These next posts are for Mornel, my best friend who I miss terribly, and
Blue Ducky who gave me such wonderful responses!
Post 35:
The next morning Professor McGonagal handed out applications to all of the students to fill out. They were to be filled out and then sent to the Post- school of each students choice.
James applied for a job in the department of Magical Games and Sports but was also trying out to be on a professional Quidditch team! Lily filled out five copies and sent them to different places; she wanted to work for the ministry.
Peter (who was now dating his Hufflepuff ex-girlfriends friend's younger sister) sent one out to a small one-month training course for shop keeping.
Remus already had a job lined up for him in the Office For Werewolf Support Services and would do a month of training in the summer (not like he needed it). Ophelia and Jade both filled out applications for Auror School, as did Sirius.
After all of the applications for Post-school had been filled out and re- collected, McGonagal told everyone to expect responses the next month. Jade found herself feeling nervous about her acceptance and wondered what she would do if she didn't get in. She could always fight dragons again...
It was past midnight and Jade snuck out with Sirius, Remus, and James to pull a prank with them. (Peter had a detention.)
"Shh..." James hissed. as they went into an empty classroom. He pulled out the Marauder's map and looked at it.
"Alright... two doors down at the left side of this hall." He swiped it clean and put it back in his pocket. They walked across the hall and went into the room two doors away.
"Excellent!" Remus said, looking around.
"So what are we waiting for?" Jade asked smiling.
They were in the Slytherin laundry room and all of the house elves had grouped all of the clean laundry in a boys and girls section. On top of each small pile of clothes was a note telling the house elves who the items belonged to.
"He he he... how would Snivelus like Sandy Parkinson's pink thong?" Sirius asked, switching the nametags on the laundry piles and then moving them into opposite sections. Everyone knew Sandy Parkinson was the Slytherin scank. Hurriedly, Jade switched around some girls clothes with the boys, her friends helping out.
"Ok, we have three minutes before the house elves come back to deliver the laundry to the Slytherin dorms." Remus said, checking his watch. James finished his last switch and they all ran back to common room, laughing as they went.
The next morning Jade smiled and waved to Snape from across the Great Hall at breakfast.
He glared back. Everyone in the Slytherin house was very quiet and awkward looking.
This made the marauders laugh harder than the night before.
"Good one!" Peter squeaked when they told him the prank. "I have another detention because after I finished serving mine I accidentally knocked over Professor McGonagal's assignment pile."
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"Aww..." Peter groaned, looking at his application response. "They'll only accept me if I pull up my Transfiguration! I'm going to be up all night from now until the end of the year studying!" His envelope was on the floor and he threw his response down beside it.
James had already received his acceptance into the ministry the day before and was going to try out for the Montrose Magpies quidditch team after Hogwarts got out.
Remus (to no one's surprise) was accepted immediately into the Office For Werewolf Support Services.
Sirius, Jade, and Ophelia looked at one another. All holding their letters in their hands. Jade gave hers to Sirius, Sirius gave hers to Ophelia, and Ophelia gave hers to Jade.
On the count of three they opened them and looked at each other.
"You got in!" Jade cried to Ophelia.
"So did you, Sirius!" said Ophelia.
Jade looked at Sirius, he looked disappointed. "Oh no!' Jade thought.
"Jade, I'm sorry." Sirius winced. "But... it looks like..."
Jade felt a pang of disappointment in her stomach.
"It looks like you're going to be stuck with me to go through training, 'cause you got in, baby!" He laughed and kissed her on the cheek.
"Sirius, you Pratt! Don't ever trick me like that again!" But she was smiling and after she smacked him playfully on the arm he grabbed her and kissed passionately.
"Hello." Jade breathed, after they finally broke apart. She moved a piece of his black hair out of his face and kissed him sweetly on his warm lips.
"You know..." He whispered in Jade's ear. "We haven't been to the room of Requirement since fifth year."
Jade arched her eyebrows suggestively.
"And I could think of a few other things we could use it for..."
Jade giggled and blushed. She looked into his deep blue eyes and nodded.
They turned back to the group.
"Ahh, well... we must go to the- er- Library! To study... so, we'll see you later, bye!" Sirius grabbed Jade's hand and pulled her out of the room quickly. She laughed as she went.
"This is nice!" Jade said, opening the door to the room of Requirement. There was a big bed in the middle of the room with rose petals all over the floor and scented candles lit around the side of the room.
She smile at Sirius who smiled back.
"I love you." He whispered, kissing her neck.
She smiled at those words. "I love you."
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Sirius rolled off of Jade and breathed heavily.
"That," Jade said. "Was amazing."
Sirius smiled at her and kissed her neck.
"You weren't bad yourself, not bad at all." He continued kissing her and she giggled slightly.
"Sirius... we have to go to dinner..." He was tickling her and Jade was laughing like mad.
"S-stop!" She laughed. "I- I can't breathe!" Sirius stopped tickling her and wrapped her in his strong arms.
"I want to stay here longer too but we'll miss dinner."
"So, I'll nic some food from the kitchens later... come on!" Jade looked at Sirius, he had given her his puppy eyes.
"Ahh... alright!" No one could ever say no to him when he looked at them like that!
The two of them lay there for hours until Jade's stomach groaned.
They both laughed, dressed, and snuck to the kitchens.
"Fmanks!" Jade said to the house elves, her mouth full of food. They shoved more food onto her plate which was already filled with things. She looked at Sirius and laughed.
"Have enough food then?" She asked once she had swallowed the food that was in her mouth.
In his arms were two large plates, both piled high with food.
"Uhh... no, I need another roll." He joked. Immediately another house elf fetched him a bun and put it on one of his plates.
"Come on." Jade said, stepping out of the door and looking back at the huge portrait with a pear on it.
Laughing quietly, they walked up the main stairs and down the hall.
"Shush." Jade whispered, stopping.
"What?" Sirius whispered back.
Jade held her hand to her mouth and listened.
"It's nothing," She said after a moment. "I thought I heard someone coming but I was wrong." They started walking again, Jade biting into a roll that was in her arms.
"Hello." Professional McGonagal said, rounding the corner and spotting them. "And why did we sneak to the kitchens at-" she checked her watch "half past eight?"
Sirius swallowed his peice of chicken.
"We skipped dinner so Sirius could help me with my- transfiguration!" Jade said, looking at Sirius meaningfully. "You know... because I was having trouble in class with the Snatius switch."
McGonagal thought this over in her head.
"But I've got it down now." Jade said, trying to look truthful.
"Good, I should like to see you do it!" Professor McGonagal answered.
Here Jade was stumped. She had been having trouble with that very switching spell and knew she would not be able to do it.
"And you will." Sirius cut in. "Tomorrow in class. It was meant to surprize you."
McGonagal smiled at last.
"Oh alright, I suppose since it was to study." Jade and Sirius grinned.
"But don't do it again! I'm taking off one point for each of you from Gryffindor." she walked by, turned around, took a cookie from Sirius and continued on her way.
"That was close!" Sirius said, plopping on a couch in the Gryffindor room.
"Woa!" Jade cried. Sirius had pulled her on top of him by her waist as she walked past him.
"Mmm... mashed potatoes and french toast, my favourites!" Jade said, looking at her huge plate where the above mentioned were at the bottom of a pile of other food.
"You are so weird." Sirius said, kissing her on the neck before turning to his own plate (scrambled eggs and steak).
The next morning Professor McGonagal handed out applications to all of the students to fill out. They were to be filled out and then sent to the Post- school of each students choice.
James applied for a job in the department of Magical Games and Sports but was also trying out to be on a professional Quidditch team! Lily filled out five copies and sent them to different places; she wanted to work for the ministry.
Peter (who was now dating his Hufflepuff ex-girlfriends friend's younger sister) sent one out to a small one-month training course for shop keeping.
Remus already had a job lined up for him in the Office For Werewolf Support Services and would do a month of training in the summer (not like he needed it). Ophelia and Jade both filled out applications for Auror School, as did Sirius.
After all of the applications for Post-school had been filled out and re- collected, McGonagal told everyone to expect responses the next month. Jade found herself feeling nervous about her acceptance and wondered what she would do if she didn't get in. She could always fight dragons again...
It was past midnight and Jade snuck out with Sirius, Remus, and James to pull a prank with them. (Peter had a detention.)
"Shh..." James hissed. as they went into an empty classroom. He pulled out the Marauder's map and looked at it.
"Alright... two doors down at the left side of this hall." He swiped it clean and put it back in his pocket. They walked across the hall and went into the room two doors away.
"Excellent!" Remus said, looking around.
"So what are we waiting for?" Jade asked smiling.
They were in the Slytherin laundry room and all of the house elves had grouped all of the clean laundry in a boys and girls section. On top of each small pile of clothes was a note telling the house elves who the items belonged to.
"He he he... how would Snivelus like Sandy Parkinson's pink thong?" Sirius asked, switching the nametags on the laundry piles and then moving them into opposite sections. Everyone knew Sandy Parkinson was the Slytherin scank. Hurriedly, Jade switched around some girls clothes with the boys, her friends helping out.
"Ok, we have three minutes before the house elves come back to deliver the laundry to the Slytherin dorms." Remus said, checking his watch. James finished his last switch and they all ran back to common room, laughing as they went.
The next morning Jade smiled and waved to Snape from across the Great Hall at breakfast.
He glared back. Everyone in the Slytherin house was very quiet and awkward looking.
This made the marauders laugh harder than the night before.
"Good one!" Peter squeaked when they told him the prank. "I have another detention because after I finished serving mine I accidentally knocked over Professor McGonagal's assignment pile."
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"Aww..." Peter groaned, looking at his application response. "They'll only accept me if I pull up my Transfiguration! I'm going to be up all night from now until the end of the year studying!" His envelope was on the floor and he threw his response down beside it.
James had already received his acceptance into the ministry the day before and was going to try out for the Montrose Magpies quidditch team after Hogwarts got out.
Remus (to no one's surprise) was accepted immediately into the Office For Werewolf Support Services.
Sirius, Jade, and Ophelia looked at one another. All holding their letters in their hands. Jade gave hers to Sirius, Sirius gave hers to Ophelia, and Ophelia gave hers to Jade.
On the count of three they opened them and looked at each other.
"You got in!" Jade cried to Ophelia.
"So did you, Sirius!" said Ophelia.
Jade looked at Sirius, he looked disappointed. "Oh no!' Jade thought.
"Jade, I'm sorry." Sirius winced. "But... it looks like..."
Jade felt a pang of disappointment in her stomach.
"It looks like you're going to be stuck with me to go through training, 'cause you got in, baby!" He laughed and kissed her on the cheek.
"Sirius, you Pratt! Don't ever trick me like that again!" But she was smiling and after she smacked him playfully on the arm he grabbed her and kissed passionately.
"Hello." Jade breathed, after they finally broke apart. She moved a piece of his black hair out of his face and kissed him sweetly on his warm lips.
"You know..." He whispered in Jade's ear. "We haven't been to the room of Requirement since fifth year."
Jade arched her eyebrows suggestively.
"And I could think of a few other things we could use it for..."
Jade giggled and blushed. She looked into his deep blue eyes and nodded.
They turned back to the group.
"Ahh, well... we must go to the- er- Library! To study... so, we'll see you later, bye!" Sirius grabbed Jade's hand and pulled her out of the room quickly. She laughed as she went.
"This is nice!" Jade said, opening the door to the room of Requirement. There was a big bed in the middle of the room with rose petals all over the floor and scented candles lit around the side of the room.
She smile at Sirius who smiled back.
"I love you." He whispered, kissing her neck.
She smiled at those words. "I love you."
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Sirius rolled off of Jade and breathed heavily.
"That," Jade said. "Was amazing."
Sirius smiled at her and kissed her neck.
"You weren't bad yourself, not bad at all." He continued kissing her and she giggled slightly.
"Sirius... we have to go to dinner..." He was tickling her and Jade was laughing like mad.
"S-stop!" She laughed. "I- I can't breathe!" Sirius stopped tickling her and wrapped her in his strong arms.
"I want to stay here longer too but we'll miss dinner."
"So, I'll nic some food from the kitchens later... come on!" Jade looked at Sirius, he had given her his puppy eyes.
"Ahh... alright!" No one could ever say no to him when he looked at them like that!
The two of them lay there for hours until Jade's stomach groaned.
They both laughed, dressed, and snuck to the kitchens.
"Fmanks!" Jade said to the house elves, her mouth full of food. They shoved more food onto her plate which was already filled with things. She looked at Sirius and laughed.
"Have enough food then?" She asked once she had swallowed the food that was in her mouth.
In his arms were two large plates, both piled high with food.
"Uhh... no, I need another roll." He joked. Immediately another house elf fetched him a bun and put it on one of his plates.
"Come on." Jade said, stepping out of the door and looking back at the huge portrait with a pear on it.
Laughing quietly, they walked up the main stairs and down the hall.
"Shush." Jade whispered, stopping.
"What?" Sirius whispered back.
Jade held her hand to her mouth and listened.
"It's nothing," She said after a moment. "I thought I heard someone coming but I was wrong." They started walking again, Jade biting into a roll that was in her arms.
"Hello." Professional McGonagal said, rounding the corner and spotting them. "And why did we sneak to the kitchens at-" she checked her watch "half past eight?"
Sirius swallowed his peice of chicken.
"We skipped dinner so Sirius could help me with my- transfiguration!" Jade said, looking at Sirius meaningfully. "You know... because I was having trouble in class with the Snatius switch."
McGonagal thought this over in her head.
"But I've got it down now." Jade said, trying to look truthful.
"Good, I should like to see you do it!" Professor McGonagal answered.
Here Jade was stumped. She had been having trouble with that very switching spell and knew she would not be able to do it.
"And you will." Sirius cut in. "Tomorrow in class. It was meant to surprize you."
McGonagal smiled at last.
"Oh alright, I suppose since it was to study." Jade and Sirius grinned.
"But don't do it again! I'm taking off one point for each of you from Gryffindor." she walked by, turned around, took a cookie from Sirius and continued on her way.
"That was close!" Sirius said, plopping on a couch in the Gryffindor room.
"Woa!" Jade cried. Sirius had pulled her on top of him by her waist as she walked past him.
"Mmm... mashed potatoes and french toast, my favourites!" Jade said, looking at her huge plate where the above mentioned were at the bottom of a pile of other food.
"You are so weird." Sirius said, kissing her on the neck before turning to his own plate (scrambled eggs and steak).
