Chapter Four
The Prank
Had the Marauders been in the muggle world they probably would have landed themselves with several cases of trauma, it was ironic that in the wizarding world all they got was a warning. What was also ironic was the fact that James and Sirius who had the unique ability to wake up incredibly early could also be the last people to wake up. Apparently they didn't know how to dress themselves either.
As the last two people up walked into the great Hall the masses of students managed to either drop their cutlery in surprise or curl their face into a disturbed look. Those two really couldn't dress themselves.
Prof. McGonagall got up from the teachers table and walked down to the two boys.
"Mr Potter and Mr Black have you looked in the mirror lately?" she asked, an annoyed expression on her face.
"No not yet, why should we." James and Sirius said together in perfect harmony.
James looked down to his back to front shirt, inside out pants and the wizard hat hanging from the top of his right ear. Sirius donned pretty much the same attire with the exception of odd shoes.
"Well, you see we had such a late night doing all of how homework and we over slept and forgot bout the time. Then we realised that if we weren't dressed and got down to breakfast we would have missed out on eating, and that wouldn't be very good now would it." Sirius said in a slow deliberate voice.
McGonagall made a remark about the two boys having a good attitude change towards their study then another one about dressing themselves decently before letting them eat. The tone of voice she used seemed to carry a hidden air of 'don't-be-such-a-smart-ass-or-I'll-send-you-home-early.
It was a lucky thing that James had the unique ability to let information like this go in one ear and out the other.
"Yes, Prof!!" said Sirius saluting to Prof. McGonagall and marching off to the table to sit down opposite Remus and Peter. James followed suit by saluting to Prof. McGonagall and marching off to sit down next to Sirius.
To say the least the rest of the student body was amazed but amazed in a grudging way, if they'd tried the same thing they would have got an instant detention.
James and Sirius couldn't help but to strut.
"Sirius" Began Remus "Where did you pull that cock and bull excuse from?"
James nudged Sirius and hissed "I told you to keep it simple".
Remus nodded in agreement but Sirius who had forgotten the matter leaned down across the table so only a select few people could hear him. "I'm feeling a little bored today, who feels like a prank.
Remus looked at Sirius flatly "Sirius, your always board"
Sirius ignored this and continued. "How does humiliating Snapey-poo and those slimy Slytherin gits sound?"
James snorted. "Sounds like our last one".
Sirius remained undeterred. "No this is good guys trust me"
"Oh god" Muttered Remus as he watched his friend pull out the evil- mysterious look.
Unbeknownst to the conspiring teens they were being watched by a careful eye. Dumbledore, the dedicated peacemaker decided things were getting desperate, so, he decided to go to the source of the problem. The original source.
Dumbledore turned to face the old, (or slightly older Remus as the man he was facing had insisted) and began his interrogation.
"What on earth are you and your friends up to Remus?" Asked Dumbledore ever so bluntly.
"Something about Snivellou-er Professor Snape and Slytherins sir. Other than that it could be an impossibly wide variety of things" Professor Lupin answered dutifully.
"You know Remus I really do miss the trouble that James and Sirius always get in and how they always got out of it." Dumbledore continued
"So do I, Professor, but.." he paused "it's going to be April fools day soon and you know what that means" Remus remarked, concern leaking into his features.
Dumbledore could only nod, all out war on the teachers was somewhat extreme but it had in fact been done, not that the conspiring teens knew that. The thing scary thing was that they would probably end up outdoing what they were supposed to do half a century ago.
It was with this conversation that a strange pattern of thought came upon Professor Remus Lupin's face. What if, just maybe the Weasely twins joined the marauders! A faraway look appeared on his face.
Just to see what would happen though! He mentally corrected himself and managed to forcefully remind himself that he was now a teacher.
Dumbledore could only smile as he looked at the change in the man's face. This made him smile even more and recount the saying 'old habits die hard'.
Minerva McGonagall was an observant woman, in fact, she was probably a little too observant for her own good. Having been along the same thought wave as the two men she didn't need a psycic to tell her the mayhem brewing at the Gryfindor table. "Oh god" she muttered. "This will certainly be an interesting year"
Meanwhile at the Gryffindor table the Marauders were still gathered in a hushed circle when someone tapped Sirius on the shoulder. Sirius turned around hufflily, annoyed at being interrupted. "What!"
The group turned to face two twins.
It was Fred who spoke first. "We have a little problem we'd like to ask you about.."
Sirius interrupted with an arrogant snort "And how may we help you sir" The undertone was clear but the twins endured on.
"Anyway as I was saying, me and my brother George here are what you could call fellow troublemakers, and you see all of your pranks are ... well" Fred paused unsure of what to say.
"Getting confeuse with ours!" Continued George "Your pranks are bloody brilliant but, well, could you at least put a signature on them?"
The Marauders went silent for a moment before Fred cut in again. "Do you have any idea how bloody annoying it is not getting credit! I mean Filch is almost ignoring us!"
Remus was the first to speak. "We" he began indicating to the three teenagers around him. "Understand completely, but in return for us finding a signature I have a favour to ask of you."
George looked wary but took it all back once the young Remus lupins face turned into a grin. "Help us with one prank? One that will set a new level for both of us?"
The twins nodded and left, taking the hint on the other marauders faces.
Sirius was the first to protest "What the hell Remus!?" Outsiders helping us!"
James broke his silence catching Sirius off guard "actually I don't mind" He began turning to Remus. "I take it you caught what was sticking out of one of their bags.
Remus could only grin "Yep, our map!"
It was official Peter now held the rechord for the longest toilet stop in all of Hogwarts. He emerged from the bathroom forty five minutes later to the Gryffindor common room when the Marauders could be found lounging around on the various comfy chairs available.
"That was the longest crap that I have ever witnessed" Said Sirius in an undertone.
"Yeah peter where feeling bit constipated there." Asked James attempting to lighten the mood by taking the mickey out of someone, anyone.
Peter blushed a little but kept a straight face. Although a straight face probably wasn't the best thing to be getting from him at the moment. His future master had found him and he was damn well going to get those three idiots if it killed him... okay maybe not that far, if it killed someone else.
MN/ Finished! Wheeee, it's one in the morning and I don't think I can go over ANY more of Vuzznuts fic -- maybe some sleep is in order ne? Anyways enjoy and thank/blame Vuzznut for the toilet scene (the bully made me keep it in ;;) ... not that I mind it though.
Pebbles-sama
Had the Marauders been in the muggle world they probably would have landed themselves with several cases of trauma, it was ironic that in the wizarding world all they got was a warning. What was also ironic was the fact that James and Sirius who had the unique ability to wake up incredibly early could also be the last people to wake up. Apparently they didn't know how to dress themselves either.
As the last two people up walked into the great Hall the masses of students managed to either drop their cutlery in surprise or curl their face into a disturbed look. Those two really couldn't dress themselves.
Prof. McGonagall got up from the teachers table and walked down to the two boys.
"Mr Potter and Mr Black have you looked in the mirror lately?" she asked, an annoyed expression on her face.
"No not yet, why should we." James and Sirius said together in perfect harmony.
James looked down to his back to front shirt, inside out pants and the wizard hat hanging from the top of his right ear. Sirius donned pretty much the same attire with the exception of odd shoes.
"Well, you see we had such a late night doing all of how homework and we over slept and forgot bout the time. Then we realised that if we weren't dressed and got down to breakfast we would have missed out on eating, and that wouldn't be very good now would it." Sirius said in a slow deliberate voice.
McGonagall made a remark about the two boys having a good attitude change towards their study then another one about dressing themselves decently before letting them eat. The tone of voice she used seemed to carry a hidden air of 'don't-be-such-a-smart-ass-or-I'll-send-you-home-early.
It was a lucky thing that James had the unique ability to let information like this go in one ear and out the other.
"Yes, Prof!!" said Sirius saluting to Prof. McGonagall and marching off to the table to sit down opposite Remus and Peter. James followed suit by saluting to Prof. McGonagall and marching off to sit down next to Sirius.
To say the least the rest of the student body was amazed but amazed in a grudging way, if they'd tried the same thing they would have got an instant detention.
James and Sirius couldn't help but to strut.
"Sirius" Began Remus "Where did you pull that cock and bull excuse from?"
James nudged Sirius and hissed "I told you to keep it simple".
Remus nodded in agreement but Sirius who had forgotten the matter leaned down across the table so only a select few people could hear him. "I'm feeling a little bored today, who feels like a prank.
Remus looked at Sirius flatly "Sirius, your always board"
Sirius ignored this and continued. "How does humiliating Snapey-poo and those slimy Slytherin gits sound?"
James snorted. "Sounds like our last one".
Sirius remained undeterred. "No this is good guys trust me"
"Oh god" Muttered Remus as he watched his friend pull out the evil- mysterious look.
Unbeknownst to the conspiring teens they were being watched by a careful eye. Dumbledore, the dedicated peacemaker decided things were getting desperate, so, he decided to go to the source of the problem. The original source.
Dumbledore turned to face the old, (or slightly older Remus as the man he was facing had insisted) and began his interrogation.
"What on earth are you and your friends up to Remus?" Asked Dumbledore ever so bluntly.
"Something about Snivellou-er Professor Snape and Slytherins sir. Other than that it could be an impossibly wide variety of things" Professor Lupin answered dutifully.
"You know Remus I really do miss the trouble that James and Sirius always get in and how they always got out of it." Dumbledore continued
"So do I, Professor, but.." he paused "it's going to be April fools day soon and you know what that means" Remus remarked, concern leaking into his features.
Dumbledore could only nod, all out war on the teachers was somewhat extreme but it had in fact been done, not that the conspiring teens knew that. The thing scary thing was that they would probably end up outdoing what they were supposed to do half a century ago.
It was with this conversation that a strange pattern of thought came upon Professor Remus Lupin's face. What if, just maybe the Weasely twins joined the marauders! A faraway look appeared on his face.
Just to see what would happen though! He mentally corrected himself and managed to forcefully remind himself that he was now a teacher.
Dumbledore could only smile as he looked at the change in the man's face. This made him smile even more and recount the saying 'old habits die hard'.
Minerva McGonagall was an observant woman, in fact, she was probably a little too observant for her own good. Having been along the same thought wave as the two men she didn't need a psycic to tell her the mayhem brewing at the Gryfindor table. "Oh god" she muttered. "This will certainly be an interesting year"
Meanwhile at the Gryffindor table the Marauders were still gathered in a hushed circle when someone tapped Sirius on the shoulder. Sirius turned around hufflily, annoyed at being interrupted. "What!"
The group turned to face two twins.
It was Fred who spoke first. "We have a little problem we'd like to ask you about.."
Sirius interrupted with an arrogant snort "And how may we help you sir" The undertone was clear but the twins endured on.
"Anyway as I was saying, me and my brother George here are what you could call fellow troublemakers, and you see all of your pranks are ... well" Fred paused unsure of what to say.
"Getting confeuse with ours!" Continued George "Your pranks are bloody brilliant but, well, could you at least put a signature on them?"
The Marauders went silent for a moment before Fred cut in again. "Do you have any idea how bloody annoying it is not getting credit! I mean Filch is almost ignoring us!"
Remus was the first to speak. "We" he began indicating to the three teenagers around him. "Understand completely, but in return for us finding a signature I have a favour to ask of you."
George looked wary but took it all back once the young Remus lupins face turned into a grin. "Help us with one prank? One that will set a new level for both of us?"
The twins nodded and left, taking the hint on the other marauders faces.
Sirius was the first to protest "What the hell Remus!?" Outsiders helping us!"
James broke his silence catching Sirius off guard "actually I don't mind" He began turning to Remus. "I take it you caught what was sticking out of one of their bags.
Remus could only grin "Yep, our map!"
It was official Peter now held the rechord for the longest toilet stop in all of Hogwarts. He emerged from the bathroom forty five minutes later to the Gryffindor common room when the Marauders could be found lounging around on the various comfy chairs available.
"That was the longest crap that I have ever witnessed" Said Sirius in an undertone.
"Yeah peter where feeling bit constipated there." Asked James attempting to lighten the mood by taking the mickey out of someone, anyone.
Peter blushed a little but kept a straight face. Although a straight face probably wasn't the best thing to be getting from him at the moment. His future master had found him and he was damn well going to get those three idiots if it killed him... okay maybe not that far, if it killed someone else.
MN/ Finished! Wheeee, it's one in the morning and I don't think I can go over ANY more of Vuzznuts fic -- maybe some sleep is in order ne? Anyways enjoy and thank/blame Vuzznut for the toilet scene (the bully made me keep it in ;;) ... not that I mind it though.
Pebbles-sama