Chapter 31: Oh Merlin!!
Don't pull me!! Don't pull me!! Don't pull me!!
"What's that screechy sound??" James asked as the Marauders left their dormitory. Weird, where did I put my underwear?? Can't seem to find them in the entire dorm.
"No idea, let's go and check it out." Sirius said cheekily as he rushed down the spiral stairs quickly. "Er.."
"What is it??" James asked as Sirius stopped dead at the entrance of the boys' dormitory. "Oh Merlin!!"
"What on earth-"
"Shucks!!"
What a sight at the common room. First and second-year Gryffindor girls were tugging onto something that seemed to be firmly attached to the wall and the more it was tugged the more the thing would resist.
"I want James' boxers!!"
"I take Sirius'!!
"I want all the four different ones!!"
"Don't fight with me for Remus'!!
"No, that's mine!!"
Don't pull me!! Don't pull me!! Don't pull me!!
The Marauders stood in horror looking at the girls tugging something that looked suspiciously like their missing boxers from a string, which had apparently been stuck onto the wall. Some prefects were trying different charms to remove them from the wall, as it had looked kind of obscene.
"James, Sirius, Remus, Peter!! Just at the right time. Can you please remove your boxers from the wall?? The first and second years are going hysterical over them." Leo told the four stunned guys who had just stepped into the common room, still rooted. "Did you just hear what I said??" Leo asked again, a little amused and impatient. The Marauders nodded dumbly. Just then there was a scream from two quarreling first years at the background. Leo rushed over immediately, leaving the Marauders shocked and fixed.
"Erm, can I have one of each of your er.. boxers for keepsake??" Gracie came up to them with two other girls and asked the stupefied Marauders. The three girls were blushing furiously and not looking straight in the eyes with the guys.
"Yeah, no problem. We've too much to spare anyway." James replied coolly. Gracie and her friends gave a quick thank-you and turned back to tug the screeching boxers. He then turned back and shoved the three astounded friends up to their dormitory.
"What on earth are our boxers doing in the common room??" James practically shouted the moment they locked the door of their dormitory and soundproofed it.
"I've no more idea than you do." Remus said, thinking. It can't be the girls right?? Last night I thought I saw someone creeping around our dormitory in the middle of the night.
"That's the greatest joke on earth." Sirius exclaimed dramatically over his lost boxers.
"They're just boxers anyway."
"I've only twelve and eleven of them are there!! In the middle of the common room!!" Sirius exclaimed again.
"How could they get there in the first place??" James asked. The four guys exchanged a look.
"The girls!!" They chorused.
"It must be." James concluded looking rather pissed off. They left the room again.
"Let's show them what the Marauders can do." Sirius said. He hated being humiliated unexpectedly.
"They're going to get it." James said as the four guys left the room and headed back to the common room. They had a revengeful look on them.
It had gotten even more hysterical than before. More people were tugging the boxers. The prefects were trying all sort of removal charm to get rid of the boxers. The sounds of the boxers' screeching were getting rather unbearable. More than ten boxers were shrieking 'Don't pull me' at the same time unsynchronized. It was a surprise that Professor McGonagall had not come to check out the common room yet.
"How do we look??" Lily asked enthusiastically. The five girls were standing in front of the full-length mirror in the bathroom, looking identical.
"Like sisters!!" The four girls chorused. Arabella styled the same hairstyle for all of them. It was a weird coincidence that all five girls had waist-long hair with only a different colour though. Their hair were let down in magicked big stylish waves. They had agreed on the same hairstyle after going through about ten issues of Witch Weekly.
"Don't we look gorgeous??" Arabella said, admiring her make-up. Stefanie had done all their make-up magically to bring out their best features. All five had a totally different color combination, but had the similar casual and natural outlook. With different mascara and eye shadows to enhance their eyes; blusher to enhance the cheekbones and natural lip colour, the five girls actually looked like teenage models from the magazines. Gorgeous girls was indeed an understatement.
"I like the way we called ourselves. Denim girls!!" Stefanie joked. All five of them wore similar looking mini-tees that had striking bold blue words 'DENIM GIRLS' in front. Lily had charmed the words to stay on permanently so they could remember this day during their summer break. Lily wore a bright yellow short sleeved mini-tee; Arabella wore a lavender colored with slits at the side that were tied; Stefanie wore a dazzling orange colored sleeveless mini; Samantha wore a black body hugging v-neck mini and Joey wore a white mini with three-quarter sleeve.
"I never noticed that we had similar clothes until today." Joey commented. All of them wore similar shade of blue jeans with similar cutting. The jeans were all hip-huggers and had a flare at the bottom. The only differences between their jeans are only the slight pocket designs and prints.
"We're ready to hit the Great Hall." Samantha said as they slipped into their track shoes. They wanted to adopt the sporty and yet casual chic look. Afterall, they had a trunk to carry later and a train to board, so it was more feasible to wear something comfortable on their feet.
"We're going to be fashionably late. Let's hope we get noticed." Lily said as she checked the clock before they left their cleared dormitory. Ten past eight, early for a Saturday in fact. But breakfast served at eight and since it's the last day of the term, most people were usually at the Great Hall even before eight.
Don't pull me!! Don't pull me!!
"What's that noise??" Joey asked. She was a little tired since she had not slept the whole night.
"The boxers." Lily whispered to the group and they started giggling.
"Hi guys." The girls said as they saw the four guys waiting for them at the bottom of the staircase.
"Oh, wow." James said, looking at the five girls in a rather strange manner.
"What happened to the four of you??" Lily asked coolly. The Marauders and a stunned and awed look plastered on their faces.
"N-nothing." Sirius replied, eyeing each of the girls from head to toe.
"You all look gorgeous today." Remus said, after a minute of brainless staring.
"Thanks Remus." Lily said, smiling at the four guys. "Let's head down for breakfast."
"Bye guys." The five girls waved and they left the common room together. Every pair of eyes in the common room looked at the five pretty girls who just walked out.
"Bye." The Marauders replied after they girls left the common room.
"They look gorgeous!!"
"Aren't they third-years??"
"They looked like sisters!!"
"I really envy the five of them!!"
"Aren't they stunning??"
"Oei!!" Remus shouted waving wildly in front of his three friends.
"What??" James replied impatiently. He jotted back to consciousness.
"Didn't you guys say you wanted to deal with the girls??" Remus said jokingly.
"We did."
"Then??"
"They looked too pretty to be teased." Sirius said. "I never expect my sister or any of the girls to even look anywhere near pretty!!"
"That caught us by surprise." James said, still a little entranced. Peter nodded his head in agreement.
"Let's head down to the Great Hall. We've got a show to watch." Remus said as they climbed out of the portrait hole. There were still some girls and prefects trying to get the boxers off the wall.
"What about your boxers??" James asked Sirius jokingly.
"I wouldn't dare to wear them anymore judging from the way those people are mutilating them." Sirius replied. It was surprising that the boxers had not gave way judging from the way the people had been pulling them for the last hour.
"Hi girls!!"
"Hey babes!!"
"Harlow gorgeous!!"
"Wow!!"
"Pretty woman!!"
The five thirteen-year-old Gryffindors walked slowly and confidently into the Great Hall. For the first time in their three years in Hogwarts, they had everyone's attention. Most of the guys greeted them as they walked passed; some of the shyer guys just smiled at them and blushed. The five of them replied with polite good mornings and hellos as well. They smiled at practically everyone they walked passed including the staff. Filch had gave the five girls a stunned look when they greeted him good morning cheerfully. No one had bothered to greet Filch anyway.
That morning topic for breakfast was nothing but the five Gryffindors. By the time they walked into the Great Hall, all eyes were transfixed on them as they walked in gracefully towards their table. The five girls exchanged a confident smile and just ate their breakfast, chattering and giggling happily, totally nonchalant about the stares from both the genders around the hall. Even the Slytherins were ogling at the five girls. Jealous comments from older girls could be heard, especially from the Slytherins.
"Look, there come the boxers guys." Lily whispered to the four girls. They pretended that they did not notice their entry and continued chatting and giggling over their conversation. Lily, Arabella and Stefanie were warning Samantha and Joey to beware of the end-of-year prank.
"There they are." James said as he walked into the Great Hall. During their short journey from the tower to the Great Hall, they overheard all the conversations and gossips along the corridors. It was nothing but the five gorgeous girls from Gryffindor.
"Let's join them." Sirius said as he headed towards the table.
"Good morning babes." James told the five girls, flashing his charming Potters' smile.
"I thought we already greeted each other good mornings??" Lily said, concentrating on her eggs more than James.
"Well, we see each other again." James replied charismatically. Their thoughts of revenge on the girls were totally forgotten. Most of the people in the Great Hall were talking about the Marauders and the five girls. It was sort of like the topic that morning.
"So what's with the dolling up today??" Remus asked casually, eying the girls with a different perspective.
"We just felt like it." Lily replied since none of the four girls wanted to reply. If they talk they might just burst out laughing at their prank on the Marauders that morning.
"Let us give a toast to the five gorgeous ladies here." James said, smiling charmingly.
"Why the sudden toast??" Lily asked flirtatiously. The girls exchanged a quick look that none of the guys seemed to notice it. James never did anything nice unless it was an upcoming prank.
"Cheers." James, Sirius, Remus and Peter held up their goblets, waiting for the girls.
"Cheers." The five girls returned their little goblet 'clings' and pretended to drink the orange juice.
Lily however did not take any sip but watch the Marauders throat to check if they were drinking them. This juice smells strange today. I got this instinct that tells me this is drugged. The last time the guys offered a toast, it consisted of sleepy potion!!
Unknown to the guys, the five girls only pretended to drink but did not actually drink the orange juice.
"Let's dug in!!" James said cheerfully as he started his first helping for breakfast.
"Yeah!! Delicious!!" Sirius added with unusual enthusisium.
"Last day of school!!" Remus said in a joyful manner.
The five girls exchanged a glance and helped themselves with the food that the Marauders were eating. They believed that something in the breakfast was drugged. But what was it??
"What's going on??"
"Why am I floating??"
"Aaahh!!"
"I'm wearing skirt!!"
"Someone help me!!"
"Good gracious!!"
"Oh Merlin!!"
"What the hel-"
"Someone save me please!!"
"No!!"
"Oh shit!!"
"Please get me down!!"
"I'm afraid of heights!!"
"The Marauders!!"
"Pull me down!!"
The students in the Great Hall started floating up one by one uncontrollably. Those who remained seated looked in amusement. The Marauders started laughing, not hysterically but still laughing.
"What's going on??" Lily asked James knowingly. Judging from the look of the Marauders, it was obvious that this floating frenzy had something to do with them.
"We added a floating potion into all the drinks that were served for breakfast today." James said in between laughter.
"No wonder you guys offered a toast just now." Lily said with understanding.
"Well, how often can anyone be floating about??"
"Why would anyone want to float about??"
"To get the feeling how the Hogwarts ghosts and Peeves feel??"
"If you guys drank the potion, how come you guys aren't floating??"
"The potion must wait for fifteen minutes after consumption to take effect."
"So it's uncontrollable??"
"Of course not."
"Then??"
"They can't float higher than twelve meters off the ground. That was not tested, just stated in the Moste Potente Potions"
"Oh, I see."
"Did you girls drink??"
"No." The five girls replied. More and more people were floating up in the ceiling now. The four Hogwarts ghosts were in the Great Hall looking amazed and mingling actively among the floating students.
"One in a lifetime experience." Sirius boosted.
"How long is the effect??"
"Not too long."
"How long exactly??"
"Six hours."
"That's long enough."
"No, it's not."
"It is. How are we heading back later??"
"By Hogwarts Express of course!!"
"How to move around when you're floating about??"
"They'll have their ways."
"How would you know??"
"We're the Marauders. We just know." The girls rolled their eyes at that egoistical comment. With that, the Marauders floated up and left their seats.
"Shall we drink as well??" Lily asked hesitantly.
"Yes." Arabella said confidently.
"One in a lifetime opportunity." Stefanie agreed.
The five girls held up their goblet and 'cling'. They emptied the contents in several glups.
"Any weird feelings??"
"Nope. Let's eat as much as we can. We need the energy for floating."
"Yeah."
"Potter!! Black!! Lupin!! Pettigrew!! Down onto the ground now!!" Professor McGonagall shouted at the entrance of the Great Hall. Sudden silence replaced the previous excited chatters on air.
"We can't!!" James said, grinning. I doubt she would float up to join us.
"How about you come up and join us??" Sirius told Professor McGonagall. Some of the students who found this question funny gave a small chuckle.
"You still have to clear your boxers off the common room!!" The four guys looked rather embarrassed at the comment Professor McGonagall made but they did not heed anyway. Professor McGonagall looked at the Marauders, and then she turned to look at the rest of the students. She shook her head and left the Great Hall.
"We're going to float soon. I can feel the lightness already."
"Yes. Let's go." The five girls linked their arms as they floated upwards.
"Having fun??"
"Definitely."
"Look at my somersault on air!!" James said as he did several flips on air, attracting quite a lot of attention from the rest of the students.
By the time breakfast finished at nine, nearly all the students were floating around the castle. Some of them had tried to drink more juice so they could remain on air longer.
They charmed their trunk and made it small and feather-light and put them in their pockets and then 'accio' them up. The size of their trunk is no bigger nor thicker than the normal credit card.
"No wonder James said that we won't have problems we our trunks."
"Yeah, we've all our belongings with us."
"Let's put a small inscription at the corner of the room."
"Here??" Lily drifted towards the corner of their dormitory above the entrance.
"Let's magick our name on it." Five wands pointed at the wall and their names appeared magically.
"Let's go outdoors."
"This is getting fun."
"I could get used to floating."
"It's nice to be against gravity."
"I wonder what potion did they used."
"Very advance potion definitely."
"Whatever it is, let's have fun."
"Four more hours before the potion wear off."
"Let's float towards Hogsmeade Station, shall we??"
"Let's go, girls!!" The five girls gave a last look at their third year dormitory and left, filled with memories.