AN: I just realized I didn't explain how Sirius and Harmony can talk to each other: It's like telepathy. Harmony is Sirius's familiar.
Part Eleven
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Lily- Aww, he is thinking of his friend's family.
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Ron's letter greeting
Ron's letter first paragraph
Ron's letter second paragraph first sentence
James- Well, you should be.
End of Ron's letter second paragraph
Remus- Maybe you should have asked your Dad before you called.
Others- (nod)
Ron's letter third paragraph
Lily- Gross. I wouldn't blame Mrs. Weasley for not letting Ginny go in. And if I were Ginny I wouldn't want to go in anyway.
Marauders- Why not? That's cool!
End of Ron's letter third paragraph
Remus- What happened to his old one?
Others- (shrug)
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Marauders- Cool, a flying car!
Sirius- I want one!
Lily- No it's not cool! Harry and Ron could have gotten hurt!
James- Spoken like a mother.
Sirius/Remus- (snicker)
Lily- (glares at all three of them)
Ron's letter fourth paragraph
James- Yeah, if the Muggles agree to work with him and take him there.
Lily- I doubt it. My sister never wanted to go near that place and I doubt she has changed much in the past twelve years.
Sirius- Maybe he can take the Knight Bus.
Lily- What's that?
Remus- It's this really cool bus that will pick up wizards that need a ride anywhere in England.
James- Yeah, I've ridden on it a time or two.
Sirius- Me, too. That's how I got to James's house after I ran away.
Ron's letter fifth paragraph
Ron's letter sixth paragraph
End of Ron's letter
Ron's letter P.S.
Lily- That reminds me, when I got my letter this year it told me that I was going to be Head Girl.
James- Really! I am going to be Head Boy!
Sirius- When were you going to tell us?
Remus- Uh, James, if they think that the three of us are dead, they will probably find someone else to be Head Boy.
Others- (a moment of silence)
Remus- (very quietly) I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought that up.
James- It's okay, Remus. You shouldn't be sorry for saying something that is the truth. We'll have to see what happens when we show everyone that we are alive. Lily, what is happening in the world outside?
Lily- Well, there is going to be a memorial service for you at the start of term. Everyone will be coming with their families and will be arriving several hours earlier than usual. I think since this latest attack, even the Slytherin parents feel safer bringing their own children rather than putting them on the Hogwarts Express. The memorial service is set for five o'clock in the evening. Then after the adults go home, there will be another service for just the teachers and students. They said that the feast will be delayed until the day after and the first years will be taking the Hogwarts Express the next day at 11:00.
James- Wow, they really changed the schedule.
Others- (moment of silence)
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Sirius- (to lighten the mood)Sounds like a real winner to me.
Others- (laugh half-heartedly)
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Ron's note
James- (getting back into the swing of things) I think I'm going to like Fred and George.
Sirius- Me too. (But why do I get the feeling that the Sneakoscope is going to be useful in the future?)
Remus- Why don't we read and see what it says about Fred and George later on? If they are really good pranksters, we can make them honorary members of the Marauders. (Because before this book is over, I think we may need to replace one of us.)
James/Sirius- Sounds like a plan.
Sirius- You always come up with the good plans, Remus.
James- Hey, I thought I was the leader, I come up with the plans.
As the three of them began to fight, playfully, Lily breathed a sigh of relief. At least for now, the cloud of sorrow had been lifted.
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Hermione's letter greeting
Hermione's letter first paragraph
Hermione's letter second paragraph second sentence
Remus- She actually went all the way to France!
Sirius- That is one dedicated owl!
Lily/James- (smile delightedly)
End of Hermione's letter second paragraph
Lily- I thought so, too.
Hermione's letter third paragraph
James- She sounds like you, my love.
Lily- Hey, I can't help it that I love doing well on a school assignment, unlike some people I can name. (Then blushes when she realized that she responded to James calling her "my love")
Sirius- (snickers) Hey, we do well on our homework. We just don't see the point of spending hours on it when we don't have to.
Remus- (sensing an argument) As we continue reading...
End of Hermione's letter
Sirius- Who would be? No offense, Prongs.
James- (smiling) None taken.
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Marauders- Cool!
Lily- You guys and your broomsticks.
Harry speaks
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Remus- (shuddered) What does this author have about silver?
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James- I wonder if they make them yet.
Sirius- I think so. I thought I saw some in Quality Quidditch Supplies the last time I was there.
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James- Yeah, Quidditch.
Sirius- The best sport in the world.
Lily- I don't want Harry playing that dangerous game.
James- Oh, Lily, he will be fine. If Quidditch was that dangerous they wouldn't allow people to play it.
Lily- I suppose.
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James- Youngest player in a century!
Sirius- Wow!
James- He must have acquired my talent.
Lily- (rolls her eyes and hits the back of his head)
James- What was that for?
Remus- Moving on...
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All- Hagrid!
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Lily- Hagrid wouldn't send Harry anything dangerous... would he?
James- Not what he would consider dangerous.
All- (looked apprehensive)
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All- That's certainly true.
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Lily- And how does Harry know all this?
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All- A book?!
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Harry speaks
Lily- Uh-oh is right. If my sister catches him he's toast.
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All- Shhhh.
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Harry speaks
Lily- I'll tear that book to shreds!
James- Lily, dearest, you can't.
Lily- I know.
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All- Good thinking.
James- Gets it from his mother.
Lily- (smiles at him)
End of paragraph 48
Hagrid's note
Lily- A biting book will be useful? What will happen this year?
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Hogwarts letter greeting
Hogwarts letter first paragraph first sentence
James- As if anyone is ever going to forget the date.
Hogwarts letter end of first paragraph
Hogwarts letter second paragraph first sentence
Marauders- All right, Hogsmeade.
Lily- How many times do you guys go there when you're not allowed?
Marauders-...
Lily- Never mind.
End of Hogwarts letter
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James- Oh, no. I never thought of that.
Lily- They had better sign that form.
Sirius- He could always use the thing that we made to get there.
Lily- What thing?
James- Should we tell her?
Remus- Yes, we can trust her. And besides, it might be of use if we need to get out of here without people seeing us.
James/Sirius- Right.
James went to his trunk, which they had put under the bed in case someone broke in and they had to use the invisibility cloak. Inside his trunk were his most valued possessions. One was his wand, of course, another was the invisbility cloak that had earned his group the nickname "Marauders", and the last was the object that he and the others had been talking about. It looked like an ordinary spare piece of parchment, but this was the disguise.
James- I solemnly swear I am up to no good.
He then showed Lily the parchment which now showed Hogwarts castle in detail. Every last room, painting, and corridor in Hogwarts was clearly visible, as well as the grounds. There were no little dots on it, however.
James- When people are at Hogwarts, the "Marauders' Map" as we call it, shows every single person in the castle or on the grounds and where they are. This map can see through invisibility cloaks, polijuice potion, glamour charms, even animagus transformations.
Lily- Wow, how did you come up with it?
James- When the rest of us were figuring out how to become animagi, we asked Remus to find out how to do it.
Remus- It took me as long to figure out how to do the Map as it took them to become animagi.
Lily- Wow! You guys really do research.
Sirius- Yeah, when it is for something worthwhile.
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Sirius- I did that!
End of paragraph 53
End of chapter
Remus- That's the end of chapter one.
Lily- What time is it?
James- (looking at his watch) About six o'clock in the evening.
Lily- Is there any way to get something to eat?
Sirius- Yeah, let's go.