Padfoot/Snuffles padded upstairs as quietly as he could – much more silent than Sirius could ever hope to be. In his jaws was the handle of a bucket; filled with very cold water. The bucket had charms on it to make it weightless and unspillable. As soon as it was placed, Sirius would remove the charms, and replace them to ensure that it would remain ice cold, and invisible. Muggles might have great pranking ideas, but magic made them much more effective.

The next morning, at just passed nine O'clock, twin screams resonated through the halls of Grimmauld Place. That sound in turn woke Mrs. Black, and she began to scream too. Someone jumped out and began to drag the heavy curtain over Sirius' mother, and as they did so saw Fred and George (George and Fred) Weasley running around on the floor above, screaming and soaking wet. The unfortunate man sniggered rather loudly, and sadly (for him – it was hilarious for everyone else) was at the receiving end of Gred's (or Forge's) wand. The order member grimaced – Gred and Forge (Forge and Gred) might still be in Hogwarts, but they were a formidable force, one not to be trifled with.

Varth Dader walked around number 12 Grimmauld Place with a tail sticking out of his backside for the rest of the week.

The morning after this … interesting … event, it was repeated. This time, it was Harry Potter and Sirius Black who were screaming and cold, and Remus Lupin made the mistake of laughing at them. Between them, the pranksters might only have one wand and one overage member, but the wandless man wasn't a marauder for nothing.

Remus Lupin's hair flashed different colours for a week.

Thus marked the beginning of a prank war, and anyone caught in the middle was liable to be seen doing very strange things for any length of time, from a minute, to an hour – some were even afflicted for a day or more. One unnamed man (he was an extra, so he died in the next battle they had) was seen with an entourage of monkeys; and he was talking to them in their 'language'. Another extra (she got a whole line, and then died from a mosquito bite) who happened to be deadly afraid of snakes received a head full of them when she tried to prevent one particular prank. No one was safe.

The main two teams were:

Harry, Ron, Sirius, Remus

George, Fred, Ginny, Hermione

However, when the rest of the Order of the Phoenix grew tired of being pranked, two ore teams grew:

Dumbledore and Snape

Everyone else in the order

However, they were liable to change every now and again. Ron and Ginny especially tended to swap sides, so you had to be careful their. Or course, then Remus and Sirius concocted a plan that Harry 'changed sides' for a day, and planted all sorts of time released pranks on the unsuspecting opponents.

The war lasted for four weeks, and by the end of it, all the kids wanted to go back to school and start doing more pranking, but that was Gred and Forge's (Forge and Gred's) territory – the others would have to wait for next year. And wait they would indeed. Look out Hogwarts, because the Junior Marauders had an entire notebook filled with possible pranking ideas, and had help from two of the originals. Fred and George (George and Fred) never had such a thing. They pranked when they felt like it, and always used food to do so – they didn't know many useful spells in that regard.

All in all, the whole affair was a great way to remember Christmas 1995.