Chapter 45: One-Year Friendship
"So what do you suggest for the prank??" James asked. The eight guys were now sitting at the Three Broomsticks sipping Butterbeers. The Marauders had led them out via the tunnel because Lewell was able to cast the invisibility charm perfectly.
"On the Slytherins or the whole school??" Shannon questioned.
"Both??" Sirius said greedily.
"How about charming their boxers??"
"Make their boxers follow them wherever they walk for the whole week??"
"We've one free week between after exams and before results."
"Just make the boxers follow their owner??"
"Sounds a little boring."
"What do you suggest??"
"Boxers chase their owners??"
"Sounds good."
"Charm their boxers the on Sunday night??"
"Can't be any better."
"Then what about the end-of-year prank??"
"It's very important."
"Why??"
"It's the only prank that never get us into any detention nor minus off any house points. It is always the prank of the year whereby everyone will be talking about it."
"Sounds cool."
"So what shall be the prank of the year??"
"Let's make it prank of the century."
"What do you suggest??"
"I've an idea actually." James said, eyes gleaming mischievously.
"GET AWAY FROM ME!!" Lucius shouted at his shooting boxers as he dashed into the Great Hall. Followed closely behind were Severus, Gordon and Vaness.
"MARAUDERS!! YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT!!" Severus shouted the moment he dashed into the Great Hall.
"Why are those stuffs that are flying??"
"I think they're boxers."
"Look at Malfoy penguin prints boxer!!"
"I think Snape's butterfly printed ones are funnier."
"Do you think Porky will have chasing boxers as well??"
"Malfoy is getting hit by his 'I Love Daddy' boxers."
"Naughty naughty."
"There's a big hole in front of Crabbe's hamburger prints boxers!!"
"Where??"
"The front part!!"
"Goyle got a big hole in the back of his chocolate muffins prints boxers!!"
"Crabbe got hole in front and Goyle got hole behind."
"Do you think-"
"I rather not think about it!!"
"I didn't know Slytherins guys like such cute boxers."
"Probably the Marauder's designed them??"
"They've plain colored boxers."
"Imagine if the Marauders have their underwear flying around."
"Or the Flower Boys."
"I will definitely grab one of each for myself."
"I think I only want James and Shannon's boxers."
The Marauders and the Flower Boys walked into the Great Hall on Monday morning, grinning and laughing at the scene whereby all the Slytherins were ducking away from their boxers as if they were bludgers.
"It's sure an appetizer for breakfast." Shannon said laughing.
"Well, it is. We don't even need to do much modifications on their underwear!!" James said looking at Lucius whose underwear hit his head and pushed it into the cereal in front of him.
"These underwear are absolutely original." Sirius said grinning at Severus who was glaring at the eight boys angrily.
"I think the ultimate was Crabbe and Goyle. Their large holes in their underwear might have more meaning to it." Xavier joked.
"Wasted we can't do it on Porky." Remus said cheekily.
"He would be a very interesting victim." Lewell agreed.
"Well, let just wait for the prank of the century." James grinned and the eight guys exchanged a cheeky look.
"I wonder if they got the boxers idea from us." Lily said, laughing together with the people in the Great Hall.
"I think so. Look at their design. I don't think Malfoy would ever wear an 'I Love Daddy' boxers." Stefanie pointed out.
"Only James does, right??" Arabella teased.
"I don't think this is their ultimate plan." Lily said, eyeing the eight guys at the end of the Gryffindor table who were talking animatedly.
"Definitely not. They'll have something up on the last day." Stefanie said.
"Remember don't touch the food or drink unless they touch them." Arabella reminded.
"How could we forget??" Lily said and laughed at their memory of the floating potion in their previous school year.
"I can't believe today is our last day of school here!!" Yvette exclaimed as the seven girls enjoyed their last dinner together at Hogwarts for the year.
"Neither can I. We've only three more years to go before we graduate!!" Lily said, talking more than eating.
"We're going to miss Hogwarts so much!!" Jennifer said, looking around the Great Hall where all of them spent their meals together.
"Maybe can ask for another transfer here again?? Or perhaps study here for good??" Stefanie suggested. The friendship the seven girls built up in the past year had embedded deeply.
"We've more fun here in one year than our entire life in Yingde!!" Shannie said truthfully.
"We can meet up during summer breaks?? And owl one another frequently??" Arabella suggested.
"I think that's the only way. We can keep the long distant kind of contact." Yvonne said.
"Something like our parents." Lily said and smiled at Yvette.
"I think that's the only way, right??" Jennifer said.
"There's the muggle ways as well." Arabella added.
"Did anyone notice that eight guys are missing from dinner??" Lily said suddenly.
"Now that you mentioned it." The seven girls looked along the Gryffindor table and the Hufflepuff table for the Marauders and Flower Boys.
"I detect a major prank coming up." Shannie said.
"Could it be in the food??"
"I don't know."
"They're probably eating in the kitchens."
"Or preparing their prank."
"Or pulling their prank."
Suddenly eight broomsticks flew into the Great Hall. Everyone looked up and to see what happening.
"Marauders and F-Four!!"
"That's so cool!!"
"Look, they writing something in the air."
The eight guys wrote 'Marauders and Flower Boys rules forever and ever..' then the glittery powder dropped all over the Great Hall onto the student population. Girls were cheering away from the bottom, admiring the eight guys on air doing a short display of broomstick stunts.
"Look, they drawing the Hogwarts crest in midair!!"
"They're so talented!!"
"I never thought the crest look that great!!"
The glittery powder slowly dropped after the completed crest stands for five minutes in mid-air. They took out their wands and dipped in the container of glittery powder and wrote their own names on mid-air.
"I'm going to miss the Flower Boys so much!!"
"They're so cool!!"
"They're the hottest guys in the school this year."
"And the most popular too!!"
"Marauders and F-Four rules!!
The powder slowly dropped onto everyone else. Now the students actually started to look glittery. The eight broomsticks then flew round and round the Great Hall, splattering the glittery powder on everyone. People cheered and booed. They did not even heed Professor McGonagall and Professor Sprout commands to go down.
After the great display of stunts and stuffs, the eight guys said a big thank you and flew out of the Great Hall.
"What was that for??" Lily asked.
"Glittery powder takes ages to remove." Arabella said.
"Muggle stuffs." Shannie added.
"This powder is not just simply glittery. I think it's more than that." Jennifer said, brushing some powder off her arm and sniffed it.
"What is it??" Stefanie asked.
"No idea. But it's something more than just glittering powder." Yvonne looked at it.
"I think it's animal powder." Yvette said.
"I thought so too." Jennifer commented.
"What is animal powder??" Lily, Arabella and Stefanie asked together.
"It changes the person who come into contact to an animal that suit the personality." Jennifer explained.
"We're still sitting here looking normal." Lily pointed out.
"It effects only come fifteen minute upon contact." Yvette added. "And last for about ten hours."
"It was commonly used before Animagi was discovered." Jennifer said.
POP!! PoP!! Pop!! poP!! pOp!!
Suddenly everyone started transforming to some animal.
"What's happening??"
"I hate snakes!!"
"Look at the cobra!!"
"Oh my god!!"
"What's going on??"
Most of the people at the Slytherin had transformed to various form of snakes and serpents. Most of them were amphibians and reptiles. At the Hufflepuff table, badgers of various colours popped out. Mammals like rabbits and squirrels were moving around the tabletop nibbling at their food. From the Ravenclaw table, birds of all sort of feather were flocking together. Some became eagles while some vultures. Smaller birds like sparrows and canaries were found too.
The largest animals were probably found at the Gryffindor table. Lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, horses, etc were sitting at the Gryffindor benches. It was a surprise that the chairs had not gave way with Lily the tiger sitting on it, Arabella the lion and Stefanie the horse sitting on them.
All sorts of animal sounds could be heard in the Great Hall that evening. Animals were moving around the castle whether by air or by foot. It was quite an interesting sight to watch a tiger, a horse and a lion, sitting together along the corridor and talking in their own animal language.
There were many other animals loitering along all the classrooms and corridors because most of the animals could not return to their dormitory because none of them managed to say the password at all. The portraits refused to admit the animals because they did not say the password correctly in the right language.
Jennifer the swan, Yvette the robin, Shannie the kingfisher and Yvonne the canary flew over to join the tiger, horse and lion and sat together by the window along the third floor corridor. In the outside, other animals could be found mingling together as well.
"Don't you think our prank of the century is successful??" James asked.
"Definitely." Shannon agreed.
"I don't think we can return to the castle at all. Animals have better instinct so they might detect us easier."
"We can't hide in the towers either. McGonagall and Sprout is bound to be looking for us."
"No one knows about this except the girls and us. Altogether fifteen of us."
"This is one of the safest place in Hogwarts when the whole school is against you."
"Well, it gives them a feeling of being Animagus."
"We didn't do anything wrong, right??"
"Luckily we gotten enough food from the kitchen to last the whole night."
"Let's conjure up some mattresses."
"We need to return to the castle by dawn."
"How do we know if it's dawn??"
"I've got a watch by the way."
"Ok, let's sleep."
"Good night."
"Great prank!!"
"Thanks for yesterday!!"
"Good job!!"
"Any more animal powder??"
"Thanks!!"
"So everyone had a great time last night." James concluded judging from the happy faces around the people in the Gryffindor common room.
"Where did you guys hide last night??" Lily asked, walked down from the female dormitory.
"We went somewhere to do men's talk." James replied. Lily, Arabella and Stefanie burst into laughter.
"Who are the men?? You guys?? As in the Marauders?? Oh please." Lily commented.
"Hey, we did so much for everyone so that all of you can enjoy being an animal for ten hours." Sirius said. "And this is how you repay us??"
"It was just another prank to you." Arabella said dryly.
"It was brilliant, don't you think so?? Animal powder is practically extinct!!" Remus exclaimed in pretended shock.
"It's brilliant alright, but you guys should join us. It was like animal farm in Hogwarts last night." Stefanie joked.
"No one could enter the towers so in the end everyone stayed outdoor and hung out together." Lily explained.
"What did Malfoy and Snape transformed into??" James asked the girls.
"Malfoy became a serpent, Snape became a green snake, Crabbe and Goyle became terrapins I think." Lily answered. The group started laughing as they thought of how the Slytherins looked.
"Hey, I think we better head down for breakfast." James instructed and the rest of them just followed him out of the tower.