A/N- we own nothing you recognise. This chapter is dedicated to Likewow5556 for reviewing alot of our stories, thanks! We now present, for your enjoyment, Harry Potter and the Marauders Time Chapter 3!
Chapter 3
"Come on! I need to ask Remus if he's Head Boy! Get over it Mare, Lucy! Let's go, NOW!", Lily finally roared and completely lost it.
"Lily, go by yourself BEFORE I throw myself at Remus!", Mary whined.
Finally the Lioness Pride made their to where the Marauders stood but stopped when they heard their surnames and Lioness Pride and vaguely, not eavesdropping, heard the word "girlfriend" thrown in as well.
"Oh Merlin! Sirius said he wanted to date me rather than Mary! Wooohooo!" Lucy declared, although they all thought she had a secret.
"I thought Remus didn't date? Or have crushes! I guess I was pleasantly surprised!" Mary exclaimed happily.
Lily listened a little closer, " Oh Merlin's beard", she groaned, "Potter still hasn't given up yet!" she exclaimed unhappily, "No wonder I hate him!" she muttered. "Hey Remus!" she called louder, scared to get too close to Potter, who'd try to make a move and be utterly annoying. "Do you know who the Head boy is?"
Remus looked uncomfortable, "Umm, why don't you, umm ask…James."
Lily looked expectantly at James, "Well?! Are you going to tell me or what?! And NO I will NOT go out with you!"
Sirius, once more, had to go and open his overly large mouth, for the second time, well second important time. "I know!" he gloated. Lily was ready to murder (probably James), if not told soon. Sirius seemed to understand. "James!"
"WHAT?!?" Lily yelped. She looked either very mad or very close to tears.
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The tension was high in the second compartment of the Hogwarts Express as James Potter and Lily Evans "enjoyed" a private luncheon as Head Boy and Girl always do. James idly ruffled his hair and coughed as Lily stared murderously at her lettuce, then blinked and speared a piece. James finally made the mistake of trying to "break the ice" by saying,
"So, Evans, have a good holiday…" but gulped and stopped mid-sentence at the look she gave him. He let out a sigh, it looked as if his efforts to hook the love of his life were again futile.
So he surrendered and silently dug into his potatoes. Mid-gulp, too late, he realized they were scalding hot. He tried to swallow them, but choked , and the next instant they came spraying out of his mouth, and Lily emerged flecked with half-swallowed potatoes and gravy. She gave him a murderous stare. James was still caughing, eyes watering, as he tried to choke out, "I'm sorry, Lils, you still look beautiful..." but all he got out was, "Sorry, cough, Lily, still look -cough- beautiful," Which made him sound sarcastic.
"I'm going to go…freshen up." said Lily. She carefully got up and walked out of the compartment door, without a backward glance.
"Nice going, mate," said Sirius as he and Remus appeared from under James' very own invisibility cloak. He actually sounded shocked at his friend's behavior. He shouldn't have sounded so shocked. I mean this is Sirius Black.
"HEY!" James cried in dismay, "You nicked my cloak Padfoot!"
"This is a private luncheon!" he continued to declare to his friends...as if they didn't already know, though!
"We know Prongs, but we had to see your first date!" explained Remus the peacemaker. At the word "date" James eyes misted over and Sirius had to snap his fingers several times.
"Who...wa..." questioned James.
"Don't worry mate," said Sirius,"We'll make it more interesting."
"Padfoot, NO!!" pleaded James, but at that very moment they heard footsteps and so Sirius and Remus dived under the cloak in the nick of time.
Lily came in, and turned to shut the compartment door. Just then, a pea, no doubt shot by Sirius, whizzed from behind James and hit Lily squarely in the buttock. She whipped around to face a horror-struck James, and before he could say anything, from behind him whizzed a second pea. Lily, of course, thought it was James again so Lily picked up her whole plate of food and slammed it in his face.
James emerged, dripping in gravy. After cleaning his glasses quickly and saying a few choice swearwords he seized a drumstick and chucked it at her.
Before he knew it, a fully fledged food fight was in play, helped along by the invisible Sirius and Remus. Yorkshire pudding, treacle, and peppermints were flying. Remus threw one pumpkin pastie with such force it splattered on the window and stuck, oozing creme. Lily still had no clue that the other two Marauders were accompanying their fray.
James had just snapped and dumped the whole gravy boat over Lily's head, when the compartment door opened once more. James and Lily looked up, horrified. It was the baker, carrying a large platter of treacle tarts, coconut crème pie, and two small, elegant-looking cauldron cakes. He dropped them, then snapped his fingers. And then the conductor appeared.
"You called? - " but that was all the portly man could get out. His face went from a simpering smile to a gaping disbelief. "Am I to understand these are Dumbledore's Head Boy and Girl?" he asked. Then, without another glance he said, "To the Headmaster with you!" he grabbed a pie, now ruined, and muttered "portus".
James and Lily stepped forward and placed their fingers on the pie. Immediately they felt a jerk behind their navels and they traveled through a haze of color by port key to Hogwarts.
They landed in the Headmasters office, with Dumbledore seated at his desk. He gestured to two stiff backed chairs and said, "Please sit down."
A/N- dundundun... cliffhanger! Review if you want the next chapter! The more reviews, the faster the next chapter will be up so REVIEW! (They make us happy) In the meantime, feel free to check out our other stories. :)
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