Marauder means friends for life

Chapter 2

Quidditch

Remus Lupin pushed through the crowd in the Quidditch stadium, trying to find a seat, carrying a large banner. Peter tapped him on the shoulder and pointed. Lily Evans was waving at them and pointing to two spare seats beside her. The two Marauders made their way over and sat down.

"Thanks Lily. We would've been looking for ages." Peter yelled over the noise.

"Yeah, cheers Lils." Said Remus; putting down his new omnioculars. "Hey you two, help me out with this, would you?" he asked motioning to the poster in his hands. The other two nodded and the three of them started putting up the 'decoration'.

In the Gryffindor changing rooms Anthony wood was giving his pre-game speech.

"Alright team. We've trained hard, harder than any team. This is-"

"-the big one." interrupted Arthur Weasley; the Gryffindor keeper.

"-the one we've all been waiting for" added Ash Jordan, one of the beaters. (Sirius was the other one)

"Oh shut up you two!" Anthony looked like he was going to have a stroke.

"Anthony, calm down!" Meg Davis said soothingly rubbing her boyfriends back. Many people (mainly Slytherins) had accused her of only getting on the team because her boyfriend was the captain, but this was untrue. She was a superb chaser.

"It's going to be fine! This is Slytherin Anthony, we'll flatten them!" Michelle Boot (the other female chaser) said enthusiastically as the rest of the team nodded.

"Come on then. James, remember, only catch the snitch when we're at least twenty points ahead, otherwise we don't surpass Slytherin in the house cup." Anthony said; his face with slightly more colour in it.

"Let's go WIN!!!" Bellowed Sirius; following his captain.

James chuckled nervously. "That's the spirit Padfoot."

The team walked out onto the field to tumulus applause. James could hear Remus, Peter and Lily. He looked through the crowd, and his eye was drawn to a large poster. He chuckled and nudged Sirius, who looked in the direction James was pointing. There was a large Red and Gold artwork with a picture of a Lion roaring on it. Every so often it would sparkle (like when the Gryffindor team came out), or (like when the Slytherins came onto the field) turn Pink with white polka dots, a dead Snake hanging from the lions' mouth. Sirius bust out laughing, and shook his head, getting in position.

Madam Hooch came out, the captains shook hands… and they were off.

James sped straight up, until he was hovering at the top of the stadium. He looked around and noticed that the Slytherin seeker, Lucius Malfoy was tailing him.

James shook his head. That was no way to play the game. You needed to search for yourself; otherwise you had no hope against James potter. He kept an ear on the commentary as he searched through the game, dodging bludgers and players alike.

"Oh good save by Arthur Weasley, very vigilant that bloke. It's Wood in position, passes to Boot, to Davis, back to Boot, and affirmative! Gryffindor score! Gryffindor lead 20-0"

James recognized that voice. But, no surely McGonagall had more sense than that.

He turned to the commentator's box. 'Obviously not' he thought as he was greeted by cheers and Alastor Moody's voice telling him the score was now 30-0.

"Potter had better get his rump in gear, as it looks like Malfoy's spotted the snitch!"

"Fuck!" James yelled and turned to see Malfoy diving towards the teachers stand. James leaned flat on his broom, urging the silver arrow to go faster. He was gaining, he was at Malfoys' feet, his waist, they were neck in neck… James reached out at the same time as Malfoy, but his hand got there first. He pulled up from the dive, snitch in hand. He was hovering a few metres above the teachers stands. He shoved his hand to the sky, grinning madly. He had barely heard Moody say "Potter's got the snitch! 150 points to Gryffindor!" when he was flying through the air, and with a CRASH, he landed in the teachers box hitting his head on something as he went. He was lying on the ground, next to Albus Dumbledore's feet. "Hello James, are you alright? Nice catch by the way. Splendid." And then James passed out.

"Sirius I still don't believe you hit that bludger at Malfoy!"

"I must say, he's making a big fuss over it, I mean, it's just a broken nose. Madam Pomfrey can mend bones in a second."

"I know, he's such a wuss."

"Yeah, good aim Sirius."

James could hear voices. He knew those voices. He groaned and the talking stopped.

"Alright there Prongs?" asked a voice and James forced his eyes open to see Remus, Pete, Sirius and the rest of the Gryffindor Quidditch team as well as…

"Lily!" exclaimed James, sitting bolt upright, then clapping a hand to his head, which felt like a bludger had hit it. (Which it might've, he couldn't remember)

There were a few chuckles and Lily rolled her eyes.

"Well, at least we know he doesn't have amnesia." said Remus dryly.

James blushed and changed the subject. "What the hell happened?"

"Well, you caught the snitch, and Malfoy didn't like that very much, so he knocked you into the teachers stand. You apparently hit your head on the way, that's why you got knocked out. Oh and Sirius hit a bludger at Malfoy and broke his nose." Remus explained; from the chair next to James' bed.

"Oh, ok. So we won?"

Lily sighed.

"Yes Potter, we won." she smiled slightly. "A new record for you Potter. 180-0"

"Yes!" shouted James. "We SMASHED them! Didn't I tell you not to worry Remus? We can handle Slytherin, no problem."

Remus rolled his eyes. Lily knew what had happened at breakfast, she was sitting a few seats away.

Would James Potter ever change? She doubted it.

Hey every one! Did you like the match? I know, short but I thought it funny that Moody did the commentary. That was just a spark of the moment. Tell me what you think… read & review! Next chapter, the FULL MOON!!! And an interesting DADA lesson…