Hello everyone! Sorry for the wait, but I was overseas and thus unable to write... or even get on a computer. I had GREAT fun. But I won't babble on about that. I hope some people are excited for this chapter! And I've done review responses, which I've always wanted to do; they're at the bottom. Thanks to everybody who reviewed! I get so excited when I read them! Ok... on with the entry!
Moony and Wormtail make an entrance in this entry. Moony writes bold and Wormtail writes in italic bold and as always Padfoot in italics and Prongs in normal.
Dear Pablo,
And we return for another glorious entry on you delightful pages, which will soon be filled with humor and philosophy! What a lucky diary you are!
Except that you have to put up with Padfoot, I'd agree with that. You are INCREDIBLY lucky, to have been graced with my presence!
I'm going to ignore that. I'm going to try very hard to ignore that. For now, that is.
You couldn't stay angry with me anyway. Now, we're terribly sorry, Pablo, but -
But, due to lack of parchment Prongs and I have had to use you for purposes other than what was intended when we first had the luck of getting you.
We hope you don't mind but we need some parchment to write to Moony and Wormtail on and, well, you're easy to use, so....
What he means is, we're going to use you to pass notes in class. Sorry. And now we will stop talking to a diary and start planning our Prankfest.
Ok, Pablo, this first note is for Moon -
Prongs! Get on with it! The lesson will be over before we even get a note out if you keep on telling our diary what's going on! And Moony and Wormtail will start to think you're crazy... if they don't already notice the obvious.
I'm not crazy, just... affectionate. I reckon Lily would like that, if I was affectionate! Don't you?
Maybe, if you weren't you.
What's that meant to mean? Anyway: Moony and Wormtail - What do you think of a Prankfest again this year?
What is this book? Is this that diary? Can we read it!?!?!
Wow! Your diary! You trust me with this? Just joking! I wouldn't read it, that is, if you didn't want me too. But I say yes to the Prankfest! That is... if you guys want it, because if you don't it's ok with me. I'll just do whatever.
Write a novel, why don't you, Wormtail. Yes Moony, this is our diary, and no, you can't read it. Not yet anyway. Maybe after we put some spells on it to hide stuff...
Hide stuff? Like what? Not any of Prongs' Lily prattle... If that's the case, I feel sorry for you Padfoot, you poor, poor thing.
Hey! I don't 'prattle'!
Sure you don't. There is a lot of that, unfortunately, Moony, but that's beside the point. What do you think of a Prankfest?
Well...
Moony! You're the un-indecisive one around here! You know you want to.
'Un-indecisive' am I? Well, fine then, But not too big. I am a prefect, you know and the younger students...
But you were fine with it last year and you were a prefect then too.
Come on Moony, don't be a spoilsport. We've got to keep up our reputation.
Exactly.
Ignore him, chaps. It's not like he won't join in. Remember last time, when he lectured us for days about how we shouldn't do it, but as soon as we started planning things he was throwing suggestions around like he had a Subicium charm on him? I assume this Fest will be against the Slytherins?
As always. Ideas, anyone?
What about we get a giant balloon and write Slytherins Suck on it and make it float around!
Wasn't that your idea last year?
Yeh! But we never got round to doing it, remember? And you all thought it was a great idea, didn't you?
No comment.
No comment.
No.
Comment?
No, just no. It's not very... original, Wormtail. But maybe if we got lots of little red and yellow balloons to follow them round and whenever enough of them got together the balloons would form a line and flash Slytherin Sucks in bright lights. That would be cool. Imagine at meals... there would be about 20 Slytherin Sucks signs at their table and, hopefully, no one would be able to do anything about it. For a while, at least.
And we could add that anti-anti-jinx charm we learned in Charms yesterday.
And make it whenever they tried to pop the balloons another one would appear! Great idea Wormtail!
And ME!
And Siri - Can we write your names in the book?
No! But yeh, Padfoot too, I suppose.
:P to you.
Gee! Thanks Prongs! So should we do it now?
No, you idiot. This'll take a while to plan. I'd say a few weeks, if we want it to be first-class.
Which we do, naturally.
As you would expect of the marauders of the school. Always of the highest standard, always to be remembered by our sons and grandsons and great-grandsons, etc, etc.
And everybody else.
Can we read the diary now?
No. Give it back, Me and Padfoot -
Padfoot and I.
Shut up Moony, we know.
Yeh, we get artistic license.
For a diary? You've got to be kidding!
Give it back. We wanna write in Pablo. And stop laughing! Pablo is a exceptional name for a diary!
Look who's talking! Bye, Moony. You can stop reading over my shoulder now.
We know all and see all. Give up now, guys, before you suffer our wrath!
Or, at least, we hex you enough to put you in quite a bit of pain for the next few days.
Precisely. So, Pablo, it seems as if the Prankfest will indeed be happening.
Well, I'm excited. I live off mischief! It's like my lifeblood!
Except it's not red.
Will I ever get through to you, Prongsie? Maybe in Quidditch terms, or through Lily... But otherwise...
Hey! Guess what! YOU brought up Lily! It wasn't me this time! Does this mean you want to talk about her? You don't... like her, do you? Because if you do, Padfoot, we're gonna have to take this outside.
'Take this outside'??? And, of course I don't like Lily! I was mentioning her in association with you!
What do you mean 'Of course'? How could you not like her!?!?! I'm surprised she doesn't have a boyfriend, she's so pretty and intelligent -
And blah blah blah. And I hate to break it to you Prongsie, but. Oh, it doesn't matter.
But what? You can tell me! Anything about Lily I NEED to know.
It doesn't matter. Not important.
We shouldn't keep secrets from each other you know! I told you when I... you know... on the train.
But that was SO funny! This is just different. You wouldn't want to know.
Yeh I would! I need to know her flaws as well as everything else if I'm going to marry her!
Marriage, Prongs, is a long way off for you. But, get ready: She does have a boyfriend.
WHAT!?!?!
Yeh. I'm sorry Prongs, I really am.
And you weren't going to TELL me! I would have kept giving her flowers and asking her out and writing her poems and she would have had a BOYFRIEND! Do you know how humiliating that would have been!?!?! I am going to faint! This is horrible!
Don't faint, Prongs. I would have told you, eventually. Just, now seemed a bad time... you were happy.
Humph. Well, who is it then?
You know old Corn-on-the-Cob who has skin like corn from Ravenclaw, in seventh year? Yeh, him.
WHAT! But... But... he's so... ugly and blotchy!
I guess she's not interested in looks, mate. He is smart.
But so am I! And I'm handsome! This can't be happening. This CAN'T BE HAPPENING!
Well, Prongs has left the room now, Pablo. It's just you and me. So, unless I want to prove I'm crazy and talk to you or myself and also since I'm like his bestfriend and all, I better go and comfort him. He'll be fine... in a few months... I hope.
Forever Happy,
Padfoot (But not Prongs, it seems)
There's been a lot of questions about Pablo, so I'll answer them all here: I named the diary Pablo because my friend and I named my tent Pablo (crazy, I know!) and the name just stuck! Where it came from before that, who knows!
lindsay – Thanx for reading! I'm super glad you liked it! I hope you like this chapter too!
shadownthedark – ahh.. but prongs is obsessive. Well, at least to me! And Pablo is explained above! I'm delighted you liked the story... or diary.
cyberian-otter – You have read more! The wait is over! Sorry it was so long... promise next entry won't have the same delay
Unblemished Lamb – A fellow Pablo fan! Thanks for reading!
Ookami Aya – I am continuing for you! And everyone else, of course... hope you get a few more laughs out of this... though I'm afraid it's not as funny as some other chapters : (. Hopefully it's not too bad. Thanx for enjoying!
kiwi – Pablo is explained above. And I've finally updated! Please continue to 'love it'.
GatomonandKariFan – Are you over your cold yet? I hope so! Thanks for reading the fic!harry's marauder chick – Sirius is ALWAYS funny! I luv it! Thank you for reading and enjoying!
Reaka – I did indeed have fun in France! Thanks for asking! And also, for reading and reviewing! Always appreciated!
Kayhera – Remus deserves his fair share of love life too, don't you think? It can't be all Sirius and James now, can it? France was great! You have a reason to be jealous! And thanks for the comments... You think Sirius is a bit weird? He's a bit different to how some people portray him, I know, but I've always thought he was a bit full of bull a lot of the time, and I try and show that. And as I say: James IS obsessed with Lily!
clothespeg-rules – It's amazing how two simple words can be so meaningful. Thank you!
Sun Kissed Rose – What type of cookies? I hope they were nice! I was actually eating an ANZAC when I wrote this... it was nice. Thanks for reviewing!
Rena – I agree about there should be a book about the marauders... but who to write it? I don't know... Thanx heaps for reading.
moonymagnificent – I had ever so much fun in France! Thank you for reading!
jazzypom – I loved your comments! It's good to know what people think of my style! Thank you for reviewing!
Crystal Lightning – You like my Prongsie! Yay! I had terrific fun in France, as you do when you go overseas with a bunch of friends! Thanks for reading and reviewing!
ReginaLucifer – Little red fox???? Dunno if I know that one! And your not crazy! Pablo is a super cool name!
Gaby-Black – You're from France! Cool! We went to Nice, Aix en Provence & Paris. Fantastic! I've started reading your story. I'll review soon! It's good so far! Thanks for reading!
Did you like the entrance of the other Marauders? I wanted to add them in somehow at one stage... So I did! And should I continue review responses? Did you like them? They're fun to write! Anyway, Thank you all for reaching the bottom! I hope you enjoyed it!
