"Oh Sirius! That is so funny!" Exclaimed Jessica Sparks, after Sirius whispered something in her ear, looking at Emma gloatingly. Sirius smirked.

Emma frowned, and rolled her eyes. "Must they display their affection for each other in public?"

"Well, Em, just a week ago you would have said that public signs of affection were good." Said Lily.

Emma scowled. "I changed my mind! I can't do that?"

At this point, Sirius stared at Emma with his signature arrogant smirk, and started kissing Jessica with quite a lot of passion. They carried on for quite a while, until Emma pounded the table with such force that they pulled apart. "Excuse me, but some of us are trying to EAT OUR DAMN FOOD!" She glared at them.

"Oh, Clearwater, I am so sorry," said Sirius in a mock apologetic voice. "It's just that some of us, well, actually, everyone but you, wants to be with their girlfriend or boyfriend. Why don't you go be with your boyfriend?" Sirius asked, in a fake questioning tone. "Oh right! You can't be with your boyfriend, because you don't have one." Sirius' eyes twinkled gloatingly.

Emma stood up and drew out her wand, causing Sirius to do the same. "BLACK! ENOUGH! If you insist on criticizing me every chance you get, I will have to tell everyone about your little secret…not wanting to do a certain something…"

Sirius' eyes widened in alarm. "You wouldn't!"

"Oh, I would. Trust me. What's the big deal about me telling, though, Black? You really don't want me to tell?"

Sirius regained a bit of his composure. "Like you would ever tell," he said. "Because then, everyone would know what a SLUT YOU ARE!" By now, the whole of Gryffindor table, and most of Ravenclaw's, was listening to their conversation. "Oh no. Seems like they've overheard us," Sirius' lip curled. "I guess now they know anyway."

Emma gave him a death glare. "Well, if they know about that, then I suppose they also know how YOU BACKED OUT!"

"YOU BIT-" At this point, James had put a silencing charm on Sirius. Lily did the same to Emma, both of whom were struggling to get words out, glaring at each other. Now all of the house tables were staring at them. James and Lily pulled them out of the Great Hall, and into an empty classroom. Remus and Peter followed.

"SIRIUS! EMMA! What is going on with you two?" Lily reprimanded. "We are very disappointed in you-" James nodded fervently. "You've both made complete fools of yourselves, and now everyone in the whole school knows of your personal lives! What do you have to say for yourselves, hmmm?" Lily asked, sounding very McGonagallish. James looked at her, a bit frightened of the likeness.

"SHE STARTED IT!" Sirius pointed to Emma (the silencing charms were lifted by then). James couldn't help but laugh at how childish his friend was being.

Emma stared at him. "NO! YOU STARTED IT!"

Sirius rolled his eyes. "Sure, Clearwater. You just keep on pointing fingers, blaming other people for what you did!"

Emma gaped. "But-I-You started…HEY! YOU STARTED THE POINTING FINGERS!"

"ALRIGHT! COME ON, YOU TWO! At least be civil for our sake," said James, gesturing to him, Lily, Remus, and Peter.

Emma sniffed. "I will only if he will."

"Does that mean I have to talk to her frequently?" he asked James.

James nodded. "Well, yes, that is part of being civil. It doesn't mean you two have to be friends…"

"FORGET IT! I am NOT talking to her frequently! She's mad!" Shouted Sirius, forgetting what he had of gentlemanly manners quite a long time ago. He stomped out of the classroom, shoving Peter out of the way, causing him to let out a very loud squeal. Everyone looked at Emma.

"Well, if he won't be civil, I'm not being civil with him!" Emma stormed away, pushing Peter out of the way yet again, and causing him to squeak a second time.

"Is our prank fool-proof yet, James?" asked Lily. "Because this is going way too far."

James grinned mischievously. "Yes, it is all planned out. At 11 o'clock, I'll sneak down to the charms corridor and make the line, and say the transfiguration spell for the pirate costumes. Then you will send a false note from Flitwick to Snape, telling him to go to the Charms corridor. Then we leave Sirius' signature, a dungbomb wrapper, on the scene, and one of Emma's notebooks. You, Little Miss Perfect Prefect will report this to McGonagall.

Lily nodded. "Sounds like a plan. You are really good at this, James!"

James bowed, smirking arrogantly. "Well, now all we will have to do is stick to the plan, and we should be fine."

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It was 11:15, and the Charms corridor was absolute chaos. James had successfully snuck into the corridor at 11:00, and Lily had gotten Snape into the corridor without a problem. They were now standing behind a two-way mirror James knew of, watching while the scenario played out. Students were screaming and running frantically, tripping over things, seeing as they only had one eye to see with, as they other was covered with an eye patch. Students were decked out in a red velvet vest and a white shirt with poofy sleeves, and black velvet pants that came to their ankles. Of course, they had the final touches as well, James couldn't forget those. They had the large black pirate hat, the curly mustache, the hook hand, and the large parrot resting on their shoulder. Many were trying to leave the corridor; they were banging on the air as though they were banging a door. When students did so, they were picked up off the floor (to their violent screaming and shaking) and thrown to the other side of the corridor. Snape, in particular, was panicking. He was frequently thrown across the corridor, and soon he received a bloody nose. James had kept his promise to Lily; Snape's pirate costume, sure enough, was a bright, vivid pink.

Lily was rolling on the floor with laughter. "This…this is just too funny! I didn't know pranks could be this funny!"

James grinned. "It's funny because you aren't on the receiving end…think, all these years you could have been on our side, enjoying our pranks," he smirked.

Lily rolled her eyes. "I suppose. Just look at Snivellus over there…ugh! This is so funny!"

James went rigid, staring at her in shock. "YOU CALLED HIM SNIVELLUS! You…you've never called him that!"

Lily grinned. "You're rubbing off on me, you know. An awful lot. Shame it isn't the other way round." She checked her watch. "It's 11:50 now. I reckon I should go get Professor McGonagall now."

James smiled at her. "There you go. Back to your old ways. 'Professor McGonagall.'"

"You've placed the dungbomb wrapper and Emma's notebook in the corridor, correct?"

"Yes, in quite obvious places too."

"See you in a few minutes!" Lily kissed him quickly, and stealthily exited the two-way mirror, so no one would see her.

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"MISS EVANS! You were right! It is absolute havoc here!" Excaimed Professor McGonagall.

Lily suppressed her laughter. "I know! It's just horrible, professor! Those poor innocent students!" Lily now thought of how James must have thought of her when she wasn't dating him…a goody-two-shoes type.

"Yes, Lily! It is rather unfortunate! Now, did you see who did this?"

"Oh no, professor! I didn't see anyone," lied Lily in an innocent voice.

"Alright then. Let's let these poor students out." McGonagall unlocked the invisible door, and students ran out to freedom, still in their pirate costumes.

"STUDENTS! Come along, I'll change you back into your uniforms!" shouted McGonagall. The students gathered around her, Snape first in line. McGonagall muttered the spell, and pointed her wand at him. His costume remained intact; however it became an even brighter pink. McGongall tried the next student in line. Their costume also stayed on.

"Maybe, professor," said Lily, "Whoever did this put a sticking charm on the costumes, so they would stay on all day long."

McGonagall nodded at Lily. "Well, it is a rather ingenious idea, I have to say. Now all we have to do is find the culprit."

Together, Lily and McGonagall wandered the corridor, Lily winking occasionally at the two-way mirror. "Miss Evans! Come here, please! I think I've found some clues!"

Lily successfully hid her smile and walked over to McGonagall. "Yes, professor?"

"A dungbomb wrapper is Mr. Black's signature, so he must have been a part of this! Which means Mr. Potter is as well. I beg your pardon, Miss Evans, but as he is your boyfriend-oh, don't look so shocked, it's a well known fact-you should influence him to stop this nonsense!" Lily nodded at her solemnly, and she could have sworn she heard howls of laughter coming from behind the two-way mirror. "Oh, my! This is Miss Clearwater's notebook! Well, please bring Mr. Potter, Miss Clearwater, and Mr. Black at once, Lily."

Lily quickly found James behind the two-way mirror (without McGonagall noticing), and together they found Emma and Sirius, and brought them back to the Charms corridor.

"What is the meaning of this, you three? Lily, you need to influence them! Tell them that it is better to be on authority's side!"

Sirius, Emma, and James snickered. Lily pretended to glare at them, and successfully hid her own laughter.

"I had no part of this," James said innocently. "Don't you think I would have left my signature, a wizard cracker?" he asked McGongall.

She thought about this. "Well, alright, Mr. Potter. You may go."

James stealthily made his way to the two-way mirror. "As for you two, I'm afraid you will have two detentions each, and you will have to perform them together. Tonight's will be cleaning the Charms corridor and classrooms!" Both Emma and Sirius groaned, and glared at each other, walking away from McGonagall.

"WHY DID YOU FRAME ME, BLACK?"

"What are you talking about? I did nothing of the sort!"

They continued their bickering all the way down the hall. Lily said good-day to McGonagall, and made her way to meet James in the two-way mirror to walk back to the common room together, both howling with laughter.