Twelve Days with the Marauders
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Day Nine
Remus was trying to find Peter. Teaming up wasn't against the rules, but even a little help in a prank was very welcome. Even if Peter was a little slow.
"James! Watch out behind you!" James got up from where he was sitting and trying to dream up a prank, whirled and pointed his wand, a hex on his lips. When there was nothing there, James scowled and glared at Peter.
"What was that for?" Peter shrugged.
"Felt like it. Oh and Snape is currently levitating a bowl of custard above your head…"
"Don't move a muscle, Snivelly." Jams found himself threatening a frightened second year. Sighing, he turned back to his fellow Marauder.
"Why are you doing this?" Peter shrugged again.
"It's a prank," he said simply. Groaning, James returned to his thoughts. However, it was not easy to concentrate when somebody was bothering you.
"James! Soup hovering behind you!"
"Save it, Wormtail."
"Oh! Slytherins!"
"Go play with the Giant Squid."
"Is that shampoo I see upending itself?"
"Go away."
"Look! Lily!" James turned and plastered a smile on his face.
"Want to go to Hogsmeade next Saturday?" The boy that was now in front of him started to back away. When he had backed to a sufficient distance away, he turned and fled. James sighed and ran a hand through his hair. He sat back down, after spouting a few curses.
"There's a tiger behind you!"
"What part of go away do you not understand?"
This went on for hours. Then, Remus walked in, levitating a bowl of cream and a bowl of pink candy hearts. He gave Peter the signal.
"James, there's a bowl of cream and candy behind you."
"Oh wow, why don-yeaaargh!" Remus dumped the cream onto James, then the hearts. The hearts stood out so that James looked like he was wearing a wig with heart clips attached. James closed his eyes and shrieked. Meanwhile, Remus had grabbed the gaping Peter and dragged him out, to save them both from the wrath of James.
Sirius Black was humming quietly to himself and strutting down the corridor in his usual I-own-this-castle fashion. That is, until he was unceremoniously grabbed and stuffed into a steel box. His wand was taken away too. He wondered if Slytherins had kidnapped him.
"Pete, put this metal padlock on it while I put some locking spells on it." Not Slytherins, then. Simply Remus and Peter. He then heard the click of the physical lock and the tightness of the magical locks. Sirius sighed. He hated being the male-version-of-damsel in distress.
"Where is it?"
"I, I didn't get it. James, was, was-"
"Stay here and guard him. I'll get the Cloak." The Cloak, Sirius realised, was the Invisibility Cloak. What were they going to do with it? While Sirius brooded, minutes passed and Remus' footsteps were heard. Suddenly, Sirius had the feeling of being airborne.
"Password?" The Fat Lady?
"Marauders mos sceptrum!" There was a sigh.
"Why on earth Albus made that password…"
"I think it was our end-of-year prank." Remus sounded like he was grinning. Silence elapsed and Sirius wondered what was going on outside his cramped metal box. He suddenly hit something.
"Careful!" This was almost shouted by Remus. Sirius felt like he was dropping. He then hit what he assumed to be the floor admist Remus' panicked yelling.
"Oh no! Padfoot, are you alive in there?" It was then that Sirius remembered he could talk.
"Die! You let Peter try put me God knows where?" Sirius heard a sigh of relief, and was in the air again. He landed gently on something.
"There." It was then that what sounded like the portrait hole banged open.
"Err…hi? James…I'm err, sorry?" Sirius wondered what they were talking about.
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Remus had to act fast, He had to act now. So Remus Lupin, residential werewolf of Hogwarts, walked up to James and performed the Disillusionment Charm on him. James turned to hex Remus, but Remus had already grabbed Peter and skedaddled.
"James!" James turned and looked around.
"Sirius?" Lily, who had just descended the staircase, looked around the room.
"This is not funny, Potter."
"Lils! Nice to see you!"
"Well, I can't see you."
"Dang. REMUS LUPIN!" Lily looked perplexed.
"What?"
"Remus. He did something to me that made me feel that there was something cold trickling down my back. I thought he had spilt water onto me or something."
"It's a Disillusionment Charm. But why would someone like Remus do that?" Lily walked forwards and tried to feel the air.
"James, come here and tell me where your head is." James' hand found Lily's and he guided it up. James' hair was very sticky. Lily let out an involuntary noise of disgust.
"Sorry," James apologised, "It's still sticky from the cream." Lily decided not to ask and just lifted the spell. James appeared, cream still trailing from his hair. Lily laughed at the sight and reached up to pluck a heart-shaped candy out. She put it into her mouth. It was surprisingly nice. James then ran a hand through his hair, making more candy fall out.
"Err, sorry, Lily, but I have to find-"
"Hey, forgotten about me, have you?" James smacked his forehead. Lily looked surprised.
"Where are you?"
"I'm currently in a tiny, tiny box somewhere. Look around, you'll see me. I hope." Lily and James looked but nothing was found. James groaned.
"Use the Map, Prongsie!"
"I'll be back in a bit." James disappeared up the staircase. Lily wondered what he was doing. James re-entered the room and looked curiously at a space on the shelf.
"Sirius should be there." Lily frowned. She pointed her wand at the space and a cloak fell off. James hurried forwards to snatch it.
"How did my cloak get there? It has camouflaging properties," he explained as Lily gave him a puzzled look. She nodded in understanding. She directed her wand at the box again.
"It's got locking spells." With that, she undid them, one by one. When the huge metal lock (It was about the size of a Bludger, Sirius noted) finally came off, Sirius sprang out.
"Oh, man! That thing was so cramped," he exclaimed, stretching and bouncing around.
"Remind me why I let him out again?"
"It's because you're a good person." Lily sighed, and nodded.
"I'm going upstairs, to get away from him. Good night." James watched as she ascended the stairs.
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