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PADFOOT, PRONGS, MOONY & WORMTAIL
Lily and Aggy headed towards Professor Dumbledore's office reaching the Gargoyle they looked at each other.
"Do you know the password?" Lily asked Aggy, who shrugged her shoulders. At that moment the gargoyle swept to the side to reveal Professor Dumbledore stood looking at them.
Smiling he said, "Please come up" turning he led the way up the staircase.
The girls sat down in the chairs opposite Dumbledore's desk and looked at the kind face of their headmaster.
"I just wanted to discuss the arrangements for the up coming holiday. As both of you lost your parents earlier in the year, your guardianship has been transferred to the Ministry of magic." He paused to let this sink in and he held a piece of parchment up and said "I have received instructions as to what is to happen to you over the summer. It seems that you are to spend two weeks at the homes of Mr Potter, Mr Black and Mr Lupin. The rest of the time is to be spent at the Ministry's head charters in Diagon Alley". Taking a sip of his tea he asked, "Do you have any questions?"
Both girls just sat there a little stunned at the announcement looking at each other and Lily said, "So Aggy and me are to stay together for the whole summer…They are not going to split us up?"
Smiling Dumbledore said, "No they are not going to split you up". Standing and coming around to their side of the desk he handed each of them a piece of parchment "The ministry have sent you an itinerary of you summer…It seems you are to go to the Ministry first for a week and then onto Mr Potter's"
Aggy and Lily quickly scanned the letter
Itinerary for summer holiday for Miss L Evan & Miss A Court
One week at Ministry of magic
Two weeks at the home of the following Mr Potter, Mr Lupin and Mr Black
One week at Ministry of magic
Final arrangements to be confirmed
Lily looked up at Professor Dumbledore "Professor I am being a bridesmaid at Philip Tring's wedding…Should I write to the Ministry with the dates?"
"Yes…I think that would be a good idea" he replied
Turning to look at each other they smiled and Aggy said "Do the boys know about this yet and is it ok to tell them?"
Thinking about this for a moment he said "I don't see why you cannot tell the others about this…I presume their parents will be informing them of this arrangement soon enough". Pleased by the excited looks on their faces he said, "If you have no more questions…I will wish you a good day"
Standing up both girls said "Thank you Professor" and left the office. Reaching the corridor they turned to each other and squealed excitedly at the thought of the summer ahead of them. Hand in hand the two teenage girls dashed for the Gryffindor tower robes billowing behind them as they ran through the corridors of Hogwarts.
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Up in Gryffindor tower a different kind of meeting was taking place. The Marauders had come together to discuss what they had found out about the chastity charm. They gathered on James' bed spreading out the notes each of them had made. Slowly they pieced a few things together but they seemed to be missing one vital component of the spell.
Frustrated James said, "Shit…were still missing a bit" getting up he started to pace around the room. James went back to sitting on the bed and looked over all the notes again and noticed that one set seemed to stop mid sentence, looking at the hand writing he realised they belong to Remus.
Lifting the parchment up he said, "Moony are these yours?" watching him nod he said "Is this all of them or is there some more?"
Putting his hand into his pocket Remus pulled out another piece of parchment. James moved to take it but Remus held it out of his reach. "Prongs even if you manage to break the charm…How do you know that Lily will agree?"
"Moony like I told you before just because I can doesn't mean I will and I don't know that Lily will agree" James said with an intense look on his face.
"Fine here" Remus, said, handing James the parchment "I just hope you know what you are doing because this could back fire on you James"
Holding the parchment James winced he hated it when his friends used his name "Trust me Moony…I will not do anything to hurt or harm Lily in any way" and he looked down for the final piece of the puzzle.
Writing down the last piece of the spell James smiled to himself, Sirius patted him on the back, Peter gave him a squirmy smile but Remus had a hard look on his face that James didn't like.
"Moony I swear to you that under no circumstances will I do anything to lily that she does not want or agree to" a smirk crossing his face James said "Really Dad don't be such a prude and I promise to be a good boy".
Horror spread over Remus's face at being called Dad and the other three laughed at him "Just because I am not over run by hormone does not mean that I am a prude" Remus shouted at the other three.
Pulling himself together James said "Sorry Moony but you really need to lighten up a bit…were teenage boys were supposed to do stuff like this" and he started to laugh again.
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Arriving back in the common room Lily and Aggy headed straight for their dorm. Telling their friends all about the meeting with Dumbledore and they decided to head over to the boys dorm. Knocking on the door before going in the girls laughed at the sight of Remus chasing James around the room.
"What's going on here?" Lily said
At the sound of her voice James halted abruptly only to be knocked flying by Remus as he charged into him, sending the pair of them sprawling onto the floor. Laughing at first a flash of panic came over James as he noticed the scattered bits of parchment all over the room. The rest of the Marauders got the message from the look James gave them and with a swish of his wand Sirius cast a tidy up spell that saw all the parchment come together in a pile and neatly place themselves in James's open trunk.
Getting up James casually walked towards Lily knocking the lid of his truck shut as he went past and said "Nothing much…What did Dumbledore want?"
In her excitement Lily forgot all bout the scene the girls had walked in on and pulled James back over to his bed. As they all sat down her and Aggy started to tell the boys all about the Ministry's letter and the plans for summer.
As James listened he thought Thanks Dad…I owe you one and smiled at the excited face of his girlfriend.
The next morning James, Sirius and Remus received letters from their parents telling them about the girls coming to stay. After working out important dates for Remus they all owled their parents back and asked if the others could come to stay as well. It wasn't long before the whole summer had been planned.
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With only one-week left to go before the train journey back to London everyone was busy trying to sort their stuff out. Everyone that is except Remus Lupin it was time for him to visit Madame Pomfrey again. He couldn't believe that for three of the final days of their sixth year he would have to be locked away in the shrieking shack.
Aggy always found Remus's disappearances hard by the end of the second day she was thoroughly fed up. As she came down the staircase Lily looked over at her friend who was sitting curled up in an armchair by the fire. Standing their for a moment she thought Aggy needs cheering up…need to do something that will take her mind off Remus and she smiled to herself.
Heading towards her friend she said "Hi…How you doing?…Just one more day and he'll be back"
Aggy looked up "Yeah I know…I just miss him…You'd think I'd be use to it by know" and she let out a sigh.
Sitting on the arm of her friend's chair she said "How about we find Annie and Marie and plan a little surprise for the boys this evening" and she raised her eyebrows. "We have not played a good prank for ages"
The thought of doing something horrible to the remaining Marauders made Aggy smile "I agree…Come on lets go" and they headed back up to the dorm. It didn't take long for the girls to come up with a plan.
Later that evening found the Gryffindor sixth years playing exploding snap in the common room as it approach ten thirty Sirius looked at James and nodded.
James stretched and said "Well that's me done…I've got a meeting with McGonagall tomorrow about next years Quidditch trials" Leaning over he kissed Lily and said "Good night" to the rest. It wasn't long before the rest of them followed James' example and headed up to bed.
As the noise in Gryffindor tower subsided the Marauders quietly slipped out of the portrait under the cover of James's invisibility cloak. It wasn't long before they had navigated the castle's corridors and were wandering across the front lawn. As they approached the Whomping willow a small rat appeared from nowhere and ran under the swing branches of the angry tree. When the branches came to a stand still two tall figures followed the small rat and soon all three had disappeared into the recesses of the tree.
Up in Gryffindor tower four sixth year girls sat giggling in their dorm at the thought of what they were about to do to the Marauders. Getting themselves organised they crept out of the door, sneaked along the wall and towards the door of their friends dorm. Slowly they pushed the door open and moved into the room but the surprise attack soon fell flat as the girls discovered all the beds empty.
Aggy said, "Where the bloody hell are they?" but all she got was shrugs from the others. Over by the window Marie said "Come and look at this…Quick".
Looking out into the night they were stunned at the sight of a wolf, a stag and a large dog running across the lawn. As they watched, the stag stopped for a second and seemed to flick something up on to its antlers and then the three animals galloped off into the night towards the forbidden forest.
Going back into there own dorm Lily thought What is James playing at…he never said they were going to pull a prank and she went to stand by the window. Sitting in her bed Marie thought I'm going to bloody kill that idiot…as it he is not in enough trouble already…He'll get expelled if he is caught doing anything stupid.
Quietly the girls discussed where they thought the boys might be and what they thought they might be up to. Still standing by the window Lily said "Quick here come that group of animals again" the others joined her at the window just in time to watch them all disappear under the branches of a very still Whomping willow.
Annie looked at the others and said "Well that's bloody strange…I've never seen the Whomping willow go still before have you" and they all shook their heads but the next scene left them all stunned, mouths opened and speechless.
For a couple of minutes later three figures appeared out from beneath the branches of the strange tree. Three figures even in the dark of the night all four girls recognised. Watching the scene bellow from the window the girls watched as one of the tall figures pulled something out of his robes and they disappeared.
Up in the Gryffindor tower four stunned girls looked at each other and Lily said "Common room" the others nodded and for the second time that night they slipped quietly from the dorm but this time headed straight down to the common room. The girls sat down and waited for the portrait to open.
As they stepped through the portrait James swung the invisibility cloak from around them and turning he froze to the spot at the sight of the welcoming party.
"Good evening boys had a nice time" Lily said sarcastically "Care to tell us what the bloody hell is going on"
Finding his feet James moved towards her "Shhh…Do you want to wake the whole bloody tower"
"Don't you SHHH me James Potter" Lily was now shouting.
Putting his hand over her mouth James said "Lets go upstairs and we'll explain everything" he waved at the other two with his free hand "Promise me you won't shout any more and I'll let go". Waiting for her to nod before he released her.
The Marauders led the way and soon they were all in the boy's dorm, sitting on James's bed.
Sirius grabbed hold of Peter "This way Wormtail…You are as much a part of this as the rest of us" and he pushed him down onto James's bed.
Before starting James cast a silencing spell on the room just in case Lily started shouting again and then for the next hour the three boys explained how they had become Animagus and why. At the end the three boys prepared themselves for the worst.
Lily now calmer said "Why didn't you just tell us?…James we have been going out for most of the year". Lily's eyes flashed dangerously at James and she thought Don't blow this out of proportion…stay calm
Looking at her he said "Well were illegal for one thing and its not something that you can slip into a conversation very easily…Oh by the way Lily did I tell you I'm an illegal aniamgus"
Rolling her eyes at him she said "Alright…I'll give on that one …But I was sure someone said no more lies?" at this the whole room fell silent.
James looked horrified and thought Shit…stay calm taking a deep breath he said, "I know…I'm really sorry…Please don't be mad at me…I am really, really sorry?"
Taking a moment to think she said, "I'm not mad James just a little disappointed…It would have been nice to have been trusted and not lied to but I suppose I understand".
James flinched a little at the response and before he could say anything she said "James it's so dangerous…What if Remus had attacked you?" and she shot a look over at Aggy.
"Werewolves only attack humans they don't attack other animals" he said with a shrug looking at the others for some help.
It came from Aggy who having been quiet during all this said "James is Remus ok?" and the group looked at her.
It was Sirius who answered, moving closer to her he put his arm around her and said "He's ok…he has really changed a lot since we have been going down to the shrieking shack…He is much calmer and relaxed". Sirius hugged her tight and Aggy let out a sigh of relief.
Standing up she said to the others "I think we had better be going back to our own dorm".
Marie kissed Sirius and he held her tight, Annie pulled Aggy up off the bed and walked out of the door with her. James leaned over to kiss Lily but she turned at the last minute so that all he was offered was her cheek, kissing her he said "Night Lily"
Looking at him for a second she said "Night James…see you in the morning" and she followed the other three girls up to their dorm.
Before long they were all wrapped up in there own beds thinking of the night's events as they drifted off to sleep.
A/N: Thanks for reading – Don't forget to click the button and let me know what you think – just love those reviews – they make me type faster.
Also this may be the last chapter for a week as I'm going on holiday on Monday (25.03.02) – I am going to try and post another chapter before them but can't promise anything.
Madame Padfoot
A/N: Thank you for the reviews – You guys are great.
PADFOOT, PRONGS, MOONY & WORMTAIL
Lily and Aggy headed towards Professor Dumbledore's office reaching the Gargoyle they looked at each other.
"Do you know the password?" Lily asked Aggy, who shrugged her shoulders. At that moment the gargoyle swept to the side to reveal Professor Dumbledore stood looking at them.
Smiling he said, "Please come up" turning he led the way up the staircase.
The girls sat down in the chairs opposite Dumbledore's desk and looked at the kind face of their headmaster.
"I just wanted to discuss the arrangements for the up coming holiday. As both of you lost your parents earlier in the year, your guardianship has been transferred to the Ministry of magic." He paused to let this sink in and he held a piece of parchment up and said "I have received instructions as to what is to happen to you over the summer. It seems that you are to spend two weeks at the homes of Mr Potter, Mr Black and Mr Lupin. The rest of the time is to be spent at the Ministry's head charters in Diagon Alley". Taking a sip of his tea he asked, "Do you have any questions?"
Both girls just sat there a little stunned at the announcement looking at each other and Lily said, "So Aggy and me are to stay together for the whole summer…They are not going to split us up?"
Smiling Dumbledore said, "No they are not going to split you up". Standing and coming around to their side of the desk he handed each of them a piece of parchment "The ministry have sent you an itinerary of you summer…It seems you are to go to the Ministry first for a week and then onto Mr Potter's"
Aggy and Lily quickly scanned the letter
Itinerary for summer holiday for Miss L Evan & Miss A Court
One week at Ministry of magic
Two weeks at the home of the following Mr Potter, Mr Lupin and Mr Black
One week at Ministry of magic
Final arrangements to be confirmed
Lily looked up at Professor Dumbledore "Professor I am being a bridesmaid at Philip Tring's wedding…Should I write to the Ministry with the dates?"
"Yes…I think that would be a good idea" he replied
Turning to look at each other they smiled and Aggy said "Do the boys know about this yet and is it ok to tell them?"
Thinking about this for a moment he said "I don't see why you cannot tell the others about this…I presume their parents will be informing them of this arrangement soon enough". Pleased by the excited looks on their faces he said, "If you have no more questions…I will wish you a good day"
Standing up both girls said "Thank you Professor" and left the office. Reaching the corridor they turned to each other and squealed excitedly at the thought of the summer ahead of them. Hand in hand the two teenage girls dashed for the Gryffindor tower robes billowing behind them as they ran through the corridors of Hogwarts.
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Up in Gryffindor tower a different kind of meeting was taking place. The Marauders had come together to discuss what they had found out about the chastity charm. They gathered on James' bed spreading out the notes each of them had made. Slowly they pieced a few things together but they seemed to be missing one vital component of the spell.
Frustrated James said, "Shit…were still missing a bit" getting up he started to pace around the room. James went back to sitting on the bed and looked over all the notes again and noticed that one set seemed to stop mid sentence, looking at the hand writing he realised they belong to Remus.
Lifting the parchment up he said, "Moony are these yours?" watching him nod he said "Is this all of them or is there some more?"
Putting his hand into his pocket Remus pulled out another piece of parchment. James moved to take it but Remus held it out of his reach. "Prongs even if you manage to break the charm…How do you know that Lily will agree?"
"Moony like I told you before just because I can doesn't mean I will and I don't know that Lily will agree" James said with an intense look on his face.
"Fine here" Remus, said, handing James the parchment "I just hope you know what you are doing because this could back fire on you James"
Holding the parchment James winced he hated it when his friends used his name "Trust me Moony…I will not do anything to hurt or harm Lily in any way" and he looked down for the final piece of the puzzle.
Writing down the last piece of the spell James smiled to himself, Sirius patted him on the back, Peter gave him a squirmy smile but Remus had a hard look on his face that James didn't like.
"Moony I swear to you that under no circumstances will I do anything to lily that she does not want or agree to" a smirk crossing his face James said "Really Dad don't be such a prude and I promise to be a good boy".
Horror spread over Remus's face at being called Dad and the other three laughed at him "Just because I am not over run by hormone does not mean that I am a prude" Remus shouted at the other three.
Pulling himself together James said "Sorry Moony but you really need to lighten up a bit…were teenage boys were supposed to do stuff like this" and he started to laugh again.
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Arriving back in the common room Lily and Aggy headed straight for their dorm. Telling their friends all about the meeting with Dumbledore and they decided to head over to the boys dorm. Knocking on the door before going in the girls laughed at the sight of Remus chasing James around the room.
"What's going on here?" Lily said
At the sound of her voice James halted abruptly only to be knocked flying by Remus as he charged into him, sending the pair of them sprawling onto the floor. Laughing at first a flash of panic came over James as he noticed the scattered bits of parchment all over the room. The rest of the Marauders got the message from the look James gave them and with a swish of his wand Sirius cast a tidy up spell that saw all the parchment come together in a pile and neatly place themselves in James's open trunk.
Getting up James casually walked towards Lily knocking the lid of his truck shut as he went past and said "Nothing much…What did Dumbledore want?"
In her excitement Lily forgot all bout the scene the girls had walked in on and pulled James back over to his bed. As they all sat down her and Aggy started to tell the boys all about the Ministry's letter and the plans for summer.
As James listened he thought Thanks Dad…I owe you one and smiled at the excited face of his girlfriend.
The next morning James, Sirius and Remus received letters from their parents telling them about the girls coming to stay. After working out important dates for Remus they all owled their parents back and asked if the others could come to stay as well. It wasn't long before the whole summer had been planned.
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With only one-week left to go before the train journey back to London everyone was busy trying to sort their stuff out. Everyone that is except Remus Lupin it was time for him to visit Madame Pomfrey again. He couldn't believe that for three of the final days of their sixth year he would have to be locked away in the shrieking shack.
Aggy always found Remus's disappearances hard by the end of the second day she was thoroughly fed up. As she came down the staircase Lily looked over at her friend who was sitting curled up in an armchair by the fire. Standing their for a moment she thought Aggy needs cheering up…need to do something that will take her mind off Remus and she smiled to herself.
Heading towards her friend she said "Hi…How you doing?…Just one more day and he'll be back"
Aggy looked up "Yeah I know…I just miss him…You'd think I'd be use to it by know" and she let out a sigh.
Sitting on the arm of her friend's chair she said "How about we find Annie and Marie and plan a little surprise for the boys this evening" and she raised her eyebrows. "We have not played a good prank for ages"
The thought of doing something horrible to the remaining Marauders made Aggy smile "I agree…Come on lets go" and they headed back up to the dorm. It didn't take long for the girls to come up with a plan.
Later that evening found the Gryffindor sixth years playing exploding snap in the common room as it approach ten thirty Sirius looked at James and nodded.
James stretched and said "Well that's me done…I've got a meeting with McGonagall tomorrow about next years Quidditch trials" Leaning over he kissed Lily and said "Good night" to the rest. It wasn't long before the rest of them followed James' example and headed up to bed.
As the noise in Gryffindor tower subsided the Marauders quietly slipped out of the portrait under the cover of James's invisibility cloak. It wasn't long before they had navigated the castle's corridors and were wandering across the front lawn. As they approached the Whomping willow a small rat appeared from nowhere and ran under the swing branches of the angry tree. When the branches came to a stand still two tall figures followed the small rat and soon all three had disappeared into the recesses of the tree.
Up in Gryffindor tower four sixth year girls sat giggling in their dorm at the thought of what they were about to do to the Marauders. Getting themselves organised they crept out of the door, sneaked along the wall and towards the door of their friends dorm. Slowly they pushed the door open and moved into the room but the surprise attack soon fell flat as the girls discovered all the beds empty.
Aggy said, "Where the bloody hell are they?" but all she got was shrugs from the others. Over by the window Marie said "Come and look at this…Quick".
Looking out into the night they were stunned at the sight of a wolf, a stag and a large dog running across the lawn. As they watched, the stag stopped for a second and seemed to flick something up on to its antlers and then the three animals galloped off into the night towards the forbidden forest.
Going back into there own dorm Lily thought What is James playing at…he never said they were going to pull a prank and she went to stand by the window. Sitting in her bed Marie thought I'm going to bloody kill that idiot…as it he is not in enough trouble already…He'll get expelled if he is caught doing anything stupid.
Quietly the girls discussed where they thought the boys might be and what they thought they might be up to. Still standing by the window Lily said "Quick here come that group of animals again" the others joined her at the window just in time to watch them all disappear under the branches of a very still Whomping willow.
Annie looked at the others and said "Well that's bloody strange…I've never seen the Whomping willow go still before have you" and they all shook their heads but the next scene left them all stunned, mouths opened and speechless.
For a couple of minutes later three figures appeared out from beneath the branches of the strange tree. Three figures even in the dark of the night all four girls recognised. Watching the scene bellow from the window the girls watched as one of the tall figures pulled something out of his robes and they disappeared.
Up in the Gryffindor tower four stunned girls looked at each other and Lily said "Common room" the others nodded and for the second time that night they slipped quietly from the dorm but this time headed straight down to the common room. The girls sat down and waited for the portrait to open.
As they stepped through the portrait James swung the invisibility cloak from around them and turning he froze to the spot at the sight of the welcoming party.
"Good evening boys had a nice time" Lily said sarcastically "Care to tell us what the bloody hell is going on"
Finding his feet James moved towards her "Shhh…Do you want to wake the whole bloody tower"
"Don't you SHHH me James Potter" Lily was now shouting.
Putting his hand over her mouth James said "Lets go upstairs and we'll explain everything" he waved at the other two with his free hand "Promise me you won't shout any more and I'll let go". Waiting for her to nod before he released her.
The Marauders led the way and soon they were all in the boy's dorm, sitting on James's bed.
Sirius grabbed hold of Peter "This way Wormtail…You are as much a part of this as the rest of us" and he pushed him down onto James's bed.
Before starting James cast a silencing spell on the room just in case Lily started shouting again and then for the next hour the three boys explained how they had become Animagus and why. At the end the three boys prepared themselves for the worst.
Lily now calmer said "Why didn't you just tell us?…James we have been going out for most of the year". Lily's eyes flashed dangerously at James and she thought Don't blow this out of proportion…stay calm
Looking at her he said "Well were illegal for one thing and its not something that you can slip into a conversation very easily…Oh by the way Lily did I tell you I'm an illegal aniamgus"
Rolling her eyes at him she said "Alright…I'll give on that one …But I was sure someone said no more lies?" at this the whole room fell silent.
James looked horrified and thought Shit…stay calm taking a deep breath he said, "I know…I'm really sorry…Please don't be mad at me…I am really, really sorry?"
Taking a moment to think she said, "I'm not mad James just a little disappointed…It would have been nice to have been trusted and not lied to but I suppose I understand".
James flinched a little at the response and before he could say anything she said "James it's so dangerous…What if Remus had attacked you?" and she shot a look over at Aggy.
"Werewolves only attack humans they don't attack other animals" he said with a shrug looking at the others for some help.
It came from Aggy who having been quiet during all this said "James is Remus ok?" and the group looked at her.
It was Sirius who answered, moving closer to her he put his arm around her and said "He's ok…he has really changed a lot since we have been going down to the shrieking shack…He is much calmer and relaxed". Sirius hugged her tight and Aggy let out a sigh of relief.
Standing up she said to the others "I think we had better be going back to our own dorm".
Marie kissed Sirius and he held her tight, Annie pulled Aggy up off the bed and walked out of the door with her. James leaned over to kiss Lily but she turned at the last minute so that all he was offered was her cheek, kissing her he said "Night Lily"
Looking at him for a second she said "Night James…see you in the morning" and she followed the other three girls up to their dorm.
Before long they were all wrapped up in there own beds thinking of the night's events as they drifted off to sleep.
A/N: Thanks for reading – Don't forget to click the button and let me know what you think – just love those reviews – they make me type faster.
Also this may be the last chapter for a week as I'm going on holiday on Monday (25.03.02) – I am going to try and post another chapter before them but can't promise anything.
Madame Padfoot