All's Fair in Love and War...Right?

Chapter 2: The Unforgivable Prank

The two girls strode down the Hogwarts grounds, whispering and trying to muffle their giggles. It was past curfew and they were sneaking down to the lake. It was their four year tradition to swim in the eerie lake, past curfew, on the first day back. In their first year, Jessilyn had snuck out and Lily followed. They ended up in the lake and had decided to do this all seven years.

"What if someone finds us?" Lily asked for what seemed like the hundredth time.

"Then we will use my bracelet to get out of there," Jessilyn replied patiently.

"You brought it?" Lily asked, relieved. Jessilyn had an enchanted bracelet that could apparate you to whatever destination you wanted. Only another Kale could track you down. Of course, you couldn't apparate out or in of Hogwarts, only within.

"Yes, I'll keep it on," Jessilyn answered reassuringly.

They reached the lake and stripped to their underwear.

"You first." Jessilyn nudged Lily.

"Why me?" Lily complained. "You go."

"Fine, I'll do the honors." Jessilyn quietly slipped into the cold water and shuddered. Lily followed after a minute of coaxing.

"You should see the lake underwater," Lily whispered.

They both dove underwater to see. When they reached the surface they both had the same wonderstruck look on their faces.

"That was gorgeous," Jessilyn breathed.

"What was that?" Lily whispered urgently.

"What?" Jessilyn asked.

"Did you hear that rustle?"

"It's probably just a dog."

"Go check!"

"Fine." Jessilyn climbed out of the lake and fumbled around for her wand. "Oi, I can't--ah--mmmphhh." Silence. Her sentence had been cut off with a stifled scream.

"Jessilyn?" Lily whispered anxiously. "If you're trying to scare me, it's not funny." Lily scowled as she climbed out and squinted into the darkness.

"You don't think it's funny?" a mock offended voice whispered in her ear. Lily jumped and was going to scream but her mouth was covered. Next to her, Sirius was holding Jessilyn around the waist with her mouth covered too.

"Shush! You'll give us away," Sirius warned. Lily squirmed away to confront James.

"What the hell are you doing here?" she asked in a deadly voice.

"Asking you out," He replied. Lily slapped him and he flinched. She fumbled around for her robes, as she was only dressed in her underwear.

"I'd take that as a no, James." Jessilyn smirked, having slipped out of Sirius's grip. James narrowed his eyes at her.

"Where are my robes?" Lily muttered to herself.

"Looking for these?" James piped up, holding both of their robes up.

"Give those back!" Lily whisper shouted.

"Go out with me!" he shot back arrogantly.

"You're insufferable, Potter!" Lily hissed.

"It's part of my charm," he said cheekily.

"There is no way in hell that I'll go out with you!" she said furiously.

"I guess you'll just have to go back looking like that," James said coolly.

"Relax, Lily, we'll just use my bracelet," Jessilyn said quickly before Lily exploded. She gestured to the bracelet hanging from her wrist and smirked again.

"Oi, we forgot about that," James muttered, looking lost for a moment.

Suddenly, Sirius grabbed her wrist, pulling her towards him, and snogged her. She was so taken back she didn't notice him unclasp her bracelet. He broke away before she could respond, holding up her bracelet gleefully.

She stared at him, still shocked.

"Looks like you'll have a bit of a trouble without your wands, robes, or the bracelet." Sirius grinned.

"You--I--my bracelet--that's not fair!" Jessilyn sputtered.

"All's fair in love and war." Sirius winked at her.

"Have fun walking back, unless of course you want to go out with me." James raised his eyebrows expectantly.

"No way," Lily snapped.

"Fine, it's your choice."

The two walked away, leaving two, hysterical, half naked, furious girls in the night.

"Lily, please calm down. It's not that bad if you really think about it," Jessilyn said a-matter-of-factly. Lily was laying face-down on her bed, sobbing into her pillow. "I mean, it was only Severus and he let us go, probably because of you. I'm sure Filch was absolutely delighted...ew, that's weird to think about."

They had bumped into Severus after just entering the castle. He was too embarrassed at the sight of two half naked girls, both whom he was friends with, to question them. He too, was out of bed after hours. After a lot of mumbling from all of them, they quickly left. Then came Filch. The caretaker had caught sight of them right when they were about to enter the common room. He had shouted in surprise and fury as they scrambled through the portrait hole. They could still hear him demanding entrance.

"It--hic--was soo--so embarrassing! I--h--hate--P--Potter!" Lily sobbed.

"Filch probably thought he was dreaming. Who would believe him anyways?" Jessilyn reassured her.

"I--I--w--want--"Lily started to say through her sobs.

"What do you want?" Jessilyn asked anxiously. Lily brushed her tears and calmed herself down. After a few minutes she calmed down.

"I want revenge," she said confidently with such a blazing look of determination in her eyes, that Jessilyn knew her decision couldn't be thwarted.

"She has no idea what she's getting herself into." Jessilyn thought. No one pranked against The Marauders. But, she felt a grin spread across her face. As risky as it was, she would never enjoy a better challenge. It was definitely something new for Jessilyn Kale, The Marauders' girl, to prank against them.

"I think we just might be able to fix that," Jessilyn said thoughtfully, before climbing into bed herself and falling asleep.