Trading Places- chapter five

In honor of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince date being released- July 16, 2005- I am posting a new chapter! (I started the day it was announced, didn't finish until now! Sad... I know.)

A/N: I'm moving quicker at a quicker pace now that I'm back in my writing mode! Thank you so much for the reviews- they are really what encourage me to keep writing! It's been another tough couple of weeks. My sis got married, and my 17 year old cat Bucky died yesterday. So, anyways, on with the story...

Another reminder... yes I will be putting this at the start of each chapter.

James- is actually Remus inside

Sirius- is actually James inside

Remus- is actually Sirius inside

Lily- is actually Peter

Peter- is actually Lily

Chapter Five: The One with the Quidditch Game

The upcoming Quidditch game was approaching, and so was the full moon. It was the day before the game, and James (Remus) was a nervous wreck. He was hiding under the covers, muttering to himself, reassuring himself that it would all be over by this time tomorrow, and that he could play fairly decently. He just hoped that he wouldn't lose Gryffindor's winning streak, or wreck James' reputation.

The others left him alone, knowing that everyone went through that pressure and doubt before their first game, and James had witnessed it firsthand, not only from his first game, but from new team members he had assigned onto the team, that he frequently gave counseling sessions to.

"Come on, Moony," called Remus-Sirius, throwing a pillow at the boy under the covers of his four-poster bed. "Let's go visit Hagrid. It will get our minds off our troubles!"

The others gave cries of agreements.

James-Remus said, "Yeah, it's been awhile. Hagrid will sure be confused, though."

Lily said, "Yeah. Try to act normal."

Sirius snorted. Remus poked his head out from under the curtains, and fixed his glasses before getting out of the four-poster bed. While the others were pulling on their cloaks, James- Remus stared at his reflection in the mirror, and tried to flatten his hair. After unsuccessfully trying to flatten his hair, Remus gave a frustrated sigh and strode out of the dormitory, slamming the door behind him, and joined his friends at the foot of the stairs, muttering about how James could stand having guinea-pig hair.

The five friends left the castle and headed onto the grounds. There were a number of students out on that sunny Saturday enjoying their weekend. Some kids were splashing in the lake, and some foolish first years were throwing rocks at the Giant Squid. They trooped down past the glittering lake and up to the gamekeeper's hut. Remus-James knocked swiftly on the door, and waited for Hagrid to answer.

" I'm comin'," they heard Hagrid call from inside the one-room hut. "Back, Tank, back!"

They heard from inside the hut a few booming barks, the scrape of the lock being pulled back, and the door creaked open. Hagrid's large bearded face appeared in the door, and he beckoned them in, while tugging back on his boarhound Tank's collar.

Once they were all safely inside the hut, Hagrid let go of the large black dog's collar. The dog usually headed straight for Sirius. Hagrid always said that Tank liked Sirius because they had something in common. (He didn't know how right he was!) But instead, Tank gave a joyful bark, and leaped, tail wagging, at Remus.

"Hey, Tank!" Remus (Sirius) said excitedly, ruffling the dog's fur. "Shake!" Tank lifted a large paw and shook Remus' outstretched hand. "High five!" Tank leaped up and slapped Remus' hand with his paws.

Hagrid chuckled. " Well, Remus, I see that Tank has a new favorite!"

Sirius finished his usual greeting with the dog and smiled, sinking into the newest armchair. James (Remus) muttered to Sirius, "They like their own kind."

Sirius smirked. "You should talk, Moony!"

"Shut, up, Padfoot!" .

Hagrid turned from the bickering Marauders and started preparing six cups of tea. He offered them a tin of cookies while they were waiting. "I've never understood those ruddy nicknames you four use." He handed them each a cup of scalding tea. The Marauders looked at each other nervously. Hagrid was inquiring about their nicknames, which were actually much more than nicknames. Peter (Lily) looked slightly confused.

" They're kind of jokes at our personalities and looks," Remus (Sirius) explained. "For instance, James here," he slapped James on the back, causing him to choke on his tea. " Is called Prongs, because his uncontrollable hair reminds us all of antlers." Hagrid chuckled heartily as if agreeing.

James pretended to look offended at what his nickname meant while wiping tea off his chin with his sleeve. "And Padfoot means just what it sounds like," James said, smirking. "Wormtail, well," he was trying to think of a lie quick.

Peter (Lily) came to the rescue. " Didn't you start calling Pet- I mean me, that after I asked if worms had tails?" she gave them a look as if saying, 'I covered up for you, so you had better explain yourselves later!'

The Marauders forced laughs at this cover-up story. In reality, Peter's Animagus was a rat, and his tail looked like a worm. It was actually a personal insult to Peter, and Lily's face showed it, but as we find out later, it was the truth.

"And what about 'Moony'?" asked Hagrid, offering them some home made treacle fudge, which they accepted, but warmed in their hands before they ate it- Hagrid's fudge was very hard and sticky, and practically glued your mouth shut as you ate it. This was good for them, in the Marauder's case, because they had to think of a cover-up story for Moony's lycanthropy, and having their mouths fused shut by treacle fudge was a pretty good excuse.

James (referring to who he actually is) replied, "It's a very sensitive joke to him. You see- one night we were swimming in the lake and-"

Remus covered James' mouth and the rest of his words were muffled. Hagrid smiled. "Oh," was all he said. After that, the topic was dropped, and the Marauders breathed a sigh of relief.

There was a few moments of silence as everyone finished their tea. Peter (Lily) was the first to speak. "So, how have you been, Hagrid?"

Hagrid, instead of replying "Fine," as humans usually do right away when asked this question, because they're hesitant to say how they really feel- took a moment to ponder this question. "I've bin' real busy to tell you the truth," Hagrid started. "I've bin doin' some things for Dumbledore, an' I have to keep rescuing these same firs' years from the giant squid-"

James peered out the window past the curtains. " It looks like they're at it again, Hagrid," James said. "Oh- it grabbed the shorter one..."

Hagrid gave a cry of disbelief and stormed out of the hut, calling back to them, "I'll be back in a while," before chasing after the troublesome youngsters.

"I feel somewhat guilty for this," the real Sirius said. "James and I told those two that it was fun to mess with the squid." Remus frowned. He remembered that incident where James and Sirius had had the confrontation with the squid in their first year. Hagrid had pulled the two troublemakers out of the lake, after the squid had tipped the three of them into the water. Sirius had seen the squid- and you know the Marauders. It wasn't very pretty. I say no more.

Lily, who would have usually berated them, brought up another nagging issue the Marauders had been avoiding. " Would you care to explain the nicknames now, gentlemen?"

The Marauders hesitated. They all new that James never lied to Lily, even though he had always managed to avoid this subject until now. But they didn't have to say anything. Lily was a very bright girl, and was already starting to figure it out on her own. "Remus is Moony.. he's always gone on the f--" Lily stopped, her eyes grew very wide, and her mouth was open, as realization hit her. " I can't believe that I've never realized it before this!" she pointed wildly first at Remus, and then remembered that he was actually currently Sirius, and pointed to her boyfriend, knowing that James wasn't home, and he was Remus for the time being. "You're a werewolf!"

James looked at the ground, avoiding her gaze. Sirius took over. "Lils," he began. " Do you see why he didn't tell you? He wouldn't even tell us! We figured it out on our own."

James (Remus) spoke, talking to the floor. " I didn't tell anyone... because I was afraid. I was afraid that my friends would want nothing to do with me when they found out, like all of my friends before Hogwarts did, like society does." he paused, and took a deep, calming breath. "But James, Sirius, and Peter didn't." He glanced around at the other three Marauders, not sure whether or not to say anything about them being illegal Animagus yet.

Sirius quickly lured the conversation away from more dangerous waters. " And see, now that we're switched, it will be me who transforms this month," he forced himself to smile. "I'm giving Remus a month off!" Remus smiled weakly back at him, still feeling slightly guilty.

"Oh," said Lily, her hand over her mouth. That was all they could say before they heard Hagrid enter the hut rather noisily. His moleskin overcoat was very damp, as were his hair and beard. "Those ruddy troublemakers are with Professor McGonagoll right now," he said. "And the squid is quite angry. They were throwin rocks at 'im and all..."

They chatted absently with Hagrid for several minutes- though their minds were elsewhere. Mostly on the upcoming Quidditch game and the werewolf transformation. And quite strangely- Peter's mind was on cheese. Hagrid offered them some rock cakes, which they politely refused. Around eight o' clock they bid Hagrid farewell and started off for the castle, in order to turn in early for the eventful day that was ahead of them.

Despite going to bed early, none of the five friends got that much sleep that night. Remus was battling his nerves about the upcoming game, trying to force himself to get some shut-eye, though his eyes were wide and staring blurrily at the ceiling all night long. Sirius was as nervous as Remus about the game, he was used to being the Beater on the team, but he was hoping that Remus would do well, and happy for James, who did still get to do his favorite thing in the world. James was annoyed by Frank Longbottom's snoring, and knew that the others were wide awake as well. Lily was awake, as she was mostly nights, because she was reading, and out of revulsion because of the bed in which she was sleeping. And I will continue to leave Peter out as much as possible, if you don't mind.

The next morning was very bright, and the Marauders considerably noticed the difference of dark to light, and woke up, showered, and got ready to head to breakfast. Lily had got up long ago- probably studying. The Marauders had messy hair and slightly bloodshot eyes. At breakfast, Remus didn't each much, and his friends had to force him to eat.

"Nervous, Potter?" said a sly voice from behind them, that could only belong to a certain hook nosed, greasy haired Slytherin. The Marauders turned quickly around, scowling at their arch nemesis.

Remus ( actually Sirius) said something very rude to Snape that I will not write it here because I don't use language in my stories, but you get the idea. Snape smirked, his eyebrows raised. "Language, Lupin." he said smoothly. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say that you were acting much more like Black today."

Sirius (James) smirked. "Shove off, Snivellus." he tried to remain calm, as not so start up a fight. That's the last thing they needed- for one of them to get in trouble right before a very important Quidditch game. But to James, every game was important. However, his fists were clenched tightly at his sides.

Peter (Lily) had been alert in this conversation the whole time, and was sensing for when danger was coming. "Come on, guys," he murmured. "Don't waste time- forget about him. Rem- I mean James, you still have to eat something before the game-"

"Yes," said Snape. "You do that. I've been watching the Slytherin practices. You'll need all the help you can get." he smirked nastily before heading back to the Slytherin table.

"What does he mean?" asked Sirius (James.) " By 'all the help you can get,' what do you think they're planning?"

"I don't want to think about it," said James (Remus) visibly paling as he looked around the Great Hall. Students were standing up and exiting the room in the direction of the grounds, all sporting the colors of the house they wanted to win the upcoming game. So, basically- three fourths of the school were wearing red and gold.

Remus and Sirius helped James get up shakily, and Professor McGonagoll greeted them on their way out. She was wearing a Gryffindor scarf and rosette. "Good luck out there Potter, Black." she said, giving them a rare smile.

"Thanks, Professor," said James (Remus) in a weak voice. Then they began to descend to the Quidditch pitch. Peter and Lily waved before heading to get good seats in the stadium.

"I don't think I can--" Remus began, but James put a finger to his mouth to stop him from finishing his sentence. "You'll be fine," James said reassuringly.

"I wish I could play," said Sirius anxiously. "Prongs, remember to copy all my moves, so no one's suspicious."

"You mean hit every Slytherin in sight without mercy?" asked James laughing.

"Precisely." said Sirius seriously. "And look good while you're doing it." James and Remus rolled their eyes. They entered the changing room, bidding an anxious Sirius good-bye, and he hurried to join Lily and Peter.

James opened Sirius's wooden locker, he knew his combination- and put on the robes that said BLACK on the back in large gold letters, and he went to retrieve the Beater's club. Remus' hands shook as he buttoned the crimson robe that said in large gold capitol letters- POTTER.

"How are you, Hannah?" asked Sirius (James) as the small Gryffindor Seeker walked by.

"Fine," she replied, smiling. "Um, Sirius... Rachel wanted me to give this to you." she shoved a folded up piece of parchment into his gloved hands. James smirked. He knew what this was. Sirius had received countless ones in his six and a half years at Hogwarts. He tucked the note into his pocket as Hannah retreated. He wouldn't read the note- it wasn't his, and he respected his best friend's privacy.

James (Remus) smirked. "Did Padfoot just get another love letter?"

"Maybe," said James casually. "I didn't read it."

"I wouldn't either," said Remus nervously. "Well, is it time to head out?"

"Not yet," said their fellow seventh year, Frank Longbottom, who played Keeper. "What about the famous Potter pep talk?"

Remus began stuttering, and James nudged him hard in the ribs, meaning 'Go with it.'

"Well," said Remus, his voice slightly higher than usual. " We've all trained hard, and we can beat the Slytherins." he sounded slightly unsure of himself, though.

"Now, lets get out there."

"That's the shortest pep talk we've ever got," said Hannah, laughing. "You usually go on forever, James."

Sirius (James) went slightly red, and said curtly, "Well, it doesn't matter. We should get out there now."

The team nodded, grabbed their brooms, and one by one left the Gryffindor changing rooms. The first one out- Sirius, was greeted by the Gryffindor supporters with a tremendous roar, with a several boos heard from the Slytherins, which he ignored. Mundungus Fletcher could be heard doing the commentary. " Here we have the Gryffindor team- Black, Gessen, Longbottom, Morgan, Klenson, Reynolds aaaaaannnd... POTTER!" The stands exploded with cheers as James Potter stumbled into the pitch, looking unsteady and dazed.

"And here we have the Slytherin team," said Fletcher with less enthusiasm. " Here's Nott, Hilson, Bradley, Vallers, Thompson, and Black." Sirius scowled from the stands as his younger brother strode haughtily unto the pitch.

"Captains, shake hands!" Madame Hooch barked. Remus and Regulus strode forward, (Remus less confidently) and shook hands. Regulus had a strange expression on his face- the usual Slytherin sneer, contemption, and the famous Black attitude all rolled into one. And even though the looks one their faces were much different, he looked just like Sirius, and that gave Remus an eerie feeling. Remus realized that the bone braking feeling in his hand left, and Madame Hooch was shouting, "Mount your brooms!" and the team did just that.

"Ready... three... two... one... " she blew her whistle loudly, and everyone shot up from the ground. They rose higher and higher, above the stands. James was about to lurch forward to swing at a Bludger, when his broom began to vibrate. He looked confused, and stared around at his team-mates. They were also looking at their brooms with perplexed faces. James knew something was wrong when he heard Regulus sniggering.

"Uh oh," all the players seemed to think at once. The power that James had put to go forward, shot him backward. "What the-" he cried, as his broom propelled backward. A Bludger nearly collided with his head, but he hit it with all his might at the Slytherin Chasers, and it sent them scattering, in search of the Quaffle.

Remus was having just as much difficulty. One of his fellow Chasers- Reynolds, had managed to catch the Quaffle, and tossed it backwards to Remus, who to his surprise, caught it. He then threw it to Morgan, who with difficulty, looked behind her and tossed the Quaffle. The Slytherin Keeper was so busy laughing at the Gryffindor's difficulties, that he wasn't paying attention and Gryffindor scored.

"Ten- zero Gryffindor!" Mundungus cried. "And I say- what is wrong with the Gryffindor's brooms?" he boomed as Gessen shot backwards twenty feet.

James bellowed to Hannah- "Catch the Snitch quick! We can't play like this!"

"Jam- I mean, Sirius look out!" screamed Remus. But it was too late- a Bludger hit him in the back, knocking the wind out of him.

Below in the stands, Sirius, Lily, and Peter were screaming hoarsely. "JAMES!" Sirius and Lily (actually them) cried together. The girl next to them looked at them strangely.

"That's Sirius," she said, as if they had gone crazy. "You should know that- you two are his best friends." They ignored her, and screamed together, "FOUL!"

Madame Hooch blew her whistle and darted to where James was wheezing. "Are you alright, Black?"

James couldn't answer, he was too busy coughing. "Time out," Madame Hooch yelled. "Let the boy catch his breath."

In the stands, Sirius was cursing like a sailor. "That was my brother who hit James." he concluded, red in the face. "I'll kill him."

"Calm down, Sirius." said Peter (Lily) soothingly. "He'll be fine." but she didn't sound calm herself.

James took a deep breath, and managed to gasp, "I'm okay."

"Gryffindor penalty shot!" Madame Hooch barked. "Potter, take the shot!''

Remus, trembling, and took the Quaffle from Madame Hooch. James gave him a reassuring smile, and Remus steadied himself, aimed, and to his amazement- scored.

Remus and James high-fived, and the crowd erupted in cheers. "Twenty-zero Gryffindor,"bellowed Mundungus over the racket. "After Potter scores on the fowl made by Regulus Black!"

Regulus' pale face reddened, and he hit the Bludger again in anger.

"Now," said Madame Hooch. "What do we do about the brooms?"

"They must be malfunctioning," said a Slytherin dopily.

"That," said Madame Hooch. "Is obvious."

James just wanted to end the game quick, though he was glaring at the Slytherins knowingly. "We just want to finish," he said.

"Are you sure?" she inquired.

"Yes," said Frank Longbottom. " We'll have our brooms checked later." he pleaded. "Just let us finish!"

"Very well," sighed Madame Hooch. She blew her whistle again, and they were off.

"Hey Longbottom," Regulus called, gliding forward. "How do you like your broom now?" he glanced at the brand name shining gold on the handle. "You only have a Cleansweep? My father bought me a top-of-the-line Comet, but at least it doesn't--"

"You jinxed our brooms, didn't you?" Frank asked angrily."

"Maybe, Longbottom." Regulus smirked, as they heard Mundungus groan. "Twenty-ten." Frank whipped around, seeing that a Slytherin Chaser had just scored.

"You foul little-" he began, but Regulus had already zoomed away, laughing.

"And still no sign of the Snitch," Mundungus's voice boomed across the stadium. "And watching the Gryffindor's hexed brooms is difficult, but I'm sure they'll pull through. I mean they'd better- I bet thirty galleons on it!"

"Fletcher!" McGonagoll barked.

Hannah was flying high above the crowd, squinting around for the Snitch, when she saw a flicker of gold, charged forward, but forgot about her broom's condition and was propelled backwards. Groaning, she realized that it was just the flicker of a wrist watch. Then she felt something sharp cut into her neck. Wincing, she reached into her hood, and gasped it delight as her thin fingers scrambled across something that felt like a walnut with wings--

She pulled it out of her hood, holding the Golden Snitch triumphantly in her fist. She was now realizing how the broom worked, and shot up and backwards, making her actually shoot down and forward. She was waving her fist triumphantly. "I caught the Snitch!" she cried. "When I went backwards, it got caught it my hood!"

"I knew it was good to order the uniforms with hoods this year," James laughed, as Mundungus announced the outcome of the game to a joyous audience.

" GRYFFINNOR WINS! ONE HUNDRED-SEVENTY TO TEN! IT APPEARS THAT THE GRYFFINDOR SEEKER CAUGHT THE SNITCH IN HER HOOD BY GOING BACKWARDS!

Regulus looked pouty that his reverse spell he and the other Slytherins had put on the Gryffindor's brooms had lost them the game. Hannah was engulfed by her team mates, all of which were cheering and hugging her. Remus was so relieved that the game was over that he kissed her on the cheek, and she giggled and blushed. (She had a slight secret obsession with her friend's boyfriend.)

They lifted the small girl onto their shoulders. Sirius, Lily and Peter joined them, bounding up and down cheering. They each hugged James and Remus and congratulated the team on yet another victory over Slytherin.

"Great job on that score, Remus!" Sirius yelled over the noise of the celebrating students. "We all knew you could do it!" Sirius's face hardened as he faced James. "I am going to kill Regulus for that foul, James- I swear."

James waved his hand dismiss fully, and pointed behind them. Sirius, James, Remus, Peter, and Lily watched in amusement as Regulus threw his precious broom on the ground and stomped on it. The handle cracked and the wood split in half, leaving him with a broken broom. " Don't waste your time on him." James said.

The party that followed was one of the best thrown in years. The Marauders nicked food from the kitchens, they had the famous Marauder entertainment, and swooning girls crowded around the Quidditch players- making Remus highly uncomfortable.

The party went late into the night- and around the middle of the night, the Gryffindors remembered that they had school the next day and began to head to their dormitories. The five friends, however, remained comfortably seated around the roaring fire.

"There's one obstacle out of the way," said Remus cheerfully. After the game he felt as though a large weight was lifted of his shoulders.

"But there's one to take it's place." Lily pointed at the notice board knowingly. "It must have slipped my mind." There was a large notice for the Yule Ball. The Marauders sighed.

"It's that time of year." said Peter.

"Hopefully we'll be back to ourselves by then. I don't want to think about it if we're not." They all knew she was dreading not being able to spend the evening with her boyfriend.

"Well, James and Lily have dates, obviously." said Sirius." But what about us?"

"Oh, please," said Lily. "Every girl in the school wants to be with one of the Marauders!" she didn't say "Except Peter" to spare his feelings.

"Really?" Peter asked hopefully.

"I don't see why not!" Lily cried, lying again.

"Oh," said James, remembering the note Hannah had given him for Sirius. "Um- Padfoot, Rachel wanted you to have this." he handed the note to a puzzled Sirius.

Sirius unfolded it, and his smile grew as he read the note. "She wants to go out with me. I have a date."

Lily giggled. "She finally got the guts to tell you-- even if it is in a note!"

"And," said Sirius. "She says that Hilary wants to go with Remus but was too shy to ask."

Remus perked up. "Really?" he asked eagerly. Sirius shoved the note to him. "See for yourself, Moony."

Sure enough, there it was. Remus blushed, and handed the note back to Sirius.

"Oh, Remus," said Lily happily. "She was absolutely dying to tell you, but she was too shy!"

"Well," said Peter. "That leaves me." The Marauders glanced around, not saying anything- once again, sparing their friend's feelings.

Sorry for any spelling mistakes! I don't have a word checker!

A/N: And now to make a shout-out to all of my reviewers, that I have forgotten to make before now. I really hope that I don't forget anybody, and if I do, I'm sorry. I'm trying to write this with a visual migraine. I've been sick a lot lately. Oh, and in this chapter, I named Hagrid's dog Tank in memory of my sister's old pit bull. Tank is related to Fang. He is like his great great grandfather or something. I have decided that there will be 2 more chapters. I was trying to take a nap today, and was thinking of the story, then BAM! I had a brilliant idea of how the story should end, and raced to the computer to finish typing this chapter now that my writer's block has been removed. On with the shout-outs!

Cine (loves Sirius: Sorry that I didn't update soon, I never really do... I am constantly writing, though I don't post everything I write. I am currently writing a story called 'How I Came to be Snuffles,' that I am enjoying, it has lots of little one-year-old Harry! Anyway, if it takes me a while to post, don't worry. I have not abandoned this story. But sometimes homework and other junk get in the way.

SchaffyTaffy15: Thank you! I like it when I get reviews, they're the only thing that keeps me writing! I like hearing that you'll always read whatever comes out of this story!

Trinity Day: I'm sorry that it takes me so long to post... I spend a lot of time on homework. And it's hard to get my hands on the computer with five kids in my family. But don't worry, I have not abandoned this story.

espergirl04: I'm sure that I've confused anyone who's read this story- I confuse myself while writing it! The who's who reminders at the start of each chapter are for my benefit too! I guess that Sirius being Remus was predictable... but oh well, it works! Poor Sirius, it's not easy being Moony!

BluePhoenixFire: Thank you! I doubted myself while writing because I am very self-critical, and wasn't sure how good it was. But I'm glad you like it! It keeps me writing!

Puss No Boots: Cute screen name! Have you seen Shrek 2? I loved Puss in Boots. Anyway, thanks for reviewing! And yes I thought that it would be funny to have a ticklish Sirius!

Annmarie Aspasia: Yeah, you're completely right about Peter. Part of me wishes that Harry had let Sirius and Lupin kill Peter, but I also think that he might be useful somehow, without even meaning to. Didn't Harry give an interview to the Daily Prophet about the night he saw Voldemort return? Harry had to have mentioned that Pettigrew was still alive, and was the one who made the potion that brought Voldemort back. Maybe the MoM will catch Peter, give him a truth potion, and clear Sirius. He's not dead!

Frodo1512: Thanks for the review! I hoped you like this Quidditch scene, the werewolf transformation will be in the next chapter for Sirius. It'll be hard to right, that's for sure.

Chibi Zia: You might be confused, but you know who's who right! Do my charts at the start of each chapter help with your confusion?

Accio Flaming Stake: I'm glad you like the story. My main points in the story that I was going to right about were the Quidditch match, the werewolf transformation, and students being confused at everyone's alter-egos. I'll try to fit in a few funny classes, but it has to be a teacher that has been teaching there a long time, because I don't feel like making up an OC.

black-magic-roses: Thanks. I try to make this story funny... I hope I don't run out of ideas!

BlueDove: Yeah, it's confusing. If it's confusing reading it, I cannot tell you how hard it is writing it! I've had to re-do half a chapter because I got a character confused!

Padfoot the evil-elf: Yep. It's an alternate universe alright. I can't imagine Peter being bossy, but he's Peter-Lily. Poor Lily. And Remus is slightly crazy and evil with Padfoot in control, and everyone is sure to notice!

Eizoku: I've managed to write 5 chapters, and have been very confused. I'm not sure how many more chapters I'm going to write, I'll stop the story when I think of a good, funny place to stop. Keep reading!

all-american-tease: The first two chapters were fun to write, I had the idea for the story when I woke up in the middle of the night after dreaming it, so it was pretty much planned out. I think that that's the first time I've had a dream that I thought was brilliant and still did when I woke up in the morning! Do you know what I mean? -

Herculeha: I remember reading your review after I posted the first chapter, and it was one of the reviews that made me want to continue with Trading Places. And I'm glad I did, even though it takes me a while to post. I am strongly against slash, because once I read a story where there was no disclaimers, and I was in for quite the shock... and I vowed not to write that. Thanks for the review!

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