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"I'm more worried about them two finishing each other off, then I am about starving to death" Remus looked pointedly at the stairs, up which James and Lily had just decended.

"At least if one kills the other, we wont have to decide who to eat first" Sirius said calmly. The others merely stared at him.

Upstairs, the arguments had already begun.

"I do not care how hungry you best friends is James, he is NOT eating my pygmy puff!" Lily was begning to get annoyed. James was determined to make Lily see reason.

"If he just had a snack, everyone would be happy! And we'd escape and then I could fullfull my dream of marrying you and having fourteen children! We'd call them James Junior, Jamesina, Jimmy..." he was cut short by a short blow to the head.
Lily walked on ahead pretending to be unaware of the fact that James was now complaining about everything that she didn't care about. She reached the top of the stairs and went into the attic.

"James- look!" she squealed pointing out of the window forgetting her annoyance immediately. The window looked as though it was just above the ground. The snow had laid so thick that almost the entire house was immersed in it.

"Is it safe to climb out do you think?" James opened the window a fraction and prodded the snow with his finger.

"Don't know until we try it!" Lily replied swinging her leg over window.

"No! It might be dangerous!" James yelped grabbing Lily by the waist and pulling her back inside.

"James you pratt!" Lily had fallen on top of James and they were now both lying in a heap on the floor.

"We have to test it somehow!"

!Then let me take the risk, for you are too precious!" James said dramatically, standing up and placing a hand on his chest.

"Oh, don't be a martyr James" Lily sighed and climbed back onto the windowsill ignoring James's objections.
She tested the snow with one foot, with each tread emphasising her weight. Eventually she lifted herself off of the windowsill placing both feet on the snow. James watched nervously as she began to walk away from the window.

Lily walked slowly and carefully around the house to see how they could escape. Unfortunately, it looked like they were stuck. The only way out was to climb up the steep slopes surrounding the house, a risky task. However, Lily thought, it was either that or sit with the others debating who would eat who.

"Right, get everyone out here James" she commanded, deciding that now was the time for action.

"Tell everyone to wrap up warm, wear ski boots and bring ropes or anything else we can use for climbing."

Within five minutes, the group were assembled, nervously on the snow next to Lily, Sirius wearing a pink poncho over his ski coat.

"We have to climb up that?" Remus asked looking at the slope.

"It's the only way, and since this is a muggle holiday and no one has wands, we have to climb out the muggle way!" was Lily's reply.

"I told you we should have been allowed wands!" Sirius exclaimed.

"Right and spend the whole holiday watching you turn James hair pink when he's not looking?" Lily returned.

"That was you?" James glared at Sirius who merely glared at Lily, who glared at Octavius.

"WHAT?" Octavius cried.

"You haven't said anything!"

"I know so why are you glaring at me?"

"Because I know your going to critice something, so I'm glaring in advance!"

"No i wasn't!"

Lily glared at him.

"Only that we really should have our wands."

Lily glared still.

"Sorry" he added looking away.

The group moved silently to the foot of the slope and silently began to hand out ropes.

"The first task is to attatch the rope to something at the top of the slope so that we can climb up." Lily explained.

"And we do that how?" James looked sceptical.

"I know! We can use my..."

"Shut up Sirius, I don't think anyone should take a guy wearing a pink poncho seriously!" Lily cut in.

"Is it just because I'm a marauder?" Sirius asked cheekily.

"Yes." was the simple. reply.

"Didn't stop you before!" Octavius sniggered.

"Meaning?"

"Two words... Christmas-Party!"

"What?"

"Nothing!" Octavious replied innocently.

Lily sighed and looked back towards the slope.

"What we need is a long stick or rod to throw to the top and hope it catches something. We can attach the rope to it and use it to climb up. The question is, where do we find a stick strong enoguh to hold out weight? There aren't any good branches around."

"I've got..."

"What do you mean it's never stopped her before?" James cut across Sirius. If Lily had been nice to another marauder and not him he would not be happy about it.

"Just about what happened thats all"

"What happened?" James looked suspiciosly at Octavius. Octavius sniggered and waited until everyone was waiting for his reply.

"Lily snogged REMUS!"

James stared from Octavius, to Lily, to a cowering Remus.

"No." He said simply, the idea that Lily could kiss someone other than him seemed ridiculous.

"I have photographic evidence!" Octavius taunted.

"You can't! She wouldn't! She's mine!"

"What do you mean your's? I'll kiss whoever I damn well like Potter! Sorry but your hardly my cup of tea!"

"You mean it's true then?" James felt like his stomach had just fallen into his shoes.

"It wasn't like that mate" Remus grimaced. Lily sighed as James began to change colour.

"No? Then how was it? You explain to me how you ended up kissing the woman I'm going to marry! Have you taken to biting people's lips instead of their heads now?"

"Thats enough James! I'll have you know, I've kissed half the population of Hogwarts including three out of four marauders-" James looked up hopefully "and no, not you while you were sleeping James for heavens sake! You can't stop me and I don't have to justify my actions to you! Now are we going to get off this bloody mountain or not?"

"Yes we are!" Sirius cheered "And I've got just the tool, I'll just go back into the hut and get my..."

"Hang on! Three out of four marauders?" James asked looking confused. "But Remus is only one person!"

"Yes James! Well done you can count. I have also kissed- not that it's any of your business, Sirius and Peter."

It was Sirius's turn to look confused. "Peter?"

"Some moron spiked my drink with firewhiskey, I was so drunk I had no idea who I was kissing! I thought he was..." Lily blushed and looked away. Octavius gave James an odd look.

"I remember that day"

"SIRIUS!" James suddenly yelled.

"Yes my love?" Sirius battered his eyelids but somehow ended up on the floor with James on top of him.

"STOP IT!" Lily screamed.

"I can't believe that you've kissed everyone except the one person who likes you!" James cried in despair.

"Can we get off the mountain before we freeze to death we can discuss this later!" Lily replied angrily.

James, in his anger, sat down in the snow and sulked like a todler. Lily sighed and turned away.

"Right, we'll use this plank of wood, try and attach it somehow to the top of the mountain, tie a rope to it and climb up. Sounds daft but it's the only plan we have."

"Sorry to sound sceptical, but how in the name of Merlin are we going to get that thing to stick in the snow, enough so we don't fall to our doom, or worse into James's clutches?" Remus looked fearfully over at his friend who bared his teeth.

"Well, I could..."

Sirius was interupted by Lily suddenly squeeling.

"NO! STOP!"
"What?"

"It's James!"
Sirius looked over at James who was staring at Lily in a very scary way.

"James mate i know your hungry, but there will be lots of little snakkies at the top of the mountain, so lets go get my..."

"Youv'e all kissed each other! I feel like an outsider! I'd rather stay here in the cold and get eaten than go anywhere with you!"

"You're in a strop just because none of us here have kissed you?" Sirius laughed with a small twinkle in his eyes, the kind he had when he was about to do something mischeivious.

"yes."

The next James knew he was in a desperate stuggle for his modesty, his best friend was grabbing him by the hair and pulling his head close to his lips.

Then came the fatal blow, James felt a warm, wet kiss planted firmly on his lips.

When he looked up however, he found Sirius lying on the ground some feet away, being restrained by Remus. Instead, Lily was standing over him.

"Now are you happy?" Lily said firmly and turned on her heel heading towards the great mountian.

"But it was such a great trick!" James barely heard Sirius's ranting and focused on the buzzing feeling he had on his lips, that he suspected had nothing to do with the cold.

The group sat in silence for several minutes, all waiting for Lily to reveal her amazing plan that would save them all and allow them to find shelter where food was availiable. As the moments wore on, Lily became more and more frustrated at the lack of help she was recieving from the men.

"Do you know what?" she rounded on them furiously "I'm not superwoman!"

"Thats debatable" whispered James lightly touching his lips. Lily chose to pretend not to hear him.

"I can't get us off this bloody mountain any more that James can stop acting like the todler, and Octavius keeping a secret!"
The men gaped at her- she was their last hope...until...

"Are you stuck down there?" came a stuttering voice from the top of the mountain. A short, plump boy was gazing hesitantly down at them all.

"Oh no, we love sitting in the cold snow with only Remus to eat and James to snog. Don't interupt us by all means dear boy!" Sirius laughed sarcastically up at his dim witted friend whom them all recognised to be Peter Pettigrew.

"Oh" Peter looked confused for a second. "Ok then. I just thought...never mind... and I'm glad you realised your attraction to James, Sirius, me and Octavious always thought that...you know..." and with that he began to walk off. Before Sirius had the chance to decapitate Octavious however, Lily intervened.

"Peter don't go! Sirius was just being a prat! We are stuck! There is absolutely no way on earth that we can get out so please get help!"

"No way on earth did you say Lily my petal?" Sirius was grinning. "Why don't I just go fetch..."

"It's all right Sirius I know!"

""Then why are we still down here then?" Sirius cried.

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"What are you talking about?"

"How I know you don't fancy James!"

"Unlike you!" Sirius retorted and Lily turned a dark shade of red that clashed with her hair.

"Oi! Someones coming, they've got a broom and you can all fly out one after the other!" Peter had returned.

"Brilliant! Thanks Pete!" Lily called looking releaved. "Were going to be free and you can all have as many cakes as you want!"

"It's just a shame we couldn't do this an hour ago!" Sirius sighed.

"Why is that my Siri?" James asked finnaly looking up.

"The snow has ruined my poncho."

They all looked at Sirius who wore an expression similar to one just been told that their pet rabbit had perished, instead of an ugly item of clothing.

"Well, next time, we'll know to bring brooms and wands!" Lily laughed, happy now that their predicament was almost at an end.

"If you'd have listened to me, you would have known that..."

"I'M THROWING THE BROOM DOWN NOW!" Peter had returned with an old broom held in his fat fist.

The others watched as Peter raised the broom into the air and prepared to thow it. They watched in anticipation as Peter's forehead furrowed in concentration, and they watched in horror as Peter sliped at the last minute, sending him hurtling down the mountain, the leaving the broom at the top.
Unfortunately for the world, Peter's fall was broken by a branch sticking out through the snow and he landed safetely at the bottom of the mountain.

"All you had to do, was to throw the broom at us, instead your sitting with us, with no means of escape and NO FOOD! Guys, I say we eat this piece of meat!" Octavious roared and James leaped up in approval.

"Or, we could go back to the hut and get my..."

"STOP BITTING IT! I MEAN HIM!" Lily cried and leaped into the middle of the fight to seperate the men who were rolling on the ground. "I know were stuck but there must be something else!"

"Yes, there is, there is my..." Sirius was getting frustrated now, he had the tool that would get them off the mountain but no one seemed interested. The rest of his sentence was drowned out by James yelping in pain as Octavious bit him in a wild attempt to bite Peter. In all the comotion, Sirius found himself flung to the ground and his beloved poncho ripped off his back.

"NO!" he cried in despair as the bundle of pink material fell in a heap on the floor.

"You killed it! Now I'll never let you use my broom to get off the mountain!" he wailed.

"Broom?" Lily asked cautiously. "What do you mean broom?"

"I mean the one in my room under my bed!"

"You mean to tell me you had a flaming broom all along and you didn't mention it? Did it CONVIENIENTLY SLIP YOUR MIND YOU NAPPY WETTING, PIE EATING FREAK OF NATURE?"

"I tried but no one was listening!"

Lily let out a frustrated scream and kicked the nearest thing within distance, which happened to be Peter who yelped and backed away.

"Never mind" she said trying to calm herself. "You can get it now and we can all be happy!"

"Get it now? After my poncho has died? NO!"

"Sirius this is a life and death situation, James is going to kiss me goodbye if we don't get out soon!"

"I don't care!"

Lily picked up the poncho on the floor and held it up for all to see.

"I will personally rip this apart with my teeth if you don't get your broom!"

Sirius looked fearfully at his poncho. "You wouldn't!" he whispered.

"You never thought I'd kiss James but I proved you wrong about that didn't I?"

"Yes but you love James! You never loved my poncho!"

"Wouldn't it make sense then that it wouldn't hurt me to kill the poncho?"

"Oh my GOD!" Sirius excliamed.

"What now?"

"You didn't deny that you love James!"

Lily blushed and glared at Sirius.

"I'm not going to dignify that with an answer!" she waved the poncho threateningly.

"Go get the broom or I really WILL eat your bloody jumper!"

"Poncho!" Sirius cried but walked off in a resigned way none the less. In no time at all he had returned, broom in hand. The poncho was returned, albeit somewhat damaged and the gang managed to make their way up to the top of the mountain.

"I'm never going skiing again!" Sirius moaned when they were back at the main lodge. He kicked off his skii boots in disgust and sank into a chair by a fire.

"I am! Do you think Lily likes me?" James smiled excitedly choosing a seat next to Sirius.

"No, no, Jamie darling, come and sit upon my knee! Lily might like you but so do me!"

"Ok first of all thats a rubbish rhyme and seocndly...oh dear!" James did not finnish his sentence, Sirius had the gleam in his eye again that suggested that he was about to play a trick. James ran out of the lodge and did not look back until he knew that Sirius was safelty immsered in a hot cooked dinner.