The Currently Unnamed Note-Passing Scheme

The Beginning of the Plot

Lily stood by the portrait of fruit, the to the kitchens tapping her foot impatiently. James was late. She had rushed down from the Great Hall right after she finished dinner. James though, was nowhere to be seen, and Sirius disappeared with him. Remus, when asked where his friends were, suddenly choked (again) on his steak (a/n: Remus seems to be choking a lot nowadays^_^) and squeaked out that James and Sirius decided to skip dinner. Lily glanced suspiciously around her, and then walked away.

If only she had stayed a few seconds longer, she would have heard a tiny giggle. She would have been really surprised, but as she had walked away, she could hear none of that, and Lily would also not be able to see the portrait swing open, admitting two invisible beings into the kitchens.

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As Sirius and James fell to planning the latest Marauder conspiracy, (after a good amount of eating), they heard a swish, and the sound of a cloak being dropped. The spun around, just in time to see Lily with an invisibility cloak at her feet, staring at them murderously, and yelling, "YOU. WILL. NOT. DO. THAT. EVER. AGAIN."

Sirius was frightened. What was all the fuss about? He thought. Why was Lily so angry just for a little thing like that? He recoiled from Lily, and said tremulously, "Lily... I'm sorry"

Lily laughed, but she wasn't the only one who did. James was laughing so hard; tears were streaming down his cheeks.

"T-the look on your face!" James laughed, "It's priceless!"

Sirius growled and said, "YOU TRAITOR!!! DOUBLECROSSER!!!"

James laughed again and simply replied, "I was helpless! She IS my girlfriend, you know!"

Sirius accepted the inevitable and laughed. Anyway, he had never gone five minutes without laughing.

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"Everybody! Get serious! " Lily shouted as they got into the Gryffindor common room.

"No! I refuse!!!" Sirius screamed.

"And why the hell not?!?" Lily retorted.

"I don't want a bunch of rabid gits running after me!" Sirius replied eloquently.

"Oh."

"MARAUDERS!!! MEETING!!!" James bellowed.

The five marauders scrambled to the farthest corner of the common room. After a good amount of pushing, shoving and squealing, they finally agreed on what to do.

~:-:~

"How did you get the password?!?"

"It's very simple! I wait here in my cloak then an unsuspecting Slytherin comes up and says , "Lord Slytherin!"

"Oh."

"Let's go in! Quit talking! Lord Slytherin!"

Lily felt a shiver run down her spine. The Slytherin dormitory was nothing at all like the cheery Gryffindor common room she had just come from. Or even the Ravenclaw dorms clad in a majestic shade of blue, which she had visited often. This place was so different from them that it was uncanny. The fire burned silver and covered the room with an eerie light. This light cast long shadows of the stiff chairs as well as the rest of the room in a way that made someone think that they could cut themselves on its shadow.

She shrugged, and then followed Remus up to the boy's dorms.

Then, they set to work.

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"When are they going to wake up?!? If they take any longer, it'll spoil the plan!" Lily asked angrily.

James calmly answered, "Don't worry Lils, I placed a wakening charm on 'em all! They woke up around fifteen minutes ago. And if my calculations are correct, they'll be coming in just about... NOW!!!!"

As if on cue, Snape walked in, wearing something that made all the students gasp.

James performed the Sonorus charm and bellowed:

"Ladies and Gentlemen! We will now have the first ever Slytherin cosplay! Please be reminded that these delinquent Slytherins have no idea that this is happening, and There is a charm on them that will make them oblivious to the fact that something extraordinary is going on... at least for the time being..."

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There were snickers.

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"Anyway, here comes Severus Snape, wearing a 'fantastic' (shocking) pink miniskirt with a matching tube! Sevvie here also has his hair dyed purple, something you don't see everyday! These smashing colors were suggested by a friend who thought pink and purple went together nicely. Well, think again!"

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Here, Lily coughed. She had just realized how disgusting they really were when they were in Snape's greasy head...

James grinned, then continued, "And here comes... er... Crabbe! I don't think anyone knows what his first name is so... he's wearing a stunning leather suit! Eeew!!!! Ah! I don't wanna look no more!" James returned to his seat, saying, "Mommy! It was horrible! Waaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!"

The teachers showed an interesting difference in their attitudes. For instance, Dumbledore was laughing, and McGonagall looked readily embarrassed, just to name a few.

The only students who weren't laughing were the sulky Slytherins, who, when the spell wore off, tried to kill James. This had quite an effect on the students, so James grabbed a pie, and threw it straight at Snape's face, and shouted, "FOOD FIGHT!!!!!!"