The next morning a sneaky James and Sirius waked up the four girls and Remus.
'What are you guys doing up so early?' Ari groaned when they woke her up. 'And more importantly why are you waking me up.'
'You'll see.' Sirius said smirking.
'Great.' Ari muttered as she got up and wrapped a robe around her.
The three went outside and saw Lily, Addy, Meg, and Remus waiting for them.
'So they woke you guys up too.' she said.
The four nodded.
James and Sirius motioned for them to be quiet and led the way to Sean's room.
Remus knew this was the prank the two were talking about yesterday.
Sirius and James both had their wands and they used them to conjure two buckets.
The others could not see what was in them but it was apparent that James's bucket had something that was heavier.
Slowly, the two counted softly to three.
'One…' started Sirius
'Two…' James continues.
'THREE!' they both yell together.
James pours something that looked a lot like honey on top of Sean and out of Sirius's bucket fell a huge barrage of feathers.
Sean yelled and sat up.
Everyone looked at him for about three seconds and then the seven burst out laughing.
He was covered in honey and the feathers stuck to it so he resembled a chicken.
Sean glared angrily at James and Sirius and then he chuckled.
'Should have seen that coming' he said.
He waved his wand and he all the feathers and honey went away.
James then held up a picture.
'Christmas present, mate.'
Sean took the picture and laughed.
It was a picture of him when he first realized he looked like a chicken.
'Time for presents!' Sirius said gleefully.
Sirius ran out the door and the others followed.
When they got down, they saw that Mr. and Mrs. Potter were already there.
'Good morning, children.' Mrs. Potter greeted.
'Good morning, Mrs. P.' they all chorused.
'My my, you all have an awful lot of energy. What I'd give to be young again.' Mr. Potter said. He looked like he was on his third cup of coffee, which he probably was.
Everyone sat around the big tree that was in the center of the room. There were presents all around the tree.
James and Sirius picked up a big rectangular package and carried it over to Mr. and Mrs. Potter.
They both looked at it curiously and ripped the paper off. Mrs. Potter's eyes watered as she looked at it.
'Boys, this is the sweetest present you have ever given us!'
It was a huge picture of the four of them, smiling and looking like a family. Mr. Potter gave his two sons hugs and charmed the picture so that it would hang on top of the fireplace.
James and Sirius sat down proudly next to the Remus and Sean.
The boys exchanged with each other and the girls exchanged with each other first. They all got a variety of items ranging from clothes to food.
Then the girls gave their presents to the boys.
Lily had gotten them all a big box of sugar quills each.
'Thank you so much, Lily-kins!' Sirius said clutching the box to his chest as though it were his lifeline.
Addy had gotten them all new robes with their family crest on them.
Ari got James, Sirius, and Sean new Quidditch robes and Remus a new megaphone.
Meg had gotten them prank supplies.
'I knew you would be the prankster!' Sean exclaimed.
'What can I say? You guys bring out the prankster in me.' Meg said helplessly.
Sirius got his wand out and summoned his presents from the pile under the tree.
The girls opened them and grinned widely.
They each got an assortment of animals. There was a stag, dog, wolf, and rat.
'Are they supposed to mean anything?' Mr. Potter asked looking at the animals curiously.
The children grinned.
'Nothing Dad, nothing at all.' James said.
Sean had gotten the girls different scents of perfumes. They all loved them immediately.
Remus gave them all expensive chocolate from France.
They all looked at him after the girls opened their present.
'And how much did you buy for yourself, Moony?' Sean asked smirking.
Remus blushed and looked at his feet. 'That's not really necessary information.' he mumbled.
'That means half the store!' Sean joked.
'Leave the boy alone!' Mrs. Potter scolded but even she couldn't keep the smile off her face.
James got four small boxes and gave one to each other.
All four of them were necklaces with a flower.
Lily's was a lily made out of emeralds.
Meg's was a sunflower made out of yellow tinted diamonds.
Ari's was a tulip made out of sapphires and Addy's was a daisy made out of diamonds.
'James!' Meg gasped.
'This is too much.' Addy protested.
James shook his head.
'Nothing is ever too much.' he said smartly.
The girls rolled their eyes but accepted the gifts nevertheless.
'Wait, there's one more gift for the four of you.' Sean said.
The girls looked confused.
'But, all of you already gave your gifts.' Addy pointed out.
The boys just turned around and each of them had a book in their hands.
James gave his to Lily, Sean gave his to Ari, Sirius gave his to Addy, and Remus gave his to Meg.
The front cover was leather-bound and black.
In gold it said each girl's name on their respective book.
In smaller red writing, it said from the Marauders.
They all opened theirs and looked shocked as they flipped through the book.
It was a photo album from their first year to right now.
There were pictures of the school, teachers, and all their friends.
At the end, there were blank pages.
'The blank ones are for the upcoming days.' James explained.
The girls all had tears in their eyes.
'It's beautiful.' Meg whispered.
They all tackled the boys and gave them a big eight-way hug.