Marauder Mayhem
Disclaimer: Yeah, I obviously don't own any HP stuff. you all know that cuz you're not stupid, and even if ya are, it's okay! However, I do own Raven McKinnon and a few other made up characters along the way.
Random Thought #1: I must say I found this one of the most humorous paragraphs in Order of the Phoenix: "Harry looked over his shoulder yet again and saw, to his delight, that Snape has settled himself on the grass in the dense shadows of a clump of bushes. He was as deeply immersed in the O.W.L. paper as ever, WHICH LEFT HARRY FREE TO SIT DOWN ON THE GRASS BETWEEN THE BEECH AND THE BUSHES AND WATCH THE FOURSOME UNDER THE TREE." ~JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 28, page 644 (American Version)
Random Thought #2: Hehe. Want another one? I love Harry Potter innuendos! Oh, this is one of my favorites: "'Sometimes [the Room of Requirement] is there, and sometimes it is not, but when it appears, it is always equipped for the seeker's needs. Dobby has used it, sir,' said the elf, dropping his voice and looking guilty, 'when Winky has been very drunk.'"
A/N: LIKE THOSE INNUENDOS, TEE-HEE! I SWEAR, HARRY POTTER IS DOWNRIGHT PORNOGRAPHIC...THAT IS, IF IT'S OUT OF CONTEXT AND INTERPRETED FROM THE GUTTER! IF YOU LIKE THOSE, I'LL DO SOME MORE NEXT CHAPTER AND ON RENEGADE. I CANNOT BELIEVE I'VE REACHED THIRTY CHAPTERS! YAY!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU WHO READ AND REVIEW MY STORY, AND THANK YOU ALSO TO THOSE WHO READ BUT ARE A LITTLE TOO SHY TO REVIEW. I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE. HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS CHAPTER.
Chapter 30 - November 13th
Raven opened her eyes and gasped. Her room looked as though it was snowing flower petals. There were rose petals of all colors suspended in midair through her entire room, ceiling to floor, as thick as a heavy snow. Getting up from her bed, she smiled from ear to ear, the petals brushing gently against her body as she walked through them. She suddenly stopped as she saw a line of red rose buds leading up in a line to the celing. She followed them up to a collage of colorful roses floating a foot from the ceiling spelling, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RAVE." Raven quickly threw on her uniform and robe and headed for the door.
"Happy Birthday, Miss Raven!" said Lucy cheerfully as her portrait slid up.
"Thank you, Lu--" Raven stopped and let out a shriek of pleasure.
The common room was empty, but the utterly insane rose petal display didn't stop at her bedroom. There was a narrow trail leading out her door and through the common room to the portrait hole. Raven continued walking along the rose petal path in a daze. She crawled through the portrait hole and started to laugh as she saw the trail continuing down the stairs like bread crumbs, leading her through a maze. She passed several other students who were following the rose petals up the stairs, trying to find out where they began.
"Happy Birthday, Raven," said Justin, coming from the fourth floor corridor and winking at her.
Raven grabbed onto his arm for support. "Where is he?"
"Where's who?" Justin asked mystically. Raven shook her head.
When they came to the Great Hall, Raven paused. "Do I have to go in there?"
"Don't you wanna see where the trail leads you?" asked Justin, giving her a push into the Hall.
Everything went quiet. Raven closed her eyes for a moment and then started walking quickly to the end of the path, which led her to her seat between James and Sirius at the Gryffindor table. She sat down. Sirius glanced incuriously over his shoulder as she sat next to him. Apparently they were all trying to pretend they knew nothing about the rose petals that were suspended in midair just behind them.
"Oh, morning, Minx," he said, normally. "Why are you all red?"
Raven suddenly noticed that her face felt as though it were on fire. She linked her arm with his and leaned into him, whispering, "You're insane!"
He turned and smiled widely at her. "Happy Birthday."
Raven laughed. "Is it my birthday today? I completely forgot."
"It better be!" said Sirius. He put the back of his hand to her cheek. "You look a little warm."
"I am. How in the hell did you do all this?"
Sirius shrugged. "It was all of us. We just levitated the petals."
"All of you?" Raven stared at each of her friends. They were smiling and nodding at her. "You guys!..." she put her face in her hands as her eyes started to water, "thank you."
"It was Sirius' idea, though," said James. "He put a sleeping charm on your bed so we could get in there and stuff."
Raven looked lovingly over at Sirius as he was hastefully downing his cup of coffee. "You're drinking coffee?"
"Yeah, well I need it. I've been up all night levitating damned rose petals," he said, smiling at her.
"Aww," she said as she laid her head on his shoulder. She suddenly jumped up and tugged on his arm. "C'mon."
"What?"
She jerked her head towards the Great Hall entrance. Sirius got up and followed her.
"Where are they goin?" asked James, suspiciously.
"So when do we make Rave open her presents?" asked Lily excitedly.
"After supper, probably," Remus answered her.
"I can't believe you got her that, James! She's gonna kill you!" Lily rolled her eyes.
""We always do it that way, Lil. We all pitch in on a really good present, and then we get a whole bunch of gag gifts that are either really funny or really useless. We do it for everyone's birthday. Remember how Raven got Sirius all those t-shirts on his birthday?"
"Oh my God, those were hilarious!" remembered Remus.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Begin Flashback:
Lily, James, Peter, Remus, Raven, and Sirius sat in a circle on the floor of James' basement. Sirius was wearing a tiny plastic tiara with fake jewels on it and a mischievous grin. He picked up one of the bags sitting in front of him and read the note:
"'Just in case you ever run out of your own pick-up lines, or I punch you in the face and your teeth fall out, whereby you are not able to communicate pick-up lines verbally... Luv, Raven.'" Sirius looked at Raven dubiously and quickly untied the bow around the bag. He reached in and pulled out a black t-shirt, read what was printed on it, turned it over to read the back and started cracking up.
"What? Let me see," said James, grabbing the t-shirt and holding it up so everyone could see it. He read the printed words out loud: "'You are the most beautiful woman in the world...'" He turned the shirt over. "'Fancy a fuck?'"
The circle roared with laughter.
Sirius felt the bag. "Oh shit, there's more. I don't know if I can take it." He pulled out the next black t-shirt and held it up for all to see.
Remus read the shirt: "'Free breath-a-lizer test. Blow here.'" There was an arrow pointing down the shirt to the end. "Oh my God, Raven!"
"What? I didn't make it!" she justified, shrugging her shoulders.
Sirius laughed and threw it over his head.
"There's one more," said Raven.
"Goodie!" said Sirius, reaching quickly into the bag. The next t-shirt was white and Sirius read it aloud as he showed it to the rest of the group: "'Chick Magnet.' Well, that one's not too bad," he teased.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~End Flashback.
Raven led Sirius down the hall into one of the independent study rooms of the library. She pushed him firmly but gently against the wall as soon as the door swung closed and attacked him with kisses.
"I feel bad! I didn't do anything this huge for your birthday!"
"Ha!" exclaimed Sirius. "First of all, we weren't going out, so you didn't have to. Secondly, yes you did! You got me a frickin flying motorbike!"
"It was nothing. It was Josh's old one. All we did was give him 50 bucks and charm it to fly, and everyone pitched in!"
"And what about the autographed Smashing Pumpkins CD's?" countered Sirius.
Raven waved her hand in the air dissmissively. "Oh please, I've known Billy since forever and I knew they were your favorite."
"It's okay, I have connections, too," said Sirius, evasively.
"What does that mean?"
"You'll see," said Sirius.
Before Raven could try and get it out of him, his lips were on hers. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she pulled him closer. There was suddenly a knock at the door and the two of them jumped apart.
"What?" Sirius swiftly whipped open the door. The Headmaster was looking at him through his half-moon glasses with raised brows. Sirius forced a smile and an amiable attitude. "Hello, Professor Dumbledore."
Dumbledore looked past Sirius to Raven and nodded his head. "I understand it's your birthday today, Ms. McKinnon. I hope you didn't find your rose path too overwhelming."
"Oh, I did. I was just in the middle of giving Sirius my thanks," she smiled back innocently.
"Yes." Dumbledore tried to hide his smirk. "Classes are beginning if the two of you were planning to attend this morning." He smiled again at Raven and then continued to amble jauntily down the hall.
"Jesus, Minx, did you have to make it that obvious?" said Sirius, nudging Raven playfully in the ribs.
"I think he knew what we were doing in here, Padfoot. I gotta go get my books; I'll meet you in class," said Raven, starting to head for the stairs.
"I'll come with you," said Sirius, catching up to her. He reached for her hand and held it so he wouldn't lose her in the trail of roses.
A/N: WHAT DO YOU THINK? TOO MUSHY? JUST WAIT, IT GETS WORSE, LOL. I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WRITING THE NEXT CHAPTER BECAUSE THINGS HAPPEN THAT I'M NOT TOO COMFORTABLE DESCRIBING IF I'M NOT BEING TOO SUBTLE. BUT I HAVE IT STARTED ALREADY, IT SHOULD BE UP THIS WEEKEND. HOPE YOU LIKED THIS CHAPTER, PLEASE REVIEW!
Disclaimer: Yeah, I obviously don't own any HP stuff. you all know that cuz you're not stupid, and even if ya are, it's okay! However, I do own Raven McKinnon and a few other made up characters along the way.
Random Thought #1: I must say I found this one of the most humorous paragraphs in Order of the Phoenix: "Harry looked over his shoulder yet again and saw, to his delight, that Snape has settled himself on the grass in the dense shadows of a clump of bushes. He was as deeply immersed in the O.W.L. paper as ever, WHICH LEFT HARRY FREE TO SIT DOWN ON THE GRASS BETWEEN THE BEECH AND THE BUSHES AND WATCH THE FOURSOME UNDER THE TREE." ~JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 28, page 644 (American Version)
Random Thought #2: Hehe. Want another one? I love Harry Potter innuendos! Oh, this is one of my favorites: "'Sometimes [the Room of Requirement] is there, and sometimes it is not, but when it appears, it is always equipped for the seeker's needs. Dobby has used it, sir,' said the elf, dropping his voice and looking guilty, 'when Winky has been very drunk.'"
A/N: LIKE THOSE INNUENDOS, TEE-HEE! I SWEAR, HARRY POTTER IS DOWNRIGHT PORNOGRAPHIC...THAT IS, IF IT'S OUT OF CONTEXT AND INTERPRETED FROM THE GUTTER! IF YOU LIKE THOSE, I'LL DO SOME MORE NEXT CHAPTER AND ON RENEGADE. I CANNOT BELIEVE I'VE REACHED THIRTY CHAPTERS! YAY!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU WHO READ AND REVIEW MY STORY, AND THANK YOU ALSO TO THOSE WHO READ BUT ARE A LITTLE TOO SHY TO REVIEW. I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE. HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS CHAPTER.
Chapter 30 - November 13th
Raven opened her eyes and gasped. Her room looked as though it was snowing flower petals. There were rose petals of all colors suspended in midair through her entire room, ceiling to floor, as thick as a heavy snow. Getting up from her bed, she smiled from ear to ear, the petals brushing gently against her body as she walked through them. She suddenly stopped as she saw a line of red rose buds leading up in a line to the celing. She followed them up to a collage of colorful roses floating a foot from the ceiling spelling, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RAVE." Raven quickly threw on her uniform and robe and headed for the door.
"Happy Birthday, Miss Raven!" said Lucy cheerfully as her portrait slid up.
"Thank you, Lu--" Raven stopped and let out a shriek of pleasure.
The common room was empty, but the utterly insane rose petal display didn't stop at her bedroom. There was a narrow trail leading out her door and through the common room to the portrait hole. Raven continued walking along the rose petal path in a daze. She crawled through the portrait hole and started to laugh as she saw the trail continuing down the stairs like bread crumbs, leading her through a maze. She passed several other students who were following the rose petals up the stairs, trying to find out where they began.
"Happy Birthday, Raven," said Justin, coming from the fourth floor corridor and winking at her.
Raven grabbed onto his arm for support. "Where is he?"
"Where's who?" Justin asked mystically. Raven shook her head.
When they came to the Great Hall, Raven paused. "Do I have to go in there?"
"Don't you wanna see where the trail leads you?" asked Justin, giving her a push into the Hall.
Everything went quiet. Raven closed her eyes for a moment and then started walking quickly to the end of the path, which led her to her seat between James and Sirius at the Gryffindor table. She sat down. Sirius glanced incuriously over his shoulder as she sat next to him. Apparently they were all trying to pretend they knew nothing about the rose petals that were suspended in midair just behind them.
"Oh, morning, Minx," he said, normally. "Why are you all red?"
Raven suddenly noticed that her face felt as though it were on fire. She linked her arm with his and leaned into him, whispering, "You're insane!"
He turned and smiled widely at her. "Happy Birthday."
Raven laughed. "Is it my birthday today? I completely forgot."
"It better be!" said Sirius. He put the back of his hand to her cheek. "You look a little warm."
"I am. How in the hell did you do all this?"
Sirius shrugged. "It was all of us. We just levitated the petals."
"All of you?" Raven stared at each of her friends. They were smiling and nodding at her. "You guys!..." she put her face in her hands as her eyes started to water, "thank you."
"It was Sirius' idea, though," said James. "He put a sleeping charm on your bed so we could get in there and stuff."
Raven looked lovingly over at Sirius as he was hastefully downing his cup of coffee. "You're drinking coffee?"
"Yeah, well I need it. I've been up all night levitating damned rose petals," he said, smiling at her.
"Aww," she said as she laid her head on his shoulder. She suddenly jumped up and tugged on his arm. "C'mon."
"What?"
She jerked her head towards the Great Hall entrance. Sirius got up and followed her.
"Where are they goin?" asked James, suspiciously.
"So when do we make Rave open her presents?" asked Lily excitedly.
"After supper, probably," Remus answered her.
"I can't believe you got her that, James! She's gonna kill you!" Lily rolled her eyes.
""We always do it that way, Lil. We all pitch in on a really good present, and then we get a whole bunch of gag gifts that are either really funny or really useless. We do it for everyone's birthday. Remember how Raven got Sirius all those t-shirts on his birthday?"
"Oh my God, those were hilarious!" remembered Remus.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Begin Flashback:
Lily, James, Peter, Remus, Raven, and Sirius sat in a circle on the floor of James' basement. Sirius was wearing a tiny plastic tiara with fake jewels on it and a mischievous grin. He picked up one of the bags sitting in front of him and read the note:
"'Just in case you ever run out of your own pick-up lines, or I punch you in the face and your teeth fall out, whereby you are not able to communicate pick-up lines verbally... Luv, Raven.'" Sirius looked at Raven dubiously and quickly untied the bow around the bag. He reached in and pulled out a black t-shirt, read what was printed on it, turned it over to read the back and started cracking up.
"What? Let me see," said James, grabbing the t-shirt and holding it up so everyone could see it. He read the printed words out loud: "'You are the most beautiful woman in the world...'" He turned the shirt over. "'Fancy a fuck?'"
The circle roared with laughter.
Sirius felt the bag. "Oh shit, there's more. I don't know if I can take it." He pulled out the next black t-shirt and held it up for all to see.
Remus read the shirt: "'Free breath-a-lizer test. Blow here.'" There was an arrow pointing down the shirt to the end. "Oh my God, Raven!"
"What? I didn't make it!" she justified, shrugging her shoulders.
Sirius laughed and threw it over his head.
"There's one more," said Raven.
"Goodie!" said Sirius, reaching quickly into the bag. The next t-shirt was white and Sirius read it aloud as he showed it to the rest of the group: "'Chick Magnet.' Well, that one's not too bad," he teased.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~End Flashback.
Raven led Sirius down the hall into one of the independent study rooms of the library. She pushed him firmly but gently against the wall as soon as the door swung closed and attacked him with kisses.
"I feel bad! I didn't do anything this huge for your birthday!"
"Ha!" exclaimed Sirius. "First of all, we weren't going out, so you didn't have to. Secondly, yes you did! You got me a frickin flying motorbike!"
"It was nothing. It was Josh's old one. All we did was give him 50 bucks and charm it to fly, and everyone pitched in!"
"And what about the autographed Smashing Pumpkins CD's?" countered Sirius.
Raven waved her hand in the air dissmissively. "Oh please, I've known Billy since forever and I knew they were your favorite."
"It's okay, I have connections, too," said Sirius, evasively.
"What does that mean?"
"You'll see," said Sirius.
Before Raven could try and get it out of him, his lips were on hers. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she pulled him closer. There was suddenly a knock at the door and the two of them jumped apart.
"What?" Sirius swiftly whipped open the door. The Headmaster was looking at him through his half-moon glasses with raised brows. Sirius forced a smile and an amiable attitude. "Hello, Professor Dumbledore."
Dumbledore looked past Sirius to Raven and nodded his head. "I understand it's your birthday today, Ms. McKinnon. I hope you didn't find your rose path too overwhelming."
"Oh, I did. I was just in the middle of giving Sirius my thanks," she smiled back innocently.
"Yes." Dumbledore tried to hide his smirk. "Classes are beginning if the two of you were planning to attend this morning." He smiled again at Raven and then continued to amble jauntily down the hall.
"Jesus, Minx, did you have to make it that obvious?" said Sirius, nudging Raven playfully in the ribs.
"I think he knew what we were doing in here, Padfoot. I gotta go get my books; I'll meet you in class," said Raven, starting to head for the stairs.
"I'll come with you," said Sirius, catching up to her. He reached for her hand and held it so he wouldn't lose her in the trail of roses.
A/N: WHAT DO YOU THINK? TOO MUSHY? JUST WAIT, IT GETS WORSE, LOL. I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WRITING THE NEXT CHAPTER BECAUSE THINGS HAPPEN THAT I'M NOT TOO COMFORTABLE DESCRIBING IF I'M NOT BEING TOO SUBTLE. BUT I HAVE IT STARTED ALREADY, IT SHOULD BE UP THIS WEEKEND. HOPE YOU LIKED THIS CHAPTER, PLEASE REVIEW!