Ch 17 The end of the year

Exams were finished and the boys were in the common room awaiting their results. They wrote their last exam, history of magic, that morning and were told they'd get their marks sometime that evening.

"You know James, after all that planning, we may actually pull off a great prank for everyone."

"Like I said, end the year with a blast. Everyone will love it."

"Well, I just hope we don't get in trouble for it."

"Don't worry Remus, Peter, you won't trust me when I say everything is going to be ok." Sirius said.

"You know James, I've been thinking and I think we ought to let Hagrid know about the prank."

"Are you mad? You think he'll be fine with it."

"He likes us. He laughs at what we do."

"But Sirius, he's a staff member and he could tell Dumbledore and then we'd get in trouble."

"Relax, it's going to be fine."

The boys decided it would be nice to go outside and sit under their tree. Everyone stayed away from the tree since they saw that the four boys always sat under it. The tree was not far from the lake and James enjoyed watching the Giant Squid. When they sat down James automatically turned towards the lake and saw some of the older kids feeding the squid.

"Can you believe the year is over?" asked James.

"No mate, it's been an amazing year hasn't it?" asked Sirius.

"Full of excitement and ups and downs. I have to say, first year was hard even if it was fun."

"Agreed."

"So, we'll keep in touch over the summer right?"

"Remus, my mate, of course we will. We need a time when we can all relax together. Maybe plan some new pranks for next year?" James asked.

"James, you'll never stop will you?" asked Remus.

"No I will not. I am determined to make my time at Hogwarts memorable. I want everyone who walks and leaves this castle to know about us while we are here. We will go down in history as the greatest pranksters in Hogwarts History." James said and his friends all laughed at it and started joking about everything they did this year.

"James, I passed everything!" Sirius said excitedly.

"That's great mate, I also passed. But the one thing my parents aren't going to be too proud of is the fact that I only just passed history."

"You did better then me by a point." Sirius stated.

"How'd you two do?" asked Peter.

"Well we passed everything." James said.

"I as well passed, but transfiguration and history and charms and potions were passed by very small."

"Where's Remus, let's hear him boast about his marks." Sirius said.

"Down here," Peter said. The boys walked down from the boys dorm where they'd been passing when they received their marks. Remus was found sitting in a chair reading a book.

"Study time is over mate." Sirius said.

"Yes, but reading is always."

"Come on you book worm, how'd you do?"

"Passed everything."

"Let me guess top marks in everything but Potions."

Remus didn't confirm nor deny any of this.

"Are you upset potions was third best?" asked James.

"Of course not, Evans and Snivellus deserved the top two marks."

"Snivellus doesn't deserve anything." Sirius said.

"Agreed," James said. He took a seat next to Remus. "So, Remus my old friend, have you packed everything?"

"Finished an hour ago, when you and Sirius were finishing the touches on the prank."

"Well, then let's go say bye to our house elf friends."

"We leave tomorrow afternoon. Can't we do it then?"

"No, the feast is tonight and we want them to be in a happy mood. Saying good bye will make our friends happy."

Remus agreed and ran upstairs to put his book away and James went up to grab the cloak which sat on to of the pile in his trunk along with his muggle clothes for the journey home.

"Ok, let's go."

The boys put on the cloak and snuck down to the kitchens. They still weren't sure if they were aloud down there so they always went down under cover of the cloak. The walked down and Sirius tickled the pear then turned the door knob. James stuffed the cloak in his robes pocket and they entered the kitchen. The house elves looked to see who was entering.

"Bot welcomes sirs back to the kitchen." Bot was standing by the door.

"Thanks Bot, where's Moppy and Korky?" James asked.

"Wes are heres sirs." Korky said.

Sirius turned around and saw Moppy and Korky at one of the tables that was loaded with food.

"I see you are getting ready for the feast." Sirius said.

"Yes sirs. We house elves have been working for hours getting ready for end of the year feast." Korky said.

"Well we just dropped in to say good bye. We're not sure we'll be able to come down tomorrow so we thought we should come down and say bye." James said.

"Moppy wants to thank sirs for helping him find friends."

"It was our pleasure Moppy." Remus said.

The elf gave James a hug then went around and gave the other boys a hug.

"Well we'll miss you Moppy, Korky and Bot. We'll be back next year though and we'll be sure to visit you the first day back." James said.

Moppy, Korky and Bot said their thank you's and the other elves bowed the boys out.

"Well that was interesting. We're you able to charm it Remus?" James asked as they put the cloak back on.

"Just barely. Everyone is going to be pleased at the feast."

The boys walked away and back out to their tree until it was time for the feast.

"May I have everyone's attention?" Dumbledore stood up and everyone went quiet.

"Another year, gone." Everyone clapped at this. "Yes. It is exciting. I would like to say good bye to our seventh year students. I wish you luck in your future." Everyone also clapped at this.

"Before we start the feast I just wanted to say a few word, tuck in." Everyone laughed as the food appeared on the table. There were decorations up and down the table along with the food.

James and his friends sat and ate. Their plan would start when Dumbledore announced the house cup winner.

An hour later the food was cleared and Dumbledore stood again.

"Now, it is time to announce the House Cup winner of this year. It was a close call but this house has worked hard to get the points they have, no matter the people in it."

James and his friends looked at each other.

"I am happy to announce Gryffindor house has won the house cup this year!" The Gryffindor table cheered at this. As the sound was a distraction James and Sirius both waved their wands. The decorations on each table exploded and confetti and steamers of Red and Gold blasted out of the ones on the Gryffindor table. The piece in the centre exploded with a lion banner.

Along each table their houses colours and animal bursted out of the decorations, even the Slytherin table. Eat first people screamed but then they cheered and laughed. Dumbledore looked at the Gryffindor table and knew who planned this. As everyone silenced down Dumbledore stood up again.

"I just want to add congratulations on a prank well done, to James Potter, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew and Remus Lupin. That was a great work of magic and I am looking forwards to having you back next year."

Staff and students throughout the hall cheered loudly at this. James and Sirius looked at each other and laughed. This really was an amazing year. The only ones who weren't cheering were Lily Evans and Severus Snape. Even Slytherins were cheering at the prank. James couldn't understand how it happened but at that moment everyone in the school was getting along. Each house was covered in the same thing, streamers, confetti and laughter.

Everyone was boarding the train. During the train ride home James Sirius, Remus and Peter sat in the same compartment and talked about the prank. Whenever anyone walked by their compartment they'd congratulate them on it. Everyone seemed to love it and thought it was a great thing to do for the end of the year.

"Well, I didn't expect this but I'm ok with it." James said.

"I prefer a quiet life." Remus said. Peter didn't say anything, but by the look on his face he was enjoying every minute of the glory.

"Well to me it doesn't matter one way or the other if we are acknowledged for what we do. It's just fun to pull pranks." Sirius said.

James agreed and sat back. He pulled out a deck of cards.

"Anyone for exploding snap?" he asked.

His friends agreed and they spent the first half of the trip until the trolley came. The boys all bought a few snacks and sat and ate them. Sirius decided he wanted to spend the last few hours he had of being able to use magic and wanted to find Snape and jinx him.

"He's always with Evans." James said. No matter his dislike for the girl, he still got a jealous feeling whenever he thought of them being together.

"Well, Evans is a powerful witch, for a muggle born."

"Yea, but if you want an attack you better get rid of her. Maybe Remus and her could strike up a conversation."

"She wouldn't talk to me."

"She may your both smart." James said.

"I could try, James, under the cloak and follow."

"I'm the one that wants to pull the prank." Sirius said.

"Fine, then both of you under the cloak. Peter stay here we need a guard of our things."

Peter agreed and the three boys got up and James and Sirius put on the cloak and followed Remus.

They found Lily and Snape in one of the last compartments.

"Evans?" Remus asked.

"Well, well, Lupin." Lily said.

"What do you want?" Snape asked.

"I was just wondering of Lily could come back to my compartment, don't work James and Sirius are talking to some third years, and help me with my potions. I wanted to discuss how to make the Nervousless Potion. You know the one that stops the nervousness of person."

"Well I guess I could but Sev had better mark then me. I'm sure he could do it better."

"But Snape hates me and I know he wouldn't help me." Reus said. Lily agreed and walked out of the compartment with a quick, "Be back in a few minutes." To Snape. Remus looked back to see if James and Sirius were there but he couldn't see anything, considering they were under the cloak. As soon as Lily and Remus were out of sight James and Sirius took the cloak of and opened the compartment door.

"Snivellus." James said.

"Potter, Black!" Snape said.

"well look at this, we can have our duel now." Sirius said.

"You cowards. Fight two to one. Why don't you fight me one on one Potter or Black. Doesn't matter to me which one I destroy."

"Well you see Snape, it's not going to work like that." James said. He lifted his wand but was too slow. Snape jinxed him and James fell to the floor.

"Snivellus!" Sirius roared and jinxed him in return. Sirius lifted James up and dragged him back to the compartment. Lily and Remus weren't there and Sirius couldn't understand why.

"Peter. Where's Remus?" Sirius asked.

"Went back with Evans. What happened?"

"Snivellus." Was all Sirius had to say.

Peter wasn't good with charms or anything of the sort. Sirius couldn't figure out what hex Snivellus used on James. When Remus came back Sirius told him about what happened and Remus looked at James.

"I think I know the counter curse." Remus waved his wands and James stirred.

"James, are you alright?" Sirius asked. He was concerned about his best mate.

"Would appreciate better reflections," James joked. Sirius grinned.

"Maybe you should learn to attack first." Sirius joked back. James was feeling better as soon as he had a liquorish wand.

"Glad your better mate." Sirius said.

"We have two whole months to get Snivellus back." James said. They spent the rest of the journey discussing how to get Snape back.

A/N: Well… it's the end of the year but… next chapter your going to see a HUGE plot twist… just a warning. 3 chapter left!! Please review!