Chapter 5
"Shit, we'll be in trouble if she finds us here."
"Where is she, Padfoot?"
"In the other corridor, coming this way."
"Lily please open the door. You guys get under here."
"What is that?"
"Prongs you're brilliant, you know that?"
"Just get under there, else you'll be in trouble and I'll lose my cloak."
"Oke, oke, don't worry."
Sirius pulled the cloak over Peter, Bella and himself and a moment later Professor McGonagall walked in the room.
"Potter, Evans, what are you doing in here."
"Well Professor, we were doing our round and than we heard a noise so we came in to investigate, but nothing was there, so we think it was Peeves."
"Very well than." And she left.
Lily looked around the room.
"Where did the others disappear to, I didn't see them leave?"
The room suddenly filled with laughter and Peter, Bella and Sirius appeared out of nowhere. Bella was looking stunned and Peter and Sirius were rolling over the ground laughing.
"What the..."
Lilys eyes fell on a silvery cloak lying on the ground, forgotten, until James picked it up and hid it under his robes.
"What is that?"
"An invisibility cloak, I got it from my father, he said it's been in the family for generations."
"Let me guess, that's how you only get detention for half the pranks you pull?"
"And how we get Moony to the Womping Willow, without being seen. You won't report it, will you?"
"Of course not, I promised not to tell what you were going to tell me here, and I see this as part of that."
"Thanks. Now we better get a move on. Moony's not gonna sleep forever you know, and McGonagall will be back here to check if we left."
"Don't worry so much Prongs, it's bad for you."
"I did save your sorry ass, Black."
"Come on, like James said, Remus isn't gonna sleep forever."
"Lily's right you know, now let's move."
"Thank you girls, at least now I have friends, apart from Moony, who equally *use* there brains."
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When they entered the common room, Remus was nowhere to be found, so he was still in the dorms, else he would be reading in front of the fire, waiting for his friends.
"You better wake Moony up, I don't want to see him angry, especially now it's almost full moon."
"Oke, I'll be right back."
"And make sure Moony calmed down, before you get back here."
"Don't worry Padfoot, I know what I'm doing..." 'I hope.'
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Remus was just waking up when James walked in.
"He Prongs."
"Hi Moony, did you get enough sleep?"
"Yeah, thanks. Something wrong?"
James knew he was looking nerves.
"Well..."
"What?"
"At lunch McGonagall asked where you were, so I told here you where sleeping and she knew why. Than Lily and Bella wouldn't stop asking what was wrong with you, so..."
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After James finished the story, Remus looked rather calm.
"You sure they won't tell?"
"Well, Bella has a crush on you so she won't and if what you said yesterday is true, Lily won't tell either, 'cause she knows she would ruin her chances with me."
"Good, Thanks for being honest about this."
"Sirius will be glad that you're not mad. He didn't want to tell them 'cause he knew he would have to face you after that. He might even have been a bit scared."
The two went down laughing and entered the common room seeing four surprised faces.
"Scared of me, Padfoot?"
"Well..... no..... of course not."
Seeing Sirius face when he said that made the others laugh too.
"Well, now Moony is awake. We better get to the kitchen."
"But I'm not hungry."
"We promised McGonagall we'd make sure you ate, so you'll eat or we'll force feed you."
"I'll just eat than, Padfoot."
"To bad, Padfoot had been looking forward to do it."
"Got your cloak, Prongs?"
"Right here." And there was the invisibility cloak again.
"Can we come with you?"
"Sorry, but we wouldn't fit under the cloak, Lily."
"you and Remus don't have to use the cloak, if you walk into a teacher, just say you're gonna force feed Remus because he was asleep during lunch. I'm just guessing that the teachers know you're a werewolf, 'cause they never ask any questions about you absence."
"Yeah, they know and she has a point there Prongs."
"We just want to know what the kitchen looks like."
"Oke, let's just hope we don't walk into Fungus. He always tries to get us into trouble and we aren't equally allowed to go to the kitchen. Now get under that cloak."
Professor Fungus was the potions teacher and was the one teacher that really hated the Marauders.
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They arrived in the kitchen without to many trouble.
"Wow, this is big."
Suddenly there was a squeaky voice.
"Can Crunch get Mr.s and Miss' something?"
"Yeah, we'd like to get some food, got something left from lunch?"
James had only just finished his sentence and immediately a whole bounce of house-elves came running to them with plates full of food.
"Well, just eat as much as you like girls."
"How can you call this stealing food? It's just pushed into your hands as soon as you enter."
"Well, the teachers don't give permission so that's why it's stealing, but I must say that you got a point, Lily."
"Prongs, stop flirting with Lily."
"I'm *not* flirting with Lily, Padfoot."
"If you say so."
"Just eat, you were the one that was hungry."
"Oh yeah, thanks for reminding me."
"You should let Madam Pomfrey check if you have any brains at all."
"Whatever."
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They were making their way back to the tower, when a voice filled the corridor.
"Ah Potter, I was looking for you. I take you took Mr. Lupin to get something to eat?"
They turned around and saw Professor McGonagall walk up to them.
"Yes Professor."
"Good, and the headmaster wants to see you and Miss Evans in his office, Head Student business, the password is 'Chocolate Froggs'."
"Oke, I'll just escort Remus back and than find Lily."
"Very well, go on."
"Have a nice day Professor."
And with that they walked on. When they were out of earshot James spoke up.
"Where are you?"
"Right here." And the other four, who had been walking under the invisibility cloak again appeared out of nowhere.
"Alright, you take Moony back to the tower and Lily and I will go see what Dumbledore wants."
"Whatever you say, Prongs."
"Stop being annoying or I'll make you wish that you've never been born."
"Is that a theat?"
"You bet it is."
"What's the worst you can do?" Asked Sirius smiling.
"Well, put a charm on you so you can't change and then lock you up in the Shrieking Shack with Reemy here at full moon."
"Oke, I give up, you beat me."
"That's because I equally use my brains."
Everybody except Sirius couldn't help but laugh at this.
"Oh, ha ha."
"Oh Padfoot, just leave it, Dumbledore is waiting for Prongs and Lily, they should be going now, and so should we."
"He's right, come on James, we should go see what Dumbledore wants."
Lily took James' hand and dragged him towards Dumbledores office.
"Thanks Lils. If you hadn't done that Sirius and I might have tried to kill each other off."
"You don't have to thank me, it was just getting annoying. 'Chocolate Froggs'"
The Griffon jumped aside to reveal a staircase.
"Well, ladies first."
"I didn't know you were a gentleman."
"I must be, with my kind of parents. They got a lot of many and they want me to live up to that. Lucky for me I could go to Hogwarts and get away from them so I can be myself."
They came to the top of the staircase, and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
A/N: I want to thank Cecilia Orechio for putting me on his/her favourite authors list. And Trina Casey, Agloechen an meredythe for reviewing.
"Shit, we'll be in trouble if she finds us here."
"Where is she, Padfoot?"
"In the other corridor, coming this way."
"Lily please open the door. You guys get under here."
"What is that?"
"Prongs you're brilliant, you know that?"
"Just get under there, else you'll be in trouble and I'll lose my cloak."
"Oke, oke, don't worry."
Sirius pulled the cloak over Peter, Bella and himself and a moment later Professor McGonagall walked in the room.
"Potter, Evans, what are you doing in here."
"Well Professor, we were doing our round and than we heard a noise so we came in to investigate, but nothing was there, so we think it was Peeves."
"Very well than." And she left.
Lily looked around the room.
"Where did the others disappear to, I didn't see them leave?"
The room suddenly filled with laughter and Peter, Bella and Sirius appeared out of nowhere. Bella was looking stunned and Peter and Sirius were rolling over the ground laughing.
"What the..."
Lilys eyes fell on a silvery cloak lying on the ground, forgotten, until James picked it up and hid it under his robes.
"What is that?"
"An invisibility cloak, I got it from my father, he said it's been in the family for generations."
"Let me guess, that's how you only get detention for half the pranks you pull?"
"And how we get Moony to the Womping Willow, without being seen. You won't report it, will you?"
"Of course not, I promised not to tell what you were going to tell me here, and I see this as part of that."
"Thanks. Now we better get a move on. Moony's not gonna sleep forever you know, and McGonagall will be back here to check if we left."
"Don't worry so much Prongs, it's bad for you."
"I did save your sorry ass, Black."
"Come on, like James said, Remus isn't gonna sleep forever."
"Lily's right you know, now let's move."
"Thank you girls, at least now I have friends, apart from Moony, who equally *use* there brains."
~~~~~~
When they entered the common room, Remus was nowhere to be found, so he was still in the dorms, else he would be reading in front of the fire, waiting for his friends.
"You better wake Moony up, I don't want to see him angry, especially now it's almost full moon."
"Oke, I'll be right back."
"And make sure Moony calmed down, before you get back here."
"Don't worry Padfoot, I know what I'm doing..." 'I hope.'
~~~~~~
Remus was just waking up when James walked in.
"He Prongs."
"Hi Moony, did you get enough sleep?"
"Yeah, thanks. Something wrong?"
James knew he was looking nerves.
"Well..."
"What?"
"At lunch McGonagall asked where you were, so I told here you where sleeping and she knew why. Than Lily and Bella wouldn't stop asking what was wrong with you, so..."
~~~~~~
After James finished the story, Remus looked rather calm.
"You sure they won't tell?"
"Well, Bella has a crush on you so she won't and if what you said yesterday is true, Lily won't tell either, 'cause she knows she would ruin her chances with me."
"Good, Thanks for being honest about this."
"Sirius will be glad that you're not mad. He didn't want to tell them 'cause he knew he would have to face you after that. He might even have been a bit scared."
The two went down laughing and entered the common room seeing four surprised faces.
"Scared of me, Padfoot?"
"Well..... no..... of course not."
Seeing Sirius face when he said that made the others laugh too.
"Well, now Moony is awake. We better get to the kitchen."
"But I'm not hungry."
"We promised McGonagall we'd make sure you ate, so you'll eat or we'll force feed you."
"I'll just eat than, Padfoot."
"To bad, Padfoot had been looking forward to do it."
"Got your cloak, Prongs?"
"Right here." And there was the invisibility cloak again.
"Can we come with you?"
"Sorry, but we wouldn't fit under the cloak, Lily."
"you and Remus don't have to use the cloak, if you walk into a teacher, just say you're gonna force feed Remus because he was asleep during lunch. I'm just guessing that the teachers know you're a werewolf, 'cause they never ask any questions about you absence."
"Yeah, they know and she has a point there Prongs."
"We just want to know what the kitchen looks like."
"Oke, let's just hope we don't walk into Fungus. He always tries to get us into trouble and we aren't equally allowed to go to the kitchen. Now get under that cloak."
Professor Fungus was the potions teacher and was the one teacher that really hated the Marauders.
~~~~~~
They arrived in the kitchen without to many trouble.
"Wow, this is big."
Suddenly there was a squeaky voice.
"Can Crunch get Mr.s and Miss' something?"
"Yeah, we'd like to get some food, got something left from lunch?"
James had only just finished his sentence and immediately a whole bounce of house-elves came running to them with plates full of food.
"Well, just eat as much as you like girls."
"How can you call this stealing food? It's just pushed into your hands as soon as you enter."
"Well, the teachers don't give permission so that's why it's stealing, but I must say that you got a point, Lily."
"Prongs, stop flirting with Lily."
"I'm *not* flirting with Lily, Padfoot."
"If you say so."
"Just eat, you were the one that was hungry."
"Oh yeah, thanks for reminding me."
"You should let Madam Pomfrey check if you have any brains at all."
"Whatever."
~~~~~~
They were making their way back to the tower, when a voice filled the corridor.
"Ah Potter, I was looking for you. I take you took Mr. Lupin to get something to eat?"
They turned around and saw Professor McGonagall walk up to them.
"Yes Professor."
"Good, and the headmaster wants to see you and Miss Evans in his office, Head Student business, the password is 'Chocolate Froggs'."
"Oke, I'll just escort Remus back and than find Lily."
"Very well, go on."
"Have a nice day Professor."
And with that they walked on. When they were out of earshot James spoke up.
"Where are you?"
"Right here." And the other four, who had been walking under the invisibility cloak again appeared out of nowhere.
"Alright, you take Moony back to the tower and Lily and I will go see what Dumbledore wants."
"Whatever you say, Prongs."
"Stop being annoying or I'll make you wish that you've never been born."
"Is that a theat?"
"You bet it is."
"What's the worst you can do?" Asked Sirius smiling.
"Well, put a charm on you so you can't change and then lock you up in the Shrieking Shack with Reemy here at full moon."
"Oke, I give up, you beat me."
"That's because I equally use my brains."
Everybody except Sirius couldn't help but laugh at this.
"Oh, ha ha."
"Oh Padfoot, just leave it, Dumbledore is waiting for Prongs and Lily, they should be going now, and so should we."
"He's right, come on James, we should go see what Dumbledore wants."
Lily took James' hand and dragged him towards Dumbledores office.
"Thanks Lils. If you hadn't done that Sirius and I might have tried to kill each other off."
"You don't have to thank me, it was just getting annoying. 'Chocolate Froggs'"
The Griffon jumped aside to reveal a staircase.
"Well, ladies first."
"I didn't know you were a gentleman."
"I must be, with my kind of parents. They got a lot of many and they want me to live up to that. Lucky for me I could go to Hogwarts and get away from them so I can be myself."
They came to the top of the staircase, and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
A/N: I want to thank Cecilia Orechio for putting me on his/her favourite authors list. And Trina Casey, Agloechen an meredythe for reviewing.