Disclaimer: Not mine. Lily and the marauders and hogwarts belong to JK Rowling. Only plot and some characters mine.

Chapter Seven: Planning

"PLEAAAAAAAAAAAAASEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! Help me on this and maybe you'll get back at Ralphs." Pleaded James. Sirius and Remus looked skeptical, Peter was about to laugh. James was on his knees trying to convince his friends to help him. He of course hadn't told them the plan. The three of them burst out laughing. "You fell for it! And you fell for it good!" said Sirius between laughs. James looked annoyed at the fact that his friends had humiliated in front of the whole common room where he had been begging them to help him win Darleen with a plan Lily had thought up. "Prongs old buddy. Of course we'll help you." said Sirius placing an arm around James's shoulders and patting him on the back. "Let's go. It's 5:40 and Lily is waiting." said a very cross James. They all went out of Gryffindor tower towards the lake.

Lily sat under the tree exasperated waiting for the marauders to appear. They were 10 minutes late. But just as she had thought it, three laughing boys and an extremely cross one came her way. When they reached the tree she was annoyed. "What took you so long?" asked an annoyed Lily. "They humiliated me." said James. Lily laughed too. James looked even more grumpy if possible. "Ok. Stop it." he said. Lily and the marauders stopped and sat down. "Lily. Explain. Please." said James. Lily grinned. "Well, the plan goes step by step. I'm going to need you four. I've got all the information I need. Darleen follows a perfect schedule. She walks through the corridor leading to the great hall at approximately 8:10 am. When I give you the signal, you start to talk and walk through the hallway. I want you to walk in a horizontal column. I want Sirius at one end and Remus at the other and James and Peter in the middle. You will get close to Darleen and when you pass by her, either Sirius or Remus will bump into her and throw her books out of her hands. I'll help you with a bag-splitting charm. When you do you just keep on walking for about 5 meters. James, you'll turn around and notice Darleen. You tell them to go on and turn back to help her. You know what to do then. Just help. DOn't give names. Then dissappear into the great hall." said Lily. Sirius grinned. "I like this. But Lis darling how will James not giving her his name help him?" Lily had a michevious glint in her eyes.
"This is where you come in guys. SK is a chronic smoker. I found out that she goes to smoke a cigarrette in the astronomy tower at 6:00 pm sharp. All you gotta do is sneak up there and silence her for while. You can do whatever you want, just make sure she doesn't remember any prank you pull on her. I want you toguard her. When I come up there, I want you to modify her memory and make her believe that she introduced James to Darleen. And we let her go. Okay?"explained Lily. " Everyone was quiet. "I like this. We could make her a marauder you know. Brilliant prank & plan ideas." said Remus. Sirius and Peter nodded. Then they all laughed. "Okay. Tomorrow we do it. Meet me in the library at 7:45 am sharp." said Lily.