A/N This chapter is starting out in Sirius's POV so all the italics are his
thoughts. If I change POV, I will put whoever's thought you are reading
before I jump into that section.

ATTACK OF THE PINK FLAMINGOS!

"Wakey! Wakey! Eggs and Bakey!" Sirius called out to the 5 other boys in his
dormitory. James stuck his head out from under his covers that looked at his
watch.

"Padfoot! It is 6 am! Breakfast doesn't start until 7:30! Go back to sleep!"
James shouted at him. A pair of rolled up socks flew at Sirius from the
lump that was Peter.

"Wormtail!" Sirius exclaimed. "These socks stink!" He turned back to all of the beds and said, "C'mon. I know you want to get up and embrace the day! Remus! Be a good sport! You too Frank!" Sirius shouted, but no reply came.

"Get up! Up I say! C'mon Marco!"

This got a reply from each boy, who yelled "Polo!" in reply (well everyone
except for Marco).

"That isn't funny guys!" Marco huffed. Marco then muttered something that sounded something like "I am soo gonna change myname later."

Fine, be that way. I will go to breakfast by myself! Sirius left the dorm, much to the delight of the sleeping boys.

In the common room he saw Charlie, one of Lily's best friends sitting on the large sofa.

She was wearing a skimpy tank top and pajama bottoms with kissy lips on them, her red Quidditch Robes strewn across the couch next to her.

Dang she looks hott! Wait what am I saying? She is EWW! Not my type at all!

Ignoring his thoughts, Sirius plopped down on the couch next to her. Charlie looked up in surprise.

"What are you doing up? Normally you are out cold now, you lazy bum!" she snorted.

"Well, I am up with the sun today, my dear Charlotte! May I ask why you are up, because I happen to know that you are a lazy bum too, who can't get off her fat arse!" he countered. (Charlie is very fit though... Sirius is just saying that. Sherin insists on making her sporty…which she is now.)

She scowled for a moment, and then replied, "I couldn't resist going flying this morning. It was wonderful outside and I got to keep in practice so we have a least TWO decent people on the team!"

"You flatter me!" Sirius said with a fake shrill giggle.

" Not you, you toe rag! I meant James and me. Together we are a hell of a team!"

Sirius pretended to look insulted, but then leaned back onto the couch. He was about to reply when he noticed that Charlie had fallen asleep.

Well, no wonder she is tired, she must have woken up really early to go flying! I will be nice and not wake her up... for now!

He closed his eyes for a second, when he felt Charlie try to get comfortable and ended up on his chest.

Sirius was suddenly nervous.

Should I wake her? But she looks so sweet when she sleeps, and if I wake her up she will be pissed and take it out on me. I guess I'll just let her sleep.

Sirius tried to stay awake, but his eyelids were heaved with drowsiness.

She is warm. This feels nice!

Before he knew it, he was asleep too.

One Hour Later

Lily and her other best friend Mel were walking down the stairs from the
girls dormitory at the same time that James, Peter, and Remus was coming
down from the boys dormitory.

"Hey Lily, are you moving into the Head's Room today?" James asked politely.
"Yes, and why do you care?" Lily answered rudely.

"Well, then you need to know that the password for the rooms is 'xylem'.
OK?" he replied coolly. (I got this password from my science textbook.)

"Oh ok, thanks." Lily said feeling bad that she was so mean. She turned to
Mel and said, "Wait for a sec k?."
"Why?" Mel asked.
"I have to tie my shoe."

Mel rolled her eyes as Lily walked over to the large sofa to sit on while she tied her shoes, but instead of sitting down she was shocked at the sight before her and beckoned for the others to come see.

There was Sirius and Charlie lying on the couch, Charlie leaning up on Sirius with one of her tank top straps falling below her shoulder, revealing a part of her lacy bra.

Remus who was closest to Charlie shook her awake. It startled her to see Remus so close to her so she screamed. "Ahhhhhhh!"

That woke up Sirius who saw Lily and screamed "Ahhhhhh!"

Then Sirius and Charlie looked at each other and screamed "Ahhhhhh!"

Everyone in the common room (except for Sirius and Charlie) burst outlaughing.

"Sirius Black!" Charlie screeched. "Why are you under me? You lazy,filthy... piece of scum!"

Oh holy mother of crap! What happened? She is going to kill me...no wait first she will feed me to the pigeons... then she will kill me!

A few seconds later Sirius found the humor in this and said "My dear Charlotte, the only thing I can say to you now is... nice boobs!"

Charlie looked down and realized that half of her bra was exposed. She blushed and pulled up the strap on her tank top.

She jumped off the couch, grabbed her Quidditch robes and ran up to her dormitory to get changed into her robes.

Lily and Mel went after her to see if she was OK, while James, Remus and Peter stuck around with Sirius.

"Crud Crud Double Crud!" Sirius muttered under his breath. "All I was trying to do was be nice!"

"You were trying to be nice... so slept wither her? That doesn't make any sense!" Remus howled with laughter.

"We didn't do ANYTHING!" Sirius practically yelled. "She fell asleep on the couch and I didn't wake her. I must have fallen asleep too!"

Peter waved this aside.

"We can talk about that later! We gotta start the prank! (Peter doesn't love pranking the way James and Sirius do, but he is jealous that Sirius got to sleep on a couch with a girl)

James agreed with Peter.

"He's right you guys. But we will come back to this!"

They sat on the couch to fine tune their plan.

When 7:30 rolled around, the Marauders strolled into the Great Hall, with pink flamingos on leashes.

Everyone turned to stare at the four boys, strutting past all of the tables in order to get to Gryffindor table, the feathers of their flamingo buddies shining brightly in the morning light. The one Remus was guiding had a long silver beard for some odd reason.

The Marauders sat at their House table. Marco chuckled and said "Nice flamingos guys, very manly!"

A very shy first year approached them and asked him if the 'pretty birdies' had names.

Peter told everyone that his was Pinky. Remus' was Dumbledore, which explained the beard (kinda...). James told them that his was Lily, and luckily the person Lily was out of earshot. Sirius named his... Sirius Jr.

After a few minutes, everyone went back to eating and all of a sudden four more flamingos appeared. Then four more. Soon the whole hall was filled with hot pink flamingos.

To the delight of Sirius and James, Severus Snape their sworn enemy and a greasy slime ball was having a lot of trouble with the birds. They were pecking at his hair and eating all of his food. He would try to vanish them, but for each attempt, 3 more would appear out of thin air.

Look at Snape! The little slime ball deserves it though. I wish I could implant it into my brain forever! Snape being attacked by the flamingos!

The whole Hall was in chaos, but most people found the birds amusing.

James jumped up on the table and yelled, "Everybody! LOOK! The flamingos are getting their freak on! They are reproducing!"

That was when Dumbledore decided that it was time to do something.

He simply waved his wand and all of the birds, feathers, and droppings disappeared.

All of them besides the original four-- Pinky, Dumbledore, Sirius Jr. and Lily.

Dumbledore stood up and said, "We should thank Misters Black, Lupin, Potter,and Pettigrew for such a wonderful way to start off the morning. But now I believe it is time for us to eat in peace!" He added "Mr. Lupin, would you do me the great honor of giving me your flamingo, it happens to look just like me!"

Remus turned red and replied "Sorry Sir, but I am rather attached to 'Dumbledore' here," while patting his bird.

Dumbledore (human) look disheartened. "Ah well that is to be expected."

The 4 boys dug into their breakfast while Professor McGonagall started
passing out schedules.

When she got to Sirius, he jumped up and yelled "Minnie dear! How was your
summer? Did ya miss me?"

McGonagall looked appalled. "Mr. Black!" You do NOT have the authority nor the permission to call me 'Minnie', 'Professor' will do just fine!" she reprimanded sternly.

Sirius faked a look of sadness.

"I see how it is... you have found another man! Who is it? Huh? I bet it is Dumbledore!" Sirius cried, "How could you? I thought what we had was special! I thought I meant something to you?"

McGonagall rolled her eyes and walked away from the smirking boy.

Remus looked at his schedule.

"Well Padfoot, you are in luck. We have transfiguration with 'Minnie' first thing this morning." he said, immersed in the schedule.

Sirius grinned at him and went back to his bacon.

Mmmmm bacon!

"Hey Prongsie! I bet I can eat more bacon than you!" he called to James, who was across from him.

Hah hah... maybe he will be sick!

James who was trying to feed Lily flamingo a piece of toast looked up and said "Your on!"

They began stuffing themselves with bacon. Everyone around them was watching and betting on whom they thought would be the winner, Marco taking all bets.

In the end, Sirius knew that if he ate one more bite that he would throw up.So he stopped.

I like winning, but not at the cost of puking!

So James won. Many people were very disappointed for they had bet on Sirius.

Just then, Lily came up to James and said "James, at lunch we have to go see
the Headmaster for another Heads meeting, before moving into the dormitory.
Ok?"

James opened his mouth to reply, but instead of words coming forth, vomit
did.

It splattered all over Lily's shiny black pumps.

Lily looked down at the greenish goop on her shoes with disgust.

"My shoes! My brand new shoes" she wailed.

Oh James is in for it now!

James looked like a terrified child.

Unexpectedly, Lily remained calm. She waved here wand and muttered
"Scrougify!" Her shoes were spotless once again and so shiny, you could see
your reflection in them.

"Lily, I am so sorry. I ate a little too much bacon. I didn't mean to... I
promise," James stuttered.

Wow! For once in his life James isn't being an idiot!

Lily seemed to be thinking along the same lines because she didn't look that
mad. She just said "I'll get you back, so expect it when you least expect
it!"

Then she turned around and left the Great Hall with her Charlie, Mel, and
Alice at her side.

The boys just stared at James.

It was Remus that spoke first. "Whoa mate, you are so lucky you got off that easy!"

James just nodded, looking a tad green.

"Prongsie... I am so proud of you!" Sirius fake cried into Peter's shoulder.
Peter nodded in agreement.

Both James and Remus looked confused at this announcement. "Why?" Remus
asked. "Because he puked all over Lily's shoes?"

"No," Sirius replied still sobbing with Peter patting him on the back.
"Because he didn't act like a love crazed idiot when talking to Evans!"

At this, James green tinge turned a deeper shade.

"He gonna blow!" Peter yelled as James rushed out of the hall and presumably
into the nearest bathroom.

The rest of the 7th year Gryffindors (well the ones that made it into NEWTS)
and the 7th year Ravenclaws trouped to the Transfiguration classroom. (not
to mention the four flamingoes)

They all chose seats Lily sitting next to Charlie, Sirius sitting next to Marco, Alice and Mel were left with 3 options. Either one could sit with Frank, Peter, or Remus.

Mel sat with Remus who was blushing furiously, and Alice sat next to Frank.

James who came in right before the bell rang, looking a lot better than he did before, sat next to Peter. The flamingos sat with their owners.

When class began, McGonagall gave a speech on the importance of the year.

"Welcome to Transfiguration. This is your last year here at Hogwarts and
that may encourage some of you to slack off," she looked straight at Sirius
when she said that. He only smiled back innocently.

Why am I the slacker? I get pretty good grades!

She continued on "This being you Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test, it will
affect what jobs you can get, and plan out part of your future. I advise you
to work very hard this year, for good test results will be expected. I do
not doubt that everyone in this class will be able to get at lease an
'Acceptable' In Transfiguration NEWTs. Even you Pettigrew," she added seeing
the look of self doubt on Peter's face.

McGonagall instructed them to review turning their rabbits into potted
plants and left them to it.

After about 10 minutes, most of the class has succeeded at doing this
several times. Peter was not one of them. He was having a lot of trouble and
he ended up shooting himself around the room, injuring himself with a broken
arm and leg.

McGonagall conjured up a stretcher and took Peter to the Hospital Wing.
Calling out from the hall, she put Lily in charge of the class. Lily
swelled with pride.

Then Lily Flamingo strutted over to Lily (human) and Lily Human fawned over
her.

"Oh look how cute she is! I just love flamingos!" she squealed.

What a surprise! James thought of using flamingos!

Many girls were acting the same way as Lily, and were crowding around the 4
flamingos.

Lily Flamingo had began squawking rather loudly, so James warned "Lily, be a
good girl!"

Only Lily Human thought he was talking to her.

"Excuse me?" she asked rather offended.

"Not you!" James said impatiently. "I meant the bird!"

Lily looked taken aback by the fact that the flamingo had the same name as
her.

"Why the heck did you came your flamingo after me?" she asked.

James replied "Dunno. I know you like flamingos though, so I figured you
would like a flamingo named after you."

Lily rolled her eyes and went back to playing with the bird Mel, Charlie,
and Alice joining her.

When the bell rang, they all went to their next class. The rest of the
morning passed rather normally. As normal as you can get with a flamingo following you around everywhere!

James

(A/N this his how I change POV of the thoughts)

At lunch James, Lily Human, and Lily Flamingo went to Dumbledore's office
for the Heads Meeting.

In his office, Fawkes took a big interest in Lily Flamingo who in turn was
very attracted to the phoenix.

"Good afternoon Ms. Evans, Mr. Potter, lemon drop?" Dumbledore welcomed
them. Both students politely refused and he gestured for them to sit down in
two chintz armchairs he conjured up.

As soon as they were all comfortable, he began his speech.

"As Head Boy and Girl, I assume that you are moving into the Head Rooms
correct?" Lily and James nodded.

"Well," the Headmaster plowed on, a twinkle in his eyes, "There is one rule
for living there. Every night, you sleep in your own bed, by yourself. But
you may sleep in the Gryffindor dormitories from time to time."

Lily (human) was blushing as pink as Lily Flamingo. James was just as
embarrassed.

I cannot believe that he would think that Lily and me would sleep together!
Lily won't even let me use her quill!

Dumbledore not seeming to notice the students' embarrassment went on "I
expect you to use your power with restriction and not abuse it. Any questions?"

Wait! I got an idea!

"Yes sir," James answered. "I was wondering if we could have a Halloween
dance/party. You did say you wanted more cheer in school. I have it all
thought out. The 1st to 3rd years can have theirs the day before Halloween
and the 4th to 7th years can have one on Halloween."

Lily looked impressed. "I think that it is a good idea."

Dumbledore looked thoughtful. "As long as you both think you can plan it, I
see no reason not to have a little party. The school will cover all expenses
of course. Just give all bills to Professor McGonagall."

That was it. They were dismissed. James got Lily Flamingo and they left together. (With Lily Human) As they walked back to lunch Lily said "So do you want to move in right after classes? Then we can start planning the dances."

"Sure" James replied.

I can't believe she likes my idea!

When they got to the Great Hall, they split up and James went to sit with
his fellow Marauders.

Peter was there, but he was wincing with every move. "Wormtail! How you
feeling?" James asked.

"Better, but it hurts a little to move." Peter replied, with food flying out
of his mouth.

Remus was trying to get his flamingo's beard out of his food.

"Don't you guys think these birds are getting annoying? I mean we could give
them to Hagrid. He could send them to a flamingo farm or something." Remus asked.

Peter was all for it but Sirius protested.

"NO! We cannot let them take Sirius Jr! Do you know what happens to flamingos that are sent to a flamingo farm? THEY GET EATED!"

Remus rolled his eyes and replied, "Way to slaughter the English language Padfoot. It is 'eaten' not 'eated', and people don't eat flamingos. I don't think."

Sirius was still livid. "WE ARE NOT GETTING RID OF THEM!"

They knew this discussion was hopeless, so the boys turned their attention
back to their Shepard Pies.

The rest of the day passed with out incident, and soon it was time for dinner.

Even James was tired of lugging Lily Flamingo around by now, but
Sirius insisted that Sirius Jr. would pine for him, but would be lonely if out of flamingo company.

Lily met up with James in the Gryffindor. "You ready?" she asked. He nodded.

Leaving Lily Flamingo in the care of Sirius, James levitated all of his
things down from his dormitory, Lily doing the same.

He led the way, past the Fat Lady, down the corridor and turned the corner.
In the middle of the barren wall was a door.

But it wasn't just any door. It was magnificent. It was an ashen rose color,
with engravings carved into it. James could make out a garden, with flowers
everywhere; perfect to the last detail. Inside the garden were a young woman
and a young man.

Is it just me, or does this look like Lily and me? I am just imagining it, but I swear I can see the boy's hair sticking up, just like mine!

Lily was marveling at the detail in the door. "Wow."

Upon saying the password (xylem remember?) a handle appeared in the center
of the door. Lily pulled it open and walked in, her things and James
following her.

Inside was red and gold. There was a glowing fire with small tables and
armchairs scattered around the room. There was a shelf with numerous books
along one wall, and a longer couch on the wall opposite the fireplace.

"Whoa! Is it just me or does this room scream 'Gryffindor?' Lily asked.

"Dunno, but red is my favorite color." James said. "Really? Well gold is
mine." Lily divulged."

"That just shows we are true Gryffindors!" James chuckled.

There were two rooms, one on each side of the common room. They first
looked at the one on the left side of the room. It had a great view of the
Quidditch field with a bed in the center of the room.

This room is perfect! I want it!

"Hey Lily, could I have this room, or do you want it?" James inquired.

Lily looked hesitant, but then urged "Go ahead."

He flashed a big grin at her.

Then suddenly all of James' possessions appeared in various spots around the room. Quidditch posters were posted on the walls, his clothes was neatly packed into his trunk. The walls changed to a light blue, and the ceiling looked like the evening sky and a nameplate appeared on the door and read "James Potter" in a curvy but messy, handwriting, similar to James'.

Whoa. That is good service!

Then they went to check out Lily's room.

It had a huge bay window, overlooking the part of the grounds with the lake.
There was a nook with a beanbag chair in it. The king sized bed was slanted
against a corner. Lily's stuff was already there. The walls were a majestic
purple and like James', a nameplate appeared saying "Lily Evans" in neat
and swirly writing, like Lily's.

"Err James; I told Mel, Charlie, and Alice the password. Is that OK?" Lily
asked.

O lemme twist this to benefit me!

"Well," James pretended to look hesitant, "I am not too thrilled but it's OK
as long as I can give the Marauder's the password too, and you won't report
us if we ever go sneaking around at night or anything. Or I can tell dear
old Dumbledore you invited people into our rooms already!"

"Deal." Lily snapped, not knowing that James had already given his 3 friends
the password.

Hah hah! I am so evil, brilliant, but evil!

"Let's get started planning the dance." Lily suggested.

They sat in an armchair each, Lily taking notes.

"Let's make it mandatory that you have to wear a costume." James suggested.
"That way it is much more fun!"

"Ok," Lily said, "But no dates allowed in the lower year one. I mean the thrid years are only like 12."

After a little more discussion, little progress was made so they called it
quits for the night.

"Well Lily dear, I got some business back in Gryffindor tower, but I shall
be back later. Ta ta!"

With that, James walked back to Gryffindor tower, to see Sirius, Remus, and
Peter discussing that morning's event.

"C'mon Padfoot, admit it! You like Charlie!" Remus teased.

Sirius was very mad, and embarrassed. "NO! I DO NOT!" he yelled, scaring
a few first years.

James decided to join in the conversation. "Well Padfoot, we should celebrate! I mean it is not everyday that one of the Marauders gets lucky!"

"I DID NOT GET LUCKY!" Sirius yelled again. On a quieter note he said, "I
wouldn't say no to some firewhiskey though." And he grinned. "C'mon."

They went up to their dormitory, to see Pinky, Dumbledore, Lily, and Sirius
Jr. around two smashed bottles of firewhiskey, lapping it all up.

Sirius was hysterical.

"NO! THEY STOLE MY FIREWHISKEY! THEY MUST DIE!"

a/n Ahh what a great way to end the chapter. No the flamingos are not going to die. They get sent to Hagrid who takes them to a flamingo farm where they are not eaten. I am telling you this now because you aren't going to see the flamingos in the next chapter.(they might make a reappearance though, who knows) Sirius Jr. turned out to be a boy though... just a little fin fact! Oh yeah, and if you want to know, Sherin and I have BIG plans for the Halloween dance. (Huge.)
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