THE MARAUDERS
#3
(*)Big Red Gum (*)
~~~~~~ Try it, I dare you ~J.P. ~~~~~~
James may have been a pureblood, but he was no stranger to the Muggle world.
It was not so un-often that he would bring little interesting things from the Muggle side of
London to show off and show to his friends.
As such, today was just one of those days.
"You see? It's gum."
"Just gum?"
"Well Big Red Gum."
"So it doesn't do anything?" Sirius asked.
"Well, no," James said. "You see, that's the thing about Muggle things. They don't do anything weird, they don't make you throw-up, or bite you when you bite them."
"Then what's the point?" Peter asked, looking warily at the red packet in James palm.
"Don't you ever get tired of not knowing what's going to happen when you eat something?" James asked.
His friends gave him a strange look and he smiled. "Ok, me either. But, you chew it and it tastes good!"
With that said, James handed a piece of gum to each of them.
"It is good." Sirius said.
"It's hot." Remus said.
James grinned. "But it 'can' do something."
They frowned. "I thought, you said it didn't do anything." Sirius said.
"I know what I said." James admitted. "But you need to take in all the factors, everything magic or not, CAN do something."
Remus crossed his arms. "You are a hypocrite."
"I am, aren't I? Anyway, you take the wrapper,"
James took the wrapper from his gum and placed it in his hand, the others did too.
They had to hold onto them slightly because the wind was picking up.
The 'Marauders' had decided to make a big tree by the lake, their meeting place. It was where they always seemed to end up anyway.
"Now what?" Sirius asked, looked at the silver wrapper.
"You lick it." James said and brought his tongue across the silver paper.
"Why?" Remus asked, he was the dignified one, remember?
"Just do it, trust me." James smirked and waited for them all to lick their wrappers.
With that done:
"And do this!" James slapped the silver wrapper, silver side up (since they licked the 'other' 'flavored' side of the wrapper). His saliva held the wrapper to his forehead.
"That is so gross!" Sirius said, staring at his best friend.
"You're insane." Remus said.
"Come on!" James insisted. "It's not going to work if you don't to it."
"What happens?" Peter asked.
"Just do it!" James said, he attacked Sirius and got the silver wrapper on his forehead.
"Geezus." Sirius grumbled and got himself up off the ground.
Now both Sirius and James had the sliver wrappers attached to their foreheads.
"Your turn!" They chimed and moved towards Remus and Peter, Peter immediately stuck the wrapper to his head.
Remus sighed and realizing if he didn't do it himself, someone else would, he followed suit.
"Now what?" They asked and looked at James.
James turned his face to the sun. "We wait."
They waited
And waited
And waited a bit more.
Then. Their foreheads heated up.
A searing heat prickled the skin of their foreheads and it burned.
"I think my brain's melting." Sirius said.
True enough.
"The first person to take the wrapper off loses!" James challenged.
It was burning.
"This is so stupid." Someone muttered.
They stood out there for a long time. it burned and scorched and some of them had to run around in circles to keep themselves from taking off the wrapper (cough coughJamescoughhiccup).
It burned like hot sauce, only on the taste buds of your head. People walked by and gave them looks, others stared, Lily Evans and her friends had walked by and James had almost lost because he was going to take off the wrapper and not look like a complete idiot, but Sirius held his hands.
When they finally got the stupid silver gum wrappers off their heads, they went back to school with big red squares in the middle of their foreheads. the squares didn't come off for weeks.
***)()(*)*)******
P.S.:: AGAIN! I dare you to try it!! ~IT WORKS~ *sadistic grin* ~JP
~~~~~~ Try it, I dare you ~J.P. ~~~~~~
James may have been a pureblood, but he was no stranger to the Muggle world.
It was not so un-often that he would bring little interesting things from the Muggle side of
London to show off and show to his friends.
As such, today was just one of those days.
"You see? It's gum."
"Just gum?"
"Well Big Red Gum."
"So it doesn't do anything?" Sirius asked.
"Well, no," James said. "You see, that's the thing about Muggle things. They don't do anything weird, they don't make you throw-up, or bite you when you bite them."
"Then what's the point?" Peter asked, looking warily at the red packet in James palm.
"Don't you ever get tired of not knowing what's going to happen when you eat something?" James asked.
His friends gave him a strange look and he smiled. "Ok, me either. But, you chew it and it tastes good!"
With that said, James handed a piece of gum to each of them.
"It is good." Sirius said.
"It's hot." Remus said.
James grinned. "But it 'can' do something."
They frowned. "I thought, you said it didn't do anything." Sirius said.
"I know what I said." James admitted. "But you need to take in all the factors, everything magic or not, CAN do something."
Remus crossed his arms. "You are a hypocrite."
"I am, aren't I? Anyway, you take the wrapper,"
James took the wrapper from his gum and placed it in his hand, the others did too.
They had to hold onto them slightly because the wind was picking up.
The 'Marauders' had decided to make a big tree by the lake, their meeting place. It was where they always seemed to end up anyway.
"Now what?" Sirius asked, looked at the silver wrapper.
"You lick it." James said and brought his tongue across the silver paper.
"Why?" Remus asked, he was the dignified one, remember?
"Just do it, trust me." James smirked and waited for them all to lick their wrappers.
With that done:
"And do this!" James slapped the silver wrapper, silver side up (since they licked the 'other' 'flavored' side of the wrapper). His saliva held the wrapper to his forehead.
"That is so gross!" Sirius said, staring at his best friend.
"You're insane." Remus said.
"Come on!" James insisted. "It's not going to work if you don't to it."
"What happens?" Peter asked.
"Just do it!" James said, he attacked Sirius and got the silver wrapper on his forehead.
"Geezus." Sirius grumbled and got himself up off the ground.
Now both Sirius and James had the sliver wrappers attached to their foreheads.
"Your turn!" They chimed and moved towards Remus and Peter, Peter immediately stuck the wrapper to his head.
Remus sighed and realizing if he didn't do it himself, someone else would, he followed suit.
"Now what?" They asked and looked at James.
James turned his face to the sun. "We wait."
They waited
And waited
And waited a bit more.
Then. Their foreheads heated up.
A searing heat prickled the skin of their foreheads and it burned.
"I think my brain's melting." Sirius said.
True enough.
"The first person to take the wrapper off loses!" James challenged.
It was burning.
"This is so stupid." Someone muttered.
They stood out there for a long time. it burned and scorched and some of them had to run around in circles to keep themselves from taking off the wrapper (cough coughJamescoughhiccup).
It burned like hot sauce, only on the taste buds of your head. People walked by and gave them looks, others stared, Lily Evans and her friends had walked by and James had almost lost because he was going to take off the wrapper and not look like a complete idiot, but Sirius held his hands.
When they finally got the stupid silver gum wrappers off their heads, they went back to school with big red squares in the middle of their foreheads. the squares didn't come off for weeks.
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P.S.:: AGAIN! I dare you to try it!! ~IT WORKS~ *sadistic grin* ~JP