To be honest, I was proud of James. I could never pluck up the courage to even tell the girl I loved that I cared about her. That took a lot of courage, something that was rather thin on the ground at the moment

After we left the garden, (and finally lost Mr. and Mrs. - sorry, Mum and Dad- in the castle corridors. Thank Merlin, that woman was suffocating us) The Marauders and Lily left for the seventh floor. We were explaining the Marauders map to her

'So you've mapped out everything?' she asked, fingering the seventh floor corridors in confusion 'wait, there's more to that than this! I've been there a thousand times! Not a room, but a flat stone wall'

James rushed his hair on end, looking over Lily's shoulder 'yes, I see what you mean. Perhaps we could go investigate, eh Padfoot?' he grinned at me

I smirked back, tossing the map into Peter's empty hands; which he accepted like a bomb

'Eh, Wormy where you been lately?' Remus struck up, stuffing his hands in his pockets 'haven't seen you around much'

Peter scrunched up his pink cheeks 'Oh, just- running errands'

'Errands?' James said 'We were in Diagon Alley not a week ago!'

'I, uh, forgot some things'

'Race you to the bottom, Black?'

I grinned at James 'not if I get there first, Potter!'

I laughed, leaping up yet another staircase, close in stretch with James. He skidded at the landing, nearly falling in a huge expanse of water

'Oi! What's with the leak?' he exclaimed, magicking his robes to dry

'Moaning Myrtle' Lily said, like it should make all the sense in the world

'Sorry, but what the bloody hell is "Moaning Myrtle"'

Lily laughed, shaking her head 'Not what; who. Now follow me'

I snuck a glance back at James, who shrugged; following his gi-fiancé into the small 'out of order' room

'Lily…' Remus said, shuffling his feet in the muck and looking around 'this a girls lavatory'

I looked around in horror. It was true! This was so wrong!

'Lily, someone's going to come in! What then?'

'No one ever comes in here.' She said 'They say it's haunted, but looks can be deceiving'

She aimed the last part at Remus, who nodded sadly

'Myrtle is just… unpredictable. I found this place with Alice in first year. Marlene was-'

'I don't really want to know what Marlene was doing, thanks' I interrupted, taking my place on an undignified puddle

Lily laughed 'Oh, nothing like that. But-'

'Come to insult me, have you?'

I felt the frozen feeling of a ghoul go through me, and spun: revealing a furiously upset girl

'Who are you?' Peter asked stupidly, accidently breaking a sink, ignoring the spray 'I've never seen you before'

The ghoul hissed, setting the remaining sinks on end

'Oi! That's not helping, Wormy!'

'Shut it off, will you?'

'Lily, do something!'

Lily froze, and then burst into action; immediately not only calming the ghoul, but also halting the flow of water from the pipes. She hesitantly lowered her wand, the fire in her eyes extinguished

'What are you even doing here?' Remus asked 'I mean, you're a ghost. You could go anywhere'

The little ghoul pulled a horridly taut face, bursting into very loud wails

'Myrtle, shh! We're not supposed to be here!'

The tears dripped into the small puddles, and Myrtle turned to face me, a pout on her lips

'I can't just go anywhere' she said haughtily 'I died here. Wish I could again, with how you treat me'

James pulled a face, gagging behind Lily's shoulder

'Sorry to disturb you Myrtle. It won't happen again. Come on boys'

Lily grabbed James' hand, pulling him from the bathroom. Like a magnet, the rest of us followed

'What on earth was that about?' Remus exclaimed, ridding his body of water 'that ghost is bonkers!'

'I know, but now you have something else to put on that map'

I shared a grin with the other Marauders, then at Lily; who was taking the map from James

'Okay, if we're going to make it to the seventh floor, we need to hurry. Dinner's in a few hours'

'Come on, lads! We have a corridor to explore!'

…

-Lily-

Looking at the clock, I realized that we would have to miss dinner.

It was three hours and twenty-four minutes since we had reached the wall, and nothing we did made any effect. Combined, I think I've heard Diffindo's, Dissendium's, Specialis Revelio's and a very stubborn Alohomora at least a dozen times. At last, they collapsed to the floor in a heap

'Lils, there's nothing here' James sighed, playing with his wand 'we've been at it for hours'

I began to pace, facing the Marauders with cool, set eyes

'There's got to be something' I muttered, thinking 'there's more to this than an empty wall'

'It could be the Come and Go room' Remus suggested, pulling out a quill 'but it's just legend'

I sighed, pushing through the gangly string of thoughts. What I would do for something to sort through my thoughts for me…

Then, out of nowhere, creaks in the wall appeared- spouting wrought-iron doors which groaned and pushed open. I stood there with my mouth open wide

'What the bloody hell is that?' Sirius burst out; walking towards the entrance much like a bee would towards honey

James grabbed his arm just in time

'We don't know what's in there! It could be anything!'

'Come on,' Remus said, rising to his friends level 'where's your sense of adventure? This is the best thing we've ever found!'

'Yeah' Peter said

'I don't know…'

'Oh come on, Lils. May as well have a good day out of it, seeing as though we missed dinner'

'Fine. But we go down for tea later, understood?'

Sirius laughed 'that's my girl'

…

Walking through the door, I discovered that we had entered an overweight rubbish yard

The whole of the place was stuffed top to bottom in anything and everything; including an enormous stuffed troll, and human skeleton made completely of gold.

The others had spread out to look around, and without noticing it, the doors swung shut behind me; locking us in

'James?'

I heard a parade of feet, which only ended with the five of us staring at a flat wall of glass

'Locked in! This is just brilliant' Remus stated, resting his hand momentarily on a wall before realizing that it was covered in blood stains

'What is this place?' I asked, my voice huddled and frightened

'Don't worry' James assured me, kissing the top of my head 'it's just an adventure. Come on, we can look together'

Everyone looked around with a rainbow of emotions. I, however, was unconvinced

'Hey, look at this!' he said, holding up what looked like a run-over reptile

'A fanged Frisbee!' he exclaimed 'I've always wanted one of these!'

'Really?' Sirius asked, running over 'can I see that?'

James handed it over, grinning ear to ear. I smiled, running my ring over in my hand

'Oi!' Peter yelled, his voice echoing 'catch a glance at this huge cupboard!'

'That's not a cupboard, you tosspot' Remus scolded him, taking a closer look 'no, that's definitely a cabinet'

'I FOUND THE CATAPULTS!' Sirus nearly screamed, urgently rushing over to them

'These aren't just any catapults,' James said, his eyes nearly popping from their sockets 'they're flying catapults!'

I shook my head at the boy's laughter, taking a route that had not yet been explored. I came to a stop at the foot of a giant sheet

I cocked my head, but grinned; hauling the cloth away at its seams. What was revealed surprised me. It was a huge mirror; orante and tall. On its top had a string of nonsense: Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi.

I pulled closer, completely fascinated by my discovery, but once I pulled forward; I wasn't the only one in the glass anymore.

I saw myself, frightened and elated, wearing a white dress with a ring on my finger. James was standing beside me, and Petunia was smiling on my other side, holding the train in her fingers

I spun quickly, and was shocked to discover that I was still alone. I pulled closer still- my nose touching the reflection

My parents were there also- my mother smiling with tears in her eyes. My dad was pulling her close, smiling at the Daily Prophet which recorded Voldemort's death

I reached my hand out behind me, not tearing my eyes from this brilliant sight

'James! Sirius! Come here! I found something!'

…

-Sirius-

What I saw when I rushed up to Lily surprised me, because for once, it wasn't only my reflection in the mirror.

I saw my family, but they weren't my normal family, as who could see my mother laughing? But she was! And Regulus! He was smiling, and there was no Dark Mark in sight. There was a pale body on the ground, and everyone in the mirror sighed at my glance. It was Voldemort; and at last he was dead

Like Lily, I poked my head behind me, expecting to see the bloodless corpse at my feet. But he wasn't- no one in this pictured existed

…

-James-

Once I fixed my eyes on the glass, I forgot about leaving.

I forgot about Voldemort, I forgot about everything, for what I saw surprised me.

It was just I, at first, but then other figures began to appear.

I saw a red haired bride; Lily, and her head was on my shoulder. I saw my grandparents, the ones I never got to meet; and a badge on my chest. If I wasn't mistaken, it was an Auror badge. I was an Auror! The Marauders were there as well, and everyone repeated a single phrase over and over.

He's gone, he's gone. He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is finally gone!

Voldemort's gone too! What was this thing?'

…

-Remus-

I tried to be prepared, as he last to arrive, I could see what the mirror was doing to my friends. But they were fine, just absorbed in what they saw; shouting loudly for the others to see

But once I caught the glance, I forgot what I was about to say

I saw myself, alone at first, until three people joined me. They looked familiar, so I leaned forward to see my parents, and another person that I didn't recognize. My parents were thrilled, because looking at the mirror-me, I had lost my scars and fatigue. I was no longer a werewolf! The last person in the mirror smiled and kissed me on the cheek. Instinctively, I touched the place where the beautiful woman had kissed me, but nothing was there. The girl was familiar, in a way, but I couldn't place the name with the face. I was older too, at least in my twenties. I girl laughed and her long brown hair changed to a short pink.

The girl hugged me from behind, pointing to a tombstone beside me. Looking down, I noticed the name: Voldemort.

He was dead! The war was over!

I wanted nothing more than what this showed. I wanted this reflection to become reality

And now, I was getting desperate.

…

Aha! The Mirror of Erised makes another appearance!

I know that the Room of Requirement isn't on the Marauders map, but I will explain why later. And for all those Harry fanatics, everything they see in the room is factual. The Vanishing Cabinet was there at the time (in the Room of Hidden Things form) as was the mirror. My brother and I were watching the Deathly Hallows "behind the magic" thing on youtube, and in the Lestranges vault, there was a skeleton made of solid gold. I liked the idea of that, so there you go.

Hope you like it! Keep reviewing!

-Silence Nevermore

P.S. has anyone else had issues with story eyes? Mines been down all weekend