A/N it's a bit short but I needed to show who they are if you know what I mean.

Disclaimer - J.k Rowling? no sorry not me.

Chapter 2 – The Marauders Map

A few weeks into the start of the term Louis and Leah were sitting in their common room with a couple of other first years, doing the homework the had received that day.

"Hey, Lou I'm done," Leah said yawning "how 'bout you?"

"And done!" Louis said with a flourish. Leah just rolled her eyes and stretched. Louis looked up at Leah who was lying on the sofa; he was sitting on the floor below her. "So what should we do now?" he asked grinning.

"Well its Friday," Leah said grinning back, "you know what that means."

"Exploring time!" he said, while Leah just laughed.

"That's right!" she said grinning.

After they had decided to know their way around the entire castle and find out all its secrets, they knew that they couldn't get caught and they still needed to do all they're school work. So they learned all the prefect schedules and when teachers patrolled the corridors and decided to leave Friday nights to explore. So far they hadn't found any secret passages but had found the kitchens and knew where all of the common rooms were located which is much more than most first years can say.

"Hey," Louis said stopping Leah just outside their common room, " I've got an awesome surprise for you."

"Oh yeah?" Leah said raising an eyebrow at him and crossing her arms.

"Yeah" he said grinning "you know how I was telling you about that map James has, the one he stole from this dad?"

"Yeah . . ." Leah said, now curious.

"Well" Louis said pulling an old piece of parchment from this pocket.

"Is that . . ." Leah whispered.

"Yep" Louis said smiling even more "James had just left it on the top of his bag . . . I mean how could I resist?" he said shrugging.

Leah giggled and put her arm through his,"so kind Sir, show me how to work this mystical device of yours."

"Of course, good Lady," he said getting out his wand, tapping the map and saying "I solemnly swear I'm up to no good!"

Leah raised her eyebrows at this but gasped as writing and lines appeared on the parchment. "Wow" she uttered softly "Murrses Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs are proud to present the Marauders map." She read, and looked up grinning, "so now we have this, what shall we get up to tonight?" she said a look of mischief in her shining eyes.

Louis grinned back and laughed "whatever you want."

That night they explored nearly all of the secret passages they could see on the map, carefully avoiding every person they saw. They got back to their common room it was the early hours of morning and they were both exhausted.

"Wow," Leah said yawning, "it's been a long night."

"Yeah," Louis aid also yawning, "b-but a good one" he said grinning.

"Definitely!" she said grinning.

"I'm going to have to give back it though," Louis said sighing and running his fingers through this hair.

"Oh well," Leah said again a glint mischief shining in her eyes, "it's a good thing I have a great memory."

Louis grinned at her and laughed; soon they were both laughing loudly but they kept getting interrupted by the need to yawn.

In the morning a sixth year Ravenclaw walked down into the common room and found to first years curled up together on the big sofa before the fire, with a old piece of parchment lying near them. The Ravenclaw shook his head, laughed and slowly made his way down to breakfast a smile on his face.