Time flew by for Lily, Paige, Alexia, James, Sirius, Remus, and
Peter. It seemed as if it was only the second week of school, when in
reality it was the day that the students would leave for Christmas break.
Lily, Alexia, and Paige were sitting on Alexia's bed in their dormitory, discussing their plans for Christmas. Suddenly, their door flew open.
"How dare you have a party without the Marauders!" Sirius screamed in a girly voice as he pretended to flip his hair over his shoulder.
"I mean, like, it's just not, like, a party without us!" James said as he batted his eyelashes.
"James, do you have something in your eye?" Peter asked. Everyone laughed as Peter look dumbfounded.
"Marauders?" Lily asked, raising her eyebrows, trying to hold back a snicker, as were Paige and Alexia.
"Yeah, like it? We decided we needed a name for ourselves. You get a little tired of saying James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter all the time. So, we decided to make it easier and just call ourselves: the Marauders," Sirius explained.
"Oh.I see," Lily said, still trying not to laugh. However, James saw threw their attempts.
"Fellow Marauders, I do believe that they are making fun of us," he said with s sly smile.
"Hm.. I think that you're right, James," Sirius said, cracking his knuckles, "Remus, Peter, what do you think?" Remus squatted down so he was at eye level with Alexia. His face was less than a foot from hers. She tried her best not so laugh, but her attempts were unsuccessful as a little snicker escaped her mouth.
"Yup, they're making fun of us," Remus said as he stood up and walked back over to his friends. Then, suddenly, without warning, Sirius, Remus, and James pounced on the girls and started to tickle them [A/n: I know, I know, VERY cliché]. Peter just stood in the doorway and sneered. 'How childish. If Father hadn't told me to befriend these idiots, I would be anywhere but here,' thought Peter [A/N: at the end of this chapter, I will have a short paragraph explaining Peter].
After they were done tickling each other, the girls sat up, regaining their breath. There was a silence.
"So, what are you guys doing for Christmas holidays?" Alexia asked, breaking the pause.
"I'm going home. Mum and Dad are making me," James said.
"Same here," Lily said, as everybody nodded their heads in agreement.
"Oh, crap!" shouted Lily as she looked at her watch.
"What?" Paige asked, looking at her watch, too. "Oh, crap!"
"What's wrong?" Alexia asked as she looked at Lily's watch.
"Oh, crap!" Shouted Alexia as she and the other girls jumped up and grabbed their bags.
"WHAT!?!" yelled the boys.
"The Hogwarts Express! It leaves in 7 minutes!!" shouted the girls as they raced out their dorm door with their bags, nearly pushing Peter down the stairs. Peter glared daggers at the girls retreating backs. Then, without warning, he was nearly pushed down the stairs again as James, Sirius, and Remus rushed out the door and into their dorm. Peter balanced himself by grabbing the doorframe. He saw Remus, James, and Sirius rush out of their dorm and out of the Griffendor common room. Peter grabbed his bags and followed them.
James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter flopped down onto one of the seats in the empty compartment in the back of the express.
"I wonder where the girls are. They should have beaten us here," Remus said, taking a peek outside the compartment door.
"I don't know, they'll probably be here soon," Sirius said as he put his bags up.
"BACK OFF!" they heard a voice outside their compartment yell.
"What are you going to do if I don't? Crawl back to Potter and his friends? Really, Mudblood, can't you stand up for yourself?" said another voice.
"THAT'S IT! LET ME AT HIM!" they could hear a struggle going on outside.
"CONJUNCTIVITUS!"
"IMPEDIMENTA!"
"FURNUNCULUS!"
"DENSAUGEO!" James, Sirius, and Remus looked at each other and nodded. They grabbed their wands [just in case] and opened the compartment door. What they saw made them gasp.
Lucius Malfoy was trying to run towards Alexia, but was unable to. It was as if there was an invisible wall keeping him away from her. Paige was flinching in pain as boils began to pop up all over her body. Severus Snape was holding his mouth as his teeth continued to grow. Lily was trying to walk, but was unable to. Her eyes were bloodshot red and she looked as if she was having trouble seeing.
"MALFOY! WHAT DID YOU DO!?!" yelled James, Sirius, and Remus at the same time, enraged.
"You and your friends stay out of this, Potter! This is between me and the Mudbloods!" shouted Malfoy, still trying to get to Alexia.
With one quick motion, Sirius and James strode towards Malfoy and punched him, one fist colliding with each eye. Malfoy flew backwards, landing on Snape. Both fell to the ground.
"THAT'S IT, POTTER! YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS HAD BETTER ENJOY SEEING YOUR FAMILIES THIS CHRISTMAS BECAUSE I DOUBT THEY'LL BE AROUND MUCH LONGER!" shouted Malfoy as he and Snape stormed off into their own compartment.
Remus walked over to where the girls were, followed by James and Sirius,
"What happened?" Remus asked Alexia, who was still very shaken up.
"W-we were just walking to the c-compartment, w-when Lily suddenly flew forward into a compartment door. We turned around a-and Snape and Malfoy had their wands p-pointed at us. Paige tried to punch Malfoy, but I held her back. I shouted a spell that would k-keep them away from us. But it didn't keep their spells from hitting us. They shouted the spell that gave Paige boils all over, a-and then I shouted the spell that made Snapes teeth bigger. T-then Malfoy tried to hit me, but the spell I cast wouldn't let him near us. That's when you came." Alexia was trying to calm her breathing.
"Sirius, James, go and help Paige and Lily. I'll stay here with Alexia," Remus said, looking at Alexia with worry written clearly on his face. James and Sirius nodded.
"Paige, are you alright?" Sirius asked with concern.
"DO I LOOK ALRIGHT!?!" Shouted Paige. She wasn't mad that she had boils all over her, she was mad at herself for losing to Malfoy. He got her, but she didn't get him. She had a hurt pride.
"Just asking," Sirius said, holding up his hands.
"Sorry for snapping. Do you know the counter curse?" asked Paige, taking deep breaths to calm down. Sirius nodded, pointed his wand at Paige, and said the counter curse. Almost immediately the boils began to disappear.
"Lily." began James as he slowly approached her. Her eyes were still horribly red.
"Get away from me! I'm warning you!" shouted Lily as she took a swing at the air.
"Lily! It's me, James!" James said as he grabbed her arms.
"James?" Lily asked.
"Yes, it's me." Lily flung herself into James' arms. James hugged her back.
"Come on, let's get you to the compartment," he said as he detached himself from the redhead. He grabbed her hand and began to walk to wards the compartment, but was pulled in another direction. James turned to look at Lily. She was walking the wrong way.
"Um.Lily, the compartment is this way," he said as he tugged on her hand.
"Oh," she said as she turned around. However, she was now walking the wrong way AGAIN.
"Um.Lily.are you alright?" James asked, furring his brow in concern.
"Uh.yeah.I can't see.but, yeah," Lily said.
"You can't see!?! What happened!?! What did Malfoy do to you!?!" James yelled out of concern for his friend.
"Malfoy did the conjunctivitus spell on her," Alexia said as she, Remus, Paige, and Sirius walked over towards him and Lily.
"The what?" asked James.
"Conjunctivitus. It messes with your eyes," Alexia looked sadly at Lily.
"Is there a counter curse?" James asked urgently. Alexia looked down.
"Well." she began, biting her lip.
"Well.what?" James asked.
"It's a kinda advanced and new spell, so.." Continued Alexia.
"So.?"
"So.as a new spell, the counter curse they have for it isn't immediately effective. It takes a few hours to work," Alexia rushed the last part.
"WHAT!?!" James, Sirius, Remus, Paige, and Lily shouted at the same time.
"SO I HAVE TO BE BLIND FOR THE REST OF THE TRAIN RIDE!?!" Lily shouted.
"Yeah," Alexia said with a sad smile.
"When I get my hands on Malfoy, I'm gonna rumph hif heph roff en fro," Alexia covered Lily's mouth.
"Instead of standing out here and ranting, why don't we get into our compartment and do the counter curse," suggested Alexia. Lily glared at her, but nodded. The six Gryffindors [Peter went back in] went back into their compartment. Alexia performed the counter curse. Alexia rested her head on Remus' shoulder and soon fell asleep. Paige would rather lean her head against the window then use some boy for comfort [she is VERY independent], so she did just that. Lily rested her head on James's shoulder and rested, counting down the hours until the counter curse took effect. Remus and James looked at each other and smiled knowingly. Then they glanced at Sirius, who was eyeing Paige out of the corner of his eyes. Remus and James shared a sad smile. The entire train ride was spent in silence.
PETER'S DEAL: Peter's father is already with Voldemort. Peter's dad told him to befriend James Potter so that James would start to trust him. Then, as he does, Peter can use that trust to help Voldemort. Peter does NOT like James. He doesn't really like anybody. He hates Lily because he sees her as an obstacle to get to James. Now you know.
Icechick1205: thanks for telling me how to spell Gryffindor. I had it added to my spell check, and I couldn't find out why it kept saying that it was spelled wrong! Now I know. Thanks!
Lily, Alexia, and Paige were sitting on Alexia's bed in their dormitory, discussing their plans for Christmas. Suddenly, their door flew open.
"How dare you have a party without the Marauders!" Sirius screamed in a girly voice as he pretended to flip his hair over his shoulder.
"I mean, like, it's just not, like, a party without us!" James said as he batted his eyelashes.
"James, do you have something in your eye?" Peter asked. Everyone laughed as Peter look dumbfounded.
"Marauders?" Lily asked, raising her eyebrows, trying to hold back a snicker, as were Paige and Alexia.
"Yeah, like it? We decided we needed a name for ourselves. You get a little tired of saying James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter all the time. So, we decided to make it easier and just call ourselves: the Marauders," Sirius explained.
"Oh.I see," Lily said, still trying not to laugh. However, James saw threw their attempts.
"Fellow Marauders, I do believe that they are making fun of us," he said with s sly smile.
"Hm.. I think that you're right, James," Sirius said, cracking his knuckles, "Remus, Peter, what do you think?" Remus squatted down so he was at eye level with Alexia. His face was less than a foot from hers. She tried her best not so laugh, but her attempts were unsuccessful as a little snicker escaped her mouth.
"Yup, they're making fun of us," Remus said as he stood up and walked back over to his friends. Then, suddenly, without warning, Sirius, Remus, and James pounced on the girls and started to tickle them [A/n: I know, I know, VERY cliché]. Peter just stood in the doorway and sneered. 'How childish. If Father hadn't told me to befriend these idiots, I would be anywhere but here,' thought Peter [A/N: at the end of this chapter, I will have a short paragraph explaining Peter].
After they were done tickling each other, the girls sat up, regaining their breath. There was a silence.
"So, what are you guys doing for Christmas holidays?" Alexia asked, breaking the pause.
"I'm going home. Mum and Dad are making me," James said.
"Same here," Lily said, as everybody nodded their heads in agreement.
"Oh, crap!" shouted Lily as she looked at her watch.
"What?" Paige asked, looking at her watch, too. "Oh, crap!"
"What's wrong?" Alexia asked as she looked at Lily's watch.
"Oh, crap!" Shouted Alexia as she and the other girls jumped up and grabbed their bags.
"WHAT!?!" yelled the boys.
"The Hogwarts Express! It leaves in 7 minutes!!" shouted the girls as they raced out their dorm door with their bags, nearly pushing Peter down the stairs. Peter glared daggers at the girls retreating backs. Then, without warning, he was nearly pushed down the stairs again as James, Sirius, and Remus rushed out the door and into their dorm. Peter balanced himself by grabbing the doorframe. He saw Remus, James, and Sirius rush out of their dorm and out of the Griffendor common room. Peter grabbed his bags and followed them.
James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter flopped down onto one of the seats in the empty compartment in the back of the express.
"I wonder where the girls are. They should have beaten us here," Remus said, taking a peek outside the compartment door.
"I don't know, they'll probably be here soon," Sirius said as he put his bags up.
"BACK OFF!" they heard a voice outside their compartment yell.
"What are you going to do if I don't? Crawl back to Potter and his friends? Really, Mudblood, can't you stand up for yourself?" said another voice.
"THAT'S IT! LET ME AT HIM!" they could hear a struggle going on outside.
"CONJUNCTIVITUS!"
"IMPEDIMENTA!"
"FURNUNCULUS!"
"DENSAUGEO!" James, Sirius, and Remus looked at each other and nodded. They grabbed their wands [just in case] and opened the compartment door. What they saw made them gasp.
Lucius Malfoy was trying to run towards Alexia, but was unable to. It was as if there was an invisible wall keeping him away from her. Paige was flinching in pain as boils began to pop up all over her body. Severus Snape was holding his mouth as his teeth continued to grow. Lily was trying to walk, but was unable to. Her eyes were bloodshot red and she looked as if she was having trouble seeing.
"MALFOY! WHAT DID YOU DO!?!" yelled James, Sirius, and Remus at the same time, enraged.
"You and your friends stay out of this, Potter! This is between me and the Mudbloods!" shouted Malfoy, still trying to get to Alexia.
With one quick motion, Sirius and James strode towards Malfoy and punched him, one fist colliding with each eye. Malfoy flew backwards, landing on Snape. Both fell to the ground.
"THAT'S IT, POTTER! YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS HAD BETTER ENJOY SEEING YOUR FAMILIES THIS CHRISTMAS BECAUSE I DOUBT THEY'LL BE AROUND MUCH LONGER!" shouted Malfoy as he and Snape stormed off into their own compartment.
Remus walked over to where the girls were, followed by James and Sirius,
"What happened?" Remus asked Alexia, who was still very shaken up.
"W-we were just walking to the c-compartment, w-when Lily suddenly flew forward into a compartment door. We turned around a-and Snape and Malfoy had their wands p-pointed at us. Paige tried to punch Malfoy, but I held her back. I shouted a spell that would k-keep them away from us. But it didn't keep their spells from hitting us. They shouted the spell that gave Paige boils all over, a-and then I shouted the spell that made Snapes teeth bigger. T-then Malfoy tried to hit me, but the spell I cast wouldn't let him near us. That's when you came." Alexia was trying to calm her breathing.
"Sirius, James, go and help Paige and Lily. I'll stay here with Alexia," Remus said, looking at Alexia with worry written clearly on his face. James and Sirius nodded.
"Paige, are you alright?" Sirius asked with concern.
"DO I LOOK ALRIGHT!?!" Shouted Paige. She wasn't mad that she had boils all over her, she was mad at herself for losing to Malfoy. He got her, but she didn't get him. She had a hurt pride.
"Just asking," Sirius said, holding up his hands.
"Sorry for snapping. Do you know the counter curse?" asked Paige, taking deep breaths to calm down. Sirius nodded, pointed his wand at Paige, and said the counter curse. Almost immediately the boils began to disappear.
"Lily." began James as he slowly approached her. Her eyes were still horribly red.
"Get away from me! I'm warning you!" shouted Lily as she took a swing at the air.
"Lily! It's me, James!" James said as he grabbed her arms.
"James?" Lily asked.
"Yes, it's me." Lily flung herself into James' arms. James hugged her back.
"Come on, let's get you to the compartment," he said as he detached himself from the redhead. He grabbed her hand and began to walk to wards the compartment, but was pulled in another direction. James turned to look at Lily. She was walking the wrong way.
"Um.Lily, the compartment is this way," he said as he tugged on her hand.
"Oh," she said as she turned around. However, she was now walking the wrong way AGAIN.
"Um.Lily.are you alright?" James asked, furring his brow in concern.
"Uh.yeah.I can't see.but, yeah," Lily said.
"You can't see!?! What happened!?! What did Malfoy do to you!?!" James yelled out of concern for his friend.
"Malfoy did the conjunctivitus spell on her," Alexia said as she, Remus, Paige, and Sirius walked over towards him and Lily.
"The what?" asked James.
"Conjunctivitus. It messes with your eyes," Alexia looked sadly at Lily.
"Is there a counter curse?" James asked urgently. Alexia looked down.
"Well." she began, biting her lip.
"Well.what?" James asked.
"It's a kinda advanced and new spell, so.." Continued Alexia.
"So.?"
"So.as a new spell, the counter curse they have for it isn't immediately effective. It takes a few hours to work," Alexia rushed the last part.
"WHAT!?!" James, Sirius, Remus, Paige, and Lily shouted at the same time.
"SO I HAVE TO BE BLIND FOR THE REST OF THE TRAIN RIDE!?!" Lily shouted.
"Yeah," Alexia said with a sad smile.
"When I get my hands on Malfoy, I'm gonna rumph hif heph roff en fro," Alexia covered Lily's mouth.
"Instead of standing out here and ranting, why don't we get into our compartment and do the counter curse," suggested Alexia. Lily glared at her, but nodded. The six Gryffindors [Peter went back in] went back into their compartment. Alexia performed the counter curse. Alexia rested her head on Remus' shoulder and soon fell asleep. Paige would rather lean her head against the window then use some boy for comfort [she is VERY independent], so she did just that. Lily rested her head on James's shoulder and rested, counting down the hours until the counter curse took effect. Remus and James looked at each other and smiled knowingly. Then they glanced at Sirius, who was eyeing Paige out of the corner of his eyes. Remus and James shared a sad smile. The entire train ride was spent in silence.
PETER'S DEAL: Peter's father is already with Voldemort. Peter's dad told him to befriend James Potter so that James would start to trust him. Then, as he does, Peter can use that trust to help Voldemort. Peter does NOT like James. He doesn't really like anybody. He hates Lily because he sees her as an obstacle to get to James. Now you know.
Icechick1205: thanks for telling me how to spell Gryffindor. I had it added to my spell check, and I couldn't find out why it kept saying that it was spelled wrong! Now I know. Thanks!
