Chapter Ten: Marauder's Venganza (Revenge)
James, Sirius, and Remus are gathered around Remus' bed with some very elaborate diagrams. Planning for Marauder's Revenge/Test is in its final stages. After about two hours, Sirius jumps up and shrieks, and gives James a hug. James looks at Sirius strangely, but acknowledges their triumph.
"The Spaghetti caper was merely the beginning."
"Well, even with the cork leg twist thrown in."
"This, my friends, is brilliant."
"But when shall we do it?"
"It must be during a class," requested Sirius.
"Not Transfiguration, or Potions," determined James.
"Charms!" cried Remus.
"Yes, and Remus will distract Professor Flitwick," suggested Sirius shrewdly.
"Why me?"
"Because he loves your summoning charm," taunted James.
"Well, that's that then," declared Sirius, and they went to bed.
It was Monday morning, and the Marauders were ready for the second stage of MV. Sirius and James were to set up the prank during Lunch, and it would be all ready when they arrived in Charms. They didn't even have their usual battle during Transfiguration, and Gryffindor didn't get to earn as many points as they did ordinarily. The Marauders were extraordinarily quiet through Potions, and Professor Slughorn wondered what was in the breakfast. But – and Remus raced through Lunch – it was finally Charms.
Harold and Lummy, blissfully ignorant as always, sat in their usual seats. These seats were underneath a tower of invisible exploding snap cards that were hung from the ceiling. James had charmed them to make them extra potent, and attached them using an impermanent sticking charm. Sirius notices the time, and gives a thumb up to Remus, who immediately stands up and calls to Professor Flitwick.
"I have something to show you, Professor."
"What is it Remus?" asked the Professor, beaming, Remus was one of his best students.
"It's a summoning charm," answered Remus, dramatically.
Professor Flitwick was enthralled, and gave a little squeak.
Meanwhile, Lummy stands up to stretch, knocking the invisible tower over. Since they are extra potent, their explosion sets both Lummy and Harold's hair on fire. Harold begins to shriek and cry,
"Life is so unfair!"
Unfortunately (or fortunately, for the Marauders), there are two invisible cylinders around the two girls to catch all the water that falls, and Harold's tears create a pool. Some kind students around them began using the Aguamenti charm to put the fire out, but even this was ineffective. The water from these wands began accumulating around both Lummy and Harold. Soon, the two girls were almost drowning and burning at the same time, but at the same time feeling no pain due to the charms the Marauders had placed.
Flitwick finally stops watching Remus' brilliant Summoning charm and is horrified at the sight –
"My goodness, Remus – why didn't you inform me of this? Somebody go fetch Professor McGonagall!"
McGonagall, who knew precisely which seventh years were in this particular charms class, was there in a trice.
"Potter…Black!"
"…and Lupin!" added a high-pitched voice from the back.
The class turned around, and saw the smirking face of Sirius Black, who immediately put on a mock-innocent look.
"And Lupin," amended Professor McGonagall, after taking note of Black's behavior.
In the meantime, Harold and Lummy were still aflame in effigy, and they had been standing in a pool of water for the past twelve minutes. Lily Evans stood up from the back of the class and performs an exemplary flame freezing charm, which yields no results. Professor McGonagall quirks an eyebrow, and turns to Sirius Black and James Potter.
"How does one remove this flame?"
Sirius, James, and Remus looked at one another, and James began,
"Well, we all love Mulberry Juice."
"Deeply," adds Sirius.
"Unquenchingly," murmurs Remus.
"And in the corner, there are two bowls…" starts James
"…and one bottle…" Sirius continues.
"…of Milbern's finest…" puts in Remus.
"…Mulberry Juice!" shout all three of them together.
Upon hearing this news, Harold jumps over seven desks, dumps half the bottle of mulberry juice into one of the bowls, and flings her flaming head into it. Lummy, in attempt to do the same, but trips over each desk in turn, and falls on Lily, she murmurs sorry, then pours out a good bit of the mulberry juice into her own bowl.
"How could you? I've never flamed in my life," cried Harold as she ran out of the room. Meanwhile, Lummy is standing with the mulberry juice dripping down from her recently flaming coif. A drop falls into her mouth, and she stares at the class with an odd look on her face. She picks up the rest of Milbern's finest mulberry juice left in the bottle…and chugs it.
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