Disclaimer: None of the characters in this fan fiction belongs to me. They're owned by J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. The only ones that belong to me are those that you don't recognize.

A/N: I was re-reading my story and I found a whole lot of grammar and spelling mistakes. Sorry. I will use my spell check from now on.

Special notes to my readers/reviewers:

To Shorti: Lily is not that shy. She is just quiet, even around Bella, though she is more open. But as you can see, as the story develops, Lily is developing. She is going to get friendlier with the Marauders, especially James *wink, wink*. As for continuing the story until they die…well I'll think about it. Thanks.

To Jewlz: Thank you for the opinion. I'll consider it too.

To Angelisa Snape: Thank you for the ideas. It truly helped me. As for the sequel? Well…I'll consider it too.

To Shrimpy Shorts: Your ideas are kind of confusing. Maybe you can explain it clearer. I'll consider it too. Thanks.

To Fashiondiva: In chapter 4, I had meant the book A Walk to Remember, written by Nicholas Sparks, which was what the movie, with Shane West and Mandy Moore, was based on. The book Message in a Bottle was also written by Nicholas Sparks, but a totally different book. Just thought you ought to know. Thank you for reviewing, by the way.

To all of my reviewers: Thank you for reviewing. I love you all.

Chapter 10

"So what was the meeting about?" Bella asked, once she had closed the door.

"Dumbledore wanted a Halloween Ball and told James and I to have a prefects meeting tomorrow, discussing it," Lily answered.

"A Halloween Ball?" Bellas' eyes lit up. "Cool!"

"Yeah…cool…"

"What's the matter, Lily?" Bella could tell something was up.

"Well…Dumbledore said the Head Boy and Girl would have to open the ball with a dance together."

"Lily, that's perfect! You can go together and see if you really like him! Oh my gosh, you'll look so adorable together!"

"Yeah…sure. So who do you plan to go to the ball with?" Lily changed the subject.

"I don't know…whoever ask me I guess."

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The next night, after dinner, Lily and James had the prefects' meeting.

"All right, people. Dumbledore called Lily and I to his office yesterday for a meeting. He told us that he wanted a Halloween Ball and to have a meeting with you guys to make some plans for it."

"Any suggestions?" Lily asked quietly, but loud enough for people to hear.

"How about a costume ball?" suggested a Ravenclaw's 5th year prefect.

"Nah, costume balls sucks," said a Slytherin 6th year.

"Well, what else can you come up with, Mr. I-hate-everything?" she retorted.

"None, but even that's better than your lame idea," was the comeback.

"Guys, stop, stop. There's no need to argue. Everybody's ideas are great," James interrupted before the fight gets big. "Now, anything besides a costume ball?"

"How about a regular formal one?" said a 7th year Hufflepuff's prefect. "You know, with dress robes and stuff?"

"Yeah," her friend agreed. Other nods and "yeahs" came from around the room.

"Any other?" said Lily. None. So she said, "Okay, let's vote."

"Sounds good to me," James said. "Anyone for a costume ball, raise his or her hand, please."

Only three people did: the one who suggested it and her friends. "Okay, anyone for a formal ball, raise his or her hand, please." Nearly everybody did.

"All right, then. It's settled. We'll have a formal ball," Lily said. Then she turned to James. "Do we have to decide the rest like food and entertainment with the prefects, too? Or alone?"

"Alone, I think. That's enough for the prefects," answered James.

"Okay," she said, turning back to the prefects, who were whispering excitedly about the ball among each other. "The meeting is over. You're free to go."

Everybody left except for Lily and James.

"Do you want to do this planning-the-ball stuff in our common room?" James asked.

"Sure," Lily responded quietly. And they head off towards their dorm.

When they got there, they settled down on the coffee table in front of the fire and got to work.

"What do you want to get for food?" Lily asked.

"Erm…how about the regular stuff we eat on the Halloween feast each year? Everybody enjoys them. We can just get butterbeer from the Three Broomsticks."

"All right," said Lily. "What about entertainment?"

"There's this new band called the Weird Sister. I think there're pretty good. How about them?"

"Okay. And as for clothing, we already decide on dress robes, right?"

"Yeah."

"Erm, what about decorations?"

"How about…"

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Meanwhile, after Bella left the meeting, she ran into Remus and Sirius.

"There you are, Bella," said Sirius. "Are you ready for the prank?"

"Wha--oh yeah! Right, I almost forgot, what with the ball and stuff. Yeah, I'm ready," she said.

"We're having a ball?" asked Remus.

"Yeah, James didn't tell you?"

"No, I guess he had other things on his mi--"

"Hello!" cut in Sirius. "We have a prank to pull! No time for chit-chat guys!"

"Right," said Remus. "Let's go."

"Hold on. Two problems, guys," said Bella. "One, where's Peter? And two, are we just going to walk strait into the Slytherin's Common Room and prank them? Won't they see us?"

"One, Peter chickened out. Said he was hungry and went to the kitchen," said Remus.

"And two," continued Sirius, "we took James' invisibility cloak. We can hide under it and prank the Slytherins without them noticing. Now, can we go?"

"All right, all right," said Bella as Sirius pulled the cloak on all three of them.

They walked quietly to the Slytherins' Common Room's portrait, gave the password, and entered the common room. Then they first went up to the boys' dormitories where they found the boys sleeping. They sneaked into to the bathroom and put some rainbow color dye into the shampoo. For Snape, who they supposed that he never use the shampoo, Sirius sneaked over to his bed and rubbed it on his hair directly.

"Eugh," Sirius said, looking at his greasy hand. Then they opened the trunks and did some tricky charms to make it flash "Gryffindors Rules!" After that, Remus did a hard spell to make the Slytherins not notice the dye or robes. They went over to the girls' dorm and did the same thing. They sneaked back to the Heads' Common Room, where they found Lily and James working, and burst out laughing.

"What are you guys laughing about?" asked a very confused James.

Laughing uncontrollably, Sirius answered, "You'll see, Jamesie…You'll see tomorrow."

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