The Mini-Adventures of
THE MARAUDERS
Starring: MWPP
#1
(*) The Banana Bread (*)
It was lights out at Hogwarts.
"Grr! Argh! Son-of-a! Why won't you! I hate you! I Hate You! I HATE YOU!!"
James Potter chose that very moment to kick the stubborn trunk that was refusing him entrance. as a result, from the force and his previous attempts, the trunk flew open, flinging its contents all over the room.
Gryffindor Tower, 1st year boy's dorm, 1:42 am
"I hate that stupid trunk." James muttered, picking up the dispersed socks and underwear.
Sirius Black, James' new best friend, was doubled up laughing on the floor.
"Shaddup!" James growled and smacked him in the back of the head.
Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew were snickering from where they were seated on the bed nearest them.
After all his possessions were placed back in the trunk, James lifted his very rare invisibility cloak from the floor.
"Well, here it is, brand new," James grinned proudly. "My pride and joy."
There were oohs and ahhs and James slipped it over his head. Instantly he disappeared from view.
"Awesome!" Sirius said and jumped up.
James kicked him the back of the knee.
Sirius twirled around. there was no one there.
"James! Let me try it!" Sirius said, his voice in awe, despite his aching knee.
Sirius stared around the room, looking for a sign that James was near.
Sirius then began to walk around the room, his arms out in front of him, searching. "James, where are you?"
They could hear James laugh and a swirl of robes.
Then Remus disappeared too, obviously being pulled under the cloak as well.
"Ack!" Peter cried and fell off the bed. "Where'd he go?"
James then threw off the cloak, revealing a snickering Potter and grinning Remus.
"So," James said holding it up with one finger, "What to do."
"Are you kidding?" Sirius asked, eyes wide. "We could do anything we want!"
James smirked. "But Sirius Black!" He said in mock disgust. "That would be breaking the rules!"
Sirius rolled his eyes. He hadn't known the others for more than two weeks, but their lack of respect for authority was apparent.
They were quiet for a moment.
Then there it was. it was very quiet. a whisper, no more. "banana bread."
Remus, James, and Sirius turned their heads to look at him.
"What'd you say?" James asked, staring at the smaller boy from the other side of the bed.
Peter made a small squeak, "Nothing."
"No, what did you say?" Sirius asked again, inching closer to him.
Peter obviously was more than a little nervous.
"I said, banana bread. the kitchen's supposedly making banana bread tonight. for tomorrow."
There was silence.
"Yes," Remus said then. "I've over heard some people talking about that."
Then there was more silence.
And more.
Then. "Yes!" James jumped off the bed to center himself before his friends.
Sirius got up too agreeing, "Banana Bread!"
"Let's sneak into the kitchen and get the banana bread!" James was very clearly excited about this idea.
"Alight," Sirius said, rubbing his hands together. "So who'll go? Will your cloak fit all of us?"
James looked doubtfully at the other three boys. "I don't know."
"Well we don't all need to go." Remus said.
"Are you volunteering to stay behind?" Sirius asked.
"Sure," Remus shrugged.
"Ok great," Sirius replied and turned back to James who was studying his cloak.
"I'll stay too." Peter said then, always eager to please.
Sirius grinned. "It's settled then," He said, puffing out his chest proudly. "James and I will go down to the kitchen and steal the banana bread, we'll bring it back here and we'll all eat it!"
Peter smiled happily and Remus nodded.
"Oh," James said suddenly. "One small problem, Black."
Sirius frowned, "What?"
"Where's the kitchen?"
Sirius blinked, "I don't know."
"Oh," Remus spoke up then. "Its down the second set of stairs leading towards the dungeons and to the left, then there's an empty classroom, that's a short cut, go through there and then made a right turn and then go to your second left and then down two more flights, make sure you don't miss the third turn and then through a doorway where there's a painting of a---"
"Whoa," Sirius held up his hands to stop him. "You're going to fast Remus, slow down."
Remus sighed, "Alright. Are you listening?"
James and Sirius nodded.
"Ok, down the second flight of stairs leading to the dungeons."
"The one that leads to the potions class?" Sirius asked.
"No, the one that hardly anyone uses."
"The one with the picture of the ugly witch in the cup?"
"Yes, that one. Then you turn left, where there is an empty classroom."
"An empty-empty one? Like no tables?" James asked.
"Yes-well, there's a few cushions on the ground. I don't know why. but you go through-"
"Wait," James stopped him again. "Which classroom?"
"The one just left of the stairs you'll be descending."
"Straight left? It'll be right there?"
"Well maybe it's a little more down the hall then just straight left. but it's the first door on the left you'll come across."
"Of the stairs of the second flight that nobody uses near the picture of the ugly witch in the cup?"
"Right. Then behind the desk in the classroom."
"Wait, you said there were no desks." Sirius said.
Remus frowned, "Well there's no 'tables' there's a big desk at the front. There's a doorway behind there and that's where you go."
"Which side is the desk on."
"Um. when you enter the classroom, walk right, the doorways that way. Make a right turn and then take the second left-"
"Left, as in as soon as you walk into the doorway."
"Yes. no-wait. uh. yes. Then you walk to your second left."
"Second left? Is it another class-"
"Geez! Remus, you just come with us." Sirius said finally, they obviously weren't going to get there by themselves.
Remus sighed, "Very well."
"What about Peter?" James asked.
"What?" Sirius replied.
"Well it was his idea, he should get to come too."
Sirius raised an eyebrow. "Fine, we'll all go."
"Ok," James said and motioned them all forward. "Here's the plan."
~*~*~*~*
It was a tight fit but somehow they all managed to conceal themselves under James' cloak.
Occasionally a foot or a hand would show, but it was a mistake quickly corrected. Thank Merlin they were only 11.
"Watch out for Filch and his damn cat." Sirius whispered.
They had all met the grizzly caretaker in their first week of school. he didn't like them and they disliked him equally.
They moved slowly, but Remus directed them through the many passages and hallways and it made the others wonder just how Remus knew all this, but they kept their questions to themselves. They respected each other's privacy.
Finally they reached the doorway, Remus had told them about before.
"How do you know all this?" Peter asked.
"Uh." Remus stuttered, he couldn't tell them how he really knew. "Um... I ask a lot of questions."
They got to a picture of a bowl of fruit and Remus stretched a hand out and tickled the pear. The pear, to their amazement, turned into a handle.
Remus grasped it and opened the door.
They entered and were surprised to see so many house elves in one place at the same time.
James threw of the cloak and the house elves jumped in surprise.
"Do you need something?" An elderly house elf asked.
James blinked; he really hadn't been expecting any one to be here at this time of night. he wasn't prepared for the question.
"Uh.. Well. actually.. We were just."
"We're hungry," Remus said, quite casually. "We heard you were making banana bread."
Almost immediately they were bombarded on all sides by house elves bearing food.
Soon they were loaded with everything they had wanted and more: chocolate, toast, strawberries and other fruit, some carrots, [that someone had suggested they eat something healthy.] cake, cookies, spaghetti, lasagna, hamburgers, shrimp, hotdogs and of course, the banana bread. [1]
"Are we really going to carry all of this back up to the dorms?" Sirius asked, trying to balance a bag of cookies and a plate of cake on one arm.
"Sure." James said merrily, accepting some more chocolate from the kind house elves.
Soon they had to stop accepting the glorious free food and start to plan their way back
"Alright, let's go." Sirius whispered loudly and thanking the kind house elves, they made their way to the door, there they all squeezed themselves and the food under the cloak and exited the kitchen.
They very slowly made their way back toward Gryffindor Tower. Careful not to slip up or drop something.
"Ouch, Remus you stepped on my toe!" James cried.
"It wasn't me." Remus replied.
"Sorry." Sirius muttered.
"Keep your voices down." Remus whispered.
There was a crinkling sound, like the sound of someone opening a bag and then, "Peter, are you eating?" James hissed, "You'll get my cloak all dirty!"
"Shorri." Peter replied, with his mouth full.
"This plate is hot," Sirius whined. "It's going to sear my flesh off."
"Shuddap," James said harshly. "I think I hear something."
They were all silent and Peter let out a small, 'epp!'.
They stood still for a moment, listening. waiting.
Then there was a loud "MEEOWRR!"
Followed by four, "AHHHHHH!!!" s
Ms. Norris frightened the boys and as a result, their 'hard-earned' precious, food, spilt all around them. The chocolate chips that Peter was eating were spilt all over the floor and the lasagna and spaghetti were splattered all over the floor as well, and the various other food products had a similar story.
"Fucking Cat!" Sirius swore, as they looked at the mess around them, it looked as if there had been an explosion. which was sort of true.
Then they heard what they dreaded most of all. "Ms. Norris, my sweet. are you there? Caught students wandering around at night, have you?"
"HE'S COMING!" The boys, quick as a flash, hurried to gather the fallen food up off the floor. Which was NOT an easy task, considering all the broken glass of plates, and the splatterings of food.
They attempted to scoop and sweep all of the food until the cloak, "No! You guys don't!" "James! We don't have time to argue!" "Awww!"
But in the end, James knew they were right. but Filch was coming and there was still splat on the ground and spaghetti sauce and such, there was no way they were getting out of this one.
Then James saw it. the banana bread, sitting on the ground, seemingly unharmed by its fall and the trampling of the boys trying to hide their guilt.
He dashed towards it, swept it up into his arms and pulled the cloak up from the floor, once again revealing the tragic demise of good food.
"What the hell are you doing?" Sirius asked, eyes wide. "He's right around the corner!"
"RUN!" James hollered and ran down the corridor like there was no tomorrow, which there probably wouldn't be, if they were caught.
Having no time to think and nowhere to hide, the others followed suit. Busting their legs to get out of sight before the nasty caretaker made his way around the corner.
This was number one at the top of James' and most certainly the other three's 'scariest moment of my life' category.
It was like something out of a nightmare or horror movie.
"Who's there??!" Filch cried after them and they could hear him running after them.
"Quick!" James cried and stopped running. "Under the cloak!" He threw the cloak over his own head and pulled the others under as well.
They stood, huddled under the cloak, inching their way towards the side of the hall.
Filch came running up the hall. and stopped short. a big bump of black cloak in the middle of the hall. slowly moving towards a classroom door.
"What the hell are you kids doing?" He asked, these kids get loonier and loonier!
"What? You can't see us!" Sirius cried. "We're invisible!"
Filch's eyebrow arched, "What the bloody 'ell are you talking about?"
"Sirius! I told you your feet were too big!"
"I told YOU that we wouldn't all fit!"
"Um. guys?" Remus' voice grew over the commotion.
"What?" They replied in unison.
"Um. I think we've got the wrong cloak." He said quietly.
James felt the outside of the cloak. it still felt like a cloak. but.
Before they had left, Sirius had opted to bring his own cloak as well, even if it wasn't invisible. "It adds character!" Sirius had argued.
"We are in so much trouble." Peter moaned quietly.
One by one the 'marauders' trudged out from under the cloak.
"Well at least we still have the banana bread." James whispered to his friends, when he was the last one to leave the not-so-invisible cloak.
"Right. we do." Sirius whispered back and winked.
James grinned. they knew what they had to do.
"Oh no." Peter said, looking horrified.
Remus just shook his head.
"RUN!" James cried and the four of them dashed away, the vile and livid caretaker right behind them.
"Catch!" James cried and flung the bread at Sirius, Sirius caught it and tossed it to Remus, Remus sighed and threw it back at James, who threw it in turn to Peter.
..who dropped it.
They stopped.. The bread!
"Peter! You git!" Sirius groaned, and Filch caught up to them.
"YOU BOYS!" Filch growled, his face was red and full of veins.
"Aw man." James groaned..
"Oh dear.." Remus sighed.
"I'm sorry!" Peter cried.
"Shit." Sirius growled.
**THE NEXT NIGHT**
"Well at least we didn't get expelled." Sirius said, washing the dish James handed to him.
"True." James replied handed him another dish.
"That was actually quite exhilarating." Remus added, rinsing the dish Sirius gave to him.
"Let's do it again?" James asked with a grin.
Remus and Sirius just grinned and shook their heads. he would never learn.
"Oh no." Peter said quietly, drying the dishes. "So. much trouble."
[1] I know, you're probably wondering, 'what the hell?'. Well, I was sitting in a crowded library and I asked the people sitting around me to pick a food.so they did.
THE MARAUDERS
Starring: MWPP
#1
(*) The Banana Bread (*)
It was lights out at Hogwarts.
"Grr! Argh! Son-of-a! Why won't you! I hate you! I Hate You! I HATE YOU!!"
James Potter chose that very moment to kick the stubborn trunk that was refusing him entrance. as a result, from the force and his previous attempts, the trunk flew open, flinging its contents all over the room.
Gryffindor Tower, 1st year boy's dorm, 1:42 am
"I hate that stupid trunk." James muttered, picking up the dispersed socks and underwear.
Sirius Black, James' new best friend, was doubled up laughing on the floor.
"Shaddup!" James growled and smacked him in the back of the head.
Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew were snickering from where they were seated on the bed nearest them.
After all his possessions were placed back in the trunk, James lifted his very rare invisibility cloak from the floor.
"Well, here it is, brand new," James grinned proudly. "My pride and joy."
There were oohs and ahhs and James slipped it over his head. Instantly he disappeared from view.
"Awesome!" Sirius said and jumped up.
James kicked him the back of the knee.
Sirius twirled around. there was no one there.
"James! Let me try it!" Sirius said, his voice in awe, despite his aching knee.
Sirius stared around the room, looking for a sign that James was near.
Sirius then began to walk around the room, his arms out in front of him, searching. "James, where are you?"
They could hear James laugh and a swirl of robes.
Then Remus disappeared too, obviously being pulled under the cloak as well.
"Ack!" Peter cried and fell off the bed. "Where'd he go?"
James then threw off the cloak, revealing a snickering Potter and grinning Remus.
"So," James said holding it up with one finger, "What to do."
"Are you kidding?" Sirius asked, eyes wide. "We could do anything we want!"
James smirked. "But Sirius Black!" He said in mock disgust. "That would be breaking the rules!"
Sirius rolled his eyes. He hadn't known the others for more than two weeks, but their lack of respect for authority was apparent.
They were quiet for a moment.
Then there it was. it was very quiet. a whisper, no more. "banana bread."
Remus, James, and Sirius turned their heads to look at him.
"What'd you say?" James asked, staring at the smaller boy from the other side of the bed.
Peter made a small squeak, "Nothing."
"No, what did you say?" Sirius asked again, inching closer to him.
Peter obviously was more than a little nervous.
"I said, banana bread. the kitchen's supposedly making banana bread tonight. for tomorrow."
There was silence.
"Yes," Remus said then. "I've over heard some people talking about that."
Then there was more silence.
And more.
Then. "Yes!" James jumped off the bed to center himself before his friends.
Sirius got up too agreeing, "Banana Bread!"
"Let's sneak into the kitchen and get the banana bread!" James was very clearly excited about this idea.
"Alight," Sirius said, rubbing his hands together. "So who'll go? Will your cloak fit all of us?"
James looked doubtfully at the other three boys. "I don't know."
"Well we don't all need to go." Remus said.
"Are you volunteering to stay behind?" Sirius asked.
"Sure," Remus shrugged.
"Ok great," Sirius replied and turned back to James who was studying his cloak.
"I'll stay too." Peter said then, always eager to please.
Sirius grinned. "It's settled then," He said, puffing out his chest proudly. "James and I will go down to the kitchen and steal the banana bread, we'll bring it back here and we'll all eat it!"
Peter smiled happily and Remus nodded.
"Oh," James said suddenly. "One small problem, Black."
Sirius frowned, "What?"
"Where's the kitchen?"
Sirius blinked, "I don't know."
"Oh," Remus spoke up then. "Its down the second set of stairs leading towards the dungeons and to the left, then there's an empty classroom, that's a short cut, go through there and then made a right turn and then go to your second left and then down two more flights, make sure you don't miss the third turn and then through a doorway where there's a painting of a---"
"Whoa," Sirius held up his hands to stop him. "You're going to fast Remus, slow down."
Remus sighed, "Alright. Are you listening?"
James and Sirius nodded.
"Ok, down the second flight of stairs leading to the dungeons."
"The one that leads to the potions class?" Sirius asked.
"No, the one that hardly anyone uses."
"The one with the picture of the ugly witch in the cup?"
"Yes, that one. Then you turn left, where there is an empty classroom."
"An empty-empty one? Like no tables?" James asked.
"Yes-well, there's a few cushions on the ground. I don't know why. but you go through-"
"Wait," James stopped him again. "Which classroom?"
"The one just left of the stairs you'll be descending."
"Straight left? It'll be right there?"
"Well maybe it's a little more down the hall then just straight left. but it's the first door on the left you'll come across."
"Of the stairs of the second flight that nobody uses near the picture of the ugly witch in the cup?"
"Right. Then behind the desk in the classroom."
"Wait, you said there were no desks." Sirius said.
Remus frowned, "Well there's no 'tables' there's a big desk at the front. There's a doorway behind there and that's where you go."
"Which side is the desk on."
"Um. when you enter the classroom, walk right, the doorways that way. Make a right turn and then take the second left-"
"Left, as in as soon as you walk into the doorway."
"Yes. no-wait. uh. yes. Then you walk to your second left."
"Second left? Is it another class-"
"Geez! Remus, you just come with us." Sirius said finally, they obviously weren't going to get there by themselves.
Remus sighed, "Very well."
"What about Peter?" James asked.
"What?" Sirius replied.
"Well it was his idea, he should get to come too."
Sirius raised an eyebrow. "Fine, we'll all go."
"Ok," James said and motioned them all forward. "Here's the plan."
~*~*~*~*
It was a tight fit but somehow they all managed to conceal themselves under James' cloak.
Occasionally a foot or a hand would show, but it was a mistake quickly corrected. Thank Merlin they were only 11.
"Watch out for Filch and his damn cat." Sirius whispered.
They had all met the grizzly caretaker in their first week of school. he didn't like them and they disliked him equally.
They moved slowly, but Remus directed them through the many passages and hallways and it made the others wonder just how Remus knew all this, but they kept their questions to themselves. They respected each other's privacy.
Finally they reached the doorway, Remus had told them about before.
"How do you know all this?" Peter asked.
"Uh." Remus stuttered, he couldn't tell them how he really knew. "Um... I ask a lot of questions."
They got to a picture of a bowl of fruit and Remus stretched a hand out and tickled the pear. The pear, to their amazement, turned into a handle.
Remus grasped it and opened the door.
They entered and were surprised to see so many house elves in one place at the same time.
James threw of the cloak and the house elves jumped in surprise.
"Do you need something?" An elderly house elf asked.
James blinked; he really hadn't been expecting any one to be here at this time of night. he wasn't prepared for the question.
"Uh.. Well. actually.. We were just."
"We're hungry," Remus said, quite casually. "We heard you were making banana bread."
Almost immediately they were bombarded on all sides by house elves bearing food.
Soon they were loaded with everything they had wanted and more: chocolate, toast, strawberries and other fruit, some carrots, [that someone had suggested they eat something healthy.] cake, cookies, spaghetti, lasagna, hamburgers, shrimp, hotdogs and of course, the banana bread. [1]
"Are we really going to carry all of this back up to the dorms?" Sirius asked, trying to balance a bag of cookies and a plate of cake on one arm.
"Sure." James said merrily, accepting some more chocolate from the kind house elves.
Soon they had to stop accepting the glorious free food and start to plan their way back
"Alright, let's go." Sirius whispered loudly and thanking the kind house elves, they made their way to the door, there they all squeezed themselves and the food under the cloak and exited the kitchen.
They very slowly made their way back toward Gryffindor Tower. Careful not to slip up or drop something.
"Ouch, Remus you stepped on my toe!" James cried.
"It wasn't me." Remus replied.
"Sorry." Sirius muttered.
"Keep your voices down." Remus whispered.
There was a crinkling sound, like the sound of someone opening a bag and then, "Peter, are you eating?" James hissed, "You'll get my cloak all dirty!"
"Shorri." Peter replied, with his mouth full.
"This plate is hot," Sirius whined. "It's going to sear my flesh off."
"Shuddap," James said harshly. "I think I hear something."
They were all silent and Peter let out a small, 'epp!'.
They stood still for a moment, listening. waiting.
Then there was a loud "MEEOWRR!"
Followed by four, "AHHHHHH!!!" s
Ms. Norris frightened the boys and as a result, their 'hard-earned' precious, food, spilt all around them. The chocolate chips that Peter was eating were spilt all over the floor and the lasagna and spaghetti were splattered all over the floor as well, and the various other food products had a similar story.
"Fucking Cat!" Sirius swore, as they looked at the mess around them, it looked as if there had been an explosion. which was sort of true.
Then they heard what they dreaded most of all. "Ms. Norris, my sweet. are you there? Caught students wandering around at night, have you?"
"HE'S COMING!" The boys, quick as a flash, hurried to gather the fallen food up off the floor. Which was NOT an easy task, considering all the broken glass of plates, and the splatterings of food.
They attempted to scoop and sweep all of the food until the cloak, "No! You guys don't!" "James! We don't have time to argue!" "Awww!"
But in the end, James knew they were right. but Filch was coming and there was still splat on the ground and spaghetti sauce and such, there was no way they were getting out of this one.
Then James saw it. the banana bread, sitting on the ground, seemingly unharmed by its fall and the trampling of the boys trying to hide their guilt.
He dashed towards it, swept it up into his arms and pulled the cloak up from the floor, once again revealing the tragic demise of good food.
"What the hell are you doing?" Sirius asked, eyes wide. "He's right around the corner!"
"RUN!" James hollered and ran down the corridor like there was no tomorrow, which there probably wouldn't be, if they were caught.
Having no time to think and nowhere to hide, the others followed suit. Busting their legs to get out of sight before the nasty caretaker made his way around the corner.
This was number one at the top of James' and most certainly the other three's 'scariest moment of my life' category.
It was like something out of a nightmare or horror movie.
"Who's there??!" Filch cried after them and they could hear him running after them.
"Quick!" James cried and stopped running. "Under the cloak!" He threw the cloak over his own head and pulled the others under as well.
They stood, huddled under the cloak, inching their way towards the side of the hall.
Filch came running up the hall. and stopped short. a big bump of black cloak in the middle of the hall. slowly moving towards a classroom door.
"What the hell are you kids doing?" He asked, these kids get loonier and loonier!
"What? You can't see us!" Sirius cried. "We're invisible!"
Filch's eyebrow arched, "What the bloody 'ell are you talking about?"
"Sirius! I told you your feet were too big!"
"I told YOU that we wouldn't all fit!"
"Um. guys?" Remus' voice grew over the commotion.
"What?" They replied in unison.
"Um. I think we've got the wrong cloak." He said quietly.
James felt the outside of the cloak. it still felt like a cloak. but.
Before they had left, Sirius had opted to bring his own cloak as well, even if it wasn't invisible. "It adds character!" Sirius had argued.
"We are in so much trouble." Peter moaned quietly.
One by one the 'marauders' trudged out from under the cloak.
"Well at least we still have the banana bread." James whispered to his friends, when he was the last one to leave the not-so-invisible cloak.
"Right. we do." Sirius whispered back and winked.
James grinned. they knew what they had to do.
"Oh no." Peter said, looking horrified.
Remus just shook his head.
"RUN!" James cried and the four of them dashed away, the vile and livid caretaker right behind them.
"Catch!" James cried and flung the bread at Sirius, Sirius caught it and tossed it to Remus, Remus sighed and threw it back at James, who threw it in turn to Peter.
..who dropped it.
They stopped.. The bread!
"Peter! You git!" Sirius groaned, and Filch caught up to them.
"YOU BOYS!" Filch growled, his face was red and full of veins.
"Aw man." James groaned..
"Oh dear.." Remus sighed.
"I'm sorry!" Peter cried.
"Shit." Sirius growled.
**THE NEXT NIGHT**
"Well at least we didn't get expelled." Sirius said, washing the dish James handed to him.
"True." James replied handed him another dish.
"That was actually quite exhilarating." Remus added, rinsing the dish Sirius gave to him.
"Let's do it again?" James asked with a grin.
Remus and Sirius just grinned and shook their heads. he would never learn.
"Oh no." Peter said quietly, drying the dishes. "So. much trouble."
[1] I know, you're probably wondering, 'what the hell?'. Well, I was sitting in a crowded library and I asked the people sitting around me to pick a food.so they did.