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Coming soon to a Fan Fiction near you: Pretty soon I'll have another story that I've co-written that will be entitled 'Deflating the Head of James Potter' which will be a fun little one shot about a 'operation' in shrinking James's head. The other piece I've co-written will also be updated as soon as we write it. We now know the setting and the characters we will be involving in the second chapter, so keep your eyes peeled! These are both ones that are parody and/or comedy, so you're likely to like them. Also check out Harmony at Hogwarts if you haven't done so before now =)

Chapter 12- Truce

Lily and Kyla were in the middle of their ride, going slowly since this was Kyla's first time attempting this activity. "Okay, so if I want to go faster I just hit him with my heels?" Kyla asked.

"Yes," Lily answered. "Just keep a good grip on the reigns, and move with the-"

"Shhh," Kyla said, putting a finger to her lips and listening intently.

"Dad!" someone shouted a short distance from Kyla and Lily.

"Over here," Kyla said, pulling her horse somewhat jerkily to the right. Lily followed, turning her horse more expertly into the wooded area. They went just far enough back to not be seen by the boys as they passed.

"Mr. Potter!" Remus shouted.

"'Mr. Potter'," Sirius mimicked and snickered at a normal voice level. "How old are you anyway, Moony?"

"It's called being respectful, Padfoot," Remus said.

"It's called being a dork, Remus," Sirius said. "Michael!" Sirius shouted getting back to the search.

"This is better than we could have even planned!" Kyla said.

"How?" Lily asked, holding onto the reigns of both horses as Kyla got closer to the path where the boys were still calling out, hoping to find their mentor.

"Look where James and Sirius have their wands," Kyla said as the three of them passed slowly. Lily saw the wands stuck in the back pockets of two-thirds of the group.

"So?" Lily asked.

Kyla rolled her eyes. "Just follow my lead," she said quietly, then turned to face the path. "Accio wand," she said softly, pointing her own wand at James. When Kyla had a grasp of James's wand, she did the charm again, this time pointing her wand at Sirius.

"Remus still has his, though," Lily said, noticing that Remus was smart enough to actually be holding his.

"Don't worry," Kyla said mounting her horse. "Come on," she encouraged. Lily mounted and they found a stream that followed the path just closely enough to give them the visibility they required.

It only took the boys ten more minutes before they were within earshot of Michael. "Up here!" he shouted down, thankful that someone had come. James, Sirius, and Remus looked up into the trees and saw Michael, as if he were standing on a platform of leaves.

"Can't you apparate down?" Remus asked.

"Do you think if I could have apparated I would still be here?" Michael asked.

"Right," Remus said to himself, scratching his head with his wand.

"Take the steps up boys," Michael said. They followed what Michael told them to do, and soon found they were somewhat locked inside the invisible box that Kyla had so kindly provided. "Okay, Remus, all you have to do is banish the wall over there," Michael told him.

"Okay," Remus said, turning around and lifting his wand. Just as he was about to perform the charm, though, his wand flew up into the air, and back down to two girls on horse back. Just as Kyla caught the wand, they were off.

"Kyla!" Michael shouted down. "This isn't funny anymore!"

"Not for you maybe!" Kyla shouted back up, then they were on their way for the rest of their ride.

"Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn!" Michael said, pacing from one side of the area of their imprisonment to the other.

"I've grown accustom to her face," Sirius added sappily.

All three of his… tree mates glared at him, but it was James who talked, "now's not the time," he said, shaking his head at Sirius's joke.

"Right," Sirius said, looking down. "Sorry."

"You guys," Remus said, leaning against a large branch and holding his gut. "I still don't feel very good."

"What happened to him?" Michael asked, wondering what else the girls had had up their sleeve.

"Laxatives," Sirius said, nodding his head.

Michael's eyes went wide, "hold it, Remus or I swear I'll-"

"It's not that, now it's just a stomach ache," Remus said.

"Well, now that one's just the prank that keeps on pranking," James said, allowing himself a good smile at Remus's pain.

"Don't you think it would be easy enough for them to send a snake up here," Remus asked rhetorically.

The smile James had on went away immediately. "You don't think they'd do that do you?" he asked, getting frightened just at the thought.

"I don't think so, this part seemed somewhat sporadic, don't you think?" Sirius added his observation, laying in the middle of the emplacement that had been created for them with his ankles crossed and his hands behind his head.

"That's true," Michael said, "but the question is are they planning anything else?" They all contemplated on this for quite some time.

Lily and Kyla got back to their cabin and decided to take some of the boy's shower water, since they would be gone for quite some time, and it was inevitable that the boys had been the culprits behind the disappearance of their water. Lily went into the shower first. "Looks like everything is going well with this one," Lily said, while getting her thick red hair nice and soaked through before putting a liberal amount of shampoo through it.

"Better than we could have even hoped for," Kyla answered sitting on her bed, and resting her sore thighs.

"Don't you think we should go and let them down now," Lily said, sympathetic to their prisoners.

"You know they deserve it," Kyla said.

"Maybe, but they've all been there for two hours at least, and your husband's been there all day," Lily said, letting the guilt she had tried to hide come out. "And what if something bad happened? What if J-" Lily held onto the consonant for a bit, "jaguars got up there? They don't even have their wands," Lily said, blushing.

Even though she couldn't see Lily blush, Kyla secretly smiled to herself knowingly. "I suppose we can let them down, but only after I get my shower," Kyla added the last demand. "

Fair enough," Lily said with a grin. "And can we take them back their shoes? Sirius's feet are blistered and I can't stand looking at them," she said. Lily couldn't stand the guilt when she looked at their feet, really, even though they had protected them enough not to do any serious damage.

"Okay," Kyla said. "You've really gone soft on them, haven't you?"

"No," Lily said defensively, coming into the main cabin area with a towel wrapped around her body. "It's just that this has gone on long enough, I think, and maybe we can spend the last few weeks in peace and knowing we can just enjoy one another's company."

"Enjoying James's company you mean," Kyla muttered under her breat with another smile.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing," Kyla said, turning on the water for her shower. "You're right, I guess, but if things work we won't have to worry anymore," she said lathering up her shampoo.

Both girls finished getting ready, got the shoes (which had to be de-spidered) from the knot of the tree they had used for hiding, stopped by the mess hall to get the boys some sandwiches as a peace offering, and made their way to the trees they had stuck the guys in.

"How much longer?" Remus groaned.

"Be a wolf," Sirius said. "Come on, you love sleeping under the stars don't you?" he addressed to the other three.

"Only if I have a sleeping bag, Lily, and a large bottle of fire whiskey," James said.

"Hey now," Michael said.

"Sorry dad," James said, "and something for Lily to drink," he added.

"That's my boy," Michael said proudly.

"What's that?" Sirius asked, frightened to know. It was almost completely dark and something seemed to be finding its way up the conjured steps. They knew that they couldn't get out, but what if something could get in? They prepared themselves for the worst, but felt that they hadn't prepared enough when the two people who put them into this situation showed up.

"Come to inflict more suffering?" Michael asked, the boys sheltering themselves behind his confidence toward Kyla.

"No actually," Kyla said, holding out a sandwich. Michael looked at it skeptically. "

Does it bite?"

"No," Kyla was getting frustrated. "Look we're willing to call this prank war a truce, which means you stop too," Kyla said, wording things very carefully for her advantage.

"Deal," Michael said, jumping onto the opportunity.

"What happened to not giving in?" Remus asked, cocking his eyebrow.

"Look! Lily has our shoes!" James said excitedly, accepting the truce just as willingly as Michael. Remus shrugged as he noticed Sirius join in by taking a sandwich. They all sat around talking and acting as though none of the past three weeks had happened. Remus was the first to leave, needing something to drink in hopes that it might finish off the stomach ache, closely followed by Sirius.

This left two pairs talking. James leaned into Lily, "do you want to go on a walk?" hoping the atmosphere had changed her mind about being alone with him.

"Sure," Lily said shyly, biting her bottom lip unsure of her feelings toward James at this point.

"You behave yourself," Kyla said, as James helped Lily descend the magic staircase.

"So you got James a girlfriend," Michael pointed out, knowing just as well as anyone what had been blooming there.

"He got her himself, I just helped a bit," Kyla said, leaning against Michael's shoulder. "Just like your mum helped you," she added.

"Mum didn't help me," he said incredulously.

"You keep on thinking that," Kyla said, leaning in and giving him a kiss on his five o'clock shadow. "Oh, we took some shower water back," she mentioned.

"Oh well," Michael said. "Just don't tell Sirius, otherwise he'll go into a depression."

"Okay," Kyla said with a little laugh. She gave a small sigh, "this summer has been fun, hasn't it?"

"I know how to make it more fun," Michael said deviously.

A/N: I'll end there, for now. This one is coming to a close so now I'll do a bit of a survey: should I continue the prank series? Write one about through their seventh year? You don't have to answer right away, it was just a thought that was playing in my head. Anyway, if you're reading this please review, and if you have anything specific that you like or dislike please say so.

Thank you: S

pace-pirate: I like that last chapter on SOOOOO many levels. I feel bad for Remus too, but that was the best way I could think of for the girls to get him back, and nothing stuck out in my head as a 'Remus' fear. That and it fits the theme of 'Pride cometh before the fall' that I pointed out earlier, seeing as the reason he did it was because he thought he'd be able to do it and show them up. I almost wrote it that they all decided to try it, but the other two had gotten their come-upence.

Mell Minamoto: I'm glad you enjoy it! The moments you mentioned are ones I still laugh at when I read over the chapter again.

Blood Emerald: Girl power all the way! I like that Kyla is in on getting James and Lily together on top of her friendship with Lily. I actually started the Kyla character in my story One More Chance, which is a drama, but she brings quite a bit of humor to that story, so I decided I wanted to use the same characterization elsewhere, but didn't want to change the names, so I didn't.

Firewalker32: Everyone feels bad for Remus…. I don't get it… Just joking, I feel sort of bad for him, but it's not any worse than what they did to Lily.

Xkiwi-babex: Thank you!

Dementor13: No, they'll be going back before the full moon, but notice it's not always them 'on top' it's them getting even. Really it's almost always the guys that elevate the prank, then the girls find one to match. Arthur helped with the last one (the one where they individually got them), so they have one guy on their team.

Dafalcon: Again! Everyone's sympathy for Remus! J/K I don't know that I'll SHOW and entry about Sirius's kiss, but that doesn't mean she wouldn't write one.

Angulgurl: Thank you! You might like some of my other comedic stuff (or the drama, you never know since I add a lot of humor anyway), so feel free to check out other things.