Sirius unlocked the door and it creaked open. Though the place looked pretty desolate on the outside, the inside was very well kept.
"It's beautiful, Jim," said Sirius happily.
"And so roomy. The possibilities are endless, Padfoot my friend," he clapped his hand on Sirius's shoulder.
"Still," said Sirius with that trademark smirk, "The place needs to be readjusted to fit our purpose.
"Indeed. We should get started."
"Mum's going to kill me," said Sirius happily.
The two entered and proceeded to snoop through everything.
"It's been so long since I've been here," said Sirius, "and when I was here mum insisted I stayed in the pool house."
James paused and gave his pal a look of utter joy.
"Did you say.. Pool?"
Sirius thoughtlessly answered.
"Yeah. . we used to own the pool but mum thought I enjoyed it a bit too much so she sold it and some land to a family and they built a house next door."
James sighed, "So much for that idea… we'll just have to rave inside then." He picked up a small radio.
"Well, this won't do..."
Sirius nodded and pulled out his wand. He drawled and incantation and lazily flicked his wand. The small hand radio poofed into an unnecessarily large system with two six foot speakers.
"That's better," grinned James. "When is the rest of the Gang supposed to be here anyway?"
"Legolas and Aragorn should be here in a few days, I'm sure they'll pick up Boromir along the way. He's supposed to be getting his Apparition license tomorrow, if he passes."
"Good. Then we won't have to travel the slow way," said James, "But what about Moony?"
Sirius looked thoughtful. "I'll send his mum and Owl, saying my mum will be here and that it's perfectly fine for him to be here.. after all, we have a nice, sturdy, sound-proof basement."
"We should make sure of that," suggested James, "We don't want to have to chase him through a residential area.. predominantly inhabited by Muggles."
They went into the downstairs basement.
"That's a bit unpleasant," said James when light entered the room.
The place was full of rather disturbing medieval items. In show piece of the room was a guillotine with several morbid dark stain on the wood.
Sirius raised and eyebrow at a large cage and some thick chains. He closed the door and they walked back up the stairway.
"Perhaps one of the guest rooms would be a better place for Moony," said Sirius.
"I should think so.." said James, slightly uncomfortable. After a moment or two he continued, ".. Hey Sirius… what do you think the whips--"
"I'd rather not think about it. ..Can we maybe never mention this again?" asked Sirius.
"Right," said James.
(Time skipage)
Three cracks sounded at the front door, followed by an impatient knock.
Sirius walked over and opened it, grinning.
"Hey guys. . 'bout time." He eyed the three guys and their unnecessarily large amount of luggage.
"Did you bring your entire house or something?" asked Sirius.
"You know mum," sighed Legolas as he slumped a hefty trunk onto the floor. "We said we were going to a Muggle camp and she decided she couldn't let us go without the 'necessary materials'."
Aragorn dropped his baggage as well, "You can't forget a first aid kit," he said in a feminine voice, "Oh, don't you two dare leave this house without those extra tents and that inflatable raft!"
"What did Boromir's mum say about him staying?" asked Sirius.
"Nothing much, she made us eat milk and cookies for an hour before we left though,"
After they had stowed their stuff in their respective rooms, they all met in the living room to decide what to do next.
"We should go to the pub," suggested Aragorn.
"I think we should go get supplies from Diagon Alley.. or.. Zonko's," said James
"Let's bake!" said Boromir expectantly.
The discussion quickly turned into a loud rambling dispute.
"Marauders, Please!" Legolas called for attention.
Everyone, surprisingly, stopped and listened.
"There's obviously only one way to settle this…" he said with a grin.
"Magus-Tag!" said Sirius with the same grin. Legolas waved his wand and conjured a small red flag.
He bounded halfway up the stairs and stopped.
"Same House rules, whomever posses the flag in thirty minutes decides what we do first, no Apparition, no leaving the house."
"..Or going in the basement," continued Sirius. They gave him a few odd glances but nodded understandment.
James set the alarm for the clock on the mantelpiece.
"Begin!" yelled Legolas as he bounded up the stairs.
Sirius was right behind him. Legolas darted down a hallway, which turned out to be a dead end. Sirius cornered him and morphed into a giant shaggy black dog. He growled menacingly.
Legolas paused and smiled. His body shifted to become a fairly small cat-like animal. He vaulted in between the dog's legs with the red flag in his whiskered mouth. As he was running he turned around to chance a glance at Sirius.
He was grabbed up by the scruff of his neck, and the flag pulled from his mouth as he was morphing back.
"Good try, Ears," said James to Legolas as his feet found ground. Legolas swiped for the flag but just before his hand reached it, it disappeared into the antlers of a white stag. It sped off down the stairs and skidded across the kitchen. James felt a gust of air on his head and look up in time to see the a large owl flutter just out of reach with the flag in it's talon.
The owl was heading for an open door, as it flew into the doorway, the door closed and the owl crashed into it pretty hard. The owl fell to the floor and shifted back into Aragorn. The door opened and Boromir grabbed the flag from his hand and slammed the door shut again. There was the sound of the door being locked on Boromir's side.
About twenty-five minutes later, everyone was gathered in the kitchen watching Boromir mix ingredients for what they assumed to be brownies together with a happy grin on his face. He was the only one unscathed from the dangerous game. Sirius sported a scratch across his nose, James had rug burn on his knees, Legolas had a swollen previously stomped hand, and Aragorn was sporting an ice pack on his head.
"The first aid kits came in handy after all, eh, Talon?" said Legolas as put a smaller ice pack on his hand.
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