Whatever you can recognize belongs to J.K. Rowling, Scholastic Books or Bloomsbury Publishing or Warner Bros. (just saying)
I'm attempting to write a story that avoids cliches as much as possible and would love to read your suggestions and complains. Let me know what you love and hate.
Shit Happens. There is no truer, not a more important piece of wisdom than that. Trust me, I'm a Ravenclaw, I know. That is also the reason why I'm covered in green slime and I rather not know what the slime is. Some questions are better left unanswered and this is one of them. Just like when a Slytherin asks what he should to the Muggleborn 1st year. If you have any brain cells working for you, you keep your mouth shut. Under no circumstances you tell the Slytherin to let the kid go, ESPECIALLY if they are in a group and you're alone. Bad move, my friends.
Unfortunately, I tend to lack on the common sense department (according to my friends) which makes me open my mouth when I really shouldn't. Yeah, I was the kid telling the future Death Eaters of Britain to let the Muggleborn go and the one who has to walk down three floors in order to get to the Hospital Wing while covered in this sticky and slightly smelly slime. "Nice color, Brady" I wipe my face to see who dares to make fun of me. "Stupid Gryffindors" I try to glare but the slime coming down my forehead might get into my eyes so I chose a better strategy. "Thanks a lot, Voss" I smile pat him on the back making sure to get as much slime on his robes as I can while smiling innocently before continuing my walk of shame.
This is just another morning in the life of Kenton Brady. You know, I used to be cool. I was on the Basketball team, went to parties, had a girlfriend. I blame Priscilla for destroying my life. Her stupid obsession with Harry Potter books and that stupid wand of hers and- "Are you ok, Kenton?" I jumped back wiping my face from the never ending slime. "You're mumbling again" Alice smiled and shook her head. "Yeah, because no one notices the slime I'm covered in, it's always the mumbling" I shrugged and she laughed. "You need to stop messing with the Slytherins" She began to walk with me along the hallway. "You mean Potter and his wife?" I smirk and she grins. "Them too or you can always get bodyguards" She suggests ignoring the looks we receive from the other students. "I'm already a loser, Alice. No need to rub it in" I opened the door to the Hospital Wing and she walks in with me. "You're not a loser and you know they harass everyone, not just you" She began to lecture me but I stop her. "I know" Honestly, what the hell was Dumbledore thinking when he made Potter Headboy? I know from the books that the Marauders were bad but that's not even half, the book doesn't do them justice. As much as it pains me to say it, I hate them almost as much as Snape. They go around pranking everyone for no reason and when I say everyone I mean it. I've seen first years running away crying from the feast and the first year was in Gryffindor. Sadly no one stands up to them other than Slytherins and they are not nice either. It's like a war to see who can humiliate more people and the rest of the school is stuck in the middle of it. No, there's Lily Evans as well but we all know Potter is getting to her and they need Harry Potter to destroy Voldemort so we can't just feed him to the Acromantulas.
Once again, curse you Priscilla and your stupid Harry Potter obsession that somehow got us stuck inside the books. If I ever get back home I'm burning every Harry Potter book I can find. The least she could do was to send us to the correct time but no, we had to end up in nineteen seventy seven. I hate you Priscilla! "Kenton, you're doing it again" I sigh only to realize the slime is gone. "I'm clean!" I hug Madam Pomfrey and Alice. "No more green slime!" They both laugh. "YES!" I really need to pay more attention, I hadn't noticed when Madam Pomfrey saved me from the never ending slime, I didn't even notice she was in the room.
"Now that you're all clean and what not" Alice began to drag me out of the Hospital Wing. "You're helping me" I went with her, it was either help her of go back to class. "What do you need?" I asked once we got to the Great Hall. "I have a plan" She told me closing the door behind us. "An evil plan?" I asked looking around the empty room. "Yes" Her smile got even bigger. "I thought Hufflepuffs were supposed to be nice and fair" She rolled her blue eyes at me. "Tell me your evil plan" I followed her to the Ravenclaw table. "We are going to put a stop to this madness" Sometimes Alice scares me, one minute she's laughing, the next she's all serious. "Madness?" I can't help but yell 'This is Sparta!' in my head and I'm glad she can't read my mind. "Yes, Potter and his goons are out of control and we're going to stop them" She hit the table with her fist. That must hurt. "How?" I tried not to laugh as she rubbed her hand. "I've been recruiting. They should be here soon" We both looked at the doors. Nothing.
It turned out they were late, like thirty minutes late. Thirty minutes of staring at the doors and hoping the teachers didn't walk in on us. The idea was simple, pay back. The team, you ask? Everyone that was tired of the Marauders getting away with humiliating others and not afraid of getting in trouble. It was a big group, when Alice told me about recruiting I didn't think that many people had the guts to stand up to the Marauders. I was wrong and I loved being wrong.
The first to arrive was my favorite person in the world, Andrea Verona. Not only we knew each other for years (once again, curse you, Priscilla) but she had learned some pretty cool curses from her Slytherin house mates and had used them on Sirius Black quite a few times in the past two months we had been here. "Ken, Alice" She smiled taking a seat across from us. "Are we waiting for more people?" She looked around and Alice nodded. "I talked to a few people, myself" Andy smiled.
The next people came in shortly after. Maurice Fonda, Amara Leon, Davey Gudgeon and evil itself, Priscilla Agnes. I immediately glared at her. "Stop it, it's been two months" She snapped sitting next to Andy. "I still hate you" She ignored me. "How are we doing this?" We all looked at Alice for instructions.
The door opened again and Frank Longbottom came in feeling out of place. He was one of the popular kids, he didn't have to be here. We all exchanged looks and Andy laughed. "Hurry up Longbottom, we won't bite" Andy called him over. There was only one reason for the Quidditch player to be there and it was because of a certain Hufflepuff by the name of Alice.
He sat next to Alice and kept glancing at Andy. I'm not going to lie, it was rather unusual to see a Slytherin sitting down with Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws and Gryffindors but except for Alice and Frank, we all knew each other before ending up in Harry Potter land. "Alright, I think we can start" Alice was cut off by the sound of someone walking in. We all froze, too shocked to move. "Andy?" Maurice hissed reaching for his wand. "Relax, he's with me" Andy had invited a Prefect, not just any Prefect, Rowen Arkady, the single most hated prefect. We all kept looking at him even after he sat down. "You're going to need someone to cover for you. Andy and I are prefects." He explained himself. Now, you must be wondering why someone who had been in the wizarding world for two months managed to land a prefect badge. Well, none of the girls in her year wanted the job. That and the fact that some of them had been caught harassing other students. Let's just say Dumbledore was happy Andy was placed in Slytherin and insisted that she become a prefect. It's not a bad thing, we get away with anything and somehow she always manages to get Sirius and Peter in trouble even if they haven't done anything. Have I told you I love her?
Andy is great at not getting caught and a quick thinker so she gets away with anything and always manages to make the Marauders look bad when they decided to involve the teachers. No wonder she wanted to be a prosecutor. Arkady caught up on the unspoken plan fairly quick and backs her up on everything she says. In two months they managed to land the Marauders, mostly Sirius, in a record amount of detentions. They have had a detention every day, sometimes twice a day on the weekends since they decided to charm Davey's shoes to tap dance and Priscilla to sing on the first day back. But that's a story for another time.
"Anyone else coming?" Andy asked Arkady and he shook his head. "They don't want to be directly involved but they will help with whatever they can." Uhhhh, am I the only once getting the secret mission vibe? I looked at the other that merely shrugged, except for Frank, he was just staring a Alice. This kid needs to ask her out already.
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"I feel like 007" I told Frank as we walked back to our common room. I'm glad I was not the only Ravenclaw. I can't solve riddles to save my life. DON'T LAUGH! Everyone else in my house already did that. Especially when the first year managed to answer it right on the first try. "I'm not sure what that is, but good for you man" He patted me in the back before moving to sit with his friends. I guess I'm just not cool enough by Wizard standard, or maybe I should've been in Hufflepuff. They accept everyone, right?
"What's new Xeno?" I sat on a chair next to the blonde. The thing with Xeno is that he is so crazy that it makes me feel normal and he's funny. Most people tend to stay away from him, he's not exactly popular but I couldn't care less. "You seem happy" He spoke not bothering to look up from his book of strange creatures. "I am" I smiled placing my feet on the table. This time he looked, more like glared at me before pushing my feet off the table. Well, one of us has manners.