Lily introducing the Marauders to Muggle Halloween traditions like costumes.
- They throw a Halloween party in the common room just so they can dress up and eat sweets
- Sirius finds a ‘slutty devil’ costume and is obsessed with it
- He makes Remus participate in a couples costume and dresses him up as an angel
- James ironically decided to be a magician and learns muggle magic tricks to impress Lily.
- Peter is embarrassed and picks an easy costume
- The next year they get started planning their costumes early
- Sirius decides the group costume. Remus is not having it and only says yes when Sirius bribes him with Halloween chocolate.
- Sirius dresses as McGonagall, James as Dumbledore. They transfigured clothes and used magic to grow James’ beard
- They walk into the Great Hall in their costumes and it takes everyone a moment to register what is happening. The Gryffindor’s burst into laughter at the sight of James and Sirius.
- McGonagall gives them a stern look. Dumbledore chuckles politely and awards them house points for creativity and compliments James on his beard.
- As they sit at the house table, Sirius takes a pair of cat ears out of his pocket and places them on Remus’ head, declaring him to also be McGonagall
- Lily, Marlene, Mary and Dorcas enter the Great Hall not long after, but dressed as the Marauders (Lily as James, Marlene as Sirius, Mary as Peter and Dorcas as Remus).
- This is the first time the Marauders have ever seen McGonagall laugh.