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AN: Sorry if I didn't make it clear. Midsummer's Night Dream will be pretty much equal parts Ron/Hermione and Harry/Ginny. But, due to popular vote (2 to 1) I will be labeling it Ron/Hermione. Oh, and this is the last chapter!

Love's Labor's Lost- Act V

Lily, Tonks, Marlene, and Alice were sitting in the courtyard. It was just about dusk, but they were there, an hour or so before the ball. The king had organized a ball, or better put, a masquerade, to bid farewell to the princess. Lily had another book out, Alice was reading Tonks' palm, while the three were gossiping.

"I can't believe that we're leaving!"

"I know! And, Tonks, according to this, you'll live a relatively short life."

"Unfair! But anyways, I think we've had plenty of fun, mocking those boys."

"Yep. Frank simply adores you, Alice. And, Tonks, Remus seems to be a bit off, for himself, especially when in the same room as you!"

"Nice, but don't forget. Sirius sure has the hots for you!"

"Well, that's obvious!"

Alice lifted her head from examining Tonks' lifeline, to say, "And James, he's mad for Lily."

Marlene beckoned the other three in close, and whispered, "And I think she likes him back."

"I heard that!"

"Yes, but you'd never kill me."

"Well, anyways, Marlene, I think you like Sirius," Lily said, turning bak to her book.

"Hey! AT least he's gorgeous! That face has to have been carved by angels!"

"Demons, more like," Lily muttered.

"Whatever."

"Now," Tonks started. "I think that Alice here might like Frank." Alice made a noise of protest, but Tonks continued. "At least he's pretty much the sweetest guy here! He's so caring and all! He's perfect for you! Whereas, Remus is so distant!" Tonks grumbled here.

"Well, according to your heart line, I think you might like Remus."

Marlene cut into Tonks' snorting, "Well, it's certain they like us. Is it just me, or am I getting a lot of trinkets from Sirius?"

"All of us are!"

"Well, girls," Lily started slowly. "We'll be rich when we leave tomorrow, with all of this stuff. Look at this! I found diamonds in my quarters! And I know they were from James!"

Lily held up a strand of beautiful diamonds. The others gasped at them.

"They're gorgeous! But, did anything else come with it?"

"Nothing but this poetry. I've never seen a paper crammed with so many rhymes! And he thought I wouldn't recognize his handwriting! Only James would write me up as being 'a most angelic creature' and 'too pure for the world'!"

"He's insane!"

"Are you saying that I'm not these?!"

"Aww… Poor Wiwy was touched by her wittle James!" Marlene mocked in a baby voice.

"Well, Marlene, what did you get?"

"I also have poetry. Except, apparently, Sirius can write better. Oh, no, never mind, that's Remus' handwriting."

"WHAT!!" Tonks exclaimed, looking like she was about to have a heart attack.

"No, it's not what you think. Sirius signed his name."

"Meaning, Sirius, the idiot he is-"

"Hey!"

"Stole Remus' work, and said it was his own. What else did you receive?"

"He drew my picture!"

The girls started cracking up, as a sheaf of paper was passed around. Sirius was a horrible artist.

"What did you get, Tonks?" Marlene asked.

"A pair of gloves."

"Very practical," Lily remarked.

"Therefore, very Remus!" Marlene joked, before Tonks glared at her.

"And what seems to be a thousand verses!" Tonks added. "What did you get, Alice?"

"I was sent pearls, and a letter."

"That's so sweet! Pearls! And, I bet the letter isn't half as bad as our horrible poetry."

"You're wrong there. The letter too long by nearly half a mile."

"Alice, criticizing someone? It cannot be! The apocalypse is surely coming!"

"Oh, shut up."

At that moment, Amos entered, clutching his sides in laughter. "Where is Lily? There is something she must know!"

"I'm here. What news?"

"Prepare! Prepare! I overheard the king and his fellows discussing something."

"Yes, yes, what is it?" Marlene asked, eagerly.

"They were talking about disguising themselves, and to come here and woo you, all in good fun."

"And how are they to guise themselves?"

"Ah, they were thinking of dressing as men from the Caribbean, and I quote, 'Those wretched men always steal the ladies."

"And who said that?" Marlene laughed.

"Sir Black, I believe."

The others started rolling around, laughing, leaving Marlene shaking her head in laughter.

Alice was the first to sober up. "But, what should we do about it?"

"Why, isn't it simple!" Marlene smirked. "We must mock them back!"

"But, how?" pondered Lily.

"I know!" Tonks cried.

All heads turned to her.

"It's simple, really. We mask ourselves, and exchange our tokens. Then, the lovers will be confused, and flirt with the wrong person."

"And we can laugh at it afterwards!"

"Okay, Marlene, I think you should switch with Lily. Your hair is around the same length, and almost the same color. No one should tell you apart, as night has fallen."

"An we'll switch, Alice. We're both fairly petite."

Marlene took Lily's diamonds, and clasped them around her wrist. She put on the red mask she had planned to wear for the masquerade. Lily placed on her face an emerald green mask, and held Sirius' portrait in her right hand. Tonks strung Alice's pearls around her neck, and tied on her yellow mask. Alice pulled on the gloves, and tied her sky blue mask in place. They were ready.

"Here they come," Amos whispered, and moved behind Marlene, who was supposed to be the princess.

Four men and a woman came out. They were in Hawaiian print shirts, and tan pants. They had leis around their necks. One had a small guitar. It was hard not to laugh at heir attempts. They even had a fake tan. Lily easily recognized James, what, with his trademark hair. After that, Sirius was simple, with his long black hair. Frank was the one with wavy brown hair, and Remus stood out, with the only light hair in the group. The woman had long black hair, and was wearing a grass skirt and coconut bra, all the while eying James. Lily realized that she was that Candy Chang girl.

Lily was just about to open her mouth to speak, but she realized she was not supposed to be the princess right now, and nudged Marlene to speak. Luckily, though, James had nudged Candy to speak.

She came forward. "I am sent to hail what I am told are the most beautiful beings on earth, though, I think James is hotter."

James sent a glare in Candy's direction, while Amos said, "Yes, get on with it."

"Right," she said. She pulled out a paper and started reading off of it, quite unenthusiastically. "A holy parcel of the fairest dames…"

Here Lily and the others turned their backs to the men, and under her breath, Marlene muttered, "Who wants to bet Remus wrote it?"

All of the other three, and Amos, raised their hands, so the men couldn't see it, and Marlene took their Sickles.

Candy continued, not noticing a thing, as she was so wrapped up in her own problems. "That ever turned their backs to mortal view."

Sirius leaned to Candy, and whispered, "Their eyes, fool, their eyes!"

Candy pouted, and amended what she said. "That ever turned their eyes to mortal view. Out of your favors, heavenly spirits, vouchsafe. Not to behold-"

"Once to behold, idiot!"

"You know what?" Marlene asked, in her best imitation of Lily. "If your pathetic servant cannot get it right, you should not have her reading it. Get someone else, or, even better, do it yourself! I'm sure that would be much more appreciated."

"A, if you put it that way, then, be gone Candy!" Sirius demanded.

Candy left, grumping all the way. Sirius and the others approached the women, but Marlene stopped them. "What is your purpose here?"

"To woo you," James stepped in.

"Ah. Well. Do it. Be done with it. And be gone."

Soon, Remus was chatting quietly with Alice. Tonks was laughing with Frank. Lily was mocking Sirius, and James was with Marlene, breathing sweet nothings into her ear, and breathing down her neck.

Lily couldn't help herself but look over at James and Marlene. And she felt something weird in the pit of her stomach. Was it jealously? No it couldn't be. But, then why was Lily suddenly feeling like tearing Marlene to shreds? But Lily convinced herself it was nothing.

Sirius saw how Lily kept looking over at James. And thinking that she was Marlene, he felt devastated. Marlene liked James? He might have to kill James. Or, as he convinced himself, Marlene just wanted to be sure her friend was all right.

Soon, it was over, and the men were bidding their adieus. They left, leaving Lily, Marlene, Alice, and Tonks to themselves again.

Lily began, "Sirius always seemed so disconcerted from what I said."

Marlene laughed. "James was always in want of a good word of him."

"Remus was ever at my service," Alice remarked. "I bet he would stab his hand with his sword if I said to do it." Seeing Tonks looking offended, she added, "Not like I would ever say that!"

Tonks looked immensely relieved. "Frank immediately said his heart was mine, and always has been."

"I think these men are desperate," Amos laughed.

"Ah, here they come back again!"

The girls quickly took off their masks, and returned the trinkets to their rightful owner, and left, for their quarters.

The four men entered, again, this time without Candy.

"Where is Lily?" James asked. "I would like to request a word with her."

"Ah…" said Amos. "I shall go get her for you." And he left after the girls.

Soon after, they reentered.

"Ah, sweet Lily! It is fair time of day!"

"Fair? It is not exactly fair at this item of day. It is after dusk."

"Not one of my better speeches, I suppose."

"Well, then, I suppose you could leave."

"Ah, but we were going to escort you to our court!"

"Only the day before I leave? One would think you should do it sooner."

"Ah, I am sorry that I am late."

"It is fine. A few men of the Caribbean, shall we say, entertained us."

"How very interesting. What, may I ask, happened?"

"The men were quite pitiful. So full of themselves, and completely interested in wooing us, when we did not even know them."

"Really?"

"Alright," Marlene interrupted. "Let's cut to the chase. Which one were you?"

"What do you mean?"

"We know that you were the ones who dressed up and wooed us. Surely you'd recognize what each said to us! Alice, Tonks, what did yours tell you?"

Tonks began, "Mine said his heart belonged to me."

At this, the color drained out of Frank's face.

"And mine said that he was ever in my service," added Alice.

Remus froze, and looked very pale.

"Ah," said Lily. "Mine talked about his everlasting love for me."

Sirius cringed, upset he had not wooed Marlene, and fearful at what James might do to him.

Marlene finished, "Mine was whispering sweet nothing down my neck. I wore he was going to kiss me."

James winced at the prospect of kissing Marlene instead of Lily.

Lily was inwardly cringing at the thought of it too.

"Oh, enough of this. We all know you wooed the wrong get over it!" Tonks demanded.

Frank was the first to recover. He slowly stepped over to Alice, and bent on his knee, and held her hand in his. "I want you to know, that all of those things I said were meant for you, only you. I love you, Alice, I truly do."

Alice smiled and pulled him up, and they started to walk off, on a little stroll.

Remus was next. He simply said, "You know, those were meant for you. But, I'm not a mushy type guy. You want to talk?"

Tonks grinned, and nodded. The two stepped under the shade of a tree and started a debate on werewolves.

Sirius just said, "Look, I like you. Okay?"

Marlene jumped on him, and hugged him. After a few seconds, she got off of him, and pulled him off by the hand, giggling.

Lily looked up. "Ten galleons they're going to shag tonight."

James smirked. "And another ten says they aren't really in love, like say, Frank and Alice, and doing it for the kicks."

Lily thought back and laughed. Sirius was probably devastated there were no girls to shag, and Marlene was the hottest, so chose her. Marlene probably wanted fresh meat. And, that grew into fake love. And, they were probably going to dump each other after this night. Lily smiled, and said, "Done."

They shook hands.

After a few minutes (or what seemed like hours) James said, "Look, Lily, I'm sorry for how I teased you in school. I completely regret it."

And then, Lily completely surprised him, by doing something utterly unLilyish. She kissed him.

She just stepped forward and kissed him. He kissed back. After a while, lily broke off, and whispered into his ear, "You don't know how long I've been waiting to do that!"

"Actually, I do," he whispered back. He bit her ear, and she giggled. Yet again, the rock solid lily was doing something completely unLilyish. And another time, as she kissed him again.

Back underneath the tree, Tonks was laughing with Remus, smiling at their friends antics, as Remus wrapped an arm around Tonks.

Frank already had his arm around Alice, and was smiling at her, as they just soaked in the beautiful silence.

Sirius and Marlene… well, I'm not going to get into what they're doing if I want this story to be R or under.

And, in the country, Sir Wood and Mary were enjoying their honeymoon, as no one had noticed them elope together.

Five happy couples. All together.

That same night was the night when Lord Flitwick of France came with grave news. Lily's father, the king was dead. He had not died of sickness, but Lord Riddle had attacked the castle. Lily was devastated.

Soon after though, James proposed to her. She gladly accepted. She abdicated the French throne to the Delacour family, soon afterwards, to live with James and all her friends in England. Frank and Alice married too. Sirius and Marlene stayed single and friends. Remus and Tonks stayed single for a while after.

Frank and Alice had a baby a year later, James and Lily having a baby only days later. They decided to name him Harry James Potter. But his story you know.

AN: AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE STORY, YOU DESERVE TO BE HUNG!! Its over! Sorry for the whole rushed thing at the end. I wanted to end it! I know it's cheesy, now shut up!