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James, Peter and Remus walk into the Great Hall, talking amongst themselves about a prank that they wanted to pull. The only problem was that they couldn't figure out how to get all the different elements of said prank to work together. It was even more annoying for Remus, who is normally able to figure out how to fix these problems easily.

Sirius, Ann, and Lily are all ready sitting at their usual end of the table, talking about the potions homework they had had the night before. Or rather, Ann and Lily are discussing it with Sirius adding in his two knuts worth in between working on his crossword.

As students filed into the hall, the last stragglers dashing in to grab a bite, the doors to the Great Hall close of their own accord. Curious, all students look up at the doors, wondering if this was something that the teachers were doing or if someone worse, such as the Marauders, were behind it.

And that's when it all started. The bowls and plates grew arms and legs and started juggling various utensils. The goblets began to stack themselves into pyramids and were singing the Hogwarts school song in a strange sort of acapella. The tables moved from the center of the room and, after the floor space was clear, the suits of armor began to dance a ballet.

"POTTER!" Lily yells, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?"

"It's not us!" James shouts back, gripping his seat so that he didn't fall off, for the seats had begun to sway back and forth in time to the music.

Sparkles and glitter began to fall from the ceiling, decorating the students and teachers in the house color opposite of what they were placed in. Ann glares at the green sparkles on her shoulder, and tries to brush it off, but when she does so, her skin begins to take on the same colour as the sparkles and she stops.

"Bloody hell James, this has you written all over it," Ann snaps, "Tell us how to reverse the spells and let us get on with the day!"

"Why don't you ask Black?"

"Because I don't know!" Sirius and Regulus shout at the same time, then glance at each other in confusion before giving small grins.

After the ballet finished, all the suits raised their weapons above their heads, causing all members of the great hall to glance up. Writing appeared in bright violet coloring.

'We are glad you like our show, but here's a quick little warning. The fun doesn't end here. To any who wish to oppose us, namely a group of boisterous blokes, we've one thing to say. Bring it on.'

Lily glares at the message, furious, before turning her green eyed glare at James, Remus, and Peter.

"If any one of you even attempts to give a prank back, Merlin help me, I will make your lives a nightmare," Lily growls, "Understand?"

The three boys nod quickly, knowing from past experiences that Lily is quite good with her word and her wand.

The doors finally pop open and the students are released. The only problem is, when they walk into the hall, they all begin to float, as though gravity has lost its effect within the castle.

Ann grins, "I don't care who did this, but I want them to teach me. This is one wicked charm!"

"So you mean that you don't know a charm that can be used to cause havoc and chaos? Dear me, what has the world done?" Rowan says, floating past.

Ann gives a mock glare at her brother before attempting to get to class, laughing at Lily's mutterings the entire way. Sirius, on the other hand, just shakes his head and pulls out his wand and an old broken quill. He transfigures the quill into a long pole with a hook on the end and uses that to propel himself through the castle. A couple of older students watch in amazement before following his lead.

James, who had thought of the same idea, gives a half scowl half grin, before doing the same. Remus and Peter also follow the dog animagus's lead and are soon about their merry way.

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That afternoon the sixth year Gryffindors and Ravenclaws exit Transfiguration soaked. Apparently, whoever was causing these mass pranks had decided that they all needed a nice shower, so they had sent rain clouds into the class during the last fifteen minutes. Everyone had tried to run from the room, but the doors had been locked, so the group had been stuck until the bell rang. By that time, the entire room was flooded so much that the desks had started to float, and students and professor alike were beginning to wonder if a bubble head charm would be needed.

"Well, at least the water was warm," Ann says, grabbing her sopping hair and wringing it out as much as possible. Then, almost as if planned, both she and Sirius shake their heads like dogs, spraying the crowd around them with water.

"Grimwood, Black, if either one of you get me any wetter, I'm going to hex you." Lily was not having a good day, so her threat was noted and obeyed.

Meanwhile, a little bit behind them, the three Marauders are muttering about the prank and who could possibly be behind it.

"I'm telling you, Ann is behind this somehow," Remus says.

James shakes his head, "I don't think so. She's not that good. Besides, if she was she wouldn't have turned green from the glitter or wouldn't have been so surprised at the anti-gravity charm."

"And if she was, that means Sirius is behind it as well, and that would spell doom for the school," Peter mutters.

Remus rolls his eyes, "Fine. Let's just pretend for a moment that you're right. Then who would be behind this?"

When the other two don't say anything Remus nods.

"Then I stand behind my original idea."

"Whatever you say," James says, "I still think you're wrong."

Remus doesn't get the chance to respond because at that moment a bunch of third years walk by, depositing sand everywhere and complaining about having the sand in places they never thought possible.

"Now do you think it was Ann? She doesn't know what class the third years came from."

"She doesn't, but Rowan would. Plus, look at what happened to the forth years," Remus says, pointing down the hall.

James almost laughs when he sees the misfortune that had befallen the forth years. All of them had been forced onto brightly coloured stilts and were tottering around the halls. Some of the taller students were forced to duck to avoid hitting low hanging torches or parts of the ceiling. Those who did forget had duck tails and beaks appear on them. The only forth years who seemed to even have the hang of stilt walking were Regulus and Rowan along with a couple of the girls in their year.

"Well that's bollocks for them."

Remus rolls his eyes and smacks James on the back of the head before trying to help some of the forth years, only to end up with a black mask around his face and a raccoon's ringed tail sticking out of the back of his robes.

James and Peter laugh all the way to the Great Hall, Remus grumbling after them.

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'No one wants to try to beat us? That's really too bad, because we were hoping for some fun.'

This is the next note which is floating in the Great Hall. Most everyone in the hall sighs in relief, believeing that the band of pranksters were done, but that's when more writing appeared under the note.

'Looks like we'll have to make our own fun, then. Hope everyone enjoys it!'

Remus frowns, investigating the writing, "It looks weird. Like the person couldn't figure out how they wanted to write their message."

"What do you mean?" James asks, looking at the messages.

"Well, look at the word fun in both messages. They're different. And not even a subtle, this word was written a little after the first, but completely by a different hand. And the letters themselves are different too. Some of the y's have loops in the tails and some don't," Remus says, pointing to what he was describing at the time.

The three boys huddle, discussing who may be behind this and what they can do to retaliate.

"I don't care!" Lily says, "When I find out who is doing this they are getting so many points taken from them and I am taking them to their Heads!"

Ann shakes her head, "I think you're over reacting."

"Oh? So why don't you do anything against them?" Lily asks.

"Cause I find them funny."

Lily huffs before continuing to mutter under her breath about the childish things people do. Ann smiles, rolling her eyes and turns to Sirius.

"So what are you thinking?"

"Honestly? I'm a bit out of ideas. It would help if we knew who it was," Sirius says before smirking at me, "You're lucky I really don't think that it's you."

"Why?"

"Because I don't think you'd do anything of this scale by yourself, and you don't work with anyone but the Marauders."

Ann shrugs. A few moments later, all four Marauders are enveloped in bright coloured bubbles. Each of them glances around, trying to figure out what to do. James starts shouting, and though none of the students outside of the bubbles can hear, the other three wince before Sirius and Remus shout something at James and he is startled quiet.

"Well," Ann says, "That was unexpected."

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Sirius glances around the room that the bubbles had brought them to in interest. There were few parts of the castle that he didn't know, this place being one of them. He guesses that it's in the southern part of the castle since the lake isn't visible, and the Quidditch pitch is to the right, which is west in this case.

"All right, how are we going to get out of here?" Remus asks.

Turning around, Sirius sees the other two shrug and he can't help but shake his head.

"Something wrong Black?" James asks.

Sirius narrows his eyes, "Yes. I've had enough with you calling me Black. It's as though we weren't friends for the past five years. At first, I'll admit, I deserved it. I deserved everything. But now, you can stop with the 'Black' nonsense and try to figure out why we're stuck here."

James blinks in surprise. It had been a while since Sirius fought back, and to hear him do so is a good surprise. James glances at Remus. Remus sighs and nods. James turns back to Sirius and gives a grin. Sirius smirks and punches James on the cheek.

"That's for picking a fight with Ann," Sirius says, smirking.

James rubs his cheek, grinning, "I think she's taught you a thing or two about throwing a punch."

"Whatever Prongsie."

"Prongsie? I think I might prefer Jamesie."

"As much as I hate to break up this lovely reunion, what are we going to do about the pranksters?" Remus asks.

"We've got to get back at them," Peter says, "They just insulted us by bubbling us up here."

James nods, "They've been insulting us all morning. You have any idea who it is?"

"Not a clue," Sirius says, "Whoever it is, they're careful. They use a mixture of handwritings in their messages. And not just their own. I recognised a few of my 'a's and some of Remus's writing as well."

Remus paces, muttering under his breath, "I still say Ann has something to do with it."

"We've been over this Moony, her reactions are too genuine for it to be her," James huffs.

"Plus, Sirius hasn't helped," Peter says.

Sirius raises an eyebrow, "Why would I?"

The other three just look at him and he raises his hands in an 'I surrender' pose, grinning the entire time. It's nice to have, at the least, a truce with them. I know that there's going to be a bit of trouble until we hit that level of trust that we'd had before, but I think we can manage it. All we need is some time and the chance to act like the Marauders again.

~*~ Ann's POV~*~

I snicker as Lily and Marlene follow me up to our dorm. The boys, and the entire castle, are confused as to who is causing those pranks. The good thing is, they have, at least temporarily, healed their friendship. Hopefully that will last. Once the three of us are in our dorms, all of us end up on the floor laughing.

"Ah, to see their faces after they were engulfed in those ducks!" Marlene says, barely managing through her laughter, "What made you think of rubber ducks?"

Lily chuckles, "Honestly? It reminded me of Potter's swimming trunks."

I give a bark of laughter, knowing exactly which trunks she was talking about.

"Al-all right. What-what are we going to do next?" I say, stumbling over my words from the chuckles still escaping me.

Marlene gives a wicked grin, "I have an idea…"

~+~Sirius's POV~+~

I pace the floor of our dorms while James aimed spells at the rubber ducks he's throwing out the window. Smirking, I cast a spell and blow up the duck before he does, causing James to glare at me.

"What?"

He rolls his eyes and turns around, continuing to pick off the poor rubber ducks. I turn back to our notes and look them over again. We know the pranks that have been used. The person, or persons, have to be talented in Charms, Potions, Transfiguration, and probably a few other areas. As much as James kept denying it, I know Ann has to be the ultimate force driving this. She's working with others, of course, but now that I think about it, there's no one else who would be able to work these kinds of pranks and not get caught. The only problem I have is trying to figure out who is working with her. I glance at James when he gives a cry of triumph, apparently he hexed three ducks at once, before it hits me. The ducks.

"James, let me see one of those ducks," I say.

James shrugs and tosses one of them to me, "They're just ducks."

I hold one of them, turning it over my hand before giving a squeeze, smiling when it squeaks. "They're not just any ducks." Spinning around, I begin to write on our list, my mind working furiously. James steps behind me and I can hear him muttering under his breath. As I write down the last thing, I can hear him swearing under his breath.

The door opens, and Remus and Peter, who had been in the library getting the needed books for one of the pranks we plan on setting up, enter. They glance at the parchment, and they're eyes go wide when they see what I've written.

Ann, Marlene and Lily.

AN/ Ok, so I really, really, really, really (really) need you all to answer this question. Other than James and Lily, which will start in 7th year, do you want any of the characters to be in a relationship? It's not going to be glaringly obvious, I don't write romance, but it would be there. If so, who do you want shipped together? Send your ideas in a review. Thanks!