The Marauding Five Year Two

by bunny chan

it's their second years and the Marauders go up one age Note: this series, i'd decided, had nothing to do with the real one JKR wrote! MPPL

12. Year End Feast

AN: hiyaz! Finally, the last chapter of year two J aren't you glad for this? I bet you are! No more stories till the next year pops up! Like it's most unusual way, this'll be short. Oh, and about the fifth Marauder? I think you'd rather not hear about him. Definitely not Peeves, but that person'll join in fourth year. I'm trying to kick him out as much as I can *wince* :P and yes, I was insane when I wrote the first AN 'cause I don't even know how long it'll be ^^; I wanted it short, at first, but it turned out long. Blame my head. Read and review!

bunny chan

Disclaimer: whatever… if you read this, tell me about it [rolls eyes]

The Marauding Five : Year Two

Chapter 12: Year End Feast

Lily stared at the paper before her. Which is she going to choose? Divination is definitely something she'd pass easily for her OWLs, but her mother wouldn't like her taking it. She says that Professor Trelawney speaks nonsense and predicts things that are fatal, which isn't really good. She glanced behind Tally. As the blonde had said before, she chose Divination and Ancient Runes as her third year studies.

'Why'd anyone take Ancient Runes?' Lily had asked.

'Firstly, I'm fascinated by the language. Next, Elley taught me a little, and it seemed pretty easy to me.'

'Oh, any suggestions to what I can take?'

'Same like me?'

'I'll think about it, Tal. I'm not sure yet.'

'Come on, Li! You're so smart, I'm sure you can take all the subjects and score each of them top!'

'Unless James takes exactly the same one. He's so much smarter and he didn't even touch the book!'

'Impossible if anyone would ever see him or you holding a book to read.'

'I'm so flattered. Any ideas?'

'Divination is definite. You're one Seer and you want OWLs easily, so that'll be a firm one.'

'I'm not sure there. Many says that it's stupid.'

'Think of it! A time to sleep in her class!'

'Okay. Maybe it'll be good.'

And the day before, Lily had just received letters from the Marauders' parents and Gram for the Marauders. In them were tips on which subject to take and which to not. Of course, they're all suggestions only, so Lily don't have to take anything that seriously.

Lily peeped at James' paper. He, too, seem to be puzzling himself on which subject to take. Sirius was biting his quill, pointing his wand, muttering 'this is too stupid' or 'this is too boring' and stuff like so. Remus was staring at his paper as blankly as can be, but Lily can see that he is thinking deeply.

'So how now?' Lily asked them, shaking them back to reality.

'I'm confused on which to take,' Remus said, playing with his quill.

'What are we supposed to take? And why choose?' Sirius groaned.

'Don't ask. I'm as lost as can be,' James muttered.

'Tally suggested that we take all,' Lily said.

'And what? Lost our heads? They're all probably at the same time!' Sirius said.

'Okay, I'm just pointing my wand pointlessly now,' Remus muttered.

'And we'll take whatever you take. We're all at lost here,' James said eagerly. Lily and Sirius nodded in agreement. Calmly, Remus pulled his wand out before closing his eyes and hit blindly at the parchment.

'Again. You were at an empty place.'

Remus moved his hands and pointed again. James wrote it on his notebook and Lily urged Remus on. Remus moved his wand again downwards and stopped. Lily let out a yelp, frightening everyone from their thoughts.

'Sorry,' Lily said sheepishly to them. Remus opened his eyes.

'Why did you yelp?'

'You took Divination!' Sirius said, pointing at the wand, which had its tip over a word. Divination.

'You mean we're taking that wooly subject?' Remus asked in disbelief.

'Who cares? Dad says you can sleep in her class,' Sirius said, checking the boxes of Divination and Muggle Studies

'Oh well, I'm on this with you,' Lily said before crossing Muggle Studies and, scratching her quill hardly, Divination.

'So much for choosing blindly. Muggle Studies might be easy, since all of us were living like a muggle for ten years. Shouldn't be much of a problem,' James shrugged.

'Okay, Divination and Muggle Studies. Checked,' Remus said, marking the boxes.

'I wonder what mom'll say when she knows I take Divination,' Lily muttered.

'Probably she'll freak out. Who cares?' James replied.

'This is a free world and we're given chances to choose here, Lily!' Sirius said in a matter-of-fact tone.

'Si's right. Who cares? We're allowed to choose ourselves. And who'll bother anyway? We're the ones to study for it. I might need more help from you anyway,' Remus said.

'Yeah. Missing almost everyday. Isn't there a day when you wouldn't be missing?' Snape sneered from behind them.

'So much for you scums. Well, you'd been missing once for two weeks in a row. I bet that you fell into your cauldron of potion and couldn't turn yourself back!' Lily snorted, remembering the time when Snape tried to get back at them.

Snape flushed angrily.

'Oh, and which subject you're taking?' Sirius asked, looking at Snape's paper in his hands. 'Divination and Ancient Runes?'

'Following dear Tally?' Lily said.

Snape blushed crimson. 'Who wants to follow Tally – uh, Chapman?'

'Well, you seem to have drawn little hearts here,' James said, eyeing Snape as he pointed at the little red hearts the Slytherin had drawn. Snape turned red.

'Very, very interesting,' Remus said. If possible, the Slytherin turned even redder.

'Give me back, Black!' Snape said, snatching the parchment from Sirius.

'Oh well, we'll wish that you break a leg in Divination!' Remus laughed.

'And I quote Sybil Trelawney; "Dear, dear, you don't have much aura as a Seer. Your Inner Eye isn't functioning quite well!"' Lily mimicked what Droville had told her the day before about choosing Divination.

'How will you know?' Snape challenged.

'Oh, or maybe she'll tell this; "Oh dear, you have the Grim, child! You have the Grim! Such poor thing for an innocent and helpless soul!"' Lily continued, doing a little show she saw Trelawney doing when she looked around the new classes to see which she should choose. Everyone that took Divination in the Great Hall started laughing at Lily's little act.

'Bravo, Evans! Just like Trelawney!' a Ravenclaw fourth year called.

'Just? Very much like Trelawney! Good acting there!' A Hufflepuff called back. Remarks exchanged from table to table about Trelawney's weird appearances, her so-call predictions and her predictions of death for them.

'Really? I'm so flattered! Or are you mocking me that I'm Trelawney?' Lily asked as she rolled her eyes.

'I think they're praising you,' James laughed as he led the girl to the Gryffindor table. 'Eating time!'

'Oh, really? And what? Get myself turned into a chicken?' Lily asked again.

'What? Why turn into a chicken?' James asked. Before Lily had a chance to reply, James Potter shrunk into a cock before her very eyes.

'TALLY!!!!! Why are you doing this to the Gryffindor?' Lily asked, turning to her friend. She was laughing her head off at the sight of all the Gryffindors turning into chickens.

'Just for fun. I mean, it's so boring!' Tally cried, tears streaming down because she laughed too hard.

'I'll change you guys back,' Lily assured as Sirius pecked her wand. Lily picked her wand from Sirius (the chicken had long feathers at it's tail) and did a complicated spell before waving her wand over the table. Everyone grew larger and larger until they were back to humans.

'Hey, you never taught me that!' Tally protested.

'I don't think I ever should,' Lily said, poking her tongue childishly at Tally. James was holding his wand angrily now. He quickly muttered a spell and aimed his wand straight at Tally.

'James, why did you do that?'

'She deserves it. Should know better than to use my own spell against me,' James said happily, eating a new plate of food he exchanged with the Slytherin table.

'So what are we doing with her?' Lily asked, walking to where Tally had stood.

'I dunno. Send her to Pomfrey?'

'Good idea. But how?'

'Gimme a parchment.'

'No, I'll do it!' Lily said. She pulled out a piece of parchment and scribbled this on it;

'Dear Poppy,

Here's a present from me to you,

I hope you love it, and cherish it too;

'Cause if you ever do harm to it,

Dear Tally here will remember you for it!'

'So much for my idea,' James muttered. 'I wanna write "Save Me!!!!" on that stupid hamster.'

'Well, I think hamsters are cute, and Tally turning into one is really cool. Maybe I should just keep you as a pet,' Lily said, hugging the white hamster tightly. It squeaked and it's black pupils contracted with fear.

'Nah, don't worry, she won't! Lily's mom hates hamsters,' Sirius said, grinning broadly at the little mouse.

'But Lily'll do it anyway. She has this "If you hate it, I'll do it" thingy in her mind,' Remus joined in.

Tally squealed even harder. Her living with Lily along with her psychotic sister isn't really Tally's idea of funny.

'I guess I'll just send you off with this note. Ciao, Tally!' Lily said, attaching the note to the white creature and sending it off alone. Tally ran as fast as she can towards the infirmary to get herself cured.

'Maybe we can bring some white mice home for mom,' Lily said thoughtfully.

'And let her kill them? I thought you were against cruelty to animals!' Remus looked at her in disbelief.

'Well… we can use fake ones?'

'And?'

'Use a spell on it so it's like real and put it with Petty at home!' Lily said brightly, laughing as she ate her cereal.

'Well…'

'Hey, we'll do it!' James exclaimed. A few students backed away from them when James said this, afraid that they'll get cursed.

'Nothing to do with you. Just Petunia at home,' Remus assured.

'Just Petunia only. I invited Tally to our Petunia Party, but she doesn't seem quite eager,' Lily said, shrugging.

'Who cares?'

'JAMES POTTER!!!!!!!' McGonagall screeched, frightening everyone. The Marauders turned.

'Yes, Minnie?' James said.

'What has he done now?' Remus asked.

'Nothing much, I bet. Not without us,' Sirius said dismissively.

'Oh, definitely nothing,' Lily said, calmly eating her cereal.

'WHY HAD YOU TURN CHAPMAN INTO A HAMSTER? THE USE OF TRANSFIGURATION IS NOT LIKE THAT!'

'Really? I remember one of Binns' essay. It says that two brothers turned an evil sorcerer into a mice and a cat ate it,' Lily said eagerly.

'Oh, is that so? I say it's fairy tale,' Sirius said, rolling his eyes.

'Li, things like that exists only in fairy tales!' Remus chided.

'But we used to think witches and wizards in fairy tales! We are witches and wizards, aren't we? So it's not a fairy tale!' Lily argued.

''Tis! Fairies and pixies and gnomes and all do not exist!' Sirius said stubbornly.

'Well, those fairies and pixies saved us at the Forest, remember?' Lily said, wagging a finger at him.

'NO!!! And unicorns don't work either!'

'They do!'

'Don't!'

'Do!'

'Don't!'

'Do!'

'Don't!'

'Do!'

'Don't!'

'Do!'

'Don't!'

'Do!'

'Don't!'

'Do!'

'Don't!'

'Do!'

'Don't!'

'Are you sick? You have a wand and a wizard hat on your head. You are wearing wizard robes now.'

'I am?'

'Yes, you are you idiot! When are you ever going to wake up?'

'Oh. Yeah. I am. Hehe, sorry Li!'

'No, it's-'

'Okay, your Highness! I don't wanna repeat that stupid line!'

'I said it's-'

'Fine, Lily! The brains of Marauders, happy?'

'Very. Now, back to Minnie.'

'What was it already?' McGonagall asked, confused after listening to Lily and Sirius arguing.

'Uh, what was it we were arguing about just now?' Sirius asked, turning to the red-head. Lily racked her head. Zilch.

'Um, I sorta forgot. It's something about fairy tales, right?'

'I don't think so.'

'It is! I remembered that!'

'No!'

'Yes!'

'No!'

'Yes!'

'No!'

'Yes!'

'No!'

'Yes!'

'No!'

'Yes!'

'CUT IT OUT!!!!!' Remus yelled loudly.

'What?' Sirius, Lily, James and McGonagall asked blankly.

'You're arguing about fairy tales, whatever it is. I kinda forgot too. Minnie's talking to Jam about transfiguration? I'm blur now…' Remus said in a confused tone.

'Oh, okay, thanks!' McGonagall said. 'Now James, you shouldn't turn that bag into trash! I mean, what use is it there?'

James groaned. 'When had I even done that? However smart or stupid I am, why would I need trash?'

'Didn't you just did? Or was that five years ago? Oh, I think it's about your work. James, your marks are getting lower! Don't you practice?'

'Minnie, I'm top at Transfiguration!' James sighed.

'Are you? Oh wait, maybe it's about your…'

Behind them, Lily and Sirius were still arguing about whether fairy tales exist or not.

'They exist! Unicorns, Dragons, Fairies, Pixies, Elves… they all do!' Lily said.

'They do not! Only in storybooks! Grow up, Lily!' Sirius said back.

'Well are you a wizard or not? You're in this world and there're dragons, unicorns and all!'

'I know myself very well, Lily, but puh-leez! Grow up!!'

Remus sighed. What had he done now that caused this? Lily and Sirius had just had their last word at the topic but here they are, arguing again. Minnie and James were still pondering on what they were talking about before. What had I said? Remus asked himself as he stared at the scene before him. Why are they so immature? Fighting about storybooks?

'Remus, you tell Sirius that dragons and unicorns exist! Something just hit his head!' Lily said, pulling Remus over.

'No, you tell Lily that they don't! Ask her to grow up from fantasy world!' Sirius said, pulling Remus to his side. Before Remus had a chance to even breathe, McGonagall pulled him over.

'Lupin, we were talking about Potter's studies, weren't we?'

Remus opened his mouth to answer, but James pulled him.

'Re, we were not! I'm top at Transfiguration!!!' James protested.

'Come back here, Remus!'

'No, you explain to Lily!'

'What had I gotten myself into now?' Remus asked the clouds as he looked at the transparent ceiling. He didn't have time to get his answers, for Lily and Sirius had pulled him into their argument.

Everyone looked on, enjoying the entertainment they were getting from the Marauders and McGonagall.

**

Remus lay grumpily in the Infirmary. The argument for him, voice of reason, had turned into a fight. Remus ended up getting hit by Lily and Sirius' spells when he tried to stop them. He now have little tentacles on his forehead, green in color, four pairs of arms, purple hair, long teeth, Dungbomb smell, bright orange teeth, yellow eyes and somehow had one of his arm turning jelly. James had also tried to stop them with a spell, but he aimed his wand wrongly, causing it to hit Remus, too. Remus is now burping slugs.

A knock floated into the quiet infirmary as the door turned open. Lily, Sirius and James stood at the door frame, smiling sheepishly and looking sorry for themselves. Remus smiled weakly at them, for if he opened his mouth, slugs will pour. Lily closed the door quietly, so as not to wake the sleeping matron.

'Hiya Remus! Sorry 'bout those spells!' James said, sitting next to him.

'We're so, so sorry!' Sirius said. Remus snorted. Not once is Sirius ever sorry for what he'd been doing.

'Uh, want me to return your color?' Lily offered, holding her wand out. Remus nodded quickly. The girl removed the colors from him and managed to shrink his teeth at the same time. 'Can't help with those arms and slugs and your jelly arm.'

Remus nodded sadly.

'I can remove that slugs problem,' James said as he tapped his wand at Remus. 'Not exactly all though. You'll have to wait an hour before they all go,' James grinned.

'Thanks a lot. Someone do something about the arms and the jelly arm!' Remus said.

'I can't do much but take off the jelly like feeling. About the four arm…' Sirius said, taking away the jelly-arms curse from Remus.

'Well?'

'Lily has the spell, but-'

'Really? Use it quick!'

'Hey, it's in this book. I've to practice it!'

'Fine. We have a whole night here.'

'So sorry, Re. Didn't expect to fight till using spells,' Sirius grinned.

'Well, does fairy tales exist now?'

'Yep! What gone into me anyway?'

'Who knows?'

'Wha? Just tap and say Unosus? Isn't that the duplicating spell?' Lily asked, puzzled.

'Just try it!' Remus begged with his arms.

'James, you do it. I think I'm too nervous to do it correctly.'

'Uh, okay. No promises.'

Remus closed his eyes tight and prayed fervently. James tapped on his arms. True enough, it turned back to only a pair of arm.

'Goody! I'm normal now!' Remus said thankfully, jumping out of bed and start putting his socks on.

'You're leaving now?'

'Why else would I stay here? You want me dead with these medicines?'

'Okay, let's go!!!!' Sirius lead.

'No, we're drawing Chalk Rings in the Slytherin common room, remember?' James said.

'What are they?' Remus asked.

'Something Gram came up with. You know, whenever you enter one, you can never come out of it unless the one who draws the ring lets you out. Sorta like fairy tale, isn't it?' Lily said cheerfully, producing a whole boxful of chalk.

'Sounds neat!' Remus praised.

'We wanna draw the whole of the Slytherin dungeon with it so they can't attend the feast tomorrow,' Sirius said, giggling evilly in his hands.

'And they'll miss the food!' James exclaimed brightly. He produced the Invisibility Cloak and they covered themselves under it, worming their way to the Slytherin dungeons.

'Who's there?' Flitwick asked in a high-pitched squeak. They froze as the small professor hop his way to a nearby armor.

'Did you see anyone?' Flitwick asked. The armor shook its head. 'Thank you.' Then the little professor hopped off.

'I thought he found us already!' Remus said, relief.

'Whatever. Let's just get on with the plan!' Lily whispered.

They walked to the dungeons and Lily pulled out four, long, white chalks and handed one to each of them. They grinned mischievously and started drawing a huge circle around the Slytherin dungeons, so that no one that goes in will ever come out. Finally, they joined the circle in front of the stone, the pathway to the Slytherin common room. Laughing, they ran off to their dorm, eager for the next day to wane as soon as possible.

**

The next day came, just as it always does and the Marauders jumped up eagerly in bed. Today is their last day at Hogwarts for their second year and also the day for the Slytherins to stay back for an extra hour or two. Lily happily changed into her black robes and packed her trunk quickly. She then skipped her way down the stairs, hair bouncing after her.

'I don't see why are you so happy about this,' Tally muttered, walking down slowly.

'Because the Slytherins will not be attending the feast!' Lily said happily, climbing out of the portrait hole.

'What? Why wouldn't they? Hey, wait for me!' Tally cried, running after the bouncing red-head.

Lily sat herself at the Gryffindor table beside James and Remus. She made sure that Sirius sat far from her, since a large, sugary pudding sat on the table and Sirius is looking at it hungrily. The Slytherin table, however, was empty. No occupants, nothing. Wondering what happened, Halley got up to check on her house.

'She'll get stuck too!' James laughed.

'How nice! All the Slytherins locked in their dorm. Heaven!' Sirius said dreamily.

'Heaven? I think I'm dreaming! No Slytherins! This couldn't even be real!' Remus laughed.

'Well, it's real! Thank goodness no Pettigrew- fusses-over-you-and-adore-you and no Snake to taunt us,' Lily added.

'So peaceful and blissful,' Sirius sighed.

'Oh, don't eat anything, kay?' Remus warned.

'Why not?' Sirius asked, eyeing everything hungrily.

'You'll turn into a chicken. I gave this – uh – seasoning to the house-elves in the kitchens. Told them to use it on today's feast. They did, and whoever who eats anything will turn into a chicken!' Remus said.

'But I'm hungry!'

'We'll just run over to the kitchens first. We're not starting until the Slytherins come, which they will not.'

They crawled out of the Great Hall and started their journey to the kitchens. On their way, they passed the Slytherin dungeons. They took a peep and laughed at the sight. All the Slytherins were trying all sorts of spells to get out of the magic ring and some squibs (Pettigrew, for instance), turned half of the Slytherins pink with frilly dress, heavy make-up and high-heels.

They resumed their way into the kitchens and ordered for their food, careful to make sure that nothing they ordered had anything to do with the feast. Sirius found it quite imposibble as the feast had almost half of the menu taken. In the end, the four settled for muggle food, as the feast were all magical food.

Patting their stomachs happily, they headed back to the Great Hall, peeping at the Slytherins again.

Dumbledore, McGonagall, Flitwick and Sprout were all there, trying to figure a way to remove the spell that locks everyone in the magic ring. Flitwick tried rubbing the chalk, but it simply won't rub off. Instead, the more he rub, the more brighter the chalk ring grew. McGonagall tried transfiguring the ring into a hula hoop, but she ended up turning Halley into a tortoise. Sprout used some water to wash the chalk ring, but again, to no avail. The Marauders giggled silently from behind the wall.

'I swear that this must be the doing of Potter, Black, Evans and Lupin!' McGonagall said pointily.

'Now, Minerva, we couldn't suspect them! How can Gryffindors even know of the entrance to the Slytherin common room?' Dumbledore asked.

'Good point, Albus, but they know almost all the nick-nooks of the castle, I'm sure they do know this. I'll go back to the Great Hall to see if they are there.'

'Very well. And I think that the Slytherins must have their feast here. Send the elves to bring their food over.'

'I'll go now.'

The Marauders gulped. Quickly, they find for a painting of five hippos and climbed into it, running until they reach the end before scrambling out from behind an armor and ran straight to the Great Hall before sitting themselves on the chair. Lily's heart pounded hard and fast against her ribs. Red faced, they sat beside Tally.

'Where were you guys?' Tally asked.

'Walking around.'

'You're red.'

'We- we are? Well, Lily, use your charm!'

'I can't! I'm far too nervous now and-! Minnie!'

McGonagall burst into the room, purple in face, as she stomped over to the Marauders.

'WHAT EXACTLY HAD YOU DONE????' she demanded.

'We'd done nothing but came back from a marathon behind the Forest. Is that a crime?'

'Very tired…'

'So tired…'

'I can't think properly!'

'WHAT HAD YOU DONE TO THE SLYTHERINS???' this time, the Hall turned in their direction.

'What happened to them?'

'Do NOT play with me, Evans! I want an answer now!'

'What happened to them anyway? Turned into hippos?'

'I do not enjoy this sort of joke, Potter.'

'Well what happened then!'

'Someone locked the Slytherins in their room. Now do you admit it?'

'Admit what?'

'Joy! No Slytherins for the year-end feast! Hey, did you all hear that?' Terrykinns shouted gleefully. The Hall errupted into a deafening cheer.

'WHAT HAD YOU DONE TO THEM???'

'We didn't do anything to them!' Remus said. But we did lock their way out, he added silently.

'Let's start the feast! Amen,' Catherine said. Everyone dug into their food as soon as the girl had said that.

'See Minnie? Ciao!' Lily said, pushing her Transfiguration teacher out as soon as possible. Fifteen minutes later, chicken squabbles, cluckings and peckings were heard from the Great Hall.

**

'Wonderful. Another record,' Sirius grumbled in the train.

'I can't believe they'll still issue detention at the feast! Extra homework!' Lily moaned sadly.

'Why did Minnie chose to enter in at that time?' James asked, cursing the teacher under his breath.

'So much for turning everyone into chickens,' Remus said gloomily.

'Well, still, I took a picture!' Lily said brightly, whipping out a picture which she'd just took. A hall full of chickens and the four Marauders grinning as they held up a 'peace' sign. Remus added a drop of potion so that the picture moved. Immediately, McGonagall kicked them off the photo and started lecturing.

'Is there a way to alter that?' Sirius asked. He didn't want to see McGonagall now.

'No. Just make it stop. Brew that potion, whatever it is. You're a potion brewer,' Lily said, making duplicates for each of them and one to add in their photo album of greatest pranks ever played.

'Somehow, I wish I wasn't one,' Sirius said, chopping the ingredient as he threw everything into his cauldron before starting a small fire

'You'll wish that you are pretty soon,' James laughed.

'Why would I?'

'Else, you'll have to put up with McGonagall kicking us non-stop in the photos.'

'Good. Thanks for motivating me.'

'That's what I'm here for, right?'

'Whatever. A drop of potion,' Sirius said, carefully dropping a drop onto the photos. It stopped and reverted back to the part where the gang had held up their victory signs.

'So much better,' James said admiringly. 'Good job!'

'That's all I get? Good job?' Sirius asked sarcasticly.

'That's all, Si. Now, how about we finish our homework now? We have a party to organize!' Lily said cheerfully. Eagerly, they pulled out their parchments before hurriedly writing in it, copying as much as they can from their books.

The train halted to a stop and Sirius punctuated it with a full-stop on his sentence before exclaiming 'Finished!'

'I'm done too!' Remus said, holding up his potions essay.

'Ditto,' Lily grinned, pulling out her Transfiguration.

'And finish!' James said, signing his name below his Charms essay.

'Okay, now we'll go organize that party!!!!!' Lily cried happily as they rolled their trolleys from the barrier.

'LILY!!! JAMES!!! SIRIUS!!! REMUS!!!'

'Mom!' Sirius said, jumping to her. Melissa laughed as she helped them carry some of their things.

'Where're our parents?' Lily and James asked.

'They'd gone for a holiday in France. Petunia is staying with us for two days before going over to her friends'. Remus, your parents went too. Putting all the responsibility with me, hmph!' Melissa said, adopted an angry look.

'Sorry, but you'll have to,' James grinned.

'And Gram?'

'Went to Malkin's. She'll be there for some time. Why is it me to suffer? What wrong had I done?' Melissa asked to no one in particular.

'Not going for a holiday?' Sirius suggested.

'Very funny, Sirius, but maybe you're right. I should've gone and left you with no one.'

'Even more gorgeus! Imagine that! A whole house to ourselves!' Remus said happily.

'Then again, I'll reconsider that,' Melissa laughed. She helped their trunks in before driving them off.

'Dear Petty's gonna love this Magic Chalk!' Lily said, laughing.

'Well, she'll be very surprised to know that paper writes back!' James said, remembering the little trick Lily had made.

'And to know she'll turn into a chicken!' Sirius added.

'Not to mention turning all her boyfriend's letters into Howlers!' Remus said.

'Petty's gonna have a party of her life!' Lily said. The Marauders all nodded in agreement.

AN: Pang ka pang!!!! *confettis falls* ta-dah!!!!! I finished this!!! Hurrah! Hurrah!! I like the part when Sirius and Lily and James and Minnie argued ;) simply delightful part, isn't it? well, not much now, but you'll have to wait for the next year to come! That'll be quite some time cause reason 1) my connection broke down. 2) this computer decided to join it and break down too. 3) I've to send this for repair. 4) not much l/j until maybe the fourth year. 5) I'll get some short stories done if you want. And 6) should I smash this modem? Review, please!!!!!