"We solemnly swear that we're up to no good!" James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter had all said together, pointing each of their wands to a blank piece of parchment.
Words sprawled across the parchment. Names, was all it had said. The boys looked at each other eagerly.
The four agreed it would go in order of who got there Animagus first, and who got it last. Since Remus was the only one who didn't need the spell, He did it first.
"Moony." The parchment had Moony at the top then a comma.
"Wormtail." Peter said next, stuttering a bit but then relaxing once Wormtail was written next to Remus' name.
"Padfoot." Sirius said without his boyish playful voice but a very serious one. Padfoot was written next to Wormtail.
"Prongs." James was the final one they needed to do.
More words showed up underneath all the nicknames. Grounds. All four boys pointed there wands.
"On the count of three…" James whispered. "One… Two… Three."
"Hogwarts!" The boys all said together, and then they all started to trace the school grounds. Including every secret exit to get to Hogsmeade, every empty or deserted room, and every secret chamber there. The map was now showing every part of Hogwarts that was there.
More words scrawled across the parchment. Follow… All four wands were still pointing at the map.
"James is best at this, let's let him do it." Remus told the other two, they seemed to listen.
"All Wizards and Witches." The maps words left then different words showed up. What if someone finds it?
"Write insults of them." A flick of him wand and the map seemed to have listened. My name is…
"The Marauder's map." All four boys said together. They all smiled then thought.
"We should set up certain words for if Severus finds it." James looked like he was going to kill someone. "Like, if he was to get it, and then he tried to read it, then maybe he could get certain insults.
The three other boys shrugged then got ready.
"Mr. Moony, you're up first." James smiled at him. Remus nodded and pointed at the map with his wand. Complaints? Scrawled across.
"Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business."
"Professor Snape?" James asked.
"He's going to be a teacher once we all get out, and you know that." James gave him credit the started his turn.
"Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git." James and Remus laughed at that, the Sirius got ready.
"Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a Professor." The boys all laughed together, then stopped and waited for Peter to do his insult.
"Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slime-ball." The others all high fived Peter, and for once, Peter felt like he was one of the Marauder's.
"Alright boys, let's put a locks of this baby so no one can see it without the password." Sirius said.
All boys pointed their wands to the map. Obviously thinking the same things.
"Mischief Managed!" The four boys shouted and the map went blank again.
"Well, Today was a nice productive day." Remus smiled. James and Sirius gave each other a loves wink that only they noticed.
"James, ever wonder if your kids with that Lily girl will get a hold of this?" Sirius asked.
"Hmm… Maybe, if we have a kid." James laughed.
"Have her kid, then take it and come back to me." Sirius winked.
"God you boys are so immature." Remus said standing up, Peter following.
"LOVE YOU TOO!" Sirius yelled as they went into the spare rooms.
Sirius leaned closer to James and gave him a quick peck on the lips.
"Come on, I'm tired, let's go." James said.
"It's like… Seven!"
"I'm tired!" James dragged his last word out.
"Ugh, let's go…" Sirius grabbed James' hand and dragged him into their room.
"Night!" Sirius waved and walked to the kitchen. James rolled his eyes, laid down on his side and fell asleep quietly, waiting for his lover to come back.
