So, I'm starting another HP fanfic. I know you have that look on your face; she's probably not going to finish this one either. WRONG! I plan to finish this before Halloween, since this is a Halloween-centric fic. Most of the chapters will be pretty short, but I was originally going to make is a one-shot, and that was too long, so I decided to make it into a choppy multi-chaptered fic. I've already got the first four chapters written, so prepare for speedy updates. Also, R&R
Why You're Lucky You Don't Know James
Chapter 1
James' POV
James Sirius Potter walked down to the Great Hall grinning like an idiot. Everyone who knew him knew that when James grinned like an idiot, either something really good happened or he was planning an extravagant prank. That was usually more of a smirk, though.
Today, he was grinning because his plan/prank for Halloween (which was that night) was going perfectly. He had charged his friends with informing all the other Weasleys and other assorted personal of their Halloween plans, and so far, everyone had agreed. James just had a couple more people he had to recruit, and he decided that he wanted to convince them personally to come with the Weasleys and co. to the Forbidden Forest at night instead of waiting around on the Quidditch pitch pranking people.
James marched strait over to the Slytherin table. He hadn't actually managed to find Scorpius Malfoy, but he had located his two close friends: Vincent Goyle and Jay Flint. "Morning, gents."
The two Slytherins looked up, but before either could respond, he heard another voice answer. "What do you want?"
James turned. He smiled; just the person he was looking for. "There you are, Scorp!"
The young blonde Slytherin had to bite the inside of his mouth to prevent himself from snapping back. "Is there something you want?" he repeated.
"You're going down to the Quidditch pitch tonight, right?" James pressed.
"I need to help Jay with his Herbology report," Scorpius answered.
"It's Halloween!" James insisted.
Scorpius' eyebrows narrowed. "I know. Why do you care about my plans?"
James struggled to prevent his grin from cracking even wider. "I have special… plans that I've been throwing together for awhile. It'd mean a lot to me if you joined in. You can bring your nobody Slytherin friends with you."
"Hey!" Vincent and Jay exclaimed at the same time.
"What kind of plans?" Scorpius demanded.
"Me, my cousins, my siblings, and some family friends are going to sneak into the Forbidden Forest," James explained.
"How thick are you?" Scorpius looked slightly perplexed. "That sounds more like suicide than fun."
"But you agree that it sounds a little bit like fun?" James asked.
"No!" Scorpius exclaimed. "No! I'm not doing it; none of us are."
James sighed and feigned being hurt. "Oh well. I'll just have to tell Roxie and Rose that you three chickened out; they'll probably get a kick out of it."
Scorpius' cheeks became red. James couldn't tell if it was from rage or embarrassment; people's cheeks tended to flush when they had a crush on someone. James turned away and prepared to walk away. He knew he didn't need to walk away, though. They would give in. They always did.
"Scorpius, please!" Jay begged.
"Yeah; it sounds like fun!" Vincent agreed.
"No! This is exactly what Potter wants to happen," Scorpius snapped.
Potter? James thought. He was genuinely hurt by that; he had thought that he had scared the crap out of Scorpius enough to be called by his first name.
"We'll be hated on if we don't," Jay reminded him.
"We'll be cowards forever…" Vincent muttered.
"Well, it's a good thing we're not Gryffindors," Scorpius hissed.
"Please…" the two pleaded together.
James nearly smirked as he heard Scorpius grumble in defeat. "Did I mention that whoever comes running out screaming will remembered for the rest of our time at Hogwarts as the biggest wimp?" he added. This time he did smirk.
"If we do get caught, it'll be your fault," Scorpius snarled.
"Don't worry; we won't," James assured him. He wasn't actually sure of that, but there was no need to tell Scorpius that.