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This chapter is kind of dark. I didn't really want this story to be dark, but light and humorous, but I guess it's just the way that it wants to be written!

CHAPTER NINE Kick me sign

"Sirius, are you sure about this?" Remus asked. "You saw how upset James was in Potions."

"Moony, Moony Moony," I tsked. "You don't get it. James would want to get back at Snape for saying that."

"He just doesn't seem like himself ever since Snape said that," Remus said uncertainly. "Maybe you should just lay off Snape. James told you to leave him alone."

"Are you afraid of him?" I raised my eyebrows.

"I'm not afraid!" Peter said. "Let's just do it. Remus doesn't know what he's talking about."

"Yeah, I never know what I'm talking about, but it's always your ideas that get us in trouble." Remus grumbled to himself. If he didn't get pulled into the Marauder's antics, he probably wouldn't have had a quarter as many detentions as he had already served.

They were hiding behind a statue, waiting for Snape to walk by. He always walked down this particular corridor on the way to Charms.

"Shut up, there he is," I said, elbowing Remus in the stomach."Wormtail, give me that parchment,"

Peter handed over a piece of parchment that had 'KICK ME' written on it in black.

"Sirius, come on, don't do this!" Remus pleaded, but I ignored him and whispered, "Wingardium leviosa,". The parchment flew through the air and over to Severus Snape, who was slinking down the crowded corridor. I whispered another charm, and the parchment attached itself to the back of Snape's robes.

"Hey, what are you guys doing?" James was suddenly standing behind them.

"Playing a prank on Snivellus," I said smugly, pointing to Snape.

James paled. "Why don't you just leave him alone?"

"C'mon, James, don't tell me you're afraid of the threat he made." I said disbelievingly.

James glared at him. "No, it just made me realize how horrible we're being that Snape actually wishes that I would die."

"Oh, come on," I rolled my eyes. "He deserves it. He's just a piece of filth."

"You don't get it, do you?" James said, looking me in the eye. "It's time to grow up and stop all this."

James was interrupted by a cry from the corridor. People noticed the sign, and were kicking Snape. Before he had time to raise his wand, it was kicked out of his hand. Soon, Snape was engulfed in a crowd of students that all wanted to get a kick in.

James glared at his three friends and marched toward the crowd.

Peter and I were chuckling, but Remus was frowning.

"That is the funniest thing I've ever seen!" Peter laughed, tears trickling down his face as he laughed. He fell to the ground and started rolling around. Then his face fell.

"What's the matter, Peter?" Remus said. "Not funny anymore?"

"No, I'll be right back," Peter murmured, but I grabbed his arm before he could turn around.

"Did you...did you just pee your pants?" I laughed, looking down at the wet stain on Peter's pants.

"It was funny! You know I have a weak bladder!" Peter whined.

I let go of Peter, and he dashed away, trying to find a bathroom. The sight of Peter running away made me laugh even harder.

Remus walked away, disgusted by his friends, to help James, who was trying to shoo everyone away from Snape.

"Come on, move it!" James yelled, but nobody listened. James raised his wand and shot red sparks from it,which were accompanied with a loud boom.

The students looked around at him, and James said, "Leave him alone, or I'll get a teacher."

The students dispersed, grumbling about how James Potter wasn't any fun anymore.

Snape had taken the opportunity of everyone's attention being drawn to James to crawl across the floor and grab his wand. He used the wall to support himself as he stood up, blood trickling from his nose and mouth. He spit a bloody tooth onto the floor and wiped his swollen lip.

"Are you alright?" James asked Snape quietly, ashamed of himself and his friends.

Snape glared at him with loathing, then quickly swished his wand through the air, yelling, "Sectumsempra!"

James gasped and fell to the ground as he felt a slash open on his chest, and blood seeped onto his robes. Snape glanced at him with a satisfied expression before hurrying down the corridor.

"James!" Remus kneeled beside him. "Are you alright?"

"I'm bleeding to death, Moony, but yeah, I'm fine." James face was white beneath his forced grin.

I ran over to the spot James had fallen. I wasn't laughing anymore.

"I'll kill him," I snarled.

"Leave him alone!" James said weakly. "I deserve it."

"I'm getting a teacher," Remus said, his hands covered in James' blood. "Sirius, stay with him."

I looked down the corridor in the direction Snape went.

"Sirius!" Remus shouted. "Stay with James!"

I tore my eyes from the corridor and took Remus' place beside James as Remus ran off.

"Are you okay?" I asked James.

"I told you to leave him alone." James whispered. "I told you." James closed his eyes, and breathed heavily. I stared at him until Remus returned with Minerva Mcgonagall, who closed James' wound the best she could before moving him up to the hospital wing.

I couldn't sleep that night. It felt like guilt was gobbling up my insides. My best friend had almost died, and it was my fault for acting like an immature child.

Soooo, was it okay? James is finally realizing that Severus is a person, too, and it's time for him to grow up. Unfortunately, Peter and Sirius aren't feeling the same way, but Jame's injury gave Sirius quite a jolt.

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