The Fifth Marauder
The Fifth Marauder.
Lucy was sprawled across the armchair beside the fire in the Gryffindor common room. The morning sunlight illuminated her dark hair. Her mouth was slightly open while she slept.
'Come on, what way should we wake her?' a male voice whispered. A second voice answered the first "We'll levitate her and then leave her in…in…"
"The Slytherin common room!" the first voice exclaimed. "Nice one, James" a third voice squeaked excitedly. "I don't know guys, Luce will go absolutely mental."
None of the boys noticed the girl suddenly opening her eyes, her hair sticking up in all directions. Quietly she crept off the chair and moved towards the couch where James, Sirius, Peter and Remus were plotting. "Too right I will Remus!" shouted Lucy. With a high pitched scream Peter fell off the squashy piece of furniture. The other three boys snorted with laughter.
"Oh yeah, very manly Wormtail!" grinned Sirius. "Well now that you mention it…." Lucy smirked and flicked her wand. James and Sirius simultaneously flinched. Looking confused they felt their bodies, worried that they had suddenly sprouted distinctly feminine body parts. Identical sighs of relief were heard.
"Looks like you've lost your touch…" Sirius trailed off in horror as a flirting, giggling voice came from his mouth. "Hahahaha, Padfoot", James abruptly stopped and covered his mouth with his hands, as if hoping that nobody would notice the female voice he was speaking in.
"Luce" Remus tested his own voice. "Oh, thank God! You didn't hex me." Smiling slightly, Lucy glanced at the still shocked Sirius and James. "Well those two were the schemers. And Wormtail already made himself seem like a girl without needing any help" Lucy stuck her tongue out at Peter who had gotten off the floor and was glaring at her.
With a glance at the large clock on the wall, she strolled away from the four boys. "Now, if you'll excuse me I need to get changed for breakfast."
"Hey you can't just leave us like this!" shrieked Sirius. A sixth year walking past sniggered and raised her eyebrows at Sirius. He winked suggestively, obviously not realising the reason that she had laughed. "Sorry, I'm not interested in girls in that way" she giggled.
Sirius's face darkened as he stared at Lucy. "We have reputations to uphold you know!" Sirius hissed. James nodded in agreement with his hands still firmly covering his mouth, clearly afraid that a feminine voice might slip out accidentally. "Yeah I forgot about that", Lucy feigned a look of concern. "I could fix your voices…. But that wouldn't be any fun now would it! You're the great Potter and Black! I'm sure you'll find some counter spell". With one last evil laugh Lucy ran up the stairs to the girl's dorm. Before walking in the door she turned and called down "Eventually!"