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I am back, after countless days. I don't have a consistent posting schedule for reasons unbeknownst to anyone, even me (read: I'm lazy). However, I am back with a new chapter, but however again, the plans don't start just yet, as there is one more step before the commencing of their plot.

Damn, it's hard to write while acting posh. Again, before I start, I would like to say that I do seriously request some things that may happen, as I only have so many ideas.

After the cheers died down, Harry got to talking with the Seventh-Year Prefects, as well as Fred and George about what they could kick off their plans with.

"Well, I was thinking we could fill some roast chickens with water balloons." said Fred.

"I'm not a huge fan of ruining food." said Harry shyly.

"The teachers or the House Elves could clean it up…," said George.

"Hmmmm… I guess that's possible. Jot that down, Addy." Liam said.

"I will, but I think we should hit ourselves with these plans too." responded Adelaide.

"How come?" asked Liam.

"I'm just saying Liam, we'll have to prank ourselves as well, just to throw off any suspicion," advised Adelaide.

Fred and George chimed in. "She couldn't be any more right. It's wise to prank oneself, just to throw off suspicion."

Adelaide began looking for a notepad to write down these ideas, and Fred and George left to do some homework.

Percy took this opportunity to sit down with the other three. He handed Adelaide a notepad and began to speak.

"Well, Harry, I didn't expect this to work out, but apparently it has. I did want to say a few things, however."

Liam asked him, "What's on your mind, Perce?"

"Well, for starters, I think there should be some ground rules, just to make sure we don't go over the top."

"That sounds fair enough," said Wildwood.

"Also, you guys should set up a box of some sort, where everybody can provide their ideas for pranks."

Harry smiled. "That's a really good suggestion. It gives us more opportunity and ideas for chaos."

"Lastly, I want to be involved as little as I can. I have too many bad memories being pranked, so I'd like to stay as far away from this as I can."

Liam hesitated here. "I don't know Percy. We're supposed to provide a united front. How can we do that if we don't have you?"

"It's not like I'm going to snitch on you guys or not show a united front. It's just that Fred and George have soured me a lot with all their pranks, and I just don't want to feel like it could happen to me anytime. I'd be fine with enforcing the rules, however.

The two Seventh-Year Prefects nodded and said, "I guess that's reasonable. I'd love for you to be more involved, but I don't want you feeling uncomfortable."

"Thanks, Liam."

"Alright. I guess I should tell everybody that we're gonna have some rules." sighed Harry.

He turned towards the students in the common room. Some students had left for their dormitories, but there were enough left that the message would spread.

"Oi, you lot! Spread the word. Tomorrow morning we're going to write a comprehensive list of ground rules. We have to set some boundaries, so I want all of you to think of some rules that would be reasonable."

With this, most of the house went back to their dormitories, with Harry heading back up with Neville and Ron.

THE NEXT DAY, a Saturday, the residents of Gryffindor house came down to see 3 prefects and a first-year handing out pages. On it were the following rules:

1) No Malicious Intent: All pranks must be committed in fun with the intent of pleasing the Great God Pranko. One who performs pranks with malicious intent shall face trial in front of The Great Council.

2) Do Not Attempt To Gain House Points: Attempting to gain House Points on purpose without a valid reason awards the accused an audience with The Great Council. Lost Points may be redeemed for rewards from Nearly Headless Nick.

3) Try To Get Caught: Getting caught by authorities shall award you with redeemable points, more being awarded the harsher the recieved punishment is.

4) No one is exempt from these rules. No. One.

Note: Valid reasons shall be decided by The Great Council.

Harry was proud of himself. The plan was going better than expected and the rules made sense. But now the first thing they had to do was plan a prank. He made his way over to

Adelaide and the twins. (Liam was still handing out these pages.) Neville and Hermione trailed behind him.

"So." Harry said.

"So." replied Hermione.

"So." continued Fred.

"You ruined it, Fred!" admonished George. "That only works with two 'So's'!"

"Damn, you're right. Sorry about that, guys."

"I assume you don't have to apologize about whatever happened," began Ron, having finally gotten past the spider on the doorknob (it was a trick of the light) and received the rulebook(paper?). "But, I think we're all thinking the same thing."

Neville continued Ron's train of thought. "Yeah, what's our first prank gonna be?"

Liam entered the conversation. "Well, our leader should answer that. So, Harry, what's our first prank?"

"What?! Me?!" Harry asked, astonished. "Fred and George are the better pranksters, I think we should kick our whole plan off with them."

"Harry, my dear boy," George said sagely, in a voice Harry couldn't quite place. "This is not our time."

Fred continued, in a similarly sagely, yet unplaceable tone, "You must prove yourself to the masses."

"Show them who you are."

"Show them who you can be."

"Show them what you are capable of."

"Show them your true power."

"Show them that your power is equal to that of Teuchi The Ramen Guy."

"George, my dear brother, no one is that powerful."

All of Gryffindor House nodded a single nod in sync. No one could dream of even reaching 0.00000000000000001% of Teuchi The Ramen Guy's power.

Harry, having had a horrible childhood, had no idea who Touchi or whatever his name is was (he felt an odd chill, and decided to never disrespect that name again.) decided to ignore that, and said, "But what if I fail?"

"Harry, every great success is built on the foundation of countless failures. If you don't fail, you won't succeed."

"That… was super inspiring, Hermione. Thanks."

After a moment of demonstration, Harry spoke once more.

"O.. Okay… I think I know what I want to do to kick it off. It's going to be pretty small, though."

The twins smiled.

Hi guys! Sorry I took so long, but I had a severe case of writer's block. I also have a pretty bad schedule, so that sucks too. But I promised that I'll finish this and by God I am going to finish this. Still could use some help, though.