James and Sirius and Remus and Peter were walkng to the Great Hall for breakfast. Today was not special in any way. Oh yea... Except it was Valentine's Day. None of the boys were expecting anything other than the family cards. Sirius wasn't even expecting that.
Sirius and Remus sat across from James and Peter at the Gryffindor table. Today's breakfast was red died eggs, french toast, foil wrapped chocolate hearts, heart shaped pancakes, and all on pink or red heart shaped plates. Professor Dumbledore loved Valentine's Day. Sirius started the daily tradition of flinging some kind of his food at one of the Hufflepuffs who wouldn't fling back. James continued the tradition by flinging something at one of the Ravenclaws. To finish, they both flung something at one of the Slytherins. During the whole process, Remus and Peter sat and ate their breakfast. The day started out normal.
The oddness of the day started with owl post. Everyone of the boys got a letter from a secret admirer. James's had frilly handwriting, Sirius's had half cursive half print handwriting, Peter's had somewhat sloppy but straight handwriting, and Remus had dainty and neat handwriting. Each card had a red heart with lace on the cover and Peter's had a bow too. Inside there were words. "Muggles are nice but you, boy, are better," was written in Sirius's. "Roses are red, Violets are blue, Puppies are cute, And so are you," is what Remus's said. "I like food. I like animals. I like you," was written in Peter's letter. James's said "You're ego is big, Your hair is messy, Your glasses are dirty, But I like you anyways." Signed at the bottom of all the letters was "Wish I was your Valentine, Your Secret Admirer."
"Boys. Either someone is screwing with us or we got us some lady intrests," James said a bit too loudly.
"We got women!" Sirius was just happy to have an admirer let alone one he could get some money off of. "Hey mates?"
"Ya?"
"Yes?"
"What?"
"What if we had a contest to see who can find out their admirer first? Each loser as to give the winner 5 galleons. Deal?"
"Deal."
"Deal."
"I don't have 5 galleons." Peter stared down at his plate.
"Here. I just want someone to beat the conceided moron." One of the boys from the Ravenclaw table leaned back and handed Peter his money.
"Alright. Money in the bag." Sirius held out a bag and the boys all put their money in. Sirius pulled the strings and handed it to Remus.
"Why do I want this?"
"James doesn't trust me and we all know you would never steal."
"Just in case any of us try something..." Remus pulled out his wand and put a spell on the bag preventing anyone who wasn't the winner to open it. He placed the charmed bag in the front pocket of his robe. The boys shook hands.
"Let the contest begin."