AN: Does anyone actually read the author's note? Hello? Is anyone there?
Are you even listening to me? You know you could miss something really
important by not reading these...like we could have bought the copyrights
to Harry Potter and you would never know it!
..............................................................Yeah, yeah I
know we would never have enough money in a million years to pay for Harry
Potter.....So maybe these author note's aren't that important
anyway....drat!
CHAPTER SIX: HALLOWEEN
It was weeks after Binns had died, and Halloween was closing in quickly. The students had gotten a breather from their teachers, and quickly, the school was riotous in the spirit of Halloween. Their happiness was only dampened by the occasional ministry member disappearing, and even a few reappearances. One member, from the department of Muggle Artifacts, was found murdered, with a strange sign drifting in the sky above him. Another had simply turned up again; perfectly cool and confident despite the fact they were missing for three months.
For the marauders, life was good. Sirius was his suave, humorous self, Remus was quiet and helpful, and Peter was even showing a slight improvement in grades, even though the other marauders saw him less and less. He seemed to be drifting away, even though the three others were all he truly had. James had been himself, basically. He seemed more subdued when talking about his Quidditch victories, and he even stopped messing his hair up- a little.
Lily still had good grades, Alice was still dating Frank, and Marlene and Dorcas were talking more and more with the redhead and brunette. Peeves was still annoying, Binns was still dead, Lott was still aloof and strict, and Dumbledore was still wise. Despite all this, something seemed different. One couldn't tell by looking at Hogwarts, but the very air was more laden than it had been before. People were still missing, and the ministry was getting increasingly tense. All wizards and witches were absorbing their quiet time, when the mystery behind the ministry was still vague and unreal and not touching them.
In fact, it was rather like the quiet before the storm.
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The Halloween feast was that night, and the exuberance was peaking to a climatic ending. News had gone around Hogwarts that Lott was starting a Dueling Club, and soon half the school was enlisted.
Sirius was in his element. The peace and quiet had done him good. One day Peeves had found pumpkins floating around the corridors and singing "Double Double, Toil and Trouble." Of course, they were soon enchanted to sing "Rubble Rubble, Boils and Grubble." No one knew what it meant, but every time they started singing Peeves would cackle evilly.
Sirius would not let Peeves get the best of his reputation. One day Sirius Black went out behind Hagrids cabin and found a giant pumpkin. He gorged it out, and created a huge pile of seeds. He challenged Peeves to a seed- throwing contest.
"HA! I got it!" cried Sirius triumphantly as he hit Snape from across the hall. It was the feast, and the marauders were splurging on their precious seeds. James glanced down the table and saw Lily laughing at a joke Marlene and Dorcas were telling. He aimed carefully, and hit her square in the forehead. He shoved his seeds over to Remus. Whistling innocently, he watched Lily out of the corner of her eye as she rubbed her forehead and glared down the table for the culprit. She saw the marauders pelting the other students, their faces impish and laughing. Her mouth twitched into a smile when she noticed Remus looking confusedly at a pile of seeds, and James whistling and glancing down at her.
She turned away before he could catch her smile. She pretended to laugh again as Marlene and Dorcas continued rambling on. Alice noticed this and raised an eyebrow at Lily, but she simply smiled vaguely. Frank squeezed her hand and pointed to Peeves, who was now setting up for Lily. She rolled her eyes. James saw Peeves and shot a seed at him. He dropped his as it went whizzing by, and it landed on Dumbledore's head.
"I see the students are amusing themselves quite well, what do you think?" asked Dumbledore to McGonogal.
Minerva and Laura were sitting with ramrod backs, glaring stonily at the troublemakers.
"Shouldn't we stop them!" said Laura indignantly.
"I believe it would be good for them, if they laughed."
"They laugh enough Albus." Said Minerva sharply, and she stood up menacingly. The hall went silent as they heard her chair scrape against the floor. Sirius stopped a seed too late, and it hit McGonogal on the forehead. She blinked, and looked at the seed floating in her drink. Her mouth started twitching, and she sat down quickly. Everyone laughed in relief. Lott stood up.
"Students! Calm yourselves!" she shouted over the sudden increase in noise. "I have a few words to say about the dueling club."
Once again, everyone was silent.
"Our first meeting shall be tomorrow at half past seven. Those who have signed up, be prepared. I would suggest checking up on your defensive spells. Now, I can hear Dumbledore's stomach, and I think it best if we let him start the feast."
The students laughed, and Dumbledore smiled benevolently.
"Thank you, Lott. I cannot deny that I am rather hungry. Everywhere I go in this castle has the smell of pumpkin! I would suggest stopping for the night, boys." The marauders smiled cheerfully and stashed the seeds away in a small sack. "Now, I do believe it is time to eat!" The tables filled to bursting with food instantly.
Students and teachers alike filled up on the delicious spread as the sky darkened above them. Candles lit, and the feast continued. Near nine, the professors called a halt to the feast and everyone wandered back to their common rooms, full to the brim.
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Lott examined the student's disarming charms critically, running her own thoughts through her head as they battled it out betwixt each other. "Others have gone missing. The departments losing people are bigger, more important now. He is growing stronger. He is gathering more followers. The Ministry cannot hide it much longer."
James watched Lott curiously. She was leaning against the stone wall, barely glancing over her numerous charges. Students were starting to disarm others besides their partners, and pandemonium occurred. Lott jolted out of her thoughts and quickly stopped them. Conjuring up pillows, she showed them how to block attacks. All was quiet again.
Sirius and Remus were enjoying themselves immensely. They took to the spells like fish to water, and enjoyed watching the "Slimy Slytherins" fall. James had been paired up with Snape, unfortunately, and the two were throwing all sorts of curses at each other. James neatly blocked many, and Snape was soon breathing heavily. He did not have Quidditch to keep him in shape like Potter.
"Ha ha! Take that, you dog!" shouted Remus to Sirius, whom he had just petrified. Sighing as he lay there looking slightly surprised, he took off the charm.
"Thought you were going to leave me like that for a second." Said Black a few minutes later, recovered.
"No. You would have killed me."
"That's logic for you." Sirius swept some hair out of his eyes and watched James fight with Severus. He was bellowing jinxes at him, and Snape was jumping around them and letting his own, nastier curses fly. Lily watched them nervously, and Alice hit her with the disarming charm. She flew back and kept watching them.
"Oh Lily! I'm so sorry! I didn't think it would be that powerful!"
Lily shook her head.
"I'm fine. You just haven't gotten a taste of my own wand!"
Lott watched Snape and Potter admiringly, seeing talent in both of them.
Not him. Too loyal. The Slytherin . . .
Finally, James froze and fell to the ground. Snape laughed cruelly from above, but was hit in the face with a curse when James jumped up.
"THERE!" he yelled, and stood breathing heavily. Sirius clapped him on the shoulder, and James grinned.
"Good work, Potter." Said Lott, nodding approvingly. "Twenty points to Gryffindor. I never thought someone would best Snape." James grinned even more.
"Great, now he has something else to inflate his head." Muttered Lily as she froze Alice. James heard the comment, and instead of transfiguring Snape into Frank's mother, he lifted the curse. Snape stood up shakily, glaring at James.
"Well, why didn't you curse me while I was down Potter? Losing your touch? Are you afraid?"
James stood silent.
"I see. It was the mudblood, wasn't it?" Potter gripped his wand tightly, his teeth grinding against each other.
"Of course it was. It's always that bit of filth, stopping you from doing what you want to do. Why don't you curse me Potter? Go ahead, I'm not stopping you."
Snape sneered and held his arms out, his robes dangling too short. James still hesitated.
"Well Potter? Hex me into oblivion. I will LET you. Yank off my robes, throw something at me, mock me. Or do you want the mudblood to like you?"
James was turning red with anger, and a haze covered his eyes. His hand was trembling from holding his wand so tightly. He started to raise his wand-
Snape whipped his out and shot a curse at James. He flew back and hit the wall beside Lott. She looked down at him, and didn't do a thing.
"Well Potter?" she said.
He stood back up, his nose bleeding. He saw Lily, biting her lip so hard it was colorless. Frank had frozen from helping Alice up, and Sirius had his eyes open wide and was mouthing "get him." Remus was holding his own wand up, ready to come between them. He touched the blood on his face, and laughed.
"You know, Snape." He said, shaking his head. "It's not worth it. You are not worth it."
With that, he pocketed his wand and left them in shock.
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Morph- Cool! Now when you get Guava Hogwarts finished the guava nancers will be recieveing one of those nifty owl acceptance letters won't we? *Sends another truck load of guavas over to morph's house*
The Lost Guava- Hmm...I don't think it ever really says in the books how he died.
krw313- Hehe sorry about the cliff hangers.
Erin- Thank you. This was a fun chapter guessing what might have happened to Binns and Aberforth.
Dreamzer- Monty Python!! That movie is so funny! Guava's for the Monty Python fans everywhere!
GNA Sis- Soon your reviews will be longer than the chapters! hahaha
Reviews please!!
CHAPTER SIX: HALLOWEEN
It was weeks after Binns had died, and Halloween was closing in quickly. The students had gotten a breather from their teachers, and quickly, the school was riotous in the spirit of Halloween. Their happiness was only dampened by the occasional ministry member disappearing, and even a few reappearances. One member, from the department of Muggle Artifacts, was found murdered, with a strange sign drifting in the sky above him. Another had simply turned up again; perfectly cool and confident despite the fact they were missing for three months.
For the marauders, life was good. Sirius was his suave, humorous self, Remus was quiet and helpful, and Peter was even showing a slight improvement in grades, even though the other marauders saw him less and less. He seemed to be drifting away, even though the three others were all he truly had. James had been himself, basically. He seemed more subdued when talking about his Quidditch victories, and he even stopped messing his hair up- a little.
Lily still had good grades, Alice was still dating Frank, and Marlene and Dorcas were talking more and more with the redhead and brunette. Peeves was still annoying, Binns was still dead, Lott was still aloof and strict, and Dumbledore was still wise. Despite all this, something seemed different. One couldn't tell by looking at Hogwarts, but the very air was more laden than it had been before. People were still missing, and the ministry was getting increasingly tense. All wizards and witches were absorbing their quiet time, when the mystery behind the ministry was still vague and unreal and not touching them.
In fact, it was rather like the quiet before the storm.
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The Halloween feast was that night, and the exuberance was peaking to a climatic ending. News had gone around Hogwarts that Lott was starting a Dueling Club, and soon half the school was enlisted.
Sirius was in his element. The peace and quiet had done him good. One day Peeves had found pumpkins floating around the corridors and singing "Double Double, Toil and Trouble." Of course, they were soon enchanted to sing "Rubble Rubble, Boils and Grubble." No one knew what it meant, but every time they started singing Peeves would cackle evilly.
Sirius would not let Peeves get the best of his reputation. One day Sirius Black went out behind Hagrids cabin and found a giant pumpkin. He gorged it out, and created a huge pile of seeds. He challenged Peeves to a seed- throwing contest.
"HA! I got it!" cried Sirius triumphantly as he hit Snape from across the hall. It was the feast, and the marauders were splurging on their precious seeds. James glanced down the table and saw Lily laughing at a joke Marlene and Dorcas were telling. He aimed carefully, and hit her square in the forehead. He shoved his seeds over to Remus. Whistling innocently, he watched Lily out of the corner of her eye as she rubbed her forehead and glared down the table for the culprit. She saw the marauders pelting the other students, their faces impish and laughing. Her mouth twitched into a smile when she noticed Remus looking confusedly at a pile of seeds, and James whistling and glancing down at her.
She turned away before he could catch her smile. She pretended to laugh again as Marlene and Dorcas continued rambling on. Alice noticed this and raised an eyebrow at Lily, but she simply smiled vaguely. Frank squeezed her hand and pointed to Peeves, who was now setting up for Lily. She rolled her eyes. James saw Peeves and shot a seed at him. He dropped his as it went whizzing by, and it landed on Dumbledore's head.
"I see the students are amusing themselves quite well, what do you think?" asked Dumbledore to McGonogal.
Minerva and Laura were sitting with ramrod backs, glaring stonily at the troublemakers.
"Shouldn't we stop them!" said Laura indignantly.
"I believe it would be good for them, if they laughed."
"They laugh enough Albus." Said Minerva sharply, and she stood up menacingly. The hall went silent as they heard her chair scrape against the floor. Sirius stopped a seed too late, and it hit McGonogal on the forehead. She blinked, and looked at the seed floating in her drink. Her mouth started twitching, and she sat down quickly. Everyone laughed in relief. Lott stood up.
"Students! Calm yourselves!" she shouted over the sudden increase in noise. "I have a few words to say about the dueling club."
Once again, everyone was silent.
"Our first meeting shall be tomorrow at half past seven. Those who have signed up, be prepared. I would suggest checking up on your defensive spells. Now, I can hear Dumbledore's stomach, and I think it best if we let him start the feast."
The students laughed, and Dumbledore smiled benevolently.
"Thank you, Lott. I cannot deny that I am rather hungry. Everywhere I go in this castle has the smell of pumpkin! I would suggest stopping for the night, boys." The marauders smiled cheerfully and stashed the seeds away in a small sack. "Now, I do believe it is time to eat!" The tables filled to bursting with food instantly.
Students and teachers alike filled up on the delicious spread as the sky darkened above them. Candles lit, and the feast continued. Near nine, the professors called a halt to the feast and everyone wandered back to their common rooms, full to the brim.
HPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHP
Lott examined the student's disarming charms critically, running her own thoughts through her head as they battled it out betwixt each other. "Others have gone missing. The departments losing people are bigger, more important now. He is growing stronger. He is gathering more followers. The Ministry cannot hide it much longer."
James watched Lott curiously. She was leaning against the stone wall, barely glancing over her numerous charges. Students were starting to disarm others besides their partners, and pandemonium occurred. Lott jolted out of her thoughts and quickly stopped them. Conjuring up pillows, she showed them how to block attacks. All was quiet again.
Sirius and Remus were enjoying themselves immensely. They took to the spells like fish to water, and enjoyed watching the "Slimy Slytherins" fall. James had been paired up with Snape, unfortunately, and the two were throwing all sorts of curses at each other. James neatly blocked many, and Snape was soon breathing heavily. He did not have Quidditch to keep him in shape like Potter.
"Ha ha! Take that, you dog!" shouted Remus to Sirius, whom he had just petrified. Sighing as he lay there looking slightly surprised, he took off the charm.
"Thought you were going to leave me like that for a second." Said Black a few minutes later, recovered.
"No. You would have killed me."
"That's logic for you." Sirius swept some hair out of his eyes and watched James fight with Severus. He was bellowing jinxes at him, and Snape was jumping around them and letting his own, nastier curses fly. Lily watched them nervously, and Alice hit her with the disarming charm. She flew back and kept watching them.
"Oh Lily! I'm so sorry! I didn't think it would be that powerful!"
Lily shook her head.
"I'm fine. You just haven't gotten a taste of my own wand!"
Lott watched Snape and Potter admiringly, seeing talent in both of them.
Not him. Too loyal. The Slytherin . . .
Finally, James froze and fell to the ground. Snape laughed cruelly from above, but was hit in the face with a curse when James jumped up.
"THERE!" he yelled, and stood breathing heavily. Sirius clapped him on the shoulder, and James grinned.
"Good work, Potter." Said Lott, nodding approvingly. "Twenty points to Gryffindor. I never thought someone would best Snape." James grinned even more.
"Great, now he has something else to inflate his head." Muttered Lily as she froze Alice. James heard the comment, and instead of transfiguring Snape into Frank's mother, he lifted the curse. Snape stood up shakily, glaring at James.
"Well, why didn't you curse me while I was down Potter? Losing your touch? Are you afraid?"
James stood silent.
"I see. It was the mudblood, wasn't it?" Potter gripped his wand tightly, his teeth grinding against each other.
"Of course it was. It's always that bit of filth, stopping you from doing what you want to do. Why don't you curse me Potter? Go ahead, I'm not stopping you."
Snape sneered and held his arms out, his robes dangling too short. James still hesitated.
"Well Potter? Hex me into oblivion. I will LET you. Yank off my robes, throw something at me, mock me. Or do you want the mudblood to like you?"
James was turning red with anger, and a haze covered his eyes. His hand was trembling from holding his wand so tightly. He started to raise his wand-
Snape whipped his out and shot a curse at James. He flew back and hit the wall beside Lott. She looked down at him, and didn't do a thing.
"Well Potter?" she said.
He stood back up, his nose bleeding. He saw Lily, biting her lip so hard it was colorless. Frank had frozen from helping Alice up, and Sirius had his eyes open wide and was mouthing "get him." Remus was holding his own wand up, ready to come between them. He touched the blood on his face, and laughed.
"You know, Snape." He said, shaking his head. "It's not worth it. You are not worth it."
With that, he pocketed his wand and left them in shock.
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Morph- Cool! Now when you get Guava Hogwarts finished the guava nancers will be recieveing one of those nifty owl acceptance letters won't we? *Sends another truck load of guavas over to morph's house*
The Lost Guava- Hmm...I don't think it ever really says in the books how he died.
krw313- Hehe sorry about the cliff hangers.
Erin- Thank you. This was a fun chapter guessing what might have happened to Binns and Aberforth.
Dreamzer- Monty Python!! That movie is so funny! Guava's for the Monty Python fans everywhere!
GNA Sis- Soon your reviews will be longer than the chapters! hahaha
Reviews please!!