Lily's Entry: Sept. 18
I've had it with James! First, he tries to steal my journal and read it. Thank God Lupin was there; sometimes I wonder how a nice boy like him got mixed in with the Marauders. Then James decides it'd be funny to read my letter from my darling sister Petunia aloud at the Gryffindor table. Now the whole house knows what kind of sister I have.
School is good. I'm sort of quietly competing with James to get the better grades, I so want to prove that "mudbloods" are great at magic! I really want to be remembered for discovering something incredible. It comes in useful though when people like Lucius Malfoy corner you in the hallway too. Oh, and being a Prefect is useful for that as well.
I'd better hurry to Professor Flitwick's class! I just wanted to complain about James I think....
Lily Evans
Remus Lupin's Entry: Sept. 20th
I convinced Lilly to join me for Prefect duty last night. She's really a nice person once you put aside the hexing and stuff like that. Minds you, James does deserve it at times really. We discussed our homework, and it turns out that she's great with charms, and I'm better in transfiguration. She says she can't seem to get the hang of it, no matter how hard she tried. So we decided we'd tutor each other in the subjects we need.
We're going to meet for "prefect" duty so no one else knows what we're doing as both sets of friends (hers and mine) would protest.
So now that you know what my studies are like, I have nothing else to write about. I mean what exactly are these journals for? I'm not really one to spill my innermost soul out.
R. Lupin.
Petunia Dursley's Entry: Sept. 20th
A weekend is coming up and all the girls at Eton know what that means. Every Friday night at five p.m. cabs are loaded with girls to meet the boys in the dance hall in town. You can go anywhere you like, within reason, so long as the girls are brought back by eleven p.m. because that's when the cabs leave the Dance Hall.
Vernon wants to meet me at the Dance Hall and then go to a fancy restaurant. He has a surprise for me! Angelica (one of my roommates) says he is going to propose. Tracey says he's got a business and then is going to propose. I told them they'd have to wait and see, and they said I must tell them as soon as we get back. I'm so glad none of them know about Lilly being a witch! I'm sure they'd desert me if they did. Not even Vernon knows. Maybe I'll tell him, maybe I won't.
P.D.
Severus Snape's Entry: Sept 22.
Peas. Carrots. Porridge. Peas. Carrots. Porridge. Peas. Carrots. Porridge. Peas. Carrots. Porridge. Peas. Carrots. Porridge.
God, this is so boring. Phase one of my little operation against the Marauders is going to happen. I can't wait to see James's reaction. He is going to be furious, and then the war will really begin.
Severus
James Potter's Entry: Sept. 22
I'm so sick and tired of watching the Slytherins strut around the school. I mean we all know they're on Voldemort's side. Didn't Lucius' father get killed by Him himself? Something about not doing exactly as he planned....I did hear a rumour. That would be oddly satisfying, give Lucius a taste of what the so called 'mudbloods' go through.
On the other hand Quidditch is starting soon. Remus says to wait to look for the chamber of secrets till after we've mastered the Animagus transformation, which should be by the thirtieth – it'll be safe to try again then. That's a good thing too, because this time it's going to work, and next month there is a full moon.
Till next time.
James P.
Lord Lucius Malfoy's Journal Sept. 25
I am greatly improving in the 'illegal' curses. Bellatrix and Avery sneak into Hogsmead buying rats and spiders to test them on. You can get them in other places besides Diagon Alley. The last time my father saw me, he showed me the curses, and how to keep practicing. I take some small comfort in the fact that is was an honourable mission that ended his life. It's easy to do the curses when Dumbledore's not around, so easy that my fingers are itching to do it to a mudblood. But we'll be patient and wait till graduation.
The planning is going nicely and Bellatrix has developed a nice little plot. We decided to pull Narcissa in on the joke and she was absolutely delighted. Narcissa is an interesting creature. Bellatrix was right in saying that Narcissa would be an asset to the plan, rather then something to screw it up. Ah, dear James wait till you see what's waiting.
Lord Lucius Malfoy
Peter Pettigrew's Entry: Sept. 27
The work on our transformations is almost done and it's making me nervous. On Sept. 30th, we're supposed to take it in time for the full moon. I am nervous because (1) we could get caught between now and then (2) we're doing something illegal and get a whole lot more than detention if we are caught! Not to mention that (3) I might end up with body parts that don't belong to me if I don't get it right. I'll take it "like a man" as Sirius says, and stand there trembling.
Narcissa approached me today. She's some Slytherin girl. She asked if I would meet her, to help her with Transfiguration. I said 'okay' without thinking. Now James and Sirius say if I don't tell her 'no', they're going to hit me over the head with a crow bar. I asked them what that was and they rolled their eyes. James showed me a picture of one from his muggle studies books. It didn't look too friendly.
Now what on earth am I supposed to do? If don't show up to studies Narcissa will hex me. If I do, James and Sirius are going to hit me over the head with a crowbar. Not nice options there either. Pettigrew
Bellatrix's Entry: Sept. 29th
So far the plan is working. Narcissa bullied Peter into studying with her. Lucius commented that with a body like hers she could do anything she wanted with poor defenceless idiots. I asked him if he was in love with her. That shut him up. Slytherins do not fall in love. We have friends with benefits, but we do not fall in love. A muggle was killed yesterday. I believe the name was something Evans.
It is of no importance. All muggles and mudbloods should be murdered and tortured. Now this is more interesting then our own little war within the walls of Dumbledore's haven that is about to start. It will start and brought about by me.
Anything to give the man havoc.
Bellatrix
Sirius Black's Entry: Sept. 30th
With how late it is, it is technically November 1st, which means James is going to be lost in the land of Quidditch. Quidditch is great, don't get me wrong. We just view Quidditch from different perspectives; me from the point of view of a spectator, James from the view of an actual player.
No the real reason I wanted to write tonight is because the transformation WORKED! After seven years of hard work it has finally come about. James is a stag whenever he transforms. Peter a rat (kind of fitting when you think about it). Lupin of course has always been a werewolf, but I like mine the best. Mine is a great big shaggy dog, you know, the kind that haunts church yards and is the Omen of Death? I could have a lot of fun with that!
We gave each other nicknames to use, or codenames. We call Remus 'Moony', for obvious reasons. We call Peter 'Wormtail' because his rat's tail looks exactly like a worm
We call James 'Prongs' because he's a Stag. Cool yes? And James has inspired us for the search of the castle of the Chamber of Secrets. We're can explore the castle better in our new forms, and with James's invisibility cloak we'll soon know every inch of Hogwarts. We pretty much do already, but there are some other places we haven't seen. Once we're done, we'll work on getting it down on paper.
Sirius Black
(ed: I felt that Sirius would also be likely to refer to Lupin as 'Remus' – he does so frequently, and I also think you slightly misunderstood the reason for calling Peter Wormtail ! But then, that's personal taste.)
Ed: Well I hope you find the changes subtle enough. It's up to you which version you use. I'm not sure whether you kept the potion idea in because you'd already written a chapter, so that's something for you to think about.