HEY GUYS. MY BRO'S BIRTHDAY WAS WEDNESDAY, AND SO I WROTE THIS FOR HIM AT OUR CO-OP. HOPE YOU LIKE. OH, AND DO YOU WANT ME TO END THIS RIGHT AS SHE GETS ON THE TRAIN BY HERSELF, AND BEGIN EACH SCHOOL YEAR AS ANOTHER INSTALMENT, OR DO YOU WANT ME TO CONTINUE CRAMMING EVERYTHING INTO ONE GARGANTUAN FANFICTION? CUS I COULD BE PERSUADED TO DO SO, IF ENOIGH PEOPLE WANT ME TO MAKE SEPERATE INSTALMENTS FOR EACH YEAR.

GOD BLESS AND GOOD DAY!

~LF221

Sirius was bored.

Which was always a bad sign. Especially if you are the one the said bored Marauder was venting their boredom onto. AKA, Remus John Lupin.

"Mmoooonnyy."

"..."It was best not to respond, Remus thought, trying to cling to the flimsy cord of concentration he had left to read his book. Elizabeth was arguing with Darcy again, and Remus wanted to read and enjoy the book in peace. Sirius, however, had other plans.

"Mmmooooonnyyy." Remus groaned.

"WHAT?!" Remus had finally decided to acknowledge his mate's presence, so he wouldn't be bothering him all evening. He set Pride and Prejudice aside, glaring hotly at Sirius, who grinned innocently back. Which meant that he was, to quote their Marauders' oath, 'up to no good'.

The hug was starling, but not quite as starling as the sudden application of a sort of headband.

"It's your special day, Moony. We have to celebrate!" The overjoyous Black cheered, somehow making sure to make it impossible to remove the band easily and stealthily as he led Remus toward the dorms. Swinging open the door, Remus found the rest of the Marauders, as well as their good friend, Jennifer McGonagall, perched on every bed in the room. "The fun has arriiived! Thank you very much." He said, bowing dramatically. Remus rolled his eyes. Trust Sirius to make everything much more dramatic than necessary. Jenny sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose. She often wondered why she hung out with these buffoons. But she just could not seem to stay away for long.

Remus peeked into the darkened window (it was currently after sundown) and found...wolf ears peeking out of his hair!

"SIRIUS!" He screamed, rounding on the black-haired boy, who was grinning innocently back.

"Yes, Mr. Moony?"

"What. Are. These?" Remus asked through gritted teeth. Sirius appeared thoughtful as he stared at the frankly well-made costume piece.

"Ears."

"Correct. Wolf ears. See a problem?" The teeth were ground so hard, they were beginning to ache, but Remus was still too angry to care.

"Uh, Remus...calm down." Jenny said. When had she gotten so close? Remus thought.

"No! Sirius knows why this is not funny!"

"Oh, bite me." Sirius replied, rolling his eyes. Remus groaned.

'I'm tempted, believe me."

"Remus...are you okay?" Jenny asked.

"Just peachy." Remus growled, glaring anywhere but Sirius. He then noticed that his friends were all wearing headbands like his, except with different style ears, all made with the same attention to detail that Remus' had been made with.

James, naturally, wore antlers.

Peter, obviously, displayed rat's ears.

Sirius had black dogs ears that may have just been an especially unruly part of his hair. And Jenny...he couldn't really see any ears. Lucky girl. In fact, she was probably the one who gave the ears out to everyone, convincing Sirius to go get Remus. Ugh.

"Where did you-?"

"I am the daughter of a Transfiguration professor. I just Transfigured some of my headbands. Easy."

"They're...detailed." Remus begrudgingly admitted. Then, without any warning to speak of, he was pulled into the group, and there was a bright flash as Jenny snapped a picture. "Ah!"

"Oh, come on, it wasn't that bright." Jenny said gently. Remus blinked the spots from his eyes.

"Seemed bright to me." He groaned.

"Happy birthday!" Everyone chorused, and Remus then just sighed in resignation. He might as well enjoy the evening with his closest friends.