It was Halloween morning. Sirius and Remus were in a frenzy, excitedly deciding on what they would do for their annual Halloween prank. Peter was their official transcriber of idea and Remus was there to tell them exactly how ridiculous the idea was.

"How about we blow the Slytherin's portrait right off the hinges?" James suggested.

"And have every portrait in the castle rat us out? I don't think so," Remus said.

Peter quickly scratched it off the list.

"We could team up with Peeves and-."

"Peeves is not going to help anyone in this school even if it is to cause utter humiliation to everyone," Remus said.

"You're a spoil sport," Sirius said.

"Excuse me for me for having common sense," he replied casually as he ate his breakfast.

"Hello, boys," Dana said as she and the girls sat down to breakfast. Things had been a lot more pleasant since Lily and Sirius had settled their differences. There's been far less arguing. Quite recently the only disturbances had been Lily telling James off for hitting on her. And of course Remus telling of Sirius for his ignorance.

"What are you up to today?" Veronica asked kissing Sirius's cheek.

"The prank of the year," Sirius said.

Peter held up their sheet of paper with several cross offs and scratch outs on it.

"Great progress you've made," Lily said. "Do you really need to do this. Every year you always land in detention."

"I land in detention anyway," Sirius said.

"But shouldn't you avoid it? I mean just because you're always in detention doesn't mean you should try to get put in detention. Quite frankly you're just adding to your list of infractions, not to mention it's making your record rather predictable. The way I see it what you're doing is completely illogical and-."

"You know ever since I started talking to you I feel like there are two Remus's all the time telling me how stupid things are," Sirius said.

"And yet the idiocy continues," Remus commented.

"Like that," Sirius said. "But commenting on our predictability we counted this which is why we're going to strike tomorrow."

"What?" Dana asked.

"Think about it. We always prank on Halloween. They're expecting it. Their ever watchful eye on has been keeping an eye on us more frequently," Sirius said.

"... But if it's ever watchful isn't it always watching you?" Lily asked.

Sirius sighed. "Not in the middle of my speech, Lily."

"My apologies or great one," Lily replied rolling her eyes.

"As I was saying, they're expecting our annual Halloween prank, but if we pull the prank tomorrow on All Saints Day they'll never see it coming," Sirius said.

"Not my idea," Remus pointed out.

"Nothing ever is. You just tell us if ours are fool proof," James said. "And that's why we love you."

"Yeah," Remus cheered unenthusiastically.

"What's got you in such a foul mood today, Remus?" Peter asked.

"Oh, he's just on his period," James said. Not looking up from his breakfast Remus flipped him the birdie. "Whoa, Remus, chill out man. I'm only joking."

"Really you've been in a right state ever sine you saw McGonagall about your essay this morning," Peter said.

"Did something happen?" Veronica asked.

Remus sighed. "I got a C."

The group gasped.

"I got a C too!" Sirius said.

Veronica hit him upside the head. "You can be quite insensitive sometimes, Sirius."

"Well why?" Lily asked.

"Maybe I haven't been studying enough these days," he said.

"I doubt it. You study more than ever these days. I hardly ever see you without a book," James said.

"And even if you were studying less it shouldn't make your grade drop so drastically," Lily said.

"It's not like my Remus to get a C," Veronica said.

"My Remus?" Sirius asked.

"You should know, Sirius. Remus and I are secret lovers," Veronica said.

"Yeah. She can't keep her hands off me," Remus joked.

"Cool. We should have a threesome sometime," Sirius said.

"... No..." Remus said, slightly disgusted.

"... The images I just had in my mind are so... Disturbing that... I'm not sure I'll be able to sleep tonight," Dana said.

"Likewise," James and Lily replied in unison.

"But as far as good news goes Remus is cheering up," Veronica said.

A small smile had crept across Remus's face.

"There's the Remus we all know and love," Lily said with a smile of her own.

James rolled his eyes as Remus smiled back.

Remus was rather happy with Halloween this year. The Marauders had not managed to get him into any trouble this year and because of it he was feeling pretty good. McGonagall had even commended on his good behavior this year and because of it offered to let him redo his essay.

He was feeling pretty good about himself... But of course he is a marauder and so were his friends.

"... Remus... Remus Lupin... Oi! Remus!" Sirius shouted. Remus sat up in his bed and pulled back his curtains on his bed. He glanced at his watch.

"Have you any concept of time? It's three in the morning," he yawned.

"Yes but it's All Saints Day. Time for us to pull this huge prank," James said.

"But everyone's asleep," Remus yawned again.

"But they'll see it in the morning," Peter said.

"If that's the case we can do it in the morning. In the meantime I'd like to sleep," Remus said.

Sirius grabbed Remus and pulled him out of bed.

"Good to see you up old chum," he said. Pulling Remus, Sirius walked out of their dorm and down into the empty common room. Peter followed with James who had the invisibility cloak tucked tightly under his arm.

"Shall we be off then?" James asked.

"Of where? To do what?" Remus asked.

"Remus, you're going to need to calm down," Peter said. "Seriously. Usually I panic. You're supposed to be the rational one."

"There's nothing rational about waking me up at three in the morning, dragging me God-knows-where in my underpants," Remus said.

"Did you know more girls would like you if you went shirtless more often?" Sirius asked. Remus sighed.

"If anyone catches us up they're going to think I'm a cutter or something," Remus said.

"Well some girls are into that kinky stuff," Sirius said.

James threw the invisibility cloak over himself and his friends and they ventured out of the common room. James led them down many flights of stairs until they reached the entrance hall.

"Why are we here?" Remus asked.

Peter pulled the cloak off himself.

"Accio paint," he said. Out of nowhere two buckets of tickle-me-pink paint zoomed over into his hands. "Got it."

"Operation Lollipop Guild is a go-go," he said.

James opened one of the doors to the school. A giant breeze of freezing air shot inside.

"Whew! It's hella cold out here," James said walking out.

"We're going out?" Remus asked.

"Duh. Remus, you're a bit slow today," Sirius said.

He pulled Remus outside and closed the door to the school.

"Now what?" Remus asked.

"Grab a brush and start painting the front door," James said.

"... We're painting... The front doors... Of Hogwarts... Pink?" Remus asked.

"Tickle-me-pink," Peter corrected, handing him a brush.

Having no choice in the matter it seemed, he grabbed a brush and got to work.

But as they begun one of the doors opened. They panicked and had no time to hide, but much to their relief it was they saw Veronica.

"Hey, boys are we late?" she asked.

"Late? You're helping?" Remus asked.

"Yeah. I gotta support my man," Veronica said. Dana followed her out. Then came Lily. Just as, if not more, irritated and tired as Remus.

"You dragged me out of bed at three in the morning to play with The Marauders? I think I might strangle you," she said. She pulled her cloak tightly around her.

"Don't be so shy, Lily. It's just the boys," Veronica said.

"Shy? I barely let you see me like this," she retorted.

"You... You're not naked under there are you?" James asked hopefully.

"No you perv," Lily snapped at him.

"She's just in her knickers," Dana said. "And... Apparently so is Remus." Dana smiled at him.

"Remus, I didn't know you had such a great body. You ought to take that cloak off once in a while," Veronica said.

"Oi! I'm standing right here," Sirius said.

"Yeah but, Remus is really nice to look at now that I see him," Veronica said.

"But... What's with all the scars?" Dana asked.

"Just leave him alone," Lily said.

"No... You're... You're not a cutter are you Remus?" Veronica asked tracing one of the scars on his arms.

"Of course not," Remus replied.

"Then what's up?" Dana asked. "You can tell us, you know."

"We're best friends after all. I mean I could never joke with anyone else about being their secret lover," Veronica said.

Remus seemed to pause contemplating whether or not to tell them. His glance shifted to Lily. She smiled at him encouragingly as she pulled her robe around her tighter.

"You would never believe me," Remus said.

"Oh come on now. You wouldn't lie to us," Dana said.

"... You've got to promise not to freak out on me either," Remus added. "And you can never, never, never, never, ever, anyone."

"Promise or may Peeves haunt me for eternity," Dana and Veronica said in unison.

"Fine... I'm a werewolf," Remus said.

"What?" Veronica asked in disbelief.

"Haven't you ever wondered why I disappeared once a month every evening and why I'm always sick for a week once a month-."

"Yeah. It's like he has a period every full moon," James said.

"Shut up," Remus replied.

"... So... So you're a werewolf?" Veronica asked. Remus nodded. Dana and Veronica were in a stunned silence. They looked to Lily.

"Is he?" Veronica asked.

"Yeah," she replied.

"You're like a werewolf for real?" Dana asked.

"Yeah and every full moon I sneak under the Whomping Willow to the Shrieking Shack, transform into a werewolf and I sneak back every morning," Remus said.

"... Which would explain why Lily had all your clothes a week ago because I bet you shred your clothes," Veronica said.

"Hmm... Suddenly a lot of things about you make sense," Dana said.

"Well could you just stop looking at my scars it really bothers me," Remus said.

"Sorry I jus can't help it. I mean, I've never seen scars that are that pronounced. I feel like a prat for gawking at you like that," Dana said.

"Here," Lily said taking off her robe. James whistled. "I'll kill you." She handed her robe to Remus.

"There now my eyes won't wander," Dana said.

"Mine will," James mumbled.

Lily was indeed only wearing her knickers under the cloak. She was only thankful that her top had been an actual top instead of just a bra. It was lacey and pink and something no one would've ever expected out of Lily.

"I can't believe you didn't tell us. It's like you didn't trust us," Veronica said snapping the boys' attention away from Lily's half naked body.

"Well it's got nothing to do with me. Most people don't trust werewolves," Remus said.

"Well Sirius darling, do tell me if there's a moon in the sky?" Veronica asked.

"No, I don't believe there is," Sirius replied. "There's nothing but gray clouds in the sky."

"... Those are... Rain clouds?" Lily looked over to Veronica and glared. There was a crack of thunder. "I hate you."

There was a flash of lightening, a crack of thunder and the rain started to pour. The rain was freezing and it hit them like a thousand tiny needles.

"Let's get back inside," James suggested. He went to open the doors but they didn't budge. "Uh-oh."

"Uh-oh? I don't want to hear 'uh-oh' Potter. I want to hear the doors open," Lily demanded.

"Well... It's kinda... locked," he replied.