The Marauders, and most other characters in this story are copwritten
by Joanne Rowling. Jordan Twins and Some other unknown characters were probably made by me.
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CHAPTER ONE- THE MAP
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He peered slowly around the corner of the building, clutching the
silvery cloak tightly around him. Of course he wasn't scared! Well,
maybe a little..
"James.." He muttered, nudging an elbow into his friend's rib
cage, "do you see anybody? Is anybody coming?"
"Stop worrying Remus! It's called an invisibility cloak for a
reason. Invisibility, as in, nobody can see you..." Sirius snickered,
crouching over slightly as he rested an elbow on Remus' shoulder.
"But... Snape..." Peter muttered, trying futilely to suck in his
chubby belly in order to keep the entire group hidden perfectly
beneath the large cloak.
"So what about Snape! He has no proof, even if he DID catch us!"
James growled, his tone ending the argument easily, "Now shut up, or
else Filch might hear..."
As they rounded the bend slowly, so as to not let any feet be seen
from beneath the cloak. The library was just ahead, and they needed
to get in there without ANYBODY noticing. What they had planned was
not something to take lightly...
"Now remember, straight to the restricted section, no dawdling
once we're in." James said, waving a finger scoldingly at his
friends. The wide grin across his face said that it really didn't
matter, just as long as they weren't caught.
As the group sniggered, they slipped into the library and passed a
torch which still burned slightly upon the wall, "We need to find out
how to get the parchment to add new names.." Remus said, having been
the one to point out the one flaw within their plan.
The plan, to make a map, which would help mischief-makers like
themselves out. They planned on creating a map which could be wiped
free of information if found, that would reveal every movement of
everyone within the Hogwarts grounds, show off every secret tunnel
the small group of friends had found, so that trouble-maker could
slip around unnoticed. The problem, as Lupin had pointed out, was
that next year the new students would not appear on the map, nor
would new teachers, which could be a potential problem. Strolling
down the hall, dropping dungbombs thinking nobody was around, then
running into a new teacher wouldn't be a good thing. So what they
decided they needed, was to give their map a brain of its own...
Sirius pulled book after book off of the shelf, most of which
having nothing to do with what needed to be found. Some titles
included 'Which Broomstick', 'A guide to European Quidditch',
and 'Tentacle Tongues and Squeaky Teeth, a guide to prank hexes and
jinxes'.
Remus laughed at that, as he pulled a book from the shelf
entitled, 'Books with Brains' which seemed very promising. He flipped
open the book and sure enough, written across the brown and curling
pages was; 'To Give A Book A Brain..' Remus shrugged, and doubted
giving a book a brain and giving a piece of parchment a brain was
much different.
James smiled, "Ok, what d'we have to do Moony?"
"Gives me a list of charms, a knowledge charm seems our best
bet, maybe an increased memory charm as well... 'Intellicus and
Remeculous' seems easy enough..." Remus chuckled, and James nodded.
Sirius, however, had his nose in the hexes and jinxes book, muttering
to Peter about the different things they could do to nosey old
Snape.
"Look, we could make him speak backwards for a day! Or check this
out, 'To give someone a reptilian tail..' He'd deserve it, make him
look more like the snake he is..."
Peter sniggered as he pointed to one which spoke about making
someone sing everything they tried to say.
"No, that would be torture for us, have you ever heard that guy
sing? I swear he shattered the windows!"
"Padfoot, Wormtail c'mon, we got our book..."
"K!" Peter exclaimed, hopping up and waddling over to his much
taller friends, he stood at least a head shorter than them, and was
rather pudgy, with a round, dimpled face, and small watery eyes.
But just as the group finished putting the unneeded books back on
the shelf.
"LOONY LOOPY LUPIN!" Came a boisterous voice, followed closely by
the actual being. A round-bellied poltergeist came bouncing into the
room, and glanced around, staring at each horror-struck face in
turn.
"LOONY LOOPY LUPIN! LOONY LOOPY LUPUN!" he cried again, at the top
of his loud voice.
"Filch'll hear!" Sirius groaned, staring at the translucent
Peeves.
"PEEEEEEVES!" came an old, wail of a voice.
Peeves bounced around for a few more minutes, as the caretaker in
his old brown overcoat came trudging in, a cat following him at his
heels.
"Peeves! What are you doing in here?! Trying to wake the whole
staff! I'll have you out of here in a flash!" he threatened as Peeves
floated upside down, making impolite faces at Argus Filch. Mrs.
Norris- the cat -purred as it rubbed against its master's feet.
"Close one.." James groaned as he leaned against the wall just
outside the library, "Too close, this is exactly why we need that
map!"
"Soon enough!" Remus said with a laugh, holding the book out for
them to see, he had to crouch slightly as the invisibility cloak
seemed especially small when they were so close to being caught.
"Soon, and then we'll have the Marauder's Map!" Sirius exclaimed,
then slapped his hand over his mouth, luckily Filch was still too
busy screaming at Peeves to hear.
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That's it, the beginning of my first fic on this site, so please be kind! I would really appreciate it if nobody wrote me saying how much I suck at this... ^.^;;
by Joanne Rowling. Jordan Twins and Some other unknown characters were probably made by me.
*****
CHAPTER ONE- THE MAP
*****
He peered slowly around the corner of the building, clutching the
silvery cloak tightly around him. Of course he wasn't scared! Well,
maybe a little..
"James.." He muttered, nudging an elbow into his friend's rib
cage, "do you see anybody? Is anybody coming?"
"Stop worrying Remus! It's called an invisibility cloak for a
reason. Invisibility, as in, nobody can see you..." Sirius snickered,
crouching over slightly as he rested an elbow on Remus' shoulder.
"But... Snape..." Peter muttered, trying futilely to suck in his
chubby belly in order to keep the entire group hidden perfectly
beneath the large cloak.
"So what about Snape! He has no proof, even if he DID catch us!"
James growled, his tone ending the argument easily, "Now shut up, or
else Filch might hear..."
As they rounded the bend slowly, so as to not let any feet be seen
from beneath the cloak. The library was just ahead, and they needed
to get in there without ANYBODY noticing. What they had planned was
not something to take lightly...
"Now remember, straight to the restricted section, no dawdling
once we're in." James said, waving a finger scoldingly at his
friends. The wide grin across his face said that it really didn't
matter, just as long as they weren't caught.
As the group sniggered, they slipped into the library and passed a
torch which still burned slightly upon the wall, "We need to find out
how to get the parchment to add new names.." Remus said, having been
the one to point out the one flaw within their plan.
The plan, to make a map, which would help mischief-makers like
themselves out. They planned on creating a map which could be wiped
free of information if found, that would reveal every movement of
everyone within the Hogwarts grounds, show off every secret tunnel
the small group of friends had found, so that trouble-maker could
slip around unnoticed. The problem, as Lupin had pointed out, was
that next year the new students would not appear on the map, nor
would new teachers, which could be a potential problem. Strolling
down the hall, dropping dungbombs thinking nobody was around, then
running into a new teacher wouldn't be a good thing. So what they
decided they needed, was to give their map a brain of its own...
Sirius pulled book after book off of the shelf, most of which
having nothing to do with what needed to be found. Some titles
included 'Which Broomstick', 'A guide to European Quidditch',
and 'Tentacle Tongues and Squeaky Teeth, a guide to prank hexes and
jinxes'.
Remus laughed at that, as he pulled a book from the shelf
entitled, 'Books with Brains' which seemed very promising. He flipped
open the book and sure enough, written across the brown and curling
pages was; 'To Give A Book A Brain..' Remus shrugged, and doubted
giving a book a brain and giving a piece of parchment a brain was
much different.
James smiled, "Ok, what d'we have to do Moony?"
"Gives me a list of charms, a knowledge charm seems our best
bet, maybe an increased memory charm as well... 'Intellicus and
Remeculous' seems easy enough..." Remus chuckled, and James nodded.
Sirius, however, had his nose in the hexes and jinxes book, muttering
to Peter about the different things they could do to nosey old
Snape.
"Look, we could make him speak backwards for a day! Or check this
out, 'To give someone a reptilian tail..' He'd deserve it, make him
look more like the snake he is..."
Peter sniggered as he pointed to one which spoke about making
someone sing everything they tried to say.
"No, that would be torture for us, have you ever heard that guy
sing? I swear he shattered the windows!"
"Padfoot, Wormtail c'mon, we got our book..."
"K!" Peter exclaimed, hopping up and waddling over to his much
taller friends, he stood at least a head shorter than them, and was
rather pudgy, with a round, dimpled face, and small watery eyes.
But just as the group finished putting the unneeded books back on
the shelf.
"LOONY LOOPY LUPIN!" Came a boisterous voice, followed closely by
the actual being. A round-bellied poltergeist came bouncing into the
room, and glanced around, staring at each horror-struck face in
turn.
"LOONY LOOPY LUPIN! LOONY LOOPY LUPUN!" he cried again, at the top
of his loud voice.
"Filch'll hear!" Sirius groaned, staring at the translucent
Peeves.
"PEEEEEEVES!" came an old, wail of a voice.
Peeves bounced around for a few more minutes, as the caretaker in
his old brown overcoat came trudging in, a cat following him at his
heels.
"Peeves! What are you doing in here?! Trying to wake the whole
staff! I'll have you out of here in a flash!" he threatened as Peeves
floated upside down, making impolite faces at Argus Filch. Mrs.
Norris- the cat -purred as it rubbed against its master's feet.
"Close one.." James groaned as he leaned against the wall just
outside the library, "Too close, this is exactly why we need that
map!"
"Soon enough!" Remus said with a laugh, holding the book out for
them to see, he had to crouch slightly as the invisibility cloak
seemed especially small when they were so close to being caught.
"Soon, and then we'll have the Marauder's Map!" Sirius exclaimed,
then slapped his hand over his mouth, luckily Filch was still too
busy screaming at Peeves to hear.
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That's it, the beginning of my first fic on this site, so please be kind! I would really appreciate it if nobody wrote me saying how much I suck at this... ^.^;;