Once again, I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER AND HIS FRIENDS! I DO own a few other
characters, Ria, The Jordon Twins, Alexis, Maya, and a few others, so no
stealing!
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CHAPTER 2- THE PASSWORD
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"Great, now we just have to sign it..." Moony exclaimed, the group of 4 hiding behind the secrecy of the 4-poster hangings around the one called James' bed.
"James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter!" Wormtail said, picking up the eagle- feather quill he had at his side.
"No you git, if we do that and a teacher somehow gets a hold of it, we'll be doomed!" Padfoot scolded harshly, "They'll know we've been sneaking around AND that we've been using the restricted section of the library!"
Wormtail looked down at his feet, one foot was a black sock, on the other was a white one.
"Or in other words, it might be smart to sign it with other names..." Prongs suggested, trying to end the irrelevant scolding.
"Why not our nicknames?" Remus, also known as Moony, offered, "Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs?"
"Excellent!" Sirius- Padfoot -exclaimed, "They can't prove it's us that way..."
"But, other people can. I mean, Snape knows our nicknames.." Wormtail muttered, feeling lower now, after the degrading of Sirius Black.
"You're right... So... Maybe a password?"
"But it'd have to be something easy to remember..." Remus said, his brow furrowing in an attempt to concentrate.
"And something that our future generations of mischief-makers might be able to figure out..."
At that moment a gentle knocking at the dormitory door broke the four friends from their contemplations.
"James? It's Lily... Can I come in?" came a timid, feminine voice. James blushed.
"Go t'yer girlfriend Prongs, we can do this later..." the other 3 said simultaneously.
************ THE NEXT MORNING ************
"James, what did Lily want huh?" The obsidian-haired, pale-eyed lad named Sirius asked, pulling his cloak around himself as he caught up to his best friend.
"Oh, well, There will be a Christmas dance next week on Christmas Eve, and.. Well..." his cheeks turned a bright red as he pushed his glasses farther up the bridge of his nose.
"And?" Sirius prompted, knowing full well what he was getting at, but loving to watch james squirm about Lily.
"She... Shewantedgotodancewimme" he blurted out, his cheeks burning bright pink as he looked away.
"My my! My little James is all grown up!" Sirius laughed as they entered the Transfiguration classroom. James broke out into laughter as well.
Then Sirius asked the simple question of ,"What didja say?"
"Yes." James said, averting his eyes to avoid being stared at. They took Transfiguration with the Slytherines, and Snape seemed determined to figure out what was so funny.
"What's so funny Potter?" Lucious Malfoy asked with a smart grin across his face, asking the question for Snape, "Seen yourself in the mirror? Maybe now you'll finally brush your hair."
James seemed furious, but Sirius was by far, the more angered of the two.
"SHUT YOUR TRAP MALFOY!" Padfoot barked, his pale eyes flaming with rage. James was his best of friends, even more so than good old Remus or Peter, someone would never see one without the other.
"Why don't you make me Black?" Lucious snapped back, but the entrance of Professor McGonagall ended the argument easily. Neither of the two wanted to feel the wrath of the thin-lipped, ever harsh Transfiguration teacher.
"Alright class, today we will be transfiguring turtles into teacups..." Minerva began as Remus and Peter came to join Sirius and James.
Through the remainder of class, the 'Marauders' came up with many hexes and other cruel things to do to Malfoy.
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"Anyone have any ideas for a password?" Sirius asked after a moment of silence, it seemed none of the group was willing to admit they hadn't thought much about a good password for their map.
"Urm.. Dragon's Bane?" Wormtail said timidly, offering the Gryffindor password for this week as his idea.
"No, no. We need a password we will always remember, and one that others might figure out." Remus said, sighing heavily, he was as lost as the others.
James shrugged his shoulders, as did Sirius, and the group shook their heads resignedly. Then the Jordon Twins entered and cut their discussion short.
"James, Lily's looking for you, and Alexis, Ria, and Maya are searching for you other three, they say it's something important." Jeremy said with a grin, "Maybe somethin' t'do with the dance?"
"Who're you taking Jeremy?" Sirius asked, the twin said quickly and calmly, "Mandy Spinnet."
Sirius shook his head, knowing full well she hadn't been asked yet, but followed Jeremy's pointed finger towards the common room door, Ria was waiting for him!
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"Now we all got ourselves dates to the dance, hm?" James said with a wide grin, looking at each member of his close group of friends each having pink or red lipstick marks on their cheeks, and some of them having their hair as messy as James' was everyday.
Sirius, Remus, and Peter nodded, then left towards Potions, their least favourite class, where Severus Snape's father taught.
"Double Potions..." groaned Remus as he took his seat and looked up at the teacher's desk, where a greasy-haired, bug-eyed man sat, tapping long slender fingers against his desk impatiently.
"Always picks on us Gryffindors..." James muttered, plopping down next to Remus, Sirius sitting next to James, and Peter sitting at the other end of the table, to the right of Sirius.
"Today, we brew a sleeping draught... Everyone, I presume, has a bezoar?" he asked with a malicious grin, eyeing pudgy little Peter who seemed to have accidentally squashed his beneath his cauldron. Peter cowered and whimpered under the Slytherine Head of House's evil glare.
Professor Snape began to write across the board, and as the letter illuminated so the class could read it, several students, Slytherine and Gryffindor alike, turned and whispered things to each other.
"Father taught me a fabulous new jinx I plan to try out on Potter after class." Malfoy was saying to Severus, as the two cast malicious looks at the tossle-haired James.
Professor Snape, who had been intently writing on the board still, pretended not to notice.
"I swear they're up to no good..." SIrius muttered under his breath, glaring daggers at Lucious and Severus, while James nodded.
A tiny lightbulb went off in his head, "That's the password! I solemnly swear that I am up to no good!" James hissed to his friends, who seemed quite pleased with the idea as well.
"10 points from Gryffindor for speaking during class." the teacher stated simply, letting the Slytherines silently laugh and mouth curses at the Gryffindor students, and pretending not to notice once more.
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CHAPTER 2- THE PASSWORD
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"Great, now we just have to sign it..." Moony exclaimed, the group of 4 hiding behind the secrecy of the 4-poster hangings around the one called James' bed.
"James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter!" Wormtail said, picking up the eagle- feather quill he had at his side.
"No you git, if we do that and a teacher somehow gets a hold of it, we'll be doomed!" Padfoot scolded harshly, "They'll know we've been sneaking around AND that we've been using the restricted section of the library!"
Wormtail looked down at his feet, one foot was a black sock, on the other was a white one.
"Or in other words, it might be smart to sign it with other names..." Prongs suggested, trying to end the irrelevant scolding.
"Why not our nicknames?" Remus, also known as Moony, offered, "Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs?"
"Excellent!" Sirius- Padfoot -exclaimed, "They can't prove it's us that way..."
"But, other people can. I mean, Snape knows our nicknames.." Wormtail muttered, feeling lower now, after the degrading of Sirius Black.
"You're right... So... Maybe a password?"
"But it'd have to be something easy to remember..." Remus said, his brow furrowing in an attempt to concentrate.
"And something that our future generations of mischief-makers might be able to figure out..."
At that moment a gentle knocking at the dormitory door broke the four friends from their contemplations.
"James? It's Lily... Can I come in?" came a timid, feminine voice. James blushed.
"Go t'yer girlfriend Prongs, we can do this later..." the other 3 said simultaneously.
************ THE NEXT MORNING ************
"James, what did Lily want huh?" The obsidian-haired, pale-eyed lad named Sirius asked, pulling his cloak around himself as he caught up to his best friend.
"Oh, well, There will be a Christmas dance next week on Christmas Eve, and.. Well..." his cheeks turned a bright red as he pushed his glasses farther up the bridge of his nose.
"And?" Sirius prompted, knowing full well what he was getting at, but loving to watch james squirm about Lily.
"She... Shewantedgotodancewimme" he blurted out, his cheeks burning bright pink as he looked away.
"My my! My little James is all grown up!" Sirius laughed as they entered the Transfiguration classroom. James broke out into laughter as well.
Then Sirius asked the simple question of ,"What didja say?"
"Yes." James said, averting his eyes to avoid being stared at. They took Transfiguration with the Slytherines, and Snape seemed determined to figure out what was so funny.
"What's so funny Potter?" Lucious Malfoy asked with a smart grin across his face, asking the question for Snape, "Seen yourself in the mirror? Maybe now you'll finally brush your hair."
James seemed furious, but Sirius was by far, the more angered of the two.
"SHUT YOUR TRAP MALFOY!" Padfoot barked, his pale eyes flaming with rage. James was his best of friends, even more so than good old Remus or Peter, someone would never see one without the other.
"Why don't you make me Black?" Lucious snapped back, but the entrance of Professor McGonagall ended the argument easily. Neither of the two wanted to feel the wrath of the thin-lipped, ever harsh Transfiguration teacher.
"Alright class, today we will be transfiguring turtles into teacups..." Minerva began as Remus and Peter came to join Sirius and James.
Through the remainder of class, the 'Marauders' came up with many hexes and other cruel things to do to Malfoy.
*********************
"Anyone have any ideas for a password?" Sirius asked after a moment of silence, it seemed none of the group was willing to admit they hadn't thought much about a good password for their map.
"Urm.. Dragon's Bane?" Wormtail said timidly, offering the Gryffindor password for this week as his idea.
"No, no. We need a password we will always remember, and one that others might figure out." Remus said, sighing heavily, he was as lost as the others.
James shrugged his shoulders, as did Sirius, and the group shook their heads resignedly. Then the Jordon Twins entered and cut their discussion short.
"James, Lily's looking for you, and Alexis, Ria, and Maya are searching for you other three, they say it's something important." Jeremy said with a grin, "Maybe somethin' t'do with the dance?"
"Who're you taking Jeremy?" Sirius asked, the twin said quickly and calmly, "Mandy Spinnet."
Sirius shook his head, knowing full well she hadn't been asked yet, but followed Jeremy's pointed finger towards the common room door, Ria was waiting for him!
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"Now we all got ourselves dates to the dance, hm?" James said with a wide grin, looking at each member of his close group of friends each having pink or red lipstick marks on their cheeks, and some of them having their hair as messy as James' was everyday.
Sirius, Remus, and Peter nodded, then left towards Potions, their least favourite class, where Severus Snape's father taught.
"Double Potions..." groaned Remus as he took his seat and looked up at the teacher's desk, where a greasy-haired, bug-eyed man sat, tapping long slender fingers against his desk impatiently.
"Always picks on us Gryffindors..." James muttered, plopping down next to Remus, Sirius sitting next to James, and Peter sitting at the other end of the table, to the right of Sirius.
"Today, we brew a sleeping draught... Everyone, I presume, has a bezoar?" he asked with a malicious grin, eyeing pudgy little Peter who seemed to have accidentally squashed his beneath his cauldron. Peter cowered and whimpered under the Slytherine Head of House's evil glare.
Professor Snape began to write across the board, and as the letter illuminated so the class could read it, several students, Slytherine and Gryffindor alike, turned and whispered things to each other.
"Father taught me a fabulous new jinx I plan to try out on Potter after class." Malfoy was saying to Severus, as the two cast malicious looks at the tossle-haired James.
Professor Snape, who had been intently writing on the board still, pretended not to notice.
"I swear they're up to no good..." SIrius muttered under his breath, glaring daggers at Lucious and Severus, while James nodded.
A tiny lightbulb went off in his head, "That's the password! I solemnly swear that I am up to no good!" James hissed to his friends, who seemed quite pleased with the idea as well.
"10 points from Gryffindor for speaking during class." the teacher stated simply, letting the Slytherines silently laugh and mouth curses at the Gryffindor students, and pretending not to notice once more.