For the Love of Pranks
Disclaimer: If you recognize it, we don't own it. However, the ideas in this story belong to my friend, Garden Gnome, and me, Sploogal
A/N: We haven't included Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail) in this story, because, for it to be credible, he'd have to have been a decent person during his years at Hogwarts, otherwise Lily and James wouldn't have trusted him enough to make him their secret keeper. We just find it very difficult to write Peter as a 'good' person right now, but he might pop up in later chapters, who knows? Anyway, on with the story.
Chapter One
"Did you see the looks on their faces?!"
"That was one of the best pranks we've ever pulled on the Slytherin's!"
The three of them burst out laughing as they ran towards Gryffindor tower, followed by the angry shouts of a group of fifth year Slytherin boys.
Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and James Potter had just pulled a prank on a group of Slytherin's, which had turned their skin red with gold stripes: the Gryffindor colours. They'd done things similar to this before, but Remus, who was good at modifying spells to suit their purposes, had invented a way to make the new colours stay for a whole week, no matter what the Slytherin's did! Sirius made it to the portrait of the Fat Lady first, and gasped the password, "Snidget 150." The three boys tumbled through the portrait hole, still laughing.
"You three have been picking on Slytherin's again, haven't you?" Demanded a familiar voice, as the three of them groaned and turned to face Lily Evans.
Lily Evans, like Remus, James, and Sirius, was a third year Gryffindor, but, unlike Remus, James, and Sirius, she disapproved of pranking people. Even those who deserved it!
"Lily, how could you accuse us of such an atrocity?" Asked James, faking shock and disgust.
"Yeah, Lily," started Sirius.
"It's not as if we've ever done it before," continued James.
"Well, apart from that time when we dyed their hair pink,"
"And when we made carrots sprout from their ears,"
"Or when we gave Snape a Mohawk,"
"Oh, and you're forgetting when."
The two of them went on, until Remus found the sense to stop them.
"GUYS! I think she gets the picture!" Shouted Remus, after discovering that talking to them normally was having no effect.
"You're all so immature!" Scolded Lily. "Remus, I don't know why you let them lead you into these things, because, really, you can do better!".
"But, Lily, he doesn't want to do better, he." Said James, before Lily cut him off.
"I'm sure Remus can speak for himself," huffed Lily, glaring at Remus as though daring him to disagree with her.
"Actually, Lily, James is right. And just think of how much trouble they'd get into if I wasn't around to polish off their plans!"
"Well, it would serve them right!"
Lily, like most people, was usually amused by the Marauders' pranks, occasionally even lending them a hand finding new, more interesting spells, but Sirius had put a charm on her owl, Venus, the week before. A charm which made the owl's hoots sound like a car horn. Since then, lily had been 'less than friendly' to all three of them.
"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm tired," Sirius commented. Stifling a (fake) yawn, he started climbing the stairs leading to the boys' dormitory. Remus took the hint, and exited quickly, followed by James' glare. Lily and James were now alone in the common room.
"I. err. well," James stuttered, silently cursing himself for sounding like such an idiot in front of Lily.
"Yeah, little Jamesie's beddy-bies time, isn't it?" Teased Lily, realising as she sed it, how lame she sounded. She told herself to keep her cool, and act natural. It was only James, after all.
"Heeh, yeah, well,"
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow then," said Lily, staring into James' eyes, realising how deep they were.
"Yeah, tomorrow." Repeated James, not having found his tongue yet. Without realising what he was doing, James leant in and started to kiss Lily. Lily hadn't exactly been expecting this, but she had been hoping for it, so, not wanting to turn away, she was just starting to put an arm around James' neck, when James finally came to his senses, and stepped back, turning an interesting shade of crimson. Lily also looked a bit uncomfortable, and started fidgeting. A few seconds later, as if acting on a signal, both turned and fled in opposite directions, towards their respective dorms.
Remus was asleep by the time James entered the boys' dorm. Only Sirius lay awake, pondering the strange relationship between his best friend and Lily: one minute they were at each other's throats, and then, in the blink of an eye, they were almost kissing! Neither of them had said anything, of course, because they were too damn stubborn to admit it, (James said that Lily was a "nosy goody-two-shoes", while Lily claimed that James was just an "immature little prankster") but Sirius knew that they were deeply in love with each other. Although James was very popular, and he'd had loads of girlfriends over the years, he'd never been really serious about a girl before, and he'd definitely never been in love before.
Upon hearing James come in, Sirius sighed, and rolled over, pretending to be asleep. It was none of his business what James and Lily did (or didn't do), but all the same, there would be Hogsmead weekends at some stage, and he couldn't wait to leave them alone together.
To be continued
Disclaimer: If you recognize it, we don't own it. However, the ideas in this story belong to my friend, Garden Gnome, and me, Sploogal
A/N: We haven't included Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail) in this story, because, for it to be credible, he'd have to have been a decent person during his years at Hogwarts, otherwise Lily and James wouldn't have trusted him enough to make him their secret keeper. We just find it very difficult to write Peter as a 'good' person right now, but he might pop up in later chapters, who knows? Anyway, on with the story.
Chapter One
"Did you see the looks on their faces?!"
"That was one of the best pranks we've ever pulled on the Slytherin's!"
The three of them burst out laughing as they ran towards Gryffindor tower, followed by the angry shouts of a group of fifth year Slytherin boys.
Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and James Potter had just pulled a prank on a group of Slytherin's, which had turned their skin red with gold stripes: the Gryffindor colours. They'd done things similar to this before, but Remus, who was good at modifying spells to suit their purposes, had invented a way to make the new colours stay for a whole week, no matter what the Slytherin's did! Sirius made it to the portrait of the Fat Lady first, and gasped the password, "Snidget 150." The three boys tumbled through the portrait hole, still laughing.
"You three have been picking on Slytherin's again, haven't you?" Demanded a familiar voice, as the three of them groaned and turned to face Lily Evans.
Lily Evans, like Remus, James, and Sirius, was a third year Gryffindor, but, unlike Remus, James, and Sirius, she disapproved of pranking people. Even those who deserved it!
"Lily, how could you accuse us of such an atrocity?" Asked James, faking shock and disgust.
"Yeah, Lily," started Sirius.
"It's not as if we've ever done it before," continued James.
"Well, apart from that time when we dyed their hair pink,"
"And when we made carrots sprout from their ears,"
"Or when we gave Snape a Mohawk,"
"Oh, and you're forgetting when."
The two of them went on, until Remus found the sense to stop them.
"GUYS! I think she gets the picture!" Shouted Remus, after discovering that talking to them normally was having no effect.
"You're all so immature!" Scolded Lily. "Remus, I don't know why you let them lead you into these things, because, really, you can do better!".
"But, Lily, he doesn't want to do better, he." Said James, before Lily cut him off.
"I'm sure Remus can speak for himself," huffed Lily, glaring at Remus as though daring him to disagree with her.
"Actually, Lily, James is right. And just think of how much trouble they'd get into if I wasn't around to polish off their plans!"
"Well, it would serve them right!"
Lily, like most people, was usually amused by the Marauders' pranks, occasionally even lending them a hand finding new, more interesting spells, but Sirius had put a charm on her owl, Venus, the week before. A charm which made the owl's hoots sound like a car horn. Since then, lily had been 'less than friendly' to all three of them.
"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm tired," Sirius commented. Stifling a (fake) yawn, he started climbing the stairs leading to the boys' dormitory. Remus took the hint, and exited quickly, followed by James' glare. Lily and James were now alone in the common room.
"I. err. well," James stuttered, silently cursing himself for sounding like such an idiot in front of Lily.
"Yeah, little Jamesie's beddy-bies time, isn't it?" Teased Lily, realising as she sed it, how lame she sounded. She told herself to keep her cool, and act natural. It was only James, after all.
"Heeh, yeah, well,"
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow then," said Lily, staring into James' eyes, realising how deep they were.
"Yeah, tomorrow." Repeated James, not having found his tongue yet. Without realising what he was doing, James leant in and started to kiss Lily. Lily hadn't exactly been expecting this, but she had been hoping for it, so, not wanting to turn away, she was just starting to put an arm around James' neck, when James finally came to his senses, and stepped back, turning an interesting shade of crimson. Lily also looked a bit uncomfortable, and started fidgeting. A few seconds later, as if acting on a signal, both turned and fled in opposite directions, towards their respective dorms.
Remus was asleep by the time James entered the boys' dorm. Only Sirius lay awake, pondering the strange relationship between his best friend and Lily: one minute they were at each other's throats, and then, in the blink of an eye, they were almost kissing! Neither of them had said anything, of course, because they were too damn stubborn to admit it, (James said that Lily was a "nosy goody-two-shoes", while Lily claimed that James was just an "immature little prankster") but Sirius knew that they were deeply in love with each other. Although James was very popular, and he'd had loads of girlfriends over the years, he'd never been really serious about a girl before, and he'd definitely never been in love before.
Upon hearing James come in, Sirius sighed, and rolled over, pretending to be asleep. It was none of his business what James and Lily did (or didn't do), but all the same, there would be Hogsmead weekends at some stage, and he couldn't wait to leave them alone together.
To be continued