Cake Or Death! [James/Evan]

[EVAN NICOLAS ROSIER]

Evan stood up in a huff, resisting the urge to kick the cauldron at his feet with great force. Hopefully it would tumble down the hill overlooking the black lake. Then he'd have to buy a new one. Damn catch twenty-twos. He growled lightly, pacing back and forth in front of the steaming black pot. The liquid inside was dark black and looking as it were going to explode. How in the world was he going to pull of the greatest prank of his life if he couldn't even get the damn potion right?! This was not how he had planned this going. He would be set back at least two more hours.

Evan sat down, taking his wand from his pocket and waving it over the cauldron to clear the mess of a concoction he'd made. The way to reverse a potion's effects were complicated, it required mixing the ingredients backward just so that it would resemble the same as a regular one. Slowly he started again. After a while it started to look proper, and then, to his shock an awe, it turned a very nice pink color. "Mmm. Perfect."

From his bag he pulled a Treacle Tart he'd nicked from the kitchens a few hours before. He coated the tart with the potion, watching it sink in before wrapping it up in a small cloth. The mess he made disappeared, his cauldron shrunk down into a small trinket and placed in his tan shoulder bag. "Off we go." He ignored the people around him as he entered back into the castle, heading for the Great Hall. He had to find someone who was already partially infatuated with Potter so they could give him the treat.

To his luck, Elladora Guffy was near by, watching him like she always did. He smiled and walked up, handing over the present. "I heard that Potter liked Treacle Tarts, maybe you could give him this and he'll like you more, hm?" he winked at her and she raised her brows. "I don't trust you Evan." The boy shrugged.

"Whatever Ella. Just trying to help, nothing wrong with that." he kept a serious face and watched the emotions pass over hers until finally she nodded and walked off, in search of the target. Evan waited near the Hall's entrance, smirking to himself about his plan, sure that he would see James running by with a gaggle of girls around him, in an unusual way.

[JAMES POTTER]

Stretching his arms behind him, James yawned then ruffled his hair. "For Merlin's sake!" James was bored out of his mind and anyone within the next five feet of him were eating and people he already pranked for that day. Not to mention, those pranks only gave him a laugh for ten minutes at most before he was bored and moved on to the next. Sighing, James wrote ideas down on a parchment; everything from flipping Snape upside-down to Digging a hole and putting Devil's Snare in it was listed. Yet, none seemed to fit right. Frustrated, James rolled the parchment into a ball and shoved it into his bag. He already learned not to toss it behind his back - mainly because McGonagall always finds it and puts him into detention. Standing up and throwing his bag over his shoulder, James caught sight of a familiar brunette - his fellow prankster - Elladore Guffy.

"James!" James waved a bit before she set her hands behind her back in excitement. "I have something for you." James' brow rose in question - was she joking? Or trying to pull something on him? Either way, James was skeptical.

"What is it, Ella?" He tried to look over her shoulder, but had no luck. Before he knew it, something wrapped up was being handed to him. "It's not going to blow up, is it? 'Cause, if it does, you've certainly lost your touch." She rolled her eyes and demanded he opened it then and there. Rolling it over in his hands, James messed with the paper, being cautious to opening it. Just when James thought it was going to blow up, he recognized what it was - a Treacle Tart. Chuckling he looked up to Ella, shaking the item slightly. "This is it? What? Did you put some sort of love potion over it?" James joked (If only he knew) and Ella laughed a bit, urging him to take a bite. "Geeze, in such a hurry!" At that, James took a small bite. It tasted odd at first, but the odd taste went away after a moment. "Thanks, Ella." At that, he grinned and began to walk away.

After a few minutes, James found his way outside and to the courtyard, but not without a few guests. Looking over his shoulder, James noticed a rather big crowd following him - female crowd. Stopping, he turned to them, "What's the deal?" None answered, so he turned and picked up his pace. At first he felt like grabbing his cloak and taking off, but he caught sight of a familiar red-head - Lily Evans. Grinning, James walked up to the girl "Oi, Evans! Miss me today?" He heard a giggle behind him and attempted to ignore it.

"Toadling, I wouldn't miss you if you were the last person on the face of the planet." He laughed a bit as she paused and looked over his shoulder to the girls that followed him. "Got a fan club following you around, Potter. Don't want them to get jealous, now do you?"

"Fan club?" He looked back over his shoulder to see one girl waving at him. "Well, I am James Potter, but it's not as though any of them are you, Evans." He turned his attention back to her just in time to see her emerald eyes roll and her turning away. "Wait!" Before James could go after her, a fourth yer Ravenclaw girl stepped in front of him, goggling at him. "What do you want?" He was becoming pissed off at the girls - NEVER did anyone interrupt him when he talked to Lily, but all of a sudden this?! Wait.. they weren't like this until Ella gave him that treacle tart.

"Guffy." Groaning, James turned away from the girls and fled back towards the Great Hall, but not without a crowd. Taking a swift turn, James hid around the corner, reached in his bag, grabbed his cloak, and threw it over himself just in time to become invisible before the crowd could find him. He got lucky, however, no one was around to see him disappear. Being careful, James moved down the halls to find Elladore, and ask her where in Merlin's beard did she get that tart!

It didn't take too long before James found her and pulled her away from whoever she was talking with. Of course, it scared her, "It's James, hush up and follow my pull." She willingly followed along without a question. Finally when he got her away from ANYONE's sight, James pulled the cloak off and put it in his bag. "Where did you get that tart?" She looked confused, as if she thought he brought her there for something else. "Well?"

"Evan." Ah, of course! Evan was a prankster as well - though, his pranks actually go as far as to REALLY hurt people. Grinning, James came up with the perfect come back to the Slyth's trick. "Will you do me a favor?" Ella nodded, James grinned wider. "I'll meet you back her in a few hours." At that, James fled towards the shrieking shack, and, with Remus' help, gathered a few helpful items. James and Remus put together a potion to make a person become invisible to everyone, but those that knew of the secret. It was perfect! Evan was one that wanted attention, but this potion would keep him from ANY attention! Remus, of course, was against it, but helped anyways. After a few hours of mixing, tossing things in, and letting Remus do the real work, they finally had it done. "Now.. to find something.." Looking around, James came up with an idea.

Meeting up with Ella, James handed her a sandwich wrapped in clear wrapping. It didn't look marvelous, but it looked pretty good, if James did say so himself. "Give it to Evan, but say it's a gift from YOU. A way to thanking him for the tart, you know?" Ella nodded and fully agreed.

After handing off the sandwich, James watched Ella walk away to find Evan, and then he heard the crowd. Groaning, James walked off towards the courtyard, knowing this reverse love potion would take awhile to wear off.

[EVAN NICOLAS ROSIER]

Evan had spent most of his time thinking that he could have done much better on his love potion, but hey, when bored why not? So he found himself in the courtyard, watching as the gaggle of girls looking for James grew and grew. He was pleased, it worked right to his intention. Lily kept avoiding him more so than she ever would have. He wasn't surprised, being that he was kind of a guru at potion making and spell casting.

His eyes traveled around the stone ground and up just in time for his partner in crime to pop up in front of him, holding a package. He stared at her suspiciously. "I'm not eating that." she shoved it in his face with persistence, until finally he took it. "I'll eat it later, okay?" she shook her head and insisted that she made it herself and she would not leave until he did. With a hefty huff he unwrapped the treat and took a big bite before shrugging. "It's fine."

As she walked away he knew there had to be something in it but he'd already swallowed. Potter may have been annoying and sometimes plain stupid but he had intelligent friends and charm enough to get an answer out of Elladora. Even though he hadn't witnessed it, he knew she had to have told him. Now that he had a potion in him, he had to see exactly what it was. The easiest way to test it, was to find Daniel.

The one person who couldn't resist his attention, no matter what. So he stood from the bench he had carefully placed himself on and headed toward the corridor leading back into the school grounds. Someone passing nearly ran him over and he yelled over his shoulder, "Aye! Watch where you're going, filthy git!" normally that would have been responded to but nothing, they continued talking with their companion as if they were deaf to his calls.

That worried him slightly but he brushed it off and continued on his search. More and more he was almost being hit by swinging book bags, crowds walking, and so on. He was getting very very frustrated and discontent with the oblivious actions of his peers and when he finally found Daniel he was so irritated that he stood right in front of him and started to vent.

Daniel was sat upon the couch in the Slytherin common room looking out in front of him, acting just as oblivious as everyone else. "I've nearly been trampled by at least fifteen people and I can not believe the gall of Elladora Guffy! I ought to mur.." he stopped as he realized he was receiving absolutely no response what so ever. So he stopped pacing, knelt down and waved his hand in front of Daniel's face. "Hello? Are you dead? HUGHES. Answer me!" he snapped his fingers and even smacked him on the forehead. The touch was responded to in the sense that he looked around like no one was there.

Evan began to panic at this point. Literally panic. His breath was short and his hand was pressed to his chest. He could live without the attention of the school, but without Daniel's attention? That was far too much. He had to find James and make him, somehow, reverse this potion. This was ridiculously unfair. He almost wanted to whine. He ran from his spot in the common room and back to the area where he had last seen the Gryffindor.