Gryffindor Common Room, Hogwarts. Mid-autumn.
It was a normal Tuesday morning in Gryffindor Common Room. All the Gryffindors had gone down to the Great Hall, with the exception of the Marauders and their friends. They were about to leave when they heard a loud bang and saw a bright flash of light. Sirius Black and his best friend James Potter dismissed it as a prank that Snape was trying to pull on them, even though they didn't turn into Flobberworms like last time. They soon found out that their wands wouldn't work when Remus Lupin tried to summon his bag. Lily Evans decided that they should just go downstairs and tell Dumbledore their problem. She tried to open the portrait door, but couldn't. Sirius also gave it a shot, but failed. They were all just sitting, moping around, when they saw writing appear on the wall. It said, Do not be frightened, my follower. You will remain unharmed; only the other five will die. ~The Dark Lord. Everyone was getting scared and nervous. James tried to do the most basic spell he could think of - Lumos - but his wand still didn't work. Once, he put his wand on the table, however, a Wingardium Leviosa spell shot out and began levitating Lori Madison off the ground. Then, just as soon as it started, it stopped. Everyone started to walk towards James, and Sirius had to calm everybody down.
Everybody started yelling at James, wanting to know why it was his wand that worked. James continued to defend himself when Peter Pettigrew asked him to explain something. A couple of times when he was coming out of Potions he's seen James chatting with Slytherins. While trying to defend himself, James started to walk towards the group and they all started to back away, as if they were afraid of him. James argued that the only thing he was guilty of was being friendly. Sirius tried to reason with James, but he was interrupted by Lori. Sirius and Lori got into an argument about who to trust. Lily then mentioned something that Remus had told her. Sirius sometimes practiced spells on his owl, Andromeda, and Remus once saw him using the Imperius curse, one of the three Unforgivable curses. Peter tried to tell the group that what they were doing - trying to find a scapegoat for the situation - was extremely stupid and dangerous.
When he finished, the sound of footsteps could be heard coming from the girls' dormitories. In the distance was the vague figure of somebody walking towards them. Lori shrieked, extremely scared, and clung to Sirius as James picked up his wand, the only one that would work, and pointed it at the figure. Remus grabbed the wand from him, but Peter grabbed it right back and stupefied the figure. They rushed towards it and discovered that the figure was Amanda Johnson, one of Lily's friends. Everyone was shocked at what happened, but nobody more than Peter. He tried to defend his actions, but was at a loss for words. Peter bolted for his dormitory as his friends started running after him. Sirius caught up to him and tackled him down. Peter, apparently very scared, swore he knew who Voldemort's follower was. After a moment of hesitation, he said it was Lily. Everyone turned toward her as she asserted her innocence. A full-scale riot broke out and nobody could tell who the follower might be. Listening to all this from outside the locked portrait door were Severus Snape, a Slytherin fifth year, and Lucius Malfoy, a Slytherin seventh year. They commented on how easy it was to turn friend against friend just by doing a few simple spells.
It was a normal Tuesday morning in Gryffindor Common Room. All the Gryffindors had gone down to the Great Hall, with the exception of the Marauders and their friends. They were about to leave when they heard a loud bang and saw a bright flash of light. Sirius Black and his best friend James Potter dismissed it as a prank that Snape was trying to pull on them, even though they didn't turn into Flobberworms like last time. They soon found out that their wands wouldn't work when Remus Lupin tried to summon his bag. Lily Evans decided that they should just go downstairs and tell Dumbledore their problem. She tried to open the portrait door, but couldn't. Sirius also gave it a shot, but failed. They were all just sitting, moping around, when they saw writing appear on the wall. It said, Do not be frightened, my follower. You will remain unharmed; only the other five will die. ~The Dark Lord. Everyone was getting scared and nervous. James tried to do the most basic spell he could think of - Lumos - but his wand still didn't work. Once, he put his wand on the table, however, a Wingardium Leviosa spell shot out and began levitating Lori Madison off the ground. Then, just as soon as it started, it stopped. Everyone started to walk towards James, and Sirius had to calm everybody down.
Everybody started yelling at James, wanting to know why it was his wand that worked. James continued to defend himself when Peter Pettigrew asked him to explain something. A couple of times when he was coming out of Potions he's seen James chatting with Slytherins. While trying to defend himself, James started to walk towards the group and they all started to back away, as if they were afraid of him. James argued that the only thing he was guilty of was being friendly. Sirius tried to reason with James, but he was interrupted by Lori. Sirius and Lori got into an argument about who to trust. Lily then mentioned something that Remus had told her. Sirius sometimes practiced spells on his owl, Andromeda, and Remus once saw him using the Imperius curse, one of the three Unforgivable curses. Peter tried to tell the group that what they were doing - trying to find a scapegoat for the situation - was extremely stupid and dangerous.
When he finished, the sound of footsteps could be heard coming from the girls' dormitories. In the distance was the vague figure of somebody walking towards them. Lori shrieked, extremely scared, and clung to Sirius as James picked up his wand, the only one that would work, and pointed it at the figure. Remus grabbed the wand from him, but Peter grabbed it right back and stupefied the figure. They rushed towards it and discovered that the figure was Amanda Johnson, one of Lily's friends. Everyone was shocked at what happened, but nobody more than Peter. He tried to defend his actions, but was at a loss for words. Peter bolted for his dormitory as his friends started running after him. Sirius caught up to him and tackled him down. Peter, apparently very scared, swore he knew who Voldemort's follower was. After a moment of hesitation, he said it was Lily. Everyone turned toward her as she asserted her innocence. A full-scale riot broke out and nobody could tell who the follower might be. Listening to all this from outside the locked portrait door were Severus Snape, a Slytherin fifth year, and Lucius Malfoy, a Slytherin seventh year. They commented on how easy it was to turn friend against friend just by doing a few simple spells.