I shouldn't be writing this because of my wrist but I wanna update, so this chapter will be shorter then usual, just to warn you ok? My wrist, I sprained it or something so it hurts and it's hard to type. This chapter will be shorter, but I wanna update because I'll be leaving for vacation soon. I'll let you know when. Well here's the next chapter. I do not own HP
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Chapter 8: Red heads and passageways
The next couple days went by uneventfully. Some small pranks were pulled, but nothing huge happened. Most pranks were played on the first year Slytherin Snape, who they had quickly come to dislike.
Then, one night in the common room, James caught site of something, one of the best things he had ever seen.
Lily Evans.
Her red hair ran down her back like fire, her green eyes sparkled in the firelight, and James knew right then that he was in love. How he knew he didn't know, but he had a feeling in his heart that can only be described as love. He kept this hidden from his friends. They knew he liked her, but didn't know he loved her. He couldn't let them find out.
James put a hand through his hair to mess it up and walked up to Lily. "Hi Evans, you want to take a walk by the lake?" He smiled arrogantly at her and was completely confident she'd say yes.
"Well I would, but that would mean I'd have to go somewhere, with you." She replied coolly before turning away.
He stood completely still as if a deer caught in headlights. He felt as if a ton of bricks had fallen on him. James quickly came to his senses and ran up to her. "Why wouldn't you want to?"
"Maybe because your such a prat! Strutting around, playing pranks on that poor Slytherin. What did he ever do to you?"
"He got in my way and he bothered me," James said in a cocky voice.
"Oh a fine reason to go around hexing him and playing pranks on him!" she snapped sarcastically, turning to face him, her green eyes blazing with fury and her hair looking like it was burning. She looked like a fire breathing dragon.
"Yeah I thought so," James said, not catching the sarcasm as he smiled.
Lily let out a yell of frustration and stormed up to the girls dormitory, Celebrean following and looking at James with an expression of anger, pity, and apology. She quickly ran the rest of the way up.
Sirius was starring at her as she left and it left Remus and Peter snickering. Sirius turned deep red and glared at them. "What?"
"We know you like Celebrean," Remus said, still chuckling.
"I do not," Sirius said, turning even redder.
"I think he's going to turn into a tomato!" Peter exclaimed, as Sirius grew redder. Sirius glared at him.
"I am not a vegetable Peter!" he shouted, stomping over to the portrait hole intending to leave but turned around as Remus spoke again.
"Tomatoes are fruits mate!"
Sirius stormed out of the common room.
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A couple days later the four were searching a room for secret passages.
"If Filch can always turn up that quick when his bloody cat turns up, there must be some passages around here. I intend to find them."
"Would it be so smart to use them?" Remus asked logically. "I mean what if he was walking down the passage you were in?"
The room stayed quiet as each boy pondered this.
Finally Sirius spoke up. "I would hex something near him to distract him and get away from the bloody passage!"
James and Peter laughed, and Remus just smiled a little before they went back to searching.
A while later they gave up. Sirius leaned against a painting of a bowl of fruit. It felt...strange. He got up and looked at the fruit. His hand ran across it carefully. It was just a normal painting. But then he got to the pear. It felt...weird.
"You guys come here!"
The other three boys came over and looked at Sirius feeling the pear.
"Uh Sirius mate? Are you okay?" James asked, seriously concerned about his friends health. He was stroking a pear! How would you feel?
"Uh yeah sure," Sirius said, obviously distracted. "The pear feels weird, I think it may lead somewhere, but I don't know how to..." He trailed off, now scratching the pear. "There must be some way to..." He began tickling it, knowing nothing else to do and was surprised when it chuckled.
"Did it just...chuckle?" James asked, starring blankly at the pear.
"I think so." Sirius tickled it again and it chuckled louder. He began tickling it a lot and soon it was laughing very loudly. Suddenly a green door handle appeared.
Sirius grinned. "I'm so very clever," he said, opening the door.
"Sure you are. You're the only person I know who would think of tickling the fruit to open the door."
"Shut it."
When they walked in, they met an amazing site. House elves scurried about and one stopped in front of them. "Welcome to the kitchens, can I help you?"
The four boys grinned.
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After much food and drink the four boys had left, thanking the house elves and promising they would be back. Currently they were back in the common room. It was midnight but none of the four was tired.
"Let's go explore! We can look for secret passages!" James said enthusiastically.
"We already di-," Remus started.
"Great idea James!" Sirius yelled, but quickly lowered his voice. "Where will we go?"
"I don't know yet, but it's something to do."
So the four quickly got the cloak and headed out of the common room. As they made their way down the grand staircase, something in the corner moved.
It was a dark shadow among the other dark shadows. There was barley any light, so they couldn't tell what was there. Suddenly they heard a sound that made them freeze in place.
Meow.
The four boys tried to creep silently away, but the cat was following. Suddenly a bookcase slid aside and a man walked out, looking around for his cat. They scrambled backwards, trying to find somewhere to go but they were trapped. All the marauders could do was lean as close to the wall and hope they weren't found as the caretaker felt along the walls for them.
But it wasn't a wall they leaned against, it was a tapestry. A dusty looking purple one. They fell through and disappeared from site, and watched as Filch disappeared down the corridor.
"We found one!" James whispered excitedly, pointing down the passage. Silently they walked down it, and suddenly Sirius, who was leading, fell.
James and Remus stopped walking as they heard the sound of someone sliding but Peter didn't, and soon all three of them were sliding down after Sirius.
When they came to the bottom, they found another tapestry. They put the cloak over themselves and walked out. A large oak door loomed at them from the other side of the room. They were outside the Great Hall.
"Awesome."
After more exploring, they found another tapestry that lead up to the entrance of the Gryffindor common room. All four congradulated each other on their finds and headed to the dorms. As they pulled on their sleepwear they muttered tired goodnights and soon were all asleep.
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I don't think it's that great and I'm not very proud of that chapter. Please tell me what you think.
Review responses:
Laughing Dragoness: Thank you very much. Hope I didn't disappoint you with this chapter.
ShrugDuckie: Thank you and here's an update. They fought a little in this chapter.
Mochalattee225: Lol. Here's the update. I'm not allowed to drink coffee, but anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Sparkzi: Thank you. Hope this chapter was good.
Sun Kissed Rose: Thanks and here's an update.
Koriaena: I'm glad your not one too.
Mirkwood: Thank you, and I've written more.
October Skye: Yea, lol.
Chantal J: Lol, thanks. Hope you liked and I know, you told me that in one of my other stories.
Professor M. McGonagall: Thanks.
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Chapter 8: Red heads and passageways
The next couple days went by uneventfully. Some small pranks were pulled, but nothing huge happened. Most pranks were played on the first year Slytherin Snape, who they had quickly come to dislike.
Then, one night in the common room, James caught site of something, one of the best things he had ever seen.
Lily Evans.
Her red hair ran down her back like fire, her green eyes sparkled in the firelight, and James knew right then that he was in love. How he knew he didn't know, but he had a feeling in his heart that can only be described as love. He kept this hidden from his friends. They knew he liked her, but didn't know he loved her. He couldn't let them find out.
James put a hand through his hair to mess it up and walked up to Lily. "Hi Evans, you want to take a walk by the lake?" He smiled arrogantly at her and was completely confident she'd say yes.
"Well I would, but that would mean I'd have to go somewhere, with you." She replied coolly before turning away.
He stood completely still as if a deer caught in headlights. He felt as if a ton of bricks had fallen on him. James quickly came to his senses and ran up to her. "Why wouldn't you want to?"
"Maybe because your such a prat! Strutting around, playing pranks on that poor Slytherin. What did he ever do to you?"
"He got in my way and he bothered me," James said in a cocky voice.
"Oh a fine reason to go around hexing him and playing pranks on him!" she snapped sarcastically, turning to face him, her green eyes blazing with fury and her hair looking like it was burning. She looked like a fire breathing dragon.
"Yeah I thought so," James said, not catching the sarcasm as he smiled.
Lily let out a yell of frustration and stormed up to the girls dormitory, Celebrean following and looking at James with an expression of anger, pity, and apology. She quickly ran the rest of the way up.
Sirius was starring at her as she left and it left Remus and Peter snickering. Sirius turned deep red and glared at them. "What?"
"We know you like Celebrean," Remus said, still chuckling.
"I do not," Sirius said, turning even redder.
"I think he's going to turn into a tomato!" Peter exclaimed, as Sirius grew redder. Sirius glared at him.
"I am not a vegetable Peter!" he shouted, stomping over to the portrait hole intending to leave but turned around as Remus spoke again.
"Tomatoes are fruits mate!"
Sirius stormed out of the common room.
/.../.../.../.../.../.../.../.../
A couple days later the four were searching a room for secret passages.
"If Filch can always turn up that quick when his bloody cat turns up, there must be some passages around here. I intend to find them."
"Would it be so smart to use them?" Remus asked logically. "I mean what if he was walking down the passage you were in?"
The room stayed quiet as each boy pondered this.
Finally Sirius spoke up. "I would hex something near him to distract him and get away from the bloody passage!"
James and Peter laughed, and Remus just smiled a little before they went back to searching.
A while later they gave up. Sirius leaned against a painting of a bowl of fruit. It felt...strange. He got up and looked at the fruit. His hand ran across it carefully. It was just a normal painting. But then he got to the pear. It felt...weird.
"You guys come here!"
The other three boys came over and looked at Sirius feeling the pear.
"Uh Sirius mate? Are you okay?" James asked, seriously concerned about his friends health. He was stroking a pear! How would you feel?
"Uh yeah sure," Sirius said, obviously distracted. "The pear feels weird, I think it may lead somewhere, but I don't know how to..." He trailed off, now scratching the pear. "There must be some way to..." He began tickling it, knowing nothing else to do and was surprised when it chuckled.
"Did it just...chuckle?" James asked, starring blankly at the pear.
"I think so." Sirius tickled it again and it chuckled louder. He began tickling it a lot and soon it was laughing very loudly. Suddenly a green door handle appeared.
Sirius grinned. "I'm so very clever," he said, opening the door.
"Sure you are. You're the only person I know who would think of tickling the fruit to open the door."
"Shut it."
When they walked in, they met an amazing site. House elves scurried about and one stopped in front of them. "Welcome to the kitchens, can I help you?"
The four boys grinned.
/.../.../.../.../.../.../
After much food and drink the four boys had left, thanking the house elves and promising they would be back. Currently they were back in the common room. It was midnight but none of the four was tired.
"Let's go explore! We can look for secret passages!" James said enthusiastically.
"We already di-," Remus started.
"Great idea James!" Sirius yelled, but quickly lowered his voice. "Where will we go?"
"I don't know yet, but it's something to do."
So the four quickly got the cloak and headed out of the common room. As they made their way down the grand staircase, something in the corner moved.
It was a dark shadow among the other dark shadows. There was barley any light, so they couldn't tell what was there. Suddenly they heard a sound that made them freeze in place.
Meow.
The four boys tried to creep silently away, but the cat was following. Suddenly a bookcase slid aside and a man walked out, looking around for his cat. They scrambled backwards, trying to find somewhere to go but they were trapped. All the marauders could do was lean as close to the wall and hope they weren't found as the caretaker felt along the walls for them.
But it wasn't a wall they leaned against, it was a tapestry. A dusty looking purple one. They fell through and disappeared from site, and watched as Filch disappeared down the corridor.
"We found one!" James whispered excitedly, pointing down the passage. Silently they walked down it, and suddenly Sirius, who was leading, fell.
James and Remus stopped walking as they heard the sound of someone sliding but Peter didn't, and soon all three of them were sliding down after Sirius.
When they came to the bottom, they found another tapestry. They put the cloak over themselves and walked out. A large oak door loomed at them from the other side of the room. They were outside the Great Hall.
"Awesome."
After more exploring, they found another tapestry that lead up to the entrance of the Gryffindor common room. All four congradulated each other on their finds and headed to the dorms. As they pulled on their sleepwear they muttered tired goodnights and soon were all asleep.
/.../.../.../.../.../.../
I don't think it's that great and I'm not very proud of that chapter. Please tell me what you think.
Review responses:
Laughing Dragoness: Thank you very much. Hope I didn't disappoint you with this chapter.
ShrugDuckie: Thank you and here's an update. They fought a little in this chapter.
Mochalattee225: Lol. Here's the update. I'm not allowed to drink coffee, but anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Sparkzi: Thank you. Hope this chapter was good.
Sun Kissed Rose: Thanks and here's an update.
Koriaena: I'm glad your not one too.
Mirkwood: Thank you, and I've written more.
October Skye: Yea, lol.
Chantal J: Lol, thanks. Hope you liked and I know, you told me that in one of my other stories.
Professor M. McGonagall: Thanks.
Please review!