Chapter 5: The Detention
"POTTER!" McGonagall's voice rang through the hall.
Harold Peeler looked up from the papers he was grading, extremely confused.
"BLACK! LUPIN!" she continued. (Pettigrew was still in the Hospital Wing)
He chuckled. They had obviously pulled a prank. He got up and wandered until he found the four students and the teacher.
"I can't believe you three. Mr. Lupin, you should know better." McGonagall stated "What will it take to teach you …"
"Is everything alright?" Peeler interrupted.
"Absolutely not Professor Peeler." McGonagall told him. "According to Mr. Snape, these three managed to sneak into the Slytherin Common Room and change everything from Green and Silver to Red and Gold."
The boys looked at their DADA professor and were amazed to see him managing a straight face, but looked like he had Dumbledore's twinkle in his eyes.
"Really? Have you tried detention?" he asked.
"Many times." She told him.
"Maybe you should let me have a go." Peeler suggested.
"Very well. I'll leave them in your hands." She said as she left still fuming.
"Slytherin common room changes colors." He repeated with a grin. "Intriguing. Even though I still have to give you detention to make McGonagall happy."
The boys groaned.
"Come to my office at 6 a.m. Don't be late."
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6 a.m.,
"Welcome." Peeler told the tired Marauders as they entered the room.
"What's our punishment?" Sirius asked. "Clean the trophies? Lines?"
"No." Peeler told him "Wait for it."
A few minutes later, the door opened
"Professor? What's going on?" Melissa Oxford showed up at the doorway.
"What are THEY doing here?" Lily asked pointing at the boys.
"Now. I'm guessing you six are completely confused."
"That's the understatement of the century." Spica said looking at Sirius.
"These three." He said pointing the boys. "Are in detention."
"What did we do?" Lily asked in horror.
"You, Miss. Evans, Miss. Oxford, and Miss. Jenkins, are their punishment" Peeler said with a grin.
The sixteen year olds looked at each other still confused.
"Mssrs Black, Lupin, and Potter will be paired up with you three ladies," Peeler explained further. "You are not to team up with others. It will be one boy to one girl. The actual punishment is…they are to do EXACTLY what you say, no questions asked. In other words, they are your slaves for the entire day. You girls are to supervise them. If they refuse to do your bidding, then, I have a potion that can cause mind control."
The girls all got wicked grins on their faces and turned to the boys.
The Marauders were actually scared now.
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"What's going on?" Sara asked when the three Marauders and the rest of the Maraudettes came to breakfast.
"Say "hello" to our slaves for the day." Spica told her putting an arm around Sirius.
"They're in detention and they have to do EXACTLY what we say." Lily said following suite with James. "If not, mind control."
"Don't worry." Melissa whispered to Remus. "I won't make you do anything stupid."
"Thanks." He whispered back.
Just then Severus Snape walked in.
Lily got an evil look in her eye.
"Oh no." James whimpered.
"My first task for you Potter," Lily said to him. "Is to apologize to Severus Snape for all that you have done to him."
(A/N: Am I cruel? Or am I cruel?")
James groaned as he got up and walked over to Snape. Sirius shot him a sympathetic look.
"What do you want Potter?" Snape sneered
James took a deep breath, "I'msorryforallthetroubleIcausedyouthesepastsixyears."
James took another breath and walked back to Lily leaving a confused Severus Snape.
"That's the best you're going to get out of me." He told her.
"It's a start." She said.
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The day was a nightmare for the boys. The girls made them give them their foods, made them do the work in their classes, do their homework, massage their backs, and show them the secret passages.
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At 10 p.m. in the common room,
Lily was in the middle of having James brush her hair as she was thinking of other ways to torture him. Spica was having Sirius write a letter to her family as she dictated. Melissa had Remus helping her figure out a way to make a dead werewolf funny.
Lily got an idea. "James. When you're done with my hair, I want you to…"
She was interrupted when the portrait door opened to reveal Professor Peeler.
"Detention is over." He announced.
The girls groaned as the boys sighed with relief.
"Have fun?" he asked.
The girls nodded as the boys quickly shook their heads.
"What were you going to have me do next Evans?" James asked.
"Read Hogwarts, A History. Out loud." She said.
"Thank you." He mouthed to the Professor "for you timing."
Peeler rose an eyebrow at James who was still brushing Lily's hair. He didn't say anything though.
"What did you learn?" he asked.
"Don't get caught." Sirius said.
Peeler laughed. "Exactly. Try to lay off the pranks for a while to make McGonagall think it actually worked. Because if you get caught again, I can do something worse."
The room was silent.
"Well, I hope you had fun." Peeler said leaving.
"Professor?" Remus asked. "Did you really have a mind control potion?"
"Of course not." Peeler said looking back with what looked like a Marauder's grin. "It was just a bluff."
"I'm going to bed." James announced quickly getting up after realizing he was still brushing Lily's hair.
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In the girl's dorm,
"I should have done that first." Lily stated referring to the book.
"Nah. You got him to apologize to Snape." Melissa told her.
"Why did you do that? He's constantly calling you the "M" word." Spica asked.
"It just felt right." Lily argued. "Did you learn anything from Remus, Adolpha?"
"Well, he suggested that the bullet be changed to a different type of metal such as gold. Or, the werewolf change into human form after it gets shot. It could either be someone I know and didn't get killed, or someone I loathed but did get killed." Melissa told her.
"Lucky you." Spica said. "You got the smart one."
"Black can be intelligent when he wants to be." Sara pointed out.
"Key words: when he wants to." Spica told her.
"I found it interesting how Potter kept brushing your hair even though Peeler said detention was over." Melissa pointed out.
"I didn't realize it." Lily lied as she picked up a book
The other three girls looked at her knowingly.
"We know you did, Vixy." Spica told her.
"I don't know what you're talking about Bushtail." Lily told her as she pretended to read when she was really thinking about James.
I don't like him she told herself.
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The next weekend was the Quidditch game between Gryffindor and Slytherin.
"Potter has the Quaffle. He shoots…He SCORES! TAKE THAT SLYTHERINS!" Peter yelled.
"Mr. Pettigrew." McGonagall warned.
"He's good." Peeler whispered to Professor Flitwick.
"Oh yes. Mr. Potter is an excellent Quidditch player. His father was a Seeker." Flitwick told him.
"Really? I did not know?" Peeler said truthfully.
"You didn't? Mr. Charles Potter was one of the best Seekers. If only he was in Ravenclaw. Oh well, with the Potter's blood line, you can hardly be surprised he was put in Gryffindor. Didn't you know?" Flitwick continued after seeing Peeler's confused face. "You need to pick up Hogwarts, a History. It describes each founder in dept and their families. Gryffindor's daughter married a Potter. It's very vague on the subject though."
"You don't say." Peeler said as he focused on the game.
"Did you play Professor Peeler?" Flitwick asked noticing how jumpy Peeler was.
"Yes. I was Seeker. I only lost one game."
"Really?" Flitwick seemed impressed.
"But that wasn't really my fault. There were dementors in the area. I'm greatly affected by them, and at the time, I didn't know how to repeal them. After I fell off my broom, the other Seeker caught the snitch."
"I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault Professor." Peeler told him. "Sorry about my eagerness. I always get like this when I'm not playing. Whether it's watching pro or, like one time, I was too injured to play."
Just then, James took a bludger to the head from Bellatrix just as he threw in the Quaffle and Frank Longbottom grabbed the Snitch
"Ouch." Peeler winced as he and Flitwick got up. "At least Mr. Longbottom caught the Snitch. Windgardium Leviosa." Peeler added while pointing a wand to the falling Chaser stopping his fall.
"Excellent charms." Flitwick complimented despite the situation.
"I had a great teacher."
"SHE AIMED IT AT HIS HEAD! THAT DIRTY, ROTTEN, NO GOOD, "
McGonagall didn't even scold him. She was too worried about her star Transfiguration pupil
"James!" Sirius yelled as he landed his broom by his fallen friend after Peeler laid him down gently on the ground.
The rest of the Marauders and the Maraudettes were there within seconds.
"Don't touch him." Peeler called to the students.
"I didn't get there fast enough." Sirius explained.
"I know." Peeler said kneeling by the unconscious James. He looked him over. "Possibly concussion."
"What will happen to him?" Remus said joining the group.
"Best case scenario, splitting headache." Peeler said. "Worst case scenario, next to the first death in Hogwart's History due to Quidditch, brain damage."
"Oh Merlin." Sirius said freaking out. None of those scenarios would be pleasant for any of them. You don't want to be around James when he has a headache. It's not pleasant.
"Professor?" Peeler said as he levitated James using only his left hand. "Could you please hand me the Quaffle?"
Flitwick obliged.
Peeler surprised everyone when he turned the Quaffle into a Portkey and with a flash, took James to the Hospital wing.
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"What in Helga Hufflepuff's name happened?" the school nurse said when she noticed the unconscious sixth year chaser.
"Took a bludger to the head full force." Peeler told her as he moved James softly onto the bed.
"Ouch." Madam Pomfrey winced.
Peeler quickly moved out of the way and remained quiet as Poppy Pomfrey did her job.
When she was finished, she turned to the DADA professor.
"You are probably the first person to remain quiet throughout one of my procedures. I'm impressed."
"I thank you." Peeler bowed almost Potter-like. "What's the verdict?"
"To be perfectly frank, I have no idea." She told him. "We have to wait until he comes around. That could be a while."
TBC