The Marauder Mishaps: Year One
Chapter Three
Disclaimer: Harry Potter is the property of JK Rowling, I do not own any part of it! This fanfiction is for entertainment purposes of the writer and reader only!
A/N: Chapter Three! Thanks a thousand times to everyone who'se reviewed, you guys ruuuuleeee :D
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The sun shined through the open window in the first year boy's dormitories, and James Potter peered through the hangings of his four poster to glance around the room. Sirius was moving as if to get out of his bed while Remus rolled with a thud onto the ground, crimson hangings and all. Sirius caught his eye and they exchanged grins. Rising quickly from his four poster, James trod over to Remus and nudged him awake.
"J...James? What in the bloody-" James hurriedly made shushing noises and pointed over to the remaining two four posters, one of which was hiding a sleeping Peter. Remus caught on quickly and rolled his eyes but moved to his feet, still rolled in the hangings and having to hop over to Peter's bed where Sirius joined the two. From his pajama sleeve James silently pulled out his wand and, stifling a snicker, tapped his throat.
"Sonorus!" He whispered, and Sirius grinned and gave him a thumbs up as James pulled back the hangings to Peter's bed and-
"WAKE UP YOU LAZY PRAT! IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF CLASSES AND IF YOU DON'T GET OFF YOUR ARSE AND INTO YOUR ROBES THIS INSTANT WE'LL SEND YOU DIRECTLY HOME!"
James' voice was shrill and high pitched to imitate Professor McGonagall's with great aptitude, and adding to the fact that the Sonorus spell magnified it by ten, it was more then enough to serve as a nasty wake up for Peter. With a shrill squeak he shot up in the air and smashed into the top of his four poster, sending him sprawling to the floor in a position very much like Remus' own. Sirius was bent double with laughter as Peter attempted to get to his feet and fell flat on his face. Hearing the boys' laughter it was not long before he realized the joke. Glancing up at the four he was caught between shouting language far too inappropriate for an eleven year old and trying not to laugh. Remus was literally howling with laughter, and James was trying to stop guffawing long enough to mutter the countercurse.
"S-S-Silencio!" He choked out, finally losing control and falling over onto Peter's bed while trying to breathe.
The boy who'se four poster was directly next to Peter's had also shot out of bed, clearly sure that the shouts had been directed at him, and by the time he had regained his composure and launched himself at the three, Remus was crawling toward the lavatory shouting something about wetting himself.
"Will you lot SHUT UP!" A band of scandalized looking first year girls were standing at the doorway glaring at the boys. James shrieked in mock horror.
"Sirius, save me Sirius! A band of pissy women are watching us crawl around the floor in our night robes!" He shouted in a high pitched voice, not unlike the girl who had spoken.
Well that did it. The girls were now shrieking indignantly and grabbing the pillows from the boys' four posters, throwing themselves and the pillows at the mass of them. The boys were shouting and trying to retaliate with the little they had. Remus was exiting the lavatory, rubbing at his eyes and still chuckling slightly when a pillow met its mark on his chest and sent him flying back into the washroom, the door slamming in front of him. Now the girls were laughing as well, and could only cast away the pillow cases, for feathers were littering the room and there was nothing left to whack each other with. Two of the girls had pinned down poor Sirius and were attacking his feet with feathers while he howled with laughter and yelped to James for help. James paused laughing for a moment to aim the first charm that came to mind at the scene.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" The mass of feathers in the room, rose as one unit and flung themselves out the open window, Sirius quickly scrambled over to James and Remus who was now stumbling groggily out of the washroom muttering something about sleeping in the loo. The girl whom had shouted at the boys and was now standing in the doorway trying very hard not to laugh suddenly shushed the group of them.
"Whass wrong Lily?" James asked thickly, and she stared at him dully for a moment before whispering hurriedly to the others.
"Everyone get back in bed, someone's coming!" She hissed. The group of girls gave a collective gasp, causing Sirius to snort into his pillow.
"We can't all get out of here without them seeing us! There's not enough time!"
"Er...we can fix that!" James said cheerfully, casting a glance at Sirius who caught on and grinned.
"That we can, James my boy! That we can! You ladies stay in here while we make a diversion, once you hear the signal, scramble!" Sirius added pleasantly.
"Whats the signal?" Asked the small girl Sirius had spoken to the previous night.
"Oh, you'll know!" James replied with a grin, and with that he reached into his trunk and pulled out an oddly shaped parcel, stuffing it into the pocket of his robe which he pulled hurriedly on, reached into his sleeve once again and pulled out his wand, joining Sirius out the door.
Moving hurriedly down the corridor they spotted McGonagall ascending the stairs to the girls' dormitiories to look for the source of the noise, the anger apparent in the noise she made going up the stairs. Hurriedly the boys bounded down the side railing to avoid making as much noise and into the common room. Sirius pulled out a pack of Fillibuster's from his pocket as if on cue and almost lazily muttered an incantation. A stream of water shot from the tip of his wand and onto the fireworks which remained still for a moment, James tapping his foot before-
BANG!
It was the boat ride all over again, sparks bouncing off the walls of the common room as noise echoed loudly up into the corridors. Sirius and James exchanged congratulatory grins before speaking.
"Er...James, mate, while I have all confidence in your genius plan, how in the hell are we going to get out of this?" He asked pleasantly, as if inquiring of his health.
"Well Sirius old pal, that is precisely why I brought this along!" And James pulled the parcel from his pocket, tore off the packaging he had covered it in to keep it safe for the trip and threw what looked like a silvery sort of fabric over himself and himself and Sirius who tested the cloth between his fingers and grinned.
"Brilliant thinking, mate! And now we'd best get our arses up to the common room before-"
But James shushed him, Professor McGonagall was storming down the stairs, a look of absolute fury on her face. The boys quickly ran up the stairs behind her, trying to make as little noise as possible and scrambled into the first year boy's dormitory, tripping over the cloak and launching into bed. Remus opened one eye from his fake slumber and grinned widely at them.
'How'd it go?' He mouthed.
'Fantastic!' James and Sirius looked at each other once and grinned as Peter sniggered into his pillow to McGonagall's furious words downstairs to one of the prefects. The four of them had known each other for almost a day, and yet already it was as if they had been friends for as long as they could remember. James would never forget how he and Sirius had pulled it off their first day of classes, and he couldn't decide what was best. Trotting down the stairs innocently (or as close to innocent as the quatret could get) to find McGonagall slamming the portrait and the other Gryffindors erupting into deafening applause and cheers, having a bottle of butterbeer poured over his and Sirius' heads (the seventh years claimed it was initiation), or for the first time feeling like he was really a Gryffindor. But toward the end of the morning he knew exactly what he would have done anything just to have happen again. Lily Evans pulled him aside near the end of the session when the lot of them were heading down to breakfast, and he, blushing crimson, followed. She frowned slightly as if reconsidering what she was about to say, before spitting it out.
"What you did was really, really stupid! You could have been expelled!" James felt crestfallen. For a moment, a shining moment, he had been so sure she was going to thank him.
"And...I just wanted to say...I thought what you did was really brave. Stupid, but brave." She gave him the slightest smile, kissed him quickly on the cheek, and ran to join her friends for breakfast. James stared bewildered at the spot she had been standing. 'Well...on the off hand I'm stupid...but I'm also brave...and she kissed me! Lily Evans kissed me! What is it with girls?!' He shook his head, but could not get rid of the goofy grin on his face as he hurried down the stairs to join his friends.
He was completely unaware that this was perhaps the first and last compliment he would come to receive from Lily Evans for several years to come.
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A/N: Thanks again to everyone who reviewed! I'll have a list of everyone in the next chapter, sorry this one took so long!
Disclaimer: Harry Potter is the property of JK Rowling, I do not own any part of it! This fanfiction is for entertainment purposes of the writer and reader only!
A/N: Chapter Three! Thanks a thousand times to everyone who'se reviewed, you guys ruuuuleeee :D
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The sun shined through the open window in the first year boy's dormitories, and James Potter peered through the hangings of his four poster to glance around the room. Sirius was moving as if to get out of his bed while Remus rolled with a thud onto the ground, crimson hangings and all. Sirius caught his eye and they exchanged grins. Rising quickly from his four poster, James trod over to Remus and nudged him awake.
"J...James? What in the bloody-" James hurriedly made shushing noises and pointed over to the remaining two four posters, one of which was hiding a sleeping Peter. Remus caught on quickly and rolled his eyes but moved to his feet, still rolled in the hangings and having to hop over to Peter's bed where Sirius joined the two. From his pajama sleeve James silently pulled out his wand and, stifling a snicker, tapped his throat.
"Sonorus!" He whispered, and Sirius grinned and gave him a thumbs up as James pulled back the hangings to Peter's bed and-
"WAKE UP YOU LAZY PRAT! IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF CLASSES AND IF YOU DON'T GET OFF YOUR ARSE AND INTO YOUR ROBES THIS INSTANT WE'LL SEND YOU DIRECTLY HOME!"
James' voice was shrill and high pitched to imitate Professor McGonagall's with great aptitude, and adding to the fact that the Sonorus spell magnified it by ten, it was more then enough to serve as a nasty wake up for Peter. With a shrill squeak he shot up in the air and smashed into the top of his four poster, sending him sprawling to the floor in a position very much like Remus' own. Sirius was bent double with laughter as Peter attempted to get to his feet and fell flat on his face. Hearing the boys' laughter it was not long before he realized the joke. Glancing up at the four he was caught between shouting language far too inappropriate for an eleven year old and trying not to laugh. Remus was literally howling with laughter, and James was trying to stop guffawing long enough to mutter the countercurse.
"S-S-Silencio!" He choked out, finally losing control and falling over onto Peter's bed while trying to breathe.
The boy who'se four poster was directly next to Peter's had also shot out of bed, clearly sure that the shouts had been directed at him, and by the time he had regained his composure and launched himself at the three, Remus was crawling toward the lavatory shouting something about wetting himself.
"Will you lot SHUT UP!" A band of scandalized looking first year girls were standing at the doorway glaring at the boys. James shrieked in mock horror.
"Sirius, save me Sirius! A band of pissy women are watching us crawl around the floor in our night robes!" He shouted in a high pitched voice, not unlike the girl who had spoken.
Well that did it. The girls were now shrieking indignantly and grabbing the pillows from the boys' four posters, throwing themselves and the pillows at the mass of them. The boys were shouting and trying to retaliate with the little they had. Remus was exiting the lavatory, rubbing at his eyes and still chuckling slightly when a pillow met its mark on his chest and sent him flying back into the washroom, the door slamming in front of him. Now the girls were laughing as well, and could only cast away the pillow cases, for feathers were littering the room and there was nothing left to whack each other with. Two of the girls had pinned down poor Sirius and were attacking his feet with feathers while he howled with laughter and yelped to James for help. James paused laughing for a moment to aim the first charm that came to mind at the scene.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" The mass of feathers in the room, rose as one unit and flung themselves out the open window, Sirius quickly scrambled over to James and Remus who was now stumbling groggily out of the washroom muttering something about sleeping in the loo. The girl whom had shouted at the boys and was now standing in the doorway trying very hard not to laugh suddenly shushed the group of them.
"Whass wrong Lily?" James asked thickly, and she stared at him dully for a moment before whispering hurriedly to the others.
"Everyone get back in bed, someone's coming!" She hissed. The group of girls gave a collective gasp, causing Sirius to snort into his pillow.
"We can't all get out of here without them seeing us! There's not enough time!"
"Er...we can fix that!" James said cheerfully, casting a glance at Sirius who caught on and grinned.
"That we can, James my boy! That we can! You ladies stay in here while we make a diversion, once you hear the signal, scramble!" Sirius added pleasantly.
"Whats the signal?" Asked the small girl Sirius had spoken to the previous night.
"Oh, you'll know!" James replied with a grin, and with that he reached into his trunk and pulled out an oddly shaped parcel, stuffing it into the pocket of his robe which he pulled hurriedly on, reached into his sleeve once again and pulled out his wand, joining Sirius out the door.
Moving hurriedly down the corridor they spotted McGonagall ascending the stairs to the girls' dormitiories to look for the source of the noise, the anger apparent in the noise she made going up the stairs. Hurriedly the boys bounded down the side railing to avoid making as much noise and into the common room. Sirius pulled out a pack of Fillibuster's from his pocket as if on cue and almost lazily muttered an incantation. A stream of water shot from the tip of his wand and onto the fireworks which remained still for a moment, James tapping his foot before-
BANG!
It was the boat ride all over again, sparks bouncing off the walls of the common room as noise echoed loudly up into the corridors. Sirius and James exchanged congratulatory grins before speaking.
"Er...James, mate, while I have all confidence in your genius plan, how in the hell are we going to get out of this?" He asked pleasantly, as if inquiring of his health.
"Well Sirius old pal, that is precisely why I brought this along!" And James pulled the parcel from his pocket, tore off the packaging he had covered it in to keep it safe for the trip and threw what looked like a silvery sort of fabric over himself and himself and Sirius who tested the cloth between his fingers and grinned.
"Brilliant thinking, mate! And now we'd best get our arses up to the common room before-"
But James shushed him, Professor McGonagall was storming down the stairs, a look of absolute fury on her face. The boys quickly ran up the stairs behind her, trying to make as little noise as possible and scrambled into the first year boy's dormitory, tripping over the cloak and launching into bed. Remus opened one eye from his fake slumber and grinned widely at them.
'How'd it go?' He mouthed.
'Fantastic!' James and Sirius looked at each other once and grinned as Peter sniggered into his pillow to McGonagall's furious words downstairs to one of the prefects. The four of them had known each other for almost a day, and yet already it was as if they had been friends for as long as they could remember. James would never forget how he and Sirius had pulled it off their first day of classes, and he couldn't decide what was best. Trotting down the stairs innocently (or as close to innocent as the quatret could get) to find McGonagall slamming the portrait and the other Gryffindors erupting into deafening applause and cheers, having a bottle of butterbeer poured over his and Sirius' heads (the seventh years claimed it was initiation), or for the first time feeling like he was really a Gryffindor. But toward the end of the morning he knew exactly what he would have done anything just to have happen again. Lily Evans pulled him aside near the end of the session when the lot of them were heading down to breakfast, and he, blushing crimson, followed. She frowned slightly as if reconsidering what she was about to say, before spitting it out.
"What you did was really, really stupid! You could have been expelled!" James felt crestfallen. For a moment, a shining moment, he had been so sure she was going to thank him.
"And...I just wanted to say...I thought what you did was really brave. Stupid, but brave." She gave him the slightest smile, kissed him quickly on the cheek, and ran to join her friends for breakfast. James stared bewildered at the spot she had been standing. 'Well...on the off hand I'm stupid...but I'm also brave...and she kissed me! Lily Evans kissed me! What is it with girls?!' He shook his head, but could not get rid of the goofy grin on his face as he hurried down the stairs to join his friends.
He was completely unaware that this was perhaps the first and last compliment he would come to receive from Lily Evans for several years to come.
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A/N: Thanks again to everyone who reviewed! I'll have a list of everyone in the next chapter, sorry this one took so long!