Chapter 2- Unfortunately for you
The first month of school passed by unusually quiet. Normally the first month back was full of confusion, fights and pranks from the marauders. Not this month though. Lily may have suggested it was because she was just a great head girl, but she hadn't really done much. It could've been that everyone was scared of James as head boy- but then he was normally behind everything. So what was it? Why hadn't she had her hair died a different colour yet? Why was Snape walking round prank free? Why was it so quiet?
It was freaking her out.
"Hey Evans, happy 28th day of the month." Speaking of the devil- here he was. Well what could she expect? It was a head girl/ boy/ master meeting. But then it was James Potter- she couldn't exactly expect him to turn up? And early too- she thought admiring her watch. Why was James taking his job seriously? He never took anything seriously.
"28th day of the month? What are you on Potter?" She replied coldly. He just smiled in response.
The head master came into the room which he had made up especially for those acquiring the position of top of their and school. In other words, heads common room.
"Good evening Mr Potter, Miss Evans. I called this meeting tonight to discuss your duties with you. You have had a month to settle in, become accustom to the school once more and now I would like to go through with you what I want you to do for the rest of this year." James and Lily nodded for him to continue. "I would like you to meet in this room once a week to discuss whats going on around you, who is being particularly boisterous and what action you would like to take about it. I will meet up with you here once a month and see how your dos are fairing. I will also ask you both to help with the arranging of the upcoming Halloween feast, Christmas feast, Hogsmeade weekends, your leaving feast and any other things which you decide to hold. Quidditch matches are to be arranged by Professor Johnson. One more thing, I understand that you are both in Gryffindor, so I ask you not to be biased in any of your arrangements. I'm sure you wouldn't anyway, but just as a caution."
"Oh no I would never Professor." Lily said.
"Good now I will leave you both to have a little chat." The headmaster got up and left the two students alone.
Lily, who had scribbled every word the professor had had said, began talking.
"So let's see." She looked down her list. "What do you want to arrange first? How about the Hogsmeade weekends?" James shrugged; he wasn't to bothered- he could go to Hogsmeade whenever he felt like it. Lily glowered at him. It was obvious that he wasn't going to help much.
"Well I think we should have one just before Christmas, so everyone can buy gifts when they need them. Then we should have one around February and then finally one around may time? What do you think?" Lily asked.
"Sounds cool. What do you want to do about the Halloween feast?"
"I don't know? What do you think?"
"Well I think that Halloween is never celebrated enough. It's a holiday dedicated to our kind- Witches, wizards and everything associated with the magical world. And all we do is have a feast! Whoop de do!"
"Really?" Lily asked astonished.
"Really what?" James asked her.
"Do you really think that or are you just saying that?" Her voice was quiet as she met James' eyes with her own.
"Yeah I really think it! Would I say it if I didn't think it?" James could feel his anger rising.
"Well, I dunno, I just, well I've never seen you get all like this before- all patriotic and serious, as if you actually care about something which isn't a prank."
"Hey, I've got thoughts, smart ones. How else would I have gotten this position?"
"Dumbledore fancied a laugh? Or you put a spell on him or something?" James frowned- Maybe he didn't like Lily as much anymore.
"Yeah that's it, just because I know how to have a good time immediately means that I'm as thick as a dunder head? Is that it?"
"Well yeah, in classes you never put your hand up, you never hand in any homework, you and Sirius always land yourselves in detention. In fact the only thing you take seriously is Quidditch. And what good will that turn out to be in later life?"
James laughed at her.
"Yeah you think you're so smart don't you, miss I am always first to put my hand up, I never do anything wrong. If I saw you in detention I think I would faint. Evans let me ask you something. What position in the year did you get for your OWL's?" Lily looked proud.
"I got third in the entire year- that's out of at least 50 students." She smirked.
"Yeah well who do you think got first and second?" He was the one smirking now. She looked at him with concentration in her eyes.
"I don't know? Severus Snape and Lucius Malfoy perhaps?" James snorted.
"Those dorks? Really? Nope it was Sirius in second... yours truly in first." Lily's mouth dropped. "In fact if you knew half of the things we have accomplished here at Hogwarts then you would think twice about calling us dunder heads." He left Lily looking at him in anger.
He skipped along back to his dorm. It was the 28th day of the month after all, which meant he had an appointment with a werewolf.
Remus had been a werewolf all his life, and when his fellow Marauders found out about it, they took it upon themselves to find a way to help him. Unlike anyone else who had ever known, Remus' parents included, they did not feel ashamed or endangered by him, they felt sorry for him and they did the most miraculous thing they could for him. They became illegal Anigmagi for him. An anigmagus is a person who could turn into an animal at will. It was highly illegal to do this with out ministry permission. But they were the Marauders, the smartest boys in school. Why should they care?
Tonight they were going to explore the grounds a bit. Not that they hadn't many times over already. But this time they were going really deep into the forest, to see if they could get to the other side, they wanted to get into Hogsmeade via it. But so far they hadn't found a way. James scurried to his room where Peter and Sirius were waiting for him with his invisibility cloak.
Ah yes, his invisibility cloak. His pride and joy. One of the two most important items which made making mayhem in Hogwarts easy. He had inherited it from his father, who had inherited it from his father and so on. There was a long chain of Potter's who had inherited it in their past years. James was the most recent.
The other item was a map. It mirrored his and Sirius' excellence when they put their heads together. After one day of being caught by the caretaker, Professor Mcgonagall- head of Gryffindor house, and the head boy at the time, they decided they needed to know who was where and when. They also wanted a map of all the secret passages they had found because Peter wasn't as good at remembering them as James, Sirius and Remus were.
So they had made a map. It showed every passage leading into and out of Hogwarts. The best hiding places. Their favourite haunts. It had little moving dots going around it, showing every student, teacher and caretaker. It showed passwords to all four common rooms and how to get into various places. It was perfect. It had a password so nobody but themselves could get into it. And if anybody failed to use the correct words, they would get abuse from the map. The boys thought it was hilarious.
They had signed it with their names;
Moony (Remus)- Founder of the group and bringer of the unity. His condition as a werewolf made the boys become so close. They named him moony because on the full moon he changed form.
Wormtail (Peter)- The group's information gatherer. His anigmagus was a rat. He was small and often came in handy when they needed something found out. He could go unnoticed and was sly in eavesdropping methods.
Padfoot (Sirius)- The co-ringleader of the group. His anigmagus was a big black dog. He normally was the one to carry out the bulk of the prank; like applying the potion to Lily's hair to turn it green and so on.
Prongs (James)- The other co-ringleader of the group. He was a big white stag in anigmagus transformations. And he was normally the brains behind the pranks in operation, he made up the pranks.
Together they were the Marauders, makers of mischief, founders of fun, co- ordinators of corruption.
Mean while Lily still sat at the table in the head common room seething with anger. How dare Potter be like that! She mentally screamed as she picked up her things and proceeded to leave the common room. The halls were deserted, as they should have been, as Lily passed along quickly rushing to get back to her dorm.
It was strange to think that even though Potter and his gang didn't study (perhaps with the exception of Lupin) Black and Potter had still managed to get the two highest marks! It didn't seem fare. Lily had driven herself mad in preparation for the OWLs!
Lily sighed as she continued along. It didn't really matter anyway. She told herself. I did after all receive really good marks! Third in the year! That's not bad at all! But even as she thought it she didn't believe it, because once again Potter, the source of all her anger, hatred, and annoyance, had once again outdone her.
The first month of school passed by unusually quiet. Normally the first month back was full of confusion, fights and pranks from the marauders. Not this month though. Lily may have suggested it was because she was just a great head girl, but she hadn't really done much. It could've been that everyone was scared of James as head boy- but then he was normally behind everything. So what was it? Why hadn't she had her hair died a different colour yet? Why was Snape walking round prank free? Why was it so quiet?
It was freaking her out.
"Hey Evans, happy 28th day of the month." Speaking of the devil- here he was. Well what could she expect? It was a head girl/ boy/ master meeting. But then it was James Potter- she couldn't exactly expect him to turn up? And early too- she thought admiring her watch. Why was James taking his job seriously? He never took anything seriously.
"28th day of the month? What are you on Potter?" She replied coldly. He just smiled in response.
The head master came into the room which he had made up especially for those acquiring the position of top of their and school. In other words, heads common room.
"Good evening Mr Potter, Miss Evans. I called this meeting tonight to discuss your duties with you. You have had a month to settle in, become accustom to the school once more and now I would like to go through with you what I want you to do for the rest of this year." James and Lily nodded for him to continue. "I would like you to meet in this room once a week to discuss whats going on around you, who is being particularly boisterous and what action you would like to take about it. I will meet up with you here once a month and see how your dos are fairing. I will also ask you both to help with the arranging of the upcoming Halloween feast, Christmas feast, Hogsmeade weekends, your leaving feast and any other things which you decide to hold. Quidditch matches are to be arranged by Professor Johnson. One more thing, I understand that you are both in Gryffindor, so I ask you not to be biased in any of your arrangements. I'm sure you wouldn't anyway, but just as a caution."
"Oh no I would never Professor." Lily said.
"Good now I will leave you both to have a little chat." The headmaster got up and left the two students alone.
Lily, who had scribbled every word the professor had had said, began talking.
"So let's see." She looked down her list. "What do you want to arrange first? How about the Hogsmeade weekends?" James shrugged; he wasn't to bothered- he could go to Hogsmeade whenever he felt like it. Lily glowered at him. It was obvious that he wasn't going to help much.
"Well I think we should have one just before Christmas, so everyone can buy gifts when they need them. Then we should have one around February and then finally one around may time? What do you think?" Lily asked.
"Sounds cool. What do you want to do about the Halloween feast?"
"I don't know? What do you think?"
"Well I think that Halloween is never celebrated enough. It's a holiday dedicated to our kind- Witches, wizards and everything associated with the magical world. And all we do is have a feast! Whoop de do!"
"Really?" Lily asked astonished.
"Really what?" James asked her.
"Do you really think that or are you just saying that?" Her voice was quiet as she met James' eyes with her own.
"Yeah I really think it! Would I say it if I didn't think it?" James could feel his anger rising.
"Well, I dunno, I just, well I've never seen you get all like this before- all patriotic and serious, as if you actually care about something which isn't a prank."
"Hey, I've got thoughts, smart ones. How else would I have gotten this position?"
"Dumbledore fancied a laugh? Or you put a spell on him or something?" James frowned- Maybe he didn't like Lily as much anymore.
"Yeah that's it, just because I know how to have a good time immediately means that I'm as thick as a dunder head? Is that it?"
"Well yeah, in classes you never put your hand up, you never hand in any homework, you and Sirius always land yourselves in detention. In fact the only thing you take seriously is Quidditch. And what good will that turn out to be in later life?"
James laughed at her.
"Yeah you think you're so smart don't you, miss I am always first to put my hand up, I never do anything wrong. If I saw you in detention I think I would faint. Evans let me ask you something. What position in the year did you get for your OWL's?" Lily looked proud.
"I got third in the entire year- that's out of at least 50 students." She smirked.
"Yeah well who do you think got first and second?" He was the one smirking now. She looked at him with concentration in her eyes.
"I don't know? Severus Snape and Lucius Malfoy perhaps?" James snorted.
"Those dorks? Really? Nope it was Sirius in second... yours truly in first." Lily's mouth dropped. "In fact if you knew half of the things we have accomplished here at Hogwarts then you would think twice about calling us dunder heads." He left Lily looking at him in anger.
He skipped along back to his dorm. It was the 28th day of the month after all, which meant he had an appointment with a werewolf.
Remus had been a werewolf all his life, and when his fellow Marauders found out about it, they took it upon themselves to find a way to help him. Unlike anyone else who had ever known, Remus' parents included, they did not feel ashamed or endangered by him, they felt sorry for him and they did the most miraculous thing they could for him. They became illegal Anigmagi for him. An anigmagus is a person who could turn into an animal at will. It was highly illegal to do this with out ministry permission. But they were the Marauders, the smartest boys in school. Why should they care?
Tonight they were going to explore the grounds a bit. Not that they hadn't many times over already. But this time they were going really deep into the forest, to see if they could get to the other side, they wanted to get into Hogsmeade via it. But so far they hadn't found a way. James scurried to his room where Peter and Sirius were waiting for him with his invisibility cloak.
Ah yes, his invisibility cloak. His pride and joy. One of the two most important items which made making mayhem in Hogwarts easy. He had inherited it from his father, who had inherited it from his father and so on. There was a long chain of Potter's who had inherited it in their past years. James was the most recent.
The other item was a map. It mirrored his and Sirius' excellence when they put their heads together. After one day of being caught by the caretaker, Professor Mcgonagall- head of Gryffindor house, and the head boy at the time, they decided they needed to know who was where and when. They also wanted a map of all the secret passages they had found because Peter wasn't as good at remembering them as James, Sirius and Remus were.
So they had made a map. It showed every passage leading into and out of Hogwarts. The best hiding places. Their favourite haunts. It had little moving dots going around it, showing every student, teacher and caretaker. It showed passwords to all four common rooms and how to get into various places. It was perfect. It had a password so nobody but themselves could get into it. And if anybody failed to use the correct words, they would get abuse from the map. The boys thought it was hilarious.
They had signed it with their names;
Moony (Remus)- Founder of the group and bringer of the unity. His condition as a werewolf made the boys become so close. They named him moony because on the full moon he changed form.
Wormtail (Peter)- The group's information gatherer. His anigmagus was a rat. He was small and often came in handy when they needed something found out. He could go unnoticed and was sly in eavesdropping methods.
Padfoot (Sirius)- The co-ringleader of the group. His anigmagus was a big black dog. He normally was the one to carry out the bulk of the prank; like applying the potion to Lily's hair to turn it green and so on.
Prongs (James)- The other co-ringleader of the group. He was a big white stag in anigmagus transformations. And he was normally the brains behind the pranks in operation, he made up the pranks.
Together they were the Marauders, makers of mischief, founders of fun, co- ordinators of corruption.
Mean while Lily still sat at the table in the head common room seething with anger. How dare Potter be like that! She mentally screamed as she picked up her things and proceeded to leave the common room. The halls were deserted, as they should have been, as Lily passed along quickly rushing to get back to her dorm.
It was strange to think that even though Potter and his gang didn't study (perhaps with the exception of Lupin) Black and Potter had still managed to get the two highest marks! It didn't seem fare. Lily had driven herself mad in preparation for the OWLs!
Lily sighed as she continued along. It didn't really matter anyway. She told herself. I did after all receive really good marks! Third in the year! That's not bad at all! But even as she thought it she didn't believe it, because once again Potter, the source of all her anger, hatred, and annoyance, had once again outdone her.