My name is Lucy Andersen and I have been friends with the Marauders for a long time now. I am 16 years old and a Muggleborn. And a few days ago, I decided to write the stories of the Marauders and their pranks down, because neither should be forgotten, but both will if there's no way to look them up. And none of the boys would ever write their pranks down, not even Remus, so it has come down to me. Not long ago, they came up with the idea of hosting the "Wizard Prank Wars" and they are going to be the theme of my memoirs of the Marauders.

It was when they were bored and complained about the work a good prank would make. They said, that they were the only ones to prank anyone at all. And yes, they were right. It had become really boring at school. Everyone relied on us to make the day fun and to do the pranks and to get the detention. Then Remus (I'm going to call him Moony) said we would just have to find a way of getting the others to prank, too. I have to admit, Moony was always the clever one in our group (but we others aren't stupid as well), but this idea was probably the best he ever had. Of course, it was not worked out by then, but it was a start.

After we had lucubrated for three nights, the concept was elaborate. I have to admit, Moony did the most work. We were going to make it a contest, called the "Wizard Prank Wars". Students who wanted to participate should enrol and talk to Moony. He would write all the names down and keep records about the pranks. The better the prank, the more points you got. Who had the most points at the end of a two-month period, was going to be the Prank King or Queen. But if you got pranked or caught by a teacher, you were out of the competition.

Of course, we wanted to win. We had been the uncrowned Prank Kings and Queen since we attended Hogwarts, and this was our chance to make it official.

Unobtrusive, we informed every house, down to the very last student about our competition. Most of them were keen on it, though there were a few fun killers. But well, I guess, every school's got them.

When the time for applications was over, we had a list of over two pages with students who want to participate. And Moony used his tiny writing!

Because most of the participants were not trained in pranking, we did not really worry about our win. We also already had a few pranks we planned some time ago and were just waiting for the right time to come.

And that's how it started:

The first day of the "Wizard Prank Wars" had begun, and it was hell. All of the students who pranked on the first day were beginners. None of the pranks was considered and half of them didn't work at all. The ones which did work mainly stroke the wrong people and/or the escape route wasn't worked out.

Even the friends of my cousin Medea competed, and they were all around the age of eleven or twelve. It was not believable.

I think we five were all shocked how much of a mess we had caused. Of course, we were shocked in a positive way. I mean, we are Marauders, it's our job t cause trouble in school. Those days, we hoped that the "Wizard Prank Wars" would be remembered, and when we were old, one of the kids would tell us about how anyone at school started them again. Those days, we hoped we would go down in history (hopefully just unofficial, because if the teachers found out we caused this, we would be in so much trouble).

We didn't even have lunch and Moony could already remove half of the list. Though I have to say, some of the pranks were even quite funny. One person enchanted McGonagall's robes, so they blazed yellow for everyone except her. I suspect one of the seventh years because that had to be an advanced spell. Sadly, Flitwick informed her about the charm when he wanted to ask for chalk. She was not very happy about it.

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After a few days, the chaos had worn off. There were still some pranks but way less and way more functioning.

The boys and I decided to start pranking after a week or so because we wanted to make a big entrance and show that we were sure to win.

The beginning if the "Wizard Prank Wars" was really exhausting. We, as the Marauders and technically the favourites, had a lot to deal with. Pretty much every one of these beginners wanted to prank us and get us disqualified. So the first morning, we skipped breakfast and headed straight to class. We had to be constantly vigilant and could concentrate on the lessons at the start (not that Padfoot (Sirius) or Prongs (James) ever did).

Once, we were nearly pranked, when Peter ran into the Great Hall, careless out of hunger. If he was pranked, we were out, too, because we entered the contest as a team. I hope the other contesters won't realize our weakest link too soon. Though, I have to admit I was really afraid of getting pranked and ruining our chance to win this competition and take all the others down!

The teachers were really astonished the first week or so. Everywhere pranks. Stink bombs were thrown across the halls, water came from all directions and, and, and... None of the school staff knew what to do. As we invented the competition, it didn't happen before and nobody had experience with it. One evening, Dumbledore wanted to say something against all the pranks that happened, when Filch ran into the hall and told the headmaster, that Peeves was wrecking the transfiguration classrooms, which lead to a lot of excitement. The students hoped he would do it properly, so the classes would be cancelled and the teachers thought about what to do about it fast, so exactly what the students desired would not happen.

McGonagall nearly threw a fit because of the "indiscipline and misbehaviour that has found their way into the corridors of this honourable school" (yes, she did say that).

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Word count: 1058

This was of course just the prologue, the big pranks will come in the following chapters, no worries!

Hope you enjoyed it!

Would you compete it the "Wizard Prank Wars"? I mean, it sounds fun to me, but I wouldn't want to get in trouble (yes, I know, I'm boring).

-Tonks