing the box over to James, "Make them."
James looked as if he wanted to vomit, but instead grudgingly made himself "nu'nu's."
"Why are yours so big?" Peter asked, poking one of Sirius'.
"Because I'm developed," Sirius said, swatting Peter's hand away. "Come on, James, let's go."
And with that, the two Marauders descended the stairs, leaving behind all their manliness.
A lot of laughs greeted their entrance, but luckily the girls who were chatting by the fire didn't see them enter from the boy's dorms.
They quickly made their way over to where Lily was sitting.
"Hi," Sirius said in a very squeaky voice.
Lily turned to look at them and let out a squeak of fright.
"Oh…um…hi." She stuttered, staring at the two in pure horror. "What are your names?"
"Bralinka." Sirius said after a while.
James looked at his friend incredulously, "And I'm Lalinka. We're sisters."
"Hi," Lily said, "I'm Lily." After she had introduced all her friends sitting around her she continued, "Are you new?"
James and Sirius nodded.
"So," Sirius said, flopping down on the ground, "Let's play truth or dare!"
"What?" Lily asked, obviously confused.
"You know…" James said in a high voice, "Let's do girly things…let's give manicures!"
"We don't know you." One of Lily's friends said.
"That's why we should play truth or dare, to get to know each other." Sirius squeaked. "So I'll go first. Lily who do you like?"
"Um…" Lily said, looking at the pair in disbelief, "I really don't know you…"
"ANSWER THE QUESTION!" Sirius barked, and Lily jumped.
"Well," Lily said, clutching her heart, "I don't really like anyone…"
"Okay," Sirius said, "I'll go again. Lily, who do you think is hot?"
"That's not how you play the game…" Lily began, "Now I'm supposed to ask someone a question…"
"JUST ANSWER IT!" Sirius shrieked, slamming his hand on the table.
Lily mouth fell open as she exchanged glances with her friends.
Just five minutes ago she was talking about her potions essay by the fire, and now she was being interrogated by two psycho girls.
"I don't know who I think is hot…" Lily began.
"Fine," Sirius said, beginning to get impatient, "Do you think James' Potter is hot?"
"Well…I….WHAT?" She cried.
"A little obvious?" James hissed to Sirius quietly.
They both began to sweat as the five girls' eyes drilled into them accusingly.
"Why would you ask that?" She asked, her voice itching with anger.
"Well…" Sirius said, trying to act as though nothing was out of the ordinary. He leaned on his side and propped his chin up with his hand. "I just think he's totally dreamy…"
"Nu-nu." James mumbled through gritted teeth.
Sirius stared at him questioningly.
"Nu-nu." James said again, staring at Sirius' lopsided chest.
Sirius looked down and saw that one of his tissue wads was sliding down his stomach. He adjusted himself and laughed nervously, "Oh man…" He said, fanning himself, "I just can't control them!"
The five girls looked disgusted, and James slapped a hand to his forehead.
"Who did you say you were?" Lily asked curiously.
"Um…" James said frantically, "Lalinka?"
"And I'm Sublinka." Sirius said.
Lily narrowed her eyes, "I thought you were Bralinka."
"I said that." Sirius said quickly. "Anyways. Back to the game. Do you like James Potter?"
Lily shook her head incredulously. "SIRIUS BLACK AND JAMES POTTER! YOU IMMATURE PRATS!"
"Uh…where are they?" James asked, pretending to look around the room.
"YOU…YOU…" Lily sputtered, glaring at them both. Without thinking about it a second longer, she jumped up and tackled Sirius.
"NO!" Sirius cried, "DOWN BESSY. DOWN!"
But Lily was angry. James knew this. Sirius knew this. And Remus and Peter, who were cowering by the stairs, knew this.
"Calm down, Lily!" James cried, attempting to peel her off his friend.
Lily averted her attention to James and jumped on him instead.
"YOU ARE SUCH A PERVERTED JERK!" She screamed.
"Lily!" James yelled, grabbing her wrists, "My intentions were anything but perverted. I just wanted to see what you thought of me…"
"Well!" Lily screamed, scrambling to her feet, "I think you are an immature, bullying toerag…"
"I'm the bully?" James scoffed, "Pardon me, Miss Evans, but you were the one who just tackled me."
Lily threw her hands up in disbelief, "I can't believe you dressed up like a girl! AND YOU SPYED ON ME!" With that she took off for the girl's dorms. Her red hair flowing behind her.
"Did not!" James said, following her. "I did dress like a girl, but I did NOT spy on you. I just wanted to talk to you as someone else. Someone you didn't hate."
Lily face softened slightly just as she reached the top of the stairs. "Well…er…" She mumbled, "Dressing like a girl wasn't the right way to do it."
"I know that now." James said, "And I'm sorry. I just wanted to talk to you."
Lily opened her door, but turned around to face him at the bottom of the stairs. "Why did you want to talk to me so much?"
"Because I like you, Lily." James admitted, "Why can't you see that?"
"James…" Lily said uncertainly, "You need to stop this."
"Stop what?" James asked, running a hand through his hair. "I like you. I wish I could change my feelings but I can't."
Suddenly, Lily burst out laughing, catching the whole common room by surprise.
"You're dressed like a girl…confessing how much you like me…" Lily laughed.
James grinned, "So…do you forgive me?"
Lily stopped laughing immediately. "No." She said, stepping into her room.
James' face drooped as he ran his hand through his hair again.
Lily began to shut her door, but before it was entirely closed, she popped her head out, "Just so you know…" She said, "I think you're slightly more attractive as a boy."
And with that she slammed her door, leaving behind a very confused, but exuberant James.
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A/N: I know, complete and utter randomness, but i hope you thought it was funny. I'll try to update a lot sooner than this one, sorry again about the wait. The next tape will be seventh year. Alrighty, i really hoped you liked this chapter! Please, please, please review!
