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Chapter 4:
How to Save a Marauder
The students woke up on Saturday morning, looking forward to the Hogsmeade trip that would be happening that day. A particular group of about ten students, with very different perspectives about the coming day; two excited Gryffindors, one confused Gryffindor, one content Gryffindor, four determined Gryffindors, one revenge-seeking Slytherin, and one depressed Slytherin. They set out for the day with different hopes and goals in mind.
"So, guys, you all ready to go?" James asked. Each boy assembled to stand next to their date. James moved to stand next to Ginny and grabbed her hand, Remus moved to stand next to Hermione, and smiled at her sweetly, Sirius moved to stand next to Julia and reached for her waist, where she lightly swatted his hand away then grinned up at him, and grabbed his hand instead. Harry went over to Lily and smiled at her nicely and eagerly. It could not have been clearer that he wanted to know so much about his mum and couldn't wait to start talking with her. The smaller redhead was looking at Harry happily, and trying not to laugh slightly at his eagerness. The two brunette girls were watching Harry with also some hidden laughter.
"So, we'll meet back in the Three Broomsticks in about two hours, okay?" Remus prompted. They nodded in agreement, and headed off in different directions to show the village of Hogsmeade to the new kids.
James looked over at Ginny awkwardly, and thought he should say something quickly to break the ice. Luckily it worked when he said, "So, do you like Quidditch much?" He could not have been more surprised. He thought she looked like sort of a girly-girl, but she sure wasn't. She was strong, athletic, passionate, a little stubborn, and though he wouldn't truly admit it to himself, gorgeous.
Ginny realized when she talked to James that though he could be arrogant, selfish, slacking, careless, and many other undesirable things, he could also be sweet, funny, cute (personality and physical), passionate about certain subjects, loyal, and he was really, really hot. She wished he showed his nice, non-egotistical side to other people. Despite his popularity already being high, she felt he could make it even higher if he didn't brag so much and show off all the time. If she continued to work on him, he might get around to showing the good side of James to Lily.
Meanwhile, Remus and Hermione were walking together in much less awkward silence. Whenever one of them would say something, it would spark a deep conversation. They were both smart, appeared slightly bookwormish, and were kind of shy. Remus and Hermione seemed to immensely enjoy the company of each other.
About half an hour before they were supposed to meet the others at the Three Broomsticks, Julia and Sirius had arrived there. They had spent the last half hour playing tag around Hogsmeade. Before that, they had been to Honeyduke's and Zonko's. Sirius had already silently recruited her to the Marauder's prank team. She could be very devious, a brilliant strategist, and she loved to risk getting in trouble. I couldn't hurt that she happened to be really pretty. She was also charismatic, funny, slightly sarcastic (she could be a really awesome Slytherin), determined, loyal, and mischievous.
Julia could not remember having a more fun time in Hogsmeade. 'I am so lucky I get to hang out with Sirius. I'm having so much fun flirting with him. I really don't want to start this whole dating thing soon. I'm having way too much fun as it is.'
At that time, Lily and Harry were sitting in the Three Broomsticks, having what seemed like, a conversation that would never end. Harry was awestruck when his mum told him about herself. Harry would, of course, want to ask his dad the same sorts of questions. He didn't want to ignore his only chance to learn anything about his parents besides their names.
Lily was slightly confused about why he was asking her questions, almost as though she were in an interview. She didn't mind, but was still curious about it. 'I never knew I was that interesting,' she thought to herself.
In a matter of five minutes, Lily and Harry's table was filled up with all of their friends. Sirius and Julia came over from their table, James and Ginny came in from outside, as did Hermione and Remus.
"So, did everyone have fun?" Sirius asked grinning at James and Remus. James glared at Sirius, and Remus just blushed. Sirius's grin turned into a huge smirk. "Whoa, I think Moony had fun," Sirius said, hoping he could get Hermione to blush as well. Hermione, hoping no one would notice, did turn a light pink. She sat in a sort of trance, with a small smile as well. Sirius thought he should move onto a new victim. He turned to Harry and Lily. "So, anything interesting happen here?" he asked innocently. Harry suddenly realized what he was implying and looked horrified.
"Uhhh, no, nothing at all," he said quickly, trying to draw the point to his three best friends. They caught on and one by one broke out into hysterical laughter. James looked at them worriedly.
"Are you guys okay?" he asked cautiously.
"We're," Julia said in between laughs, "completely," she added, "fine."
James, Sirius, and Remus looked surprised at how their dates were acting. Once the girls calmed down, they said they were gonna go to the bathroom to fix their hair. When Sirius tried to stop them saying their hair already looked beautiful, they gave Sirius looks that plainly said, 'Don't even try.'
Once out of earshot of the others, they all started talking at once. Hermione conjured a whistle and blew in it. Julia and Ginny covered there ears, as did about every other person in the pub, though most of them had no idea where the sound came from.
"Both of you, stop talking!" Hermione almost shouted. "This is so not good," ranted Hermione, while pacing the length of the wall.
Ginny stood silent and expressionless, and then said seriously, "You're right; it's hilarious, though, you have to admit that."
Hermione almost smiled. "Yeah, it is pretty funny, but really not good now, not only Lily likes Harry, but now everyone thinks they're a couple. Don't laugh again," she warned the two other girls. "Now, if I know Harry, he really hates hurting other people, so-"
"Way ahead of you, Mione," interrupted Julia. She looked at Ginny, who pulled out her notebook, and turned to a page in the middle of the book. "There, we have been recording certain things that we noticed about Lily and the Marauder's behaviors, and, ah, here is what we think will interest you." Ginny pointed down at the page.
Hermione gasped in remembrance. "I remember that day in Charms! She came up to us, telling us she was going out with Harry. Only what she doesn't know is-"
"She's going out with her son," finished Ginny. "Oh, let me show you this, I decided to record the exchange, thought it would be useful later. Turns out I was right. Here, oh, in case you didn't know this, our rings also video record things when we want them to, all we do is say the word."
"Oh yeah, we forgot to ask, what's the word?" asked Julia.
"Love. None of us, as far as I'm aware, will be using that word soon. Good command word. Anyway, here's the full video recording." Her ring suddenly started glowing and made a holographic-type projection right above it. It first showed to figures, one with dark red hair, and the other with jet black.
Meanwhile, Lily and Harry were working on the lesson, when Lily suddenly said, "Can I ask you a question, Harry?"
"Sure Lily, what's up?"
"Uhhh…… DoyouwanttogotoHogsmeadewithme?" Lily said quickly.
"Sorry what was that Lily?" Harry asked.
"I wanted to know if you maybe wanted to go to Hogsmeade with me?" she said, blushing.
"Sure, I'll go with you," he said.
"Cool!" she said. "I'll be right back!"
"Hermione,
Julia, Ginny! I'm going out with Harry!" Lily said happily.
"What!" they said, in surprise.
"He said he'd go to Hogsmeade with me! Isn't that so cool?"
"Hey Ginny, how about you and I go to Hogsmeade together?"
"Sure, I'd love to go with you James," she said. Then she kissed him on the cheek, and ran off to her next class.
"Sucker," James muttered under his breath and gave a short laugh.
"Sucker," she laughed under her breath.
"Wait a minute, I'm gonna try a different mode with this. I think I just figured out something important." She tapped her wand on a different color circle on her ring. The same scene appeared, but this time, there were thought bubbles.
Meanwhile, Lily and Harry were working on the lesson, when Lily suddenly said, "Can I ask you a question, Harry?"
"Sure Lily, what's up?"
"Uhhh…… DoyouwanttogotoHogsmeadewithme?" Lily said quickly.
"Sorry what was that Lily?" Harry asked.
"I wanted to know if you maybe wanted to go to Hogsmeade with me?" she said, blushing.
"Sure, I'll go with you," he said.
"Cool!" she said. "I'll be right back!"
"Hermione,
Julia, Ginny! I'm going out with Harry!" Lily said happily.
"What!" they said, in surprise.
"He said he'd go to Hogsmeade with me! Isn't that so cool?"
Behind her, James was getting angry. 'Hmm, how to I get Lily to like me?' he thought.
Then at lunch, James decided what to do. "Hey Ginny, how about you and I go to Hogsmeade together?"
'That's Harry's dad!' she thought before she said, "Sure, I'd love to go with you James," she said. Then she kissed him on the cheek, and ran off to her next class.
'Operation: Make Lily jealous so she'll like me has been launched,' he thought with a grin on his face. "Sucker," James muttered under his breath and gave a short laugh.
'Operation: Make Lily jealous so she'll like James has been launched,' the smaller, determined redhead thought with a smirk. "Sucker," she laughed under her breath.
"Hi Severus," Julia said when she entered the potions room.
"Hi Julia," he said back to her.
"Hey Jules, whatcha doing?" Sirius asked.
"What we're all supposed to be doing: making Veritiserum," she said, slightly annoyed, yet entertained. "What are you doing?" she said back.
"Well, that's obvious." He shot her a smile. "I'm flirting with you."
"Well, I'd appreciate it if you would stop," she said, not looking up from her book. "I'm trying to concentrate."
"Fine," he said then pouted. Julia started laughing. He walked back to James and started working on his potion.
"How are we doing?" Sirius asked James.
"I'm doing fine, no thanks to you," James said, clearly frustrated.
"I had to make sure she was okay, after all she is paired with Snape," he said, defending his reasoning for ditching James for Julia.
Meanwhile, Hermione and Remus were working together. "Remus, if you add one stir the other way, it makes it better," Hermione said. He tried it, and it turned exactly the right color.
"Thanks Hermione, that's amazing, how did you know that?" he said, sounding impressed.
"Oh, I had a really good potions professor back at my old school," she said, grinning.
"You were lucky, I mean Slughorn's good, he just spends too much time treating us like his kids to teach us more than the book does," Remus said sadly.
"Ummm…… Hermione, do you think you might like to go to Hogsmeade with me tomorrow?" he asked nervously.
"Oh, I'd love to, Remus!" she replied. "Thank you." She smiled sweetly at him.
Severus was staring at-
"That's all I got on it, but wow," Ginny said, surprised.
"I know," Hermione said slowly.
"Yeah, who knew Sirius liked Julia that much," Ginny said, grinning, and earned a light swat from the embarrassed brunette. "I wonder who Snape was staring at," questioned Ginny.
"I dunno, maybe Bellatrix or something," Julia said, getting a laugh from the other two. They went back to the table and with the Marauders minus Pettigrew and plus Lily, and together the eight of them went back to the castle.
(IMPORTANT AN: OK, I don't like Peter AT ALL, so I'm just not gonna include him anymore. If I say Marauders, I mean just James, Sirius, and Remus. Got it? Good. Now back to the story.)
After dinner, Lily, Harry, Hermione, Julia, and Ginny sat in the common room, doing their homework when they hear a crash and people yelling in the boys' dorm. They rush up to find a gigantic pool of water on the ground, actually covering the ground up to 8 feet high. Harry and Ginny fell under, because they didn't know how to swim. Hermione, Lily, and Julia stared in shock, and started swimming around, trying to rescue all of the people in the room by dragging them up from the bottom of the water and taking them out of the room. Bellatrix, Regulus, and Rodolphus were hanging from the wooden bed tops, watching and screaming instead of actually doing anything. Sirius was also swimming, trying to help people escape from the pool-like dorm. He eventually got so tired and full of water that he passed out.
Once they had all of the unconscious people in the common room, they began administering CPR to them. The people who almost drowned were James, Remus, Harry, Ginny, Severus, and Narcissa. None of the Slytherins knew how to swim, but a few of them just escaped from the flood instead of trying to help the others. Hermione started CPR on Ginny first, and Lily started on Harry. Julia grabbed James and started giving him mouth-to-mouth. The three regained consciousness, and sat up, then fell back down since they were still really tired. Hermione finished with Ginny first so she started on Remus. Julia finished with James next, so she took Severus. Lily, who had never been more scared, finished, so she moved onto Narcissa. Julia finished as Severus regained slight consciousness, and she realized something in horrible shock. She sprinted upstairs and opened the door. After swimming a bit, she found Sirius. His skin was a bluish color, so she grabbed him, took him to the hall, and gave him CPR for about 15 minutes. He awakened slightly, so she picked him up and supported him on her shoulders and took him down the stairs.
The other two girls looked up as Julia led Sirius into the common room. They finished about ten minutes ago and were so tired that they relaxed finally; hoping that when they woke up, everyone would be okay. They rushed up to Julia to help her carry Sirius to the floor as all of the couches were being taken up. He fluttered his eyes open for a brief moment and mumbled, "Thank you Julia", before falling asleep. The girls were so relieved to hear him talk, and with that they fell asleep on the floor.
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