The Marauders¹ Rivals - Chapter 3 - Suspicions and Privileges
Disclaimer: See Chapter 1
It was now Christmas Break for Hogwarts in James¹s first year. James had
begun to notice that Remus was disappearing every month. Remus also wanted
to stay at Hogwarts for the break ³for safety reasons,² so James, Sirius,
and Peter kept him company. Lucius Malfoy and his friends were also staying
over the break so Sirius called this ³the perfect opportunity for a prank.²
They had played many mild pranks, mostly on these Slytherins, since the
beginning of school. They didn¹t get too many points off, because they were
mostly in the corridors at this time and they used excuses like, ³No, I was
only trying to curse that fly in his soup!²
James had been doing quite well in classes. He expected to do at least
average, since he was getting his parents¹ support. Malfoy was doing the
same (James was always hearing him brag in Potions) and seemed to be
competing with James both prank- and grade-wise. Remus and Snape had pretty
good grades. Sirius, Mulciber, and Lockhart seemed to get average grades,
while Peter was always begging Remus for help, since he was below average.
Their worst class was Professor Serpert teaching Potions. He picked on
everyone except Malfoy and Snape during the Gryffindor-Slytherin double
class, trying to find something wrong with everyone¹s concoctions. ³Black,
the ground beetles go in first, no, you may not have Potter finish it for
you!² was basically what he said every day. Once, he said to Peter, ³You
messed up again! You should be more like Mr. Snape!² Remus then muttered
under his breath to Peter, ³Like you¹d be seen with his hair,² but Serpert
heard him and gave Remus and Peter detentions. No one seemed to get good
grades in his class (except Snape and Malfoy) because of this.
The Gryffindors who were staying over the break had thrown a party on the
first day (³Yahoo! No Serpert for a week!) and they were very cheery. It
turned out that Remus and Peter¹s detentions were on December 26. ³Great,
just to ruin our perfect break with Serpert giving you guys detentions,²
Sirius growled.
Christmas had been fun though. Sirius¹s favorite present was a penknife
that could cut any rope and untie any knot, and James got an Invisibility
Cloak from his father. Peter had gotten a big box of chocolates from his
mother (which Sirius had charmed so the box kept refilling itself), and
Remus got an book called Hexes ‹ Casting and Dodging: Impress your friends!
³Or maybe frustrating your enemies,² Sirius said while grinning evilly.
On Christmas Day in the afternoon, the Slytherins headed out onto the
grounds.
³Oh, good, it¹s cloudy,² Mulciber said.
³That list of curses my dad sent me should come in handy if the Gryffindor
boys come out!² Malfoy grinned.
³Ooh, are we doing a snowball fight?² Lockhart said anxiously.
It was perfect conditions for one, the grounds were covered in snow and the
sun wasn¹t shining so the snow wouldn¹t melt all over their cloaks.
Snape spotted Lily Evans building a snowman and aimed his wand at the
snowman¹s head. ³Watch the mudblood. Exporamus!² he said while aiming at the
snowman¹s head. The head exploded, and snow flew everywhere. Lily was
knocked back, and the carrot was lodged in her nose.
The Slytherins burst into laughter. ³Look, here come the Gryffindors,²
Mulciber warned.
Sirius, James, Peter, and Remus headed out onto the ground and were soon
spotted by the Slytherins. Sirius scooped up some snow and pegged Snape in
the back. Lockhart already had a snowball in his hand and hit Peter in the
groin.
James hired Peter to be the ³bait² and run around the Slytherins while he,
Sirius and Remus built them a snow fort.
³Did you study up on your hexes, Remie?² Sirius asked.
³Don¹t call me that!² Remus replied. ³Yes, I know enough of them to get
those boys mad.²
³Perfect,² James said.
Peter ran up behind him, panting. ³Your turn....eeh uhh...to dodge,² he
gasped.
The Slytherins now had built a pretty stupid looking wall of their own.
³Need any help?² said a voice behing them. Sirius turned around to be face
to face with Lily, and he turned scarlet.
³Uhem, sh-sure,² he stuttered.
³Cool!² Lily said, and she made a snowball, popped up behind their now
completed wall, and hit Mulciber in the ear. He shrieked in surprise.
³They¹re such jerks,² she added.
Remus whispered something into James¹s ear.
³Save it for yourself,² James muttered back. ³I have a better idea.²
He threw a snowball at Snape, and also aimed a spell at him behind a the
ball he threw.
After the ball hit Snape, he rose eight feet into the air and stayed frozen
there.
³Wingardium Leviosa,² James explained. ³He never saw it coming. He can¹t
move, and there¹s no wall in the way, so let¹s pelt him.²
So they did. Lily got a good blow all over his face (³Serves him right,
after what he did to me!²), and Sirius got several strong shots in his
stomach.
Malfoy and Lockhart were jumping, trying to grab on to Snape¹s leg, but
were unsuccessful. Remus threw a shot that bounced off Snape¹s leg and went
down the back of Malfoy¹s robes. His reaction to this was jumping high
enough to grab on to Snape¹s leg with a tight grip. He hung there without
bringing Snape down, and Snape snapped, ³Let go, you prat! That hurts and
it¹s not helping!²
Then, to Snape¹s luck and James¹s horror, Professor Serpert came out onto
the ground and walked toward the Slytherins. He lowered Snape and Malfoy.
Then he gave a death-look toward the Gryffindors. Instead of giving them
detentions though, he joined the Slytherins in the snowball fight. Then, to
the Gryffindor¹s relief, some sixth years joined their side.
³Serpert has given us too many detentions,² they explained. ³We¹ll be glad
to help.²
Remus taught them a few hexes to place behind snowballs. One hex made all
of the snowballs Lockhart threw turn around and hit him, while another made
Mulciber flash different colors when he was hit. The Slytherins returned
curses though, like one that made their snowball grow so large it almost
crushed Peter. Well, they sure had fun.
³Aiee! The sun¹s coming out!² Mulciber yelped. ³I need to drink my p-, er,
I mean put on sunscreen!² he said, and ran up into the castle.
Everyone stared at him, except Serpert, who did not seem surprised.
Finally, it was time to go in. ³Darn, it¹s too bad that Gagumo hex didn¹t
work,² Sirius said. ³It sounded cool!²
They used and played with their presents that evening and the next day, so
soon it was the evening of December 26th.
³&@%$, you guys have your detentions!² Sirius whined.
³Relax. We can test my new cloak and maybe help them!² James replied.
Remus and Peter headed down into the Potions dungeon for their punishment.
James and Sirius followed invisibly.
³Okay, boys.² Professor Serpert said. ³You have to clean all of these.²
Remus and Peter glanced at the classroom. There were lots of cauldrons,
vases, goblets and such scattered on the tables.
³By hand, no magic,² Serpert added.
At this, James and Sirius both muttered a cleaning charm and waved their
wands at the dirty dishes. Soon, they were sparkling clean.
Serpert didn¹t notice. He was enjoying the scared looks on the visible
boys¹ faces.
Remus glanced around. ³But Professor, they¹re all clean already.²
Serpert stared. After a pause, he said, ³Okay, come with me then.²
The four boys followed him out of his room. James muttered to Sirius.
³Follow them. I have an idea, I¹ll meet you in the common room, ok?²
So he stayed behind and went back into the Potions room. He ran up to the
desks and tilted them so the dishes fell off the desk. Some of the messy
dishes broke, and others had whatever potion goop was on them dribble on to
the floor.
James smiled as he returned to the common room. This was going to get
Serpert so pissed!
Meanwhile, Serpert and the other boys entered the trophy room. ³Okay, then
clean these,² Serpert said.
Sirius used a cleaning charm again.
³Um, what¹s there to clean?² Peter said. Serpert glared at him. ³They look
polished already.²
Remus winked at where he thought Sirius was.
³Very well, let¹s go talk to Hagrid then.² Serpert decided, so they walked
out onto the grounds. Now Sirius didn¹t feel as good, he had heard that
detentions with Hagrid were normally wandering around the forest.
³Ah, Serpert. You need Œem ter do a job?² Hagrid said. ³Well sorry, but the
grounds seem fine. There are no problems. It¹s getting late, you should have
Œem return to their dorms.²
Serpert gave him a look of death, and said, ³Oh, all right, return to your
ruddy dorms!²
Remus and Peter paced up to the castle, while Serpert trudged slowly. Once
Remus and Peter were out of suspicion range, Sirius threw a few snowballs at
Serpert then quickly caught up to his friends.
They sure got their revenge.
Please Review! I will reply to some reviews in future chapters!
Disclaimer: See Chapter 1
It was now Christmas Break for Hogwarts in James¹s first year. James had
begun to notice that Remus was disappearing every month. Remus also wanted
to stay at Hogwarts for the break ³for safety reasons,² so James, Sirius,
and Peter kept him company. Lucius Malfoy and his friends were also staying
over the break so Sirius called this ³the perfect opportunity for a prank.²
They had played many mild pranks, mostly on these Slytherins, since the
beginning of school. They didn¹t get too many points off, because they were
mostly in the corridors at this time and they used excuses like, ³No, I was
only trying to curse that fly in his soup!²
James had been doing quite well in classes. He expected to do at least
average, since he was getting his parents¹ support. Malfoy was doing the
same (James was always hearing him brag in Potions) and seemed to be
competing with James both prank- and grade-wise. Remus and Snape had pretty
good grades. Sirius, Mulciber, and Lockhart seemed to get average grades,
while Peter was always begging Remus for help, since he was below average.
Their worst class was Professor Serpert teaching Potions. He picked on
everyone except Malfoy and Snape during the Gryffindor-Slytherin double
class, trying to find something wrong with everyone¹s concoctions. ³Black,
the ground beetles go in first, no, you may not have Potter finish it for
you!² was basically what he said every day. Once, he said to Peter, ³You
messed up again! You should be more like Mr. Snape!² Remus then muttered
under his breath to Peter, ³Like you¹d be seen with his hair,² but Serpert
heard him and gave Remus and Peter detentions. No one seemed to get good
grades in his class (except Snape and Malfoy) because of this.
The Gryffindors who were staying over the break had thrown a party on the
first day (³Yahoo! No Serpert for a week!) and they were very cheery. It
turned out that Remus and Peter¹s detentions were on December 26. ³Great,
just to ruin our perfect break with Serpert giving you guys detentions,²
Sirius growled.
Christmas had been fun though. Sirius¹s favorite present was a penknife
that could cut any rope and untie any knot, and James got an Invisibility
Cloak from his father. Peter had gotten a big box of chocolates from his
mother (which Sirius had charmed so the box kept refilling itself), and
Remus got an book called Hexes ‹ Casting and Dodging: Impress your friends!
³Or maybe frustrating your enemies,² Sirius said while grinning evilly.
On Christmas Day in the afternoon, the Slytherins headed out onto the
grounds.
³Oh, good, it¹s cloudy,² Mulciber said.
³That list of curses my dad sent me should come in handy if the Gryffindor
boys come out!² Malfoy grinned.
³Ooh, are we doing a snowball fight?² Lockhart said anxiously.
It was perfect conditions for one, the grounds were covered in snow and the
sun wasn¹t shining so the snow wouldn¹t melt all over their cloaks.
Snape spotted Lily Evans building a snowman and aimed his wand at the
snowman¹s head. ³Watch the mudblood. Exporamus!² he said while aiming at the
snowman¹s head. The head exploded, and snow flew everywhere. Lily was
knocked back, and the carrot was lodged in her nose.
The Slytherins burst into laughter. ³Look, here come the Gryffindors,²
Mulciber warned.
Sirius, James, Peter, and Remus headed out onto the ground and were soon
spotted by the Slytherins. Sirius scooped up some snow and pegged Snape in
the back. Lockhart already had a snowball in his hand and hit Peter in the
groin.
James hired Peter to be the ³bait² and run around the Slytherins while he,
Sirius and Remus built them a snow fort.
³Did you study up on your hexes, Remie?² Sirius asked.
³Don¹t call me that!² Remus replied. ³Yes, I know enough of them to get
those boys mad.²
³Perfect,² James said.
Peter ran up behind him, panting. ³Your turn....eeh uhh...to dodge,² he
gasped.
The Slytherins now had built a pretty stupid looking wall of their own.
³Need any help?² said a voice behing them. Sirius turned around to be face
to face with Lily, and he turned scarlet.
³Uhem, sh-sure,² he stuttered.
³Cool!² Lily said, and she made a snowball, popped up behind their now
completed wall, and hit Mulciber in the ear. He shrieked in surprise.
³They¹re such jerks,² she added.
Remus whispered something into James¹s ear.
³Save it for yourself,² James muttered back. ³I have a better idea.²
He threw a snowball at Snape, and also aimed a spell at him behind a the
ball he threw.
After the ball hit Snape, he rose eight feet into the air and stayed frozen
there.
³Wingardium Leviosa,² James explained. ³He never saw it coming. He can¹t
move, and there¹s no wall in the way, so let¹s pelt him.²
So they did. Lily got a good blow all over his face (³Serves him right,
after what he did to me!²), and Sirius got several strong shots in his
stomach.
Malfoy and Lockhart were jumping, trying to grab on to Snape¹s leg, but
were unsuccessful. Remus threw a shot that bounced off Snape¹s leg and went
down the back of Malfoy¹s robes. His reaction to this was jumping high
enough to grab on to Snape¹s leg with a tight grip. He hung there without
bringing Snape down, and Snape snapped, ³Let go, you prat! That hurts and
it¹s not helping!²
Then, to Snape¹s luck and James¹s horror, Professor Serpert came out onto
the ground and walked toward the Slytherins. He lowered Snape and Malfoy.
Then he gave a death-look toward the Gryffindors. Instead of giving them
detentions though, he joined the Slytherins in the snowball fight. Then, to
the Gryffindor¹s relief, some sixth years joined their side.
³Serpert has given us too many detentions,² they explained. ³We¹ll be glad
to help.²
Remus taught them a few hexes to place behind snowballs. One hex made all
of the snowballs Lockhart threw turn around and hit him, while another made
Mulciber flash different colors when he was hit. The Slytherins returned
curses though, like one that made their snowball grow so large it almost
crushed Peter. Well, they sure had fun.
³Aiee! The sun¹s coming out!² Mulciber yelped. ³I need to drink my p-, er,
I mean put on sunscreen!² he said, and ran up into the castle.
Everyone stared at him, except Serpert, who did not seem surprised.
Finally, it was time to go in. ³Darn, it¹s too bad that Gagumo hex didn¹t
work,² Sirius said. ³It sounded cool!²
They used and played with their presents that evening and the next day, so
soon it was the evening of December 26th.
³&@%$, you guys have your detentions!² Sirius whined.
³Relax. We can test my new cloak and maybe help them!² James replied.
Remus and Peter headed down into the Potions dungeon for their punishment.
James and Sirius followed invisibly.
³Okay, boys.² Professor Serpert said. ³You have to clean all of these.²
Remus and Peter glanced at the classroom. There were lots of cauldrons,
vases, goblets and such scattered on the tables.
³By hand, no magic,² Serpert added.
At this, James and Sirius both muttered a cleaning charm and waved their
wands at the dirty dishes. Soon, they were sparkling clean.
Serpert didn¹t notice. He was enjoying the scared looks on the visible
boys¹ faces.
Remus glanced around. ³But Professor, they¹re all clean already.²
Serpert stared. After a pause, he said, ³Okay, come with me then.²
The four boys followed him out of his room. James muttered to Sirius.
³Follow them. I have an idea, I¹ll meet you in the common room, ok?²
So he stayed behind and went back into the Potions room. He ran up to the
desks and tilted them so the dishes fell off the desk. Some of the messy
dishes broke, and others had whatever potion goop was on them dribble on to
the floor.
James smiled as he returned to the common room. This was going to get
Serpert so pissed!
Meanwhile, Serpert and the other boys entered the trophy room. ³Okay, then
clean these,² Serpert said.
Sirius used a cleaning charm again.
³Um, what¹s there to clean?² Peter said. Serpert glared at him. ³They look
polished already.²
Remus winked at where he thought Sirius was.
³Very well, let¹s go talk to Hagrid then.² Serpert decided, so they walked
out onto the grounds. Now Sirius didn¹t feel as good, he had heard that
detentions with Hagrid were normally wandering around the forest.
³Ah, Serpert. You need Œem ter do a job?² Hagrid said. ³Well sorry, but the
grounds seem fine. There are no problems. It¹s getting late, you should have
Œem return to their dorms.²
Serpert gave him a look of death, and said, ³Oh, all right, return to your
ruddy dorms!²
Remus and Peter paced up to the castle, while Serpert trudged slowly. Once
Remus and Peter were out of suspicion range, Sirius threw a few snowballs at
Serpert then quickly caught up to his friends.
They sure got their revenge.
Please Review! I will reply to some reviews in future chapters!
