AN: Quick note, in the earlier chapters, I had Sirius tell James mom what REALLY happened when he got home for Christmas break. He did NOT tell her, he in fact told her that his brother did that to him, and he hadn't wanted to pick on him. I'll edit this in there eventually, but right now my main focus is updating (I do have like five stories going at once)
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
Chapter 16: Summers coming
The warming temperatures of spring had overflowed, and were heading straight towards summer. They days were getting longer and exams were getting closer. Sirius had finally revealed his idea for a prank to his friends, and they were thrilled with the plan. Four said boys, were sitting in the library researching. A few tables away, Lily and Celebrean sat studying for exams. Lily was bent over her notes, reading franticly, as if the world would collapse under a sudden force of gravity in space and cause it to spin wildly out of control. Celebrean glanced at Lily before sighing loudly; reading over her notes a bit. This did not last long however, for Celebrean had a short attention span, and she quickly took up the habit of looking around the library.
Her gaze traveled over the marauders, who were currently pouring over a pile of books. Her interest peeked; she quietly excused herself (though she highly doubted Lily had noticed her leave) and made her way toward their table. They didn't notice her at first, so she decided to speak up. "Studying?"
The four boys jumped, covering their books quickly when they realized someone had daringly approached their table. They all began stuttering pathetic excuses of studying. Celebrean rolled her eyes and sat down, whispering. "What are you planning? Can I help?"
The other four exchanged suspicious looks before forming a tight huddle, leaving Celebrean outside.
"I think we should let her help."
"Of course you would think that Sirius," Remus said, smirking lightly.
"Shut it."
"I don't think we should," James put in. "She's friends with Evans, she might tell her."
"She's better then that!"
Celebrean rolled her eyes again and tapped James on the shoulder. All four boys turned toward her. "I can hear you," she said slowly and deliberately, speaking as if she were dealing with a six year old. All four boys grew slightly red at their lack of prudence before turning back into their huddle. After a few more minutes of soft talking, they finally turned back around.
"Well," said James, stepping forward. "Majority rules, welcome to the prank."
Celebrean grinned and sat down.
About an hour later, Lily suddenly noticed she hadn't heard any annoyed sighs for a while, and looked up to see that Celebrean had disappeared. She continued staring at the empty seat in confusion, the thought apparently not connecting with her, before she heard quiet laughter a few tables away. Looking over, she saw Celebrean sitting with the marauders, all laughing. She considered, for a moment, going over to talk to them, but quickly changed her mind. Nope, she had studying to do.
So the five were left to plan in peace.
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The crescent moon glowed quietly in the June sky, illuminating the grounds and the dark castle. But if one were to look closely they could see a soft candle light from the first boys dorm.
Said first years were sitting, very much awake, on their beds. James and Sirius were both seated on James bed, with Remus and Peter sitting on Sirius's bed, which was next to James'. Sirius allowed himself to fall backward off the bed, gazing up at Remus and Peter upside down. "Can you really believe first year is almost over?"
James nodded in agreement. "Yeah, time really flies doesn't it?"
"And now we get to go home for summer vacation," Sirius said, but a note of bitterness held on his tongue. The others exchanged somewhat uncomfortable glances at this, but decided to ignore it.
Remus, deciding it was time for a change of subject, glanced out the window. "You guys, stop sounding so upset. We still have six years here, no need to mourn the loss now."
When this didn't snap Sirius out of his quiet state, James decided to take a shot at it. "Yeah, plenty of time to eat food," he said, putting a particular emphasis on the word 'food.'
Sirius didn't even blink, and James groaned in frustration. "That's it, he's lost to us! If food won't break him out of this nothing will!" he yelled defeated.
"We could always go find Celebrean and try and get her to snap him out of it," Peter suggested, but they didn't need to. At the mention of Celebrean Sirius had snapped to attention, eyes fixed on Peter. When he realized what he was doing he laughed, slightly nervously, and fell back against the pillows.
The others grinned knowingly.
"Hey guys?"
"What?" the three asked in usion, turning to Sirius. Sirius sat up, grinning, and threw a pillow at Peter, hitting him squarely in the head. The four laughed, before Peter picked up the fallen pillow, and aimed it directly at Sirius' head.
Sirius dodged the pillow before diving to the floor, rolling out of the way as Peter threw another pillow at him. He quickly rolled under Remus' bed, still laughing. His laughter suddenly ceased, and the others looked at the bed. Remus was watching nervously, and his fears were confirmed when Sirius emerged with a large box in his hand.
"Remus? How could you keep this from us?"
Peter and James cast Remus a questioning look before walking over to Sirius. Glaring at Remus, Sirius opened the box to reveal at least twenty chocolate bars, sitting in perfect rows. James and Peters turned to stare at him.
"I-well its just a-um, well my mom sent it to me and I never-" he broke off as he realized none of them were buying his story. "I think I might have a bit of an obsession."
Sirius looked at him hard for a second before grinning. "I knew it! No one could be that perfect! A chocolatist! You're a chocolatist!"
The others just laughed.
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It was the last day of the school year, and the students had finished gathering in the Great Hall. Food was spread across the house tables, and the eager students could hardly wait to sample the delicious food.
As soon as Dumbledore finished his speech, people were digging in, or at least, they thought they were. You see, as soon as anything came in contact with said food, it began to rise over the heads of the students. Everyone stared for a moment, before one frustrated Gryffindor decided to reach up and grab the plate of mashed potatoes. This was not a good idea however, because as soon as he did it tipped over and the potatoes fell with a large splat in his upturned face.
The hall began to laugh, but none more so then the marauders and Celebrean. They would surely miss this school; it had been an interesting year.
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I know, really short, and I would have wrote more but I kept you all waiting long enough, and I'm sorry. I've been really busy lately. Please, if you read review. It motivates me to update sooner. I'll try to update quickly this time.