Characters:



Lily (Luna)

Mythtakers

Helen (Demeter) Mythtakers

Pauline (Nike) Mythtakers

Sarah (Dionysus) Mythtakers



James (Prongs) Marauders

Remus (Moony) Marauders

Sirius (Padfoot) Marauders

Peter (Wormtail) Marauders



Severus (Rattler) SnakeCharmers

Lucius (Basilisk) SnakeCharmers

Belatrix (Constrictor) SnakeCharmers

Regulus (Cobra) SnakeCharmers

Pairings: Lily/James, Helen/Remus, Pauline/Sirius, Sarah/Sirius

Believed Pairings (what the Hogwarts students believe) : Luna and Moony, Prongs and Nike, Demeter and Wormtail, Dionysus and Padfoot.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters. By the way if all the names and codenames confuse you please re-read the list above.

Plot: 3 groups run amok in Hogwarts. Each group has 4 members with their own codenames. No one knows the identity of ANY of these individuals. Some even believe that the individuals don't actually go to Hogwarts. This IS an L/P Fanfic. Better than it sounds (if it sounds good then its worse than it sounds).

Chapter 1: A New Ceiling

Suspended in the air of the great hall were three emblems, all with the shield shape of the Hogwarts Emblem. The First Emblem had an M in the centre where the H should have been, instead of the Gryffindor Lion there was a white stag, instead of the Ravenclaw Eagle there was a wolf, the Badger became the dog and the snake became the rat. This was the Marauder's emblem.

The second emblem seemed much more feminine than the first, two intertwined Ms rested in the centre; Gryffindor was replaced by a crescent moon, Ravenclaw became a single rose. Hufflepuff, a shoe for some unknown reason (Muggle borns knew what this meant but people who had no experience with Muggle shops were completely bewildered). And lastly Slytherin became a bunch of grapes. This was the Mythtaker's emblem.

The final emblem wasn't feminine, nor particularly proud but had a sort off sinister air around it. It was the SnakeCharmer's emblem. Surrounding the S were four different snakes; a basilisk, a rattlesnake, a cobra and a boa constrictor.



Out of all three groups the most obvious was the SnakeCharmers, anyone with more than ten brain cells (who had magical tuition) could tell the group was based in Slytherin, that much was obvious. But the rest? Completely anonymous. The teachers all believed their favourite individual were in their favoured house. The teachers debated against each other and sometimes the debates turned slightly nasty and the shouts could be heard at the other end of the school.

Each group used their own emblem to signify when it was them who had been responsible. Today, they had all participated but in different ways without alerting the other groups. The Marauders had contributed by adding 4 litres of hot sauce for each table's worth of food; the Mythtakers had charmed the ceiling of the Great Hall to resemble the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel but with their respective Goddesses replacing each figure. Luna had obviously seen problem in the problem because of the absence of her own respective Goddess so had replaced her share of the original figures with Aphrodite, Athena and Artemis. Being a magical school the paintings all moved and the Mythtaker replacements were singing one of the Mythtaker songs. They were notorious for letting one of the songs they composed themselves play over and over whilst the damage was being tidied away. Currently the figures were singing one of their new songs "Sweet About Me" (A.N I don't own this song)

Ooh, watching me
Hanging by
A string this time
Don't, easily
The climax
Of the perfect lie
Ooh, watching me
Hanging by
A string this time
Don't, easily
Smile worth
A hundred lies

The SnakeCharmers hadn't actually done anything but wanted to take credit for the work of their rival groups in a typical Slytherin way. "Hey James" Sirius shouted over the lyrics of the Mythtaker song. "Oh, hey Sirius" James replied startled turning to face his friend. "Mythtakers have gone all out this Halloween" Sirius gestured towards the ceiling. "Song isn't too bad either" James smiled.

If there's lessons
To be learned
I'd rather get
My jamming words
In first, so
Tell you something
That I've found
That the world's
A better place
When it's
Upside down, boy



Lucius sneered "Who the hell are those girls trying to fool?" He asked Belatrix. "Don't know but their songs are always adored by the student population" She answered "Can't imagine why."

"Guys, play nice." Lucius turned to face his fellow SnakeCharmer, Severus.

"Why though?"

"Well we know they are probably a bunch of sluts, isn't that good enough?"

"No it isn't. I hate those wannabees" Regulus joined the conversation.

"Knowing your brother, he probably adores them." Lucius sneered.

If there's lessons
To be learned
I'd rather get
My jamming words
In first, so
When your playing
With desire
Don't come running
To my place
When it burns
Like fire, boy

Lily nodded her head along to the song she had written herself as she wove through the excited crowd, stopping at the end of the Great Hall to admire her work. "Hey Lils" Lily looked over her shoulder and spotted her friend trying in vain to get through the crowd. Stifling a laugh she helped Sarah to come to her position. "I like your feminisation of Dionysus" Lily pointed. "Well, I couldn't exactly make myself MALE." Sarah said. "Marauders did a pretty good job too" Lily nodded her agreement. Pauline and Helen both had succeeded a travelling across the crowd far more successfully than their fellow Mythtaker. Sarah sniffed and looked away pointedly. "Hey Lily" Helen shouted before flinging her friend into a rib cracking hug. "Helen, what's up" Lily said upon being released.

"SnakeCharmers are trying to take credit for the Marauders work as usual." Pauline informed Sarah and Lily.

"They'd probably try to take credit for our work if we didn't have a rather feminine song in addition to out namesakes." Lily laughed. Remembering that she and the others had checked the kitchens and seen what the Marauders had planned.

Sweet about me
Nothing sweet
About me, yeah

Sweet about me
Nothing sweet
About m-

"Flitwick's probably worked out how to turn off the music" Lily sighed. A loud groan was heard by the student body. "Lily I think you wrote a hit!" Helen squealed.



"Hey Sarah, will you help me research anti turn off spells later?" Lily asked

"Yeah sure"

"I want a spell that will only make the music turn off when the rest of the prank has gone" Lily informed her as Pauline took notes of the spell's must haves.

"Flitwick turned off music" James said as Remus joined him and Sirius.

"Yeah, I was starting to really like that song" Sirius moaned,

"Remus, I think we need to get Sirius a life"

"I agree James, before Sirius runs to the Mythtakers begging them to let him join"

"Now wait, just a minute…" Sirius spat looking livid. Remus raised his hands and backed away slightly.

"No one's talking about our prank" Peter said emerging from the crowd.

"Peter," Sirius asked, Peter nodded "Has the food come out yet?"

"Umm… No."

"Exactly, they won't have noticed until the food comes out."

"Ohhhhhhhh" Peter looked incredibly enlightened. James took a while to admire the new ceiling. Lily had noticed James admiring her work and walked over.

"The Mythtakers charmed it to look like the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel" Lily explained, James jumped as he noticed her standing on his right. "I wonder how they did it," Lily sighed staring at an Aphrodite laughing at Demeter. "They probably used the Copy charm" James told her,

"Really? I'll look into it, might come in useful" Lily said impressed, even though he had mistaken the charm she had used, he actually had informed her of a different charm she could possibly use on a different occasion. The crowd suddenly hushed as Dumbledore stood up. Lily and James turned to watch their Headmaster, Lily smiled slightly wondering what Dumbledore thought of her hard work. "Now as you can see the Mythtakers have changed the ceiling to resemble the Sistine Chapel, since I have been spared the pleasure of ever seeing the original piece of work I believe we should leave the ceiling as it is until dinner is over. Suddenly the plates were pilled high food and the crowd dispersed all leaving to their tables. James smiled as everyone began eating and the first scream came from the Slytherin table.