The Marauders Pre Marauders

A/N: Hiya people! Today I have a 3 ½ hour delay at school, so I thought I'd write chappie 8 for you! I'm really sorry it's been so long, its just I've had enormous writers block and a lot of homework! Please forgive me! Well, without further ado, chapter 8!

Chapter 8

Snoozerwhils

Lily blinked her eyes and looked up to find many people huddled around her, all of them looking worried.

"What happened?" she groaned, closing her eyes again.

"Erm, well, you got hit with a spell in charms class and you kind of blacked out," Stacey said nervously, "The good news is, you're going to live!"

"Yay," Lily mumbled. Just then she caught sight of a boy with messy black hair and glasses.

"James!" Lily groaned again, louder this time, "what are you doing here?"

"Well, Lily," James said matter of factually, "I actually care about your well being, so I decided to come and see you."

Before Lily had time to reply, Madam Pomfrey came bustling in.

"Out, all of you! The poor girl needs her rest! You can come see her later."

After everyone had left Lily asked what had happened.

"Well," said Madam Pomfrey as if choosing her words carefully, "you were hit by some sort of spell in class," this much Lily already knew, " and well, no one's really sure what happened, but I'm doing my best trying to fix it."

Clearly, this didn't help Lily much, seeing as she still didn't know what had happened to her. Just then Madam Pomfrey bustled back in carrying Lily's lunch on a silver platter. Lily took the food gratefully, but she nearly dropped it when she caught a glimpse of her reflection in the platter.

She screamed. Lily's nose had grown about three times bigger than normal and made her look very strange.

"What—happened—to—my—face?" she screeched between huge breaths of air five seconds before she fainted.

xXx

Meanwhile…….

"I can't believe that happened to her!" James said, practically sobbing, while walking down to the Great Hall for lunch, "It's all your fault, Sirius!"

"WHAT!" Sirius cried, "How can this be my fault? I couldn't have stopped that spell from hitting her any better that you could've!"

James was doubled over laughing. "You should have seen your face! I was just kidding about it being your fault! I can't believe you believed me!"

The four made their way down to the Great Hall. Once they arrived, Peter James and Sirius didn't even notice when Remus stopped abruptly in his tracks. He was staring at a very pretty Ravenclaw first year at the other side of the hall.

Just then, the other three noticed he was no longer walking with them.

"Hey Remus, whatcha doi…." But he trailed off as he saw Remus staring.

"Oooo!" Sirius squealed in delight, "Remmy's got a crush!"

James walked over to see why Sirius was squealing like a little schoolgirl.

"What's going on?" he asked, puzzled as to why Sirius was dancing around.

"Remmy's got a girlfriend!" Sirius squeaked. This seemed to snap Remus out of his trance.

"Excuse me? What did you just say?" he asked horrified.

"I said," Sirius said as if it was obvious, "that you had a girlfriend." He put an extra emphasis on girlfriend.

"What are you talking about?" Remus asked, not wanting to know the answer, "You know as well as I that I am currently single."

"I saw you checking out that Ravenclaw, stop denying it!" Sirius exclaimed, giving Remus a knowing wink. Remus, however, was completely lost.

"I wasn't denying anything! Just because I like her doesn't mean she's my girlfriend!"

"Aha! I knew it!" Sirius exclaimed in triumph.

"You should ask her out!" James said, clapping Remus on the back.

"But I…….but……" Remus stuttered but he was pushed forward by James. He turned to glare, but just then the Ravenclaw girl walked up to him.

"Hi," she said shyly, sticking out her hand, "My name's Karley, Karley Copper."

"M-my name's Remus Lupin," he said nervously, taking her hand, "Um, do you think maybe sometime you'd like to go to Hogsmeade with me sometime?"

Blushing furiously, she replied, "Sure, I'd love to." And with that she turned to go back to the Ravenclaw table, face bright crimson.

Remus walked back to the Gryffindor table with a small smile on his face.

"Sooooo. What'd she say?" Sirius pressed as Remus sat down.

Remus mumbled something.

"What?" Sirius said, holding a hand to his ear, "didn't quite catch that last little bit there Remmy. Actually I didn't catch any of it….."

"She said yes," Remus said in a tone loud enough to actually be heard.

"Good job, mate!" James said cheerfully, clapping Remus's back, knocking the wind out of him.

"C'mon, we'll be late for Defense Against the Dark Arts if we don't hurry," Peter said glancing at his watch.

The group left for DADA. When they got there, their teacher, Professor Kipperson, was letting the class in.

Once everyone was inside, Professor Kipperson began his usual speech about what they would be learning. James tried to pay attention but it was just too boring. His mind kept drifting back to Lily laying there in the Hospital Wing with no one but Madame Pom Poms to keep her company.

"…..so, everyone got it?" Professor Kipperson said shaking James from his trance. He had not caught a word of what they were doing.

"Peter," he whispered urgently, "Pete, what are we doing?"

Peter merely gave him a look as if to say 'how should I know?'

James peered over Remus's shoulder to try to figure out what they were doing. Professor Kipperson brought out a large cage full of small hamster-like creatures which were apparently called snoozerwhils. According to Remus's notes, these animals could make you drowsy in a matter of minutes and they had to try to reflect their spell. James wasn't quite sure what this had to do with Dark arts, but he knew not to ask Professor Kipperson.

Before James knew it, he was starting to fall asleep. Almost the entire class was doing just the same, except Remus who had actually listened to the instructions.

Finally, the bell rang and the class came to. Everyone looked up, trying to figure out why they had been sleeping in their Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

"I'm very disappointed in you," said Professor Kipperson as the class filed out, "We may need to do the snoozerwhils next class for review. I want two rolls of parchment on snoozerwhils and how to deflect their spells, due next class!"

"Glad that's over," Sirius said once they were out of ear-shot of Professor Kipperson.

"I thought that was a fun lesson," Remus said.

"Oh, shut up," James said, attempting to hit Remus over the head.

"Sooo, Remmy, when's your date with Karley?" Sirius said in a drawling voice.

Remus turned a deep shade of magenta, "Next Hogsmeade weekend," he said quietly.

"Well, you blokes, I've got several mountains of homework to do, so I'm going up to the Common Room. Care to join?" James asked in mock seriousness.

"Aye!" Sirius shouted, receiving many worried glances from people in the corridor.

"Yeah, okay," Remus said, relieved that they were off the subject of his love life.

"Wait for me!" Peter said, scurrying after them.

A/N: Wow, I'm really running out of ideas. That was one of the hardest chappies I've written so far. Well, read, review and hug me! Nah, just kidding, but I would like a couple reviews! I'll even take flames! I like to know what you think! Thanks for reading my slightly demented fanfic!

Truly yours,

Holla-BOO

Oh, whoops, forgot the disclaimer:

I do not own any of JK Rowling's creations. I was hoping that would be obvious, but whatever! I only own the plot and Karley and Stacey!