REQUEST: SiRiUsLyInLuV718 wanted a chapter where the Marauders are in the afterlife, acting like themselves

Episode 53

Afterlife

Summary: In which the Marauders show the afterlife just what they're all about

Heaven.

None of the Marauders had expected to end up here. Well, hell hadn't actually been where they wanted to go, but with all the trouble they caused, to see the light shortly after their lives passed before their eyes was surprising. Now, here they were, dead and in heaven.

Peter wasn't among them. That traitor rat hadn't made it to this glorious place. He didn't deserve to be here anyway, not after he betrayed James and Lily to Voldemort, then let Sirius take the blame.

No, he wasn't invited to their reunion. This was a reunion for the Marauders, the real Marauders.

Hermione chuckled as she watched Sirius from over her large tomb. She loved him just as dearly now as she had on Earth, all guilt from not believing his innocence gone, along with any anger he felt that his friends didn't believe him. They were happy again; James and Sirius reunited; Hermione, Remus, and even Lily free to read all the books they wanted.

No wars, no pain, no sorrow. Just peace and happiness and...

"It's sooo boring!" Sirius whined, floating over their heads. He hung upside down in front of Hermione, smirking cheekily at his woman. "C'mon Star, aren't you done reading yet?"

"Honestly, Sirius, if you want to play, go find James!"

The doggish man, now an angel, pouted but floated away all the same. Hermione sighed and went back to her reading, smiling in content. Until a shriek sounded, making all three bookworms jump, and a halo passed by at alarming speeds.

Hermione and Remus shared a look, silently communicating what they thought might've happened. Lily sighed and shook her head as she sat back down to read when Hermione reassured her that they would handle this. The redhead nodded, not protesting since she knew the Marauders needed their time together, and opened her book back to her previous place.

The reason for the halo was soon found, along with the reason for the shriek. It seemed Sirius had stolen a harp from the angel and had shot his halo from it like an arrow. James currently had the harp and was positioning his own halo when the angel appeared behind them, furious, and grabbed the harp away.

James pouted and tried to explain that he wasn't the one who took the instrument, but the woman paid no heed to his protests and used the harp to hit him over the head. Remus and Hermione winced.

"So much for no violence in heaven," Remus muttered dryly. Hermione nodded in agreement, chuckling lightly.

"Come on," she said, "we should go to them."

"Star! Moony! Ya finally done?" Sirius cheered, running to them. The harp-owning angel growled and snuck up behind him, also intending to harm him for taking her beloved harp when his halo swung into view again. "Duck!"

Sirius pulled Hermione and Remus down, seeing the golden object coming back at full force. The nameless angel was knocked back by the halo, unfortunate to not make it out of the way in time, and found herself head first in a cloud. The golden halo resettled itself on Sirius' head and James came to stand beside him, the two high-fiving each other proudly.

Hermione shook her head. "How did those two get into heaven again?" she mused aloud. Remus smirked.

"I think that's the greatest mystery of all time," he replied dryly.

Identical indignant shouts of "HEY!" resounded as the two men glared at their so-called friends. Hermione and Remus merely smiled at the two.

"Hey! I've got an idea!" Sirius crowed delightedly. "Let's go cloud skiing!"

"Say what now?" Hermione asked, but it quickly turned into a shriek when Sirius grabbed her arm and began "skiing" down a cloud, which was really just sliding down on the water-holding fluff. James laughed in excitement and grabbed Moony's wrist, pushing him ahead of the messy-haired Marauder.

"Come on, Moony!" he cried, pushing the man until he too was sliding. "You don't wanna miss out on the fun, do ya?" Then, James followed behind his friends.

Many shrieks, cries, shouts, and even a few curses were thrown at the quartet currently "cloud skiing". Lily looked up from her book and shook her head, a fond smile on her face.

Heaven would never be the same again.

END

A/N's:

The Marauders antics were inspired by my second favorite Disney movie, right after Oliver and Company, All Dogs Go To Heaven 2.