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Chapter 22: Scavenger Hunt

Disclaimer: how many times do I have to do this!?

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"Ok now that everyone is seating and quiet," I glared at the Slytherins. It was the morning of the first day of Seventh Years Week. We were holding a quick meeting with the students before heading off on our 'adventure', "We can tell you the event we will be doing today."

"Today we will be having a scavenger hunt. But not your ordinary scavenger hut!" James' grin widened.

"You will be placed in groups of four to six and given a list. You must find everything on the list to finish. The first fifteen groups back win," I smiled happily as the excitement grew.

"If you do not wish to participate please leave now because first thing, it's not mandatory. Secondly, we don't want your party pooper selves here anyways," James directed mainly towards the Slytherins. 

Almost all the Slytherins, except for the semi-decent ones left, and a few Ravenclaws, Hufflefuffs, and Gryfinndors exited the Great Hall.

"Fine be that way," James muttered.

"Calm down," I replied laughing.

"Ok now that-"

"The party pooper prats."

"-left. We can begin putting you in your groups."

"And guess what? Their pre-selected," James replied in an odd tone and pulled out a script of parchment, "Although we chose," he pointed to the both of us, "So that means you'll be with people you'll actually like," he rolled his eyes at the Professors.

"So here are the groups," he handed me a parchment, "Of course me and Lil will be together," he grinned devilishly.

"I didn't agree to that," I stomped my foot.

"So?"

"That's not fair; you changed it behind my back!"

"I'm sorry my little flower, but it was a must."

"Must my a—"

"Along with Padfoot and Turner," he cut me off, "Sorry Mooney and Worm, had to do it. She made me put you in a different group. But I'll get al of us Marauders together for another event."

"Remus Lupin-" I started again.

"Also known as, Mooney," James interrupted once again.

"Peter Pettigrew-"

"That would be you Wormtail-"

"Ashley Etters and Bethany Englee are in one group."

"Unfournutinly they don't have nicknames…shame," James hung his head.

"Put a cork in it Potter. You're so talkative it should be made illegal. Now stop interrupting and start helping me call out the groups before this takes all day." I demanded.

"Ok, my flower," he grinned, "Next group…"

After we sorted the groups and hopefully Potter was done interrupting me, I began to explain the rues as Potter handed out blank pieces of parchment.

"As you may have already noticed the parchments 'Pratty Potter' is passing out is blank. But when we perform the spell then the list of items you must find will appear. When its time to go you and your group will head out all over the grounds to find the items."

"WAIT!" Potter screamed from the other end of the hall.

"What?" I asked really getting annoyed.

"The groups will be tied together!" he explained.

"I don't remember discussing that, Potter."

"We are right now."

"When was this decided?"

"Just now!"

"We are supposed to agree on things and discuss it with each other before making up our minds."

"We are discussing it right now and if I try to talk to you you'll bite my head off!"

"Professor!!" I turned towards the Professors table.

"I'm sorry Miss Evans but I think it's a splendid idea," Professor Dumbledore said happily.

"Fine," I turned back to finish up the rules, "You are not allowed to go into the forbidden forest or Hogsmede. There are enough supplies for everyone to ge4t it because once a group removes the item another one will appear. If one is hidden in a common room there will be one in each room so you can't go into another houses common room."

"Drats! I don't remember discussing that!" Potter whined.

Bit I continued, "Each person is given a 'helper' to make it a bit easier and funnier. A helper is a device that tells you if you're near an item. Each helper has a number so we know which group has which one so you must return it when the hunt is over. Professors will be patrolling and they can send you to a certain area at anytime. It could benefit you or it could make things worse. Also, dodge the other years because they could be a drag especially since they were told to, to make it a little harder."

"I think that's it right, Lil?" James asked when I paused.

"Pretty sure. Oh, and when you hear a loud bell it means the first five groups have already finished. Then another bell will sound when the tenth and fifteenth groups have come also. When we are done please return to the Great Hall."

"Great! Well," Professor Dumbledore stood up and with a flick of his wand the blank parchments soon were filled with a long list of things to find, "Have fun…enjoy…make memories. Please get by your groups quickly because you have to be done before dinner and everyone must finish!"

The students stood next to the other people in their groups waiting for the next instructions, "Now for the rope spell," Professor flicked his one once again, muttered a spell and soon al the groups were tied at their hands, attaching them together.

"Go!" Dumbledore simply stated and there was a mad rush to get out of the Great Hall.

"Alright," I attempted to reach inside my robe pocket while connect to two other people.

Bree, James, Sirius, and I were standing outside of the castle ready to embark on our adventure…and trust me, it was not easy.

Things were not going all that great mainly because Potter made me in his group. Not that I wanted to, but I cooperated by taking our list and help, held up my wrist, and prepared to be imprisoned.

And damnit, Potter just had to move onto my right just as Dumbledore was performing the spell to tie our wrists together.

So here I was standing outside of the castle surrounded by seventeen year olds who were acting as if they were five. Bree was on my left side and Sirius was on her left leaving James on my right…joy! I get to spend my whole day with, Dumb and Dumber (~don't own that! Lol) themselves.

I reached my hand towards my right pocket forgetting that Potter was attached to my right hand.

"Evans, please not in front of so many people!" James pretended to blush.

"Bree! Help me get the list out of my pocket," I begged.

She tried, yet failed because both of her hands were tied up too.

"Sirius get it out of my pocket, now," I demanded.

"I cant, I'm dating Bree, sorry."

"C'mon I'm not letting the sick minded one into my pocket!" This day was already getting exhausting, "That didn't sound right. Just get it out now or else your going to loose to a bunch of Slytherins!"

"Alright! Hold still cause Bree's in my way," we managed to form a circle.

"Curse you, Lil! Why did you have to put the list in your damn pocket?' Bree asked frustrated.

"Might as well get the helper too," I replied remembering.

"That would've been bad if you didn't realize it until later," she responded.

"Hurry up, Padfoot, the other groups are probably already done and headed back to the hall!" James stated.

"Here we are!" Sirius held the helper and parchment up and gave himself a 'Job well done' pat on his own back.

"Alright first thing…" James took the list from Sirius s he tried to work the helper.

"A toaster…what in the name of Quidditch is a toaster!?" James asked confused.

"It's where you can toast things. Like bread and bagels," I replied.

"Oh yeah! Me and Padfoot used one of those! But we toasted these one dress ties my mum wanted us to wear. Mum nearly killed us! But Padfoot never told me you could toast food with it…" James smiled.

"And you trusted Sirius!? A pure blood who knows nothing about muggles! Are you mad!?" Bree questioned.

"Just a bit," Sirius replied, "Anyway, I think I got this helper-mo-bob working! Look!"

"Sirius I think you pressed the wrong button because all that's on that screen is static," Bree took the helper from Sirius and we got it working properly.

"Alright, where would a toaster be? Cooking…eating…" Bree thought.

"One of our favorite places Padfoot!"

"THE KITCHEN!" they both screamed together.

"Let's go!" Sirius went off in one direction and James in the other.

It was as if Bree and I was a rubber band. Sirius pulled one way and James pulled the other causing us to stretch. Then they fell back and we all ended up in one giant pile on the ground.

"Sirius you git! The kitchens are the other way!" James tried standing up.

"No its not! It's this way!" Sirius pointed in the opposite direction.

"You guys…you are known for knowing every shortcut, passageway, and hallway in this school," Bree started as she got up.

James and Sirius smiled happily towards each other, "Yes, so we've heard."

"THEN WHY CANT YOU GET TO THE KITCHENS!?" Bree yelled, "C'mon I know where they are at least," Bree took lead dragging Sirius, James, and I behind her.

"C'mon lets just get a move on," I said.

We entered the kitchens and were immediately surrounded by house-elves.

"How may we helps you sirs and misses?" a house elf asked.

"Do you have a coaster?" Sirius asked.

"Toaster," we all corrected him.

"It's all the same rubbish muggle inventions to me," he shrugged.

"Toaster?" the house elves looked at us confused.

"Yes a toaster. It's shiny and you cook food in it," I described.

"We's don't think we've heard of one of those," one elf responded.

"Of course you have!" Sirius said.

"Check the helper," Bree suggested.

We took out the helper and sure enough, it said the toaster was somewhere in the kitchen.

"Has anyone been to the kitchen yet?" James asked.

"Yes, yes," they all squealed.

"Was it a student?" he asked.

There was silence for a moment, "No! It was Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall!"

"Alright! We're getting somewhere now," Sirius said happily.

"Did they bring anything with them?" Bree asked.

"Yes! This!" A house elf held up a silver rectangle.

"That's it!" I said happily taking the toaster. I charmed it so it would get smaller and fit into my bag.

"Let's go!" We exited the kitchen and pulled out the list.

"Next thing…" we crossed out toaster.

"An eagle feathered quill with four white dots," Bree read out loud.

"Could they be anymore specific?" James whined.

"Let's check the library," I offered.

"Library?" James and Sirius questioned.

But they got no reply because we dragged them off in the direction of the library.

"Wow," Sirius gasped as we entered the room, "It's so big!"

"Have you ever been here before?" Bree asked him.

"Of course I have," he looked a bit uncomfortable, "So when are we going to be at the library?"

"We're in it!" I exclaimed.

"Oh! I thought this was the Hufflepuff common room," he picked up a nearby book, "Bool, is that what you call these things?"

"Get serious," Bree rolled her eyes.

"I'm already here," he grinned stupidly.

He put the book down and looked towards James, "We're in a library, Prongs! Can you believe it? Moony will be so proud!"

"Yeah he will. Last time we were even close to coming in contact with the library was when we were researching," he paused, "That thing. But Remus got the books."

"Yup," he sighed, "I still can't believe big it is!"

"Let's just find the quill, we're wasting time," I complained.

"Ok, let's think," Bree looked around the room, "Where would a quill be?"

"It'll be in the library, where I am standing," Sirius smiled.

"Concentrate," Bree hit Sirius (and so did I because my arm went up with hers) over the head.

"On the floor?" James suggested.

"Why would there be a quill on the floor?" I asked confused.

"That's where I find quills," he shrugged.

"I don't think they'd leave it lying on the floor," Bree rolled her eyes yet again.

"That's where I would've guessed," Sirius looked as if it wasn't an odd suggestion at all.

"Stupid minds think alike," Bree muttered.

"I have an idea!" Sirius said.

"Alert the Daily Prophet, Padfoot has an idea!" James replied.

"Shut it," Sirius growled, "Not like you much of a thinker yourself."

"Both of you knock it off!" I was beginning to get annoyed, "What's your bloody idea Sirius?"

"ATTENTION! Please raise your hand if you've seen a quill or if you're holding a quill," Sirius yelled throughout the library.

The students who were in the library saw Sirius and rolled their eyes.

"I'm serious," he yelled getting angry.

"Mr. Black! What do you think you're doing? This is a library in case you haven't noticed," the librarian came running over.

"I learned about this place today and trust me, I know this is a library, er, Madam Prince is it?"

"Yes, but that gives you no right to yell," she protested.

"This will only take a minute," Sirius waved his hand as if brushing the librarian away.

"Now," Sirius yelled again, "Keep those hands up."

The students cautiously raised their hands in the air, afraid Sirius would hex them.

"Super, now if you're holding a quill you or your parents purchased themselves please put your hand down," Sirius added.

About half of the hands went down.

"If your quill is any kind other than an eagle feathered quill then put your hand down."

"Pick up the pace, Black," I mumbled.

"Lily, dearest, these things take time. So be a love and shut up," he smiled sweetly.

"Alright, if you're eagle feathered quill, which does not belong to you, is not black, then you too should put your hand down."

Soon there were only a few hands in the air.

"Mr. Black! You cannot stay here all day yelling!" Prince was getting frustrated.

"Hold you books," Sirius laughed at his lame joke, "Get it? Books…library…" Madam Prince did not look happy, "Guess not."

"If you are holding a black eagle feathered quill that does not belong to you, and it has zero, one, two, three, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven-"

"Any number besides four then put your hand down," Bree butted in knowing Sirius would be taking all day.

The hand of a terrified second year was the only one that remained in the air. We headed over to her and sat down next to her.

"Hello, Anna Silverstone," James smiled. '

"Cut the sweet stuff Potter, she won't go out with you for bloody sake she's only twelve," I glared at him.

"I wasn't just going to crap the quill out of her hand. I was trying to be polite. Maybe you should follow in my footsteps," he replied.

"Guys, some other groups are here," Bree whispered.

Sure enough three other groups rushed in the library. Madam Prince immediately rushed over to them to tell them to keep it down.

"Come on, let's hurry!" I replied.

"Sirius, grab the quill," Bree said to him.

"Right!" Sirius picked up the quill and another magically appeared.

"I have an idea," Sirius grinned.

"Whatever it is, just hurry up," I tugged my arms.

"If I just take a few quills, the other teams won't have any quill to get," Sirius grabbed the quill five more times.

"Sirius Black, that's cheating and you know it!" I exclaimed.

"I'm not about to sit back and let a Slytherin win," he winked, "Besides, just pretend you didn't notice."

We rushed out of the library in search of the remaining items, hoping we'd be the first to make it back to the Great Hall.

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(A/N: No POV)

The day quickly passed as the seventh years ran through the castle trying to find everything on the scavenger hunt list.

Lily, James, Bree, and Sirius were delighted that they were one of the first five groups to make it back. They received a certificate, a medal, and a bag of candy from Honeydukes.

As the groups came back the Slytherins were highly disgusted to see that they lost.

The seventh years spent the rest of their night and dinner happily talking and discussing the day's events.

To everyone surprise, Lily and James were getting alone. They even sat by each other at dinner and later in the common room.

Everyone's day ended with a smile on their face. The seventh years went to bed imagining what type of even they would be doing the following days.

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