Disclaimer: nothing is mine!
Chapter Seven – The Marauders Map
Lily and Clover were sitting at the Gryffindor table for breakfast the next morning when Rose came rushing up.
"You haven't seen Sirius have you?" she asked. "He was meant to meet me in the common room so we could go down to breakfast together but he never showed."
Lily and Clover both shook their heads and Rose sat down and glumly started to pick at the eggs and toast in front of her. She sighed and looked back up at the two girls.
"I guess I'm afraid now that he's back at school, surrounded by gorgeous, adoring girls he won't want to be tied to me."
As the girls assured her that Sirius wouldn't do that a noise across the Hall distracted them. Over at the Slytherin table Lucius Malfoy, Regulus Black, Severus Snape and had grown blonde hair and their robes had turned pink. They stood on the Slytherin table and began to sway back and forwards. Microphones appeared in their hands and Malfoy began to sing.
"I got chills, their multiplying.
And I'm losing control.
All the power you're supplying
It's Electrifying."
Snape stepped forward next:
"You better shape up, cause I need a man,
and my heart is set on you
You better shape up, you better understand,
to my heart I must be true
Nothing left, nothing left for me to do.
Regulus by this time had moved to stand in front of Lily, who recoiled in shock;
"You're the one that I want
(you are the one I want), ooh ooh ooh, honey
The one that I want (you are the one I want),
ooh ooh ooh, honey
The one that I want (you are the one I want),
ooh ooh ooh, honey
The one I need (the one I need),
oh yes indeed (yes indeed)
As he finished the entire school burst out laughing and applauded the Slytherins, who seemed to have snapped back to reality and looked down at their robes and around them in shock. Regulus blinked and jumped to his feet. The four boys scurried out of the Hall to the continued laughter that followed, coming even from some teachers. As the boys laughed the Marauders entered the Hall and made for the three girls, Lily still shocked.
Sirius planted a kiss on Rose's cheek and sat down smiling happily, "So girls did you like our show?"
"I liked your show Sirius," a screechy voice broke in. "I thought it was the funniest thing ever," Samantha Cherry continued in a high breathy voice.
"That's nice Sam," Sirius said. "Okay, nice to see you, bye now."
Lily stifled a giggle as Samantha didn't catch the not-so-subtle hint. "I've been meaning to catch up with you Sirius. After our date last year in Hogsmeade I haven't been able to get you out of my mind."
"After our date I told you it wasn't going to happen."
"Oh, come on Sirius, you know we're a good match; both pureblood, both gorgeous. You know you want me," Sam reached out her hand and stroked Sirius' cheek. Lily could see Rose getting angry as she watched this and her worries earlier echoed in Lily's head. Although Sirius was rejecting Sam he seemed to have forgotten Rose was right next to him.
"I want you Sam, to go away," Sirius said but he made no move to take Samantha's hand off him.
It seemed that Rose had finally had enough. She got up from the table and stormed out of the Hall. Sirius watched her go and then looked at Sam, "Shit," he muttered as he grabbed his things and took off after her.
Lily and Clover looked at the Marauders sitting across from them and they all went back to their breakfast. Less than two minutes later Sirius came back in.
"James, the map," he panted as he clutched the stitch developing in his side.
James looked at him questioningly and then at the girls before pulling out a blank piece of parchment. Lily watched as Sirius muttered something under his breath. Words appeared at the top of the page and lines crawled over the page to form a floor plan.
Sirius scanned the parchment and then sprinted out of the Hall once more, leaving the parchment in Lily's reach. She quickly grabbed it and scanned it, ignoring Remus and James' cries of "Wait." It was a moving map of Hogwarts and was covered in dots, each with their own labels. As Lily leaned closer to read the labels she realised the dots represented people.
Hundreds of dots filled the Great Hall but there were some moving around outside. Lily watched as the dot labelled 'Sirius Black' moved quickly towards the Quidditch Pitch were a dot labelled 'Rose Pentworth' wasn't moving. Sirius' dot caught up to Roses and obviously they started talking. They must have made up because the two dots suddenly merged.
Lily looked up to find Clover was watching the map over her shoulder and three boys looking very guiltily up at her.
"Who made this?" she asked.
Remus shifted uncomfortably, Peter squeaked and James coughed nervously. Lily looked down at the top of the map she hadn't read before. Green ink proclaimed;
Messrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot & Prongs
Purveyors of Aids to Magical Mischief Makers
are proud to present
THE MARAUDERS MAP
She turned to Remus and whispered, "Moony." He nodded.
Then Peter, "Wormtail," he looked down at the table.
"Prongs," James stared straight back at her. Lily found herself unable to look away form his gaze until Clover cleared her throat.
Ahem"Could someone please explain to me what is going on? Who are these Messrs??" she asked in an annoyed voice.
"They're us," Remus finally answered. "They're our nicknames for each other. We made the map."
"Oh," Clover sat back in her seat. "Where did the names come from?"
James looked at Remus nervously, "Not in here," and got up, motioning for the others to follow him. He led the group out into the grounds and stopped by a beech tree near the lake. They all sat on the grass and Clover looked at Remus expectantly.
Remus coughed and rubbed his hands on the grass nervously, "Well I can only tell you my part, that's where it all started I guess. My name is Moony. I started the whole business. If it had not been for what I am, the others would not be what they are. Clover I'm a werewolf."
When he said this the reaction he got was the worst he'd ever had. Clover screamed and jumped up. She backed away from Remus and the others, panic and disgust in her eyes. When she was a few metres away she spoke, "You freak! All of you stay away from me from now on." Then she turned and ran back into the castle.
Remus covered his face with his hands and Lily moved over to put his arms around him. He looked up at her and smiled sadly, "That didn't go well."
Lily shook her head, "I don't know what's the matter with her. I really thought she wouldn't care like I don't. At least she won't tell anyone."
James looked at her, "How can you be so sure?"
Lily grinned. "Because when we walked down here I put a spell on her that anytime she goes to tell someone Remus' secret she'll just bark like a dog."
"Nice," Remus half-smiled. "Now I just have to hope that Rose takes it better."
Lily looked surprised, "You're still going to tell her?"
Remus shrugged, "Sure. I can't see any reason not too as long as you put the spell on her. She'll probably take it better though; she knows Sirius is an illegal Animagus, he told her when they first started going out. He just didn't mention the rest of us."
"Well she is a muggleborn like me, she didn't grow up with a prejudice against werewolves like Clover did. To us you'll always be Remus, the brainy guy behind the pranks," Lily hugged Remus again and got to her feet, "By the way that was really funny this morning guys."
James grinned, "That one was for you Evans."
"Me? Why?"
"We thought we needed to pay the Slytherins back for the way they've been trating you."
To James' surprise Lily scowled at him, "I don't need you to stick up for me Potter." She turned from the boys and walked back up to the castle.
Two weeks later Clover still wasn't talking to any of them. She'd started to hang out with Samantha and Whitney rounding up boy after boy to date. Whenever Clover was alone with Rose or Lily in the dorm she'd whisper 'Freak' and leave.
Thank you to everyone who reviewed the last chapter... man it made me happy so I thought I'd get this out asap for you all.
Please keep reviewing – u have no idea how happy it makes me .
LittleAquarianPrincess