Disclaimer: Though I would be so grateful and amazed if J. K. Rowling just came up to me and offered the Harry Potter series, she hasn't yet done that, so I do not own HP.
A/N: Ok, so I'm really pumped about this chapter, 'cause it's the first prank! Even though the prank was kinda lame, I figured they wouldn't start big. Plus, I'm a goody-two-shoes, so I don't really pull very many pranks. Enjoy and please review!
Chapter 8: The First Prank
March 30th 2021: Memory Room
The memory swirled and I was hurled out. I found myself once again in the memory room. Wait, I'm fairly certain that I have a granola bar and an apple in my bag, I thought to myself. I checked and, sure enough, I had a granola bar, an apple and a water bottle.
"Thank Merlin for Aunt Hermione!" I murmured to myself while shoving the granola bar in my mouth. Checking my watch to make sure I still had time for one more group of memories, I looked in the box. I searched for a couple minutes but the next one that I could find was one that read "Lily Evans' Memories First Year (April)". Figuring that a six or seven months gap was better than a year or two long gap like in all of those diaries that Mum tried to make me write a couple years ago, I drizzled the memories into the Pensieve and hopped into it.
April 1st 1972: Dungeons (Potions Class)
We're in the Dungeons, so either Lily isn't actually Lily and it's just a Slytherin using Polyjuice Potion, or this is Potions class, I thought to myself. But all in all, there are potions involved. I looked around me and saw a queue lining from the Potions door. I saw Lily talking quietly with Severus. I wondered where Mary, Marlene and Dorcas were and searched the procession for them. The girls were a little further behind Lily and were watching her and trying to hear what she and Sev were saying. They could obviously not make out what they were discussing, because Dorcas looked like she was about to explode.
The door opened to reveal a rather 'full' man who I assumed was the Potions Professor from this time period. He let the class in, and said hello to a few students including his 'Lovely Lily'. I think he's in love with an eleven year old, I thought to myself.
The class settled and he explained that they'd be making the 'Cure for Boils' potion once again. I wondered why this would be one of Gran's important memories, until I heard snickering behind me. Turning around, I saw that it was my grandfather and his best friend were the ones laughing. I had no idea what was going on, when, out of the blue, I heard a boom.
As I turned around, I saw Severus and a bunch of other Slytherins covered in black powder, that's actually not a bad idea, I'll mention it to Fred and James. Suddenly, the words 'April Fools!' came out of the cauldron in bright colours.
Lily looked like she was ready to kill whoever it was who had done this, while Mary, Marlene and Dorcas were covering up their smiles. The Slytherins looked about the same as Lily, and the Gryffindor boys were laughing hysterically.
Professor Slughorn, as I had heard someone call him, walked up to them and said "To the Headmaster's office, all of you." The boys looked up and started walking out of the class. The Professor also added "A bunch of Marauders, that's what you boys are!"
Sirius and James' faces lit up, and they whispered something to the other two boys. The other boys' faces also brightened at their quiet conversation. I wonder what they're talking about, I thought to myself. They walked out and the rest of the class cleaned up the mess they had caused. Lily talked with Severus for a bit, before the bell rang.
We walked up a few flights of stairs, with me trailing behind because I didn't know where we were going, and found ourselves in the Charms corridor. Lily, Mary, Marlene and Dorcas moved to the side and stood talking with each other, waiting to be let in to the class. The boys came round the corner and Lily's face went beet red. That's how Rose looks when she's mad! I thought to myself.
"Who do you think you are, making Potions explode in people's face?" Lily yelled at them.
James grinned and answered "We're the Marauders!"
Lily let out a small scream of frustration and shrieked "No you're a bunch of arrogant toe-rags! Especially you, Potter!" Arrogant toe-rag, hmm, that's a new one.
Just then, the door opened and Professor Flitwick, who taught me charms in my first year as well, opened the door to allow his class in, only to be met with a screaming match. That would be so weird. You open your door, and all of a sudden, bang, some kids are just yelling in your ears. I guess Mum and Dad have opened more than a few doors to find us kids screaming at each other.
"Children calm down," the Professor squeaked. Lily, who was trying to be the perfect student, shut her mouth and flipped her short red hair over her shoulder, before turning around and ignoring the boys.
The memory swirled and I found myself in the Gryffindor Girls Dormitory.
"They're so stupid! They're arrogant toe-rags!" Lily was saying.
"Lily, hun, I think you're overreacting," Dorcas said cautiously.
"Dorcas, hun," Lily said sarcastically. "I am definitely not overreacting! They could have hurt somebody! They think they're so cool, but really, they're just idiots!"
"Lils, just ignore them. That's what I do, and see, look at me, I'm not completely mental." Marlene said.
"Yeah, that's what I do too." Mary agreed.
"Urgh! They think they have the world is theirs, but really, they're just… just… there's not even a word to describe how annoying they are!" She explained.
The memory spun and chucked me out. I started thinking of original names that James, Fred and I could call ourselves. I finally decided that, if we were to have a name, it should be a tribute to the greatest pranksters of all time.