Marauder History Grade 6-7
by: m-4-macy
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Chapter 3: Peter the Rat Spy
Peter climbed up staircase after staircase. Staircase after staircase. What was he supposed to do again? He racked his brain for the answer. Oh, yeah... He was supposed to spy on Evans'. Ugh. When will he ever learn to say no?
He stopped walking. Er... what was he doing in the Astronomy Tower? Quickly, he ran back down before anyone saw that he had gone there. He stopped running to realize that he had gone into a stall in the boy's bathroom on the 7th floor.
He peeked out. No sign of eyes watching. He sighed in relief and started to make his way out of the CR. FREEZE!, his brain commanded. You're in a CR with no one present. This is a perfect place to transform, you dimwit!
He turned back opened the stall again and locked the door. Ok. Must concentrate... Slowly, his human body changed. Instead of a short, mousy-haired boy, a small fat and black rat was in the spot where he last stood. A very fat rat, mind you.
He looked up. Oops... He left the door locked. Oh, well. He didn't feel like transforming back. It always gave him the creeps that someone might catch him. That someone would find out that he had become an illegal Animagus.
As fast as light, he ran out the stall, out the bathroom and in front of a painting of a fat lady in a pink silk dress. Oh dear... He had completely forgotten. How can he get in without someone saying the fucking password?!
Fortunately for him, a Gryffindor student, a 1st year boy, came to his rescue. "Pixie Dust.", he said. The portrait swung open and Peter quickly darted past the boy, who didn't even see him.
Then another problem hit him. Would he be able to get up the girls' dormitory? He had a feeling the staircase would become a slide even though he was in rat form.
He seemed to be having a dance with Lady Luck because Lily, her red hair totally messed up, climbed down the staircase. With her were two of her dorm mates: Claire Reynaldi and Liane.
Claire, a petite blonde with dark eyes, looked like a cute little puppy who was currently very very very sleepy. Her two long ponytails covered her face as she tumbled down.
Liane seemed to be the only one who was truly awake. She walked down, shoulder-length black hair bobbing up and down as she moved and her dark-brown eyes worried. Somehow, she always gave the impression that her every move was an exercise for gymnastics.
The three slumped onto a couch.
"Ugh. Liane! Why'd you have to wake us up so early?", Lily asked, annoyed.
"And why in the common room?", Claire asked sleepily.
"I have something to say. And Sara's in the dorm.", Liane explained tiredly.
"Point being?", Claire asked.
"You know I hate it when she puts on that 'I-knew-it' or her 'You-should-have-thought-of-it-first' face!", Liane replied, scowling at the very thought of Sara's almighty looks.
"So, what were you going to tell us?", Lily asked, wanting to finish the conversation as fast as possible so she could go back to sleep. Ah, peaceful slumber! Why did you have to interrupted?
"I just woke up and it hit me! Wood will get so pissed when he finds out that I sent his star Chaser to the Hospital Wing. Knowing how much Wood cares for that prick, he could even kick me out of the team!", Liane answered, her greatest fear finally told.
"Ok...", Lily nodded in understanding.
"There's no use telling Wood that I didn't do it. He'd know because I did it in front of lots of witnesses. The only way to prevent Wood front suspending or maybe expelling me is to have Potter say that it was his fault. He deserved it. It's ok. He's recovering quickly. And all that nonsense stuff."
"Oh, sure. Potter will definitely agree. Especially since you broke his arm and leg.", Lily said sarcastically, "You actually expect that he will say that?"
"Well, nooo... That is- unless I do something in return. And there's only one thing I could offe- I mean... we could offer that he will agree to. And that is for you to-"
"NO WAY, LIANE!!! NEVER!", Lily cried, backing away from her friend as she realized what Liane was about to say.
"Please, Lily. PLEASE! You're the only hope I have. I've tried so hard to get in the team!!! I don't wanna get kicked out of it! It's the most important thing in my whole life, Lily. Please don't let them take it away from me. PLEASE!", Liane begged on her knees.
"I'm sorry, Liane. I'd really like to help you. Really. But this way is just... just... not takeable.", Lily said, still backing away.
"Please, Lily!", Liane cried, hanging on to her friend's left leg, "Come on, Lily! Please. I'll even clean up your bed and prepare your stuff in the morning for classes! I'll prepare the bathtub for you. I'll give you 50% percent of my allowance. I'll follow your every whim, Lily. Just please do it. Please?"
Lily looked at her friend. "Claire! Help me!" "W-what?", Claire asked, obviously having just been awakened by Lily's call.
"Help me!"
"Lily!!!", Liane cried.
Lily pulled her leg out of Liane's grasp and ran up to their dormitory. Liane followed her, still pleading. Claire stared after them, muttering something that sounded like, "What game was that?" before falling asleep on the couch again.
Peter stayed rooted to the spot, his mind trying to digest the meaning of the conversation he had just heard. When he finally understood the meaning, he started moving back towards the portrait to tell James of the news he'd picked up. Suddenly, he heard Claire stirring out of her sleep. He looked back. Claire stood and was just about to go up the stairs when she met Peter's gaze. Her face turned blue. Her eyes widened in fear.
"AHHHH!!!! RAT!", she screamed grabbing a book that someone had left on a nearby table and throwing it at Peter.
She ran up to the girls dorm as if her life depended on it, leaving an unconscious rat on the floor.
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A/N: Thanks soooooo much for all the reviews, guys! = I'm so glad most of you like my story!!! YAYZ!!! = Demensha, thanks 4 the ideas. I especially lyk the 1 about Wormtail 'getting the wrong end of the stick and James flips out'. I'll stitch it in the story later on! = Luthein, I think the strawberries helped! = And it was really yummy... specially with condensed milk! YUM! *starts getting dreamy* And to LMTran and Artificial Innocence, thanks so much for telling me of the howling thing... I didn't even notice there were so many! (= i forgot to re-check the chappies) So now I'm extending vocabulary! = YAY! = And also to every1 I'm so sorry! I'm just a naturally confusing person. See, in Chap2, I re-edited it so many times, that I didn't even notice that I forgot to add who Mae was. Haha! =P Well, anywayz. Mae is this (part Chinese, Spanish, British) girl who's in Lily's circle of close friends. And as 4 James getting so... well... damaged, it's 'cuz after dinner, he sees Lily and her friends in common room. And then he approaches and says 'Hi' and Liane gets so mad at the sight of him (she's a naturally aggressive person) she makes him zoom around the classroom (with magic, of course). And then Liane also tells him not to transfigure Lily's dates anymore and he says the they deserved it and that makes Lily mad, so she punches him. That was supposed to be Chap2 but I just couldn't write it right. Hehe... =P See? I really do need ideas!!! Pls. give some! As well as reviews. Please! And the Wood Liane's talking about is actually Oliver Wood's dad's younger brother. He's just as *sigh* handsome AND as into Quidditch as his nephew. *sigh* Well, that's it! = Reviews & ideas pls.!!!! = & thnx soo much 4 reading! =
P.S. LMTran thanks 4 the advice. I'm adding more details now! = I hope you'll continue to like my story and that goes for everyone else too! =
