So, whilst my internet was down today I thought of this little story (also slightly inspired by The Game which is a marauder fic by Namelessly Nightlock which is brilliant and recommended). If anyone is confused then feel free to review/PM me for an explanation. The participants will be Sirius Black, Regulus Black, Marlene McKinnon, Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Lupin (a.k.a Tonks), James Potter, Lily Potter and Fred Weasley, all of whom have become friends/ re-united in the afterlife. It's set about three years after the Battle of Hogwarts!

Also, I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters being used (sad times!)


Sirius was lazing around in the airy common room that was a special luxury for anyone who had passed into the afterlife. It greatly resembled the Gryffindor common room, with its squashy red armchairs by the fireplace, as well the stairs leading off to separate quarters for each person or couple in the afterlife and was designed to their taste. But whilst Sirius was now surrounded by all of his good friends, something was missing. He knew what as well. Heaven was lacking fun and Sirius knew that he had to spice things up if anyone wanted any entertainment. Sirius looked up as his cousin Nymphadora stumbled downstairs, hair today blonde and wavy and eyes their natural brown. She looked and spotted Sirius in the area that the gang had claimed their own.

"Morning Sirius!" She said chirpily. Sirius grinned but then noticed that her happy expression had disappeared.

"What's wrong, Tonksie?" He queried.

"You're wearing the face that you have when you planned something bad. Bad for everyone else, that is."

"Rubbish, why would I want to make anyone here suffer? Well, I'll make an exception for Bellatrix and Sniviellus! No, I just thought we could do with some fun and now I know the perfect solution."

"And what is the perfect solution?" Tonks asked, slightly worried.

"I can't tell you yet! Honestly, woman, wait for everyone else! Would you be so kind as to go and wake them up?" Tonks grimaced.

"No, I won't. You know it's Lily and James anniversary today so I'm gonna wait for them to come to us! As for the others, well I know Remus is already up, but he's in the shower. Can't you tell me while we wait for everyone else?"

"No." Sirius said stubbornly. Muttering about how anyone could know it was their anniversary in a place that didn't have dates of any kind, he stomped upstairs so he could rouse everyone from their slumber.


"Why Sirius?" Lily asked, irritated. Her nice lie in and breakfast in bed had been interrupted by her husband's best friend jumping on the bed in dog form and barking at them. Admittedly it would have been funny if Lily hadn't been asleep, on her anniversary and already out of the bed. However none of these wishes had been there and now she found herself starring daggers at Sirius. Sirius looked around before pointing to Tonks.

"Blame her, she wanted to know the plan so badly and I told her I wouldn't reveal the information until everyone else, she begged and - ow!" Sirius exclaimed and he received a whack on the head from Tonks, now scowling at him as well.

"I'll tell the truth shall I?" She asked viciously, "Sirius here had a plan which apparently will entertain everyone. I asked if he would tell me whilst waiting for everyone to wake up. I even said specifically not to bother Lily and James as it's their anniversary and quite frankly I thought you'd, well, so then Sirius decided to go upstairs and the rest is probably obvious." Sirius folded his arms and moved to sit next to his brother Regulus, with whom he had rekindled a friendship that hadn't existed since the age of ten.

"So, what is this entertainment, Sirius?" Fred Weasley asked. He joined the group at the same time as Remus and Tonks and James and Sirius had christened him as the new fourth marauder.

"Well, it started back in 1976, what a year, everyone had become boggled down with OWL stress and so to relieve some of the tension my fellow marauders and I decided to initiate the Gryffindor games."

"Right, what are the Gryffindor games?" Tonks asked for the benefit of Fred and herself who had not been at Hogwarts in 1976.

"It's basically truth or dare." James said, smiling reminiscently.

"Yes, now the rules are as follows, firstly you have to say either truth or dare after four goes of the opposite in a row. Secondly, when picking your victim you cannot choose whoever chose you. Thirdly, (this is a new one) all dares have to be done in this section." The third rule Sirius had just made. While the afterlife was for everyone who had chosen to go on, it was divided. The one that the participants were in was exclusively for magical people who had died between 1978 and 2000. While people could go and visit other afterlife areas it was easier to stay put.

"Any questions?" Sirius asked, signifying the end of the rules.

"Yes, how long will it be going on for?" Marlene asked. Whilst she had witnessed the marauder games of 1976 she hadn't taken part.

"Well, let's say six nights, seven days." Sirius said matter of factly.

"Does it have to be called Gryffindor games? I mean, that's alright for you lot, but I was a Slytherin." Regulus pointed out, Tonks (having been in Hufflepuff) nodding in agreement. Both Sirius and James huffed.

"Fine, how about the Pwbmeltb games?" Sirius suggested after looking around. He was met by seven confused faces.

"Er… what?" Lily asked.

"Pwbmeltb, it stands for Potter, Weasley, Black, McKinnon, Evans, Lupin, Tonks and Black." Sirius looked proud of himself until he saw that no one else was looking impressed. On the contrary, most of them were narrowing their eyes at him.

"Well, Sirius, it's just that it's not exactly an easy thing to say is it? Besides, Lily and I changed our names when we got married." Tonks smiled apologetically at Sirius but he ignored her. He was thinking.

"What about the Afterlife games?" Fred suggested.

"'Cause that's not depressing at all." James countered.

"How about just the games?" Marlene suggested. Sirius pretended to look horrified. Eventually, after many ridiculous ideas, the eight came to the agreement that it would be called Poluckonley games (admittedly the name had been thought up by Sirius and he had practically rugby tackled anyone who had disagreed). It was a combination of the surnames Potter, Lupin, Black, McKinnon and Weasley.

"So, when will it begin? And how do we communicate, I mean this is one hundred and sixty eight hours long." Regulus stated.

"Well, we'll have devices this time, whenever your name is mentioned you'll receive a feeling a bit like a static shock, so you can never ignore each other!" With a wave of his wand, Sirius made eight small devices that looked like muggle mobile phones appear. Each had their owner's name on and floated towards them.

"So, other informal rules stand as thus, you must always have the device, or otherwise … well, I'll think of a consequence. We will be starting in twenty minutes, so that gives you twenty minutes to get ready." With that everyone scuttled off in different directions in order to think of new tasks to set each other.


So, one chapter down. Not the best but next one will hopefully be better!