A/N: Thank you so much for waiting this long for another chapter! I had this huge history paper due and well yeah, I was a procrastinator and just finished it.

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Chapter Seven~ Halloween and Mourning Time

"Tomorrow's Halloween!" Sirius cried dancing in the common room on Friday, October 29th.

"Yes, we know." Remus sighed, rubbing his temples. "You've told us about what, fifty times in the past five minutes?"

"Sixty times." Vivian muttered from two couches away.

"No, that was sixty-one." Gabby groaned leaning on Vivian.

"Their point -is- Padfoot for you to SHUT YOUR OVER LARGE MOUTH!" Remus cried.

"Why Moony, do I sense a bit of tension in your voice? Maybe Miss. Shaber there could give you a massage?"

Both Gabby and Remus turned bright red and both went back to the homework they were doing.

"Hey guys." A voice said and the group of four looked up to see Peter walking over to them. They all smiled.

"Hey Peter." They chorused.

"Where are Pro- er, where are James and Lily?" He asked as he sat down in the armchair closest to Remus.

"Prefect meeting." The group chorused.

"Guess what tomorrow is Wormtail, my dear friend." Sirius cried suddenly, jumping up.

"Erm, Friday."

"And?"

"Your birthday? Wait, no that's in January."

"HALLOWEEN!" Remus cried, his potions book falling off with a loud thud. The whole common room turned to look at the usually sane Remus Lupin. "GUESS WHAT EVERYONE! TOMORROW'S HALLOWEEN!" And with that he stormed upstairs and into the boys' dormitory.

"Well, I wonder what went wrong with him." Sirius said shrugging, plopping down in the now vacant seat.

"You're not going to go up and see if he's alright?" Gabrielle asked, partially shocked, partially worried and partially curious.

"Nope." Sirius said and then started tossing bits of parchment into the fire.

Moments passed and the group began working on their homework- or in Sirius' case kept throwing parchment into the fire and thinking.

"OH MY GOD." Sirius cried jumping up.

"Yes we already know Black, tomorrow's Halloween." Vivian growled, not looking up.

"No, no, not that." Sirius cried. "Peter, tomorrow is a- oh just come with me! I've been so stupid!"

"What?" Peter asked. "What's tomorrow? OH!"

And with that final note both boys bombed up the stairs.

"I'm not even going to ask." Gabrielle said as her and shocked Vivian looked at each other.

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"Well group, welcome to the first Prefect meeting of the year." James said, looking out at the group of fifth and sixth years that were currently seated at a table in the Great Hall.

"My name's Lily Evans and of course you know, James Potter." Lily said smiling. "Now, lets get onto business, shall we? Tomorrow's Halloween and we need some idea's for a small event for it."

"Well, could we have a ball?" One of the Slytherin Sixth Year girls said.

"No, not enough time to plan anything." James said. "What about a contest?"

"Nah, we did the best carved pumpkin contest last year." A Ravenclaw Fifth Year boy groaned.

"What about a best costume contest?"

"No, that's been done too."

A nice long list of ideas came from both Heads and the entire Prefects but none seemed to fit. They wanted something original, something new.

"I know!" Lily cried, jumping up suddenly. The Prefects and James looked at her curiously. "What if we went Trick or Treating in the halls after dinner instead of desert?"

"Yeah!" a small fifth year Gryffindor girl said.

"What's Trick or Treating?" a Hufflepuff asked.

"Probably some stupid Muggle tradition." Sneered a Slytherin.

James silenced the boy with a look, and turned to Lily who was talking to the Gryffindor girl.

"We could have the teachers give out the candy while everyone went from classroom to classroom and got some!" Lily said.

"Ooh, yeah!" The girl cried, "And the ghosts could pop out and scare you when you were walking along."

"Good idea!" Lily said smiling.

"Erm, Lily? Do you mind explaining to the rest of us what you're going on about?" Jams asked, chuckling at the smiling Head Girl.

"Oh! Sorry." Lily said sheepishly. "Trick or Treating is this tradition that muggles have. They dress up in costumes on Halloween and go from door to door in their neighborhood saying, 'Trick or Treat' and then getting candy."

"What's the point of that?" The same Slytherin boy said.

"It's for the fun of it." Lily said, ignoring the boy's tone of voice.

"That does sound kinda cool." A Hufflepuff Sixth Year girl said. "Could we dress up?"

"If you wanted." Lily said shrugging. "And we can have the teachers give out candy and stuff."

"And we'll do it after dinner?" James asked.

"Yeah." Lily said smiling.

"Well what do you guys think?" James asked, turning to the group who all agreed that this was the plan.

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"I'm sorry Moony, I really am." Sirius said from across from Remus, who was currently sitting on his bed, head in his hands.

"It's okay Padfoot, you didn't remember."

"But I should have remembered-"

"We both should have remembered." Peter interjected. "Sorry Moony."

"Yeah." Remus sighed.

"Hey guys!" James said cheerfully entering the room but stopped at the sight of his three best friends. "What's wrong?"

"What's tomorrow James?" Sirius asked gloomily.

"Hall- oh." He said and then suddenly sat next to Remus. "You okay Moony?"

"Not really."

"Hey, you know if your mom knew you were mourning like this she would freak out."

"I know."

"And your dad wouldn't want you to be like this either."

"HOW WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT HE WANTED?" Remus exploded.

The three looked at him, completely shocked. Remus didn't usually blow up like this.

"Remus." Sirius said much more serious than he ever was. "You know he would want you to feel happy tomorrow. Not just because it's Halloween, but because he's no longer in hiding. He doesn't have to worry. He's looking after your mom and you. You -know- that."

"I know." Remus whimpered and with that the usual tough Marauders hugged each other. Something they never did usually but only in times of need like this.

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"HAPPY HALLOWEEN, ALL!" Sirius cried the next morning as he swung open the doors of the Great Hall.

"Happy Halloween!" Some girls from Hufflepuff cried back, embarrassed.

"Happy Halloween, Mr. Black." Dumbeldore said from the Head Table. "And to you too, Misters Potter, Lupin and Pettigrew."

"Well, someone got up on the right side of the bed this morning." Vivian said as the boys took seats across from the three girls.

"Well, it is Halloween." Remus said and the three boys grinned.

"You're looking a lot better." Gabby said.

"I'm feeling a lot better too." Remus said smiling at her. "Is that orange glitter in your hair? It looks nice."

Gabby blushed and muttered a quiet, "Thank you."

"Did you talk to the Professors?" James asked Lily.

"Yep, they've all agreed to it too! Even Professor Stevens."

"Really? Woah." James said, "I guess he likes Halloween."

"What's happening? What are you guys talking about?" Sirius asked, as he chomped on his pumpkin-flavored pancakes.

"You'll find out in a couple minutes." James said grinning at his friend, "Don't worry."

Fifteen minutes later, Dumbeldore silenced the hall and they all looked up at him, wondering about what he was to say next.

"Today for your Halloween Event, the Prefects and you Head Boy and Girl have planned an even for tonight after dinner! You will be 'Trick or Treating' throughout the halls of Hogwarts-"

Yells of excitement went through all of the muggle born students in the hall. The others looked at Dumbeldore, confused.

"This is a muggle tradition that they celebrate every Halloween. The children go from door to door saying 'Trick or Treat' and receiving candy, as Miss. Evans explained to me." Dumbeldore said. "You will do this, going from classroom to classroom tonight after dinner. Now off to your first lessons."

"Awww, our little Lily came up with the idea all by herself!" Vivian cooed, wrapping her arm around Lily.

"We're so proud!" Gabby said, linking arms with her.

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"This is so much fun!" Sirius said smiling later that night. The seven had decided to go 'Trick or Treating' together as they had been hanging out with one another lately and had become better friends.

"Great idea, Lily." Remus agreed.

"I never knew muggles had the way of life on Halloween! Free candy!" Peter cried and the others laughed.

"I'm glad you guys like it. Everyone else seems to like it too." Lily said, looking around at the giggling bunch of younger years and the smiling faces of the older years.

"Next time Evans, try not to bring your muggle traditions into our way of life." A voice sneered as they stopped next to the group of seven, letting little kids pass.

"Didn't I tell you to leave her alone, Malfoy?" James said, glaring at him.

"Whatever, Potter. You're time will come just like the Muggles." And with that Malfoy stalked off, Snape meeting up with him on the way.

"I hate Slytherin's." James muttered and turned to look at Lily. "You okay?"

"Much better." Lily said and linked arms with James. "Come on guys, let's go to the Transfiguration classroom."

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A/N: Well that's it! It's done! Whew. I hope you guys liked it- I enjoyed writing it. Especially having the Marauders get really deep. Yeah. poor Remus.

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