A/N: sorry for the long wait! I have a ton of school work and the school play going on. I don't have a lead in it but it's a lot more work then being a lead in most plays so we've got a lot! It's not a musical but it has music and dancing! I have no life right now but I'm going to make the next chap soon because it's already mostly typed.

Mauraders Map

Tonks walked into the library managing to trip once on her way there. She grabbed a random book off the shelves and made her way to the table basically reserved for her and her friends. She heard a loud slap and smirked, she was now reassured her friends were there.

"Having issues Shay?" Tonks asked walking to the black haired Ravenclaw, who also happened to be the only girl as Hogwarts as clumsy as she was even if she was a Prefect, that was now splayed on the floor of the library. She smiled and reached out her hand to her blushing friend.

"Only small ones" Shayna said smiling back as she accepted and got up. 'So how's our favorite Professor this evening?" She asked teasingly.

"He fine from what I saw and heard." Tonks said glaring at her friends. The look didn't work though because her huge smirk and bright red cheeks that were slowly turning an orangey-brown color gave away her lack of angry feelings and her pile of embarrassed ones. Charlie and Leo laughed so loudly they got about 7 glares. This only made them all start laughing even louder.

"So to homework?" Leo asked as he was very uncharacteristically the last to laugh and the first to regain his composure. That was usually Shayna the "Perfect Prefect's" job.

"Come on L!" Shayna said still smiling. "Not even I Feel like homework eight now.
She looked out the huge window next to the table." We should go outside or go explore or something!" She said pulling down and random book. The title read 'The Expert Guide to Tomfoolery'. "Guys look what I found." She said putting it in front of them.

"What a stupid name!" Charlie said whipping off some dust from the old ratty cover.

"Seriously." Tonks said smiling deviously. "Let's open it." She said flipping it to a page in the middle. There was some blank, old looking paper. "Weird." They all said in unison as Tonks picked it up. A new looking page of writing from what looked like 4 different people fell on to the table. On the top it had 4 names: Prongs, Padfoot, Mooney, and Wormtail.

"Who are they?" Leo asked sounding slightly frightened.

"No idea! Here listen:" Tonks said picking up the paper and starting to read the first chunk from "Prongs". "Either you are a grade 'A' idiot or you figured out that the Library would NEVER knowingly have a book like this. It that's you good job! You found the secret of how the Marauders did all their best tricks! And now it's your turn!' Who are the Marauders?" Tonks said baffled.

"I've heard of them! They were a group of boys that came here about 9 years ago. They were amazing at pulling pranks. Some of their tricks are still used today, even by Peeves! Their actually only about 11 years older then us. About the same age and Professors Snape and Lupin. And there was a rumor that they were illegal Animegi." Shayna said excitedly. Tonks winced slightly at the thought of Snape; her worst enemy as far as teachers went, in the same group as Lupin, the most handsome man she'd ever seen who she liked a lot. "And we hold the key to their genius!" Shayna said absolutely glowing now as she talked out all her information.

"Here, give me that!" Charlie said reading the part by "Padfoot" "'So before anything else stay secret and give yourselves codenames! It's the best way to be unknown or just be cool.'" They all laughed at the last part. "I like this Padfoot guy!" Charlie said still chuckling.

"It says nicknames so let's make them." Tonks said smiling. "Charlie you should be Red Dragon!" She said and they all agreed. It fit well with is hair and love of dragons but no one would guess it was part of his character and not just some stupid made up fun.

Charlie choose next. "Ok but Shay you have to be ummmm…" he said thinking. "Bell Owl." He decides the rest looked very confused so he explained. "For her Bell voice and her smarts." He said proudly. They all agreed with this so she was now Bell Owl.

"Leo's has to be Lion Pup. For his Loyalty and his name." She said looking at Leo. They all knew that other then the fact that the sorting hat had made him a Huffelpuff he would have been a great Gryffindor if he had a bit more dare in him.

"But what about Tonks?" He asked not being able to figure out a name for her.

"I know a name for me! Mirage." She said changing her skin to a dark Arabian color, her short blond heir hair to long and white, and her currently light blue eyes to a sparkling black. "Get it."

They all laughed at how perfect it actually was and decided to continue reading.

Shay took the paper now. "I want to read now." She said smiling and looking at it. "'I get to tell you the information on how to use our little map. To work it you must all put your wand points on the map and say the words 'We solemnly swear that we are up to no good. To make all this disappear do the same but say "Mischief managed."' It will spring to life. We made it almost impossible to get caught and the only things not on there are the Chamber of Secretes and The Room of Requirement. The two rooms we never found. Teachers' names are easily seen. Be careful with this! Even if you are prefect or Head boy like Prongs or I were please don't give it to a teacher. This is very special and is ONLY to be used for good." Said the part written by Mooney Shayna smirked at how he sounded a little like her. "So one of the Marauders was a prefect and another was Head boy? Cool." She said handing it to the only person who hadn't read, Leo.

"Please do as we say and if you will not put it back for other generations. Have fun and be safe." was all poor Leo got from Wormtail. He really hadn't wanted to read any ways. It was signed the Marauders with each name in each handwriting.

"Let's try this thing out!" Tonks and Charlie said in unison. They all put their wands too the paper Shayna too excited to feel danger so Leo was the last to place his wand tip on. Tonks counted on her fingers 3…2…1. And they all said "We solemnly swear that we are up to no good." In unison very quietly and ink came rushing over the paper. They read the front. '"The Marauders Map.'" Shayna read breathlessly, a smile plastered on her face.

Tonks quickly opened it up looking all over. They all made 'ohhs' and 'ahhhs' at the proper times in a partly joking manner. Tonks' eyes were drawn to the DADA room. "Mooney?" She read allowed earning her a stare from Shayna.

"What where?" Shay asked looking all over for the Marauders name.

"There in the Defense Against the Dark Arts Office." Charlie said finding it. They were all too excited to ask Tonks why she was looking there or to teas her. "Come on." Shayna said before dashing off to the office to meet the Marauder. They all followed quickly running out of the library and into the hall.

They were to the classroom on the other side of the castle in record time with record amounts of trips and noise, it was so much lower rates on all but speed and time then they'd ever done. They were all panting by the time they reached the door. "Is he still there Tonks?" Shay said looking back at her. Tonks looked at the map.

"Yep." She said pointing to the map and muttering "Mischief managed." Before folding it up and walking in with the others.

They walked in and to Tonks' pleasure and the rests' displeasure the only person there was Professor R.J. Lupin.

"Sorry Professor. They all said in unison. Charlie, Shayna, and Leo looked dismayed and Tonks looked rather happy.

"Looking for someone?" he asked looking at the students with a smile. Specifically at Tonks who had not changed her Arabian look yet. She noticed this and instantly changed back. "No sir." She said clutching the invisible map.

Lupin heard the crinkle and got a flash of the paper in Tonks' hand. He looked to Shayna, who was still holding the book and walked towards her. "May I see you book?" He asked curiously looking at the familiar red leather cover with golden writing on it.

"Oh no! I still have the book." Shayna whispered to the others before turning back to the professor at his question. "Sure sir." She said smiling kindly with a bit of confusion in her features and voice and handed him the book.

"Well I haven't seen this in a while." He said drifting into memories of before the war with James, Sirius, Lily, and Peter. As he thought of James, Lily, and Sirius he felt a pang of sorrow for their Fates. Two dead and one falsely accused. Anger was all he felt towards Peter. He looked to the students who reminded him so much of his friends and all he said was "So you found the map. How do you like it?"

A/N: I'll do more with this in the next chap, probably a flashback or something. It'll be fun and we're getting closer the imminent fluff that my stories always have.