Aloha everyone! Deepest apologies for disappearing like I did. Our computer just went through a complete revamp, and all I have is WordPad now because for some reason we didn't get MicrosoftWord. It's depressing. If the spelling is bad thats why. No spell check. Hey, does anyone know of any art sights were you can post art (like DeviantArt or Elfwood)? For some reason Deviant doesn't work for me and Elfwood is confusing...Well anyway on with the next chapter....


Hard Work Will Pay Off Later, Laziness Pays Off Now!

It was dark again. He struggled to lift his hand, and gave a muffled groan as he sat up.

"Who.....Who turned out the light...." He muttered, waving his hand haphazardly around.

Sirius, James and Peter all looked at him blankly, then to each other.

"Dude, you've got your eyes closed." Sirius supplied.

"Oh." Hazel eyes now squinted up at the other boys.

"Why am I lying on the floor?"

"Well...." Remus began. "You fell down."

"I fell down?" James looked up doubtfully.

"Off the bed." answered Peter, who momentarily succumbed to the murderous glares of the other upright boys.

Sirius pulled James forcefully to his feet, and shoved a rag in his hand.

"Here. Clean. No questions. We've been covering for you, and if we're not done when McGonagall comes back she'll go ballistic."

"Why was I on the floor?" James angrily emphasised each word. Sirius peeked inconspiciously over James's shoulder. Remus was pulling the bed hangings he'd taken off Peter's bed over the mirror in the corner.

"You fainted Prongsie--" James cut Sirius off.

"Fainted why?" He asked.

"I don't know, you're the one who fainted..." Sirius replied.

"Fainted when?" James pressed on.

"Nearly two hours ago. McGonagall came by and we told her what happened so she said to leave you alone."

"When are we eating lunch?" James asked, glancing down at his rumbling stomach while dusting off a shelf Sirius had kept his collections of quills and books and such on. It was very dusty.

"Oh yeah....well, actually...it's rather funny, really..."

James glared. "What is so funny?"

"You see, lunch was an hour ago, and we were going to save some for you, but then this great huge ravenous dog just bounded in here, and it stole your chicken sandwich. But you know, you really can't blame the poor brute, i mean, he's just a cute little puppy after--"

James tackled Sirius, who immediately hurled himself towards the door, tripping over furniture and bed sheets in his haste. Just as he had almost reached the door, it swung open.

Sirius let out a shriek.

From the depths of the stairwell, stepped the most terrifying creature known to Sirius Black.

"Does Masters need some new sheets?" Teeky the house-elf stared up at them, an amiable smile on his face.

Remus sniggered evilly from the back of the room.

"Back! Back you beast! Go back into the kitchens which spawned you!" Sirius shouted from his new residence, which was under Peter's bed.

"Teeky is wondering why Mister is speaking that way. Does Teeky need to get Madame Pomfrey?"

James bit his lip to stop the threatening laughter. "No thanks. He might need help, but not the physical kind....it's definitely a mental thing..."

Meanwhile, Sirius was chanting quietly from under the bed, while rubbing a purple rabbit's foot furiously. Peter leaned down to listen to him.

"Don't let the game rain out. Don't let the game rain out. Don't let me get struck by lightning. Don't..." Peter yawned. For Sirius, it really wasn't that interesting. He shoved a pile of posters on the floor, including a "Save the Snidget" banner, pulled a bag of crisps out of a drawer, checked the expiration date out of curiousity (It was only two years out of date), and curled up on top of his bed, watching the others.

"Actually Teeky, I think I have a pile of dirty socks right here..." James ambled over to his bed, Teeky following him. As he drew closer to Peter's bed, Sirius began his slow retreat toward the door. As the house elf picked up the sack of socks, Sirius made his great escape.

A few minutes later, Remus and Peter perched themselves on the windowsill by James's bed, watching the grounds by the lake.

Sirius came running out of the doors to the great hall. The students who were enjoying the outdoors between classes looked up in mild intrest as Sirius flew past them, screaming about house elves and jello, and watched as he threw himself into the lake.

"Hum. Well, that was interesting. Crisp?" Peter smiled over at Remus, who looked doubtfully at the bag. He peeked out the window again, watching as James struggled to drag Sirius out of the lake.

"It's a good thing it's almost OWL time. These things happen so often that no one cares anymore..."

"You mean Sirius might not skin you alive when he recovers."

Remus stared at Peter.

"Er...I think Sirius's problems are too deep for him to just 'recover,' Pete."

"You're probably right."

James had pulled Sirius out of the lake, with a little help from the giant squid, and was now marching back towards the castle.

"Teeky, I think you'd better go now. Thank you for helping me." Remus smiled at the house elf, who beamed back.

"Teeky is happy to help, if..." He looked at Remus's pocket hopefully.

"Oh, right." Remus pulled a bar of chocolate out of his pocket and passed it to the elf, who skipped happily and ran out the door.

"You bribe house elves on a regular basis?"

Remus ignored him, and turned expectedly as the door opened again. But it was not James and Sirius who stood in the doorway.

It was Professor McGonagall.

You. Are. Dead. Boys.

"What" she whispered, eyes flashing. "are you four doing?"
Review Please!
Title From MarkLowry

I know I've been replying to reviews differently, but if I tried it now I would go insane, so I'm just going to answer them one by one and hopefully go back to using the marauders next time.

Athena Diagon Cat: Can't you see him, a little toddler-Remus beggining his collection of wrappers....".....One....Too....Twee.....Foo....Fife...." (Yes, he would have a lisp, the cute little kids always do.) And I'm not sure McGonagall was ever sane.....Well, thanks for reviewing!

violet-angel07: Oh, I know....I am totally addicted to Junior Mints and M&M's.....ahem.... anyway.....It really does seem like Sirius.....maybe there will be a few walls papered....I can easily see Dumbledore's office covered in chocolate wrappers....Thanks for reviewing!

Phaedra 14: Thankyou!! Well, hopefully I can come up with some similar stories for the Mischevious Quartet!

Uineniel: Thanks for reviewing, and especially for such a long one! Um, they probably were from GoF.....And Sirius has his ways, he probably 'confiscated' them from some innocent muggle-born first year. I think if most people's lives were examined it would be found that they had stolen sweets from the fridge at some point....Yes, poor Dumbledore does get tired of knitting (I've always wondered what the Headmaster does all day, I mean when there's no Dark Lord to be gotten rid of....he'd have to have some hobbies...)

squirrel-bladder4: Thanks very much!

Rudolf-Lupin: Thanks! Sorry I wasn't faster.

Moviesavvy: Thanks! Remus is my favorite too...

Chess: Thank you very much!

Mooncheese: Thank you for reviewing! I can see one of the marauders sleepwalking (and McGonagall not believing him when he turns up in the teachers lounge and giving him detention....and for good reason...) I hope it made your day!

Scorchy-11: Thank you very much!!

Celebrean: Chocolate is good. I liked the third one better too, "You tell the spiders Ron!"

Mooncheese: Well, you did say take your time......I'm very sorry for taking so long. Thanks again!

Desthemarauderette: Thank you very much!

Refridgerator Pea: Yes it was! Mysterious voices......well, I guess Sirius could be a Monkey tongue (he hears Chimpanzees in the walls).... Thanks!

Neko Mew Midorikawa: Thanks!

Miss Piratess: Some people write Remus as being sweet, quiet, and bookish all the time, but I prefer to think that he can be just as 'evil' as Sirius when he wants, only with a little more rhyme and reason to his evil doings. Thanks!

BluePhoenixFire: Thanks! Sorry I wasn't faster.

Lady Taliesin: Thanks!! Well, I guess we already found out about the door.....Now I just want to know who the HBP is.....

Kinlea: Thank you!! I've tried to put more Sirius in....

Marker the Baka: Is that a threat on my health?!? LOL, just kidding. Sorry I wasn't faster, and thanks for reviewing!

Accio Flaming Stake: First off, I TOTALLY love your name. That's hilarious. Thanks so much for reviewing! Thank you very much!

Refridgerator Pea: Thanks again!

Katy: Oh, thank you so much!

fairbird: I know! Poor Remus....I'll tell him! Well, I think McGonagall isn't entirely sane. Thank you!

YoshimiWolfspaw: Thank you!