Snakes, Rats, and James
Sirius gazed at the Slytherin girl as she passed him in the corridor and took an involuntary step in her direction, but was stopped by a hand that gripped his shoulder firmly.
"Lets go. Unless you want to be late for Potions class." Remus told him with a hint of concern in his voice regarding the agape look Sirius had insulted the girl with.
Sirius blinked and turned to face Remus as he came back to reality. Then that impish grin that he always wore whenever he was planning to break a rule (or two or three)formed on his lips.
"Now why would you think that I wouldn't want to be late for Potions?" Sirius replied.
Remus frowned. "I wouldn't. But I also wouldn't have thought that James would be early for any class - let alone Potions - but he is."
"What?" Sirius breathed. "Your joking. Please tell me your joking." he pleaded.
"Nope. Sorry Padfoot."
Remus then grapped his shocked friends arm and began to drag him off to their most loathed class. Sirius cried in pain at the sudden tug of his arm, and fright at the fact that this act almost made him fall, but instead he fell into step behind Rumus at the last moment.
"What's got into you Moony!" Exclaimed an out of breath Sirius once they slowed their pace as they approached the Potions dungeon.
"I want to find out what James is planning. It's the only explaination for his being in class early." Their voices lowered as thy walked into the dank dungeon.
When the two Seventh year Gryffindor boys took their seats Remus heard Sirius mumble something about 'brain damage' and knew that he meant James and whispered "Yeah - well that, too." to him in a response.
"LUPIN!" The hiss spread throughout the entire dungeon. The Slytherins began to snicker and Remus' face reddened as he sank low in his seat and looked at the Potions Master over the top of his desk.
"Yes Professor?" Squeeked Remus.
A nasty grin appeared on the Potions Master's lips that reached his small black eyes."Ten points from Gryffindor for speaking without permission." his voice was cold and full of malice.
Remus nodded and took his time sitting up straight in his seat again. The Potions Master then began to teach the days lesson and the three marauders (Peter was missing)took it as a sign to start passing notes to one another. And it was perhaps several notes among themselves later that as the door to the dungeon started to open an upset Remus stopped passing notes to his friends (A/N: Find out why in my other story Moonlit Madness Notes.
Peter and the Slytherin girl that Sirius had been gazing at previously walked in, and not to the surprise of anyone the Potions Master did not punish the girl, since in favored Slytherins (A/N: I making him the head of the Slytherin house. Also I am calling him the Potions Master because I do not know the name of the actual Potions Master in the school days of the marauders.), but to everyones disbelief he also did not punish Peter (who is a Gryffindor). The Marauder's, however, did not notice the appearance of their friend and Slytherin.
"Miss Thelspane. Mr. Pettigrew. Please take your seats." The Potions Master told them with actual kindness.
The two nodded and did as they were told, when at the same time James stood from his own seat. At first the Potions Master did not notice, but after a few moments he did notice the slowly rising chatter of the other students who talked about Potter's sudden action and what he may be up to and what the Professor was going to do to this troublemaker.
"Potter! What are you doing!" The Professor snapped.
"I just wanted to tell you what an...interesting house you live in, is all." He said innoccently.
James recieved a glare from the Professor. "And how do you know what my house looks like? As far as I know you've never seen it and had no reason to anywhere near it." he growled. Then his eyes widend and he shouted. "FIFTY POINTS FROM GRYFFINDOR FOR BREAKING AND INTERING MY HOUSE AS WELL AS A MONTHS DETENTION!"
This didn't phase James in the slightest. "You have no proof. As I understand I merely 'complimented' you on the state of your home." he grinned.
The Potions Master's face went white, wether from fear or anger, or both, not a single student knew. "Very well. Then the fifty points I just took are for interupting my class, as well as the detention, though that will be reduced to two weeks."
James shrugged. "Whatever." was all he said in responce to the very perturbed Professor.
"Then sit down!" The Professor commanded.
So with that Jame took his seat at about the same time as the Potions Master took his. Everyone began to whisper to one another about the events that had just played out, until the Professor gave them all a warning glare, and they all quieted and continued their work.
The marauders, however, began passing notes among themselves (Remus was the one to begin them)and Sirius gazed once more and the Slytherin girl.
A/N: Sorry. I assure you the chapters will be longer in the furture.