Minnie's Best Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

It was just another dinner in the Great Hall, or so it seemed. The marauders were jumping around, yelling stuff obnoxiously as usual, and everyone else was doing their absolute best to ignore them when a great flurry of owls flew through the open window, a very unusual, if not never, occurance. They all appeared to be carrying some kind of brightly coloured card, whispers erupted in the hall as everyone watched their arrival in confusion.

The owls spread out, there seemed to be the perfect number for all the students, then, all at once the owls dropped their deliveries and suddenly everyone in the Great Hall had donned the most ridiculous party hats anyone has ever seen. They were huge, and vibrantly coloured, and had been enchanted so that the words 'Happy Birthday' flashed in a dizzying sequence.

The Slytherins looked disgusted and immediately tried to pull theirs off to no effect. Over at the Gryffindor table however, the Marauders has started singing....
'Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Minnie,
Happy Birthday to you!'
Everyone stared, confused, but after a few rounds of this, the four boys' hats exploded, confetti rained down on them, and a small cupcake appeared with a pop on the table before them.

Getting the idea, the rest of the Gryffindors as well as the Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws and even a few of the first year Slytherins were singing along. Up at the staff table, Professor Dumbledore was already happily eating his cupcake, whilst the other teachers were singing, Professor McGonagall was actually blushing as she sang to herself, touched by the love the marauders, who were, although she would never admit this to anyone, her favourite students.

Before long, everyone had a cupcake and was covered in confetti, everyone except for Minerva McGonagall, who had given up singing and was sat with her hat still on, trying hard not to grin. With a bang the doors to the Great Hall flew open and in came Fawkes the Phoenix, carrying an enormous birthday cake, and a big stack of presents. There were gasps from the younger students who had never seen the bird before as he swooped low and dumped his entire load in front of McGonagall, who had abandoned her attempt at a stern face and was unashamedly smiling, a few tears rolling down her face, never, in all her life had she felt so loved and appreciated, and as the marauders stood up and shouted 'We love you Minnie' and the rest of the students joined them, giving a round of applause,  she broke, burying her head in the pile of presents, until the noise died down and she looked up to see a mostly deserted Hall, and four boys surrounding her. Without a word she got up from her seat, and enveloped them all in a hug, and Sirius for one, couldn't have thought of a better ending to their best ever prank.