Wow, I'm so happy! I've already gotten five reviews!! Joy and happiness! So
I decided that I love you guys so much, I'd write the second chapter right
here and now. Oh, and Happy (belated) Birthday to Alexis-Lee (yesterday).
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"Padfoot, you're getting that psycho glint in your eye again, and you know that that scares me... a lot," James and his friends were slowly inching away from the maniac in front of them.
"Come on guys! This idea's gonna work! I promise!"
"Like I haven't heard that a million times," said Lupin. "And I recall that those some of the worst million memories I have."
"Fine, you make up a plan then Moony."
"I'll think about it. Happy?"
"Yes, very," Sirius smiled. This was going to be the best year by a long shot.
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"There you are!" Lily called angrily down the compartment. "I've been looking everywhere for you, but apparently Amos Diggory is too high and mighty to come and help with the Head duties!"
Diggory looked up from his crowd of female fans. "Oh, hello Lily. I thought that you'd be head girl."
"Yes! I am! Now will you please help me with the prefects?"
"Sure, just one moment..."
"NOW!"
"Sorry Lily," he meekly shuffled out behind her.
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With Sirius and James' help, Lupin wrestled his trunk from the rack in the train that it had been on.
"God Moony, what the hell do you keep in this thing?" asked Sirius, panting and sweating profusely.
Lupin proceeded to unlock it. "Books," he said simply, flipping back the top of his trunk and revealing to them that the better part of his trunk was filled with all kinds of books; spell books, journals, and even some muggle novels.
"Wow," said Sirius, with wide eyes. "Hey!" he said, spotting a particular title, "I didn't know you like karate!"
"It's just a hobby, ok?" said Remus, the tips of his ears turning slightly red. He quickly shoved 'So You Wanna Learn Karate in Ten Easy Steps?' under his seat. "Ah! Here it is!" He pulled out a book. James and Sirius craned their heads towards it (Peter had just gone off on some unknown journey), but Lupin wouldn't let them see it. "Pranks can never be revealed until they are fully thought up... and so this is Top Secret evidence at the moment. Ok?"
James and Sirius looked miffed, but finally agreed. "Fine, but only because it's part of the pranksters unspoken, unwritten and unthought of code. Ok?"
Peter, who had just come in, said, "But if it's all of those things, then how do you know it exists?"
"That's why you were never the Prankster King of Hogwarts Wormtail," said Sirius bluntly. "It's been passed down telepathically from prankster generations of course!"
"But... wouldn't that be thought of then?"
Sirius sighed. "Uh... just drop it ok Peter?" he answered cleverly.
"Ok, sorry," said Peter meekly.
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"This is all stated in your prefect letters, but to reiterate: Your main duties are too make sure that all new passwords are given to everyone in your house, keep the common room relatively quiet, patrol the corridors for trouble makers, and all around just keep things in good shape, is everybody clear on that" Everyone nodded in assent. "Alright, everyone, right now patrol the train in shifts... and all of you keep your eye on... well, you know who I'm talking about," there was a chuckle at this. It was a well known fact that James and Sirius liked to celebrate the new school year with a few presorting "celebrations" on the Hogwarts Express.
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"Speaking of the pranksters unspoken, unwritten and unthought of code, Mr. Padfoot and I have some... er... studying to do. If you would be so kind as to step out for a minute?"
Peter grinned, and Lupin frowned slightly, though his eyes twinkled. Whenever they began referring to each other with the prefix "Mr." it was apparent that mischief was afoot. Without further ado, they excused themselves and hurried as far away from the hazardous compartment as possible.
James and Sirius, still retaining their magnified air, began pulling things out of their trunks. "Mr. Prongs, despite your very last minute packing, did you remember the goods?"
"How could I forget? You besmirch my integrity Mr. Padfoot!" said James, acting thoroughly injured. "Actually," he said, dropping his dignified air, "It was the only thing I packed ahead of time."
"I am very pleased to hear that you have your priorities in order Mr. Prongs. Now hand them over, I learned the spell."
"First let me see it... I'm not sure I trust you."
Sirius then proceeded with a long and complicated spell, with many complex wand movements.
"Are you sure that's the right spell?"
"Of course! I looked it up in a book... from the LIBRARY."
"Oh, well then it's ok."
"It has some of the same individual elements as a boggart uses. It's perfect." Sirius smiled proudly. "All we have to do now is..."
"JAMES POTTER AND SIRIUS BLACK, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" An irate redhead stood in the doorway of their compartment. Behind her stood Lupin, with his hands raised to indicate that he had tried to stop her. He was immediately forgiven, because it was a well known fact that when Lily was off... well, she was off.
"Why nothing Evans dear, why?" James was exceedingly happy that he hadn't taken out the "goods" yet.
"Oh, I'm sure. By the way, don't call me Evans, and I'M NOT YOUR DEAR!"
Sirius began chuckling at the unwitting pun that Lily had made.
"What's so funny?"
"You're not James' dear... Prongs... DEER! Don't you get it?" He was by then rolling on the floor, overcome with laughter. Everyone stared at the whooping figure.
"Uh... Sirius, I'm going to have to agree with Evan's on this one... it's really not that funny."
Sirius sat up. "Maybe not to YOU, my DEER friend, but to an extremely HOT individual such as myself, it is endlessly amusing." He was again consumed by laughter.
"What on earth does being hot have to do with finding something funny Black?" Lily looked confused and repulsed at the same time.
"Being HOT --Like ME-- has to do with everything of course... having perfect hair --Like ME-- doesn't hurt either... neither does a dazzling smile --Like I have--..." he looked as if he would go on for quite a while.
Lily, looking revolted, stepped over Sirius and out of their compartment. She paused in the doorway, "I know you're up to something, so if I hear so much as a single explosion from the compartment... well..." And on that note she turned around with a whirl of her cloak and strode angrily away.
"Good job Padfoot... I must admit that that was one of your better distractions," said Lupin, reaching out his hand to help the hysterical boy up.
"Distraction? What distraction?" Sirius asked earnestly.
"You know... that distraction with Lily and the joke and all."
"Oh..." said Sirius. "That wasn't a distraction."
"Then what was it?"
"You mean YOU didn't think it was funny?"
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Ack! It's the second chapter and they're STILL on the Hogwarts Express. Ugh. I'm sorry this is going SO slowly, but, well, I'm doing my best.
Allow me to explain something about Sirius: In this chapter you may have thought he was a bit OOC from the last chapter. The reason for this is that often, and I'm sure that you've all noticed this before, is that different people have different affects on each other. With someone like Peter, Sirius might just turn a little bossier or meaner, because that's the kind of vibes Peter gives out.
Anyway, read and review, you all are great! I'm hoping for another five on this chapter! Thank you all!
Sorry this chapter was shorter than the last.
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"Padfoot, you're getting that psycho glint in your eye again, and you know that that scares me... a lot," James and his friends were slowly inching away from the maniac in front of them.
"Come on guys! This idea's gonna work! I promise!"
"Like I haven't heard that a million times," said Lupin. "And I recall that those some of the worst million memories I have."
"Fine, you make up a plan then Moony."
"I'll think about it. Happy?"
"Yes, very," Sirius smiled. This was going to be the best year by a long shot.
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"There you are!" Lily called angrily down the compartment. "I've been looking everywhere for you, but apparently Amos Diggory is too high and mighty to come and help with the Head duties!"
Diggory looked up from his crowd of female fans. "Oh, hello Lily. I thought that you'd be head girl."
"Yes! I am! Now will you please help me with the prefects?"
"Sure, just one moment..."
"NOW!"
"Sorry Lily," he meekly shuffled out behind her.
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With Sirius and James' help, Lupin wrestled his trunk from the rack in the train that it had been on.
"God Moony, what the hell do you keep in this thing?" asked Sirius, panting and sweating profusely.
Lupin proceeded to unlock it. "Books," he said simply, flipping back the top of his trunk and revealing to them that the better part of his trunk was filled with all kinds of books; spell books, journals, and even some muggle novels.
"Wow," said Sirius, with wide eyes. "Hey!" he said, spotting a particular title, "I didn't know you like karate!"
"It's just a hobby, ok?" said Remus, the tips of his ears turning slightly red. He quickly shoved 'So You Wanna Learn Karate in Ten Easy Steps?' under his seat. "Ah! Here it is!" He pulled out a book. James and Sirius craned their heads towards it (Peter had just gone off on some unknown journey), but Lupin wouldn't let them see it. "Pranks can never be revealed until they are fully thought up... and so this is Top Secret evidence at the moment. Ok?"
James and Sirius looked miffed, but finally agreed. "Fine, but only because it's part of the pranksters unspoken, unwritten and unthought of code. Ok?"
Peter, who had just come in, said, "But if it's all of those things, then how do you know it exists?"
"That's why you were never the Prankster King of Hogwarts Wormtail," said Sirius bluntly. "It's been passed down telepathically from prankster generations of course!"
"But... wouldn't that be thought of then?"
Sirius sighed. "Uh... just drop it ok Peter?" he answered cleverly.
"Ok, sorry," said Peter meekly.
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"This is all stated in your prefect letters, but to reiterate: Your main duties are too make sure that all new passwords are given to everyone in your house, keep the common room relatively quiet, patrol the corridors for trouble makers, and all around just keep things in good shape, is everybody clear on that" Everyone nodded in assent. "Alright, everyone, right now patrol the train in shifts... and all of you keep your eye on... well, you know who I'm talking about," there was a chuckle at this. It was a well known fact that James and Sirius liked to celebrate the new school year with a few presorting "celebrations" on the Hogwarts Express.
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"Speaking of the pranksters unspoken, unwritten and unthought of code, Mr. Padfoot and I have some... er... studying to do. If you would be so kind as to step out for a minute?"
Peter grinned, and Lupin frowned slightly, though his eyes twinkled. Whenever they began referring to each other with the prefix "Mr." it was apparent that mischief was afoot. Without further ado, they excused themselves and hurried as far away from the hazardous compartment as possible.
James and Sirius, still retaining their magnified air, began pulling things out of their trunks. "Mr. Prongs, despite your very last minute packing, did you remember the goods?"
"How could I forget? You besmirch my integrity Mr. Padfoot!" said James, acting thoroughly injured. "Actually," he said, dropping his dignified air, "It was the only thing I packed ahead of time."
"I am very pleased to hear that you have your priorities in order Mr. Prongs. Now hand them over, I learned the spell."
"First let me see it... I'm not sure I trust you."
Sirius then proceeded with a long and complicated spell, with many complex wand movements.
"Are you sure that's the right spell?"
"Of course! I looked it up in a book... from the LIBRARY."
"Oh, well then it's ok."
"It has some of the same individual elements as a boggart uses. It's perfect." Sirius smiled proudly. "All we have to do now is..."
"JAMES POTTER AND SIRIUS BLACK, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" An irate redhead stood in the doorway of their compartment. Behind her stood Lupin, with his hands raised to indicate that he had tried to stop her. He was immediately forgiven, because it was a well known fact that when Lily was off... well, she was off.
"Why nothing Evans dear, why?" James was exceedingly happy that he hadn't taken out the "goods" yet.
"Oh, I'm sure. By the way, don't call me Evans, and I'M NOT YOUR DEAR!"
Sirius began chuckling at the unwitting pun that Lily had made.
"What's so funny?"
"You're not James' dear... Prongs... DEER! Don't you get it?" He was by then rolling on the floor, overcome with laughter. Everyone stared at the whooping figure.
"Uh... Sirius, I'm going to have to agree with Evan's on this one... it's really not that funny."
Sirius sat up. "Maybe not to YOU, my DEER friend, but to an extremely HOT individual such as myself, it is endlessly amusing." He was again consumed by laughter.
"What on earth does being hot have to do with finding something funny Black?" Lily looked confused and repulsed at the same time.
"Being HOT --Like ME-- has to do with everything of course... having perfect hair --Like ME-- doesn't hurt either... neither does a dazzling smile --Like I have--..." he looked as if he would go on for quite a while.
Lily, looking revolted, stepped over Sirius and out of their compartment. She paused in the doorway, "I know you're up to something, so if I hear so much as a single explosion from the compartment... well..." And on that note she turned around with a whirl of her cloak and strode angrily away.
"Good job Padfoot... I must admit that that was one of your better distractions," said Lupin, reaching out his hand to help the hysterical boy up.
"Distraction? What distraction?" Sirius asked earnestly.
"You know... that distraction with Lily and the joke and all."
"Oh..." said Sirius. "That wasn't a distraction."
"Then what was it?"
"You mean YOU didn't think it was funny?"
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Ack! It's the second chapter and they're STILL on the Hogwarts Express. Ugh. I'm sorry this is going SO slowly, but, well, I'm doing my best.
Allow me to explain something about Sirius: In this chapter you may have thought he was a bit OOC from the last chapter. The reason for this is that often, and I'm sure that you've all noticed this before, is that different people have different affects on each other. With someone like Peter, Sirius might just turn a little bossier or meaner, because that's the kind of vibes Peter gives out.
Anyway, read and review, you all are great! I'm hoping for another five on this chapter! Thank you all!
Sorry this chapter was shorter than the last.