Chapter 13 Of Marauder Meetings and Singing Contests
Meagan pulled the cloak tight around her as she scurried through to a large
warehouse. Looking around to see if no one was watching, she knocked on
the large door. A little window, about eyelevel to her, opened and she saw
a pair of eyes. "Password?" the eyes asked in a gruff and scratchy voice.
Meagan looked around again, as did the eyes. "I solemnly swear I am up to
no good." Meagan said firmly.
The large door opened and Meagan was emitted into the warehouse. There she
saw a man wrapped in a brown cloak. He beckoned to her and led her down a
long passageway. Down dark corridors, through secret passageways, through
invisible walls they went, walking deeper and deeper into the ground. They
stopped at a door with light coming through the cracks. Hardy laughter was
audible, accompanied by the clinking of glasses touching.
The man threw the door opened and none other than Remus Lupin and James
Potter looked at them. The man lowered his hood and Sirius beamed at them,
having a bad case hood-hair. "I can't believe you let Sirius the Stupid
have door duty," Meagan said as she lowered her cloak and sat herself down
next to Lupin. Lupin barley glanced at her and said, "You're getting fat."
Meagan rolled her eyes from the looks she was getting. "Well, truth be
told, I gotta tell you guys something." All three heads leaned in, eagerly
awaiting the news. "I'm pregnant again." Sirius, of course, knew this.
But, being the men they are, James and Lupin screamed and fainted. Meagan
raised her sparking fingers.
Sirius dove out of the room and slammed the door shut. He watched blazes
of light flicker from the cracks in the door and hear his two friends
howling. Sirius would never know what happened in that room. from the
horrors with in. He walked into the room and saw, to his great amusement,
that Lupin and James were both smoking from the zaps they had received. He
was also pleased to observe that James's hair was sticking up vertically,
as was Lupin's.
"Well!" James said, coughing and a puff of smoke escaping his lips, "That
felt nice!" Sirius laughed at that. Meagan spun around on the spinning
chair she was in and took a sip of Butterbeer. "I wonder if all men faint
like that." she wondered aloud to herself.
Just then, echoing through the warehouse came a shout of, "SIRIUS
FITZGERALD BLACK!" All four Marauders looked up and around, shocked. "I
thought you made it impossible for anyone to find us!" James said, pulling
out his graying hair. "We're smarter than you think!" Meagan said. "Wha?"
Sirius asked. "Women. Men think so little of us. We're much more smarter
than you think!" she said, her eyebrows raised.
Meagan held her fist out and the rest of the Marauders put their hands on
hers. "Mischief managed." They whispered. Sirius pulled his cloak up and
ran out the door. Meagan waved cheerily at them, grabbed James by the arm,
and disappeared, leaving Lupin to stand there, bewildered and befuddled.
~*~
"Did you do it?" Fred asked hoarsely. Crystal nodded, afraid that if she
opened her mouth, she'd burst into fits of hysterical laughter. They
looked over at the Slytherin table and stated to shake with suppressed
gales of laughter. Brain's lips were hidden inside his mouth from holding
back laughter. Every time George glanced at him, he'd have to duck under
the table so no one would see him laughing.
They all watched Felicity bite into a cupcake. As she was chewing it, she
opened her eyes, surprised. Then, in a resounding voice that echoed around
the hall, she said, "Where's the cream filling?" The only reason it echoed
across the hall was because Fred had flicked the 'on' switch up that
connected to a microphone hidden in the Slytherin table in front of
Felicity.
Everyone stopped eating for a moment, almost as shocked as Felicity, and
burst into laughter. Even Blick was laughing! But the ones who were
laughing the hardest, of course, were the four who had set it all up: the
Modern-Day Marauders.
Felicity got up, her cheeks bright red, and swooped over to the Gryffindor
table. She stood in front of Brian, who was clutching his stomach and
gasping for breath. "You did this," she said, her eyes narrowed and
glinting gold, "You and your jackass friends." Fred chose this particular
moment to throw the microphone control switch thing under the Slytherin
table. right under Blick.
She heard the clatter of metal against stone and looked to where the switch
was. Her shoulders tensed and she bared her teeth, her eyes flashing
dangerously. She glided over to it, swooped down, picked it up, and held
it in front of Blick's face. The moment he laid eyes upon it, he said, "I
didn't do it!"
The whole hall had gone silent, every student's eyes fixed upon the two
young Slytherins (or Gryffindors, their rightful House). Felicity took
Blick by the ear and led him out of the hall, yelping.
~*~
"Where's the snitch!? Who got it!? WHERE'S THE SNITCH!?!?!?!?" yelped Lee
Jordan, head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports and commentator
of a professional Quidditch league.
Harry swooped upwards, his hair plastered to his head from sweat. He
swooped towards the stands, making people scream, and landed in front of
Meagan in the top box. Lee looked at him as if he were crazy. He handed
Meagan something. Meagan didn't even have to look at it. She felt tiny
wings beating rapidly against the palm of her hand. She felt the cool
metal against her hand. She held the snitch in her hand.
Meagan kissed him, let go, and lifted the snitch above her head. The other
team looked shocked. The Chudley Cannon fans (you must know Ron is
somewhere in those stands.) roared their approval. "Er. The Chudley
Cannons win?" asked Lee mostly to himself.
As Meagan and Harry walked out of the stadium, about a hundred journalists
for different magazines and magical news shows swooped down on them. "Is
it true you resigned?" asked one young reporter. "Were you really banned
from the Quidditch team?" asked another. Meagan and Harry stopped, being
blocked by all the eager reporters.
"No, I have not resigned." Meagan said firmly. Every journalist began to
scribble on his or her rolls of parchment. "Then you were banned?" asked
an old man. "No." Meagan said truthfully. She had actually gone to get
her job back, accomplished it, but found out she was expecting again and
had to stay out this year.
"Then what has happened?" asked a reporter, a cameraman close behind her.
"Well," Meagan said, grinning a little to herself, "I had to stay out this
year because." she stopped for a moment, to add effect and to get stares
from everyone, "Potter number six is on the way."
The second Meagan stopped talking, there was a loud uproar. "POTTER NUMBER
SIX?" exclaimed one. "ANOTHER POTTER?" yelped another. Meagan only
grinned at them and let the uproar carry on.
~*~
Meagan watched herself on the magical TV. She grinned. She loved seeing
herself on TV. She jumped to her feet when she heard a howl of pain.
She appeared outside where she saw Bellum, a tree branch, and Agatha. a
look of satisfaction and fake innocence upon her face. "Agatha!" Meagan
shrieked. Agatha, seeing Meagan, snarled and disappeared. Meagan sighed
and levitated Bellum to inside the house and onto the bed.
"Bellum!" Meagan said, shaking Bellum's shoulders. He snapped awake the
moment she zapped him. "BELLUM!" she shrieked. Out of the corner of her
eye, Meagan saw Jo, Jess, and Nita watching her very closely. "What's a
bellum?" was Bellum's first question.
Meagan groaned. "Who are you? Who am I? Where am I? Who are they?"
Bellum asked. "I'm Meagan Potter." Meagan said slowly. "You are Bellum.
Bellum is not a thing. You are in my house. Do you know what a house
is?" Bellum stared at her. "Do you under-stand?" Meagan asked, trying not
to use contractions. "Yeah, I understand. And I also happen to know what
a house is." He said, a little disgruntled.
Meagan sighed. "Okay," she said, now speaking at normal pace, "You're
Bellum Pugnare. You are a husband and father of four. with one on the
way. You're the husband of Cate Black, now known as Cate Pugnare. Any of
this familiar to you?" Bellum looked very shocked. "I'm a father? I'm
married? And who are they?" he added, pointing to Jo, Jess, and Nita.
Meagan sighed again. This was going to take longer than she thought.
"Yes, you're a father and you're married. Those kids over there are my
children. My husband, Harry Potter, will be home soon." Meagan said.
Harry had the weekends at Hogwarts off, and spent time with Meagan and used
it to practice Quidditch. "Potter is starting to sound familiar," he
said. "I remember a nice lady. You! And a nice man with glasses and
black hair. Him!" Bellum pointed to the doorway, where Harry stood,
looking shocked.
"Harry, darling, come here." Meagan said, explained Bellum's sad story, and
massaged her throat. Meanwhile, Bellum kept jibber jabbering. He seemed
to have forgotten manners. "I remember something about magic! But that's
silly! There's no such thing!" Bellum said. Meagan fell off her seat.
Harry helped her up and muttered, "Don't hurt the baby," in her ear.
Meagan kissed him quickly on the cheek and turned to Bellum.
"Bellum." she said, in a slow voice again, "Magic is a real thing." Bellum
laughed. "Of course it's not!" he said, but seeing the look on Meagan and
Harry's faces stopped. "Good God this is gonna be hard!" Meagan said,
putting her head in her hands. "But-there-can't-be magic!" Bellum said,
looking from both Meagan to Harry frantically.
Meagan clicked her fingers and a glass of water appeared hovering in
midair. She took one long sip and sighed. "I think we need to get Cate
over here. If she starts to attack, back me up."
'Cate?' Meagan inquired telepathically. 'What do you want?' Cate
retorted. 'I think you should come over here. Agatha did something to
Bellum.' Meagan said, her voice full of hatred. 'Coming!' Cate said.
There was a popping noise a second later and Cate stood in the middle of
the room, her usual glower upon her face. She spotted Bellum, who was
gaping at her. "I remember her," he said, scratching his head. "Bellum!"
Cate said, swooping down and kissing him. "What happened dearest?" she
asked softly. "I-don't know." Bellum said. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?" Cate
shrieked, starting at Meagan. Meagan only waved her hand and Cate froze.
"I didn't do anything." She said coolly.
"Mmm Mmph!" Cate said. "Agatha did it. She made a tree branch fall on his
head. I heard it, came outside, and woke him up. A whole lot of damage,
isn't it?" Meagan asked sarcastically. She released Cate, who fell on the
floor. "I'm going to kill her!" Cate said, pushing herself up and running
for the door. "No," Meagan said, a malicious smile upon her face, "We'll
just laugh her out of town."
~*~
"Hello Aggie." Meagan said, swinging in front of Agatha. Agatha gave a
little gasp and stepped backwards. She had been practicing some new songs
for her new album "Get Away From Him, He's My Man." She had already
shattered several of the windows on the Potter's house and Meagan decided
now was the time to put her plan into action.
"I couldn't help but hearing you practicing your songs." Meagan said as
Harry came up and put his hand on Meagan's shoulder. Agatha gave a
"loving" look at Harry, who recoiled slightly. "And I was wondering. If
you wanted to have a singing contest." Meagan continued, noticing Harry who
was shrinking behind her. Agatha snorted. "Fine. But we need publicity!"
she said. Meagan grinned at her. "Done." She said, "It's tomorrow at
three. Be there."
~*~
Meagan fidgeted with her hair. She had gotten a professional magical
hairdresser and makeup artists to do her up, and they had done her
beautifully. She now had beauty to rival that of Cate's. She was now
enjoying her reflection while it lasted.
"Now presenting. Agatha Windle! Also know as. ONLY ME!" The audience
clapped politely. Agatha sang her song "Get Away From Him" and the
audience clapped politely again. "Match that." She said, walking behind
stage and past Meagan. Meagan grinned at her. "Oh, don't worry, I won't
only match it, I'll do better than that." Meagan said, ramming into
Agatha's shoulder as she walked past.
"Now presenting everyone's favorite mother, wife, and Quidditch player.
MEAGAN POTTER!" Someone might have thought a bomb had exploded if they had
walked past the door to the auditorium. Meagan came out onto the stage,
nodding graciously at the applauding spectators. "I'm going to sing a song
from one of my favorite muggle artists when I was young. It's called 'He
Loves U Not' and it's by Dream." Meagan said in her deep voice. Everyone
stopped applauding and listened closely to the words as the music began:
"Give it all you got, girl, give it all you got!
You can take your chances! Take your best shot!
You can say what you want girl, and what you do.
He's never going to be with you.
Your pulling petals off a flower trying to get your way,
Keep pulling till it says what you wanna say.
Girl, you could pick a field full of daisies,
But he'd still be my baby!
I know you can hardly wait till I'm away from him!
Instinctively I know what your thinking!
You'll be giving him an open invitation,
But my baby won't be taken in, no!
You can pat your cherry lips!
Try to tempt with a sweet kiss!
You can flut your pretty eyes!
He's got his hands tied. No change!
True I'm not, so free to do what he wants!
He's into what he's got!
He loves me! He loves you not!
No matter what you do, he's never gonna be with you!
He's into what he's got!
He loves me! He loves you not!
You're the kinda girl that's up for two a day,
Only want him just because he's there!
Always looking for a new ride!
The grass is greener on the other siiide!
You're the kinda girl who's not used to hearing no! No!
All your lovers try to take you where you wanna go! Go!
It doesn't matter how hard you try!
You're never going to get it with my guy!
No change!
True I'm not, so free to do what he wants!
He's into what he's got! And that's me!
He loves me! He loves you not!
No matter what you do, he's never going to be with you!
He's into what he's got!
He loves me! He loves you not!
Doesn't matter what you do!
He's never going to be with you!
Give it all you got, girl, give it what you got!
You can take your chances! Take you best shot!
You can say what you want girl, and what you do!
He's never going to make it with you!
You can pat your cherry lips!
Try to temp him with a sweet kiss!
You can flut your pretty eyes!
He's got his hands tied. No change!
True I'm not, so free to do what he wants!
He's into what he's got!
He loves me! He loves you not!
No matter what you do, he's never going to be with you!
He's into what he's got! Take your best shot!
He loves me! He loves you not!
No change!
He's into what he's got! And that's me!
He loves me! He loves you not!
No matter what you do! He's never going to be with you!
He's into what he's got! And that's me!
He loves me! He loves you not!
He loves you not!"
Meagan finished with her head bowed. The audience roared it approval. It
was louder than it was for Agatha, certainly. Meagan raised her head and
grinned at them. She spotted Harry and her kids in the stands. Her eyes
darted over to Cate, the clueless Bellum, and their children.
There were a series of popping noises as ballots popped up in front of
their spectators. They all scribbled eagerly on their sheets, put them
into the box of finished ballots, and waited with anxiety. The commentator
reached into the box and magically counted the tallies. He looked a little
shocked as he held the final result in front of his face.
"Er- Meagan Potter wins with 293 votes. Agatha Windle, or Only Me, loses
with only 7 votes." The commentator said. Meagan jumped up and down,
clapping excitedly. Harry appeared behind stage, took her by the waist,
and kissed her. Agatha shrieked with anger and tried to pull Harry away.
Meagan responded with a punch. Agatha hit Meagan in the arm. Meagan hit
back and Agatha flew across the room. "Nobody. touches. my. husband!"
she said. Agatha got up, her pride and ego hurt, and disappeared.
~*~
"Look! They're the Marauders'!" Crystal said, pulling a bag out of her
trunk. Inside was a necklace, an old tattered pair of robes, a pair of
glasses, and an amulet with several gray wolf hairs inside. Crystal
immediately picked up the necklace, which had loopy words scrawled across
it that read: Blue Eyes. She handed Brain the robes, which were Sirius's.
She tossed Fred the amulet and put the glasses on George.
Crystal fastened the necklace and put it out for everyone to see. Brain
pulled the robes on. They were a little large for him, but that was okay.
Fred put the thick-rimmed glasses on and George put the amulet around his
wrist. "Hey! It opens! It has a hinge!" Crystal said excitedly as she
examined her necklace. She dug her fingernails under the cracks where the
locket leveled open and pulled. Nothing happened. She pulled again.
Nothing happened again. "Oh well," she said, a little saddened by her
futile attempts. She yawned and stretched her arms. "Well, guys, I think
we should hit the sack," she said. The others nodded in agreement.
"Night!" everyone said, bidding each other goodbye. They all crept into
bed, not knowing anything special was happening. Crystal twitched in her
sleep. The locket that she wore sprang open. A light blazed the curtains
of her bed and the sound of giggling came from the opened locket. There
was a sound of tormented screaming as Crystal thrashed her head from side
to side. She now was flailing her arms wildly. Two bemused words left her
lips before everything was silent again: "Blue Eyes?"
The light seemed to be sucked into the locket again. The giggling and
tormented screams stopped. Crystal stopped thrashing about and now a smug
smile replaced the scared, pale face she had had on a few moments ago. The
locket closed with a snap.
~*~
Crystal sat up. Breathing heavily, she patted her chest for some sign of
the locket. It was gone.
She put her head in her hands and thought about the wild and confusing
dream that had startled her into waking. She had been in her dormitory.
and another girl had been there with her. who was it? She strained her
brain. Blue Eyes! And then. and then. Blue Eyes had taken her by the
shoulders. She had stood completely still, although try as she might she
couldn't move. Then. then. Blue Eyes had ripped her from her body. She
had felt it. And after being ripped from her body, Blue Eyes had stepped
into it and smiled smugly at her. Then she had woken up.
She looked around the room she was in. It was her dormitory. it was the
same. yet. it was different. She shook her head. She was just sleepy.
Muttering to herself, she pulled the covers up and fell asleep.
~*~
'MEAGAN!' was the first thing she awoke to that morning. Crystal jumped
out of bed and looked around, her eyes wide. "Must've been a mistake," she
murmured, walking down to the common room. She felt strangely older. She
almost screamed. She was in the Gryffindor common room all right, but she
knew none of the people there!
Once they saw her coming down the stairs, three bemused boys came running
towards. She recognized them at once as James Potter, Sirius Black, and
Remus Lupin. The Marauders. She gave a small squeak. She reached up to
rub her scar, and found it wasn't there. Surprised, she lowered her hand
looked at it. By then, the Marauders were right next to her. She looked
at them and they looked at her.
"Crys? Moonlight?" Sirius asked. "How do you. know me? You're Sirius
Black!" Crystal said in a strangled voice. "Actually. I'm Brian Black.
Known to you as Night Rider." Brian said, his face paling another three
shades. "And." she looked over at James Potter and Remus Lupin, "Fred?
George? Fishtail? Padfoot?" Fred and George nodded in turn.
A dreamy look passed over Fred's (Lupin's) face. "I just realized." he
said, then, in a whisper, said, "I'm a werewolf now." All four looked at
each other. "Then. then." Crystal said, her voice wavering with
excitement, "We're. Brian, George, and I. are Animagus!" She looked
mystified.
"GUYS! Er. AND GIRL!" a squeaky voice said from across the room. The hair
on the back of Crystal's neck prickle. She turned and saw the one and only
Peter Pettigrew facing her. And at that moment. in the back of her head.
she heard, 'BLUE EYES!' she felt a tugging sensation in the back of her
mind and decided it would be best to follow it.
"I'll. be right back." She said and glided out of the portrait hole. There
she met a girl with strawberry blonde hair and steely gray eyes that were
behind glasses. She was tapping her foot. "About time, Meagan!" she said,
exasperated. "I think you may have some mistake." Crystal said, backing up
and hitting the Fat Lady. She felt her mind being read and the girl
gasped.
"Oh, she's gonna get it." the girl said. "I'm Marykate, by the way. Call
your friends out here. We'll find a way to get you back to your own time."
Marykate said, pushing her glasses up further on the bridge of her nose.
'Fred?' she asked in a mind-wave, 'George?'
"Sorry, but they can't hear you now. They don't have powers anymore."
Marykate said, hearing Crystal's call. She turned to the Fat Lady.
"Password?" the Fat Lady squawked. "Er." Crystal said. "Draco Dormiens."
Marykate said, and the portrait hole opened for her. "Er. Moony!
Padfoot! Prongs!" she called. Instinctively, the three boys turned at the
familiar nicknames. They came running and each of them in turn tripped
over the entrance of the portrait hole. She shook her head. "Honestly."
She said.
"By the way, I'm Crystal Potter. That's. er. Fred Weasley. George
Weasley. STOP PICKING YOU NOSE. and. ah, yes. Brian Black." Crystal
said. Marykate snorted. "Brian Black." she muttered. Brian went red.
"Well, I'm sorry if I didn't exactly get to choose my name when I was
born." He said, glaring, the gold flecks in his eyes flashing. "You want
to hear even more embarrassing names? Brynn and Bryce Black!" he hissed.
At that, Marykate fell over laughing. "Sounds like a Lizzie name!" she
choked. "It is." Crystal said.
Just then, they saw two girls running up the corridor, their faces flushed
but looking very scared. Crystal recognized one as her grandmother, Lily
Potter. She looked closely at the other girl and saw she was Lizzie
Black. "Meagan!" choked Lily, "Snape. Slytherins! Malfoy!" Crystal
looked up and saw her old professor of fifty running down the hall with a
rabid dog on a leash.
Without knowing what she was doing, she pointed her middle finger at the
two boys clad in Slytherin décor, and zapped them. Snape and Malfoy howled
and covered their faces as they felt white-hot pain flare in their faces.
The dog disappeared with the click of Crystal's finger. Snape and Malfoy
retreated, their hands over their faces.
"Thanks, Meg." Lily said, glancing at the boys that surrounded Crystal and
Marykate. She was eyeing George with interest. He stared back, his mouth
almost open. She fluttered her green eyes at him before Lizzie saw this
and said, "C'mon, Lil, let's go." She took Lily be the arm and dragged her
into the common room.
"Why is everyone calling me Meagan? That's my mother's name and she wasn't
born yet!" Crystal asked, getting frustrated. Marykate shrugged. "Maybe
your mother was named after her mother." She said. Crystal nodded. It
seemed reasonable. She had never met her Delmore grandparents. they were
dead.
Marykate looked at Fred. "Tonight's a full moon," she said. Fred gulped.
"Is there a wolf bane potion?" he squeaked. Marykate shook her head.
"Nope. Not invented yet." Crystal looked at Fred. "I thought you
memorized that book of potions!" she said. For a moment, Fred looked
aloof. "Yeah." he said, starting to look excited, "I did!"
He waved his hand in order for something to appear, but nothing happened.
He tried it again, his result being futile. He groaned. "No more powers."
he said. Brian patted his shoulder. "You get used to it." He said. Fred
stared.
Crystal waved her hand and a smoking goblet appeared. Fred took it,
thanked her, and wolfed it down. He pulled a face the minute he finished.
"Bleaaaarg!" he said. "Well," Crystal said, "It's either loose your mind
or keep it." Fred glared at her. "Why did I get Moony's amulet?" he
asked. Crystal shrugged. "Why didn't George get Prong's glasses?" she
asked.
Suddenly, Madame Pomfrey came bustling down the corridor. She took Fred by
the hand and led him away. Crystal glanced at George, who had a great look
of anxiety on his face. "What if. I still have a part of him in me?" he
asked. "What does he mean?" Marykate inquired. "He's a quint. A
quintuplet. He's the oldest out of four others born the same time as he
was." Brian said.
"Come on. We need to follow him." Marykate said, her face white. She
disappeared, but Crystal saw her hovering in mid air. 'You need the
cloak.' Marykate mind-waved. Crystal clicked her fingers and an
invisibility cloak appeared. She nodded at Marykate and they ran outside.
As soon as they saw Madame Pomfrey disappear into the school building, they
transformed. Crystal's eyes became wide, blue, and cat-like as she
transformed. She felt her spine curve and twist as she shrank. Her ears
became pointy and moved up her head to the very top. Ginger hair grew all
over her body and her fingernails lengthened and sharpened into claws. She
felt a tail grow behind her as her nose and mouth lengthened into a
muzzle. She fell over sideways when it all stopped.
She got up, all four of her legs shaking. She looked straight and saw four
legs that were long, slender, and graceful. She looked up and saw a body.
a long curved neck. and a head with a set of antlers. She looked George
in one of his deep brown eyes. Brian came padding up to them. His ears
perked straight up as he saw Crystal. He raised his hackles and growled
deep in his throat. His ears laid back, he gave one booming bark and
started after Crystal. Crystal gave a loud meow and started to turn around
when George placed himself between them. Brian ran into George's legs and
bounced off. "Don't." George said, his voice deeper than it usually was.
A that moment, there came a whimpering sound. "Fred!" all three of them
shouted. Crystal darted between the menacing branches of the Whomping
Willow. She pressed the knot and dashed into the hole.
There she saw Fred. He was shaking all over. He had a look of immense
pain on his face. Seeing Crystal, he mouthed, "Moonlight!" Suddenly he
gave a long howl. He let the wolf inside of him out. His back curved so
much that his hands were touching the ground. His legs bent. He was
poised to jump. He gave another long howl that was slightly muffled as his
mouth formed a muzzle. His eyes flashed green as they caught the light of
the full moon. Gray fur grew all along his disfigured body. He turned his
neck to her, his eyes large and round. He had fully transformed.
"Fred?" she asked. The werewolf bowed his head in recognition. She led
him out of the hole. "Fred!?" yelled Brian. "Bro?" asked George. Fred
gave a howl. "Can't you talk?" Crystal asked. Fred shook his head from
side-to-side violently. Crystal nodded apologetically. "Kay." She said.
"Well, we're the Marauders, aren't we? Granddad told me what he used to
do." Crystal said. She pranced along the road to Hogsmead. She put her
whiskers forward in a smile. Brian padded over to her. George cantered
over to them, tailed by Fred. Crystal padded into the town, which was
deserted. A cold wind swept through it. She slinked into Three
Broomsticks and pushed the door open. Everyone got in okay, but George's
hooves made a loud noise as they hit the wood. "Who's there?" came a
shout. George galloped to the door and ran out.
The owners of the shop (a man and a woman) came down, their wands lit, and
saw Crystal. Crystal licked her nose in fright. "Meow?" she said. The
woman snorted. "It's just a cat!" she said. "Shoo!" said the man.
"SHOO!" Crystal could take a hint. She jumped off the counter and walked
out the door.
"Well," she said, meeting up with the guys, "That didn't work." George
nodded and looked at the moon. Fred followed his gaze. "I wonder what the
Marauders are doing in out bodies."
~*~
"I'm not a werewolf! I'm not a werewolf!" Remus said, dancing around.
"Shut up, Moony, we heard you." Meagan said, yawning. They were the only
ones up in the common room. "This is so cool!" James said, zapping Sirius
in the back of the head. "Yeah!" Sirius said, massaging his head. "I'm
still not a werewolf!" Remus said, his eyes purple. Meagan zapped him so
he'd shut up.
"Crys?" asked a small voice. Meagan didn't notice it. She was watching
James zap Sirius with great amusement. She felt a touch on her shoulder
and jumped. Neil was looking at her with his shy green eyes. "Yeah?" she
asked. "I was wondering. Mum told Dad something and he fainted.
Something must've happened, and we don't know it." Neil said. Looking
befuddled, Meagan shook her head. "I dunno." She said.
"You're different." Neil said. "Really? What do you mean?" Meagan asked.
"You didn't play any tricks on Felicity today. And you're calling them
different nicknames. They call you Blue Eyes. That's what Granddad calls
Mum." He said, looking into Meagan's eyes. "I thought your name was. er.
Pogo." He said, making up a random name. "It is." Meagan said.
All Meagan saw was a blur and then she was tied with a rope. The other
Marauders stopped and looked over, shocked. "You aren't my sister." Neil
said, his face close to Crystal's. Meagan searched his face. "All right,
all right, you got me." She said. "Who are you?" he hissed. Meagan fought
him off and untied the rope. "Meagan. Meagan Delmore." She said. Neil
backed into the wall. "What?"
"I'm Meagan Delmore. Got a problem with that?" Meagan asked. "Crud!" Neil
said. "And. Fred, George, and Brian. aren't really Fred, George, and
Brian?" he asked. Meagan shook her head. "Meet Remus Lupin, James Potter,
and Sirius Black." She said. "WHOLEY MOLEY!" he shouted.
"You got to get out of here!" Neil said hoarsely, "You shouldn't be here!
You'll find out stuff that'll change the future!" he looked wildly around
when something sparkly caught his eye. He looked down and saw the necklace
with the engraving, "Blue Eyes." Just by looking at it, he knew it was the
only key to send his mother back to the right time and bring his sister
back. He'd rather have her pick on him than him never being born.
He grabbed the necklace and pulled it. Meagan felt the delicate chain
digging painfully into her neck. She tried to stop it, but the chain
snapped. Her wide round eyes watched the pieces of extremely small metal
fly through the air. The locket snapped open. She felt herself begin to
shake. She saw Crystal's face in the locket, as did Neil. "Crys!" he
gasped.
Meagan felt herself being ripped from her body. "Nice try, Blue Eyes. It
was nice being you, but I'd rather be me." Crystal said in passing. Meagan
nodded at Crystal. "I enjoyed being you, but I like being my old Marauder
self." Meagan said. They grinned at each other.
Crystal felt herself being fitted into her own body. Everything that was
once a blur became solid again. "Crys?" Neil asked. "Neil!" Crystal
exclaimed, hugging her brother. Suddenly there were three shouts. "I'm
not a werewolf anymore!" shouted Fred. "Aww." George said, "I'm not an
Animagus anymore!" Brian gave a whoop of joy. "I'm not my dad anymore!"
he shouted.
"Crys! Can't-breathe!" Neil choked, his glasses askew. Crystal released
him. "I'm me!" she said in triumph.
