A/N: An other Authors Note, yes I get sick and tired of myself too, but I
have to do this. Maybe I'll kill myself after this, but if I do that,
you'll all kill me, so I won't. The reason for this (stupid, irritating and
useless) note is that I made Ted Tonks a teacher. I knew he was a Muggle,
but I forgot. Anyway, in 'Giving In' I made Arabella Figg a friend and
classmate of Lily. I knew this was absolutely impossible too, but what do I
care? If I say that they are witch and wizard in my fic, and so it will be.
(Please don't be offended by this note, it isn't meant to be offending.)
~~~The next day~~~
The Marauders were eating their breakfast innocently. Last night step two formerly known as step one was put into action. Now they were waiting for Romulus. They had been practising all night so nobody would find out it was them.
They saw Romulus walk into the Great Hall, now was the moment of truth. People began sniggering, giggling and coughing to hid their laugh.
Romulus came walking to Lily, who was staring at him with big eyes and an open mouth.
"Hello Lily dear, how are you?"
"I'm fine, but where are your robes?"
Romulus looked down and only saw his underwear, his robes were invisible. He screamed and the rest of the students bursted out laughing.
The practising had worked and the Marauders were making their way to Transfiguration. They would have a test now, Ravenclaw 7th years had one yesterday and McGonagall would surely check them this period. Time for the next part of the plan. While passing the Ravenclaw tests, Remus muttered a spell, his wand hidden in his robes.
Nearing the end of class a few Ravenclaws came in, including Romulus.
"Ah, you want your grades?" McGonagall asked.
"If that is possible professor." Romulus smiled, he was wearing visible robes again, but still had his cauliflower-head.
"Yes of course, you all did great, but Mr Lupin next time write down answers instead of just Lily."
"What?!" Romulus and Lily turned red.
"Take a look yourself if you don't believe me." And fair enough the whole parchment was covered with only one word; Lily.
Everyone else was now laughing and once again the Marauders weren't suspected.
This continued for a few days and in those days Romulus burped instead of talking, got a fart attack whenever he was close to Lily, song a serenade in the Great Hall while his voice was way of and was dressed up as Blossom from the Power Puff Girls, Peggy Bundy from Married With Children, Homer Simpson and Cacofonix from Asterix and Obelix. Now the Marauders were sure Lily was going to break up with him.
They just finished lunch and were making their way to Griffindore tower to pick up their books for History of Magic, (A/N: Don't ask me why they are still taking it, even they don't have a clue.) when they heard arguing voices and decided to take a look.
Romulus was holding Lily's arms, while tears welled up in her eyes.
"Just let me go, Romulus. It's over, don't you get that?"
"Get that? Get that? Of course I get that. You were just playing with my feelings." Romulus turned red in rage. (A/N: Unfortunately his face turned normal again.)
"No, that's not true. I just don't want to anymore."
Romulus tightened his grip on Lily.
"Ouch, you're hurting me. Please, just let me go."
"No way. You hurt me, so you'll just have to feel like me."
"Let her go, Romulus. If you really love her, you would never hurt her." James hissed.
"Like I said, no way. The only girl you can't get is in my arms. That makes people look up to me."
Before anyone knew what happened James' fist connected with Romulus' jaw and Romulus was pinned to the wall, feet ten inches above the ground and James holding him up by his collar.
"Take that back and say you're sorry to Lily." James growled.
"Sorry Lily, I take it back." Romulus said in a low and scared voice.
"And now get your sorry arse out of here." James threw him on the ground.
Romulus didn't know how fast to run. He had known James was strong, he had heard enough rumours, but he never even imagined he'd be this strong.
"Thank you James." Lily whispered.
"Any time."
"You better stay close to us. Romulus won't give up that easily, but will probably be scared of James right now." Remus said.
"I think I'll do that."
"Come on, we were getting our History books." Sirius piped.
"History of Magic! I forgot. That must be the most boring class in history." Lily whined.
"Binns fault." Harry stated.
The other four agreed.
The Marauders had been missing Peter a little, but now Lily would be close to them, they felt complete again.
~~~10 minutes later~~~
The five were waiting for Binns in the classroom. Class had started five minutes ago and everybody was chatting. The news of what James had done to Romulus had spread like fire.
"So Jamesie, is it true you lifted that Ravenclaw from his feet?" Isabella asked.
Isabella had been all over James, but he was never interested. He hated her in fact.
"I don't know." James answered dryly.
"Oh, come on." She whined.
"Leave him alone, Isabella. Or do you want a demonstration?" Sirius said irritated.
Before she could answer, half the girls in class screamed. Binns just floated in through the blackboard.
"Quiet! Now let us continue where we left of."
James raised his hand.
"Yes Mr Butter?"
"It's Potter, sir and well how shale I say this. Your a ghost." James spoke.
"I don't wish to be interrupted for something s immaterial as that. You will report to Mr Filch tonight at eight o'clock to serve detention."
"Great, I try to help a teacher for once and I still get detention." James muttered.
"That's not fair, professor. Prongs did nothing wrong." Sirius piped.
"You can join Mr Snotter tonight, Mr Pink."
"It's Black, as in black and blue." Sirius retorted.
"Report to Dumbledore, all four of you."
"Our pleasure professor Dustbinns." Sirius smirked as the Marauders left the room.
~~~In Dumbledore's office~~~
"What did you do this time, boys?" Dumbledore asked from behind his desk.
"Nothing." Remus answered.
"Then why are you here?"
"Professor Binns is a ghost, so I decided to tell him and he gave me detention." James answered.
"And then I told him it wasn't fair and he gave me detention too." Sirius continued.
"And he got their names wrong, so Sirius corrected him and then he sent us all to you." Harry finished.
"Well in that case, you two don't have to go to your detention."
"Thank you headmaster." James and Sirius cried in unison.
"Yeas, it's ok, just go. Oh, and James."
"Yes headmaster."
"I heard what happened before History of Magic." James became red and expected to get detention. "Twenty points for Gryffindor."
James mouth fell open and Remus and Sirius had to drag him out while Harry was silently laughing.
"Come on, if we hurry we can prank a Slytherin before we pick up Lily." Sirius whispered.
"Let's prank Malfoy, 'cause Snivellus will be stuck with that soap for three more weeks." Harry choked.
The others grinned. He was definitely a Marauder now.
~~~~~~
Lily was stressing. Romulus might be after her and the Marauders were gone.
'Will I be able to make it safely to Charms?' She thought as she left the room.
To her surprise she saw the Marauders waiting for her outside. As soon as James noticed her, he bowed.
"Your escort awaits you, Miss."
Lily blushed. James was so sweet.
They made their way to Charms, chatting about almost everything. Sure enough Romulus passed them with his friends, looking pissed that the Marauders were guarding Lily. He didn't say a word in fear that James would really beat him up this time.
~~~In Charms~~~
"Today we'll be learning the Shrinking Spell. We've covered enough theory, so now you're going to try and shrink the books on you're desk. Begin."
The books of the Marauders and Lily shrunk with their fist try. The rest of the lesson was spent by them shrinking almost everything they could lay their eyes on.
"Wouldn't it be great if we would shrink Slytherins?" Harry joked.
"Brilliant idea, now all we need is a cover." James said.
And that's what they got a moment later.
"You all did a very good job. Keep practising. Class dismissed."
"I think we found our cover." Sirius joked.
"You really think a teacher will buy that?" Remus asked.
"No, but they have to." Sirius answered.
Lily giggled. The Marauders were real fun if you got to know them.
During dinner their conversation hit their families. (A/N: Their prank was all set.)
"I have one sister, Petunia. She hates magic and she hates me."
"I'm only child and my parents try to get me to become a sucked up snob, because of the money we have." James sighed.
"You know my family already." Remus said.
"I have one younger brother, Regulus. My family hates me, because they are pureblood freaks and I hate them and that pureblood rubbish." Sirius stated.
"And you, Harry? We know you never knew your parents, but what about the rest?" Remus asked.
"Well, I already told you I lived with my aunt, uncle and cousin and that's the only family I have left. I'm only child, but the Weasleys treat me as one of their own and Hermione is like the sister I've never had. after my third year Remus and Sirius became part of that family I've never had too." Harry smiled sadly.
"You miss Ron and Hermione, don't you?" James asked.
"Yeah, but I'll see them as soon as I get back." Harry smile grew wider.
Then everybody in the Great Hall screamed.
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~~~The next day~~~
The Marauders were eating their breakfast innocently. Last night step two formerly known as step one was put into action. Now they were waiting for Romulus. They had been practising all night so nobody would find out it was them.
They saw Romulus walk into the Great Hall, now was the moment of truth. People began sniggering, giggling and coughing to hid their laugh.
Romulus came walking to Lily, who was staring at him with big eyes and an open mouth.
"Hello Lily dear, how are you?"
"I'm fine, but where are your robes?"
Romulus looked down and only saw his underwear, his robes were invisible. He screamed and the rest of the students bursted out laughing.
The practising had worked and the Marauders were making their way to Transfiguration. They would have a test now, Ravenclaw 7th years had one yesterday and McGonagall would surely check them this period. Time for the next part of the plan. While passing the Ravenclaw tests, Remus muttered a spell, his wand hidden in his robes.
Nearing the end of class a few Ravenclaws came in, including Romulus.
"Ah, you want your grades?" McGonagall asked.
"If that is possible professor." Romulus smiled, he was wearing visible robes again, but still had his cauliflower-head.
"Yes of course, you all did great, but Mr Lupin next time write down answers instead of just Lily."
"What?!" Romulus and Lily turned red.
"Take a look yourself if you don't believe me." And fair enough the whole parchment was covered with only one word; Lily.
Everyone else was now laughing and once again the Marauders weren't suspected.
This continued for a few days and in those days Romulus burped instead of talking, got a fart attack whenever he was close to Lily, song a serenade in the Great Hall while his voice was way of and was dressed up as Blossom from the Power Puff Girls, Peggy Bundy from Married With Children, Homer Simpson and Cacofonix from Asterix and Obelix. Now the Marauders were sure Lily was going to break up with him.
They just finished lunch and were making their way to Griffindore tower to pick up their books for History of Magic, (A/N: Don't ask me why they are still taking it, even they don't have a clue.) when they heard arguing voices and decided to take a look.
Romulus was holding Lily's arms, while tears welled up in her eyes.
"Just let me go, Romulus. It's over, don't you get that?"
"Get that? Get that? Of course I get that. You were just playing with my feelings." Romulus turned red in rage. (A/N: Unfortunately his face turned normal again.)
"No, that's not true. I just don't want to anymore."
Romulus tightened his grip on Lily.
"Ouch, you're hurting me. Please, just let me go."
"No way. You hurt me, so you'll just have to feel like me."
"Let her go, Romulus. If you really love her, you would never hurt her." James hissed.
"Like I said, no way. The only girl you can't get is in my arms. That makes people look up to me."
Before anyone knew what happened James' fist connected with Romulus' jaw and Romulus was pinned to the wall, feet ten inches above the ground and James holding him up by his collar.
"Take that back and say you're sorry to Lily." James growled.
"Sorry Lily, I take it back." Romulus said in a low and scared voice.
"And now get your sorry arse out of here." James threw him on the ground.
Romulus didn't know how fast to run. He had known James was strong, he had heard enough rumours, but he never even imagined he'd be this strong.
"Thank you James." Lily whispered.
"Any time."
"You better stay close to us. Romulus won't give up that easily, but will probably be scared of James right now." Remus said.
"I think I'll do that."
"Come on, we were getting our History books." Sirius piped.
"History of Magic! I forgot. That must be the most boring class in history." Lily whined.
"Binns fault." Harry stated.
The other four agreed.
The Marauders had been missing Peter a little, but now Lily would be close to them, they felt complete again.
~~~10 minutes later~~~
The five were waiting for Binns in the classroom. Class had started five minutes ago and everybody was chatting. The news of what James had done to Romulus had spread like fire.
"So Jamesie, is it true you lifted that Ravenclaw from his feet?" Isabella asked.
Isabella had been all over James, but he was never interested. He hated her in fact.
"I don't know." James answered dryly.
"Oh, come on." She whined.
"Leave him alone, Isabella. Or do you want a demonstration?" Sirius said irritated.
Before she could answer, half the girls in class screamed. Binns just floated in through the blackboard.
"Quiet! Now let us continue where we left of."
James raised his hand.
"Yes Mr Butter?"
"It's Potter, sir and well how shale I say this. Your a ghost." James spoke.
"I don't wish to be interrupted for something s immaterial as that. You will report to Mr Filch tonight at eight o'clock to serve detention."
"Great, I try to help a teacher for once and I still get detention." James muttered.
"That's not fair, professor. Prongs did nothing wrong." Sirius piped.
"You can join Mr Snotter tonight, Mr Pink."
"It's Black, as in black and blue." Sirius retorted.
"Report to Dumbledore, all four of you."
"Our pleasure professor Dustbinns." Sirius smirked as the Marauders left the room.
~~~In Dumbledore's office~~~
"What did you do this time, boys?" Dumbledore asked from behind his desk.
"Nothing." Remus answered.
"Then why are you here?"
"Professor Binns is a ghost, so I decided to tell him and he gave me detention." James answered.
"And then I told him it wasn't fair and he gave me detention too." Sirius continued.
"And he got their names wrong, so Sirius corrected him and then he sent us all to you." Harry finished.
"Well in that case, you two don't have to go to your detention."
"Thank you headmaster." James and Sirius cried in unison.
"Yeas, it's ok, just go. Oh, and James."
"Yes headmaster."
"I heard what happened before History of Magic." James became red and expected to get detention. "Twenty points for Gryffindor."
James mouth fell open and Remus and Sirius had to drag him out while Harry was silently laughing.
"Come on, if we hurry we can prank a Slytherin before we pick up Lily." Sirius whispered.
"Let's prank Malfoy, 'cause Snivellus will be stuck with that soap for three more weeks." Harry choked.
The others grinned. He was definitely a Marauder now.
~~~~~~
Lily was stressing. Romulus might be after her and the Marauders were gone.
'Will I be able to make it safely to Charms?' She thought as she left the room.
To her surprise she saw the Marauders waiting for her outside. As soon as James noticed her, he bowed.
"Your escort awaits you, Miss."
Lily blushed. James was so sweet.
They made their way to Charms, chatting about almost everything. Sure enough Romulus passed them with his friends, looking pissed that the Marauders were guarding Lily. He didn't say a word in fear that James would really beat him up this time.
~~~In Charms~~~
"Today we'll be learning the Shrinking Spell. We've covered enough theory, so now you're going to try and shrink the books on you're desk. Begin."
The books of the Marauders and Lily shrunk with their fist try. The rest of the lesson was spent by them shrinking almost everything they could lay their eyes on.
"Wouldn't it be great if we would shrink Slytherins?" Harry joked.
"Brilliant idea, now all we need is a cover." James said.
And that's what they got a moment later.
"You all did a very good job. Keep practising. Class dismissed."
"I think we found our cover." Sirius joked.
"You really think a teacher will buy that?" Remus asked.
"No, but they have to." Sirius answered.
Lily giggled. The Marauders were real fun if you got to know them.
During dinner their conversation hit their families. (A/N: Their prank was all set.)
"I have one sister, Petunia. She hates magic and she hates me."
"I'm only child and my parents try to get me to become a sucked up snob, because of the money we have." James sighed.
"You know my family already." Remus said.
"I have one younger brother, Regulus. My family hates me, because they are pureblood freaks and I hate them and that pureblood rubbish." Sirius stated.
"And you, Harry? We know you never knew your parents, but what about the rest?" Remus asked.
"Well, I already told you I lived with my aunt, uncle and cousin and that's the only family I have left. I'm only child, but the Weasleys treat me as one of their own and Hermione is like the sister I've never had. after my third year Remus and Sirius became part of that family I've never had too." Harry smiled sadly.
"You miss Ron and Hermione, don't you?" James asked.
"Yeah, but I'll see them as soon as I get back." Harry smile grew wider.
Then everybody in the Great Hall screamed.
A/N: Hope you liked it. Thanks for reviewing everybody. Please review again.