"What are you two doing over there?" Remus asked, looking up from his book as another bucket hit the ceiling.

"Planning, Moony."

"Oh shit." Remus jumped up, discarding his book. He grabbed his shoes and started fumbling with the laces.

"Where are you going, Moony?"

"I, um, I just need to, uh,... McGonagall said she wanted to see me so I, uh, I gotta go. Bye." Remus ran out of the room.

"Hey Moony!" James called. "You forgot your wand! Remus! Your wand! Nevermind."

Sirius shrugged and went back to try to levitate the bucket. "Wingadium Leviosa!" He said, waving his wand about wildly.

"Stop, you're going to take my eye out." James laughed, putting his hand up to protect him. "Either that or you'll break your wand."

Sirius laughed. "Yeah. Mother wouldn't be too happy about that. Neither of us are very good at this thing, are we?"

"Wingadium Leviosa." The bucket floated up into the air. Sirius and James looked behind them.

"Wormtail?"

"I want in on whatever this is. I can do Charms pretty well." He grinned. James and Sirius looked at each other.

"Sure. You can join us in the prank."

"Ooh, it's a prank? I love pranks." His face fell. "It's not a prank on me, right?"

"Course not. Why would we tell you if it was?"

"Yeah, I guess. What about Moony?"

Sirius looked at the door. "He's not here right now. He can join in on our next prank, if he wants."

"Why is it so loud in here?" Remus groaned, covering his ears. "I can't hear myself think."

"Are you alright, Moony?" James asked, worry crossing his face. "You were out all night and you look like you've been beaten up."

"Would you quit yelling?" Remus snapped. He put his head on the table. "Sorry. I'm just out of it today."

"That is an understatement." Sirius said, taking in the fresh scars of the back of Remus' neck that disappeared down his shirt. "What the Hell happened last night?"

"Why is Wormtail floating a bucket above the Great Hall entrance?" Remus asked, avoiding the question. Sirius and James shared a small smirk.

"You'll see."

"Meanwhile, try and eat. You're really pale, Moony."

"Well maybe I'm a vampire." Remus shot back as a half-attempt at a joke. "You don't know. Besides, I'm not hungry. I'm tired and I'm out of it and I'd like it if you all stopped yelling at me."

"None of us are yelling, Moony."

"Wormtail, careful. Don't break your concentration."

"Sorry."

"It's fine. You nearly gave us away, that's all."

"You're even yelling at each other." Remus sighed. "Did you all decide last night that we're all going to yell and I missed out on the meeting?"

"No. None of us are yelling, Moony." Remus sighed and put his hands over his face. Sirius and James shot each other a worried glance. Sirius looked back at the Hall entrance.

"Wormtail, I think they're coming."

"Do I drop the bucket now?"

"Not until I say." James instructed, also keeping his eyes trained on the door. The first few Slytherins entered the Hall. "Now! Drop it now!"

Peter didn't need telling twice. He dropped the bucket, which upended it's considerable amount of water onto the First Year Slytherins underneath. One of them let out a shriek as the water hit them, alerting the rest of the Houses to what was happening. A ripple of giggles went around the Hall. The boy from the train, Severus, had been caught right in the middle.

"Hey!" James yelled to Sirius over all the laughing coming from the Gryffindor table. "Check out Snivellus!" Sirius followed where James was pointing and let out another round of barks of laughter. Remus sighed and lifted his head off the table, getting up.

"It's too loud." He snapped, grabbing his bag and leaving the Hall, slipping on the water on the ground and pushing past Slytherins.

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