A/N: I'd like to thank J.K. Rowling for this idea. I was rereading the third book and I came up with this. I don't own Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling does.
The Marauders
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The Headless Slug
James Potter had just proposed to Lily and she had accepted. Now it was time for the preparations. The wedding part was done, but it was now time to find a house for them to live in. James' parents offered them Godric Hollow, which the accepted.
Lily and James were going to go on and put all of their belongings in their new home before the wedding so it was one less thing to worry about after the honeymoon. Their friends were going to help.
This is where the trouble begins. The night before, Sirius and James had a best-friends-night-out and rented: Attack of the Head-Eating Slugs. Basically, a movie about flesh-eating slugs that only eat the heads of unsuspecting victims and they go on a rampage.
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The next day, AKA, Moving day,
Godric Hollow hadn't been used in years, so it was about as worn down as Grimmauld Place in the fifth book.
"We better get cleaning." Lily said.
"We'll take the upstairs and you girls can take the downstairs." Remus announced.
"Okay." Melissa said.
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Upstairs,
The boys started cleaning the upstairs.
"Prongs." Sirius said. "I think this room would be perfect for Prongslet."
"Prongslet?" James, Remus, and Peter asked.
"Padfoot?" James said. "Can I get married first before I start thinking about any Pronglets?"
Just then, the wardrobe started shaking.
"Something's in there." Peter squeaked.
"Wands out." Remus said.
James and Sirius stood in front of the wardrobe and Remus snuck to the side to open it. Peter went into hiding behind a chest-of-drawers.
Remus opened the drawer and the boggart caught sight of James and Sirius at the same time. Now, you must remember that the movie was still fresh in their minds so visions of flesh-eating slugs and headless corpses were still in their minds.
When the boggart finally came out, the boys starred at it weirdly. Even Peter had to come out of hiding.
"What is that?" Peter asked.
It was half a slug.
"I think it's a headless slug." James said.
"Did you two watch any scary movies last night?" Remus asked.
"Yes. Attack of the Head-Eating Slugs." Sirius answered.
"Riddikulus." The boys said.
The boggart vanished.
"That wasn't scary one bit." James said before turning to Sirius. "So, you have a newfound fear of Flesh-eating slugs?"
"Hey! Those giant slugs were frightening the way how they'd eat the heads of the bodies."
"Let's get back to cleaning." Remus said. "And no more scary movies before we face boggarts."
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About 14 years later,
This means that we have a huge advantage over the boggart before we begin." Remus said. "Have you spotted it, Harry?"
"Er --- because there are so many of us," a 13 year old boy who looked like James said. "It won't know what shape it should be?"
"Precisely," Remus said as a brown-haired girl put her hand down looking disappointed that she didn't answer the question. "It's always best to have company when you're dealing with a boggart. He becomes confused. Which should he become, a headless corpse or a flesh-eating slug? I once saw a boggart make that very mistake --- tried to frighten two people at once and turned himself into half a slug. Not remotely frightening."
The End
