Prologue:

Lily Evans had unknowingly and unwillingly walked onto the threshold of the marauders' secret club house It wasn't so much a club house, rather an empty classroom with poorly done charms around it – a flashing 'marauders only'sign, hanging above the door, which looked like it would fall if it were tapped by the wind. Chuckling to herself about their infantile handiwork, Lily began to walk lazily toward the center of the room where multiple pieces of parchment were lingering on an old desk, which was also charmed to read 'marauders only'. As she was walking, she realized she had no idea who or what the marauders were. Some of the charms were advanced -- 4th or 5th level -- but were poorly done, so it could have been a third year or maybe even someone in her own year.

Maybe Sev will know...

CLANGK

Lily started at the sudden noise. Oh no! She had forgotten all about the Halloween feast! Mary had thought I'd gone to the bathroom! She turned toward the door and was almost at the handle when she heard four all too familiar voices.

"Naw, come on Remmy. No one will see us if we just slip in! They'll all think we just disappeared in the crowd."

"We should wait till it dies down a bit..."

"And risk being seen?"

"But...I'm confused."

Lily, frozen to the spot, quickly glanced around the teachers' desk . Perfect. Her foot disappeared from sight just as the door was thrown open, and three people were thrust into the room unceremoniously, while a fourth followed gracefully, shutting the door behind him.

"See?" That was Sirius. No one else could sound that cocky, except for-

"Yes Sirius,we know; you're the almighty, all knowing one. All hail the great Sirius." Him -- James Potter. Flushing slightly, Lily Evans scuttled about, so she could get her face closer to the crack between floor and desk, and she could see the boys' rumpled robes and tattered trainers.

"Shut it Potter, or I will banish you from our lair!" Lair? She thought, It's anything but!

"Banish? Me?" James said in mock horror.

"Did we make a banishing rule already?" said a nervous, squeaky voice that could belong only to Peter Pettigrew.

"No Pete, we haven't begun writing the rules yet, because we were rudely interrupted by someone's stomach." And Remus, though obviously attempting to sound stern, couldn't hide the smile from his voice (or from his face, though Lily couldn't see).

"I say we make the first rule that no other rules apply. Neither law nor restriction can stop us!" And to her horror, a foot, presumably Sirius', found its way to the top of the desk Lily sat under, cowering. She waited as the laughter died away (well, James and Remus were really just snickering; Peter, however, was howling like a wolf at the full moon.)

"Alright you lot, settle down. We'll be here all night if we don't finish!" She heard herself groan-

"What was that?" No, he couldn't have … How in Merlin's name could Remus have heard that

"Quick, check in the closet, under the desk, not that desk dummy! That-"

Shit

"Evans?! What the bludger are you doing in here?" She was caught. Lily Evans, the master of secrecy that she was, had foolishly never even bothered to pick up her wand.

"I was eavesdropping." Well, there's really no use lying.

The quartet surprised by her admittance, looked up stupidly at her.

"And that's a stupid rule." All four boys, well three, started ranting and hardly began to notice that she was inching toward the door.

"Hey! You're not going anywhere," said James, catching her arm. Attempting to control her estrogen, she jerked out of his grasp and turned to look at him.

"Oh? And what exactly were you planning on doing? Tying me to the tracks and leaving me for the train?" (An old favorite expression of hers and Sev's, which they had discovered in an old movie.)

"Ummm, no, whatever that means. We were planning to show you how the marauders get even." She snorted. , "What a petty name. Marauders. Hardly. ..." she thought.

"Really?" She said, raising her eyebrows. " And how are you planning to do-Hey!!"As the nice quaint conversation had been going on, Peter Pettigrew, of all people, had crept behind, and grabbed the young girl's wand.

"GIVE THAT BACK!" She lunged at the small boy, who had a look of pure terror on his face, but before her flailing fists could make contact, someone had grabbed her around the waist.

"Not so fast." A smirking Remus came to face her. He held her as Sirius and James each took an arm and led the way through the door.

Thrashing around for the first few minutes, Lily finally calmed down, though she was still muttering a thick stream of curses.

"Oi, Snivellus." Lily looked up. They had brought her right to the dungeons, a common spot to find her best friend, Severus Snape, more commonly known as 'Snivellus'.

"What the hell do you think your doing-" she and Severus shouted this at the same time, and when their eyes met, they seemed to be having a silent conversation

"Your little pal here did something that you have been trying to do for a year, and now we wonder, was it on your orders?" James narrowed his eyes at his nemesis.

"What the hell-"

"Quiet Evans"

"Don't you-"

"Silencio!

"Hey, you can't do that! Let her go!" Snape made a move as if to run towards her, but Sirius had his wand drawn before anything could happen.

"Don't--you---dare." Snape didn't even glance at the wand but looked straight into Sirius' eyes.

"Ahh, but Snivelly, wouldn't I? Wouldn't I just dare to lift you up and spin you around the hall? SCOURGIFY!"

The spell was so random and so off aim (assuming he was aiming for Snape) that anyone who had read Hogwarts, A History would have known exactly what he was doing.

According to legend, in 1879, a young prankster in his 5th year had been doing detention in the dungeons. His job was to clean the floor and walls of a selected area without magic. Of course, being a prankster, he had decided to sneak in his wand. He had already used it to clean most of the dungeons, when he tripped. He stepped in a bucket right in the middle of his 'scourgify' spell. The spell landed at the base of the door. Apparently, when he fell, his spell intensified and went straight through the floor and into a pipe. With the build up of bubbles, the pipe exploded.

Remus was running for cover, immediately expecting trouble. Lily, being held by James, could do nothing as he stood dumb-stricken, along with everyone else. No one had bothered to read Hogwarts, A History, except, surprisingly, Sirius, who watched animatedly to see if his spell would work.

At first, it appeared that nothing would happen. The floor was just as grimy as ever. But then, one small bubble rose from the ground and popped. Snape began to snicker and-

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!" The six second years were sent slipping and sliding about as the dungeon door flew open to allow kilos of water to come pouring out. Suds everywhere! It was like a bubble bath!

"BLACK!" screeched a horrified Lily (who had obviously broken through the silencing charm). "What in SODDING HELL DID YOU DO?"

"---I didn't think it would work! I swea-"

"What in Merlin's name is going on here?" Oh no! Not her, not...

"Hello McGonagall, strange weather we're having, t'snt it?" Sudding-sodding-Sirius!

"Sirius Black, what have you four done this time?" She sounded as if she said this daily.

"I think you've got to get a new prescription for your spectacles, Minnie. There are si---errr five of us!"

"Well then, lucky me! Black, Potter, Pettigrew, Snape, Evans (Lily could have sworn her eyes lingered on her for just a moment longer),the five of you will kindly hand over your wands, and ask Mr. Filch for muggle cleaning supplies. You are to stay here until it is spotless. And then you will all be in my office at seven o'clock sharp on Saturday to receive your detention. Well? Hand them over!"

Sirius, Peter, James, and Severus all groggily handed over their wands. Lily realized that she didn't exactly have her wand, and she marched up to where James and Sirius stood giggling like girls.

She wiped the water off her hands and brushed her wet red hair from her face.

"Where is it Potter?" She asked in a low voice, though loud enough for her professor to hear. "Where is my bloody wand?" Still giggling madly, the pair pointed towards the dungeon door -- or what was once the dungeon door. Now, it was a mighty hole. And her wand was in it.

Lily, Snape, James, and Sirius watched as McGonagall disappeared from sight. Lily rounded on James; her eyes glowing with hate.

"This is all YOUR fault!"

"Me? I wasn't the one who blew up the pipe!"

"Well, he's YOUR friend!

"So that makes it my fault?"

"YOU HAD MY WAND POTTER! PETER GAVE YOU MY SODDING WAND, AND NOW IT'S IN A HOLE!"

James couldn't stifle his laughter any longer. It came out sounding much like a hyena and continued for just five seconds, for Lily jumped at him, and they both fell. They began to roll around the soapy corridor.

"Gerrof! Get off me! You bloody lunatic!" James was terrified. He could not be beaten by a girl. They continued rolling, Lily still attempting to pinch, hit, and punch every inch of James she could find.

"Mr. Potter, Miss Evans!"

"Miss Evans."

They froze.

Or, rather, they tried to. But they rolled a few more feet before coming to a complete stop. Scrambling away hurriedly from each other, they turned to look toward their head of house with wide, innocent eyes.

"What do you think you were doing?" Eyes narrowed, Lily had never seen a scarier sight. But if James was scared, he was doing a good job of hiding it.

"We fell, Professor" Lily practically spun around on the spot to face James.

"You fell." If her lips get any thinner, they'll permanently disappear, Lily thought.

"Yes, you see, its a bit slippery over here, and Lily fell, and I tried to help her up, and we both started to roll, and..."

"Is this true, Miss Evans?" Nope, there they go, thin as can be.

"Ummm...Yes? Yes it's true, I slipped. On the water. And soap." She tried her best to look innocent, widening her eyes and pouting a bit, but her fear was getting in the way. She had gone her whole first year without getting into trouble! Her spotless record was already broken. Professor McGonagall's eyebrows rose, and she turned to walk away.

"Well, then." They began to breathe a sigh of relief. Thank God, if we got into anymore trouble-

"15 points from Gryffindor … each, for lying."

-I probably...WAIT...WHAT?????

"Well that was close, don't you think?" Stupid, stupid James.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN 'THAT WAS CLOSE?' WE JUST GOT POINTS TAKEN FROM OUR HOUSE, AND I CAN'T EVEN WIN THEM BACK, BECAUSE MY WAND IS STUCK IN A HOLE!"

"Whoa, calm down Evans-"

"DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN-"

"So I didn't miss much did I?" The five heads turned to greet the newcomer.

"Remus, thank Merlin!" Sirius bounded over and tackled him to the ground.

"What took so long?"

"Why wasn't he here before? He should have to do the punishments too!" Severus had only just noticed Remus' disappearing act and was angrily waiting to hear the reason.

"Calm down Snivelly. We always try to leave one person out of trouble, so whatever cruel and lethal punishment they make us do, we can use a wand." At the word, James, hoping she wouldn't blow up again, glanced nervously at Lily, but she was merely looking at Snape.

"So, what took so long? McGonagall hanging around?" They watched Remus for an answer -- Snape seemed to be watching extra carefully, and he certainly had a suspicious glint in his eyes.

"No, she was long gone. Slughorn was wondering around the hallways -- he was upset for some reason." The four boys snickered, and the other two scowled.

"Excuse me." They stopped laughing for moment to look at Lily, who was glaring ferociously at any one who dared look her in the eye.

"But would someone please summon my wand for me?"

Ignoring the protests from his friends, Remus took his wand from inside his robe pocket and 'accio'ed it.

"Thank you."

It was almost sweetly that she took her wand from Remus. She turned and looked at the soap covered walls and waved her wand around until it was all dry. She winked at Severus than turned towards her newly found enemies.

"Run"