The Midnight Prank Begins. . . . . . .

[Marlene McKinnon]

Marlene slowly turned away from the portrait to see her two best friends faces. She silently studied them, to see if they really wanted to do this. Marlene knew how much Alice took pride in being the good girl so she wanted to make sure Alice was okay with doing this. Giving the thumbs up sign to both of them she turned towards the portrait.

"What are you people doing here at this time of night? And you don't deserve to be here, this is for Slytherins be gone! You nosy Gryffindors." Smiling Marlene turned towards her friends and said. "I guess he doesn't like us very much. But he is going to let us in." Marlene glared at the portrait waiting for its refusal. "No Gryffindors, shall enter this common room. . . The portrait began to sneer at Marlene. . . You don't even know the password.

Ignoring the portrait for a moment she turned towards her friends. "Alright here's the plan, we go in shrink everything in the common room. Exit and take it all up to the roof. Got it?" The portrait stared at the girls in disbelief. "You wouldn't dare, do that. Besides without the password your little prank won't happened." Shaking her head, she looked disappointed. "Golly, I forgot that we needed the password to enter. . .What shall I ever do?"

Dramatic pauses were always part of Marlene's speeches. She pretended to look as though an idea just came to her. "I know! I'll say pure bloods" With a smirk that would make anyone steamed. The portrait looked aghast. "I can't believe this. . .. " With those parting words the portrait swung open to reveal a very damp and green common room. "Ready girls?" Just as Marlene was going to take the first step she heard someone that made her stop dead in her tracks. Feeling a guilty look come upon her face she slowly turned around to face. Lily.

[Lily Evans]

Lily was just wandering around the corridors patroling, as she had to do every nighjt before she went to bed. It was perfectly legal for her to be here and unlike somepeople she could mention, she wouldn't get into trouble for it.

The only problem was that she had to check on those bloody slytherins. She was given the password to every dorm when she became head girl, so she could go into the common rooms every night and just tell whatever prefect that was on duty that it was lights out. She hated going to the slytherin commons, because they always jeered her and called her a stinky mudblood. Potthead had once or twice offered to do this particualr common room, as he wasn't at all scared of the slythergits, but Lily had insisted that she do it, because she hadn't wanted to seem weak.

She had expected to turn the corner and be jeered by the portrait, who even though he knew she was head girl, would probably still make an effort to make her life a misery. She took a deep breathe and turned the corner, expecting the jeering to start. But before she even appeared she all ready heard jeering.

"No Gryffindors, shall enter this common room. . . " What? "You wouldn't dare, do that. Besides without the password your little prank won't happened."

Oh God, it's Potthead. She just knew it, what was he doing using the password, which he was told for being head boy to pull some silly prank?

Then she heard the password being spoken, not by a boy which is what Lily had expected, but a girl. A girl who sounded very much like her best friend Marlene. Now what? Lily thought as she turned the corner and headed straight for her best friends who were currently crowded around the slytherin commons.

She was about to speak, but the Portrait of course got there first.... "MISS HEAD GIRL! these griffindors were trying to break into the slytherin commons! I think you should take them striaght up to mcgonagell's office..."

MISS head girl? was the portrait actually being polite? She knew however it was becuase he didn't want the Emme, Alice and Marlene to go through with the prank. She looked at them...

"What exactly are you guys doing?"

[Emmeline Vance]

Emmeline chuckled as she followed Marlene and Alice into the castle. She followed every step Marlene took and constantly looked back at Alice to see if she was keeping up with the pros. She didn't want Alice to be caught alone sneaking around Hogwarts, she might catch a heart attack the poor thing. When they finally reached the Slytherin portrait a evil smirk appeared on her face as Marlene reminded them step by step what they were doing. Emme looked at Alice to see she didn't looked as scared as she thought she would be. Aw little Ali is growing up.

Emme immediately turned around when the portrait of course tried to give them lip. "No Gryffindors, shall enter this common room. . . " Emme just tried to hold in her laughter, the portrait was oblivious to the fact how prepared they were for the prank after all she continued to listen as it spat out again, "You wouldn't dare, do that. Besides without the password your little prank won't happen." Emme just smiled at the portrait as Marlene muttered purebloods and the portrait swung open. The portraits face was priceless! And before Emme stepped in to the Slytherin commons she said very quietly,

" Too bad you can't do anything about it! "

Emme's smirk grew into and evil grimace as she stepped into the room she heard from behind her,MISS HEAD GIRL! these griffindors were trying to break into the slytherin commons! I think you should take them straight up to mcgonagell's office..." Emme's eyes widened to hear the words, Miss Head Girl. Emme then heard,"What exactly are you guys doing?" Emme was scared to turn around, for she couldn't stand to see the disappointed face of the Head Girl herself, Lily. She gulped as a guilty look slipped on to her face. She turned around slowly to see her friend and couldn't even crack a smile on her face.

[Alice Logan]

Alice diligently followed Emme and Marlene through the halls, and up endless flights of stairs. With each stride she felt braver than the last. She couldn't even believe herself. She was Alice Logan after all! Alice Logan, as in sweet, shy little Alice! Alice Logan would be not be out after hours, about to play a prank on Slytherins. No, not never! But that was a false statement now, and she couldn't even believe it herself. It was so out of the ordinary, not for Marlene or Emme, but for herself. But pushing the fear of getting expelled behind her, she was actually having a decent time. "Ok, so maybe decent is an understatement, I'm having a blast!"

When the three of them finally reached the Slytherin common room, they stopped at the portrait hole. She couldn't help but laugh as Marlene began talking to the portrait, it was practically hilarious! But then it swung open, revealing their task before them. "I can't wait to start!" She almost wanted to shout, scream with joy of what she was going to do, but that'd just be dumb, really dumb.

She took a step into the Slytherin common room, she had never, ever seen it, though it wasn't much different than the Gryffindor one, very similar, well except for the fact that everything was green. But her observations were put to a halt when the portrait screamed, "MISS HEAD GIRL! these griffindors were trying to break into the slytherin commons! I think you should take them straight up to Mcgonagell's office..."

"Oh Merlin! It's Lil!" She wasn't sure whether to be glad it was Lil, or upset. If she expected to run into anyone, it was Potthead, she was almost positive he patrolled this part of the school, but obviously not tonight. Potthead surely wouldn't get them in trouble, well probably not at least. But she didn't know what to expect of Lil.

When she finally turned around, Lily's words echoed in her head, neither Marlene or Emme seemed to be eager to answer, so she decided she would herself. "Umm," she wasn't really sure where to begin, she couldn't lie to her friend, and she never would, but what was there exactly to say? "We were going to pull a prank, erm practical joke, on the Slytherins. You know, just something simple." She'd let Marlene or Emme finish, she had already said enough.

She finally realized, after seeing Lil's face, maybe it wasn't punishment that upset and scared her, maybe it was disappointment from others. She sure didn't want her parents upset with her, and she definitely didn't want Lil mad at her. Then she noticed something else, the look on Lil's face. She could read almost every expression of the girl, and this one, well it didn't really seem like disappointment. To tell you the truth she wasn't really sure what it was. But maybe Lil wasn't so mad after all.

With that, she took a quick glance at both Marlene and Emme, then met Lil's gaze with a smile. She could only imagine how surprised Lil would be to see her out here, but she was nervous too, what would her reaction be? Millions of thoughts raced through her head, she really wanted to follow through with their prank. "Maybe Lil will join us?" She smirked at her thought, Lil and herself breaking the rules? It almost sounded like a fantasy book! But she didn't let that bother her, she just wanted to see Lil's reaction, or at least hear Emme or Marlene finish the story, but no, they just stood there for a couple of moments, in the silence of the night.

[Marlene McKinnon]

Scowling as the portrait basically sold them out to Lily or Miss Head Girl. Turning around to face Lily, Marlene put a forced smile on her face. When asked 'What are you guys doing here', Marlene shrugged her shoulders and step back out into the hallway before Lily. "Hey, I was just showing Emme and Alice the wonderful green and damp common room of our fellow Slytherins. . ." What is she doing here? James is suppose to take the Slytherin route! We didn't even get to do anything.

"Lils, I thought Head Boy was taking the Slytherin route. . ." Staring at Lils an idea suddenly came to Marlene. If we could get goody two-shoes Alice to break a few rules, why couldn't we get Head Girl to join us. With Head Girl at our side, no one can stop us. Except James but he wouldn't dare get his Lily in trouble. . .I hope. After Alice explain what they were doing Marlene waited. With another smirk on her face, Marlene walked over towards Lily and place her arm around her shoulder. "Lils why don't you take a break from your duty and come have a little fun with us."

The portrait by any means wasn't going to have anything to do with this. "I say! Miss Head Girl this is not Head Girl behavior if you join these three. Now do your job and get these trouble makers back to that common room of yours and give them Detention!! Marlene who was having quite enough listening to this stupid portrait. "Listen here, thanks for the complement about us being trouble makers but now stick a sock in it!" Looking quite insulted the portrait refused to look at Marlene and just stared at the Head Girl to see what she would do. "Come on Lils have a little fun, and I promise no Slytherins will get hurt. . . ."

Giving Lils her biggest puppy eyes which probably irresistible to those of the male species. "Please?" Sticking out her lip even more as she beg. "You know you want to." That was it, if Marlene ever wanted to be a muggle star she had found her calling. An Actress, she would be famous in both worlds.

[Lily Evans]

Lily looked at her friends, she knew she should turn them in, she couldn't give them special treatment just because they were her friends. She found funny how they looked at her in horror. They thought for sure she was going to hand them in on a silver platter. Lily may be strict, but wouldn't do that. The worst they could expect was a good talk from her when they returned to the gryffindor commons, beside those slythergits deserved everything they got.

"We were going to pull a prank, erm practical joke, on the Slytherins. You know, just something simple."

"Alice, you do realise that your not Sirius or Potthead. Right? You could get detention for this, or worse expullsion. Potthead only gets away with it becuase he knows how to not get caught. I'm unsure whetever you guys get that. I mean your lucky it was me who caught you and not Slughorn or Mcgonagell!" She shook her head and turned round and started to head back towards the commons, she was just going to pretend she didn't see them. It would be fine James would vouch for her.

"Lils why don't you take a break from your duty and come have a little fun with us."

She had to admit it would be tempting, it would give Potter a run for his money that was for sure. She loved to think that maybe she could do it. Maybe she could rebel. It would be good. It would be fun. I mean there must be something good about it if the boys always seemed to do it. She turned around to her friends and raised one eyebrow.

[Severus Snape]

((OOC: . . . But the Slytherin Commons don't have a portrait, they have a wall.

Was the portrait removed because you lot of meddling Gryffindors?! Everything's always your fault!))

[Marlene McKinnon]

((OOC: Oops my mistake, oh well. For shake of this thread u have one temporally. Feel lucky Snape. Pshh don't blame everything on us, just cause we're pretty.))