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Chapter Eight: The plan: Part One
Lily checked her watch, it read 7:30 am. She fiddled with a pen nervously. Then she began to chew it. She didn't understand why she was so nervous. The plan was ok. She had made sure it was okay. It simply had to be okay, for James's sake. Then, unwanted questions popped up in her head. What if...what if she had overlooked something? What if something went wrong? What if Darleen's timing changed? Then Lily reminded herself she had gone over the plan about a gazillion times and was certain to work. "Yes. It will work because it HAS to." she said to herself. She looked over at the broken walkie-talkies she had brought along.
They had been hers but had broke. Last night she had fixed them to work with magic. She had also charmed a few earphone pieces of the kind you don't notice to be able to communicate. She glanced at her watch again, it read 7:45 am. But no sooner she had looked up, she saw 4 familiar faces enter the library, they were of course the marauders. Lily stood up and waved at them. They turned their head her way and saw her. They walked over to where Lily was and sat in the other 4 chairs Lily had placed around the table for them. "Great." said Lily nervously. Sirius spotted the walkie-talkies and the earpieces. He picked up a walkie-talkie and began to examine it. "Lils, what are these junk pieces you brought?" he said while tinkering with the walkie-talkie trying to figure out how it worked. Lily chuckled at the sight of Sirius chewing it and placing it in his nose and on his head. "It's a walkie-talkie. A muggle artifact used for communication. These other things are earphones. I charmed all this junk, as Si calls it, to work with magic. When someone speaks into the radio you'll hear them on the earphones. Here, I'll show you how it works." said Lily snatching the walkie-talkie out of Sirius's hand. She placed and earphone in her ear and gave an earphone to each of them and they put it on just as Lily had. "Press this button on the side to talk and release it to hear. This funny knob is to increase or decrease the volume." Lily pressed the button for talking and said something funny. They all laughed.
"That's amazing. We also brought a small aid for our little mission." remarked Sirius. He bent down and took a piece of parchment out of his bag. He muttered "I solemnly swear I'm up to no good" and a map of Hogwarts appeared with moving dots labeled with their names. Lily gasped in amazement. "What is this?" she said amazed as she examined the map. "We call it the marauder's map. It will help you tell us where to go and to locate anyone in the castle. We made it ourselves." said Sirius proudly. "This is a truly remarkable thing." said Lily. Sirius beamed. Lily examined the parchemnt closer. She saw a dot labeled "D. Harper" move out of the Slytherin dungeons followed by "S.Ralphs". "Oh-oh. They're heading to the great hall." said Lily. They packed their stuff and shot out of the library.
Lily chose a big pillar to hide behind where she had a panoramic view of the operation. It was a pillar at the entrance of the great hall. "Ok guys. This is it. Go to the hallway to the right, and hide. When I tell you to you walk."said Lily. They all nodded and headed to where Lily had told them. Lily studied the map. Darleen's dot was moving fast throught the hallway. Lily estimated Darleen would get to the main hallway in about 5 minutes. The minutes slowly passed by and Darleen came closer and closer until, another dot labeled "P.Ledger" collided with them. "DRATS!" whispered Lily. She picked up her walkie-talkie. "Guys. We have-er-problems. Peter, take Remus's place. Remus, Paul is coming in with Darleen. I need you to hex him. Do it quietly and make sure no one notices." said Lily urgently. Then Remus said "My pleasure." Lily returned to the map. The three dots had begun to move and were almost at the main hallway. Lily peered from behind the pillar and saw them in the distance. "Ok guys. Go! Darleen with come in from your right, so watch out for her." said Lily. She crossed her fingers. "This is it." she said.
Darleen strolled into the main hallway as if it were hers. She appeared to be nice but to her old friends she was a real snob. Ryona Chang passed by accompanied by Lindsay Lee, Darleen glared at her. Ryona just stuck out her tounge at her and walked on by. SK walked one or two steps behind Darleen with a sour expression reminicent to that of Snape. Paul walked at the same level as SK but he wore an expression of arrogance and superiority. They looked like an extremely important person (Darleen) and her bodyguards. Lily saw Peter, James and Sirius turn and walk just behind them and began to gain on them. Then Lily spotted Remus walking behind Paul, tailing him. Once they were at the same level as Darleen, Lily said "NOW!" and the three of them slammed into Darleen knocking her back and sending her stuff flying. Lily helped with a little undoing charm to undo her bag. At the same time Remus placed the full body blind curse on Paul and he stumbled back and dissappeared into thin air with Remus under an invisibility spell. Darleen tried to get up. The trio walked 10 paces and then James turned around and helped Darleen to get up and gather her stuff. Then when she wasn't looking, he dissappeared into the great hall. Then Lily called them again on the walkie-talkie. "Great job guys. Remus, release Paul and run for it. Meet me at the far end of the Gryffindor table, I'll reserve seats for you guys."
Lily went into the hall looking casual and sleepy as any other morning. Of course she was very wide awake but she didn't want to arouse suspicion. Just then Darleen walked through the doors and saw her. She came over to her. "Oh hello Evans! Having a nice morning? You know, I hear you don't have a date for the dance! And I also heard nobody would help you pick up your stuff if what happened to me back there happened to you. Is that true?" Darleen said sarcastically. Lily looked annoyed. "Very funny Harper. Now bug off. And by the way I do have people who care about me." Darleen smirked. "We'll see about that Evans." she said and strolled off. Lily put on an annoyed face and began to walk over to the far end of the Gryffindor table. She sat down and began to talk to herself. " We'll see about that Evans." she mimicked Darleen in a high-pitched voice. "Who does she think she is? The headmaster or something?" Sirius sat down beside her. Then Peter and James followed. Lily changed her expression from annoyance to pride and happiness.
"That was absolutely fantastic guys! Impeccable!" exclaimed Lily. The marauders exchanged grins. "Thank you. Thank you very much." said Sirius with a low voice imitating Elvis Presley. They all laughed. "Guys, I need that same work this afternoon." said Lily enthusiastically. "Oh yeah. Right. I forgot it ain't over yet." said Remus a bit worried. "Yeah and this afternoon's the key. Peter, Sirius and Remus meet at the astronomy tower and signal James and me when you've captured SK. Okay? James meet me at the library. We'll figure out were to go from there. We meet at our stations at 5:30 pm okay? You signal me when you're all there." said Lily. "Yes commander" said Sirius imitating a soldier. Lily laughed. This was going to be a loooooooong day.
Chapter Eight: The plan: Part One
Lily checked her watch, it read 7:30 am. She fiddled with a pen nervously. Then she began to chew it. She didn't understand why she was so nervous. The plan was ok. She had made sure it was okay. It simply had to be okay, for James's sake. Then, unwanted questions popped up in her head. What if...what if she had overlooked something? What if something went wrong? What if Darleen's timing changed? Then Lily reminded herself she had gone over the plan about a gazillion times and was certain to work. "Yes. It will work because it HAS to." she said to herself. She looked over at the broken walkie-talkies she had brought along.
They had been hers but had broke. Last night she had fixed them to work with magic. She had also charmed a few earphone pieces of the kind you don't notice to be able to communicate. She glanced at her watch again, it read 7:45 am. But no sooner she had looked up, she saw 4 familiar faces enter the library, they were of course the marauders. Lily stood up and waved at them. They turned their head her way and saw her. They walked over to where Lily was and sat in the other 4 chairs Lily had placed around the table for them. "Great." said Lily nervously. Sirius spotted the walkie-talkies and the earpieces. He picked up a walkie-talkie and began to examine it. "Lils, what are these junk pieces you brought?" he said while tinkering with the walkie-talkie trying to figure out how it worked. Lily chuckled at the sight of Sirius chewing it and placing it in his nose and on his head. "It's a walkie-talkie. A muggle artifact used for communication. These other things are earphones. I charmed all this junk, as Si calls it, to work with magic. When someone speaks into the radio you'll hear them on the earphones. Here, I'll show you how it works." said Lily snatching the walkie-talkie out of Sirius's hand. She placed and earphone in her ear and gave an earphone to each of them and they put it on just as Lily had. "Press this button on the side to talk and release it to hear. This funny knob is to increase or decrease the volume." Lily pressed the button for talking and said something funny. They all laughed.
"That's amazing. We also brought a small aid for our little mission." remarked Sirius. He bent down and took a piece of parchment out of his bag. He muttered "I solemnly swear I'm up to no good" and a map of Hogwarts appeared with moving dots labeled with their names. Lily gasped in amazement. "What is this?" she said amazed as she examined the map. "We call it the marauder's map. It will help you tell us where to go and to locate anyone in the castle. We made it ourselves." said Sirius proudly. "This is a truly remarkable thing." said Lily. Sirius beamed. Lily examined the parchemnt closer. She saw a dot labeled "D. Harper" move out of the Slytherin dungeons followed by "S.Ralphs". "Oh-oh. They're heading to the great hall." said Lily. They packed their stuff and shot out of the library.
Lily chose a big pillar to hide behind where she had a panoramic view of the operation. It was a pillar at the entrance of the great hall. "Ok guys. This is it. Go to the hallway to the right, and hide. When I tell you to you walk."said Lily. They all nodded and headed to where Lily had told them. Lily studied the map. Darleen's dot was moving fast throught the hallway. Lily estimated Darleen would get to the main hallway in about 5 minutes. The minutes slowly passed by and Darleen came closer and closer until, another dot labeled "P.Ledger" collided with them. "DRATS!" whispered Lily. She picked up her walkie-talkie. "Guys. We have-er-problems. Peter, take Remus's place. Remus, Paul is coming in with Darleen. I need you to hex him. Do it quietly and make sure no one notices." said Lily urgently. Then Remus said "My pleasure." Lily returned to the map. The three dots had begun to move and were almost at the main hallway. Lily peered from behind the pillar and saw them in the distance. "Ok guys. Go! Darleen with come in from your right, so watch out for her." said Lily. She crossed her fingers. "This is it." she said.
Darleen strolled into the main hallway as if it were hers. She appeared to be nice but to her old friends she was a real snob. Ryona Chang passed by accompanied by Lindsay Lee, Darleen glared at her. Ryona just stuck out her tounge at her and walked on by. SK walked one or two steps behind Darleen with a sour expression reminicent to that of Snape. Paul walked at the same level as SK but he wore an expression of arrogance and superiority. They looked like an extremely important person (Darleen) and her bodyguards. Lily saw Peter, James and Sirius turn and walk just behind them and began to gain on them. Then Lily spotted Remus walking behind Paul, tailing him. Once they were at the same level as Darleen, Lily said "NOW!" and the three of them slammed into Darleen knocking her back and sending her stuff flying. Lily helped with a little undoing charm to undo her bag. At the same time Remus placed the full body blind curse on Paul and he stumbled back and dissappeared into thin air with Remus under an invisibility spell. Darleen tried to get up. The trio walked 10 paces and then James turned around and helped Darleen to get up and gather her stuff. Then when she wasn't looking, he dissappeared into the great hall. Then Lily called them again on the walkie-talkie. "Great job guys. Remus, release Paul and run for it. Meet me at the far end of the Gryffindor table, I'll reserve seats for you guys."
Lily went into the hall looking casual and sleepy as any other morning. Of course she was very wide awake but she didn't want to arouse suspicion. Just then Darleen walked through the doors and saw her. She came over to her. "Oh hello Evans! Having a nice morning? You know, I hear you don't have a date for the dance! And I also heard nobody would help you pick up your stuff if what happened to me back there happened to you. Is that true?" Darleen said sarcastically. Lily looked annoyed. "Very funny Harper. Now bug off. And by the way I do have people who care about me." Darleen smirked. "We'll see about that Evans." she said and strolled off. Lily put on an annoyed face and began to walk over to the far end of the Gryffindor table. She sat down and began to talk to herself. " We'll see about that Evans." she mimicked Darleen in a high-pitched voice. "Who does she think she is? The headmaster or something?" Sirius sat down beside her. Then Peter and James followed. Lily changed her expression from annoyance to pride and happiness.
"That was absolutely fantastic guys! Impeccable!" exclaimed Lily. The marauders exchanged grins. "Thank you. Thank you very much." said Sirius with a low voice imitating Elvis Presley. They all laughed. "Guys, I need that same work this afternoon." said Lily enthusiastically. "Oh yeah. Right. I forgot it ain't over yet." said Remus a bit worried. "Yeah and this afternoon's the key. Peter, Sirius and Remus meet at the astronomy tower and signal James and me when you've captured SK. Okay? James meet me at the library. We'll figure out were to go from there. We meet at our stations at 5:30 pm okay? You signal me when you're all there." said Lily. "Yes commander" said Sirius imitating a soldier. Lily laughed. This was going to be a loooooooong day.