Marauder Nightmare
JK Rowling's
Chapter 3
I hope you like the fact that I update as soon as possible unlike my fellow partner Padfoot... anyway, I do it 'cuz it's fun to update. I LOVE writing these things and getting reviews. It makes me feel like a writer! And if you read my bio I'd like to be an author/journalist when I get out of college. Enjoy chappie 3! – Moony
Severus didn't dare sleep. Not if it was in James' house at the least, you never knew what could happen in your sleep when you were staying with the Marauders. You could wake up with blue hair, or a goatee, or lipstick on your eyelids. It was good to be cautious. Besides, Severus could never sleep in James' stuff! Ugh. That would be revolting.
Back in James' room...
Sirius was bouncing on James' bed wildly in his underwear, screaming happily. Apparently the Muggle soda pop had made him hyper (luckily, it was a Coke instead of a Mountain Dew). James was bouncing with him, and Wormtail was sitting on his sleeping bag. Remus, as usual, was sitting at James' desk, working on their potions essay.
"Will you PLEASE stop being hyper Sirius, James? I think that Muggle soda pop had some effect on your minds!"
"Yea, I think that there was caffeine or sugar in it or something, 'cuz I feel WIDE AWAKE!" he bounced high and crashed onto the floor.
Mrs. Potter below neither did anything, nor cared. She had tried the first time to calm the boys down – she really didn't want to mention what happened.
Remus sighed rolled his eyes. Sirius sighed heavily. Someday he would show Moony the joys of being sugar high (A/N: That's another story, please see When Padfoot Talks Moony Into Being SugarHigh).
"It's good if you feel wide awake," Peter said.
"Why?" Sirius asked.
"Because you'll need it. You do realize we won't be sleeping tonight, what with Snivellus out to get us? Imagine what would happen!" James explained.
"Hey! I have a plan!" Sirius said.
He quickly called the Marauders over and explained. Remus, the goody-two- shoes, decided not to take part and said, "I am remaining here, where it's safe."
"Ok Moony. You're gonna end up prefect someday, you know," James said.
"Oh the shame! A Marauder – prefect!" Sirius gasped.
"Oh shut up."
His three "friends" looked at him with pleading eyes. He sighed and threw his quill aside.
"Oh fine, oh fine! The idea does seem fun anyway."
Sirus cheered, "I always knew you had some Marauder blood inside you!"
They grabbed James' invisibility cloak and set off to the room where Severus was staying. The four had entered his room when –
"OW! Sirius you stepped on my foot!"
"Shut up, Peter you prat!"
"You BOTH shut up!"
"Oh drat! He's looking our way!"
"Run!"
"No! I'll just do a memory charm!"
"Quick!"
"He's coming!"
"Hurry up Moony!"
"Forget the charm! Just run!"
"No it's easier this way!"
"RUN!"
"JUST LET ME DO THE CHARM!"
"You don't know how to do one!"
"Yes I do!"
"Um guys..."
"Ok, ok I'll do the charm! Ready..."
Remus never got around to doing it because Snape had already suspected what was going on and took advantage of it.
"Densaugeo!" "Protego!" "NOW RUN!"
The four took off. The invisibility cloak fell as they ran (they were pretty fast runners) but James just dragged it behind them, as they were back in the safety of James' room.
"That was demented!" James cried.
"I agree," Remus agreed.
"Yea, well it would have worked if Peter didn't have to scream that I stepped on his foot," Sirius added.
"Don't blame it on me! It hurt really bad! It was the toe that you dropped your trunk on!"
"I dropped my trunk on your toe?"
"In search of food, yea," Remus said.
"We're gonna have to try again some other time. He'll already suspect us," James sighed.
"And it's gonna go right," Sirius said.
"I hope."
The next morning, the five kids stumbled into the kitchen, yawning.
"Hello James, Sirius, Peter, Remus, Severus!" Mr. Potter said.
"Hey Dad," James yawned.
"What would you five like? Toast? Cereal? Oatmeal? Eggs? Bacon?" Mrs. Potter asked, as they took their seats.
"Just, just toast thanks," James yawned.
"I'll take all five!" Sirius said brightly (the caffeine was still having its effect).
"Cereal," Remus said and buried his head into his hands.
"Toast," Peter replied.
Mrs. Potter waited for an answer from Severus who just sat at the table scowling.
"And you Severus dear?" Mrs. Potter asked.
"Toast," he growled.
"Can I – can I have that green soda pop Mum? I think it was called a Dewy Mountain or something? I know it has a lot of caffeine in it, and I need it."
"Sure dear."
"I WANT SOME TOO!" Sirius shouted, "CAFFEINE! I NEED CAFFEINE!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" his three friends screamed in unison.
Mr. Potter laughed.
Sirius sulked, "What's wrong with me having some caffeine?"
"Hyper, does that give you a clue?" Remus asked.
"What's wrong with me being hyper?"
"I wonder."
Mrs. Potter sent a Sprite to Sirius, "You can have that instead."
After all drinks and foods had been served, they began to eat.
"So, what're your plans for the day?" Mr. Potter asked.
"I think we should go to the mall!" Sirius suggested, "Cute girls are always at the mall during summer! There's even Goths!!"
"You know, that's a good idea."
"What's a mall?" Peter asked.
"It's like this big building with a bunch of shops selling Muggle stuff. We mainly go there girl-spying, not to buy," James explained.
"Sounds nice," Remus said.
"Yes, I suppose that's a good idea. You should get out of the house anyway," Mrs. Potter said.
So after breakfast the Marauders and Severus took a trolley to the mall. Severus had been forced to tag along by Mrs. Potter. When they reached it, Sirius hopped off, already spying a nice-looking girl.
"Look at her!" he said, pointing.
The girl stared at Sirius and quickly ran off.
"Hey!" Sirius cried, disappointed.
"It's ok Siri, there are much more girls inside the mall."
As they set foot in the mall, Sirius found yet, another girl.
"She's cute!" he said.
The girl was indeed "cute". (A/N: Stupidity of boys when it comes to girls, lol) She had wavy blonde hair and light green eyes and was wearing a pink t- shirt and shorts. She was pretty slim too.
"Hi!" Sirius said, "My name's Sirius."
"Um hi. I'm Shayna."
"You're cute." (A/N: lol)
"Um... right, um... hey Trudy! Wait up!" the girl, Shayna, called and ran after her other friend.
"Her friend's cute too."
"Sirius, you're gonna scare away all the girls before we even get to talk to them!"
"I talked to Shayna!"
James rolled his eyes.
"Hey! Look! It's a cute Goth!" Sirius cried, "HI!"
The girl turned around and looked at Sirius with disgust. Her eyes flickered to James – even worse, then Remus – goody-two-shoes, then Peter – the clumsy dude. She almost walked away, until she saw Severus. Now he was a possibility. His stingy black hair, pale face, black clothes – yes, he was a chance. What a cutie! She quickly turned to Severus.
"Oy! I'm the one you want! Not Snivelly!"
The girl gave Sirius and glare and giggled as she pulled Severus with her towards the food court.
"There goes our girl," James said, "How come Snivelly gets the girl?"
"Because apparently he looks like a Goth and is cute in that girl's eyes."
"How come I'm not?"
"Careful now, if you head swells up too much, you'll be too heavy to get on your broom."
"Hey!"
"Stupid idiots! We're arguing here when we could be spying on Snapey and that girl!" Remus said.
"Oh yea! Moony has a point there."
"I always have a point."
"Hey!"
The four grabbed James' invisibility cloak and followed in the direction Snape and the girl were going. The girl was giggling and babbling and fluttering her eyelashes.
"Lucky duck!" Sirius snarled.
"Shh!"
Snape and the girl turned round the corner and they stopped in a shop that was full of girls' accessories. Snape stood outside.
"Come on! Come on! It'll be fun in this store!" the girl repeatedly beckoned.
"I'll just wait outside, thanks."
"Oh please! It's not like any boys from your school are gonna be here!"
"Well they might."
"What school do you go to anyway?"
"Uh..."
"Oh never mind, please come on in, Sevvy?"
"Severus."
"Come in Severus, please?"
"Sorry."
"Oh fine, we'll go to that clothes shop then. They have a whole section just for Goths like us! We can both go there!"
"I'm not – "
But the girl had already pulled him away.
"Argh! I've had enough!"
Sirius pulled off the cloak and sprinted after the pair.
"HEY! WAIT! SIRIUS! NO!" James yelled.
But Sirius had much longer legs he caught up with Severus and yanked him away. He quickly took his previous spot. The girl yanked her arm away from Sirius's.
"I don't want you!"
"Why not babe?"
"You're revolting."
"And you're cute."
"This is pathetic."
"Sevvy! Sevvy! Help me!"
Severus scrambled over.
"She's my girl!" he snarled.
"Mine! I'm cuter than you'd ever be!"
"Ya, well obviously, you can see she likes me!"
Sirius shoved Snape into a nearby school store. Snape snarled and pushed him back. Sirius growled and gave him a punch, and Snape slammed him into a shelf full of men's shoes. The shoes came tumbling upon Sirius.
"Oy! Stop the fighting!" the shopkeeper yelled.
The shoppers trying on shoes in the shop quickly ran for the nearest exit. The shopkeeper quickly pushed the emergency button and a police officer came into the shop. By this time, Severus was sporting a bloody nose and Sirius's lip was bleeding. James had been chanting, "GO SIRIUS! GO, GO, GO SIRIUS!" Remus had been trying to pull Sirius from the pile of shoes and pull him from the fight ("Grow up James!") and Peter was sitting, not sure what to do. The shoe store was a mess. The girl had left long ago. The officer looked very confused. Their eyes flickered from the shopkeeper, to the mess on the floor, to Sirius, to Snape, to James, who was still chanting, to Remus, and then to Peter.
"Well, I'll just give you a warning. But next time you will be kicked out of this mall. Now, your job is to clean this store up, and make sure you do it nicely. Shelves must be fixed by next week. That's all. I want to see no more fighting from you two in this mall again."
"YES SIR!" Sirius shouted, and saluted him.
The officer left the shop quickly, questioning Sirius's sanity and shook his head, "Crazy people."
The shopkeeper left the shop, leaving the five to clean up the mess. He closed his shop and told them to leave through the back door when they were done. Sirius brandished his wand and quickly muttered, "Reparo!" to fix the shelves. Severus quickly flew the shoes back on their place on the shelves and they left. The shopkeeper was still milling around outside when the five walked out. He gave them a mingled look of curiosity and suspiscion.
"You're done already?"
"Yup."
"That fast?"
"Yup."
"Really?"
"It's the truth."
"I don't believe you."
"Check yourself."
"I will do just that."
The shopkeeper went to have a look and saw, to his dismay, everything in the same place and as clean as it had been before the vandalists had come in his shop. How did they manage to do it so fast? There was something different about them. He just wondered what.
JK Rowling's
Chapter 3
I hope you like the fact that I update as soon as possible unlike my fellow partner Padfoot... anyway, I do it 'cuz it's fun to update. I LOVE writing these things and getting reviews. It makes me feel like a writer! And if you read my bio I'd like to be an author/journalist when I get out of college. Enjoy chappie 3! – Moony
Severus didn't dare sleep. Not if it was in James' house at the least, you never knew what could happen in your sleep when you were staying with the Marauders. You could wake up with blue hair, or a goatee, or lipstick on your eyelids. It was good to be cautious. Besides, Severus could never sleep in James' stuff! Ugh. That would be revolting.
Back in James' room...
Sirius was bouncing on James' bed wildly in his underwear, screaming happily. Apparently the Muggle soda pop had made him hyper (luckily, it was a Coke instead of a Mountain Dew). James was bouncing with him, and Wormtail was sitting on his sleeping bag. Remus, as usual, was sitting at James' desk, working on their potions essay.
"Will you PLEASE stop being hyper Sirius, James? I think that Muggle soda pop had some effect on your minds!"
"Yea, I think that there was caffeine or sugar in it or something, 'cuz I feel WIDE AWAKE!" he bounced high and crashed onto the floor.
Mrs. Potter below neither did anything, nor cared. She had tried the first time to calm the boys down – she really didn't want to mention what happened.
Remus sighed rolled his eyes. Sirius sighed heavily. Someday he would show Moony the joys of being sugar high (A/N: That's another story, please see When Padfoot Talks Moony Into Being SugarHigh).
"It's good if you feel wide awake," Peter said.
"Why?" Sirius asked.
"Because you'll need it. You do realize we won't be sleeping tonight, what with Snivellus out to get us? Imagine what would happen!" James explained.
"Hey! I have a plan!" Sirius said.
He quickly called the Marauders over and explained. Remus, the goody-two- shoes, decided not to take part and said, "I am remaining here, where it's safe."
"Ok Moony. You're gonna end up prefect someday, you know," James said.
"Oh the shame! A Marauder – prefect!" Sirius gasped.
"Oh shut up."
His three "friends" looked at him with pleading eyes. He sighed and threw his quill aside.
"Oh fine, oh fine! The idea does seem fun anyway."
Sirus cheered, "I always knew you had some Marauder blood inside you!"
They grabbed James' invisibility cloak and set off to the room where Severus was staying. The four had entered his room when –
"OW! Sirius you stepped on my foot!"
"Shut up, Peter you prat!"
"You BOTH shut up!"
"Oh drat! He's looking our way!"
"Run!"
"No! I'll just do a memory charm!"
"Quick!"
"He's coming!"
"Hurry up Moony!"
"Forget the charm! Just run!"
"No it's easier this way!"
"RUN!"
"JUST LET ME DO THE CHARM!"
"You don't know how to do one!"
"Yes I do!"
"Um guys..."
"Ok, ok I'll do the charm! Ready..."
Remus never got around to doing it because Snape had already suspected what was going on and took advantage of it.
"Densaugeo!" "Protego!" "NOW RUN!"
The four took off. The invisibility cloak fell as they ran (they were pretty fast runners) but James just dragged it behind them, as they were back in the safety of James' room.
"That was demented!" James cried.
"I agree," Remus agreed.
"Yea, well it would have worked if Peter didn't have to scream that I stepped on his foot," Sirius added.
"Don't blame it on me! It hurt really bad! It was the toe that you dropped your trunk on!"
"I dropped my trunk on your toe?"
"In search of food, yea," Remus said.
"We're gonna have to try again some other time. He'll already suspect us," James sighed.
"And it's gonna go right," Sirius said.
"I hope."
The next morning, the five kids stumbled into the kitchen, yawning.
"Hello James, Sirius, Peter, Remus, Severus!" Mr. Potter said.
"Hey Dad," James yawned.
"What would you five like? Toast? Cereal? Oatmeal? Eggs? Bacon?" Mrs. Potter asked, as they took their seats.
"Just, just toast thanks," James yawned.
"I'll take all five!" Sirius said brightly (the caffeine was still having its effect).
"Cereal," Remus said and buried his head into his hands.
"Toast," Peter replied.
Mrs. Potter waited for an answer from Severus who just sat at the table scowling.
"And you Severus dear?" Mrs. Potter asked.
"Toast," he growled.
"Can I – can I have that green soda pop Mum? I think it was called a Dewy Mountain or something? I know it has a lot of caffeine in it, and I need it."
"Sure dear."
"I WANT SOME TOO!" Sirius shouted, "CAFFEINE! I NEED CAFFEINE!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" his three friends screamed in unison.
Mr. Potter laughed.
Sirius sulked, "What's wrong with me having some caffeine?"
"Hyper, does that give you a clue?" Remus asked.
"What's wrong with me being hyper?"
"I wonder."
Mrs. Potter sent a Sprite to Sirius, "You can have that instead."
After all drinks and foods had been served, they began to eat.
"So, what're your plans for the day?" Mr. Potter asked.
"I think we should go to the mall!" Sirius suggested, "Cute girls are always at the mall during summer! There's even Goths!!"
"You know, that's a good idea."
"What's a mall?" Peter asked.
"It's like this big building with a bunch of shops selling Muggle stuff. We mainly go there girl-spying, not to buy," James explained.
"Sounds nice," Remus said.
"Yes, I suppose that's a good idea. You should get out of the house anyway," Mrs. Potter said.
So after breakfast the Marauders and Severus took a trolley to the mall. Severus had been forced to tag along by Mrs. Potter. When they reached it, Sirius hopped off, already spying a nice-looking girl.
"Look at her!" he said, pointing.
The girl stared at Sirius and quickly ran off.
"Hey!" Sirius cried, disappointed.
"It's ok Siri, there are much more girls inside the mall."
As they set foot in the mall, Sirius found yet, another girl.
"She's cute!" he said.
The girl was indeed "cute". (A/N: Stupidity of boys when it comes to girls, lol) She had wavy blonde hair and light green eyes and was wearing a pink t- shirt and shorts. She was pretty slim too.
"Hi!" Sirius said, "My name's Sirius."
"Um hi. I'm Shayna."
"You're cute." (A/N: lol)
"Um... right, um... hey Trudy! Wait up!" the girl, Shayna, called and ran after her other friend.
"Her friend's cute too."
"Sirius, you're gonna scare away all the girls before we even get to talk to them!"
"I talked to Shayna!"
James rolled his eyes.
"Hey! Look! It's a cute Goth!" Sirius cried, "HI!"
The girl turned around and looked at Sirius with disgust. Her eyes flickered to James – even worse, then Remus – goody-two-shoes, then Peter – the clumsy dude. She almost walked away, until she saw Severus. Now he was a possibility. His stingy black hair, pale face, black clothes – yes, he was a chance. What a cutie! She quickly turned to Severus.
"Oy! I'm the one you want! Not Snivelly!"
The girl gave Sirius and glare and giggled as she pulled Severus with her towards the food court.
"There goes our girl," James said, "How come Snivelly gets the girl?"
"Because apparently he looks like a Goth and is cute in that girl's eyes."
"How come I'm not?"
"Careful now, if you head swells up too much, you'll be too heavy to get on your broom."
"Hey!"
"Stupid idiots! We're arguing here when we could be spying on Snapey and that girl!" Remus said.
"Oh yea! Moony has a point there."
"I always have a point."
"Hey!"
The four grabbed James' invisibility cloak and followed in the direction Snape and the girl were going. The girl was giggling and babbling and fluttering her eyelashes.
"Lucky duck!" Sirius snarled.
"Shh!"
Snape and the girl turned round the corner and they stopped in a shop that was full of girls' accessories. Snape stood outside.
"Come on! Come on! It'll be fun in this store!" the girl repeatedly beckoned.
"I'll just wait outside, thanks."
"Oh please! It's not like any boys from your school are gonna be here!"
"Well they might."
"What school do you go to anyway?"
"Uh..."
"Oh never mind, please come on in, Sevvy?"
"Severus."
"Come in Severus, please?"
"Sorry."
"Oh fine, we'll go to that clothes shop then. They have a whole section just for Goths like us! We can both go there!"
"I'm not – "
But the girl had already pulled him away.
"Argh! I've had enough!"
Sirius pulled off the cloak and sprinted after the pair.
"HEY! WAIT! SIRIUS! NO!" James yelled.
But Sirius had much longer legs he caught up with Severus and yanked him away. He quickly took his previous spot. The girl yanked her arm away from Sirius's.
"I don't want you!"
"Why not babe?"
"You're revolting."
"And you're cute."
"This is pathetic."
"Sevvy! Sevvy! Help me!"
Severus scrambled over.
"She's my girl!" he snarled.
"Mine! I'm cuter than you'd ever be!"
"Ya, well obviously, you can see she likes me!"
Sirius shoved Snape into a nearby school store. Snape snarled and pushed him back. Sirius growled and gave him a punch, and Snape slammed him into a shelf full of men's shoes. The shoes came tumbling upon Sirius.
"Oy! Stop the fighting!" the shopkeeper yelled.
The shoppers trying on shoes in the shop quickly ran for the nearest exit. The shopkeeper quickly pushed the emergency button and a police officer came into the shop. By this time, Severus was sporting a bloody nose and Sirius's lip was bleeding. James had been chanting, "GO SIRIUS! GO, GO, GO SIRIUS!" Remus had been trying to pull Sirius from the pile of shoes and pull him from the fight ("Grow up James!") and Peter was sitting, not sure what to do. The shoe store was a mess. The girl had left long ago. The officer looked very confused. Their eyes flickered from the shopkeeper, to the mess on the floor, to Sirius, to Snape, to James, who was still chanting, to Remus, and then to Peter.
"Well, I'll just give you a warning. But next time you will be kicked out of this mall. Now, your job is to clean this store up, and make sure you do it nicely. Shelves must be fixed by next week. That's all. I want to see no more fighting from you two in this mall again."
"YES SIR!" Sirius shouted, and saluted him.
The officer left the shop quickly, questioning Sirius's sanity and shook his head, "Crazy people."
The shopkeeper left the shop, leaving the five to clean up the mess. He closed his shop and told them to leave through the back door when they were done. Sirius brandished his wand and quickly muttered, "Reparo!" to fix the shelves. Severus quickly flew the shoes back on their place on the shelves and they left. The shopkeeper was still milling around outside when the five walked out. He gave them a mingled look of curiosity and suspiscion.
"You're done already?"
"Yup."
"That fast?"
"Yup."
"Really?"
"It's the truth."
"I don't believe you."
"Check yourself."
"I will do just that."
The shopkeeper went to have a look and saw, to his dismay, everything in the same place and as clean as it had been before the vandalists had come in his shop. How did they manage to do it so fast? There was something different about them. He just wondered what.