Chapter 5: Bargaining

Authors Note: Now, when I write "Sirius said" I mean Sirius' in James body. When I write, "James said" I mean James' in Sirius' body. Also I made a change to Sirius' girlfriend, she is now called Louanne. No one else at Hogwarts knows about the switch apart from Snape and Rose Potter.

I do not own Sirius or James, as much as I would love to, but I don't. I do love them both like they were my own personal friends, if you write about them as much as I do and in the same amount of depth in your spare time, then I think you'll understand what I mean. I do own Rose Potter, Roseanne Cox and the Jameson's.

I own the idea, and thanks to everyone who has reviewed! Special thanks to Mock Turtle, LilKiki and Pussinboots!

Here it is!

'James, what makes you think Snape will help us? Out of all people I think we're the last people he would help,' Sirius advised, James was thinking hard, he wanted to get back into his own body as soon as possible, and there was only one reason for that and she was called Lily.

'Because,' James said as they passed the portrait of the Fat Friar, 'I know something Snape wants and I have a very god feeling I can get it,'

'You're scaring me, Prongs, you know something secret about Snape,' Sirius said, he was trying to be civil, or as best he could and in the current circumstances he didn't fancy hurting his own body.

'Look, I know you don't like Snape,' Sirius snorted, James continued 'but he can help, ah here we are,'

They had stopped outside one of the more foreboding dungeon doors and James tapped on the door. A slot opened at the top, and Snape glared at who he thought was Sirius Black, but in fact was James Potter.

'Black, what do you want?' Snape hissed

'Its me Snape, Potter,' Snape looked confused.

'Stop messing with me Black, oh you've brought Potter too,'

'Look, Snape, we've switched, open up we need to talk,' Sirius said

'Potter? Black?' his cold grey eyes looked from one to the other. He reluctantly opened the door, there was some goodness in Snape and always had been.

'Okay, so what do you want?' Snape said coolly.

'Just switch us back,' Sirius pleaded.

'So let me get this straight,' Snape said, pressing a finger to his lips, with an amused smile spreading on his face 'the infamous Marauders have switched bodies? So Black is in Potters body and Potter is in Blacks, excuse me while I go and laugh hysterically at your unfortunate predicament,'

'If you do this for us,' James sighed 'we'll…'

'We'll make your wish come true,' Sirius finished.

'What, you'll drown yourselves? Just for me?'

'Funny Snape but we're not dieing today. Can you help us?' James said desperately.

'I could,' he said 'but the potion will take a week and a half to prepare, and what would you give me in return?'

James' looked into his own hazel eyes, and nodded, Sirius then said

'No! Whatever it is NO!'

'Padfoot, you don't know what I'm gonna say,' James pointed out, with a smile.

'If you do this, I will grant you a date with my Lily,'

'What? I can't be hearing this,' Snape choked 'you mean it?'

'Jesus, Prongs, a date with the devil would've been better,' Sirius said coolly, it was odd to hear distain about Lily coming from James' mouth as normally James Potter spoke very politely and kind about his girlfriend, Snape thought funnily.

'Can I be introduced to your sister?' Snape asked seductively.

'GET OUT OF IT!'

'Its funny,' Snape laughed 'you'll let me have your girlfriend but you won't introduce me to your little sister,'

'Either my sister or Lily, choose,'

Snape looked from one to the other, he thought about this for a second before producing a small green bottle from his robes pocket.

'You do realise, you are sacrificing your own sister to save yourself,'

'I'm not saving anyone Snape,' James warned 'especially not me, if its anyone I'm protecting, it is my sister,'

'So why introduce her to me?'

'I know that's what you want,' James said coolly.

The two left the Dungeon shortly after Snape agreed to make the potion; Sirus had remained oddly silent through out the whole ordeal.

'You shouldn't have done that, its not that bad being stuck as me is it?' Sirius voiced on their way back to the Fat Lady.

'Well,' James said awkwardly 'Lily and I we're…well…you know at that stage,'

'Your gonna have to fill me in on the stage, Prongs,'

'Well,' James began as they reached the Fat Lady 'the stage, like the final stage before marriage,'

'KNEW IT! YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH HER!' Sirius roared, the Fat Lady awoke abruptly from her afternoon nap.

'Will you keep it down,' she implored harshly.

'Then you might learn to understand, understand the stage I'm at,' James rose his eyebrows and Sirius finally got what he meant.

'So,' Sirius said sceptically, now becoming aware of the body he was in and was moving uneasily 'when is the final stage meant to happen?'

'Friday night,' James said shortly

'FRIDAY? James, you have to tell her, I'm not sleeping with fucking Lily Evans, I'd rather sleep with a devil!'

'It can be arranged,' James retorted fiercely

'If you weren't in my body-' Sirius said angrily

'HEY! A TRUCE' a voice yelled from down the corridor.

Louanne Howlett came running up to the pair of them, she was surprised to see that they had both abruptly listened to her, even James.

'Finally, I've been wondering where you got to today,' Sirius said to Louanne, and he made a move towards her, but she backed away.

'James, what are you doing,' Sirius mentally kicked himself and moved away from her, then she turned to who she thought was Sirius 'and you, didn't I tell you to stop bickering?'

She placed her arms around his neck affectionately; James' mind was thinking fast, did Louane expect him to kiss her? He glanced at Sirius who just shrugged.

'Lou, I have stopped bickering, it was just a joke, right James?' James said and looked to Sirius, who was in James' body, for support who nodded enthusiastically.

'Of course, Sirius,' Sirius told James unsurely using his own name. 'Don't you need to find Lily?'

'Why do you need to find Lily?' Louanne said breaking away from whom she thought was Sirius, but in fact was James.

'To tell her something,' James said, Louane eyed them both curiously and bid them goodnight before turning into the common room.

'You two are becoming odder by the second,' she declared