The Marauder Mishaps: Year One
Chapter Four
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 Five! Just writing this makes me depressed, aww Sirius. But can I understand why he was taken? Yes. He was my favorite character, and even though I guessed he would be the one to go, it was still a shock. Oh sadness. Back to the story. I was in a strange sort of mood, so I wrote a strange sort of chapter. I rather like it though, hope you do as well!
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"I. Hate. Potions. How can the headmaster let a crack pot like that in the same room with a band of eleven year olds? Let alone teach us!" James Potter scowled, his robes were a bright shade of magenta that matched his face almost perfectly. Sirius and Peter were doubled over laughing, greatly stunting the efforts they were making to climb the staircase leading to their dormitory. Remus was trying very hard to maintain a sympathetic look, however the fact that his fist was thrust in his mouth to keep from laughing did not add to the effect.
"Will you two sod off already! As if its not enough that the Slytherin's got a good laugh at me! How was I to know that the book was serious when it said 'The Atnegam Draught may cause alarming results when making contact with clothing'? What in the bloody hell kind of name is Atnegam anyway?! WILL YOU TWO SHUT IT ALREADY?" James roared at Sirius and Peter, who by now had abandoned attempts at climbing the staircase and were srpawled halfway over the landing clutching their sides. Remus removed his fist from his mouth to speak with difficulty.
"Atnegam...James...magenta backwards..." Finally losing his composure Remus broke out in a series of guffaws that were so odd sounding Peter had to grab the back of Sirius' robe to keep him from falling off the staircase after his nonsensical rolling landed him on the edge. James fought to keep his scowl from turning into a grin.
"Its not funny...not funny at all...are you listening? I said its not funny!" James aimed a kick at Sirius' lower back, however at that moment the staircase decided to change and James lost his balance, ending up half sitting on Peter who was still holding on to Sirius while he laughed at Remus. Letting out a growl of frustration James lunged at Sirius and by the time the staircase had stopped moving, Remus was dragging James on to the landing with an exasperated look on his face, who had Sirius in a head lock while Peter had recovered enough to stand and join the other three. Sirius was finally able to breathe again between wayward chuckles and was attempting to peer around at James who still had his neck in a decidedly uncomfortable position.
"Er...James...neck..." Sirius croaked, however James grinned and kept his hold. "Still think my trendy robes are funny? I rather think I look charming in pink..." He said thoughtfully. Sirius guffawed and pulled away from his friend, knocking him on the head with a snicker. "Oh I dunno, James, I think Lily Evans thought you looked a bit repulsive..." James roared and lunged at him once again, but Remus held him back lazily. "If every day is going to be like this I'm going to live with the Giant Squid. How about you Pete?" Remus turned to glance at Peter, who was preoccupied with staring at exactly where they had ended up.
Remus let the back of James cloak go as he saw what Peter was staring at, causing James to topple to the floor much to the amusement of Sirius. Remus however, was too stunned to realize.
"L-look! Do...do you see what I see?" Peter managed to squeak. Remus turned a sickly shade of white.
Sirius extended a hand to help James to his feet before his jaw dropped and he joined the other two, who were staring at the same, tall and unmistakable object. James trotted over as well.
"I..." Sirius could not finish however, and looked at his feet.
"Wow..." James began, but he too trailed off.
"I'm really..." Peter shook his head in bafflement.
Remus however said nothing, but turned his back and leaned heavily against the wall, his hand over his eyes. For the first time the other three noticed something about Remus, he did not look eleven. His eyes seemed too aged for his face, and his body too frail.
"Sorry I didn't tell you...I understand if you don't want me around anymore, really." His voice was overly friendly sounding, not him at all.
"Remus are...are you alright?" James asked tenatively. "And on a side note, what in Merlin's name are you talking about?" Sirius snorted.
Remus froze, staring at the other three for a moment before speaking again, very slowly.
"Er...James...what do you see when you look into that mirror thing?" He asked, wincing as if prepared for an answer that would not come.
"I...I see myself and..." James turned a shade of red to outmatch his robes. "Lily.." He croaked, but he was glad to see that no one laughed at him.
"I see my mum and dad...and they're....proud of me..." Sirius said in awe, however as soon as he realized what he had said he hung his head in shame.
"Blimey...I'm surrounded by friends...and I'm Head Boy...I'm the most powerful wizard at Hogwarts..." Peter said softly, so that none of them heard the end part.
"What do you see, Remus?" James asked his friend, who had slumped to the floor alarmingly in what James did not recognize as relief.
Remus did not want to lie, he really didn't. His friends had just poured out their hearts to him, told him something that was obviously very personal, though he could not understand the meaning of it all.
"I see myself with you lads...just the way we are..." He said softly, and left it at that.
"It seems you four have stumbled upon my favorite chamber mirror!" Said a pleasant voice from the stairway from whence they came, and the four turned to stare dumbstruck into the twinkling blue eyes of Dumbledore.
"Headmaster!" "We were just..." "Leaving!" "Thats right!" "Lovely sort of..." "Mirror thingy-" "Sorry about that!"
Dumbledore chuckled as the four stood hastily and were trying their best to look innocent. "Calm down, calm down. I certainly wouldn't want you to feel confined in your own school. However how you came to find this is beyond me, as the staircase you seem to have taken has strict orders to change only every half hour on the mark!" He rubbed at his beard thoughtfully as the four gawked at him. /Even the staircases obey him?/ James thought in awe, wiping hastily at his glasses as if the fogginess was affecting his hearing.
"I suppose you can tell by now what the Mirror of Erised shows one?" He asked plesantly, as if inquiring of their health. All four shook their heads, though Remus suddenly had an idea.
"Please, Sir...does it show you the future?" His face was so full of hope that Dumbledore could only shake his head sadly as Remus' face fell.
"The Mirror of Erised does not show the past, present, or future. It simply shows one the one thing that they hope for above all others. At times, what a person sees will surprise them, secondary things seem so important that we forget about what is really important to us. If I heard correctly, Mr. Black, you saw your mother and father look upon you with pride?" He asked Sirius curiously, who nodded glumly, but would not meet his eyes.
"And Mr. Potter saw himself with a certain Ms. Evans, if I am also correct?" He looked to James now, and James could have sworn he winked at him, despite the fact that James was in the most embarassing situation of his life.
"Mr. Pettigrew saw himself surrounded by his friends?" Dumbledore smiled kindly at Peter who returned it feebly.
"You see now, why it is my favorite chamber mirror?" Dumbledore asked merrily, and chuckled. "And now if you will join me, I believe it is lunch time! I do hope Minerva has saved some of my favorite treacle pudding for me, she is quite fond of it..." Sirius snorted and Remus elbowed him, however they were all grinning by the time they reached the Great Hall and parted ways from their Headmaster. James however, could not help noticing. As embarassing as his, Sirius', and Peter's "reflections" were, Remus' sounded the least embarassing of all, and Dumbledore had not so much as mentioned his...he could not know that Remus was thinking on the same problem, however he also had the answer. What he had told his friends was almost true, and anyway, he reasoned, it was necessary. For how could one explain to their friends that their most desperate wish was to not be a werewolf?
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A/N- What did you think? I've always loved the Mirror of Erised scene in the very first book, so I wanted to let the gang have a go at it as well. I tried to describe what I thought each of them would see as best I could, but if you guys have any input on what you think they should have seen, or just want to comment on what they did see, I'd love to hear from you! Thanks for reading!
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 Five! Just writing this makes me depressed, aww Sirius. But can I understand why he was taken? Yes. He was my favorite character, and even though I guessed he would be the one to go, it was still a shock. Oh sadness. Back to the story. I was in a strange sort of mood, so I wrote a strange sort of chapter. I rather like it though, hope you do as well!
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"I. Hate. Potions. How can the headmaster let a crack pot like that in the same room with a band of eleven year olds? Let alone teach us!" James Potter scowled, his robes were a bright shade of magenta that matched his face almost perfectly. Sirius and Peter were doubled over laughing, greatly stunting the efforts they were making to climb the staircase leading to their dormitory. Remus was trying very hard to maintain a sympathetic look, however the fact that his fist was thrust in his mouth to keep from laughing did not add to the effect.
"Will you two sod off already! As if its not enough that the Slytherin's got a good laugh at me! How was I to know that the book was serious when it said 'The Atnegam Draught may cause alarming results when making contact with clothing'? What in the bloody hell kind of name is Atnegam anyway?! WILL YOU TWO SHUT IT ALREADY?" James roared at Sirius and Peter, who by now had abandoned attempts at climbing the staircase and were srpawled halfway over the landing clutching their sides. Remus removed his fist from his mouth to speak with difficulty.
"Atnegam...James...magenta backwards..." Finally losing his composure Remus broke out in a series of guffaws that were so odd sounding Peter had to grab the back of Sirius' robe to keep him from falling off the staircase after his nonsensical rolling landed him on the edge. James fought to keep his scowl from turning into a grin.
"Its not funny...not funny at all...are you listening? I said its not funny!" James aimed a kick at Sirius' lower back, however at that moment the staircase decided to change and James lost his balance, ending up half sitting on Peter who was still holding on to Sirius while he laughed at Remus. Letting out a growl of frustration James lunged at Sirius and by the time the staircase had stopped moving, Remus was dragging James on to the landing with an exasperated look on his face, who had Sirius in a head lock while Peter had recovered enough to stand and join the other three. Sirius was finally able to breathe again between wayward chuckles and was attempting to peer around at James who still had his neck in a decidedly uncomfortable position.
"Er...James...neck..." Sirius croaked, however James grinned and kept his hold. "Still think my trendy robes are funny? I rather think I look charming in pink..." He said thoughtfully. Sirius guffawed and pulled away from his friend, knocking him on the head with a snicker. "Oh I dunno, James, I think Lily Evans thought you looked a bit repulsive..." James roared and lunged at him once again, but Remus held him back lazily. "If every day is going to be like this I'm going to live with the Giant Squid. How about you Pete?" Remus turned to glance at Peter, who was preoccupied with staring at exactly where they had ended up.
Remus let the back of James cloak go as he saw what Peter was staring at, causing James to topple to the floor much to the amusement of Sirius. Remus however, was too stunned to realize.
"L-look! Do...do you see what I see?" Peter managed to squeak. Remus turned a sickly shade of white.
Sirius extended a hand to help James to his feet before his jaw dropped and he joined the other two, who were staring at the same, tall and unmistakable object. James trotted over as well.
"I..." Sirius could not finish however, and looked at his feet.
"Wow..." James began, but he too trailed off.
"I'm really..." Peter shook his head in bafflement.
Remus however said nothing, but turned his back and leaned heavily against the wall, his hand over his eyes. For the first time the other three noticed something about Remus, he did not look eleven. His eyes seemed too aged for his face, and his body too frail.
"Sorry I didn't tell you...I understand if you don't want me around anymore, really." His voice was overly friendly sounding, not him at all.
"Remus are...are you alright?" James asked tenatively. "And on a side note, what in Merlin's name are you talking about?" Sirius snorted.
Remus froze, staring at the other three for a moment before speaking again, very slowly.
"Er...James...what do you see when you look into that mirror thing?" He asked, wincing as if prepared for an answer that would not come.
"I...I see myself and..." James turned a shade of red to outmatch his robes. "Lily.." He croaked, but he was glad to see that no one laughed at him.
"I see my mum and dad...and they're....proud of me..." Sirius said in awe, however as soon as he realized what he had said he hung his head in shame.
"Blimey...I'm surrounded by friends...and I'm Head Boy...I'm the most powerful wizard at Hogwarts..." Peter said softly, so that none of them heard the end part.
"What do you see, Remus?" James asked his friend, who had slumped to the floor alarmingly in what James did not recognize as relief.
Remus did not want to lie, he really didn't. His friends had just poured out their hearts to him, told him something that was obviously very personal, though he could not understand the meaning of it all.
"I see myself with you lads...just the way we are..." He said softly, and left it at that.
"It seems you four have stumbled upon my favorite chamber mirror!" Said a pleasant voice from the stairway from whence they came, and the four turned to stare dumbstruck into the twinkling blue eyes of Dumbledore.
"Headmaster!" "We were just..." "Leaving!" "Thats right!" "Lovely sort of..." "Mirror thingy-" "Sorry about that!"
Dumbledore chuckled as the four stood hastily and were trying their best to look innocent. "Calm down, calm down. I certainly wouldn't want you to feel confined in your own school. However how you came to find this is beyond me, as the staircase you seem to have taken has strict orders to change only every half hour on the mark!" He rubbed at his beard thoughtfully as the four gawked at him. /Even the staircases obey him?/ James thought in awe, wiping hastily at his glasses as if the fogginess was affecting his hearing.
"I suppose you can tell by now what the Mirror of Erised shows one?" He asked plesantly, as if inquiring of their health. All four shook their heads, though Remus suddenly had an idea.
"Please, Sir...does it show you the future?" His face was so full of hope that Dumbledore could only shake his head sadly as Remus' face fell.
"The Mirror of Erised does not show the past, present, or future. It simply shows one the one thing that they hope for above all others. At times, what a person sees will surprise them, secondary things seem so important that we forget about what is really important to us. If I heard correctly, Mr. Black, you saw your mother and father look upon you with pride?" He asked Sirius curiously, who nodded glumly, but would not meet his eyes.
"And Mr. Potter saw himself with a certain Ms. Evans, if I am also correct?" He looked to James now, and James could have sworn he winked at him, despite the fact that James was in the most embarassing situation of his life.
"Mr. Pettigrew saw himself surrounded by his friends?" Dumbledore smiled kindly at Peter who returned it feebly.
"You see now, why it is my favorite chamber mirror?" Dumbledore asked merrily, and chuckled. "And now if you will join me, I believe it is lunch time! I do hope Minerva has saved some of my favorite treacle pudding for me, she is quite fond of it..." Sirius snorted and Remus elbowed him, however they were all grinning by the time they reached the Great Hall and parted ways from their Headmaster. James however, could not help noticing. As embarassing as his, Sirius', and Peter's "reflections" were, Remus' sounded the least embarassing of all, and Dumbledore had not so much as mentioned his...he could not know that Remus was thinking on the same problem, however he also had the answer. What he had told his friends was almost true, and anyway, he reasoned, it was necessary. For how could one explain to their friends that their most desperate wish was to not be a werewolf?
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A/N- What did you think? I've always loved the Mirror of Erised scene in the very first book, so I wanted to let the gang have a go at it as well. I tried to describe what I thought each of them would see as best I could, but if you guys have any input on what you think they should have seen, or just want to comment on what they did see, I'd love to hear from you! Thanks for reading!