Chapter 2- Gryffindor vs. Slytherin
Sirius entered the common room slowly. His search had turned up nothing and he had decided to break the news to the others. At least then they could help Peter and him look for the map. As he looked around, he noticed that the common room was almost empty except for a few people doing their homework and Remus sitting by the fire. Sirius took a deep breath and walked towards his friend.
"Hello Sirius," Remus said looking up at him. Sirius smiled slightly at his friend and took a seat across from him.
"Listen Moony," Sirius said nervously, "I did something really stupid tonight and I dragged Peter into it. What happened is really my fault and I do not want you to blame him."
"What happened Sirius? What did you do?" Remus asked urgently. Sirius's smile became more genuine.
"We found the Slytherin common room Remus! Just imagine the things we can do now! We can plant anything and hear what they say with James' cloak and…."
"Sirius! Is that all you did?"
Sirius stopped talking and his smile faded.
"Where are James and Peter?"
Remus shrugged.
"They will be back soon," he replied. Sirius nodded.
"I…I lost the map."
Sirius watched Remus's face. Instead of turning into a sympathetic, mad, or enraged face he smiled and laughed.
"You lost it?" he cried happily, "Thank you Sirius! I do not know how to thank you!"
Sirius looked at his friend confused. Then he wondered how he had not noticed his friend's hidden happiness.
"What is it?" Sirius asked. Remus drew a piece of parchment from his robes and smiled.
"Someone found it," he replied. Sirius grabbed the map and stared at it happily.
"Who found it? Remind me to give them a big kiss for it! I owe them!"
Remus frowned.
"If you try to kiss her I'll hurt you," he said looking sternly at his friend. Sirius's expression changed immediately and Remus almost regretted telling him.
"A girl? A girl found it? What happened? Tell me everything! Was she good looking?"
Remus sighed and recounted the nights events to Sirius. Sirius stayed quiet except when he added comments like:
"You thought we went to the kitchens? Oh please," or
"Molly? I knew it!"
Remus had just finished when James and Peter entered the room.
"You can stop being nervous Peter! Remus has the map," Sirius cried.
Peter sighed and stopped shaking.
"You lost the map?" James asked surprised, "You two imprudent idiots!! What were you thinking?"
"Why don't we just all sit down and explain everything?" Peter suggested, sitting on the floor by the fire.
"Yes," Sirius said with a smile, "Remus is dying to tell you something."
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After everything was understood, they all relaxed. They had found the Slytherin common room and now they could begin planning. As Sirius took an inventory of all their tricks, Peter got ready for bed.
"I don't know about you guys," he yawned, "but I've had enough excitement for tonight."
"Good night Peter," Remus replied looking up from his book.
Peter smiled mischievously at Remus.
"Maybe you should go say good night to Molly."
Remus blushed and threw his pillow at the boy. Peter squeaked and jumped into his bed.
"Good night you rat," Sirius laughed.
"Night," James said with a tired smile, "bed sounds real nice now."
"But we have to make our plans!" Sirius said excitedly.
"Oh well. You will just have to wait. We can't plan tomorrow anyway," Remus shrugged.
"Yeah," Peter answered, "Remus has a date."
"It's not a date!" Remus objected as his friends laughed.
"Oh just give me my pillow and let me sleep!"
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Sirius woke up the next day to someone shaking him.
"What is it?!" he growled sitting up. He opened his eyes to see James giving him a scolding look.
"I'm already late for breakfast because of you so get up!" he snapped. Sirius jumped out of bed and quickly changed into his ropes. He quickly brushed his hair and then ran down the stairs with James.
"Where are Peter and Remus?" Sirius asked as they jogged down the halls.
"I told them to go ahead. We all shouldn't be late," James replied.
Once they reached the Great Hall James quickly threw the door open. They both gasped as a figure looked silently at them.
"A little late boys?" Dumbledore said quietly.
"Sorry Professor," James mumbled.
"James just woke up late so I stayed behind with him," Sirius quickly added.
Sirius gave James a sheepish look as he grew bright red and glared daggers at his friend. Dumbledore's eyes sparkled with amusement.
"Don't let it happen again Potter," he said with a smile and patted him on the shoulder. Then he walked past them and into the hall.
"Sorry Prongs," Sirius said quickly as they made their way to the Gryffindor table, "It just came out."
"Don't worry," James said with a grin, "I'll get you back for it."
James and Sirius took their seats across from Remus and Peter.
"Well look who decided to show up," Remus said with a smile.
"Did you have a good rest sleepy?" Peter replied, looking up from his work.
"What are you doing?" Sirius asked him, ignoring the comments.
"I don't understand the Potions work," Peter grumbled, "Who kisses a hag?"
As Remus started to explain the chapter, someone roughly hit James on the shoulder.
"Where were you?" a worried voice asked. James turned around as he recognized the voice.
"Sirius just slept in late that's all," James replied, looking into the worried face of Lily.
"Getting to bed late Black?" Lily teased as she squeezed inbetween Sirius and James.
"Of course," Sirius said, sticking food on his plate, "but I won't say why. It might make James a little jealous."
Sirius winked at Lily as James turned red.
"That's the second time you turned the color of a beet this morning," he replied.
"And probably not the last," Lily laughed.
James shook his head and quietly started to eat his breakfast.
"So Remus, when's your date?" Peter teased. Remus gave his friend an annoyed look.
"After dinner in the library," he answered.
"I think it's sweet that you are going to be her tutor," said Lily.
"Yeah, real sweet," Sirius snickered.
Remus casually picked up a biscuit and threw it at Sirius. Sirius, surprised, quickly knocked the biscuit aside causing Lily to lean back to avoid being hit only so that the biscuit hit James squarely in the side of the head. James blinked and looked at his friends with astonishment. A few other Gryffindors turned to see what the commotion was about but their attention eventually drifted away.
"What the...?!" James cried angrily. Sirius pointed silently at Remus who pointed in turn at him.
Lily, who was still leaning back, glanced around at the four friends. She was about to speak when she felt someone tug on her robes causing her to start to fall from her seat with a cry of surprise. Sirius and James instinctively grabbed one of Lily's arms and pulled her up. They turned around to see two Slytherins walking away from them, laughing loudly. James turned his anger quickly on the Slytherins.
"Hey you Slytherin scum, what was that for?" he cried. The Slytherin's turned around to face James. He was not surprised when he saw it was Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape.
"What do you want Potter?" Severus growled.
"I want to know why you did that to Lily," James replied, his voice gradually getting louder as he got up and walked towards the Slytherins.
"Oh Potter don't overreact," snapped Malfoy, "I'm sure your little girlfriend is fine."
James clenched his fists tightly and bit his lip to restrain himself from attacking the Slytherins. Sirius could tell James was just getting angrier so he quickly got up and stood next to him.
"Not here James," he whispered fiercely, "You'll only get yourself stuck in detention."
James nodded slowly and took his seat.
"Go back to your own table you Slytherin jerks," Sirius spat.
Malfoy smiled deviously at him before turning around and walking back to his table with Severus.
"Those Slytherins," Sirius said shaking his head and taking his seat, "They need to get theres soon."
"I'm really fine James," Lily said quietly, "I just lost my balance as they were walking by."
"No you didn't," Remus said quietly. His face was pale as he spoke.
"I saw them. Malfoy grabbed your robes and pulled you off your seat."
Lily turned red at being caught with her lie.
"James it was just…. nothing," she mumbled.
James sat in silence with a look on his face that the three friends recognized. They all knew James was thinking up a plan this very moment.
"Come on you guys," Peter said gathering his things, "We have to get to class."
"Yeah," Sirius grumbled, "Defense Against the Dark Arts should be fun."
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Sirius listened vaguely to the droning of their substitute professor. He never thought he would wish to hear old Professor Grilmi teach but it was happening. Sirius, bored as usually, wrote down ideas about what to do to Snape and Malfoy. Remus scribbled down notes beside him. Suddenly a sharp pain entered Sirius's side and he turned to find Remus glaring at him.
"I would ask you why you elbowed me but I'd like to get back to work," Sirius whispered.
"I am not going to let you copy my notes again!" Remus hissed.
"Boys! Is there a problem?" asked the professor, walking towards them. Sirius quickly crumbled up the piece of paper he had been writing on and stuffed it under his textbook.
"No, not at all," he replied nervously.
"Well than maybe you wouldn't mind sharing that piece of paper you just hid with the class."
Sirius frowned and slowly took out the piece of paper. The substitute, Professor Herskan, quickly read the short list and then smiled evilly down at Sirius.
"I'll be sure to show this to Professor Findorris after class. Until then 15 points from Gryffindor."
Professor Herskan walked back to the front of the class and dropped the note in front of one of the Slytherins.
"Be sure to pass this around the class," the professor said quietly, eyeing Sirius. Sirius cursed silently and sunk into his seat.
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"I don't believe that professor," Sirius growled as he and Remus left the class, "He knows that once he shows that list to the head of Slytherin house I'm through."
"We better watch our backs," Remus said quietly looking over his shoulder, "The Slytherins are not going to like the fact that we were planning to do certain things to them. They are especially not going to like the fact that we know their password."
"Damn it. They'll definitely change it now," Sirius groaned.
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"I don't believe you forgot it again!" James cried as he waited for Peter to come down from the dormitory.
"I'm sorry," he heard Peter say from somewhere up the stairs, "I usually never forget my Potions textbook! Just this week I've been…forgetful."
Peter ran down the stairs carrying an old tattered textbook.
"Let me guess, your stupid owl got to it again," James growled.
Peter nodded timidly.
"Oh come on," James sighed grabbing Peter's arm and dragging him out of the common room.
They ran down the halls and soon reached the stairs leading to the dungeons. As they reached the bottom of the stairs, two pairs of hands appeared out of the shadows and grabbed Peter and James. James cried out in surprise and Peter shrieked with fear.
"What's wrong Gryffindors? Not so tough now are you? You may have made a list but we'll make sure you don't live to carry it out," sneered a voice.
"Lucius Malfoy you get your dirty hands off me now!" James growled struggling against the Slytherins grip.
James thrashed wildly and eventually found himself able to bite Malfoy right on the arm. He cried out in pain and let go of James. James turned around and kicked Malfoy in the stomach, causing him to fall over. He looked around anxiously for Peter but he was no where in sight.
"Where's Peter you Slytherin scum?" James spat.
"Find him yourself," Malfoy snarled.
James leaned over Malfoy threateningly and before Lucius could make a move James punched him out.
Sirius entered the common room slowly. His search had turned up nothing and he had decided to break the news to the others. At least then they could help Peter and him look for the map. As he looked around, he noticed that the common room was almost empty except for a few people doing their homework and Remus sitting by the fire. Sirius took a deep breath and walked towards his friend.
"Hello Sirius," Remus said looking up at him. Sirius smiled slightly at his friend and took a seat across from him.
"Listen Moony," Sirius said nervously, "I did something really stupid tonight and I dragged Peter into it. What happened is really my fault and I do not want you to blame him."
"What happened Sirius? What did you do?" Remus asked urgently. Sirius's smile became more genuine.
"We found the Slytherin common room Remus! Just imagine the things we can do now! We can plant anything and hear what they say with James' cloak and…."
"Sirius! Is that all you did?"
Sirius stopped talking and his smile faded.
"Where are James and Peter?"
Remus shrugged.
"They will be back soon," he replied. Sirius nodded.
"I…I lost the map."
Sirius watched Remus's face. Instead of turning into a sympathetic, mad, or enraged face he smiled and laughed.
"You lost it?" he cried happily, "Thank you Sirius! I do not know how to thank you!"
Sirius looked at his friend confused. Then he wondered how he had not noticed his friend's hidden happiness.
"What is it?" Sirius asked. Remus drew a piece of parchment from his robes and smiled.
"Someone found it," he replied. Sirius grabbed the map and stared at it happily.
"Who found it? Remind me to give them a big kiss for it! I owe them!"
Remus frowned.
"If you try to kiss her I'll hurt you," he said looking sternly at his friend. Sirius's expression changed immediately and Remus almost regretted telling him.
"A girl? A girl found it? What happened? Tell me everything! Was she good looking?"
Remus sighed and recounted the nights events to Sirius. Sirius stayed quiet except when he added comments like:
"You thought we went to the kitchens? Oh please," or
"Molly? I knew it!"
Remus had just finished when James and Peter entered the room.
"You can stop being nervous Peter! Remus has the map," Sirius cried.
Peter sighed and stopped shaking.
"You lost the map?" James asked surprised, "You two imprudent idiots!! What were you thinking?"
"Why don't we just all sit down and explain everything?" Peter suggested, sitting on the floor by the fire.
"Yes," Sirius said with a smile, "Remus is dying to tell you something."
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After everything was understood, they all relaxed. They had found the Slytherin common room and now they could begin planning. As Sirius took an inventory of all their tricks, Peter got ready for bed.
"I don't know about you guys," he yawned, "but I've had enough excitement for tonight."
"Good night Peter," Remus replied looking up from his book.
Peter smiled mischievously at Remus.
"Maybe you should go say good night to Molly."
Remus blushed and threw his pillow at the boy. Peter squeaked and jumped into his bed.
"Good night you rat," Sirius laughed.
"Night," James said with a tired smile, "bed sounds real nice now."
"But we have to make our plans!" Sirius said excitedly.
"Oh well. You will just have to wait. We can't plan tomorrow anyway," Remus shrugged.
"Yeah," Peter answered, "Remus has a date."
"It's not a date!" Remus objected as his friends laughed.
"Oh just give me my pillow and let me sleep!"
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Sirius woke up the next day to someone shaking him.
"What is it?!" he growled sitting up. He opened his eyes to see James giving him a scolding look.
"I'm already late for breakfast because of you so get up!" he snapped. Sirius jumped out of bed and quickly changed into his ropes. He quickly brushed his hair and then ran down the stairs with James.
"Where are Peter and Remus?" Sirius asked as they jogged down the halls.
"I told them to go ahead. We all shouldn't be late," James replied.
Once they reached the Great Hall James quickly threw the door open. They both gasped as a figure looked silently at them.
"A little late boys?" Dumbledore said quietly.
"Sorry Professor," James mumbled.
"James just woke up late so I stayed behind with him," Sirius quickly added.
Sirius gave James a sheepish look as he grew bright red and glared daggers at his friend. Dumbledore's eyes sparkled with amusement.
"Don't let it happen again Potter," he said with a smile and patted him on the shoulder. Then he walked past them and into the hall.
"Sorry Prongs," Sirius said quickly as they made their way to the Gryffindor table, "It just came out."
"Don't worry," James said with a grin, "I'll get you back for it."
James and Sirius took their seats across from Remus and Peter.
"Well look who decided to show up," Remus said with a smile.
"Did you have a good rest sleepy?" Peter replied, looking up from his work.
"What are you doing?" Sirius asked him, ignoring the comments.
"I don't understand the Potions work," Peter grumbled, "Who kisses a hag?"
As Remus started to explain the chapter, someone roughly hit James on the shoulder.
"Where were you?" a worried voice asked. James turned around as he recognized the voice.
"Sirius just slept in late that's all," James replied, looking into the worried face of Lily.
"Getting to bed late Black?" Lily teased as she squeezed inbetween Sirius and James.
"Of course," Sirius said, sticking food on his plate, "but I won't say why. It might make James a little jealous."
Sirius winked at Lily as James turned red.
"That's the second time you turned the color of a beet this morning," he replied.
"And probably not the last," Lily laughed.
James shook his head and quietly started to eat his breakfast.
"So Remus, when's your date?" Peter teased. Remus gave his friend an annoyed look.
"After dinner in the library," he answered.
"I think it's sweet that you are going to be her tutor," said Lily.
"Yeah, real sweet," Sirius snickered.
Remus casually picked up a biscuit and threw it at Sirius. Sirius, surprised, quickly knocked the biscuit aside causing Lily to lean back to avoid being hit only so that the biscuit hit James squarely in the side of the head. James blinked and looked at his friends with astonishment. A few other Gryffindors turned to see what the commotion was about but their attention eventually drifted away.
"What the...?!" James cried angrily. Sirius pointed silently at Remus who pointed in turn at him.
Lily, who was still leaning back, glanced around at the four friends. She was about to speak when she felt someone tug on her robes causing her to start to fall from her seat with a cry of surprise. Sirius and James instinctively grabbed one of Lily's arms and pulled her up. They turned around to see two Slytherins walking away from them, laughing loudly. James turned his anger quickly on the Slytherins.
"Hey you Slytherin scum, what was that for?" he cried. The Slytherin's turned around to face James. He was not surprised when he saw it was Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape.
"What do you want Potter?" Severus growled.
"I want to know why you did that to Lily," James replied, his voice gradually getting louder as he got up and walked towards the Slytherins.
"Oh Potter don't overreact," snapped Malfoy, "I'm sure your little girlfriend is fine."
James clenched his fists tightly and bit his lip to restrain himself from attacking the Slytherins. Sirius could tell James was just getting angrier so he quickly got up and stood next to him.
"Not here James," he whispered fiercely, "You'll only get yourself stuck in detention."
James nodded slowly and took his seat.
"Go back to your own table you Slytherin jerks," Sirius spat.
Malfoy smiled deviously at him before turning around and walking back to his table with Severus.
"Those Slytherins," Sirius said shaking his head and taking his seat, "They need to get theres soon."
"I'm really fine James," Lily said quietly, "I just lost my balance as they were walking by."
"No you didn't," Remus said quietly. His face was pale as he spoke.
"I saw them. Malfoy grabbed your robes and pulled you off your seat."
Lily turned red at being caught with her lie.
"James it was just…. nothing," she mumbled.
James sat in silence with a look on his face that the three friends recognized. They all knew James was thinking up a plan this very moment.
"Come on you guys," Peter said gathering his things, "We have to get to class."
"Yeah," Sirius grumbled, "Defense Against the Dark Arts should be fun."
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Sirius listened vaguely to the droning of their substitute professor. He never thought he would wish to hear old Professor Grilmi teach but it was happening. Sirius, bored as usually, wrote down ideas about what to do to Snape and Malfoy. Remus scribbled down notes beside him. Suddenly a sharp pain entered Sirius's side and he turned to find Remus glaring at him.
"I would ask you why you elbowed me but I'd like to get back to work," Sirius whispered.
"I am not going to let you copy my notes again!" Remus hissed.
"Boys! Is there a problem?" asked the professor, walking towards them. Sirius quickly crumbled up the piece of paper he had been writing on and stuffed it under his textbook.
"No, not at all," he replied nervously.
"Well than maybe you wouldn't mind sharing that piece of paper you just hid with the class."
Sirius frowned and slowly took out the piece of paper. The substitute, Professor Herskan, quickly read the short list and then smiled evilly down at Sirius.
"I'll be sure to show this to Professor Findorris after class. Until then 15 points from Gryffindor."
Professor Herskan walked back to the front of the class and dropped the note in front of one of the Slytherins.
"Be sure to pass this around the class," the professor said quietly, eyeing Sirius. Sirius cursed silently and sunk into his seat.
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"I don't believe that professor," Sirius growled as he and Remus left the class, "He knows that once he shows that list to the head of Slytherin house I'm through."
"We better watch our backs," Remus said quietly looking over his shoulder, "The Slytherins are not going to like the fact that we were planning to do certain things to them. They are especially not going to like the fact that we know their password."
"Damn it. They'll definitely change it now," Sirius groaned.
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"I don't believe you forgot it again!" James cried as he waited for Peter to come down from the dormitory.
"I'm sorry," he heard Peter say from somewhere up the stairs, "I usually never forget my Potions textbook! Just this week I've been…forgetful."
Peter ran down the stairs carrying an old tattered textbook.
"Let me guess, your stupid owl got to it again," James growled.
Peter nodded timidly.
"Oh come on," James sighed grabbing Peter's arm and dragging him out of the common room.
They ran down the halls and soon reached the stairs leading to the dungeons. As they reached the bottom of the stairs, two pairs of hands appeared out of the shadows and grabbed Peter and James. James cried out in surprise and Peter shrieked with fear.
"What's wrong Gryffindors? Not so tough now are you? You may have made a list but we'll make sure you don't live to carry it out," sneered a voice.
"Lucius Malfoy you get your dirty hands off me now!" James growled struggling against the Slytherins grip.
James thrashed wildly and eventually found himself able to bite Malfoy right on the arm. He cried out in pain and let go of James. James turned around and kicked Malfoy in the stomach, causing him to fall over. He looked around anxiously for Peter but he was no where in sight.
"Where's Peter you Slytherin scum?" James spat.
"Find him yourself," Malfoy snarled.
James leaned over Malfoy threateningly and before Lucius could make a move James punched him out.