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Lottie, Theo and Alex all stood in the Hufflepuff common room with grins on their faces.
It was around three in the morning, and they had big plans for the night, starting off with going to the kitchens to get snacks.
"Are you both ready?" Asked Theo, pulling on a black hoodie.
"Yep!" Alexander and Charlotte said in unison, both of them dressed up nice and warm. It was nearing the end of February, meaning it was still freezing, especially at night.
"Come on then!"
The three quietly made their way to the kitchens. It wasn't much of a distance considering they were so close to the Hufflepuff common room, one of Lotties favourite things about being a Hufflepuff.
Alex tickled the pear and the door swung open, allowing the three of them into the kitchens. They all strolled in excitedly, all desperate to get the boring part of the night over and done with.
They were all quite surprised to see that they weren't the only ones there.
Harry Potter and Lucas Black were sitting at one of the tables eating chocolate cake neither of them realising that the trio were in there.
"Cake at three in the morning?" Whispered Alexander, his voice holding nothing but pure shock.
"We literally came in here to get food," Theo rolled his eyes.
"Hurry up, I want chocolate." Lottie said.
Before anyone could say anything else, a house elf popped into view.
"Masters and mistress! I is Chip! How can Chip help masters and mistress?" The house elf squeaked.
"Hey Chip," Charlotte smiled, crouching down slightly. "You can call me Lottie. Please could we have some chocolate bars and a cherry tart?"
"Yes Mistress Lottie, right away Mistress Lottie!" Chip disappeared back into the kitchens.
"I still think you're weird, how can you not like chocolate?" Charlotte said to Theo, shaking her head.
"Cherry tart is better than chocolate by a long shot." Theo stated.
"No,"
"Yes,"
"No,"
"Oh! Hello Charlie!" Harry Potter waved, continuing on the nickname he had given her almost a month ago.
Charlotte had to force herself not to roll her eyes at the Gryffindor. She still found him as annoying as ever.
"Potter," she nodded.
"What are you three doing at this time of night?" He asked.
"What are you doing at this time of night?"
"What better time is there to eat chocolate cake?" Lucas laughed.
The three nodded, the boys laughing slightly before sitting down at a table as they waited for their food.
"So Lottie, your birthday's coming up!" Alex said excitedly.
"Yeah! What would you like?" Asked Theo.
"Surprise me." Charlotte shrugged. Usually she would argue that they didn't need to get her anything, but she knew they never listened anyway.
Alexander and Theodore shared a knowing look, it was almost as if they were physiologically planning something.
"So no special requests?" Theo checked.
"Nope." She shook her head.
"Got it."
Chip came back into view with three big chocolate bars and a cherry tart with a smile on her face.
"Here you go Mistress Lottie! Does Mistress need anything else?"
"No thank you," Charlotte smiled. "Thank You very much, Chip!"
The house elf nodded in approval, scurrying away back to her job.
"It feels like years since I've had chocolate," Lottie sighed.
"I gave you some muggle chocolate yesterday morning." Alex stated.
"Well...that's basically a year ago."
The three all laughed as they continued to talk as they ate their food.
When they were finished in the kitchens, Charlotte, Theo and Alex asked Chip for some hot chocolate to take with them, and all stood up.
"Going to bed so soon?" Harry asked.
Deciding not to spill their plans, Lottie nodded. "It's almost four."
"True," Harry shrugged, "good night then."
𓃗𓃗𓃗
The trio stood in Minerva McGonagall's classroom, every piece of furniture was flipped upside down and stuck to the ceiling.
"Wicked," Alex smirked. "Who's classroom next?"
"Lupins." Theo said quickly. "Let's go."
And so they made their way to Remus Lupin's classroom, wands in hand as they made sure to keep quiet.
Theo pushed open the door, almost jumping out of his skin at the view.
James Potter and two others were spray painting the classroom bright orange.
"Fucking he- oh...hello kids." James Potter waved awkwardly. "How can we help you at...erm four in the morning?"
"Bloody hell," Lottie glanced around in shock.
"Lottie?" A short, blonde man said, clearly shocked at the girl standing in front of him. "That's Lottie!"
"Wormy shush!"
"Hello small man." Alex waved. "I'm going to pretend you're not here, you could be a physco ready to kill us all..."
"What physco spray paints classrooms?" Lottie asked, turning to her friend.
"Y'know...adds to the fun?" Alex shrugged.
"You're Sirius Black!" Theo cried, pointing to one of them.
"Hello!" Sirius waved, although he looked beyond embarrassed.
"So what are you doing?" Alex asked. "I mean, 3 grown men pranking?"
"Yes!" James grinned. "We're the marauders, of course we're pranking!"
"The marauders still aren't famous, James," Lottie sighed.
"How did you even get into the castle?" Theo asked.
"James has a floo system!" The blonde one said.
"Right...Who are you?" Alex asked him.
"Oh - I'm Peter Pettigrew!"
"Why were you coming in here?" Sirius asked them.
"That's a secret we'll never tell." Charlotte smirked.
James looked between them curiously. "Are you pranking Moony?"
"No," Alex said with a wide grin, "we're pranking everyone! I hope you like your new classroom!"
James' jaw dropped. He had been betrayed.
"We better be off now," Lottie said, raising her wand. "But first."
With a flick of her wand the floor and ceiling were yellow. With another flick, James, Sirius and Peter were all green.
"Oi!"
The trio left the classroom, running through the corridor, laughter escaping their lips.
They ran around the castle, changing the colours of all different furniture and moving classrooms around. Each charm could be reversed with a simple spell, but it was fun so they didn't really.
"Right then, shall we head outside?" Lottie asked, linking her arms with both boys.
"Definitely."
They stood on the quidditch pitch, the sun was ever so close to rising.
"Accio brooms,"
Their brooms came racing towards them, and they grabbed them quickly just before they could knock them out.
"Ready?" Lottie asked. She was freezing despite wearing one Alex' jumpers and her own tracksuit bottoms.
"Let's go."
They each sat on a broom, rising in the air as the sun started to rise. The sun rose like a flower opening, gifting its petals into the world.
Gazing toward the illuminated clouds, still beneath the ethereal glow, Lottie felt a rush of warmth run through her body, a smile tugging at her lips as her body relaxed. It was so calming, so beautiful. The orange gold stretches far and wide, the colour of fire hearths and tangerines. The promise of the rising sun that comes after the velvety night has had its say and the land has rested once more.
"Its so pretty," Lottie whispered.
Theo smiled. He saw Charlotte as his sister, the soul reason he and Alex had planned the night was to see her smile, he was more then glad that it had worked.
𐂂𐂂𐂂
Charlotte was exhausted.
She sat in the Great Hall with her head resting on Alexander's shoulder, her eyes droopy as she watched everyone around her laughing and chatting as they prepared for the day.
James Potter strutted in with a frown on his face, his skin dark green.
Everyone fell about laughing.
He made his way to the trio, running a hand through his green hair worriedly.
"Lottie! I forgot the counter curse...can you make me....not green?" He begged.
"Sorry Professor, I'm not sure what you're talking about." She said, sitting up and smirking at him.
"Oh Merlin don't do this to me." He rubbed his eyes. "Please ungreen me!"
"Ungreen you?" Theo repeated, letting out a laugh.
"Yes!"
"I do-"
"Lupin. Nott. Rosier." The sharp voice of Minerva McGonagall said.
The three shared a look.
"Run." Lottie said quickly.
They jumped out of their seats, racing out of the great hall before they could receive any punishments.
"Hey!" McGonagall shouted, but it was too late. She turned to James Potter with a sigh. "They're like you and your band of baboons!"
"Thankyou!" James said proudly.
A/N
The quidditch pitch late at night was YannieMe7 idea so credit to them!
Qotd: favourite Harry Potter character?
Word count: 1427