On Monday, November 2nd, 2020, at 5 A.M. Hogwarts time, Lily suddenly awoke to the feeling of some extremely hot water.
'OUCH!" screamed Lily involuntarily.
Lily saw that she was extremely wet and that the hot water was bubbling up.
Next nanosecond, Lily saw Samantha and Stephanie running out of her room holding pots and laughing their asses off.
Apparently, Samantha and Stephanie had decided to prank Lily by pouring boiling water onto her to wake her early upon their return to Hogwarts.
Deciding to go down to the common room, Lily saw Samantha and Stephanie standing in the middle of the room waiting for her.
"Good morning Lily," chorused Samantha and Stephanie with smirks.
"That was a really good prank," admitted Lily with a grin, "High fives?"
Samantha and Stephanie did exchange high fives with Lily.
Lily reached into her right pocket and pulled out ten galleons.
"Samantha, Stephanie," said Lily cheerfully, "You have each earned five galleons from me as a prize for coming up with such a great prank!"
Lily handed five galleons each to Samantha and Stephanie, who both grinned at each other.
"Ainsley will be so jealous when she finds out that we created a prank that Lily thought worthy of rewarding us for!" grinned Samantha.
"I don't think Ainsley has much of a jealousy coefficient," said Stephanie matter of factly, "But I do credit Ainsley for teaching me to lighten up a bit. I'm still the most serious person in our circle. But I have learned to have more fun and to laugh once in a while."
"Hey, Stephanie?" asked Lily, "I've been thinking that I'd like to get started on some of our fundraising for Worthy Wands. I know Samantha intends to record her Christmas album this month, but it won't be sold in stores in until December 1st."
"I'm really looking forward to recording it," said Samantha happily.
"But I want to do one of the fundraisers where we could start raising some money right away," explained Lily, "And as it so happens, I've already arranged it with McGonagall."
"What is it then?" asked Samantha eagerly.
"You know," grinned Lily, "I've already informed everyone else in our circle of family and friends and Devon, Hugo, Albus, and James are super eager for this event. Some guests, most notably, Todd, Miles, and Gary will be coming for the event, and starting today, notices will be put on the message boards of all four houses common rooms inviting the general Hogwarts population to this event."
"Which is?" asked Stephanie.
"This Friday at 2 P.M. Hogwarts time, on the Harry Potter Quidditch pitch, we will be hosting a Having Fun at Lily's Expense Party. I don't want to elaborate too much at this nanosecond, but all proceeds from admission fees will go to Worthy Wands and all guests will be welcome to make extra donations, big or small, at their own digression. I've planned the whole thing out, but guests will not know exactly the ways they will be able to have fun at my expensive until I start the party," explained Lily, "Everyone will just have to wait and see!"