Happy (belated) 18th birthday to NinjaGirl9797! Sorry it's a day late!

Students walked into the Gryffindor Common room to find an unusual, if highly adorable and gush-worthy sight (in the case of the girls).

Edward Elric was sound asleep with his head in the lap of Potter, who was also snoring after a nasty day of questioning from Dumbledore about how the Toad ended up a werewolf.

Mostly because the only canine in the school was Mystic, and despite proving her dog had nothing to do with the attack (by comparing the bite marks), then they had to deal with a not-so-fun interrogation from the old coot about their whereabouts, because everyone knew that "Harry" loathed the Toad and had yet to display any of his father's pranking genes. "He" was the son, nephew, and godson of the Marauders after all.

That, coupled with the fact that it was close to the end of the year which was traditionally the WORST part of the year because of some mystery "Harry" always ended up solving, meant that they suspected he had done something spice things up.

Dumbledore mostly called Ed in so he could get to know the newest 'fly in the ointment' so to speak, because until now he hadn't been in the same room as the blond because Potter took care to keep it that way.

So three hours of subtle Legilmency directed at Ed, plus the overt questioning of "Harry", meant both were in no mood or shape to even read, much less stay awake.

Ed, having been under attack for three hours straight (and rebuffing him courtesy of the mental "Gate of Truth" in his head) had fallen asleep first, not even realizing he was currently snoring on Angel's lap. Angel fell asleep soon after once she got comfortable.

Which lead to this scene.

Ed, half falling off the couch snoring while his head was in Angel's lap, Angel propping her head up with her hand and snoozing lightly, her head nodding every so often.

There was really only two things Neville could do.

One, he had Colin take plenty of blackmail photos for later. And two, he went and got a blanket and put it over Ed, since anything he did would wake "Harry" up.

Then, by common consensus (because Potter was downright scary if someone woke him up from a nap) everyone quietly got to their homework.

When Ed finally did wake up, the Gryffindors watched with open amusement as his face turned a bright cherry red from embarrassment. His hair looked like it could burst into flames.

"How long was I asleep?"

"Long enough for us to get blackmail photos. You two make such a cute couple!" gushed Lavender.

"I am not cute!" said Ed loudly, waking up Potter.

Everyone was tense, as Potter could be downright nasty when someone woke him up from a much needed nap. So imagine their shock when he merely blinked, took one look at the culprit and promptly bonked him on the head.

"Be quiet or I'll start emulating Winry and your teacher," said "Harry", yawning widely.

Ed went quiet in a hurry and even paled.

"I'll be good."

"And that's before I start asking Hawkeye for lessons," he added ominously.

"Okay, who are these people and how the hell did you get him to shut up so fast?" asked Dean, highly impressed.

"Winry is his childhood friend and personal mechanic, his 'teacher' is a woman who kicks his ass every time he does something monumentally stupid and taught him until now, and Hawkeye is the woman in charge of keeping his 'guardian' in line, despite not being married to him."

"So...basically Edward Elric is trained and whipped?" said Parvati, eyes gleaming.

"Exactly! He thinks a witch is just a lumpy wizard trying to cave his skull in!" said Angel, cackling.

"Finally, a boy who knows his place!" said Parvati, with a nodding Lavender.

"If only he weren't gay," sighed her friend.

Angel had to give Ed a light hit from her knee which was perfectly placed near his back to keep him from saying anything.

As it was, she was fine with the pictures...so long as she got a few to share with Ed's family back home.

Magic only knew Winry would get a good laugh out of it, as would Pinako-baba. And the less said about the ribbing Ed would get once Roy got a hold of it, the better. Well, either a ribbing or a pressing need to run like hell, considering Roy was overprotective of his daughter now that he had one.

Angel was sure she had seen him conspiring with Maes before they left. As long as he didn't try to trick her into drinking age-reversing potions so he could take adorable pictures, she wouldn't have to beat him to death with his own gun. And he did own one, even if he used his alchemy more than he used it.

She would smile sweetly as she used any skills Riza taught her to shoot her own father in the ass.

She was, after all, an adopted Marauder, even if her parents hadn't known it. And James had made her a legal member of the family so they couldn't do anything about it anyway.

Angel was still rather sleepy, so she debated on whether to nap here or head to the boat for some much needed sleep.

Then she remembered Dumbledore had spies everywhere, so she decided a little...misdirection...was a better idea.

"It's a bit noisy here. Think you can keep an eye on Ed and make sure he doesn't get busted by Dumbledore's lackeys while I get some extra sleep in the Chamber of Secrets?" said Angel.

Considering Harry got extra bitchy when woken up too early, and he still looked exhausted, they all nodded.

"Hey!"

Angel looked at her boyfriend.

"Do you want to join me? No doubt the lurid imaginations of bored children will come up with something rather...provocative. Especially those two, who I know for a fact are yaoi enthusiasts," she said, nodding to Parvati and Lavender.

The Indian girl in particular leered at Ed, before openly looking up and down. Ed gulped.

"I think I'll go see what Al's doing," he said nervously.

"You do realize that might very well make it worse, right? There are some people out there who like the idea of two boys going at it, even if they are blood related...and considering how bad the inbreeding is here, that's more likely to be a turn ON, rather than a turn OFF," said Angel highly amused at the grossed out look on Ed's face.

"I'm doomed either way, aren't I?"

"Pretty much. But if you join me I'll introduce you to something we can prank Central with when we get back," said Angel.

"Is it funny?"

"Considering it pranked a good chunk of America in the 1930's before the war, yes. And we can have a trial run here at Hogwarts."

"Sold. Let's get out of here," said Ed.

"So what's this prank?"

"Ever heard of the War of the Worlds?" asked Angel grinning.

"I saw that movie you had in the DVD player," said Ed.

"Okay, so in 1938 there was this radio broadcast that sent nationwide panic in America. Keep in mind this was less than a decade before World War II. It was a Halloween prank that sparked mass panic with just the use of a clever play and radios. At the end of the broadcast it was revealed it was a giant accidental prank, but the damage had been done."

Angel grinned.

"That play was the War of the Worlds."

"...And since Central has no way of confirming reports... how exactly is it a giant accidental prank anyway?" said Ed, slowly grinning evilly.

"Neither does Hogwarts. Letters take DAYS to get to and from London, and longer the more distance there is. It was an accidental prank because most of the people who tuned in missed the announcement it was a play," said Angel smirking. "But some of the muggleborn and half-blood Ravenclaws might recognize the broadcast, or at least the idea behind it."

"Who cares? Either way we expose them all for the unthinking sheep they are!" cackled Ed.

"And after that we can try throwing a rave down here. I imagine everyone could use a good party once the OWL's and NEWTs are over."

"We're going to need a lot of food and almost alcohol," said Ed.

Which meant lots and lots of butterbeer, which had trace amounts and was only good to get a house elf drunk...or someone with beyond low alcohol tolerance.

"You pick out the playlist, I'll score the drinks and arrange for food down here, and we'll have Al seed the invites. He's a better judge of character than we are," said Angel.

"This from the guy who used to befriend serial killers?" said Ed dubiously.

"He tricks them into leaving him alone and not trying to kill him. For a seemingly innocent kid, that's pretty damn impressive," said Angel.

Ed opened his mouth to say something, then snapped it shut. She had a point.

"So how are we going to prank the entire school and anyone listening to a Wireless?"

"We're going to switch things up. Let's think...what would automatically inspire fear from the magicals but wouldn't lead to an instant persecution for a species."

"Don't they already persecute the species anyway?" asked Ed.

"Yes, but we want to avoid spurring them into an all-out extinction of the species...or we could use one that's too valuable to kill outright and they're already paranoid of," said Angel.

"Dragons. Manticores..." started Ed.

Then it hit her.

"Graboids!"

"What the hell is a Graboid?"

"...Seriously? We've had all those movie nights and not ONCE did you notice the one called Tremors? Anyway it's perfect. It's a subterranean creature that stalks it's prey via sound, and you can't see it until it's too late! All we have to do is make a mock-up of it to really freak out the pure bloods!"

It was evil. It was devious. And it was a great way to mix up two infamous movies and scare the living hell out of the pure bloods who likely hadn't seen either one! It wasn't like they knew Ass Blasters couldn't drive and flew by lighting their own farts!

Lee, when he heard the plan to scare the hell out of the school (and possibly most of the Wizarding Wireless Listeners) didn't stare at them. Not he started cackling at the thought of the chaos they could create...especially since the twins weren't in on this! He could one-up them on a massive prank for once!

"So how are we going to play this out?"

"War of the Worlds meets Tremors. Remember how the original broadcast sparked one hell of a panic with the Americans? I want you to do the same thing, only instead of 'alien invaders' you're going to be doing a 'live broadcast' about 'subterranean monsters'."

"We'll write the broadcast," said Ed.

"You'll 'announce' it with a slight alteration to the voice," said Angel grinning evilly.

"And then we'll laugh our asses off while most of the wizards panic because they have trouble distinguishing 'fact' from 'fiction'," said Ed snickering.

"Not to mention we get to boast we've one-upped the twins...after we graduate," said Angel.

"You had me at 'mass prank the twins couldn't hope to pull off'," said Lee. Mostly because they've never even HEARD of either series.

"Right, here's the plan. You know how to work broadcasting equipment right?" said Angel.

"Head of the club here," said Lee proudly.

"Ed and I will write the play. You find a way to hack into the Wireless, the range is up to you. Then we'll come up with a way to make it look like there's a Graboid...or possibly a sand worm from Dune."

"Yeah, but those were enormous. Better stick to Graboids," said Lee.

"Nice to know you're a fan of the classics too," grinned Angel.

"I can't wait to see the twin's faces when they realize we've played the biggest prank on everyone!" said Lee.

"I'm pretty sure that claim is currently held by your so called 'Savior'," said Ed smirking.

Angel merely folding her arms behind her...coincidentally Lee took note of something he hadn't before, since the move also pushed her bust slightly past the bulky robes.

Lee blinked, then he cautiously asked "You're a girl?"

"Yup. Have been since I was born. Not my fault people never bothered to look past the obvious."

"No way the twins top that."

"Yeah, but imagine the looks on people's faces when they realize not only am I a girl, I already have a boyfriend."

"So what are we waiting for?" said Lee grinning.

Al and Luna only had to be told what they were planning, and they were in. Luna would provide the off-the-wall comments that would drive the action, while Angel would be the female news reporter, since no one knew what her real voice sounded like.

Ed knew the most about science, so he would play the scientist with input from Angel. And Al? He got the fun of playing the military commander. He planned to imitate Colonel Mustang.