Disclaimer: (I forgot this in the first two chapters!) Anything you recognize is JKR'S work.
AN: Here's the third chapter! Not much to say but I need more reviewers!
I'm very sorry for the delay but I am mostly done with finals now!
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ShelbyBlack: I don't think Lily and James will come back in Harry's sixth or seventh year. I also think they died. But sometimes I think it's cool to see what would have happened if they had lived. Exp: Would Harry have (a) sibling(s)? Would Sirius or Remus be married? Would Sirius have (a) kid(s)? Would Remus? And I would LOVE to dedicate you a character! Tell me what you want their name to be (Shelby?) and I'll find somewhere for them to fit into the story!
That's another idea: if you review I'll dedicate you a character!
And the third chapter!
The Marauders woke the next morning to Remus frantically yelling, "Ten minutes until class starts! Padfoot! Prongs! Wormtail!"
"Umph," James groaned. It was too early. He was definitely not a morning person.
All of the marauders got ready for school in record time and raced to the Great Hall, only to find it was completely dark. "Classes must have already started!" Peter cried.
"Who cares?" Sirius muttered so that only James could hear him. James smirked and the two followed Peter and Remus to Professor Dumbledore's office, because none of them knew their schedules yet.
On the way they were stopped by Professor McGonagall. "Why are you students out of bed so early?" she asked curiously in a stern way. "It is only five in the morning!"
James, Sirius, and Peter all turned to Remus and glared at him. "Well I guess my clock was off…" he said sheepishly.
"Five points from Gryffindor! Get back to your common room," Professor McGonagall said.
"Professor!" Sirius started. "Did you know that you look gorgeous in those robes? They really bring out the color of your eyes—"
"Mr. Black!" Professor McGonagall shrieked. "That is quite enough!"
The four marauders dragged their feet back to their common room. By the time they reached the Portrait of the Fat Lady, the first students were already starting to appear in the halls. They decided to go straight to the Great Hall for breakfast.
"I'll see you later," James said suddenly. "I forgot that I have to meet Dumbledore to go over Head Boy stuff." He left the group and wandered to the stone gargoyle guarding Professor Dumbledore's office.
"Chocolate Frog," he said. The gargoyle sprang to life and leapt aside; the wall behind it split in two to reveal a stone staircase that was moving continuously upward. He stepped onto the moving stairs and the wall behind him closed with a thud. He soon reached the highly polished oak door with a brass knocker shaped like a griffin.
James knocked swiftly three times and the door opened on its own accord, revealing a room with strange instruments and portraits of old headmasters and headmistresses covering the walls some asleep while others appeared to have been conversing with the Headmaster.
James took a second swift glance around the room and realized that Lily Evans was also in the office. 'Does this mean that she's Head Girl?' he speculated. 'Maybe this will be a better year than I originally thought.'
"Ah, Mr. Potter," Professor Dumbledore's eyes twinkled. "Please have a seat. Now we may begin to discuss the Head duties."
"I thought you said that we have to wait for the Head Boy, Professor," Lily said. "He's still not here."
"Mr. Potter is the Head Boy, Ms. Evans," the Headmaster smiled slightly. "Now, as in past years you will each have your own dormitory, though you will not have to use it. It is near the prefect bathroom; the portrait of a young English King who was actually a wizard though non-magical folk didn't know. King Henry VIII married muggle wives and soon killed them off. He also wanted the purification of the wizard race. Alas, for now the password is 'Quaffle,' but you may change it as you desire." Lily and James nodded, showing that they understood.
"Your duties will include holding a prefect meeting once a month. Here is the list of prefects this year," Professor Dumbledore continued, handing the list to James. "You will need to assign rounds to all the prefects, including yourselves. I recommend holding the first meeting tomorrow evening, for you will need to start rounds. During those meetings you will also need to discuss the following: trips to Hogsmeade, Quidditch game schedules, and social functions. You will only be allowed a maximum of three social functions this year, unless circumstances change, of course." Lily and James could both tell he was referring to the growing threat of the Death Eaters.
"I believe that is all for now, you may join your classmates at the Great Hall," Dumbledore finished. Lily noticed that the aging man looked wearier today than the last time she had seen him but she casually brushed it off; after all, Dumbledore was the greatest wizard of all time… wasn't he?
"Ah, Angie," Sirius strode over to Bridget at the Gryffindor Table; Remus at his side.
"Do you want to hear the art of my poetry? Don't worry, love, no need to answer.
"A light breeze runs through my hair,
Though I do not feel it.
I feel nothing other than my broken heart,
Which only your love can mend.
"So how do you think the first verse is coming, Bee? I'll have the second by tomorrow, I presume," Sirius said, eagerly awaiting her reaction. By this time the whole Great Hall was silent, their eyes on Bridget.
To his delight a faint blush crept into her cheeks. To his dismay her reply wasn't a smile or a grin. It wasn't even the usual yelling. She glared, tears blurring her vision and whispered, "Why won't you let me be, Sirius Black?" Then Bridget rushed out of the Great Hall before the embarrassment of the situation increased.
"Well, that wasn't the response I was hoping for," Sirius scowled. "Moony, I don't get why she won't give me a chance. You said that poetry would do it!"
"Well it does for a lot of girls. Monbourne is just different," Remus defended. "Different is a good thing," he quickly added after an annoyed look from Sirius.
"Well might as well eat some breakfast," Sirius said gloomily, at an attempt to change the subject.
"Yeah," Remus said as he and Sirius both sat down. They were joined moments later by James, who was grinning so widely that Sirius and Remus both new it had something to do with Lily.
"What'd Evans do?" Remus asked.
"She's Head Girl!" James practically squealed. He cleared his throat. " I mean, uh, she's Head Girl," he tried to say casually.
"Oh my god! She is!" Sirius mimicked James. Remus snorted while James frowned slightly while taking a seat.
"Damn, we have potions with the Slytherins first," Sirius grimaced.
"Don't we always?" Remus asked sarcastically.
"Speaking of Slytherins, Remus, did you find out about that spell?" James inquired quietly.
"Of course! All we need is the password to their common room…"
Meghen had missed breakfast that morning due to a note that her owl, Prissy, had delivered to the girl's dormitory window. She was surprised that all it said was, 'Meet me in the armory at midnight.'
Her first thought was that it was definitely Remus and he wanted to talk with her without being bothered by any of their friends. She hoped it was Remus. Meghen was slightly confused that whoever it was didn't elaborate, but no matter. She wrote back, "Who are you?" Tying the letter to the owl, she whispered, "It's a return letter."
The brilliant owl flew out of sight and Meghen sighed. "Megs! You're going to be late for class! We have potions!" Lily yelled up the stairs a few moments later.
Meghen shook herself from her thoughts and quickly applied a coat of lip-gloss before grabbing her bag and dashing down to the common room. She sprinted with Lily to class and came within seconds of being late. Their potions master was new this year, they soon realized.
"Please take your seats! Quickly now; we don't have all day!" she said briskly. "I am Professor Desterón.
"Now, because this is your NEWT year we will be learning more about potions to cure as well as potions to harm. You will need to know the basics of…"
Sirius and James both lost interest at this point. Remus jotted down the occasional note every once and a while. Bridget, Meghen, and Lily passed notes. Peter started to snore loudly.
"Mr. Pettigrew!" Professor Desterón shrieked. "I take it as a personal insult of students sleeping in my class!"
"Hmmm… Oh I was awake the whole time," Peter said drowsily.
"Next time it happens it will be a detention," she warned. She turned back to the class. "I believe that is an appropriate overview for this year. Any of you who are not able to live up to my expectations will be removed from this class," she said glancing at Peter.
"For the remainder of time, you may talk amongst yourselves. We will start the gelidus potion tomorrow, which will freeze the insides of anyone who drinks it."
The class soon let out and while Lily, Remus, and Meghen headed for Ancient Runes, James, Peter, Bridget, and Sirius headed for Divination. Lily, Remus, and Meghen had insisted that Divination was simply a waste of time while the others found Ancient Runes boring. The rest of their morning classes seemed to drag on eternally but soon it was lunch break.
Just as Meghen was sitting down to lunch, her owl flew in through the window with a small scrap of parchment. Scrawled across it were the words, 'Meet me and you'll find out.'
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