Under the Full Moony
Scroll 12: Of Prefects and Switching Spells
"On Gryffindor's team, Captain and Seeker, we have James Potter; Chasers, Lucile Dames, Donna Smith, and Marielda Fawcett; Beaters Gideon and Fabian Prewett; and Keeper Edgar Bones."
There were cheers from the other side of the stadium as the Slytherin team flew out.
Suddenly Sirius stood up, eyes flashing, "NO SODDING WAY!"
Remus frowned and looked over at the green-robed players. He gasped in surprise.
"On the Slytherin team, Captain and Chaser Theodore Nott, along with the other two Chasers Bertram Aubrey and Douglas Rotfur; Beaters, Evan Rosier and Augustus Rookwood-"
Kingsley hesitated, then continued, "-Seeker Severus Snape, and Keeper Regulus ... Black."
There was a murmur among some of the Gryffindors, and they shot quick glances at Sirius before looking back at Regulus.
Sirius stood up, and shouted angrily to the stands, "I'm in NO way related to that asshole! I am ADOPTED!"
Remus giggled and pulled Sirius back down onto the bench, "Regulus looks exactly like you, eyes, hair ... everything. You can't deny him ..."
Sirius gritted his teeth as Madam Hooch released the Snitch, the Bludgers, and finally threw the Quaffle in the air.
The match was like a war. Evan Rosier and Augustus Rookwood batting the Bludgers as hard as they could towards Edgar Bones, but Gideon and Fabian Prewett batted them right back, just as hard.
Severus and James circled the pitch like hawks, looking for the Snitch. Regulus Black, to Sirius' dismay, was an excellent Keeper, blocking every single shot so far, but Edgar was just as good.
Then when Donna Smith finally got past Regulus and scored the first goal ... the Slytherins began their nasty bits of cheating.
Rosier was the one that took out Donna, hitting the Bludger towards her with so much force that he broke his bat in half. Enraged, Fabian swung at Rosier's head with his bat.
Madam Hooch's eyes flashed, "FABIAN! ROSIER! Penalty to Gryffindor, penalty to Slytherin!"
Rosier, though, spun to the ground and landed hard, flat on his face. Fabian had indeed hit his head hard enough to render him unconscious.
Madam Hooch blew the whistle again, "Another penalty for Slytherin!"
Lucile missed her shot and the Slytherins jeered. Theodore Nott missed one, but got past Edgar on his second shot.
Both teams were missing one player, tied with ten points each, and the looks on the Slytherin's players were murderous.
Rookwood had his work cut out for him, the Prewett brothers batted the Bludger towards him at the same time. Panicking, he dived, and the Bludger hit, instead, James.
Severus laughed as James slid sideways off his broom, but managed to grab on, single-handedly, "Well, Potter ... look at the famous player now ..."
With that, Severus lunged at him. James barely managed to swing up on his broom and dive sideways. Bloody-nosed, but still able to stay on his broom, James scanned the field.
Quite suddenly, he lunged at Snape, flat on his broom and dived for the ground. Snape cursed loudly and followed, eyes narrow, looking for the glint of the gold in the green of the field.
James was still determinedly diving at the ground, 50 feet, 40 feet, 30, 20, 10, crash.
Snape hurtled headfirst onto the ground, just as James pulled out of the dive smoothly, grinning arrogantly, "Well Snapey ... look at the infamous git now ... call me when you get a broom that comes close to my Nimbus 1500."
With a wink, James flew off, and was shocked to find out that Slytherin was leading 50 to 40.
James frowned and called for a time-out.
When his team had landed he sighed, "Alright ... they're sodding cheaters ... so to beat them ... we'll have to be bad as well. Take Regulus out! That's the only way. Take that little fourteen year old scrawny faced boy OUT! GOT ME!"
His team nodded, "YEAH!"
"Who are we!"
"WE'RE THE LIONS!"
"That's right! Now let's PLAY Quidditch like never before!"
And they were off again, the two remaining Chasers throwing the Quaffle back and forth, blocking the opposing Chasers. The Prewett brothers were knocking Bludgers left and right. But no one was able to knock Regulus out.
Slytherin was leading 70 to 50.
Sirius cursed vehemently, "ARGH! KNOCK HIM OFF THAT STUPID BROOM! Son of a-"
Remus grabbed his hand, "This is the dirtiest game I have ever watched.
Meanwhile, James was concentrating on what everyone else was doing and shouting out encouragements and advice, he was hardly doing his job at all.
It was only when he felt the whoosh of air, saw the green robes flapping out behind the slimy-haired boy, that he focused with all his might on getting the Snitch before Snape did.
He closed in on Snape from above, the Snitch a few meters away. Hands outstretched, the two fought for the tiny fluttering ball.
James thought desperately for a solution, and in a wild moment, lunged at the Snitch, grabbing onto his broom with one hand only, again.
There was a roar from the Gryffindor stands and James blinked. He was hovering a few feet above the ground, single-handedly, and the Snitch was fluttering madly in his other hand.
They had won.
He swung back on his broom and flew around the stadium, waving his arms and flashing his best smile at the adoring crowd, the Snitch beating its wings madly against his hand.
"We CAME, we SAW, and we bloody CONQUERED!"
He caught sight of red hair, and ran his hand through his own hair, messing it up.
Suddenly, he felt something white hot slash at him, hitting him square on the chest and he was falling ... falling ... falling ... and the last things he could feel was his own lying in a puddle of his own blood and the frantic fluttering of wings.
James Potter opened his eyes to bright sunlight and blurry figures around him.
"Oy! Where's my glasses!" he yelled, surprised to hear his words were slurred.
He blinked rapidly and stopped at a figure with red hair. Someone helped him up and handed him his glasses. James was surprised to see Lily Evans near him as well as the Gryffindor Quidditch team, and of course his best friends.
"So ... er, what happened after I ... ?" he said in his best 'mature voice.'
"After you were attacked by that slimy git? Oh, a huge fight! I jumped down and grabbed his slimy neck, and forced his stupid face down on the mud."
James rolled his eyes, "So Snivellus attacked me!"
Remus nodded, "I had to give him detention, and take points off."
Sirius frowned at him, "I thought you said prefects couldn't-"
"I lied," said Remus simply, taking hold of Sirius' hand.
Peter cleared his throat nervously, "So, um, anyway ... They whole Slytherin team came and attacked us and everyone was confused and hexes were flying everywhere, until Dumbledore stopped everything. McGonagall's furious ... even Remus has detention!"
James turned to Remus, an eyebrow raised, "Wow ... that must have been bad. And I missed it ... ugh, I suck. So ... so ... who got who?"
James looked around at many four-posters that had the curtains drawn.
"I got the slimy git. You should see his head! I transfigured his hair into snakes!" Sirius laughed as did James.
"And what about Remus? Surely he did something bad to have gotten detention." James looked at them expectantly.
Sirius giggled madly, "You know Evan Rosier? He tried to sneak up on me ... and ended up with his face and his arse switched."
James' mouth dropped open, "You SWITCHED his ... bloody hell! Good job, Moony!"
Remus shook his head, "I shouldn't have done it."
"Yeah well, if you hadn't, I'd probably be missing a leg or something," said Sirius reproachfully.
"I think that's why I did it," replied Remus with a smile.
Lucile, Donna, and Marielda giggled and stared at the two with utmost adoration. Gideon and Fabian pretended to vomit, and Edgar Bones just looked away.
James ran a hand through his hair to mess it up and turned to Lily, "Hello there, Evans. Was there something you wanted to tell me? Or were you just worried about me? Come now, let's be honest."
Lily raised an eyebrow, "Don't be an idiot. I was given specific instructions from Professor McGonagall to give you this."
She threw a letter at him and left, flipping her hair over her shoulder. James stared stupidly after her, until Sirius snatched the letter away from him.
"McGonagall says, 'To Mr. Potter and friends: You will serve your detention with Professor Slughorn for the next month at eight o' clock sharp, beginning tomorrow. Should there-"
"MONTH!" asked James, bewildered.
Remus sighed, "Yup ... month ... that little moment of rule-breaking cost us dearly."
James gaped at him, open-mouthed, "B-b-b-b-but ... What about Quidditch!"
"Ahem!" said Sirius loudly. "Should there be any special circumstances, please report to me."
James grinned, "Great! We can reschedule the detention for Quidditch practices!"
Peter shook his head, "I don't think she was talking about Quidditch."
James looked blank for about a second, then his eyes flickered to Remus, "Oh! Oh ... oh ... damn!"
"Are you all right?" came a voice behind them all.
Everyone turned to look at Regulus, who was looking intently at Remus.
"Severus wanted to know," he explained.
Remus nodded, "Yes. Yes I'm fine ... it missed me and hit Rotfur."
Regulus looked over at the four-poster next to James', " I see. He wasn't aiming for you. He was aiming for the blood traitor."
Sirius gritted his teeth, "My name, if it's slipped your puny brain, is Sirius Black!"
Regulus still looked at Remus, "A true Black would not associate with ... "
Regulus looked around at the Quidditch team and Peter, finally turning back to Remus, looking him up and down, "People, if you please, like these."
Sirius grabbed the front of Regulus' robes and slammed him against a bedpost, "I'm warning you, Reggie. One wrong word, and I swear by Merlin, you'll be very sorry indeed."
"Sirius, it's all right," began Remus, but was cut off by Regulus.
"You think I fear you! Sirius, please, don't be ridiculous. And, anyway, isn't it time everyone knew Remus is really a-"
"Regulus!" came a new voice, from behind a four-poster near the door. Regulus fell silent.
Sirius laughed, "Taking orders from Snivelly! Well, isn't this a sight to see? I want to know if he'll still be your BEST friend after he's banged and killed you-"
"Sirius, enough," said Remus, putting a hand on Sirius' arm. "Please, let Regulus go."
It was Regulus' turn to snicker, "Do as you master says, little doggy."
Sirius' eyes widened, but he threw Regulus from him, onto the floor, "Get the bloody hell away from me!"
Madam Promfrey came striding out of her office, "Now REALLY! What is all the racket! Out! All of you, out!"
She ushered all of them out except for Peter, who was, of course, missed.
Once outside, Sirius walked as fast as he could to Gryffindor Tower, Remus at his heels.
"Sirius?" asked Remus gently as he sat next to Sirius on the couch in front of the fire. "Are you alright?"
Sirius reached for him and wrapped his arms around his waist, burying his head onto Remus' shoulder, "Don't ask me anything."
"But-"
"Sh! Don't talk."
With that, Sirius fell back onto the couch, Remus on top of him.
"Sirius, what if someone-"
"Who cares," muttered Sirius.
"Sirius, please-!"
"You talk too much."
Sirius cocked his head and pulled Remus closer, kissing him fiercely.
Remus smiled when they finally broke apart, "Is that the only way to keep me quiet you know?"
Sirius sat up suddenly, and pinned Remus down to the sofa, kissing his neck. He whispered as he nibbled on Remus' ear, "Yes, I think so."
"Okay, so now we need a sort of password. Something that can't be guessed easily," said James as he tapped the map, wiping it blank, then tapped it again, making all the lines, and notes, and moving dots appear again.
"Something that says ... Marauders!" said Sirius tapping his quill on Invisible Chains: Concealments and Sealing Charms.
"Like the fact there we're always up to no good?" said Remus absentmindedly.
"That's it! I swear that I'm up to no good!" yelled James suddenly.
Sirius grinned, "Yes! Only, let's make it a solemn swear!"
The four stood up and put the tips of their wands on the map, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."
They all stood back and admired their handiwork as the map wiped itself blank.
Then Remus spoke, "Um ... guys ... now the map's locked itself ... how are we going to unlock it ...?"
James' eye twitched, "Didn't ... think of that ..."
"Maybe it'll work the same way ..." suggested Peter.
They all put the tips of their wands to the parchment, but Sirius quickly drew his away, "What'll we say? Mission accomplished?"
Remus burst out laughing, "No! That does NOT say James and Sirius!"
Sirius frowned, "What's that mean? James and Sirius?"
"Well this map IS basically yours ... me and Remus didn't do much!" said Peter, watery eyes bulging.
Sirius pouted, "No! You guys were there with us! Every step of the way! Without you we'd be nothing ... we wouldn't be the Marauders!"
James nodded, "I'm the hot one, Sirius is the cool one, Remus is the smart one, and you, Peter, you're the sneaky dude."
Sirius stared at James disgusted, "Erm no ... I'M the hot one, YOU can be the cool one ... and ... don't say 'dude.' "
"Why not!"
"Because ..." Sirius shook his head, looking disturbed, "Just no ..."
"WHY not!"
"Lily would hate it," said Remus hurriedly.
"Oh! And how would YOU know what Lily thinks!" said James and Sirius at the same time.
"Well ... we spend a lot of time together ..."
"OH, DO YOU!" they said together, again.
Remus rolled his eyes, "Anyway, we've got a month's worth of detention-"
"No, we don't."
Remus turned to James, "What do you mean, 'No we don't.' Of course we do!"
Sirius grinned, catching James' eye, "No we don't."
"What!"
"Follow us, young, naive, innocent ones ... follow us to the secret cavers, which hides the key to our freedom!"
"What the hell is wrong with James? He sounds like Sir Cadogan ..."
Remus giggled, "I really don't know what's up ..."
As for James, he walked ahead of the three, humming merrily to himself, messing up his hair and winking at any girl he met on the way to ... wherever they were going ...
A/N: SO sorry! SO long without updating! But NOW! Finally! I have a good chappie right? Right! ANYBODY! Is anybody still reading this ...?
And about the whole: James is a Seeker/Chaser thing ... "grins sheepishly" Sorry ... "wink" but me likes the thought of James as a Seeker better.
So anywho ... if there's anyone out there ...
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