Well hi there everyone!!
I hope everyone had a good Christmas and new year, and for everyone tthat's back at school (like me, but I don't know how the holidays work in other countries): unlucky!
Well, this chapter we're with the Marauders! It seems we've been very Twinnish so far (is twinnish a word? According to Microsoft Word, no…but oh well. It's a word I just created) so it's a nice change to get the Marauders in here!
This time:
If the thought of a spell makes me giggle for more than 10 minutes, I shall assume that I am not allowed to use it.
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I don't own Harry Potter guys. Sucks, I know. I think Harry Potter would be even better with some of these crazy flashbacks whacked in. But that's just me.
~~~~~HP~~~~~
The Marauders sat on the floor of their dormitory, having had a successful day of pranking. Severus Snape was now stuck to a coat peg in the dungeons, attached by his boxers, so he had a major wedgie. To make this worse, there was some super strength itching powder James had made in potions in his boxers, AND he was attached with a Permanent Sticking Charm to the wall.
Peter was working on a Potions essay that Remus had finished a week ago and would get full marks in, James and Sirius would do last minute and get full marks in, and Peter would work on it solidly for two weeks and get average marks.
That was just the way of things.
Remus was absently reading a book on werewolf rights. It was one he'd read at least a thousand times before, and it seemed to him that the book was more about restrictions than rights.
Sirius was trying to work out how to plait hair. He had quite long hair, and so could have a go, but wasn't very good at it. None of the others questioned why he was attempting it, as they were more than used to Sirius.
James was leaning up against his bed and daydreaming about a certain ginger haired sixth year Gryffindor girl, with a temper as fiery as her hair and eyes like emeralds that shined out at the world, always there to make life a little better for everyone.
He could – and did – spend hours and hours thinking about Lily Evans, but she, as of yet, had showed no feelings towards him other than dislike and annoyance.
So, the Marauders were content. For now
~~~~~HP~~~~~
James walked into the common room with Remus, and the two of them nearly collapsed.
Sirius Orion Black…was reading a book.
After, they recovered, they rushed over to Sirius. James put his hand on his best friend's forehead, and Remus asked
"Sirius, are you feeling okay?"
Sirius looked up at the two with tears in his eyes.
James was shocked for a moment – Sirius never cried. He crouched down next to him, and asked quietly
"Sirius, mate, what's wrong?" He looked him straight in the eye, searching for a clue. He found nothing.
Sirius just pointed at the book, and started laughing.
The two boys got it at once. It was something in the book that was so funny it had made Sirius cry with laughter.
They both grabbed it and read the page. They dropped the book at the same moment and burst out laughing.
Soon, all three boys were lying on the floor, rolling around and writhing like they were in unimaginable pain, but the giggle gave them away. They clutched their ribs as tears streamed down their faces at the thought of the spell that had been described in the book.
The only word that any of them managed to get out was
"S-s-sn-snivellus!" and then they kept laughing.
The boys had made so much noise that the entire house had come out of their dormitories and were watching, utterly bemused at the state of the three boys, with no one knowing quite what to do. In the end, one of the prefects fetched Professor McGonagall.
She strode in and looked at the three boys on the floor.
She seemed to be assessing whether they would be capable of speech or movement. She shook her head, and levitated them out of the room, the three still laughing.
She proceeded to take them all the way down to the dungeons, which reminded the three of Snivellus and made them laugh even more, and then walked into Professor Slughorn's office.
The three vaguely heard mumbling sounds through their laughter – they still hadn't stopped – and then McGonagall returned with three vials of potion. She then proceeded to take the three upstairs, into her office, then rammed the potion down their throats.
They spluttered and coughed and stopped laughing. They thought of the spell again, but only a smile lifted their lips.
They couldn't laugh! The Marauders couldn't laugh!
"MINNIE!!" screeched Sirius "WHY CAN'T I LAUGH??? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME MINNIE??"
He screamed and jumped about like ants had been put down his pants. James grabbed onto him in the end, and tried to calm him down
"Come on Sirius, head in the game. Need to calm down mate, this is Minnie, she'll sort everything out. She always does, doesn't she?"
"But James, we need to ask her if we-"
"I'm on it Padfoot"
"Nice one Prongs" they winked at each other and turned round.
James winked at Remus, and they all crept up to McGonagall's desk
"Minnie" they all said together
"No" she replied without even looking up from the marking she had sat down to do while Sirius had his hissy fit.
"You don't even know what we were going to ask you!" exclaimed Sirius
She looked up over her spectacles
"No, boys" she said, perfectly calmly "But I do know that when you three use that tone with me, you want something. And the answer is no"
"But miss-"
"Please miss-"
"MINNIE!" Sirius squealed and pouted. Remus and James stared at him
"Sorry" he muttered, looking at his shoes. Remus and James looked at each other, and shrugged. This was Sirius.
"Boys, I must ask, what is it that made you laugh for all that time?" she looked at the three, a sparkle of curiosity in her eyes
"The Optimus Iocus Umquam spell, Minnie" Remus sighed.
McGonagall raised her eyebrows and saw the twitch of a smile
"Well, that's one I haven't heard of." She said absent mindedly
Sirius saw his chance, and he took it
"Well, miss, it's simply the most wonderful spell, and we just wanted to check with you, as it's one we haven't heard of before in our wonderful knowledge of magic, and so we wanted to know whether we could possibly try it?"
"No, no, no. Absolutely not." She said, quite sure of herself
All three boys looked aghast
"But Minnie!" they said together
"Boys, this is your sixth year at Hogwarts. Six long years I have known you, and seen and punished a great many of your pranks, though I dare say there are quite a number that I couldn't detect your involvement in. And you really think, after watching you giggle, for lack of a better word, for at least ten minutes about a spell you found, that I would permit you to use it?"
"Well…"
"Erm…"
"MINNIE!!" Sirius screeched again.
McGonagall looked at him
"Yes, Mr Black" Sirius thought for a moment, then said
"There's no rule against it!"
~~~~~HP~~~~~
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That was quite hard to do…but I hope it went okay
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-Mary Alice