Sorry for the long wait – I just had FINALS. They are horrendous, I know. Offer me your deepest condolences. Thanks to all of my reviewers, ZebraPotter18, Future riter girl, strukkfirst and Nightlight753, along with anyone who put this on their favorite/alert list. Also, a quick note to my reviewer Sourz O, as he or she is anonymous.

Sourz O- I apologize, but I have not ready whatever story you think I'm copying off of. It's not very nice to assume that I'm copying. There are thousands of fics on this site, and just because you've read something with a similar concept doesn't mean I have. Thank you for informing me of this, however.

And on with the story!

"That was scary," Sirius informed his friends as they exited the Terminator show's building.

"Yes, Sirius, yes it was," Remus said, for he had learned long ago that arguing with Sirius Black was pointless beyond belief.

"Where to next?" Marlene said, jumping up in excitement. "A what-cha-mac-coaster?"

"If there's any nearby," Lily said, scanning the map Remus had picked up when they had come into the park. "The area for little kids is over there," she nodded to their right where there was a group of little five-year-olds playing on a swing set.

"Ooh, ooh, can we go?" Marlene whined to Lily.

"Please?" Sirius asked.

"I thought you two wanted to ride the rollercoasters," said a highly amused Dorcas.

Marlene and Sirius immediately stopped looking at the ride E.T. to glance at Dorcas.

"Let us find the what-cha-mac-coasters!" Sirius declared, slinging an arm around Marlene's shoulders as they marched on away from the children's play area. Marlene's cheeks tinged pink. Sirius bloody Black had his arm around her!

"Well, the Simpsons ride is up ahead," Lily said. "It has a clown on top…" Before she could continue speaking, Sirius, Marlene, and even James and Alice began to scream…

"CLOWN!" And promptly raced towards the building with the circus entertainer adorning it's ceiling.

"I suppose we must follow them," Lily said with a resigned sigh.

"Or we could sneak off now and they'd never be the wiser," Remus said with a grin.

"But then who would stop them from wreaking havoc upon innocent Muggles everywhere?" Dorcas smiled.

As the three slightly sane people in their party approached the building, they looked around in confusion. Where were their friends? Please don't tell me that they're trying to climb on top of the clown, Remus begged silently.

"Wait…" Dorcas said with a snort. "There they are!"

The missing four were hardly missing at all – they were simply staring, captivated, at the TV screen at the entrance to the ride. Remus, Dorcas, and Lily approached cautiously. Alice glanced behind her for a moment and noticed the trio, and immediately pulled them towards her.

"It's a VT!" Alice exclaimed. "And it's really funny! We should go to your house over break, Lily, and we can watch one of these!"

"Look," Sirius was laughing. "The guy on the screen is all yellow!"

"What show is this?" Marlene giggled.

"Judging by the fact that the name of this attraction is The Simpsons Ride, we can only assume that this particular television show is called 'The Simpsons'," Remus stated.

"We no understand smart people talk," James said, looking at him like he had grown a third head.

"It's called the Simpsons," Remus sighed. James nodded in assent and returned to watching the strange yellow family do stupid things.

"Let's get in line," Lily said, slightly guiding Marlene and Alice through the gates and into the throng of people waiting for their turn to ride the attraction. Dorcas grabbed James by the ear to drag him along, and Remus grabbed Sirius.

As the group made their way through the line, they came up to where they had to halt, for there were people standing in front of them. Two of these people were from Hogwarts – Frank Longbottom and Benjy Fenwick.

"Hi, Frank," Lily said. "Hi, Benjy."

"Hey, Lily," Frank said, but his eyes slid past her and moved to Alice. Everyone knew that Frank was entirely obsessed with the round-faced blonde-haired girl – except for Alice. Lily, Dorcas, Mary, and Marlene had told her multiple times that he liked her, but she refused to acknowledge it.

"What have you lot done so far?" Benjy asked, giving Lily a flirty smile that she did not return. Benjy was nice enough, but he was a total flirt.

"We just went to Terminator 2: 3D," Dorcas said. "Sirius was afraid of the evil pink lady."

"I was not scared!" Sirius protested from behind her. "I was simply overcome with emotion because of her awful pink suit."

"Don't pay attention to him," Lily said breezily. "What have you done?"

"We went to this one show – Shrek 4: D," Frank said, wrinkling his nose. "It was kind of weird, and we didn't really get what was going on. Something about ogres and ghosts, though."

"Weird," Marlene said.

"Do you want to sit with us for the ride?" Benjy asked.

"Sure, that'd be great," Lily grinned.

From a few people behind them, James narrowed his eyes. "Padfoot," he muttered, nudging his friend.

"Huh?" Sirius asked.

"I think that Fenwick is trying to flirt with Lily," James said. "He just asked if we wanted to sit with him and Longbottom, and Lily said yes."

"And the big deal about this is?" Sirius questioned.

"That Lily and Fenwick are going to sit next to one another, start talking, fall in love, get married, and have children named Benjy and Lily Jr., and I'll die all alone because the love of my life married him," James said, the thoughts already forming in his mind.

Sirius snorted. "Prongs, you're pathetic. The solution is simple – well, it'd be simpler if we had our wands, but still. You hex him."

"And how do I do this without a wand, Oh-Great-Padfoot?" James asked, eyes still fixed intently on Lily as she and Alice talked to Benjy and Frank.

"Glad you appreciated my greatness," Sirius said, bowing with a flourish. "You simply wait until we're back at school."

"But by then Fenwick and Lily will have already fallen in love!"

Remus, who had been eavesdropping on his friends, finally turned to James. "Just make sure you sit with her instead of Benjy, James," Remus rolled his eyes. "Sometimes the solution is very simple."

"Thanks, Moony, you're a lifesaver," James sighed.

"No, I'm just the only one with common sense," Remus rolled his eyes.

"Oi," Dorcas hit Remus's shoulder lightly with her knuckles. "You're not the only one – I have sense as well."

"I meant the only Marauder," Remus smiled at Dorcas, trying to ignore the odd sensation in his stomach as she smiled at him.

"Well, then, yes, you're the only one," Dorcas said. "These two wouldn't know common sense if it stared them straight in the face." She gestured to James and Sirius, the latter who looked affronted.

"Actually, Remus looks us right in the face all the time," Sirius said. "So we see common sense in the true form."

Dorcas let out a laugh. "Whatever you say, Sirius."

The line had moved forward during their conversation. The group from Hogwarts was a floor higher than they had been five minutes previously. By the time fifteen minutes had passed by, (after many excessive complaints from Sirius), they finally made it indoors.

"Ooh, look, more VTs," Alice said excitedly. There were indeed more clips from the Simpsons TV show. Most of the friends watched them fascinatedly as the line moved forward.

They reached the front of the line shortly.

"How many in your party?" A smiling young woman asked Lily, who was at the head of the line.

Before Lily could open her mouth to answer, Sirius butted in. "Ooh, a party? Am I invited?"

The young woman looked at him, obviously confused. Lily shot Sirius an annoyed glance.

"She means how many of us are riding," she frowned at him. She then turned to the worker. "Nine."

"Big group," the woman nodded. "Come with me."

The worker turned right up ahead. And opened a double set of doors leading into a chamber where a large contraption with long seats that could easily fit five of them each sat. It was decorated like the circus tent with clown heads, balloons, streamers, and the like.

"Set your bags over here," the woman gestured to the floor to the right of the ride vehicle. "And get inside."

"Move it, Fenwick," James shoved Benjy aside and climbed into the contraption, sliding in next to Lily. She gave him a wary glance, but remained quiet.

Once the nine witches and wizards were seated, the worker pulled down a bar over each of the rows. "The ride should start momentarily," she told them and departed the room through the same set of doors.

Almost immediately, the vehicle began to move upward.

"Ha, fun!" Sirius exclaimed as the floor beneath them disappeared and their heads came up into a room with a large screen in front of them.

"More VTs!" Alice grinned. "I need to get one of these things."

As they were raising, Remus noticed that many other vehicles were doing the same. He could barely see them with the huge screen taking up most of the attention, but if you had an eye for detail, you'd see them.

The screen lit up. Sirius stared at it in wonder. The seats began rocking back and forth. The show had begun.

I know I don't really put in too much about the rides, I don't want to give too many spoilers. Should I spoil it for you or just keep showing in-between areas? Please give me your input.