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Summary: The plan is finally put into action (see, I got there eventually *grin*), oh and James ends up getting wet again :D (me, obsessed? What ever made you think that?)
CHAPTER 7
Lily was walking up and down the dormitory, gesturing wildly to Fee and Bella. "I found the blindness spell, but it only lasts for a couple of minutes so we have to move quickly," she said.
"What blindness spell?" Fee asked, her brow knitted in confusion.
"We use the spell when we think the Marauders are in the hall, hopefully it will hit one of them, then that person is going to make some sort of noise right? Not even they're stupid enough not to realise they've gone blind!" Lily said, staring hopefully at Bella and Fee. "So then, we'll know where they are in the hall, we grab the invisibility cloak and pull it off them!" She smiled encouragingly at the other two, who were staring incredulously back at her.
"That's a lot of 'what ifs'," Bella said, skeptically, "and then what exactly are we going to do with them when we've 'uninvisibled' them… Er, made them visible?"
"What are we going to do with them next?" Fee asked,
"We'll take them somewhere… it's a surprise," Lily replied with a grin. "Only problem is I don't know how to get them there… I think it's too far to walk."
"Oh, OH," Fee exclaimed, "port key!"
Lily's look of confusion cleared as she realised what Fee was saying. "Brilliant! We'll use a port key to get them there," she cried. "We charm an object… it'll have to be large to persuade them both to hold on to it… and when they've got hold of it, we activate it, simple," she grinned. "And it will be easy to do, as it involves a charm to set it up!"
"This is the most crazy-assed plan ever conceived," Bella said shaking her head.
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"Shhhhhh," Lily hissed at the other two. Bella and Fee couldn't stop giggling. They were hiding in the 'kissing broom cupboard' to wait for the Marauders and if anyone found them there, they'd have a hard time explaining exactly what all three of them were doing. "I hear something," Lily whispered urgently, causing all giggling to cease.
"It's Remus and Madam Pomfrey," Arabella said, as she saw two figures coming towards the entrance doors.
"The other two should be along in a minute then," Lily hissed.
"Other two!" Fee exclaimed. "What did you do with Peter?"
"Sleeping draught in his drink at dinner. He was going to the library to work on his potions essay after, so I assume he just fell asleep in there. James and Sirius will hopefully just go on with out him, after all it's only them that we want revenge on," Lily explained.
~*~*~*~*~
"Where the hell is Peter?" James hissed to Sirius, as they crept down the corridor under the invisibility cloak.
"He was going to work on that essay, just leave him, if he's still there then he must actually be doing some work," Sirius suggested.
"Bloody hell!" Sirius exclaimed loudly, just as they were approaching the entrance hall, "you stood on my sodding foot Prongs!" he grumbled, stopping to nurse his toes. However, James just motioned for him to be quiet.
~*~*~*~*~
"I hear something," Lily whispered, "I think it's them."
"Prepare for action, Penguin 1," Bella said grinning.
"Ready and waiting, Penguin 2," Lily replied, struggling to keep a straight face.
"Explain to me exactly why we decided to call ourselves that?" Fee asked, rolling her eyes.
James and Sirius reached the entrance hall, carefully walking over the tiles, trying to make as little noise as possible.
"Caecitas," Lily whispered, directing her wand at the area she thought the boys were standing in.
"What was that?" Sirius hissed,
"I'm blind!" James exclaimed out loud. "I can't see a bloody thing!" he yelled. The trio sneaked up to the area where the noise was coming from. Fee reached forward and pulled the material she had grabbed hold of, bringing the cloak away from James and Sirius.
"Boo," Lily said with a grin, thrusting Fee's Quidditch Bat towards the boys.
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Fee, Bella and Sirius stared in shock at the place where James and Lily had been standing.
"Oh my God!" Fee exclaimed. "They're gone! How did that happen?" she demanded turning towards Bella.
"How should I know?" said Bella defensively. "Don't blame this on me, it was your idea to use a port key!"
"Oh God," Fee whispered, "this is all my fault."
"A port key?" Sirius asked, looking totally confused. "You used your bat as a port key!?" he continued, horrified.
"My spare one, not my lucky one!" she explained, her nose wrinkling up at the idea of using her lucky bat in such a reckless manner. Sirius breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hello?!" Bella said, shaking her head in amazement. "Best friends missing here, can we forget about the sodding bat! Any idea where they have gone?" she asked.
"You mean you don't know!" Sirius bellowed.
"Lily said it was a surprise," Bella said, shrugging.
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Lily stared at her surroundings in shock, they were practically in the dark, but she could hear rushing water, and see the ground dropping away suddenly just to the left of where they were standing.
"What did you do?" James demanded. "That was a port key, wasn't it?" he asked, completely clueless as to what was going on, still disorientated from the blindness spell Lily had cast. "Where are we?"
"I think we're in the caves under Hogwarts," came the timid reply.
"What!?" James exclaimed, grabbing Lily's arm, sending them both off balance, and into the speeding water 10 feet below.
Coughing James surfaced, as he looked around desperately, he realised that his sight had been restored; he could just make out what appeared to be a beach, ahead of him to the left. He glanced around for Lily, heaving a sigh of relief when he saw her surface a couple of metres ahead of him.
"Aim for over there," he yelled, indicating to the beach he had spotted.
Heaving themselves onto dry land, Lily and James gasped for breath, shivering slightly, due only to their wet clothes, surprisingly the river itself hadn't seemed cold. "What the hell is going on?" James demanded as he stood up, on somewhat shaky legs.
"The port key wasn't meant to bring you here, it was meant to take you and Sirius to the farm on the other side of the forbidden forest," Lily replied quietly.
"You were just going to leave me and Sirius there!" he exclaimed, his eyes narrowed dangerously.
"Don't look at me like that!" Lily exclaimed. "You and Sirius are always being horrible to me, why do you think I came up with this plan in the first place?"
He shook his head in disgust and turned away from her. He started to walk in the opposite direction when Lily called to him.
"Don't leave me here!" Lily cried out desperately. Something about her voice made James' stomach give a sudden lurch, and he stopped walking.
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Lily and James sat on the beach for what seemed like days, staring at the underground river in an uncomfortable silence. "How are we going to get out of here?" Lily asked, her voice shaking slightly, as she shivered. The caves were not cold, but her wet clothes made her feel chilly. "Bella and Fee didn't even know where I was going to send you, let alone where we've ended up now." she moaned, miserably.
James glared at her, it was her fault that they were stuck here, "Sirius will work something out," James said, confidently, causing Lily to snort with amusement. "What?" James asked, "you think he's stupid, who got us stuck in an underground cave in the first place?" he asked mockingly, making Lily glare at him.
Suddenly James exclaimed, "That's why you were in my room, the invisibility cloak! All for this stupid scheme," he said shaking his head disbelievingly.
"It's not like I actually wanted your boxers," Lily replied, looking disgusted.
