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Chapter 6-20 Galleons and One Crup
"What's your excuse this time?" Lily asked as James and Peter breathlessly sat down at the table in the library.
They were at another study session today.
"Oh we have a good excuse,really." James said.
"Yeah,we were hungry." Peter stated,pulling out his DADA book.
"You were hungry? Well,by all means let the study group wait for you to join us for 20 minutes,while you eat!" Lily exclaimed exasperated.
"Well,we would have gotten here earlier if Peter hadn't of order fish. Those elf things take forever to cook fish." James blamed.
"What? You ordered pork! That took longer than the fish by 10 minutes!" Peter replied back.
James opened his mouth only to stop.
"It doesn't matter! Let's just get back to the study session." Remus cut in quickly.
With one last glare,Lily turned away from the three and started helping a second year with 'Aparecium'.
"So. . .I supose she's mad at us then?" Peter asked uncertainly.
"Naw. Why would you think that,Peter?" Remus shot back sarcastically.
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"I'll go get the book,Molly. Keep working on the wand movements." Lily instucted as she walked off,looking for 'The Book'.
"Okay,Lily." Molly replied and continued working on the wand movements like Lily said until-
"Er,hi."
Molly looked up to see a tall boy with messy black hair and stupid looking glasses on his face. "Hi."
"Listen,I was wondering if you could go get help from my friend,Remus over there." James asked,pointing to Remus,who was currently helping Peter. What a devoted friend. Even after being frozed by and set fire to by Peter,Remus still helps him.
"Why?" Molly asked,blowing a bubble with her gum.
"Because,he'd be a better teacher. . .er,and. . ." James trailed off.
"You just want Lily to help you." Molly stated in a 'Duh.' sort of voice.
"No I don't." James protested.
"Yes you do. You want her to help you. You like her. Strange though." Molly said thoughtfully.
"What's strange?" James asked,ignoring the rest of Molly's word.
"You two are always fighting. And you were always mean to her. Now you like her. That's weird. Old people are weird." Molly said,blowing another bubble.
"Excuse me? I am not old!" James shot back indignantly.
"Yes you are. Anyways,what do I get in return?"
"Wha. . .?" James asked in confusion.
Molly rolled her eyes,"If I go get help from your what's-his-face friend,what do I get in return? Honestly,can't you remember anything?"
"No." James muttered to himself,then louder,"Uh,how about 4 chocolate frogs and. . .3 brown looking Bertie Bott's jelly beans." James asked,pulling out whatever he could find in his pockets.
"Do I look stupid?"Molly asked in a dull voice.
James scoffed,"What do you want,tyke?" He asked in a tiresome voice.
"20 galleons and a crup(lol,this is something that is apparently real in the wizarding world. It will be explained later in the chapter. LoL)." Molly stated,holding her hand out to him expectantly.
James looked her strangely,"A crup? What the heck is that?" James asked in bewilderment.
Molly rolled her eyes,"Honestly,how exactly did you get the head boy position? Actually how did you get even get past your 1st year?"
"Fine,I'll give you the galleons and crup." James agreed with an irritated sigh.
Molly still had her hand out expectantly,"Well?"
"Well,what?" James asked.
"Where are they?"
"Where are what?" James asked.
"The galleons and crup,you idiot." Molly replied.
"Now,no need for language,little girl. And what do you expect? Me to just have a. . .crup and 20 galleons in my pocket?" James asked.
Molly ignored his comment,"Well,I need an IOU from you,then."
"A what?" James asked.
"An IOU. I Owe You. You owe me 20 galleons and one crup."
James stood staring at Molly with a blank expression.
Molly sighed heavily and rolled her eyes.
James noticed this,"Did Lily teach you to do that?" He asked sarcastically.
"You don't need to be taught how to act around an idiot." Molly stated sweetly.
"You sure a ball of sunshine,aren't you?" James asked through gritted teeth.
Molly did not replied. Instead she pulled out a piece of parchment,along with a quill and inkwell. She began writing something down on the parchment. A few seconds later she shoved the parchement and quill at James.
"What this?" James asked.
"It's paper. Paper. P-A-P-E-R. You use it to write on."
"I know what paper is! Now what am I suppose to do with it?" James asked annoyed.
"Write '20 galleons and one crup' on the first blank line-no,the first blank line! Not the second one!" Molly exclaimed.
"Alright,alright." James muttered.
"Then sign your name there-no! There!. . .and in cursive." Molly exclaimed again,pointing around at the parchment.
"That is cursive."James pointed out.
"You call that scribble,cursive?"
"No need to comment,little girl. Is that all?" James asked.
"Yes,I will be expecting my crup and galleons,tommorow right after dinner. Meet me right here." Molly said,packing her things away.
"Yeah,yeah." James muttered.
Molly shook her head and rolled her eyes again,then walked off to Remus and Peter.
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"Alright,Molly,I found the book. . .Potter? What are you doing here?" Lily asked slowly,setting 'the book' on the table where Molly sat previously,and now where James sat.
"Uh,well,Molly said she wasn't feeling well and had to leave." James lied.
"Isn't that her,over there?" Lily asked,looking over at Remus' table.
"No. That's her. . .her twin. Yeah,her twin!"
"Her twin. . .I didn't know she had a twin. . .Oh well. . .that's too bad. She almost had the spell too. Molly was a very nice person. Maybe I should check up on her later." Lily mused.
James looked over Molly. She looked up and stuck her tongue out as she saw James. "Oh,yeah. Real nice." He muttered sarcastically.
"What?"
"Oh nothing." James answered quickly.
. . .". . .What are you doing here?" Lily asked.
"Er,I was wondering if you could help me. I learned alot last time you helped me." James asked,rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly.
Lily was silent for a few seconds,"Um,alright. . .what do you need help with?" She asked,sitting down across from him.
"We just finished the 'accio' spell. . ."James trailed off.
"Yeah,we did. You've got that one down."
"I do,don't I?" James asked with a smirk in Lily's direction.
Lily rolled her eyes.
"You know I have good aim." James stated.
"Really? I couldn't tell." Lily stated nonchalantly.
"Yeah. I wasn't aiming for the book. . ."
"I know,you made that quite clear. Now,what do you need help with?" Lily replied stiffly.
James dropped the subject. "How about that one I heard Flitwick talk-"
"It's Professor Flickwick."
James rolled his eyes,"Okay,Professor Flitwick was talking about in class a few days ago. I think it was the one that makes things fly or something."
"Fly. . .oh,you mean levitate!" Lily asked.
"That,I guess."
"Okay,the spell is 'Wingardium Leviosa'. Here's the wand movements-. . ."
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James banged his head against the table top,cursing loudly and rubbing his forehead seconds after.
"Potter! Don't curse-" Lily's word were drowned out.
"POTTER,DID YOU JUST CURSE? I THINK YOU DID! HOW DARE YOU!-. . .WHAT ARE YOU DOING? IS THAT A CAT? A CAT? ANIMALS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE LIBRARY,MISS ABARNATHY!" Madame Pomfrey left James alone to go chew 'Miss Abarnathy' out about having animals in the library.
James groaned in frustration,"I can't do this stupid spell." He said flailing his wand around everywhere.
Lily watched his wand warily.
"I'm a 7th year and Head Boy. Yet,I can't do a stupid 1st year spell! Wingardium Leviosa! See it won't-"
"POTTER!"
James hunched over the table,thinking it was Madame Pomfrey again.
"POTTER,GET ME DOWN!"
James sat up some and looked around. What? He didn't see Madame Pomfrey. That's a relief. He didn't see Lily either. That's a re-wait. Where did Lily go?
James stood up and spun arond,still holding his wand,looking for Lily,"Lily? Where'd you go?" James heard a heavy sigh and a shoe was thrown at his head,"Oof! What the bloody hell-oof!" James moaned as another shoe was thrown at his head.
"Potter,don't curse and get me down!" Lily voice was heard.
James looked around cluelessly,"Where are you? I don't see you. Are you invisible?"
"No. Look up,Potter. Look up."
James looked up to see a ticked off Lily floating around close to the ceiling. "Whoa! Lily,what are you doing up there?" He asked in amazement.
Lily scoffed,"You seemed to have gotten the spell down,Potter. While you were flailing your arms around like a child,you said the spell and poof! Here I am."
James tilted his head,watching her float into a chandelier and give a faint 'oof'. "I got the spell? . . .I got the bloody spell!" James said happily.
"Yes,let's all applaud for Potter. Oof." Lily ran into another chandelier.
"Okay,how do I get you down? Say abra cadabra?"
"That's funny,Potter. Real funny. Now all you have to do is move your wand downwards. . .slowly. Slowly,Potter,you hear-ahhhh! Potter,I said slowly!" Lily screamed as James moved his wand downwards,not slow.
"Oops,er,sorry,Lily."
"Just go slower. Please."
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"Ah. Ground. The sweet ground again. Wonderful. I'm never leaving you." Lily said,talking to the ground as she rather ungracefully dropped to the ground.
"Are you talking to the floor,Lily? Should I leave you two alone?" James asked amused.
Lily glared at James,"Oh,stuff it.
"You never tell the floor to 'stuff it',Lily. Should I be getting jealous?" James asked.
"Yes,I'm having an affair with the floor,Potter. How could you tell?" Lily asked sarcastically.
"Sarcasm suits you,you know?" James asked,trying the levitating spell again on a nearby book on herbology.
"Thank you. Compliments don't suit you very well,though,I'm afraid." Lily replied,leafing through a charms book.
"Oh? And what exactly is that suppose to mean?"
". . ."
"You don't even know. Ha." James said after silence.
"Potter,why did you ask for my help? All we do is argue!" Lily asked in exasperation.
"What? You don't like hanging out with me?"
"I'm not 'hanging out' with you! I'm-I was trying to help you!" Lily snapped back indignantly.
"That hurts,you know,Lily. I like hanging out with you." James replied with a grin.
Lily took a deep breath,slightly flustered. She got up from the table,grabbing her stuff and began to walk off.
"Where are you going?" James asked.
"I'm going to help someone who actually wants my help." Lily answered and continued walking.
"Aw,come on,Lily. Lily!" James called,watching Lily walk off.
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"So James. . .tell me again,why we're walking around in Hogsmeade at 3:00 in the morning to find a crup." Sirius asked casually that early morning.
"I owe someone." James replied.
"A crup?" Remus asked. "Peter,keep up!" He called behind him.
"I'm trying!" Peter replied,huffing and puffing.
"Yes,a crup." James replied.
"Do you even know what a crup is?" Sirius asked with a smirk.
"Well,not,really."
"It's a dog,James. A rather popular wizard's pet." Remus explained.
"Ah."
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"Potter,what's in your backpack?" Emma asked as her,Alice,and Lily sat down across from the Marauders later that day at dinner. James had put the crup in his backpack,planning to giving it to Molly after dinner. Lily seemed to be ignoring James.
James quickly put the bag under the table,"Oh,it's nothing."
"Whatever the 'nothing' is,it's quite bulky." Alice commented.
"It's nothing." James repeated.
"Bark!"
The girls looked around in bewilderment as the Marauders glanced wearily at the bag under the table.
"Geez,is that my imagination or did your 'nothing' just bark?" Emma asked,nudging Lily in the ribs,laughing.
"Uhm,no."James replied.
"Bark!"
"So,Potter,if that isn't your 'nothing' barking,then who is barking?" Lily asked,not ignoring him now.
"Uh,that's. . .that's Peter. Peter does that alot after he eats jello." James lied,pointedly looking at Peter.
Peter sat mouth open,staring at James in confusion.
"Don't you,Peter?" Remus asked,kicking his foot under the table.
Peter jumped,"Oh,right. Yeah. See. Bark,bark,bark. See? Bark,bark-"
More barks were heard,just not from Peter,"Bark,Bark,bark!"
Peter's mouth shut and looked helplessly at the other Marauders.
"Wow,Peter,your a ventriloquist." Alice stated as the girls watched Peter bark without opening his mouth.
"Oh,yeah,Peter's a ventriloquist." Sirius reassured.
The barking had gotten louder and just about everyone at the Gryffindor table could hear it.
"Er,Peter,I think that's enough." Emma said.
Peter nodded helplessly.
The barking continued.
"Peter,I'm sure your very proud of your talent,but do you think you could stop for a while?" Alice asked.
James,making sure no one was looking,bent under the table,"Puppy,could be quiet? Please?"
The barking continued.
James sighed in frustration,still under the table.
"Potter,what are you doing?" Lily's voice asked.
James' head hit the table in suprise. He sat up rubbing his head in pain. "Er,nothing."
Finally after 4 chicken bones and 3 of Peter's unwillingly given muffins,secretly given to the crup,did the barking stop.
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"So where's my crup?" Molly asked the next day,after dinner.
"Here,have the little drool-face." James said,pulling the crup out of his backpack and handing it to Molly. It was a puppy crup actually. The puppy was small and brown."Why do you even want one? I thought the only pet you could have at Hogwarts is an owl,cat,or toad."
Molly quickly took the crup from James' hands,smiling,"Your right."
"What?"
"Those are the only ones your allowed to have." Molly replied again,"Aw,isn't she cute?"
"I think it's a him. And no,he isn't 'cute'. You know it peed on me on the way here? I haven't even mention it drooling." James complained.
Molly rolled her eyes and hugged the crup puppy tightly."Don't let the mean old boy get to you,Rudolfla."
James snorted. "Rudolfla? You know,I was glad to get rid the crup a while ago,but now,I feel bad for it."
"Oh,stuff it. Or I'll tell Lily you like her."
"I don't like her." James stated.
"Yes,you do. Just because your 5 years older than me,doesn't mean I'm stupid. I mean,why else would you go buy a crup and give away 20 galleons-"
"I didn't give away those galleons." James muttered in annoyance.
"No,you didn't. But why else would you do that stuff,just to sit with her for 45 minutes,arguing?"
"Maybe because I like arguing with her." James suggested.
Molly rolled her eyes and stuck her free hand out to James expectantly,like yesterday.
"What now?" James asked.
Molly continued to coo at 'Rudolfla' for a few second before answering,"20 galleons."
"Oh,yeah."
James handed over the bag of galleons he had in his pocket.
"It was nice doing business with you,whatever-your-name is. I'll make sure to tell Lily you like her." Molly added slyly.
"What? That wasn't part of the deal!" James exclaimed.
"Relax,what's-your-face. I won't say anything." Molly said with a grin.
James doubted she was telling the truth though. . .
"Oh,one more thing." Molly started.
"Yes?"
"You have stupid glasses." Molly said with a snicker.
"Oh,well,you have stupid. . .stupid hair!" James shot back lamely.
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A/N:There it is. . .
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