A/N: It has been forever since I updated this. I'm really sorry, really I am. I found a disk that was only missing like two chapters, so I was able to get those two chapters on and then I could finally write the new chapter! This is short compared to my other chapters but I wanted to get this up since it's been forever. I hope you enjoy. There isn't a whole lotta action or whatever, it's kinda just a filler. Enjoy!

Chapter 9

James enthusiasm for Halloween was infectious. Soon everyone was popping out of tapestries, magically charming suits of armor to rattle, and just plain going up behind someone and saying 'Boo!'. It was normal after the first day to hear shrieks in the hallway between classes.

"So Remus, done any good scares lately?" Sirius asked one day as they walked outside in the brisk air toward the greenhouses for Herbology.

"You know Zoë? Lily's friend?"

"Yeah, what'd you do?" Sirius asked eagerly.

"Nothing."

"What?" Sirius exclaimed. Remus laughed.

"Well, I had created this dummy that looked like a vampire and I was going to place it in front of her when she wasn't looking, but I decided not to," Remus shrugged.

"Why not? That would've been awesome!"

"She looked sad though, really depressed. I didn't want to make it worse. Besides I still have the dummy. I'll use it on someone else." Remus shrugged.

"You better, and make sure I'm there when you scare someone," Sirius said. "James too, he'll want to see it too," he added as an afterthought.

"Yes sir!" Remus said, stopping and saluting Sirius. Sirius just laughed.

"I love your humor, Remus. It's different than James; it's just what we need after detentions," Sirius stated as he slung his arm around Remus' shoulder.

"What about me?" James' voice asked behind them.

"Just that you're a shriveled pumpkin who has no more tricks up his sleeve," Sirius said.

"No more tricks? Ha! That's what you think!" James laughed. "Just wait and see. You'll see that this shriveled pumpkin still has tricks."

"What've you got planned this time James?" Remus asked.

"Just wait and see," James said mysteriously.

"I told you he was just a shriveled pumpkin with no more tricks. He doesn't even have the heart to tell us that he doesn't have a trick planned," Sirius said, laughing. Sirius stopped, though, when he heard a high pitched scream. Everyone stopped, searching for the source of the scream. Everyone, that is, except for James.

"What did you do James?" Sirius said catching on. James only smiled.

"James Potter! I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!"

Suddenly it was clear to everyone who the source of the scream was. It was none other than Lily Evans. But where was she?

"What'd you do mate?" Remus asked, still looking for Lily.

"Can't find Lily, huh?" James said, still not revealing anything. Remus and Sirius both started to catch on. Sirius busted out laughing while Remus just smiled.

"That's hilarious! You made her invisible!" Sirius laughed between gasps.

"There's a downside, mate," Remus said.

"Downside? There is no downside," James shrugged.

"She could hit you and you wouldn't even know where she is," Remus pointed out. James just shrugged.

"It'll only last a couple more minutes. Not that big of a deal. She slaps me all the time, it's her way of showing she loves me," James said.

"Oh yeah, that's her way of showing she loves you," Sirius laughed. James only rolled his eyes.

"Let's just go to class," James sighed. "I wonder where Lily is anyways. I would've expected her to slap me by now."

"Maybe she's realized that slapping has no effect on your thick head," Sirius stated.

"And maybe Brooke's only going out with you because she feels sorry for you," James retorted. Sirius glared at James.

"And maybe Lily actually does hate you."

"And maybe half the girls don't think your sexy beast."

Both Remus and Sirius cringed, but then Sirius grinned.

"Don't ever say that again," Remus said.

"Just repeating what the opposite sex says," James shrugged.

"They think I'm a sexy beast?" Sirius asked, intrigued.

"How do you know what girls say?" Remus asked.

"Yes, and I have my ways," James said, answering both questions.

"You are a strange man, James Potter, a strange man," Remus said, shaking his head.

"Yeah, but I'm still your best friend," James said, as they stepped into Greenhouse 3.

"Really? I thought you were a shriveled pumpkin," Remus said, but grinning inside.

"Ha! You can't call me a shriveled pumpkin without any tricks. I pulled the best trick yet," James laughed.

"It's only first year, James. There's still six more to go. I'll beat you yet," Sirius challenged, getting over his ego about being called a sexy beast.

"Yeah right!" James laughed. "You could never beat me! I'm the master of pulling pranks."

"I'm not sure about the master of pulling pranks, but I am sure you're the master of arrogant prats, since you're the most arrogant of course," Lily said as she walked up in front of where they where standing. Her voice was dripping with venom.

"Lily! Wow! I can see you!" James said, making to give her a hug.

"Touch me and you die!" Lily yelled, pushing James away.

"You make a person invisible and suddenly they hate you for life," James muttered to Sirius.

"Hey Sirius!" Brooke exclaimed, wrapping her arms around him to give him a hug.

"Brooke!" Sirius said, hugging her back.

"Brooke, I know you like Sirius and all, but it's still fraternizing with the enemy," Lily said.

"Oh Lily, give up. Like you said, I like Sirius and it's just Sirius," Brooke said, slipping her hand into Sirius'. Lily rolled her eyes.

"Class! Get to your pots!" Professor Sprout shouted as she walked into the greenhouse. "We'll continue to grow our Mandrakes."

Sirius, Remus, and James all went to their pots in the far corner.

"These things are really annoying," James said as he poured some white powder into a jug of water. Sirius and Remus were doing the same. "I mean, they cry when you take them out, and they cry when you try and stuff them back into the pot so that they're warm."

"Plus there's that cry of theirs," Sirius stated as he mixed the white powder and the water.

"When have you heard their cry?" Remus asked, confused.

"Well, I can only imagine what they sound like," Sirius blushed. Remus just rolled his eyes.

"Is everyone done with the food? Good, now put your earmuffs on," Professor Sprout said, putting her own earmuffs on.

Students were to feed their Mandrakes by taking them out of their pot and putting the Mandrake formula in their mouths. It wasn't an easy task.

By the end of Herbology everyone was wet with Mandrake formula, James and Sirius drenched because of their little fight.

"What do we have next?" James asked as he pulled flakes of dried formula from his hair.

"Transfiguration," Remus said.

"Yes! My favorite class!" James whooped, jumping in the air. "Just a few more classes and I'll be better than Lily."

"You wish!" Lily said as she walked up to them. "Potter, you couldn't be better than me if you had a million more classes and I was sick for every one!"

"Want to bet?" James challenged.

"No!" Lily exclaimed, realizing his trick. Lily glared at him for another minute and then walked off to join her friends.

"She defiantly likes me," James concluded as when she was out of earshot.

"And how do you figure that?" Remus said, humoring him.

"Do you see how she goes out of her way to talk to me? She abandons her friends just for me," James stated.

"She doesn't talk to you, she yells at you," Sirius pointed out.

"But she does abandon her friends to yell at him," Remus then pointed out.

"You're not helping Remus," Sirius said.

"Just stating a fact," Remus shrugged.

"Come on, you losers, we have to clean up and get to Transfiguration!" James yelled, who was already paces ahead of them.

"James, since when have you been eager to get to class?" Sirius yelled back, running to catch up with him.

"Since I found proof that Lily Evans does in fact love me, James Potter," James said.

Remus just laughed as he watched his two best friends talk and bicker in front of him. Remus stayed a few paces behind them and then pulled that small piece of parchment which told him when the next full moon was. Tomorrow, Remus thought as he looked at the parchment.

Tomorrow was Halloween too. How was he going to explain this to his friends? They expected him to be at the feast to pull the prank they had planned.

This would be a perfect time to tell them you're a werewolf, his conscience said.

"Yeah, and this would be a great time for you to shut up," Remus muttered under his breath.

"Remus! Get your butt up here!" Sirius yelled from atop a flight of stairs. Remus was at the bottom. Remus sighed as he started to climb the stairs.

"Are you a grandma or what? Faster!" James urged. Remus smiled as he quickened his pace. His smile broadened when he thought of the prefect excuse for being absent tomorrow.

"My dear gran-gran has died," Remus said to himself, smiling. Prefect.