AN: Yay! Second story (first story in HP fandom) and a two/three shot (I'm not sure).

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter; otherwise I'd be running away from fangirls/fanboys. I know their power. I am one.

The Generations of the Marauder's Map

Chapter 1

The Marauders Find the Charms

"Come on, and quietly."

"Why are we in the Restricted Section, Padfoot?"

"Because, Moony," said person told, turning to the 15 years old boy. "We want to prank people."

Remus raised an eyebrow. "I have already established that, thanks."

"We want to find pranking charms to prank people."

"Why, thank you, Mr. James-the-obvious Potter, I didn't know that. I thought you wanted to find charms that could woo Lily. Where's Wormtail?" Remus said. James grew red in the face in embarrassment. The most recent try to woo Lily had ended in James getting hexed by her.

Flashback…

"LILY EVANS! GO OUT WITH ME!"

"What the?! Anteoculatia![1]"

"How bloody ironic, Prongs."

"BLOODY HELL! SHUT UP, PADFOOT! STOP LAUGHING!"

Flashback end…

Sirius sighed at the speechless male and answered Remus' question. "He's keeping watch. With his animagus, he can't be seen easily."

If possible, Remus' eyebrow shot even higher. He stared at the two. "…And… How about Ms. Norris?..."

Both James and Sirius widened their eyes. "Bloody hell."

"Yes."

"Let's try to find something as fast as we can."

Remus just sighed.

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"Hey guys."

"Padfoot. What?"

"I had a brilliant stroke of a genius idea."

"What is it?"

Sirius walked over to the tables, with the two walking over. He showed them a page in the book he was searching in. "The Homonculous Charm." He said, practically bouncing around.

"It tracks the movements of people in a specific area in detail, doesn't it?" asked Remus.

"Yes," Sirius said impatiently. "But what if we use it on, say, a map?"

"A map of the castle?!" asked James, standing up. Remus stared, catching on with the males.

"Yeah! And what if we charmed it to keep curious, nosey people like Snivellus out as insultingly as possible? And we can give them on to future, promising pranksters?"

James grinned. Remus frowned disapprovingly, but did not stop them from doing a victory dance. "Try to behave," he said, but was ignored.

"We may find more secret passageways in or out of Hogwarts!"

"Maybe a passageway into Honeydukes?"

"To not get caught during the full moon? Say, Moony, when's the next?" Sirius asked to the male.

Remus sighed. "The next two weeks."

"I'll map the interior of the whole school, I have my invisibility cloak," said James, proudly showing off the cloak the three of them used to get to the Restricted Section.

"Moony, mate, try to get the charms by the end of a month. I know you're smart, but that's advanced magic. Of course, we'll help too."

"Alright, fine," Remus sighed resignedly.

Frantic squeaking noises alerted them to their friend, and a rat appeared, jumping onto Sirius's shoulder. Just then, the familiar (but which is never good news for the group) and unmistakable voice of Argus Flich sounded against the hallway.

"What is it, my dear cat? Do you smell a student out of bed? Perhaps Potter and his gang? I'll catch them this time!"

The three people and the rat looked at each other. "Bloody hell!" James swore softly, picking up his invisibility cloak. "Get under here!"

As the caretaker of Hogwarts and his pet passed them (with the cat looking directly at them for a few heart-stopping seconds, who then turned away), Sirius sighed. "This is why I want that map idea now."

"Let's tell Wormtail about it," James said, noticing Peter's confused expression.

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"FINALLY!" James yelled, a parchment and quill in hand, walking through the door which had swung open. He swiftly walked towards the couches, plopped in one of them, and cringed at the glares shot at him, especially from Lily.

"Did you get it, Prongs?" Sirius asked, standing up from his charms homework and leaving it in favor of the more interesting supposed-to-be-map of the interior of Hogwarts.

James glared at his best friend. "What kind of a Marauder do you take me for?" he replied back with a question, putting his free hand on his heart.

Sirius rolled his eyes, mumbling something that sounded suspiciously like 'Yes, we know, we get it, Mr. I'm-trying-to-woo-Lily-Evans.'

"Keep rolling your eyes like that, you may find a brain back there."

James glared at Sirius, and the two started to bicker. Remus just took the parchment and raised an eyebrow.

"That's… Quite detailed, although a bit messy," James snorted at the words 'A bit messy.' Sirius and Peter peeked at the parchment and grimaced.

"A bit?"

"A lot it is, then. Ok, let me continue. There's even the grounds surrounding the castle. But to further discuss this, we need to go to our dorm."

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In their dorm…

"We need a perfectly nice and rectangular piece of parchment."

Peter handed James a perfectly rectangular piece of parchment.

"Since the parchment I drew in was crumpled, and the drawing itself was bloody horrid, I'll redraw it. Moony, do you know the spells and how to do it?"

"What kind of a Marauder do you take me for? Of course I know. Treacherous." Remus said, mimicking James. A hand was over his heart, while the other hand was waving his wand while creating sparks.

"Git."

"How could you?! Oh, woe me!"

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"FINALLY!" James yelled, walking through the door which had swung open with Remus running after him.

"Déjà vu…" Sirius mumbled to Peter, who only nodded, watching as more people than before glared at James[2] while Remus just said 'sorry'. The two walked over to the other two.

"Did you two get it?" asked Sirius.

"Déjà vu…" Peter mumbled to himself.

"What kind of Marauders do you take us for?" James and Remus both said at the same time. They both looked at each other and burst out laughing, with Sirius mumbling 'Gits,' and Peter smiling.

"We need a password," James said, spreading out the map.

"How about 'To Prank Someone?'"

"LAME."

"Not for Snivellus?"

"Tempting but no."

"'I shall always prank?'"

"NO! No, guys, we need to be serious. No, Padfoot, don't start a joke," James added, after seeing said person open his mouth. The male just closed his mouth, looking affronted. "We need to be cool. Grave. Stern. Sober. You know."

"Like, I swear?"

James beamed at Peter. "Like that, Wormtail, I knew your smartness comes out once in a while."

"Thanks… I guess…"

"We all have a week to create a password."

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"'I swear I'll prank to the best of my abilities?'"

"No."

"I thoughtfully swear that I'll be a great prankster?"

"No."

"I gravely swear that I am up to pranks?"

"Getting closer, but still no."

"I'VE GOT IT!" Remus yelled, startling the other three occupants of the dorm.

"The password?" Sirius asked.

"Yes." The four grinned.

"Oi, Moony, spit it out."

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."

"PERFECT!"

"Now, if another, future, promising prankster comes by this map, or if we gave it, we need to introduce ourselves."

"Can't we add how we would act in the map?" asked Peter.

"Blimey, the smartness surfaces again."

"The return of the smartness."

"Why can't we just introduce with that idea?"

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"Messrs Prongs, Padfoot, Wormtail and Moony."

"Cool."

"Oh, and let's name it the Marauder's Map."

"Awesome."

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Messrs Prongs, Padfoot, Wormtail and Moony would like to present…

The Marauder's Map

"FINALLY!"

"That word always gives me déjà vu moments."

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"Oh, what's this? Potter and his gang, staring at a suspicious looking piece of blank parchment. I'm going to have to confiscate it. Hand it over."

"BLOODY HELL! NOOOO!

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"Alright. There's a war outside these castle walls, and we can't waster time pranking. Let's leave the map alone. When this war finishes, let a future prankster like us get it."

"Since when did you get so mature, Prongs? Wait, who the bloody hell are you and what have you done with James!"

"Shut up, Padfoot."

"Since he asked Lily out and she accepted, he got mature."

"Shut up, Moony."

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So, how was it? Anyways…

Reviews are appreciated.

Ideas for more stories are appreciated.

Both criticisms and compliments are appreciated.

Pointing out mistakes are appreciated.

[1]= Anteoculatia is a hex called the Horn-Growing Hex, which causes the victim to sprout antlers or horns. Ironic, as dear (Oops, my bad) Padfoot said.

[2]= James is the one who did the shouting; not Remus, that's why they didn't glare at Remus.

Until Fred and George, Bye!