Disclaimer: You obviously know which characters are mine or J.K Rowling (just so you know) The characters you don't recognize are mine! This also has a little cursing so isn't good for young kids. This is happening around their 5th year.

The Marauder's of Hogwarts (refers to the makers of the marauder's map)

James's head bobbed as he struggled to stay awake. He sat in (to him at least) the most boring class of all, Defense Against the Dark Arts. He looked out the window next to his desk and watched the snow fall.

"MR. POTTER!"

"Hmm...?"He mumbled, jumping in surprise. He looked up at the teacher.

"Well?" said Professor Banner testily.

"Well...what...?" asked James, confused.

"Can you tell me how to repel a werewolf?" He said stiffly.

"Uh...say shoo...or throw a bone?"he said shrugging. The class erupted into laughter. All but one, Severus Snape.

"Mr. Potter, come here." Commanded Professor Banner. James stood and strode down the aisle, calm and relaxed. The laughs began to die away, James glanced over at his friends. Sirius Black gave him the thumbs up and a grin, Peter Pettigrew was covering his mouth to stop the giggles, Remus Lupin sat simply and just smiled and nodded, Alastor Moody was too busy reading his book to notice anything. He then glanced over to the other side of the room. He spotted Snape first, sneering at him. He would have to remind himself to dunk him in the pond later. Next...he spotted Lily Evans.

She was writing something, he slowed his pace. She looked up at him, glared and shook her head.

Sighing, he reached the Professors desk.

"Yeah?" he asked stretching.

"Take this to the Headmaster...Please." He said examining James over the rim of his glasses.

"Wha...what! Professor Banner...?! What did I...?!" He stammered, getting sent to the headmaster was a BIG thing! Made for the biggest trouble-makers. He had only gotten detentions and stuff, never this before!

"Potter, it's not what you did now," James sighed "but it's for all the things you've been doing over the past...oh...6 months. Personally Potter you're a pain in the butt, and I'm sick of it. Get out!" he finally snarled. The whole class was really quiet, listening to their conversation.

"Hey! James, you aren't going down with out me!" Sirius yelled from his seat. He leaped up and joined James in the front of the room.

"Good! I'll be rid of you both then!"Professor Banor growled as he wrote Sirius up too. James grinned and gave Sirius a low-5. Snape was struggling not to laugh out loud now.

"Now," he hissed, "begone! And may the Headmaster finally be rid of you, we can only hope!"

"Yup...I guess so, but I'll really miss this place..." Sirius said lazily, staring at the class.

"Out!" the Professor fumed.

The two of them left glaceing back at a surprised Peter, Lupin, and Moody. Both of them waved at them with big similes as they went through the door. But once the door closed behind them both grew concerned, and angry.

"Shit, James what have you been doing for the pass 6 months? Enough to get in this much trouble?! Blimey, the headmaster, possible expulsion... they make it sound like you killed someone!"

"What! You got yourself into this, so don't you pin this on me!"James yelled defensively.

"Easy mate, just joking..." Sirius stopped to think for a moment, "Where is Professors Dippets office anyway?"he asked curiously.

"It's behind that gargoyle on the first floor." James mumbled looking at the note Professor Banner had written.

Sirius looked over his shoulder to look at it too.

"Man! He makes it sound as if we did a crime or something. 'Destroyed the intellectual being of the classroom', 'committed this horrid crime numerous times', 'wasted precious time', 'deserve to be EXPELLED IMMEDIATELY and have their wands destroyed'." Sirius said copying the Professors voice. "I always thought Banner was a bast..."

"Do you really want to finish that vulgar sentence Black?"came an icy, sly voice.

Both Sirius and James jumped and spun around to see Snape smiling smugly and with his wand in hand, just in case.

"Oh, it's just you Snivelly,"James laughed stuffing the Professors note in his pocket. They could go later, but this could turn out to be too much fun to pass up.

Snape turned red at the childish nick-name that James had made up. He shook it off and regained his cruel sneer.

"Shouldn't you be with the Headmaster, Potter?" he teased. "It's none of your business of what we do or don't do!" Sirius retorted.

"I hear the snapping of a wand, no, two wands!" Snape laughed pretending to listen really hard "At least that's what I'm going to be hearing when you get your sorry ass's expelled!". Laughing hideously, Snape took a few steps back towards the classroom...he never saw it coming.

"Watch your language Snivelly, Scourgify!"James yelled.

"Expellarmes!"Sirius yelled when he saw Snape go for his fallen wand.

Snape gagged on the bubbles and then was hurled backwards, his wand flying down the hall.

"What's going on here!" yelled Professor Banner as he came from the shadows of his classroom. The bell had rung a while ago and everyone was gone. If Banner wanted to really hurt them now would be the perfect time, with no witnesses.

Peter ran out of the room, gaping at them.

"Uh oh..." He said quietly, looking from James to Sirius to Snape on the floor moaning. "This is not looking good." He gave a yelp as Professor Banner shoved him away.

"Well, well, well, well, well...PERFECT!" he laughed gleefully, "Now I have double the reason to have you expelled! Where's the paper?! Give it to me, now!" he demanded, with fire in his eyes.

Enraged James yanked the note from his pocket and shoved it into the Professors hands. The Professor added something to it and gave it back to him. Blindly, James shoved it back into the same pocket and stormed away with Sirius in his wake.

"Potter, Black!"he yelled after them.

"WHAT!? I mean...yes Professor?"James said struggling to swallow his anger. Sirius just glared at Banner.

"Strait to the Headmaster... no...detours alone the way. If I get word that you weren't there not only will I have another thing to add to your "nice little" list, but I will be sure to make you lives a living hell. If I am disobeyed again, so help me...understand!?" he finished in a snarled.

"Yes." They both muttered with their heads bowed to hide their rage.

The two of them stormed off together.

"Now what?!" James cried in near despair when they were out of earshot.

"We'll have to go...if we don't want to get in anymore trouble." moaned Sirius who was still furious.

"We'll get through this, we always do...even if it's not always a good way out."James mumbles brokenly.

"Yeah, but your missing an important element..." "What?" James asked wondering what else could have gone wrong.

"We've never been caught "attacking" other "students", if that's what you want to call Snivelly. We always made sure no one was around...we were careless this time. So we won't know what to do, 'cause we're...experts..." Sirius thought for a moment, "just think of this as a new thing to learn for 'just in case' for later, a new experience."

"Yeah, but it might be our last."

"We didn't hurt him though...so we have a good chance of getting detentions, but not expelled." Sirius said trying to use logic.

"I still think it will be our last..." James muttered.

"Why we're fine! We won't get expelled...at least I don't think so."

"I'm talking about Banners threat. The rest of our school lives are going to be a living hell or is your memory span that short!"

"Ah..." he said calmly, dismissing James's worries with a wave of his hand, "don't worry about that." James started to relax. What was he worry about, he had never been worried about this before.

He ran his fingers through his hair messing it up as usual. "Most Dark Arts teachers don't last more than a year...I swear that jobs cursed!" James said making his stride long and with extreme confidence. He was completely relaxed now, and looked around with his usual arrogance.

"True," Sirius mused, then noticed James ruffling his hair, "Why do you do that?" he asked curiously.

"Do what?"

"Mess up your hair?"

"The girls love it!"James replied grinning.

"Oh..." Sirius said rolling his eyes so James couldn't see it. He brushed his own hair neatly back even though it didn't work. His hair fell handsomely back into his eyes, its usual place. He smiled as a certain someone across the hall looked at him with a soft smile of her own.

"So do you think their expelled?"Peter asked as he fidgeted in the Gryffindor common room.

"No" Lupin said confidently for the 15th time. He was so absorbed in the Daily Prophet that he didn't notice this.

"Sit down already!" Moody growled, "Your making me sick!" Peter plopped down into a chair by the window and sighed deeply.

A few minutes later the porthole opened and James and Sirius walked through.

"Well?" Peter nearly yelled, jumping from his seat.

"What?" James and Sirius asked together, they glanced at each other and broke into laughter.

"Well?" Peter persisted, "Your obviously not expelled...or you've gone crazy..."

"Of corse not Pitty-grew, and since when have we even been sane?!" James teased.

"Pettigrew." Peter automatically corrected.

Sirius sighed and rolled his eyes.

"No we're not expelled...just so you slow people know," He joked looking at Peter. He then sat down next to lupin by the fireplace. "but we do have 3 weeks worth of detention." He finished slowly.

"Blimey! 3 weeks?!" Peter nearly yelled, shocked.

"And warnings," James added, "He said 'If we do it again the punishment will be far worse and possible expulsion'."

"Well you can't say you didn't deserve it." Lupin said absently, turning a page of the paper.

"What! I only gave a 'smart' answer and Sirius only stood up for me! And we deserved this?!"James yelled wondering why Lupin wasn't taking their side as usual.

"Not for that nonsense! Not the stuff with Banner...he just hates you...but for attacking Snape..."

"Oh, come on! We do that all the time!" Sirius said in a low hissing voice so no one outside their group could hear.

"Hmm..." was Lupin's only reply.

"The normal response for a prefect!" James whispered.

"What do you think about Banner, Moody?" Peter asked the young sacrificed wizard, who was playing wizards chess by himself.

"Remember, I don't take sides." was his neutral response.

"Come on say something in their Defense! Some moral support! Encouragement?! Congrads. ?!" Peter demanded, flustered.

"I have the right to remain silent." was his distracted reply. "Fine if that's how it is!" James snapped testily, "Come on Sirius we owe good old Snivilly Snape 3 weeks worth of beatings!"