A/N-La dee da…Anyway, here is the next chapter! I'm glad you people like this. It's really fun to write. I think it's really funny…This next chapter is the next meeting or Sirius and Lily…and James too of course…I hope you guys enjoy!
Disclaimer-Honestly, if you do not know by now that I do not own any of this stuff, except Marissa, Professor Meeny, whom I don't think shows up in this chapter, Filth, whom I don't think shows up in this chapter either, Professor Spring, who was in the last chapter, not this one, and I think that's it, then you need a new brain. I own the characters I had to make up but that's it. Guess who the other stuff belongs to! Guess! No, not the CIA. Come on, why would they own that stuff? Flying monkeys do not own the stuff either. J.K. Rowling owns that stuff!
Thank you-
ChaCha-Thank you for reading my fic, and reviewing! Is this really the funniest fic you've ever read? I think you need to read more comedy fics…But oh well, if you think this is the funniest fic you've ever read, I'm certainly not going to convince you otherwise! Yeah! I watched that episode of Smart Guy! After watching that, watching Roxanne, and reading Cyrano de Bergerac, I got this idea! So my idea came from that partially. I'm sure other people recognize this plot too then, they're just not saying anything…
LilyFlower8602-You reviewed again! Yes, I agree poor Sirius, but I feel worse for James really. Yup, so pretty much, James is writing letters from himself, and then writing back to himself…Wait, that's not right…He's writing letters to Lily, and then he's writing back to himself…Wait, that's not right either…Well, you know what I mean, at least I think you do…
REESY-Hee, hee, I'd love to kill Peter! DIE PETER DIE! DIE I SAY DIE!! But unfortunately, I can't. Well I could, but it'd like destroy the real Harry Potter books. Grr…I hate Peter…He doesn't show up in this chapter I don't think. He's not in this fic very much at all, just the way I like it. Although I sort of wonder what he's off doing…Probably kissing up to Voldemort or something…Polishing his shoes…Alphabetizing his brick collection…
Shree-And you reviewed again too! Yay! Yes it is sweet, but Sirius isn't the one who's sweet, James is!
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Draco-n-Hermione-4ever-Is it really like your story? Darn, I thought it was pretty original…Oh well…I'm glad you like it anyway and thanks for reviewing!
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"Ow!" James cursed loudly. "There are thorns in this bush!" James shouted, coming out from his hiding place within the bush, this time, with numerous scrapes and scratches.
Sirius, from his place on the bench in the gardens, chuckled softly.
"Ahh, I have a better idea anyway," James said, pulling out a cloak of silvery, fluid-like material-his Invisibility Cloak-from his bag and pulled it on and then…was invisible. "Now remember to listen closely this time. Last time was a disaster."
"Tell me about it," Sirius muttered. "Absolutely horrible."
"And remem-" James began, but was interrupted by Lucius's voice.
"POTTER!" Lucius shouted, his voice echoing through the gardens.
"Bloody Hell," James muttered. "What now? He's a certain talent for interrupting in most inopportune times. I swear he must practice that."
"POTTER! I know that you and your weasel, crooked lackies did this! And I know you're out here somewhere!" Lucius shouted from the other side of the gardens.
James looked puzzled and thought for a moment. "I didn't even do anything…well, not THIS time anyway." Then he thought a bit longer. "Ohhh…heh heh. Me and Moony sort of snuck a Dung Bomb into his bookbag. Bet the girls all shied off of him for a long while. Probably literally got off of him."
"Did he just call us crooked?" Sirius murmured. "And what do you mean you and Moony. Where was I?"
"Walking Lily to her next class," James said.
"Oh, right," Sirius said.
"I'll be right back."
"Wait, but she's coming any minute now!" Sirius protested.
"I'll just be right back. How long could this take?" James said, hurrying down the garden path towards the sound of Lucius cursing and calling James and his "crooked lackies" every insulting name in the English and wizarding language, leaving Sirius to pace nervously. As James got closer to Lucius, he remembered that he still had his Invisibility Cloak on. James grinned mischievously. Time for some fun…
Just as Lucius was turning the corner, James stuck out his leg, sending Lucius falling forward and landing, sprawled over the path, a tangled bundle of black robes. He quickly stood up and looked around angrily. His eyes narrowed as he looked around him.
James took this opportunity to tie his shoelaces together. He knew it was the oldest trick in the book, and very childish, but it was very effective. As soon as Lucius tried to take a step, he tripped and fell down upon the pathway for the second time. Malfoy glanced down at his shoes and his eyes narrowed again.
"Potter," Lucius muttered. "Show yourself Potter!" When James did not appear, he said, "Fine. Suit yourself." Then Malfoy began shooting curses everywhere.
James swore under his breath, trying to dodge all of the curses and run at the same time. He searched his pockets for his wand, but it wasn't there.
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"Where is he?" Sirius muttered to himself. Then he saw something on the ground. Sirius bent and picked it up, seeing that it was James's wand. He was just about to go find James when he saw Lily coming up the path. Sirius cursed under his breath. He thought about hiding and then going to find James, but she had already spotted him.
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As James searched his pockets only to find his wand missing, a body-binding curse hit him in the back. James fell upon the path, stiff as a board.
Lucius looked around, listening for any noises and then took a cautious step forward to make sure he wasn't tripped again.
"If you are still here, you are in a body-binding curse," Lucius said slowly.
James rolled his eyes, about the only thing he could move. He had already figured out a long time ago that he was in a full body-bind. Just like Lucius to state such an obvious thing.
"And you are invisible. I don't think I'll be seeing you for a long while. Good luck Potter. Hope you don't get stepped on but maybe getting stepped on would be a good thing, considering that if no one does, they won't know where you are," Lucius said, laughing as he walked back into the building.
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"U-um, hello Lily," Sirius said awkwardly as she came nearer.
"Hello," Lily said, taking a seat on the bench.
Sirius sat as well, and then just sat there. He figured the less he said, the better.
"So," Lily said slowly.
"Did you notice that Lucius smelled bad later today?" Sirius asked, recalling why James wasn't here.
Lily wrinkled her nose as if remembering the smell but then chuckled a bit. "Yeah, Kiely was going to meet him up in the Astronomy Tower later, but she broke it off after Transfiguration. She said she had to work on an essay for her Care of Magical Creatures class, which was an extremely stupid thing to say since Lucius has Care of Magical Creatures class with her and he knows there is no essay due tomorrow. I would not want to be Remus and James right now. I just hope they hide very well."
"How'd you know it was them?" Sirius asked.
"James told me," Lily said.
Just then, Remus came walking up the stone path. "Sirius, I need the-" and then catching sight of Lily, he cut off. "Hello Lily. Umm, Sirius, I need a blank piece of parchment now."
Sirius just blinked. "I don't carry around blank pieces of parchment Remus. Sorry buddy, but I really don't."
"No, I need a BLANK piece of PARCHMENT that I KNOW you CARRY around with you. You HAVE it RIGHT now. JAMES is missing and I would like to leave him a note to read later. He is MISSING and I think he is WEARING his SPECIAL…sweater," Remus said, emphasizing a few key words and glancing meaningfully at Sirius.
Comprehension dawned on Sirius. "Oh, OH! Okay, yeah. Umm Lily, I'm going to go talk to Remus for a minute okay?"
"Sure," Lily said slowly, very confused. Were they speaking in some sort of code? It was a really good code. It was enough to send anyone into mass confusion.
Sirius pulled Remus a little ways away and spoke quietly with him. "I known James is wearing his Invisibility Cloak. He put it on so he wouldn't have to hide in the bushes this time when Lily came. He left when Lucius Malfoy shouted for him, obviously very angry. He hasn't come back yet. Do you think Lucius did something to him?"
"It was about the Dung Bomb wasn't it?" Remus asked. Sirius nodded. "Naw, I don't think Lucius could do anything to Prongs. He's by far the better dueler when it comes to him and Lucius."
Sirius cursed loudly, causing Lily to glance over at them curiously.
"Moony, Prongs doesn't have his wand. He must have dropped it. I found it over by the bench," Sirius said, pulling James's wand from his pocket.
Remus cursed as well. "You have the map. Let's find him."
"Okay, hold on," Sirius said, walking back over to where Lily was sitting.
"Is everything alright?" she asked, looking concerned.
"Everything's fine," Sirius assured her. "But I just remembered, I have detention today so I have to go. Oh, by the way, did you happen to see James as you were walking out here?"
Lily thought for a moment. "Actually, I haven't seen him since the end of classes…Is he alright?"
"He's fine," Sirius said hurriedly. "I'll talk to you later?"
"Sure."
Sirius kissed her on the cheek and then they both hurried off in the direction that James had gone, Remus holding a blank piece of parchment in front of him.
Lily frowned, watching them leave. Sirius didn't have detention today, she was sure of it, so something must have been wrong. She knew it was wrong to follow but she cast manners to the wind and followed them, a safe distance behind them.
"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good," she heard Remus say, tapping the parchment with his wand. Since Lily was a bit behind them, all she could make out were some faint lines and some dots appear on the parchment. She did notice that the dots moved though.
"Look, there he is," Sirius said, pointing to a dot on the map. And then they turned the corner.
When Lily cautiously peeked around the corner, she saw Sirius prodding the ground tentatively with his feet and Remus on his hands and knees, feeling the ground around him.
"Oof," Lily heard someone mutter. "Sirius that hurt. Quit kicking!"
"James! Remus I found him," Sirius said, kneeling down on the path and looking at…well nothing that Lily could see. Sirius then started grabbing at the air in front of him and pulled a silvery cloak out of nowhere, revealing James in a full body-binding curse.
"James you idiot! You dropped your wand! You're lucky you only got a body-binding curse considering it was Malfoy," Sirius said, pulling James's wand from his pocket.
"I know I know," James muttered. "Just take it off of me!"
"Oh right," Remus murmured, using his wand to lift the curse.
"Thanks guys. The idiot…All I did was trip him a few times and he shoots curse around everywhere. He's lucky I didn't have my wand, other wise that bumbling fool would have gotten it…Now what's our plan for revenge? I was thinking that we could put a curse on him that makes him think he's a horse," James said, taking his cloak from Sirius and putting into his bag. He then got up and brushed himself off.
Remus chuckled. "Now that would be very amusing."
Sirius grinned mischievously. "Or better yet, make him think he's a donkey."
They all chuckled at that.
"A cow," Remus suggested.
"A pig," James put in.
"Well, what ever it is, it'll be big. No one puts a curse on our buddy and gets away with it," Sirius declared. Then they all headed into the castle, still making plans for their revenge.
Lily smiled, also heading in. She had never seen a group of better or closer friends than the Marauders. It touched Lily really, that they were so close and that they were always there for each other no matter what. Kind of like her and Marissa, Lily thought to herself. She decided to go find her friend.
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A/N-I thought it was hilarious when Remus was talking in "code." I was cracking up as I wrote that…Hee, anyway now leave a nice review, or a mean one, depending on how you felt about the chapter…But I hope mean isn't the case…I should have time to update soon, so leave a review! Grrr…Blame the English papers…And Cleon too…Can't forget him…Don't ask, I'm babbling on now…
