This story is dedicated to a friend of mine who insists that I write more Romance and will not stop nagging me about it. Therefore, since it's Valentine's Day, I have decided to be rid of the nagging by writing this. Although there is a risk of my friend asking me to write more…
Disclaimer: I don't own anything that you recognize…no matter how much I wish I did…
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"I am pleased to announce that it is Valentine's Day and all students will have the afternoon off to spend time with their loved ones. I also would like to warn all students to beware of love potions which are also quite popular around this time." The headmaster of Hogwarts announced at breakfast.
"Hey James," whispered Sirius, "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"That it's time for another prank? You know that the Marauders never miss out on a chance for a good prank!" James grinned.
Remus shuffled over, "Did someone say prank?"
"Padfoot and Prongs, are you trying to leave us out of this one? We won't be happy if you do, and we would like to acknowledge that it's Moony that comes up with the technical parts and the research that none of us are willing to do. You two will be missing out on a lot if we are not around. I mean, who will gather the data and information?" Peter walked over from the other side of the table and took a seat next to James.
"Of course not, Wormtail," said James, smiling, "We would never leave you two out."
"There should be less talking and more planning!" Sirius complained.
"Should I slip Lily a love potion? Or make Snivellus fall in love with me?" James appeared to be deep in thought.
Unfortunately, Lily overheard. "Potter! If I find that any part of what you just said is true, I'll be reporting you strait to the headmaster!"
"Just joking!" He replied quickly, then, sank his voice to a whisper, "So…how about it?"
"We need more creativity, something good, stunning, and will get people talking about it for weeks after." Remus said, shaking his head.
Sirius stood up and shouted. "BRAINSTORMING TIME!!!" he then received a death glare from the rest of the Marauders and sat down, blushing slightly. "Sorry, so, any ideas for a prank that we have to be ready for in a few mere hours?"
"Now, we will need to put all our efforts into this, we usually plan a large scale prank weeks ahead of time, this we don't have today. So this is what I have in mind…"
The feast proceeded with the Marauders whispering, scheming…but little does they know that someone have something far greater planned for them.