Okay, here it is what you have been waiting for, what happens at the dance. Thank you for the reviews. Katie Rose be patient!! Now I will shut up so you can read!!!

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Chapter 20: Easter during Halloween

Lily had just walked through the door of the hall while Dumbledore seemed to be in the middle of a speech, when suddenly he stopped and looked up at the new comer. The whole room fell silent as she scanned the room for James. She found him sitting at a table with Remus, Avril, and Peter (A/N that dirty stinking filthy rat of a man doesn't deserve a date so I didn't give him one) waiting for her. She walked over trying to act as casual as possible considering the fact that their was a whole hall filled with people whose eyes were on her. She gracefully approached the table where James jumped up upon impulse and pulled out her chair for her and allowed her to sit and he pushed her up closer toward the table. She blushed at the look on his and everyone else's faces they were shocked beyond belief. Everyone seemed caught up in a trance gazing at her when finally Dumbledore long forgotten cleared his throat and spoke all the while smiling.

"While I'm sure I don't look as ravishing as Miss Evan's, would you all care to take a brief moment and listen to an old fuddy-duddy?" asked Dumbledore smiling kindly upon a profusely blushing Lily. "Yes, well on this very year one thousand years ago, our very school here was founded by the four greatest wizards and witches of their time. Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin. To help us celebrate Hogwarts' one thousandth Halloween, I have invited Mr. and Mrs. Skeeter, two reporters from The Daily Prophet."

At this point the hall noticed two people sitting in the back of the hall smiling at them while taking notes. Both with red hair and sharp darting eyes.

"I expect all of you to respect and help make their visit to Hogwarts enjoyable. And with that said let us eat," and with that Dumbledore sat and chatter resumed around the hall.

James sat smiling at Lily, he couldn't take his eyes off of her. She looked absolutely stunning. It may have taken her forever to get ready but, it was well worth the wait. Her beautiful hair curled down to her waist and it flowed and bounced as she walked. Then James realized she was staring at him expecting him to say something. "Oh, Lily you, you look, you look absolutely amazing, I, I, I must be the luckiest, guy alive," at this Lily blushed.

"James stop your embarrassing me," but she enjoyed the compliments immensely.

The hall became filled with the clatter of forks, knives, and chatter. After dining the hall filled with music as Dumbledore waved his wand toward some instruments sitting in a corner at the opposite end of the hall. And a guest singer came into the hall with a round of applause. Some of the younger third year Hufflepuffs fainted at the sight of him. Charlie Sigmand, one of the most popular singers in the wizarding world at the time, walked onto the stage and bowed then took the mike and started to sing a slow song (much like the modern day song Hero, by Enrique Iglasious).

Remus bent low in a bow and took Avril's hand and guided her toward the dance floor which was now growing in the number of couples out on the floor. Following suit James got up and extended his hand to Lily, "Shall we dance Lily dearest?"

Lily nodded and she and James took to the dance floor. Lily put her arms around James' neck and he put his arms around her waist. Lily leaned into James' tall frame and he raised her chin in his hand so that he was looking right into her eyes. "I love you Lils."

She grinned, "and I love you too James," then she stood on her tip-toes to where James met her lips half-way and kissed her passionately. They stayed like that for the length of the song and the next, then Lily noticed Remus and Avril in much the same position as her and James. Then she realized she had not seen Sirius all night. "James?" he looked down at her with a tender look. "Where is Sirius? I haven't seen him at all."

James made a gesture towards the other side of the dance floor where he was dancing with Marcy Melindos! "James! That's Marcy!"

"Who?" asked James with a quizzical look.

"You know the girl I set Remus up with a while back," she said.

James had to think for a moment. Then he remembered that night in the common room.

*Flashback*

Lily asked what was wrong. Remus just looked at her tiredly and replied. "That was the date from hell!" said Remus. "Lily, never again NEVER EVER AGAIN!"

"Well, what happened was it that bad?" asked Lily timidly.

Remus just looked at her and gave her a glare. "All she talked about was quidditch!" said Remus getting himself into a huff. " 'Oh, I love quidditch! Quidditch is my favorite sport! Oh my cousin is the beater for the Hornets! Oh I think that I should have been house seeker! Don't you think that the teams are bias? I think the teams are bias!' " said Remus in a mocking girlie tone before putting his head in his hands and letting out a long sigh.

"I'm so sorry Remus I didn't realize she would talk the whole time about quidditch," she said trying her best to look sympathetic but failing miserably as a giggle escaped her lips.

"Sounds like my type of women," came Sirius' voice as he started to come into the conversation. He had a dozen pillows thrown at him all at once by the lot of them groaning.

*End Flashback*

Realization dawned across James' face. "Oh my god, that's the quidditch girl!?"

Lily nodded. "What in the world is he doing with that human chatty doll?" groaned Remus coming up alongside them, Avril with him.

James' response was interrupted by the lights going off in the hall and coming through the entrance to the hall was what appeared to be… Salazar Slytherin and dementors?

James gripped Lily around the waist tighter ready to protect her from any danger. Suddenly a giant tornado erupted from the enchanted ceiling, only…it was rainbow colored? James was very confused along with most of the hall.

The tornado made its way toward the group who had just entered, the force pulling off the hoods of the dementors and the costume of the Salazar Slytherin imposter. It was Lucius Malfoy, Severus Snape, and a few other fellows from Slytherin house. The tornado caught up with the students and sucked them up in a great whirlwind. Then the great storm subsided and left behind it, a fluffy bunny that resembled, Malfoy, baby chicks and, Easter eggs? Only they weren't normal looking, they were still the same size as the original person and still had the same look as the person they once were. The hall was in stunned silence then erupted into laughter. James looked at Sirius who had just approached his friends. "Yours?" asked James as he looked at both Remus and Sirius. They both shook their heads in a no then looked to Peter and James both gave a no head shake. "Well, if it wasn't any of us then…"

Lily and Avril couldn't contain themselves any longer. "It… was …us." they managed to gasp out between fits of laughter. James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter just stared at the girls in awe.

The hall was still exploding in laughter when it was quieted by Sirius who walked up to two figures, a chicken that resembled Snape, and a blondish silver haired rabbit that resembled Malfoy. "I didn't know it was Easter," he said while inspecting the two. "I had the impression it was Halloween. Oh well, so," he said turning and talking directly to Malfoy, "where's my candy Easter bunny?"

James turned to Lily, "You know even though it was a marvelous prank, it needs something," And with that he took out his wand and muttered a spell.

Suddenly something clucked. Sirius turned to look at Snape who was now clucking and strutting like a baby chick. Then Sirius turned to Malfoy who had begun to hop up and down just like a rabbit. Sirius stared at Malfoy for a bit then started jumping along side him. Peter following Sirius began imitating Snape and clucking. If the hall wasn't noisy enough before this did it.

"Hey!" Sirius shouted while still jumping. "Take my picture with me and the Easter bunny. I always wanted one of those!" Then to the students amazement the two reporters who had remained silent sitting in the back complied and began snapping shots of the goings on in the middle of the room. Then Dumbledore stood and interrupted the 'entertainment'.

"Hush now students, students," after a few more minutes everyone was quieted down to a point where Dumbledore was able to speak. "Very amusing Miss Evans, Miss Clearland. Now, Mr. Malfoy, Snape and the rest of you who are, erm, under the uh changio curse. Please head down and Madame Pomfry will attend to you there," said Dumbledore his eyes dancing and a grin appearing at the edges of his lips. "For the rest of you please report to your common rooms the ball is at an end. And Happy Halloween to everyone."

"Awe, you mean its not Easter?" asked Sirius a sad look on his face. The rest of the group giggled and headed back to the common room. After Lily and Avril were done being interviewed about the prank they had pulled on the Slytherins.

As the group headed to the common room after walking Marcy back to the Ravenclaw common room, James asked Lily and Avril something that had been bothering him since the 'incident' at the dance. "Uh, Lily how exactly did you do that prank on the Slytherins so quickly without knowing what was going on? Weren't you in shock like the rest of us?"

Lily and Avril gave each other knowing glances. "Well, you see," began Avril but didn't know how to continue, so Lily picked up where she left off.

"We, sorta borrowed your invisibility cloak James. It was really by accident, you see you left it down in my studio the last time you came to visit me you know. And Avril and I decided it was time the Slytherins got what they deserved. Well we snuck into their common room and we sort of heard them talking about a type of plot about what they were going to do at the Halloween Ball. So we decided to listen and not let them get away with it. We were going to tell you but we couldn't resist seeing the look on your faces when they turned into chickens-"

"And rabbits-" added Avril quickly.

Then they both shouted at the same time. "And Easter Eggs!" Then they went giddy with laughter. "Oh and James thank you for the addition to our prank."

"So, so you mean it really wasn't Easter?" asked Sirius. Everyone just stared at him in amazement. Did he really think it was Easter? "Ahhahahahahaha, you should have seen the looks on you guys faces. You actually thought I was that stupid." Everyone went into uneasy laughter and then started to walk away leaving Sirius by himself to laugh. "Guys? Hey guys? Guys!? Hey come on you didn't really think I was that stupid, did you?!" screamed Sirius down the hall.

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