"A 'Muggle Awareness Day'?" McGonagall asked. "I don't believe anyone's tried that before."

"Well, that makes it hypothetical," Sirius said with a wink, grabbing a third biscuit.

"We were going to try and get Lily to help us out, she knows more about the muggle world than the rest of us," Remus said.

"I'll talk to the headmaster. If he finds it a good idea, which he probably will, we will continue discussing how it might play out. Hypothetically."

"Thanks, Professor," Remus said.

"Of course, Mr. Black, Mr. Lupin. Now, I'm sure you have homework, so you'd best get that done. I don't want any late assignments from either of you," McGonagall told them.

"Anything for you, Minnie," Sirius said.

With that, they left McGonagall's office.

"What did she say?" James asked when they got back to the Common Room.

"She'll talk to Dumbledore about it. If he approves, we can do it," Remus said.

"Oi, Evans!" Sirius shouted across the room. "Over here!"

Lily, who was sitting in the far corner with Alice, rolled her eyes.

"It's important!" Sirius added.

Lily warned, "If it's about Potter-"

"It's not, get over here!"

Reluctantly, Lily came over. "Yes, Black?"

"We have an idea," James said. "'Muggle Awareness Day.'"

"What?"

"So, you know how someone- that imposter- changed Umbridge's clothes?"

Lily nodded.

"She was pretty angry. Sirius made a comment about her jacket, which gave James the idea to do a so-called 'Muggle Awareness Day,' which would actually be an excuse to drive Umbridge up the wall," Remus explained. "If the student body wore jackets like that, it would remind her of the extreme wardrobe switch."

"That makes sense," Lily nodded, "but how would we get people to wear the jackets?"

"The same way we got the books to work- we'll have to selectively talk to people we trust. They'll spread the word to the people they trust," Sirius said.

"What if word got to the wrong people? Wouldn't that blow the whole idea?"

"Well, it's not against the rules if it's 'Muggle Awareness Day,'" Remus shrugged. "Or if we transfigure our robes, but that would be tricky."

"Did you talk to Dumbledore about it?"

"We talked to Minnie. She said she'd talk with Dumbledore," Sirius said.

"If Dumbledore approves it, I'll help you. If not, I'm not going to organize a leather jacket protest that'll get me expelled," Lily said.

"Alright, we'll tell you what Dumbledore says."

The next day, the boys and Lily were held after Transfiguration.

"The headmaster thought that the Muggle Awareness Day would be a good idea," McGonagall told them. "You'll be planning it, but he wants your outline by Thursday."

"Thursday? That's tomorrow!" Lily said.

"Yes, Ms. Evans. Professor Dumbledore wants to do it on Monday. That is why I am giving you permission to use your class of Defense Against the Dark Arts to plan it. Madame Prince has a table for you in the Library."

"Er, Professor?" James said. "Madame Prince doesn't let us talk in the Library."

"Then this is an exception," McGonagall said. "Now please, get started. You wouldn't want to keep the headmaster waiting."

"'Course, Minnie," Sirius said. "Come on, let's go."

The group headed to the library, where they found Madame Prince waiting.

"I have a table for you in the back," she said sternly, "It has some books about muggles. I understand that you're planning something, but keep your voice down. This is a library, and I will not tolerate inappropriate behavior."

They nodded and seated themselves at the back table.

"So, what sort of stuff do muggles do?" Peter asked.

"Well," Lily said, "there are a number of sports- like football and basketball. There's also baseball, American football, competitive swimming, and loads of other things. People go to the movies-"

"What are the movies?" Sirius asked.

"You don't know what the movies are?" Lily asked, shocked.

"No…." Sirius said uneasily. "Should I?"

"Do you guys know the movies?" Lily turned to James, Remus, and Peter.

Remus and Peter nodded, James shook his head.

"You don't? That's something we'll do, after class we can watch a movie, I'm sure McGonagall can get one. The movies are when you go to a theater or a cinema and there's this big screen…. Sorry, it's hard to explain, but it's brilliant," Lily said. "I'll show you later."

"Alright. What else?" Peter said. "They have really good sweets, even though it doesn't have any special effects."

"Yeah, there are some great kinds of sweets, we can bring some of that in. People read magazines, sometimes. They've got all sorts of those, I can owl for my mum to send some…."

By the end of lunch, they had a plan, which they delivered to McGonagall before afternoon classes began.

"We missed lunch, I'm starved. I'm off to the kitchens," Sirius declared.

"The kitchens?" Lily asked.

"Yeah, we can't go to class on an empty stomach," Peter said. "Want to come?"

"We, don't we have to get to class?"

"Class can wait, food comes first," Sirius said.

"Do you guys even know where the kitchens are? I thought they were hidden."

"'Course they are, but we know where. Now do you want to come or not? I would suggest that you do, the house elves aren't bad, and I have an idea that we should discuss."

"Sure, I guess. Only if it isn't a stupid idea," Lily said after a second.

"Brilliant. Come on."

With that, they began the walk to the kitchens.

"So what's this idea of yours?" Lily asked as they began heading down the stairs.

"Umbridge's quills. What if we stole all her regular ones so that she couldn't use them? Then she'd have to use the blood quills, and she'd be exposed," Sirius explained.

"What about the other teachers? She could borrow from them," Lily said.

"Well, then we'll steal their quills, too."

"You can't just steal from people, honestly, Sirius," Remus said.

"Who says I can't? It's fine," Sirius said dismissively. "And anyway, the teachers owe us, they've been making us do their work for them."

"What do you mean?"

"It's not that hard to read a chapter, we shouldn't have to summarize it for them. That is slavery."

"That's homework and an assessment of your comprehension and writing skills," corrected Lily.

"Homework doesn't count," said Remus.

"Still, they owe us," said Sirius.

"I don't think it's a good idea to commit a grand theft of quills, much less to resort to torture."

"We had blackmail on our list, how is this any different?" asked James.

"That's psychological, not physical. I don't want to cross those boundaries."

"Well…." Lily considered it for a minute. "If it'll get her out. I don't want to be part of the stealing, though."

"See, Remus? Evans approves, and she doesn't approve of anything," Sirius said triumphantly.

"I approve of a number of things," Lily said, "Just not your pranks. Unfortunately, desperate times call for desperate measures."

"It might work," Peter said.

"Here we are," Remus said, ending the conversation. They had arrived at the entrance to the kitchens.

A painting of a bowl of fruit was mounted upon the grey stone wall. To its right was a stack of large barrels that smelled faintly of dill and other herbs.

"This is a painting. Not the kitchens," Lily said flatly.

James grinned. "You've got loads to learn, Evans."

"Do I?" she challenged.

"'Course, Evans." He tickled the pear. "We Marauders are full of tricks."

The painting swung open and the group stepped into the kitchens.