100 Cases Of Marauder Mischief

by I Double Dare You

100 drabbles concerning the mischievous Marauders, following them from first year and into their post-Hogwarts lives. Follow our favourite trouble makers apart from the Weasley twins, of course through their adventures, laughs and trials that all resulted in friendships that should have lasted forever. In later chapters, mainly SBRL with some LEJP.

1. Introduction and First Year

Title: 100 Cases of Marauder Mischief

Summary: 100 drabbles centred mostly around Sirius/Remus, starting with their first year and following the mischievous Marauders throughout their schooling and to their post-Hogwarts lives. SBRL LEJP

Notes: I've discovered that I have trouble writing short fics so I've gathered 100 prompts from the sirius_remus100 community over at LJ and from my mind, and used them to write 100 drabbles. Most will be light hearted, fluffy, humourous where I can, and centered around S/R. Some will be M, just because that's how Moony and friends roll. Also, they begin with the Marauders' first year and progress from there. PS: This intro counts as one so total word count will add up to 10 000. Thank you so much for reading and I would love any comments!

So excited!

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Beginnings

Remus' mother hugged him tightly and he inhaled her comforting smell, his face pressed into her coat. The Hogwarts Express hissed steam as more children appeared and she reluctantly relinquished her skinny, worried, but obviously thrilled son. Remus' father smiled down at him anxiously.

"You'll be careful, won't you, son?"

"Of course, Dad."

Mrs Lupin leaned down to peck her young son on the forehead, her blue eyes meeting soft brown. "Remember, this is a new beginning. Make the most of it, chéri."

Remus' hands were shaking when he boarded the train but his mother's words gave him determination.

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Family

The Black family stood silent and still as the two adults observed the commoners around them with a moue of disdain. The exception was the oldest Black boy who grinned madly and itched to leave. His mother had other ideas. His arm was gripped cruelly and identical grey eyes met as he turned.

"You will not associate with filth. You will do as we discussed and make your family proud."

Sirius grimaced and nodded, relieved when she let him go. Sirius Black did not wave goodbye like the other children waved to their families when the train pulled away.

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Forever

The meeting of James Potter and Sirius Black would prove to be a moment which decided the fate of four boys, destined to become friends.

The four didn't seem remarkable at first. The chubby, anxious boy called Peter, watched James and Sirius with awe, while the quiet, scrawny boy by the window watched surreptitiously from behind his book. It would take months – years, even – for the four boys to come to trust and love each other like brothers. But it only took a moment for two dark-haired mischief makers to decide that they would be best friends forever.

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Colour

Sirius stared up in delighted disbelief at the crimson banner hanging above his head. But rather than the lion giving him courage, he felt anxiety curdle in his stomach. The banner should have been emerald and the lion a serpent.

"I can't believe it either."

Sirius glanced down at the boy next to him. Remus Lupin, he remembered.

Another conspiratorial whisper. "Gryffindors are supposed to be brave – I don't feel very brave."

Sirius saw the hands shaking in the boy's lap but said nothing. No one noticed when two boys' equally shaking hands gripped each other.

"Neither do I."

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Mouse

"Professor McGonogall scares me a little."

"So do a million other things, Pete."

"But she's so strict; we won't be able to do any pranks when she's around."

"Is that so...?"

Remus wished Pete hadn't said that; doubts only presented challenges to James and Sirius. He determinedly kept his eyes fixed to his textbook at breakfast, not looking up at the teacher's table once. In contrast, the other three were fixated on the Head of Gryffindor House, waiting for her to take a sip of her pumpkin juice and discover the red and gold mouse swimming around in it.

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Punishment

Remus had wanted to cry when he'd gotten his first detention. He was privileged just being here and now he feared expulsion.

James had only asked him, in the most innocent of tones, what would be an ingredient not to add to the Boil Cure potion the class was making. Remus wasn't to know that James would throw said ingredient into a Slytherin's cauldron.

But then Sirius peered over the cauldron he was scrubbing and winked at him. "It's real handy having a bookworm for a friend."

Suddenly, detention with the three boys didn't seem like a punishment anymore.

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Vow

"Brilliant, Remus, just brilliant!" Sirius beamed, "Snivellus should have that pumpkin stuck on his head until lunch."

"You're the one who cast the spell. I only told you about it." Remus mumbled, a smile tugging his lips.

"Bollocks, everyone thinks you're Mr. Goody Two Shoes but you're just as devious as James when he's stalking Evans."

"Hey!"

Sirius ignored the bespectacled boy's objection and slung a friendly arm around Remus' shoulders. Remus flinched and Sirius hastily removed his arm, feeling anger rise within him.

He'd seen the bruises and he vowed to stop whoever was doing this to Remus.

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Angel

Snow fell thick and fast on Hogwarts' grounds and James and Sirius pushed each other down into it, Sirius succeeding in kicking icy snow up James' robes, who emitted a girlish shriek. In the following scuffle, they knocked into Remus and Peter and they all collapsed in a laughing heap.

Sirius and James continued to tussle until they saw Remus moving his arms and legs in the snow rhythmically.

Remus grinned. "It's a snow angel - a muggle winter tradition."

The three boys grinned, flopped down beside him and four angels rested peacefully beside each other in the white snow.

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Lies

"Where've you been?"

"My mum had another relapse but she should be okay for a couple of weeks."

"Is she getting any better?"

"... The Healers think she'll never be completely healed."

"Is she dying?"

"Let him be, Peter. Hey, Remus, you missed me turning that slimy Nott's hair red and gold – with sparkles!"

Remus smiled wanly and listened to James retell his victorious conquering of Nott The Slimy, while trying to ignore the way his wounds stung and how his stomach churned, sickened by guilt and lies. If James and Sirius exchanged knowing glances, they went unnoticed by him.

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White

Sirius tried not to notice it. The envy that flared in his chest when his friends were reunited with their parents at the station made him feel even worse. James' mother fussed over the boy while his father grinned proudly at him; Remus' mother held the sickly boy closely while his father looked on anxiously; and Peter's mother attacked the protesting blonde boy with kisses.

Sirius looked back at his friends as he was hastily steered away by his cold, silently disapproving mother and couldn't help but think about how really, he and his friends were Black and White.

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