A/N: I don't own anything you recognize.
This is for the Harry Potter Fanfiction Challenges forum
Are you crazy enough to do it Challenge
653. (object) Cigarette
If You Dare Challenge
653. Bunnies
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Insane Prompt challenge
653. Quote: Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars. Les Brown
Word Count: 395
Sirius flicked the cigarette out against the ground.
"Those things will kill you," James stated. Sirius glared at him. James had been trying to get him to stop smoking for like a month. Sirius wasn't even sure the muggle cigarettes he had smuggled in could actually hurt a wizard like himself.
"Your point? We're all going to die eventually."
"Don't be so pessimistic. Ready for tonight?"
"To help Moony deal with his furry little problem? Of course. Oh, Marlene asked if he kept bunnies."
"Bunnies?"
"Yeah, she thinks furry little problem is code for selling illegal rabbits...crazy huh?"
"I wonder if there's any money in that."
"Dunno, think we should invest?"
"Might be worth it, what do you think Wormtail?" James asked as the third boy joined them.
"What's the question?"
"Invest in selling illegal bunnies." Peter blinked in confusion.
"Marlene thinks Moony's furry little problem is that he's selling illegal bunnies. So, we're investigating the idea of actually doing it."
"Worse that could happen is you end up with a bunch of bunnies, right? You know, shoot for the moon and all that," Peter said as they headed out of the castle. Moony was already in the chamber beneath the whomping willow.
"You guys are late. What kept you?"
"Marlene, she thinks you're selling illegal bunnies, so we had to have a discussion about the possibility of whether or not that would be a decent business plan." Remus shook his head. His friends were insane.
"I thought you were going to get Sirius to quit smoking," he commented. He could easily smell the cigarette smoke on him.
"He's resisting," James answered. "So, what do you think? Selling bunnies?"
"Who would even buy them? We're not allowed to have them as pets in school, heck the owls will just eat them, so no, bad idea. Why the bloody hell does Marlene think I'm selling rabbits?"
"She thinks it's your furry little problem, we need to sway her thoughts to something more...practical? Maybe we should convince her your trunk is infested with rats? We could even have Wormtail run around?"
"Let's talk about this after the full moon, all this insanity is making my head hurt," Remus muttered as he felt the moon rising outside. He nodded to the rest of the marauders and they quickly changed forms, all discussion of selling illegal bunnies temporarily forgotten.