A/N: The last chapter, I noticed, had quite a few format mistakes. I hadn't gone through it after I uploaded it. The rules were numbered. A page break was missing. In "the stage" there had been asterisks to help site where those questions were situated. I'm probably going to do an overhaul of this story after I finish writing it. I also forgot to include Lily's cat, Moonbeam, in the "The Stage" and "The Search Commences". Oops. BTW, "prank" is a noun, not a verb. You cannot say, "They pranked someone." You can say, "They played a prank on someone."

Lily was walking down the hall to NEWT level charms (the period before lunch), late because she had a meeting with the herbology professor, when she became aware that there was someone walking almost directly behind her. Fearing the worst, she kept on walking as though she hadn't noticed. I should wait until I have an audience to confront them, she thought, that way, if I need help, someone will be there to. When she reached the open door of a third year transfiguration class, she turned around to question the stalker. She looked upwards to face the face of James Potter.

"Do you need something?" Lily asked kindly, although she was worried.

"I was just thinking that I never introduced myself to you. James Potter." he introduced. He held out his hand. Lily looked at it briefly, but ignored it, as she was still on her guard.

"I'm afraid that you are wrong about that. You introduced yourself to me on the train in third year." she stated. Lily was unsure whether or not to call him by his last name or his first. It was the one custom at Hogwarts that she never understood. James looked down at his still outstretched hand, and brought it back down. (James:0 Lily:1)

"I did, did I? It must have slipped my mind. You are -" Lily could see his hesitation at remembering the name, "Walters. No?" James kept his cool although he had blundered. (James:-1 Lily:1) OK, he's calling me "Walters", so I guess I call him by his last name too, she thought. The two had now stopped in the middle of the empty hall. Lily nodded- yes, she was "Walters". James leaned on a nearby suit of armour, trying to gather up his dignity and act cool.

"So where are you headed, now?" he asked, trying to start a conversation.

"NEWT level charms."

"Who's your professor?" James was confused- how was she in going to charms when he was going to charms too?

"Professor Flitwick. I am in your class, Potter." Lily smiled slightly. James was less observant than she had thought.

"Really." James sighed. This was not going well. She was calling him by his last name. Girls never did that. (James:-1 Lily: 2) He tried to start a conversation again, "So... What do you do for fun?" That's always a good place to start, he thought.

"Look. We really should be getting to charms." she said. She didn't want to be later than she already was.

This is not good. Mayday! Mayday! Girl doesn't want to talk to me. Plan B! Plan B! ... What is plan B? Oh yah! Begging... Got it. James thought.

"All I want to do is talk to you!" James begged.

Lily's eyes widened. She didn't want to be mean, but this was strange behaviour. She looked at her watch- class was ending in ten minutes. She made a quick decision. "I can talk to you at lunch. I just really have to get to class. Please?" she begged too, her eyes wide and pleading. She was desperate to get to class. James was caught in those eyes for a moment- they seemed greener than usual. He brought himself back to reality and remembered that the marauders had planned to decide the next category at lunch that day.

"I'm bust at lunch. What about after dinner in the common room?" James asked quickly.

"Alright. Now, come on!" Lily beckoned to James and they jogged the rest of the way to NEWT level charms.

After Lily sat down, Lily thought about how bad that must have looked. The two had come late to class, sweaty and frazzled, together. Her eyes quickly darted around the room to see what sort of a commotion it had caused, but noticed that most eyes were on James if not on their work. The girls sighed at the sweaty look that James wore, helped by his unruly hair. Lily shook her head slightly. Not noticed was the way she wanted to be, at least until the end of school.

At lunch that day, the marauders ate in the kitchens alone. The sat around a table gladly given to them by the house elves. James spoke up.

"Does anyone have any opinions on what should by the first challenge?" he asked. Remus put his hand up.

"Remus, we're not in class anymore. You can just speak up," James reminded him.

"Oh yah, oops. Well," Remus gathered his thoughts for a moment, "I think we should gain their trust before we do anything directly."

"Good idea. Anybody else?" James questioned.

"I think we should see whether or not they could handle being the guarder of the pranks. That way we can see whether this whole bet is a complete waste of time before we take too much time with it." offered Peter. The marauders looked at him, and slowly nodded- what he said did make sense.

"Alright! So how can we test this cunningness?" asked James.

"How else?" Sirius started, as though it were obvious, "We prank them and see whether or not they can stop it."

"Won't that lose their trust and completely ruin this bet?" said Remus.

"Not if we're careful and not make it look like it was aimed only for her. Maybe we should do a prank on the whole Gryffindor table." counteracted Peter.

"Won't that completely ruin our reputations?" said Sirius.

"We could maybe make the prank so it looks like it was the marauders trying to have fun- so it's more of a show-off thing." said Peter, then off to the side, "We do that enough."

"OK! So, all we need is an idea for a fun prank that can be done on the female population of the Gryffindors." said Sirius.

"Who said only the female population?" wondered James.

"It could be more specific on the prank. Come on. Who doesn't want to make the female population turn into something?" said Sirius, as though everyone would obviously want to.

"This is another thing with your obsession with girls. Isn't it?" said Remus.

"Duh." said Sirius. The marauders were silent while they reminisced about Sirius' obsession. Suddenly Peter spoke.

"We could make it so the prank is something that happens in steps, so that the girls can have time to figure out how to stop it. We could make it into some for of a game for all the Gryffindors. That way we wouldn't ruin our reputations because they will think that we meant them to have fun." Another silent pause met Peter's idea.

"I like it," James finally said. They huddled together and made the final plans. Dinner that night would be full of surprises.

Lily sat in her last period class with a suspicious glance at James Potter- why did he want to talk to her? James shuffled anxiously in his seat, Lily's eyes narrowed. He only did that when he had something planned. Lily made a mental note to pay more attention than usual at dinner. I don't know what sort of prank they will be playing on the Slytherins today.

A/N: I know I shouldn't use Wikipedia for everything, I just have nothing better.. :( gloom Oh, and sorry for the longer wait than usual. I can only write it when I'm at home, and because it's summer vacation, I'm not home that much. Thanks for reading and thanks to my reviewers. I'm grateful for them all!