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Chapter Eight: Second Period - Potions 2

"So, how do you make a Polyjuice Potion?" Sirius asked.

"I dunno," James shrugged. He turned to Peter. "Wormtail?"

"How do you expect me to know? If you guys don't know, how do you expect me to?" he exclaimed.

"He makes a good point there, Prongs," Sirius said.

"Exactly. So there's only one other person we can ask,"

"Do we have to?" Sirius pouted.

"Yes,"

"MOOOOOOONNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" James hollered.

"What is it THIS time?" Remus asked, partially afraid. This wasn't the first time he was called over to hear whatever ridiculous scheme they came up with.

"Help us make a Polyjuice Potion," James demanded, adding on a "Please?" at the end.

"Oh, fine, but only if Padfoot keeps his jokes about me to himself,"

"Padfoot...?" James raised his eyebrows, a vaguely threatening look in his eye.

"It ain't worth it," he shrugged.

James said nothing, but if glares could kill, Sirius would have been dead a long time ago.

"Fine. Meanies. I'll keep my good jokes about Moony being a nerd to myself,"

"I'm sure Moony thanks you, Padfoot,"

"Whatever. Come on, guys. We'll steal some supplies for a Polyjuice Potion after dark," Remus said. He was used to Sirius' attitude by now...

"Moony, you have a good plan, but around here, I CALL THE SHOTS!" Sirius exclaimed, reaching for his wand.

Remus did nothing but back away very slowly...

"I thought I called the shots around here!" James glared.

"Not anymore you don't," Sirius smirked.

"Best two outta three,"

"You're on,"

"Have you ever noticed that those two argue a lot?" Peter asked.

"No dip, Sherlock," Remus rolled his eyes. He then proceeded to bang his head on the desk as Peter asked, "Who's Sherlock?"

"HA! I WIN!" James shouted, victoriously.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Best 5 outta 7!" Sirius demanded.

"Nuh uh. I won! Live with it!" James shook his head earnestly.

"You won't play me because you're chicken!"

"Can't you two EVER play Rock, Paper, Scissors without getting in a fight? I regret teaching you that game to begin with..."

"Nope,"

"Never, nerdy wolf,"

"GO MOONY POWER!"

"And that's why you're a nerd," Sirius said, shaking his head.

"Look again," Remus smirked.

"! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO MY HAIR?"

"I used Moony-Power and gave you helmet hair,"

"!" In this portion, it's better to say that than the string of profanities erupting out of Sirius' mouth.

"Way to go, Moony! You've finally came over to the Dark Side of the School!" James said, high fiving Remus.

"Crud!"

"You should be proud, Moony! Going to the Dark Side of the School is a great honor!"

"Whatever. I can't take Padfoot much more. Prongs, if anyone asks, tell them I went to Dairy Queen,"

"Dairy- WHAT?"

"It's a Muggle ice cream place. They have all sorts of different types of ice cream, and even some hot food! It's good," Lily explained, patiently.

"Do they have a broom closet?" Sirius asked.

"Nooooo..." Lily shook her head.

"Not interested,"

Lily stuck her tongue out at Sirius and made a face at him when she thought he wasn't looking.

"Go eat my dust!"

"How can I eat your dust if you're not smart enough to know where you're going?"

"Good point..." James butted in.

"HEY! You're my best friend! You're supposed to be on MY side! Not your GIRLFRIENDS side! Bros before hoes, man,"

"I just said, good point! What harm is there in that? Lily, Padfoot, I will NEVER choose a side between you two. That's Moony and Wormtail's job," James said, defending himself.

"No it isn't!" Remus exclaimed, before coughing(I WOULD SIDE WITH LILY ANYWAYS).

"Thanks, Remus!" Lily grinned, smirking at Sirius.

"HEY! Some best friend you are!"

"Don't worry, Padfoot. I'll side with you!" Peter said, ever the suck-up.

"Thanks, Wormtail! Unlike Moony, you're a good friend,"

"Have any of you seen Harry? We haven't seen him anywhere since his imaginary girlfriend dumped him," Ron asked, putting an end to the argument that would've somehow landed all of them a detention for various reasons.

"Yeah, I'm starting to get worried," Hermione added.

"Ron, you need your eyes OPEN to look for him," Sirius rolled his own eyes dramatically.

"... HEY!"

Sirius stuck his tongue out at Ron.

"Best two outta three," Ron stated.

Sirius was silent for a moment, then exclaimed, "You're on!"

"Has Sirius ever had a problem with Rock Paper Scissors before?" Hermione asked.

"Yep. He's been obsessed with it ever since Moony taught the game to us this summer," James explained.

"Oh... why is he obsessed?"

"Cause he always looses," Remus said.

"I can understand losing to Prongsie, but RONNIEKINS?"

"Ha. Ha. Ha." James said, before bursting into uncontrollable laughter.

Remus stuck his tongue out at Sirius, before joining James in laughing.

"Don't you guys EVER let me win?"

"We actually tried it a couple times, and you still lost," Moony said, shrugging.

"Black, how can you be THAT bad at Rock, Paper, Scissors? You get a 33 percent chance of winning!" Lily giggled.

"He's just that bad, Lily. He even tried cheating, and that didn't work," James said.

"How can you cheat at Rock, Paper, Scissors?"

"I'm still trying to figure that one out,"

"Oh, wow,"

"MOONY'S A DORK!" Sirius shouted.

"I KNOW YOU ARE, BUT WHAT AM I?" Remus retorted, just as loudly.

"Touche. Best 5 outta 7,"

"Fine," Remus smirked, already knowing the outcome.

James started a countdown.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one-,"


"Ha! I'll bet you even Wormtail could beat you at Rock, Paper, Scissors!" Remus laughed.

"No! He can't! I can beat Wormtail, Moony!" Sirius defended himself.

"No, you can't," Remus stated.

"Yes I can!" he insisted.

"I dare you," Remus said, raising his eyebrows- already knowing how this would go down in the history books.

"Wormtail!" Sirius snapped.

"What did I miss THIS time?" Peter yawned, aroused from his nap.

"Mainly Padfoot being creamed in Rock, Paper, Scissors," Remus said.

"Oh. And now you want me to play him?" Peter guessed. Maybe he wasn't as stupid as he looked... no, that wasn't it.

"Bingo," Remus snapped his fingers. Perhaps all hope wasn't lost for Peter.

"Best two outta three," Sirius said.

"You're on,"

FIVE SECONDS LATER...

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Sirius groaned.

Peter, on the other hand, was exuberant in his first-ever win.

"Yay! Scissors beats paper, OOHHHH!"

FIVE MORE EXCRUCIATING SECONDS LATER...

"HA! Rock beats scissors!" Sirius grinned.

THE MOST AND LAST FIVE EXCRUCIATING SECONDS LATER...

"!" Only this time, it was Peter.

"YES! Paper beats rock!"

"I still don't get how paper beats rock," James said, scratching his head.

"That's just how it is, James," Lily said, shrugging.

"But that's just how it is doesn't make any sense!"

"I never said that it did,"

"True... so how DOES paper beat rock?"

I just told you that I don't know. I didn't make up the game!"

"Oh, right... you just came from a Muggle family, so I'd thought you'd know more about it than Moony does,"

"I come from a Muggle family too, ya know!"

"Noooooooooooooo, you're a half-blood! Your dad's a Muggle, and your mom's a witch!" Sirius corrected.

"Oh yeah, I think that's right. Shame on me, for not knowing my family history," Remus said, sarcastically.

"It took you that long to figure it out?"

"Piss off,"

"Go be a nerd somewhere else," Sirius said.

"Fine. And for the record, I AM NOT A NERD!" Remus exclaimed.

"Must we have the talk about Denial again, Moony?"

"... "

MEANWHILE...

"You think I'm smarter than Remus, James?" Lily asked, surprised.

"Of course, Lily! Moony would never have the courage to hex us when we do something horrible to Sni-Snape! Which reminds me, tell Snape to sleep with a helmet on tonight,"

"Why...?" Lily raised her eyebrows suspiciously.

"A precaution is all! And tell him to shower more often! That would definitely help him with girls, too,"

"I'll keep that in mind..."

"SUS-PI-CIOUS!" Sirius burst out.

"PLEASE go away, Padfoot. This is a private conversation!" James said.

"Fine. It's clear you don't want me here. NO ONE DOES!"

"I said, PLEASE, Padfoot. When do I ever say PLEASE?"

"And if you told Lord Voldemort to go away PLEASE, would he do it?"

"PISS OFF, BLACK!"

"Fine. You're all very, very mean today,"

"He's crazy,"

"I know,"

"IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT, WORMTAIL! I HATE YOU! CURSE THIS STUPID MUGGLE GAME! IT'S YOUR FAULT, MOONY! YOU BROUGHT IT UP OVER THE SUMMER! YOU ALL HATE ME!"

"Yeah, sure. When everything goes wrong for Padfoot, blame Moony,"

"!"

"Now that's just wrong," James said. "Someone forgot to scrub your mouth with soap when you were a kid, Padfoot,"

"SAAARRRRR-,"

"Don't even THINK about it," James said, firmly.

"Yeah, Ron, that's Harry's job," Hermione said.

"But Harry's not here, 'Mione. Someone has to take over his wierd job. And I'm finally taking responsibility!" Ron said.

"Yeah, after seven years of knowing you, you finally act responsible. I refuse to believe that," Hermione said.

"Now that's just mean, 'Mione," Ron pouted.

"James, uh, what are you planning on doing with the Polyjuice Potion?" Lily asked.

"Uh, nothing, sweet Lilykins! For, uh, extra credit for, uh, Wormtail! He DESPERATELY needs it,"

"Suree... not that I believe your obvious lie, or anything,"

"Uhm, it's Peter. I thought you knew that, Lilykins,"

"Noooooooo, I didn't. But thanks for telling me. Uh, James?"

"Yes, sweet Lilykins?"

"Are you tired of Ronald over there announcing sarcasm every time we say it?"

"Yeah... it's sort of Harry's thing, in my opinion,"

"What would you say I suggested that we officially ban sarcasm?"

"Uh, I would say, that, uh, it's a great idea! NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO MMMMMOOOOOORRRRREEEEEEEEEEE RRRRRROOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNN!"

Lily giggled. "So, should we go for it?"

"Uh, YEAH! If I tell you it's a great idea, that usually means a YES!"

"Usually," the red headed beauty coughed.

James rolled his eyes. "Whatever, be the pessimist,"

"GUYS, FROM THIS MOMENT ON, NO MORE SARCASM IS ALLOWED!" Lily announced, loudly. No, they most certainly were ~not in a class at that moment in time. Nosiree.

"I SECOND THAT!" James agreed, hugging Lily.

"!" what came out of Ron's mouth next is best left like that.

"Have either of you seen Padfoot?" Remus asked.

"Nope, I haven't, actually," James said, curiously.

"No. Why would you ask that?" Lily asked. She had never been fond of Sirius ever since he cheated on her best friend and whatnot.

"Because I haven' t seen him since Wormtail beat him at Rock, Paper, Scissors, and Pr-James and Lily told him to piss off, which in my opinion, isn't very nice,"

"Well, is Padfoot nice?" Lily prompted.

"Not really... but he has his EXTREMELY rare moments now and then," Remus replied.

"There you go," Lily shrugged.

"Great. Now we lost one of our Marauders. WORMTAIL! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" James shouted.

"Yay, I'm not being blamed for this one!" Remus cheered.

"How is it my fault? It was Moony who dared Padfoot to play me," Peter whimpered.

"I hate you, Wormtail," Remus banged his head on his desk.

"Oh, I know,"

"MOONY, THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" James shouted, rounding on his other best friend.

"So you're saying that Black is gone?" Lily raised her eyebrows, looking for confirmation.

"Yeah..." Remus frowned.

"... How is that a bad thing?" she asked.

James gasped, while Remus and Peter stared at Lily with their jaws on the floor.

"What?"

"Lily, how could you?" James whimpered.

"OOOHHHHH, how about a celebration party later?" Lily started jumping up and down in excitement of Sirius' unplanned departure.

James glared at her and whispered something to Remus.

"What is it, James?" Lily asked, finally catching on.

"How could you? Pa- Sirius is my best friend!"

"Oh. So you're saying I made a mistake- freaking out like that, you mean?" Lily realized what she had done, and had the decency to look ashamed. Or at least, a little. She had good reason to dislike Sirius.

"Yeah. I hate all your weird friends, but I put up with them! Why can't you put up with Sirius?"

"Because my friends don't taunt you every second of your life,"

"BUT THEY FLIRT WITH ME! THEY'RE HORRIBLE, UGLY FLIRTERS, LILY! THEY BLONG IN AZKABAN!" James shouted, his right eye twitching unnaturally.

"MY FRIENDS DON'T BELONG IN AZKABAN! Wait- did you just say that they FLIRTED with you, when they knew quite clearly that I was going out with you?"

"Yep. IT WAS SCARY, LILY! EVEN SIRIUS WOULD'VE RUNNED AWAY!"

"Stupid friends. I never knew..."

"THEY MAULED ME, LILY! I'M PERMENANTELY SCARRED FOREVER! I HATE YOUR FRIENDS!"

"I'm beginning to see your point, James. I never thought that they would do something like that..."

"Now that you're done, can we PUH-LEASE get back to the situation of finding Padfoot and Harry?" Remus brought Lily out of her sadness and stopped James from making a scene. Which he kind of already had, but... he stopped it before it grew worse.

"Oh, I'm okay with leaving Harry. HE SCARED ME, LILY AND MOONY! TOO MUCH SARCASM! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, THE HORROR!" James exclaimed.

"Oh, grow up, would you?" Remus groaned, slamming his head on the desk again.

"Are you kidding? I like him immature like this. He's cute," Lily giggled.

"Great, thanks Lily. Now he'll never stop,"

"You're welcome!"

"Um, Ron and I care about Harry. So yes, we're all looking for both Sirius and Harry," Hermione interjected.

"You mean Prongs Jr, right 'Mione?" Ron corrected, cluelessly as he ate some pie.

Everyone else was silent for a moment, staring at Ron in shock, before shouting, "WHAT DID YOU SAY, RON?"

"I uh, said, uh, you mean Kronk Jr, right 'Mione?"

Hermione glared at Ron furiously. If looks could kill... "Um, yes, everyone, that's what he said. You mean Kronk Jr, right 'Mione?" she did her best imitation of Ron's voice.

"You two are horrible liars, you know that?" Lily said, seeing through their act.

"Oh, piss off. We're telling the truth!" Ron snapped. This time it was Hermione who banged her head on the desk.

Lily gasped, and reached for her wand...

"HOW DARE YOU INSULT LILY, RONALD! ONLY I CAN INSULT THE GREAT LILYKINS! LILY, USE YOUR LILY-POWER!" James yelled, flipping out on Harry.

Lily could only stare at James blankly, not having any clue what he was talking about.

"...Fine. I'll use my Prongs-Power. GO PRONGS POWER!"

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! JAMES, WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?" Ron exclaimed, horrified.

"I made the back of your robe say, I LOVE MY MOMMY AND I SLEEP WITH A NIGHT LIGHT CAUSE I'M AFRAID OF THE DARK! And in bright, glowing red letters, too!"

Ron chose a very few select words for James, and pretty much screamed them in his face.

Peter, growing nervous and twitchy with all the fighting, in an attempt to change the subject asked, "Isn't the bell supposed to ring right about now?"

"Yeah, it is, Wormtail... I wonder if Dumbledore broke it when he was flying on his broomstick on high sugar in his office all alone this morning after he had ten cans of Coca-Cola and one whole box of Lucky Charms and a whole jar of sugar," Remus agreed, jumping on a chance to change the subject. Things would get pretty messy...

"WWWWHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAATTTTTTT?" Pretty much everyone shouted.

"... It's a long story. You're better off not knowing," Remus said.

"What about finding Harry and Sirius?" Hermione asked.

"Oh yeah! Come on, guys! Lets go ditch Harry and find Padfoot!" James grinned, excitedly; all thoughts of the previous fight forgotten. Looking at Remus, James added, "Well, if the bell doesn't ring, I guess it'll haveta wait till next period, right Moonykins?"

"Right, Prongsie!" Remus said.

"Why is it that I'm always excluded?" Peter whimpered.

"Oh, that's because nobody likes you. I'M KIDDING, WORMTAIL!" James rolled his eyes. "God, some people just can't take a joke,"

Wormtail's reply, which sounded something like, "Oh, piss off," was drowned out by the bell ringing.

"YAY! NO MORE POTIONS TILL TOMORROW!" Prongs cheered.

"Isn't it GREAT?" Padfoot grinned.

"...Padfoot?" James asked, confusedly.

"Oh, right. I'm supposed to be in hiding. Buh-bye, Prongsie-poo! This was all A PART OF YOUR IMAGINATIONNNNNNNNNNNNNNN,"

"...Prongsie-poo?" Lily snickered.

"Don't ask," James sighed.

"Aren't we supposed to be going now?" Remus hinted.

"Oh, right. Sorry Moony. UNTIL NEXT TIME, FELLOW READERS!" James waved.

"What's that supposed to mean- we have readers?" Lily asked, suspiciously pouncing on that.

"I have no idea. I've always wanted to say that, though!"

The classroom was already pretty much abandoned, apart from James and Lily.

"Come on. Let's go, honeybunches," James grinned, wrapping his arm casually around Lily's waist.

Lily rolled her eyes and chose to let that one go.

"Okay," she said, smiling.


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