Best Christmas Ever! Ch. 2

A/N: Minor Remus/Sirius
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Fun in the Snow
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Their plan didn't take effect until Christmas morning. As soon as Remus deemed it the right time, the Marauders set off little alarms at the entrance of the three other Houses. James was in the middle of the Gryffindor common room, Peter waited patiently outside the Hufflepuff entrance, Sirius was forced to climb the stairs to the Ravenclaw common room, and Remus headed down to the dungeons to wake the lone Slytherin.

The alarms were creations of Remus's which would only work once – and he had no intention of making any more – and would wake up any living person close by. After each of teens had set them off, they were to convince the student to go to the grounds.

It wasn't hard to get the Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws, or the young Gryffindor boy to head outside with them. Remus had no luck convincing the sixth year Slytherin to go and gave up with he was threatened with a rather nasty hex.

The only reason why Lily even went was to keep an eye on everyone – or so she said.

When everyone was finally outside in their winter clothes, James created a stool out of snow and ice so everyone could see him. "Happy Christmas, everyone!" he said enthusiastically from his perch. "I bet you're all wondering why we called you here today."

"To yell at us?" the fifth year Hufflepuff girl said with a laugh which earned her a chuckle from her Housemate.

James, knowing she was just being silly, gave her a mock glare but ignored what she had said. "Now, as most of you may know, this is the Marauder's last year at Hogwarts. I know, it's sad, but don't cry!" Remus saw Lily shaking her head but also caught a glimpse at the smile she had. "And, as our final present from us to you, we're giving you…the best Christmas ever!"

The 7 students stared at him for a moment before the young Gryffindor spoke up. "What do you mean?"

"You'll have to wait and see what we're going to do for the rest of the day," Remus said, interrupting James with the knowledge that he was going to make a show out of his answer. "But, for right now, we're going to just play in the snow." He gestured around them and that's when the enchantment he and the others had cast earlier vanished.

Standing around them were different structures made out of snow. Some of them were snow castles, others resembled Muggle jungle gyms, and the final thing was an ice rink made of snow. All of the snow configurations had taken Remus a while to figure out the mechanics but he got it with help from Peter. Also something they wouldn't tell James or Sirius how to do.

"Have at it!" Remus exclaimed and laughed when James and Sirius hurried over to one of the larger jungle gyms. The others only hesitated a moment before chasing after them to play on the snow structures.

Remus hung back a moment to just watch everyone, glad to see that they were having fun. "Who's idea was this?" Lily asked as she moved to stand next to him.

"Honest answer?"

"Honest answer," she confirmed, laughing when James fell in the snow.

"It was Sirius's idea, but he was inspired by something that Prongs had said," he replied, making sure to not give away what James had said exactly.

Lily nodded her head; she must have had an idea. "There aren't any 'presents' that will cause any damage, are there?"

The only answer Remus gave her was a small smirk and walked over to where Sirius was now attempting to ice skate – the Pureblood had never had the chance to learn and was spending more time on his bum than standing.