Sirius was pacing in front of a giant Gryffindor flag that was taking up one entire wall of the common room. He was dressed in the uniform of an American four star general, World War II era (where he got it, we have yet to find out...) and slapping a riding crop into his had. Seated in front of him were James, Remus, Peter, and close to the rest of the Gryffindor upperclassmen. "We are fighting a war with those sickening beings that call themselves Slytherins," he started, needless to say, everyone but James looked thoroughly confused, "General Potter, General Nigellus, you must win the Quidditch match against them this up coming weekend, our victory depends on it." He said to James and Molly Nigellus, the Gryffindor seeker and captain. They merely nodded. "Sergeant Longbottom, Lieutenant Jacques, Lieutenant Evans, Privet Watson, I would like you four to be spies for us, I know that you are friends with a certain Slytherin named Narcissa Black, and I ask you to see if you can extract any information from here, clear?"

Shelia stood up in rage at this statement, first of all, she couldn't stand to be at war against the Slytherins, due to some certain crushes she had, and well, "I WILL NOT USE MY FRIEND IN THIS GAME OF YOUR'S SIRIUS BLACK!" according to her. Lily and Gabriella were behind her, reading to back Shelia up as soon as sparks started to fly.

"LONGBOTTOM, SIT BACK DOWN!" Sirius yelled back, "AND YOU TOO LIEUTENANT JACQUES AND EVANS! I'M AM IN CHARGE HERE; I GIVE THE ORDERS! YOU WILL LISTEN TO YOUR SOUPIER OFFICER!"

Lupin looked up, "Beautiful wording General Padfoot, sir." He then leaned over to and whispered in Shelia's ear "Don't mind him, he's still a little sore about not going on a date since summer..." Sheila giggled.

"Jacques, I would also like you to get the Ravenclaws on our side. Bones, same with you and Hufflepuff." Sirius then looked around, rather proudly. He had said all he wanted to... for this night at least... "All of you are dismissed, 'cept for Potter, Moony and Pettigrew." The other three Marauders grumbled as the rest of the house went off to bed. "We must come up with some way to get into the Slytherin common room."

"Ahh... Operation Hidden Lion..." James commented jokingly.

Sirius raised his eyebrows in appreciation, "That's bloody brilliant, Prongs, ol'pal!"

"Thank you."

"We need to somehow find out the passwords to everywhere in this castle, be able to get around with no one seeing us. Somehow to know who's behind the next corner." Sirius continued, getting more and more excited by the minute. "What we need... what we need is..."

"A good idea."

"Yeah, we do need that, and a quote unquote 'general with brains', Wormtail." Remus remarked. Sirius glared at him. "What it sounds like we need is something that shows us the lay out of the castle, and James's cloak."

"Like a blueprint?" Peter asked.

Remus shook his head, "No, more like a map. But the two are pretty much the same. One that's enchanted."

"We could have that we are the only ones who can use it, put spells on it with passwords and such!" James's eyes shown with child-like anticipation.

"WICKED!" Sirius's eyes lit up like a Christmas tree. Then he did a double take. "Um, that was Snivellus who declared war on us, right?"

James nodded, "The one and only."

"I thought he was suspended..."

"He wasn't," Remus sighed, "We land on top of him and Malfoy."

Slamming his head onto the floor (which didn't hurt all that much, due to the head's thickness, but seemed to do some damage...) Sirius cursed at the two Slytherins. When he looked back up, he had one of those smiles that looked like he had just been slapped upside the head by a two-by-four. "Hey, James, ya know what that means..." his voice was disconnected, sounding like he slammed his head a tad too hard. The sentence was never finished, he collapsed instead.

James and Remus stared at their friend; Peter's mouth hung wide open. "Um, I think we better get him to bed." Peter said, stating the obvious.

Wincing, James agreed. Taking out their wands, they floated their unconscious friend to their dorm, thanking the God it was Friday.