Classes that day went by quickly. Hermione quickly made friends with the like-minded Lily Evans, who was more than happy to have another girl who doesn't just ogle the marauders. The twins, who were never far from Hermione, and Lily, made their way back to the common room. Sirius, Remus, and James were no where to be found after their last class (Herbology). Lily gave the password to the portrait and in walked the four of them.

"Oi! There you were. We've been wonderin' where you lot had gotten off to." Sirius, who was sitting in the worn sofa by the fire, yelled over to them as soon as they entered. James picked up where he left off,

"Yeah. On behalf of the Marauders of Hogwarts," he smirked slightly at this, "I would like to officially welcome you, the Marauders of Leeds – "

"And the fair Miss Granger." Sirius added with a wink in her direction (which Fred glared at).

"Yes, her too. But as I was saying before someone decided to interrupt. The Marauders would like to welcome you with a toast." Here Remus pulled out a case of Butterbeer and handed out bottles to the Marauders, Lily, the twins, and Hermione. "So here's to a great last year!" James started and raised his glass.

"New friends!" Remus raised his.

"And great pranks!" Sirius held is bottle high and then tipped back down his throat. The twins smiled and along with the two girls, drank their Butterbeer. Moments later though, Fred and George spit out what they hadn't already swallowed. Unfortunately for Fred, Hermione was right next to him and almost all of the Butterbeer wound up all over her.

"FRED!" she shrieked as she quickly backed away from him. Fred stared at her, horrified at what he'd done. He moved to try and help her, but Sirius was already on his feet.

"Hermione I'm so- well you shouldn't have been standing so close to me you bloody witch!" Fred's eyes widened once more when he realized what had just passed through his lips. At this point, everyone was staring at Fred. Never had he spoken so harshly to Hermione; even George was looking at him oddly.

"What? What do you mean by that!" she retorted. She spoke this calmly, but they all could see the way her brown eyes lit up, and it didn't bode well for Fred.

Sirius stepped towards her and put his sweater over her head. "The Butterbeer starting to seep through your shirt, love." She blushed and gave him a grateful smile.

Fred, however, was apparently not finished.

"What I mean is that your bloody clingy! You're always around me and George. Maybe if you had friends and didn't need to constantly follow us around, we wouldn't even be here right now!" He had no control over what he was saying, and he knew Hermione didn't know that.

Hermione felt angry tears begin to prick her eyes, and for the second time since they had arrived here, Fred Weasley had made her cry. Feeling humiliated, she ran up to her dorm and away from the sympathetic stares that were being directed towards her.

Meanwhile downstairs, everyone was still quiet and looking at Fred. George had glared at him, something he didn't do often. He licked his lips, tasting the remnants of the Butterbeer, and stared at the floor. Wait, the BUTTERBEER! His head snapped up to look at the marauders and noticed that instead of disapproving or confused looks, (like Lily had) he found guilty expression on all three of their faces (Peter was still sitting on the couch happily drinking his Butterbeer and oblivious to the drama that was unfolding).

"You put something in my Butterbeer!" Fred yelled at the marauders. The threesome shifted uncomfortably, confirming Fred's accusation. Remus tried first,

"We didn't know that it would go that far. It was only a prototype, you see? Just thought is would make you slip in a few swear words, not full out insult the poor girl." He said timidly to the steaming Fred.

"Yeah, honestly mate, we didn't mean for it to go that far." Sirius. Bet is was Sirius' idea for this prank. It's Sirius' sweater that Hermione's got wrapped around herself. And just like Hermione did, Fred stormed up to his dorm (he momentarily forgot that they all shared one).

George, who had so far been quiet, looked towards the marauders and offered them a smile. "It would have been a neat prank if it hadn't hurt Mione. Great idea for a product by the way." Grateful that the other twin hadn't taken their prank to heart, Sirius James uttered a 'Thanks, mate' and started to clean up the empty Butterbeer bottles.

George had just entered the boy's dorm. He saw Fred lying on his bed, knees bent and looking thoughtful. "How ya doin' Freddy?" he asked quietly. He glanced towards George, but went right back to the pensive silence.

"George, we're going to have to prank them back, you know?" George nodded in agreement. "I'm going to have to apologize to Hermione first, though, and explain what's goin' on."

"I reckon once you tell her she'd be willin' to help us." George's mischievous grin made Fred smile also. He knew she would.

And he had the perfect prank already forming in his head.

Well here's Chapter 4; sorry about the long wait. I've got PSATs tomorrow and have been trying to study for them.

Anyways, any Starkids out there? Get any SPACE tour tickets? I, unfortunately, was unable to get them regular price on ticketmaster because I had to wait to see if my friend was going (which it turned out she wasn't) and couldn't buy them until she gave me an answer. So right now I have my eyes on some tickets on these ticket selling sites and am hoping for them to drop the prices (honestly I would pay $300, but the 'rents aren't lettin me!) Not many are selling for the New York City show anyways :/

Reviews are greatly appreciated :)