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(This chapter has also bee fixed a bit.)
Chapter 2 – The Trip And A Prank
It was the day of the trip; the 1st of October. The students and teachers were very happy that the Marauders would be leaving early in the day. They wouldn't be seeing them until the 1st of November, which meant that for once, they were safe on Halloween. Normally, the Marauders would have some kind of prank planned for that particular date.
James, Sirius, Remus and Lily were packed and ready to leave for a month of living as Muggles. In this past week, they had been working harder on heir homework than they ever would believe possible, so that the could finish some in advance. Then they didn't have to do so much when they were in the Muggle world. Even James and Sirius had started to look forward to their trip. The two dark-haired boys were now really eager and were currently jumping up and down in excitement.
"Hey, boys!" yelled the professor. "Honestly, you two. Well, now that I've got your attention. There are some last-minute details you will need to know before we leave. First: James and Sirius: There will be no pranking the Muggle teachers. You hear me? Not even the Muggle way."
"Damn!" Sirius said with feeling. James didn't look too pleased either. "Why, professor?" Sirius was giving Appleway the most pleading look he could manage. The professor only chuckled.
"Because it is so, Sirius," he said. "And next; I should not need to remind you of this, but I will do it anyway: no magic are allowed in front of the Muggles. I will be living in the apartment next to you, and I will keep an eye on you." James and Sirius sighed heavily.
"You're ruining their trip, professor," Lily giggled. James and Sirius glared at her. Professor Appleway only laughed at this.
"Let's go, students," he said, and they marched out from the castle. James and Sirius really marched, humming some march-song-thing. In the moment they reached the carriages, an ear-splitting shriek could be heard from the castle. The professor looked startled, but the four students laughed. When they could hear the voice of Minerva McGonagall yelling after them about some severe punishment when they returned, James and Sirius rolled around on the floor of the carriage, laughing their heads of. Even Appleway had to smirk a little.
"What did you do?" he asked, pretending to be scolding them.
"We – we – t-tu-hu-hu-hurned," Sirius started, but couldn't finish the sentence.
"We turned all the Slytherins' clothes bright pink, their hair startling orange and their skin sickly green," Remus said while wiping tears of laughter of his face. James and Sirius had finally got Remus to help them work on the prank they was planning during Muggle Studies, and Remus had come with several good ideas to make it better.
"Oh, I would pay sooo much to see their faces!" James yelled from the floor. Even Lily was laughing.
"Not to mention their colours!" Sirius howled in a fit of laughter.
"I can't understand where you get the ideas from," Appleway said and shook his head disapprovingly. He smiled a very wide smile, however.
They reached the train station and boarded the train that would drive them to King's Cross where the Muggle bus was waiting for them.
They sat in a compartment in quiet company. Remus picked up a book and Sirius pouted at him; he had other plans in mind. Remus stuck out his tongue at Sirius, then returned to his book again. Sirius then got James into a round of Exploding Snap. They seated themselves at the compartment floor and started a rather loud round of the noisy card game. Lily and Appleway eyed them warily.
"Why did you take Muggle Studies, Lily?" the teacher asked to get his attention away from the exploding cards. "Seeing as you're Muggleborn, you're supposed to know everything there is to know about Muggles."
"Well, I had the choice between Divination and Muggle Studies, and I think Divination is rubbish. But I also find it fascinating to learn what the Wizarding world think of Muggles," she answered honestly. James chuckled from the floor. For some reason, Lily knew it wasn't about the cards.
"What?" she asked indignantly.
"You said that Divination is rubbish," he said, like that explained everything, and chuckled again, this time Sirius joined in. Lily stared at James.
"Remind me why I'm dating you again?" she asked, frowning. "Because I can't remember. It surely isn't for your brain or your sense of humour." James chuckled some more.
And that's how the entire train ride went; Remus was reading, Lily and James were bickering lovingly while James played Exploding Snap with Sirius (and losing spectacularly) and Appleway was switching between looking fondly at his favourite students and reading a Muggle novel.
They reached King's Cross and departed the train. Outside the station was a small bus waiting for them. James and Sirius was both pureblood and therefore not used to things like this at all. Sirius looked wary when he sat into the bus. James looked like he was afraid it was going to explode every moment. Lily and Remus only snickered of their other halves and sat in.
The bus ride was very long. The driver had to stop with several occasions. First when Sirius exclaimed loudly that he had to pee. Then, fifteen minutes later, James had to pee too. Next, Sirius spilled pumpkin juice over himself and Remus, so they had to stop so they could clean it of. Ten minutes after that, Sirius had to pee again because of the pumpkin juice he had just drunk. The thing that annoyed Lily to no end, however, was when James somehow managed to lose his glasses out the window. Luckily, they didn't break, because Mrs Potter had been smart enough to put a strengthen charm on them a very long time ago.
By the time they reached the place they were staying, the driver looked like he was on the verge of a nervous break-down. He was shaking violently when they descended the bus.
"He looked a little out of it," Sirius said when they walked towards their house. "What do you think is wrong with him?"
"I can't imagine that the poor man is used to people like you and James, love," Remus said disapprovingly.
"Hey! I resent that!" Sirius said loudly, making several by-passers look at him. He just winked back at them and grinned.
They reached the house. It was a five floor house with several apartments in it. It was a red brick building with big white painted windows. The walls were covered in dust from the road and the fire-stairs looked like they had seen better days.
"This is where we're living?!" Sirius exclaimed in horror.
"Padfoot, old friend, you can't always live in a castle or a manor," James said and patted Sirius on the shoulder. Sirius glared at him.
"Stop the bickering; let's go in instead," professor Appleway said and walked towards the door. The inside was considerably cleaner than the outside, thank God. The janitor had a small office in the hallway. They got their keys and walked over to the elevator. James and Sirius looked very sceptic, but followed anyway. When professor Appleway pushed the button for the 2nd floor and the elevator moved, Sirius shrieked and jumped closer to Remus. James made a high-pitched noise too and jumped over to Lily.
"The world is ending!" Sirius yelled. "This is the end! Goodbye world." He then turned to Remus. "You should know that I love you a lot, Moony. See you in Heaven!" He did a dramatic move with his hand and pretended to faint.
"Padfoot, you do remember that we talked about elevators in class, don't you?" Remus asked, looking as though his boyfriend had completely lost it. Sirius opened his eyes and looked around.
"Elavetars?" he asked in disbelief. "What's that?" Remus sighed.
"Elevators, Padfoot," Remus repeated slowly. "Lifts. It's a machine that would transport you from one floor to another." And if one cue, the door opened to reveal floor number two, where they would be living for the next month. Sirius and James looked in awe.
"All the things Muggles invent to replace magic!" James exclaimed in admiration.
"Wizards don't have a magical counterpart for lifts," Lily said with an exasperated sigh. "They only have stairs, and stairs exist in the Muggle world too." James stuck out his tongue at her and didn't respond.
James, Sirius, Remus and Lily walked over to the door to their room. Appleway had given them their key-card. Unfortunately, Sirius was the one who got it, and he didn't understand what to use it on. He stared at the card, to the door and back again. Then he slammed the card against the door and waited, as if he thought the door was going to open. Remus and Lily chuckled.
"Here, Sirius, let me show you," Lily said as though she was talking to a child and took the card out of his hands. She stuck the card into the slit where it was supposed to be used and the door opened.
"Voila! Behold the magic powers of Lily Evans! In your face, Black!" she said and stuck out her tongue to Sirius. Sirius, James and Remus was left stunned.
"Dude," Sirius said to James. "She's been hanging out with us waaaay too much. We're rubbing of on her." He actually looked a bit scared. Lily giggled and walked into their room.
The apartment was nice enough, they registered. They entered the living room with two couches and a TV, to the right was an open solution in to the kitchen and to the left was two doors leading to what they assumed to be bathroom and bedroom. Lily walked over and opened the closest of the doors. It was indeed the bathroom; with the usual shower, a cupboard filled with towels, a toilet and a hand basin.
Sirius went to open the next door. It was the bedroom. The only bedroom. Containing four beds and four wardrobes.
"Come check this out!" he yelled. He grinned. "We are supposed to share bedroom!" Lily, James and Remus came to look. James groaned.
"Why, oh why?!" he cried and looked upwards to the ceiling.
"Because this is what they offer," said a voice from the door. It was professor Appleway. "It was either this or two apartments. We will make some adjustments so you can get some privacy." At this, Sirius grinned slyly and waggled his eyebrows at Remus.
Appleway conjured a wall in the room, so that there were one bed on one side and three beds on the other (for Lily's sake, of course). It was just a partition that could easily be removed, but it served its purpose.
"Now I'll leave you," the professor said. "I trust that you are capable of looking after yourself from now. The refrigerator has been filled, I hope you can make food on your own?" Lily nodded.
"It's settled then; you'll do the cooking, Lily!" Sirius said and shook her hand vigorously.
"Good," Appleway said, ignoring Sirius completely. "And I'll wake you up tomorrow to bring you to the school you'll be attending." Everybody nodded and bid the professor good night.
Just after the professor had gone, Lily and Remus went to the kitchen. Lily was going to make food, and Remus felt that he needed someone sane to talk to for a change. James and Sirius turned to the beds with grave looks on their faces. They looked at each other and nodded simultaneously.
"It looks lonely. Poor Lily," Sirius stated as-a-matter-of-factly. James nodded his agreement, raised his wand and moved the partition so it was in the middle of the room with two beds on either side. Then they both raised their wands and murmured a spell. The beds turned into two double beds. They both grinned happily.
"Much better," James said and this time it was Sirius' turn to nod.
"We just have to remember the Silencing Charms," James said with a grin.
"Like we ever forget!" Sirius exclaimed. James cast at him a disapproving look.
"You do, Padfoot. You do way to often," he said solemnly. Just then, Lily called them in to the kitchen for food.
They all ate in silence and went to bed. Remus and Lily smiled when they saw the changes in the sleeping arrangements. They didn't mind much. Within minutes they were all fast asleep.
Aren't they cute?? Ah, I love them. I really do. And Sirius is not dead!! He is alive and he is coming back to his dear Moony before Tonks manage to seduce him (which she wont!)!! Sorry.. Just had to get it out of my system..
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