This prank is based loosely on a prank I mentioned briefly in TLS, but I changed it and we are going to see it in action! FUN!
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Chapter 9
Old Habits Die Hard
The boys walked into their dorm after an eerily silent dinner. Remus laid back on his bed and closed his eyes. The moon always took a lot out of him.
Sirius plopped cross legged onto his own four poster and watched as James practically bounced back and forth in front of his own bed.
Peter sat down at the window and stared out into the night.
"Pete, you alright mate? You haven't said a word about what happened. We know you were there alone. They didn't hit you with anything did they?" Remus asked bluntly.
The small boy shook his head, looking down at his hands.
"Tell us about it. You are obviously shaken up Pete. Tell us what happened, we don't know, we were all here, tell us." Remus said calmly.
"I was no help at all. None. I just, hid. That is all I could do. I was shopping and I was in Zonko's and was looking at the new fireworks thinking about getting them and half listening to these two little boys beside me talk about fake wands. And then from no where there is this huge bang and the roof starts shaking and the floor moves and I see the little boys fall down. They started screaming. Everywhere all I could hear was screaming .
Then from the window I saw them out there. Dozens of black robed people shooting fire and ice and green jets at random people. I mean students and all. And these two little kids start crying and the one tried to run for the door.
Well I grabbed him round the middle and cast a silencio charm on them both and hid down behind a fallen display. I hoped they assumed we were dead. I was so scared all I could do was hide. There were others out there, seventh years mainly who were fighting back and shielding people and I just hid. Dumbledore found me when they all dissaparated.
He came in and found me huddled on the floor clutching an 8 year old like a coward. I am so ashamed. The sorting hat was right. I should be a Slytherin. The only reason I am in Gryffindor was because you Remus, and Sirius were both already here and I wanted to be a part of this group. I was so happy on the train with you and I wanted to stay that way…Happy is a good feeling. I don't belong here, I am such a coward." He moaned into his hands.
James stopped acing and looked at his friend with sympathy, Sirius looked a bit shocked and Remus just stared at the ceiling.
"First off wormy, the sorting hat wasn't too keen on me being in Gryffindor either. You think I didn't argue my arse off? I did. It was deadest that I should go to Slytherin. But here I am. And I am in no way a Slytherin, c'mon could you see me in green and silver?" Sirius replied.
"Well no, but you three fought them off over the summer you didn't hide."
James spoke next, maybe not in a soothing voice but in a serious one, which was very unlike him.
"We fought because we had no choice. There weren't any other wizards around, and the girls were there, asleep, well drugged, and we had to keep them safe.
We fought because they had Sirius. Otherwise, hell I would have stayed hidden in the woods."
"And I didn't fight, I got captured, tortured, used as bait and then I cried. Uhm it certainly wasn't the most Godric moment of my life if you get what I'm saying. I didn't even run back to fight them, I ran back because I though one of the girls was up and Moony was going to eat her." Sirius mumbled as he rolled into his pillow.
"gee, thanks for that Pads. Look Pete, none of us wants to fight. I want to be a professor, you know that. I don't want to fight. Siri, well yeah he wants to be an auror, but only to piss off his parents so that doesn't count. And Jamie wants to go off and fly on broomsticks for a living…Not exactly the most battle hardened bunch over here. And as for hiding, your hiding saved two little boys lives. Had you not hid them they would have died. And you know it. I am certain that their parents are grateful that you hid them. You saved two kids' lives today. You are a hero not a coward.
And for bloody sake James stop pacing in front of your bed and lay down already, if you do you will be able to smell her on your effing sheets, you aren't going to dilute it." Remus said finally
"What? I am pacing because I am worried about Pete." James replied, very red in the face.
Sirius burst into laughter and Peter shook his head fondly, Remus replied in a tired voice.
"No you aren't, you are afraid you are going to ruin, I don't know the essence of Lily or something. She was all up in your bed just lay in it already."
"Uhm, why was Lily in Prongs' bed?" Peter asked in a very confused manner.
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AN- The script is as follows
BOLD-Sirius
Italic- Remus
BOLD UL- James
UL-Peter
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James felt his parchment burn hot under his fingers and looked down to see the note appearing there. The magical parchment rolls his mum had made for the four of them had kept them out of many detentions.
We need a prank. Something to cheer up Wormykins.
I am perfectly cheered already thanks.
You have been moping Pete, admit it.
He isn't moping he is studying, there is a difference, you two might know it if you ever tried to study.
Blasphemy Remus Lupin! Us study? You make me laugh Moonbeam you make me laugh.
If you call me that again I am going to make you cry.
What kind of prank are we planning Sir Padfoot?
I was thinking something, fun. Obviously fun, nothing vengeful or towards anyone. Maybe just something that would be a great time.
Too bad we can't take him to France with us and go surfing again! That was fun!
We can surf here! We can surf on the lake!
I am not learning to surf with that forsaken sea monster.
Oh yeah I forgot he likes the taste of some Peteypie! You are so sweet even sea creatures love you Pete!
I am just dying from laughter over here Sirius, ha ha….
It was pretty funny.
Pretty sure he was being sarcastic there Pads.
We could surf the stairs WE COULD SURF THE STAIRS!
Sweet love of merlin WE CAN SURF THE STAIRS!
Oh shit
Damn it!
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"Mr. Black and Mr. Potter should I ask why you are standing in this corridor wearing muggle wetsuits?"
"I don't think it would be in your best interest to ask that Professor Flitwick." Sirius replied with a grin.
"Would you tell me if I asked?"
"Erm, no, no we would not." James answered with the most innocent expression he could muster.
"Very well, I daresay I will see you in my office sometime this week for a detention so carryon if you must."
"We must!" they said in unison as they continued farther up the grand staircase.
As they reached the very top they met Remus and Peter. They unshrunk the four surfboards they had been hiding under the invisibility cloak and handed them to their rubber clad friends.
"How did you two manage to get these?" Remus said with raised eyebrows, he had been hoping their lack of gear would deter them but alas they had all their bases covered.
"Muggle mail order into potter manor and then we just had Binky owl post them to us with a size charm on them and voila! Four competition level surf boards." Sirius said proudly holding out a blue board to Remus.
He sighed deeply and took it, knowing that several detentions were in his immediate future. And possibly a few broken bones.
Pete squeaked as James handed him a red board and kept the orange one for himself. Sirius looked excited as he held onto his own yellow board.
"Well boys, it's now or never!" James said the sheer excitement blatant in his speech. "Aguamenti Maxima!" he shouted.
The other three pointed their wands and repeated his charm. Water began to flow freely from the very walls around them and it poured down the staircase.
Remus pointed at the river like water and said,
"vastis fluctibus!"
Instantly the water began to roll into frothy waves, they could hear it as they crashed down the 8 stories of the main stairwell. They started to hear shouts and curses from the floors below them.
"Well, we better do this then, here goes nothing!" Sirius shouted as he jumped feet first onto his board and went screaming down the stairs.
James pushed Pete onto his stomach on his board and sent him careening towards Sirius laughing the entire way.
With one last look at each other James and Sirius grabbed their boards and jumped into the waves. James completing perfect form and gliding down the waterfall of waves, Remus was sitting on his board riding the waves like a huge water slide.
It was on about the third floor that James saw a flash of red hair in front of him and immediately understood what was happening. He tried to keep from crashing into her but merely ended up falling off of his board and ending up grabbing hold of her as they were thrown mercilessly down the final three floors, her screaming, him laughing, the entire way.
As they spilled out into the entrance way James felt himself roll to a stop with Lily laying on top of him.
He spit water out of his mouth as she shook her hair out around her.
"How do we always meet like this?" He said with a smile.
She did not look amused in the least.
"James Potter you prat what is your problem. You never change!" she shouted.
"Lily calm down, we were only trying to cheer up Peter here. He has been a bit down since hogmede" Remus soothed as he stood up beside of her. "Besides, look at how happy everyone else is too." He said with a grin as they watched several Hufflepuffs slide into the hall fully clothed and soaking wet but laughing hysterically.
"Someone could have gotten hurt! Don't cover for him Remus, this has Potter written all over it, Don't even try and tell me you didn't come up with this." Lily raged.
"Well I may have supplied a bit of the idea."
"A bit, you were a genius! This was bloody brilliant! We are going again!" Sirius shouted as he and Peter ran towards the stairs.
"Not so fast you two!" a stern voice said that stopped them in their tracks.
Both Sirius and peter flinched as they turned to see a very angry Professor McGonagall glaring at them.
"My office. All four of you. NOW!" the boys all glanced at each other but did not move.
"Well, what are you waiting for exactly?" she said. Her voice laced in anger.
"Erm…How do we get to your office, without using the stairs?" James said meekly as Professor Flitwick walked by shaking his head and chuckling at the group of sixth year boys.