A/n: Hello again! I'm not in a good mood so I thought I should start on my next chapter so I don't go insane…its kinda too late for that….oh well.

I'm having a contest!  See the end of the chapter for details.

I do not own any of these characters except for the muggles that I make up. Don't sue me! I only have 33cents in my pocket… I'm serious too!

Chapter 2 summary:  the Marauders on a muggle bus….that's kinda self-explanatory….

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Chapter 2~   The Wheels on the Bus Go 'Round and 'Round….

"We're going to hang around the muggle-town," Lily replied.

"Excellent….," said Sirius grinning evilly like James.  "I remember last time we did that.  A five year-old tried to-,"

"So I've heard," said Lily looking more than a little annoyed.

Before Padfoot could answer, the bus came to a stop.  It was a city bus with a Lord of the Rings movie advertisement on the side.

"A muggle bus?!!!" Padfoot shouted, "Shhhh!" said Remus putting his hand over Sirius's mouth.

When the bus doors opened, the Marauders screamed like girls again.  The four boys were about to climb on when Lily cried, "Wait!  I forgot to give you your money!"

"That's ok," said Peter.  "I've already got some."  He took out a bag filled with several sickles.

"Muggle money, not our money!"  Remus hissed in his ear.  Peter put his money away.  So did Sirius and James who had just taken out a galleon each.  Meanwhile, Lily was frantically searching her pockets for any notes she might have.

"Here!" she said finally putting several coins and a bill into everybody's hands.  They looked at the money very confused.  James bit his to see if they were real.  They nearly broke his teeth, while he almost tore the bill in half. Meanwhile, the bus driver was staring at them wondering if they were being stupid on purpose.  He was middle-aged, balding, and was a little fat.  His name was Herman (he he I think the name Herman is funny.  No offense to any Herman's out there!).

One by one the Marauders + Lily stepped onto the bus.  Lily went first so the boys knew how to give the driver money instead of doing something stupid.  Unfortunately, James can sometimes be pretty stupid.  He had just given Herman his muggle-money when he said, "I'd like some hot chocolate with that too."

Uh-oh.

Herman stared at him.

"Uhhh…yeah.  Hot-choc-late," Prongs said very slowly.  Then he whispered to Sirius, "Do muggles drink hot chocolate?"

"I dunno…Wormtail, do muggles wink at sock mats?"

"I dunno…Moony, is Snuggles pink like cats?"

"Uhhhh…Lily, tug the poles to think like rats."

"What?"

"I dunno, that's what Peter said."

"That's what Sirius said."

"That's what James said."

Meanwhile, Herman was watching the whispering conversation very confused.  Hot chocolate?  Were they playing a trick, or were they just very stupid?  Before he could think about this any longer, the red-head smacked the hot-chocolate-kid on the head and steered him to a seat towards the back of the bus.  Thank god that was over.

The Marauders all found their seats.  Lily sat with James, Remus sat next to Sirius, and Peter had nobody to sit next to so he ended up sitting next to a scary homeless person who was muttering to himself and playing with a Hello Kitty doll.  Peter was scared.  Very scared. Meanwhile, Lily was keeping a close eye on James in case he did another stupid thing.   But Sirius was having the time of his life pulling on the string that buzzes when you pull it.  Every time he yanked at it, the bus stopped.  It's amazing how muggles do this without magic! he thought.  I should take Muggle Studies next year!  He pulled the string every two seconds until Moony noticed how frustrated Herman was becoming and pushed Padfoot away from the window seat.  Sirius was sad until (because of his low intention span) he became interested in a song a 3 year-old was singing who was sitting right across from him next to her mother.

"The wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round…'round and 'round…'round and 'round…"

Meanwhile, James was sitting in the window seat next to Lily so he wouldn't cause a commotion in the isle.  He was having fun making up a song of his own while the bus passed many different muggle stores and restaurants.

"Denny's, Wendy's, Eat. N. Park!  Looooong Johhhhhhhhhhn Silllllllllllllllllllllllver's!

Value City, Circuit city!  Toooooooooys RRRRRRRRRRRR UUUUUUUUuuuuus!"  It was a very addictive song to sing.

Peter was too scared to sing anything. The homeless guy was taking care of that.  He was singing:

"Myyyyyyyy, my, this here Anakin Guy! May be Vader some say later but he's just a small fry!  He left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye! Singin 'Soon I'm gonna be a Jediiiiiiii!  Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi!'"

That was enough to scare anybody.

Sirius was learning how to sing about the wheels on the bus.

People were starting to stare at James who was now singing about Giant Eagle and Wal-Mart.

The homeless man changed his song:

"But stream and pool,

is wet and cool….

so nice for feet…

we only WISH (bangs Hello Kitty doll on the window)

to catch a FISH! (BANG!)

so juicy-sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!"

(bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!)

 

Sirius was sad again.  The little girl's mom saw who she was talking to and took her to the front of the bus. 

While all this was happening, Herman was going insane.  5 people were singing at once and a homeless guy was banging his head on the window.  One more thing and he would explode.

Sirius was bored so he decided to talk to Lily and Prongs.  Lily hit James on the head again to shut him up so now both were silent.  Since the 3 year-old's seat was right in front of them, he decided to sit there. Remus followed too.  Sirius turned around in his seat to face them.

"So…," he said. "Have you decided where we're goin yet?"

"No.  I can't think when everybody on this bus is making all this noise!"

"Like this?"  Sirius pulled on the buzzy string again.

BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

"THAT'S IT!!!  EVERYONE IN THE BACK OF THE BUS: OUT!!!!"  Herman finally lost it.  The bus came to a stop in the middle of a busy street and almost got hit by a car.

The Marauders + the homeless guy screamed like girls.  Peter practically ran out of the bus to get away from the musical Hello Kitty homeless guy.  Lily, James, Sirius, and Remus followed.  The 3 year-old waved goodbye to Padfoot and started to cry. When they got out, Herman put on the gas and sped down the road.  He left them in the middle of a four-way intersection.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!"  Remus screamed as a taxi almost hit him.  The 5 teens ran off the road as fast as they possibly could. 

"Now where are we?" asked Prongs.

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How'd you like chapter 2?

PLEEEEEAAAASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*****I'm having a contest!  I need to decide which movie the Marauders go to see.

 It doesn't have to be a movie from the 70's.  It can be anything from The Matrix, to the Lion King.

  I just need help deciding.

  Whoever sends me the movie I put in, will be a character in one of the future chapters!

(Don't worry; I'll try to give you a good part.) I'll accept movie ideas until Wednesday, 10/29/03 so I can have time to write the story.

Oh yeah! : Be sure to put at least your first name (or any other name that you would like to be called as a character) so I know what your character's name will be!!!!!

(Sorry, Blackie: I don't know your name!!! Or do you want me to use Blackie? If not: Please send it!)

*Me, my brother, and my sister actually made up the "Denny's, Wendy's…." song.  Don't ask. It was about 5 years ago and I still remember it.  That's what happens when you put 3 bored kids in the car.  We never got farther than "Toooys RRRR UUUUuuus…." *sigh*

Eep!

Guess what readers?

  If I do a book report on the Two Towers and Return of the King, I get to see the 3rd movie during school at the theater during school hours!

 Cool, huh? But I just realized that the Two Towers report is due on Friday!  I've had a month to do it and now I only have about 6 days! I always do that…darn me and my lazy habits!  Oh well… better start…

Bye-bye for now!

 I'll try to decide on the movie on Wednesday! And because I'm feeling nice today, the runner-up movies will also be playing at the theater! You'll probably see advertisements for them…but some of them will have their own previews for the Marauders to watch

 (I'll try to add yur names somewhere, but I can't make any promises)!

                                                                                                            DaElf