Hi! I know I haven't updated in a while, but you know, life gets in the way and stuff. Plus I've haven't had much inspiration lately. But then this came to me, so…

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Chapter 13: The Sweetness of Revenge

The bushes rustled quietly as a hand reached through to pull aside a branch. A pair of warm brown eyes were just visible behind the camouflage of leaves. Lily's eyes narrowed determinedly as she focused on her target.

'Do you see him?' breathed Rose, who was crouching beside Lily. Lily nodded her head and turned to look at her cousin.

'He's skulking around near the lake. We can't go now, there's too much open space between us. He'll see us coming from a mile away' she whispered fervently. Rose nodded, frowning in concentration.

'So, we wait here for him to approach us and bridge the distance. Otherwise the plan is lost' she said, flopping down into a more comfortable position. Lily followed suit, still continuing to watch her soon to be victim.

'Don't worry, Lils, we'll get him back' Rose assured her.

'Oh, I know we will' Lily replied grinning wickedly.

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James Sirius Potter was hiding out in Hagrid's hut. Why you may ask was he hiding? The answer is simple. He had pissed off his younger sister, Lily, and now she wanted to murder him. So, as any smart person would do, he had run for his life.

He knew he couldn't stay here forever. In fact, he had to leave right now because Hagrid thought he was being stupid. So, James stood, thanked Hagrid for prolonging his life and stepped hesitantly out of the hut.

As soon as he left his safe haven, James quickly scanned the area. But to his immense relief, found no signs of his sister. Why do I get myself into these situations? He supposed he should really stop annoying Lily. But to be fair she completely deserved that head of bright pink hair. She used his owl without asking! If she had wanted an owl, she should've gotten one of her own instead of that mangy cat. James was rather proud of his prank. Lily hated all things pink with a vengeance.

James, after a deep breath, started sprinting across the lawns towards the lake. At least there he would have a clear warning. He sat down, watching all around him closely, waiting for the first signs of an attack. Then a disturbing thought came to him and started checking the sky too. He would not be taken by surprise.

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Lily sighed in frustration. It had been an hour since her brother sat himself down by the lake and still he had not moved. Right, she thought, time for Plan B.

'Rosie'

Rose, whose head had been leaning sleepily on her hand, jerked her head up looking dazed.

'What? Huh?'

Lily laughed. 'New plan. Well, old plan but with a small change' Lily stated importantly. 'So instead of just us, we get lots of people and then stampede down to his little lookout at the lake and BAM! Revenge' She said happily.

"Ok, sounds good" Rose said as she got to her feet. "I'll go get the recruits and we'll come from all sides" Lily jumped up and nodded enthusiastically.

'Yes! I like it. You're just a little evil genius, aren't you?"'

Rose shrugged. 'I try. You stay here. He suspects you. I'll tell everyone where to start then send up red sparks when we start running' Rose instructed, taking on her mother's bossy air for a moment.

'Ok. Go. Do my evil bidding!' Lily cried dramatically. Rose raised an eyebrow at her cousin, shook her head, and then left to do the "evil bidding".

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James saw red sparks shoot into the sky. He watched them, wondering who would be sending them up here. James glanced around again to check for threats and saw a strange thing. There were heaps of people running across the lawns. From all around him. Then, with a jolt of horror, he realised that they were running towards him.

James leapt to his feet, frantically searching for an escape. But there was no way out, he was surrounded. Then, to add to the horror, he saw a head of bright pink hair in the middle of the crowd and knew immediately who was behind this. Lily.

He watched helplessly as the crowd quickly approached him. Just as they were a few metres away and he had shut his eyes tightly, waiting for impact, he heard a high pitch voice.

'STACKS ON!' Lily shrieked, then she cackled madly.

James was confused for a second before he was tackled to the ground and then felt person after person fling their bodies onto the ever growing pile of people. Each new addition made an overwhelming impact to him and he felt as if his ribs would give out at any moment. He lay there on his stomach, gasping for air, waiting for another attack, when he saw a pair of small feet in bright green converses approach him.

Lily sat down in front of him, grinning down at him superiorly. James groaned.

'So, James, having fun?' she asked lightly, still smirking. He couldn't reply, so he just shook his head. She smirked more widely. Then lowered her head closer to his and hissed menacingly in his ear.

'I hope you learnt your lesson, James Sirius Potter. If you ever mess with my hair again you will get far worse than this, you stupid git. Now when I let you go you will remove this ungodly colour from my hair, right?'

He nodded and Lily straightened up again, grinning again.

'Now, just to make sure you got the message. What colour is my going to be and will always stay?' she asked. James struggled for a moment and then managed to answer using words.

'Red'

'Correct. And what's the most horrible and disgusting colour on earth?' Lily questioned.

'Pink'

'That's right, James. Good boy' Lily patted him on the head and then stood up, flicking her pink locks over her shoulder.

'Now, fix my god damn hair!'

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A/N: So, this thought just came to me…anyone other than Aussies know what the game Stacks or Stacks On is? I don't think I've ever heard of it other than at school and stuff. Oh well, there's an explanation in there anyway. XD I got the idea cause I played it with my friends today at school. It was pretty funny. I think we were a bit hypo. Just a little bit.

I hope you enjoyed it. =)

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