Ok, here's the second chapter:
Of Maps and James, Remus, and Sirius Juniors
James drew a foot up and rested his head on his knee. Lily had both feet on her broom, her elbows resting on her knees, her face in a hand. Remus laid back on his broom, his brown-blond hair blowing in the wind. Peter was just sitting on his broom. They were about fifty yards up in the air, flying over the Lupin's farm. It had been three days since the funeral, there were three days to go before the start of the term and they were catching up on their Quiddich, safe from Muggle eyes due to the spell that protected the Lupin farm's unusual animals.
" They really ought to get together." James remarked, his eyes on the yelling pair in front of them. Lily shook her head.
" Let us pray they do not." Remus looked at her, lifting a hand to push hair out of his eyes.
" Why? They're perfect for each other." Lily nodded.
" They are, but let's hope they wait two years. I for one hear enough about how stupid Sirius is now. Can you imagine how bad it would be if they were going out?" Remus shuddered. Peter nodded.
" Good point. Sirius complains about her in his sleep. And think about all the mush when they make up." Lily looked at him.
" In his sleep?" James nodded.
" At least he doesn't snore. And sometimes it's pretty funny. Like that time he went on about how she wouldn't help him with a prank on you." Lily raised an eyebrow.
" On me?" She asked. Remus laughed.
" Don't bother, James and I took care of that idea. He was going to slip you a Color Cream. The ones that turn your hair different colors. We fed it to him instead." Peter nodded.
" Only I gave them a blond one by mistake. That's why he was blond for a couple of days last year." Lily lifted a hand to her hair.
" He was going to dye my hair?" She said. James looked up at the wizard who was arguing with Nicole.
" Hey, Sirius, it's been nice knowing you!" He yelled. Sirius paused in midshout. He looked down and then flew closer to his best friend.
" What do you mean?"
" Lily just found out that you were planning to dye her hair last year." Nicole had followed Sirius. She started laughing so hard she almost fell off her broom. " You're in for it now, Sirius Black." She gasped. Sirius looked at Lily who was watching him with a thoughtful face. He looked at the rest of the Marauders .
" Who told?" He demanded. Remus pointed at James and Peter pointed at Remus. James grinned and pointed at Peter. Sirius rolled his eyes. " Fine. Lily, who told you?" He asked. Lily raised her eyebrows.
" You expect me to tell the person who was planning to dye my hair blond..."
" He was going to dye it green to match your eyes. I gave James and Remus a blond one by accident like I told you befo..." Peter stopped and took off to the house, Sirius hot on his tail. James, Nicole, and Remus roared with laughter. Lily chuckled. James looked at her and his laughter took on a relived ting. She had not laughed for the past six days, and they had been with her for all of those days. It was unheard of some one being around the Marauders for over three hours and not laughing, excluding several Slytherins. Remus caught his look and stayed back as the others followed Sirius and Peter back to the house.
" I meant to ask you, why were you up that night? It was about two when we got that owl." James shrugged.
" I had a bad feeling and Dad was about four hours over due to return. He was fine, just had to give an extra long report for Mr. Crouch." Remus shook his head.
" I don't know how you do it. I would be a bundle of nerves all the time. Especially with Voldemort around." James shrugged.
" It's exactly what I would be doing if I were him and we both know it. When I graduate that's what I'll do and then it'll be just as bad for him." Lily flew towards them.
" What's with the serious faces?" She asked. All three thought about her choice of words and started laughing.
" Ummmmmm!" Lily scooped up another spoonful of ice cream. Her blissful expression was shared by the other five. Mrs. Lupin smiled.
" I take it you are glad that we left at five now?" Nicole nodded vigorously.
" This was definitely worth getting up at four."
" I'd have gotten up even earlier had you told me that we were going to stop at Charlie's." Said Remus. Sirius grinned.
" And that's saying something!" Remus shrugged.
" I see that James and I are perfects again and you aren't. Could that be because of the record-breaking number of detentions you got for being late for class?" Sirius grinned.
" That's because you two are just being too goody-goody." James and Remus looked at each other. Lily and Nicole burst out laughing. Mrs. Lupin raised an eyebrow.
" Well, well, maybe you do take after me more than I thought. I take it that those glowing reports from the teachers are very wrong?" James looked at her.
" Of course not. Remus and I are very good." The lady laughed.
" Very good indeed!" Remus shrugged.
" We got a pair of detentions each. If you want very good, talk to Lily. The things that she got away with." Lily laughed.
" And the one you did." James looked at her with a relived smile. A real laugh. He hadn't realized how much they meant to him until they had stopped. " Well, here's our stop." Nicole said, glancing outside. They stepped from the Knight Bus, waving goodbye to the driver. They walked into the King's Cross Station and to the wall between platforms 9 and 10. James and Nicole leaned against it casually and seemed to vanish. The other followed and joined their friends on a platform that was packed with unusual people. They loaded their bags in to an empty car and Mrs. Lupin gave them each a hug.
" I have to get going. I have to deliver a bunch of pixies to a school in Scotland by six tonight." She dropped a kiss on Remus' cheek and waved goodbye as she left Platform 9 and 3/4. Sirius stepped up into the car.
" Come on, people, I'm calling a Marauders meeting." The other five exchanged glances and followed him.
" What's the problem, Padfoot?" James asked, switching to the nicknames that the Marauders used in private, as they took seats in the compartment. Sirius began pacing up and down the center of the car.
" We are starting our sixth year and we have yet to do anything that will insure that the Marauders will be remembered in Hogwarts forever." James groaned.
" Please tell me you aren't going to start that legacy crap again." Sirius looked offended.
" James, you're the one who started the Marauders, don't you want it to continue after we leave school?" He paused in front of the three other Marauders and the two honorary Marauders. " We know more about Hogwarts than even Dumbledore! No other students will ever come close to knowing the things we do. I want to make sure that other... um... prank minded students can use that knowledge." He slammed a palm down on the back of a chair. " I'm going to play a prank next year that no one will ever forget, but I want to leave the knowledge we have of secret passages and rooms for others." He gave a wide grin. " That way when little James, Remus, and Sirius Juniors come to Hogwarts, they won't have to spend all their time in detention like we had too." James chuckled.
" Like you did, you mean!" Sirius frowned. Nicole looked at him.
" How are you going do it, Padfoot?" The black-eyed boy shrugged.
" That's why I called this meeting." Lily rolled her eyes.
" Sirius, there is no way that you could do that unless you wrote it all down in a map or something." Sirius gazed at her with an expression of worship. He pulled her from her seat and hugged her. James frowned and Remus growled. Sirius dropped the red head back in her seat and began to dance around the compartment. Nicole shook her head.
" I always hoped that I was wrong about Sirius being insane, but now..." James pasted a look of concern on his face.
" Padfoot, old friend, are you feeling alright? Maybe you should sit down for a while." Sirius gave him a dirty look.
" I feel better than alright!" He said, flinging him self into a chair. Lily raised an eyebrow.
" Is that so? Why?" Sirius grinned again.
" Because you are the cleverest, smartest, prettiest girl of all of England." James smiled.
" We already knew that." He raised an eyebrow. " Do you have anything that we don't know to tell us?" Sirius' grin widened and his eyes were dancing with excitement.
" Yes. The Marauders are going to make a map."
Ok, now I'm getting into the second plot, the map. Hope you enjoyed it. - Aoi