Disclaimer: If I owned Harry Potter, I would be typing this story in my mansion, while my butler made me some cake. However, I don't so no cake for me. D=
Suggestions are welcome, but flames will be used to burn down your house, and all flamers will be hobos.
The Littlest Gryffindor
"Really?" asked Harry of the snake, having stopped crying. "Yes, really." Said the snake. So the two set off, in search of a guide for Harry.
As they walked/slithered, Harry realized he hadn't introduced himself. "Oh, My name is Harry, by the way." He told the snake.
The snake looked back at him, saying, "Hello Harry, my name is Alpha." Harry smiled, and they continued on.
Harry, though following Alpha, wanted to know something. "Alpha, do you have any family?" The snake frowned (I don't think snakes can frown, but oh well.)
"Yes, my Brothers, Beta and Cadmus, and our little Sister Deuteronomy." He answered.
Harry said "Oh, ok." They continued to walk in silence, after that.
Unluckily, it was now one o'clock in the afternoon, and Harry was getting hungry. "Alpha, is there anything I can eat?" he asked the snake.
They had traveled in silence for a total of two hours, and Harry's voice was hoarse.
The snake, known as Alpha, had no ideas as to what a Son Of Man ate. "I don't know Harry, I don't think so." He answered "Sorry."
Harry nodded "That's ok. I was just hoping." And so on they walked. Off they were headed, deeper into the forest. Little did Harry know, Alpha was slowly, but surely, leading him to the centaurs.
With James…
He had been searching since eleven, and now it was one o'clock in the afternoon. What no one knew, was that Harry had wandered off at ten!
He had been in the forest an entire hour before they started looking, and had quite the head start.
James kept hoping he would find Harry, but he never did. He felt so bad. Harry was lost, and alone, and most probably hungry.
The other Marauders had split up to cover more ground, they seriously didn't want to lose Harry.
Sadly, no one had found the boy. This cause James' panic meter to shoot through the roof. Metaphorically, anyways.
"Harry? Harry?" he called, sitting on the same rock Harry had sat on two hours ago.
With Sirius…
"Harry?" He called curiously, hearing a branch crack. He stepped towards the sound, peering through the low-hanging branches of a tree.
Then, suddenly, an acromantula burst out. The giant spider made it's way towards him, slowly.
Sirius gulped "Not Harry." He whimpered.
So the chase was on. "AAAUUUGH!" screamed Sirius, as hundreds of tiny acromantulas chased him.
Keep in mind that a small acromantula is still big enough to eat a three year old child whole.
Mind you, that doesn't mean they can't eat bigger things though.
"Don't eat me! I don't taste good!" he shrieked, running as fast as he could.
With Remus…
Remus looked up just in time to see Sirius run passed him, screaming, as he was pursued by a horde of hungry acromantulas.
Needless to say, Remus fell onto the ground and shook with laughter, momentarily incapacitated.
With Harry…
"Sorry Harry, this is where I leave you." Hissed the snake "Twenty steps forward, and you'll find someone." Harry nodded "Bye Alpha!"
he called.
So Harry took twenty steps forward, and came upon a clearing. There was a trapped centaur in the middle of it.
Worried, the boy went over. The centaur didn't seem to notice him, though. He was to preoccupied on freeing his hoof.
Focused on helping the other, Harry pawed at the rocks, which trapped the Centaurs hoof.
Finally, it was tugged free. "Hello…" said Harry who was noticed for the first time.
"Why are you here, Son Of Man?" he was asked by the centaur. "I'm lost, can you help me find a way out?" Harry inquired.
The centaur gazed at him for a minute "Yes." He said, after what seemed like an eternity.
Off they went. Harry was hard pressed to keep up, but the centaur didn't slow down.
With Sirius…
Panting heavily, Sirius slumped against a tree. Having been chased by ravenous acromantulas for half an hour, he was tired.
Truth be told, the authoress pitied him, because his ordeal wasn't over yet. There was more hilarity to ensue…
Sirius was shocked when the spiders had abruptly stopped when he had entered this clearing.
He had no idea why, but that didn't matter. He didn't mind the not screaming and running.
Then, he found out why. Centaurs had stepped out of the forest.
Scrambling to his feet, Sirius broke off running. Now centaurs were pursuing him. Angry centaurs. Armed angry centaurs.
"AAAAAUUUUUGH!" screeched Sirius, as he tried to escape the centaurs.
Sirius bobbed and weaved through the trees, as quickly as humanly possible.
With James…
James had given up, but he still searched. Surely, something terrible had happened to Harry. Just then, he saw something.
This something made him feel better. It renewed his hope.
Sirius was being chase by armed, angry centaurs. "AAAAAUUUUUGH!" screeched his friend.
Just then, he slammed into a tree. His arms and legs stuck out on either side of the trunk. The limbs twitched as he slid to the ground.
The centaurs then approached, and carried him off.
James clutched his sides, as he doubled over laughing. Soon he fell to the ground, where he continued laughing at Sirius' expense.
With Harry…
He had no idea where they were, but apparently, the centaur did. Many times, had Harry seen a place where he had already been.
Soon, Harry recognized the area near where he had met Alpha. They burst into the clearing where the rock was.
Suddenly, the centaur disappeared, and Harry was alone. Completely alone, in the Forbidden Forest.
Then James came into view. His friend was rolling on the ground, clutching his sides, and laughing.
"James?" called Harry, to his friend. James shot up, with incredible speed "Harry!" he called, glomping the boy. "Don't ever do that again." He demanded.
Remus showed up, and took a picture that would have made Sirius proud.
Harry was standing up, but James was kneeling, hands wrapped around Harry's middle, eyes closed. Harry's head rested on James' shoulder.
Oh yeah, Sirius would be sooooo jealous. Very, Very jealous indeed.
Later that night, as they did homework, James said, "I can't help but get the feeling that we've forgotten something." Remus and Harry nodded in agreement.
"I can't remember what it was we forgot though." Said Remus, thoughtfully.
Harry hmm-ed his agreement, they were all perplexed. What could they have forgotten?
Lily walked by "Hey, where's Sirius?" she asked, curiously. The trio's eyes widened, simultaneously.
Where was Sirius? He hadn't been at dinner. Actually, they hadn't seen him for hours.
James said, "Eh, he'll turn up." And Lily nodded, walking away.
Then he pair looked at each other, and compared the stories of Sirius being chased that they had seen.
Harry turned to them, and began telling them what he had done while he was lost.
Somehow, Alpha didn't come up in the story. However, James and Remus were fascinated.
Harry told about the unicorns, and the thestrals. He told about the different plants he had seen.
The weirdest of which, had water coming out in a fountain-esc way, and birds drinking from it.
Then he told of being trapped by a whole bunch of plants, which were Venus Fly Traps.
He told all of that, and even more. Even his opinions, upon the subject, now that it was over.
Meanwhile, In The Forbidden Forest…
Sirius was hanging by his ankles, from a branch fifteen feet in the air.
"Guys? Guys! Very funny guys, now come help me." He called
Just then, the rope snapped and he fell on his head. Into a horde of acromantulas. "AAAAAUUUUGH!" he screamed.
-A/N
Holy bejeezus. I have a crick in the neck from being hunched over for so long!
Oh well, they do say that an Artist must suffer for his/her work.
The things I do for you lovely readers…
OMAKE~
Sirius was tied to a tree stump now. The spiders danced around a fire, nearby. They, it seemed, were doing a ritual.
Suddenly he heard "Let the feast begin!" and he had a baaaad feeling about that feast.
Suddenly the spiders began eating. No, not Sirius, of course. They were eating deer ribs, or something…
"Now for desert!" called the voice again (it's Aragog, for those slow people) The spiders approached looking eager. "AAAAAAAAUUUGH!"