Title: The Misadventures of Mistletoe
Fandom: Harry Potter
Author: Dignified Madman
Pairing: Remus/Sirius
Rating: Mature
Summary: It is the last Christmas at Hogwarts for the Marauders. What better way to spend it than have a huge Christmas bash in the Room of Requirement? The whole fiction is rated Mature for Remus/Sirius action in later chapters. Each chapter is individually rated base on their content.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. They are the property of J.K. Rowling.

Chapter One: Waxing Moon and Mistletoe
Rating: Teen
Word count: 546
Summary: The date of the Christmas party has finally arrives, but so has the Waxing Gibbous.
A/N: Sorry, no slash in this chapter :(. But I promise it will come!

Remus Lupin looked out the window at the end of the hall on the seventh floor. He gave a shallow sigh; the moon was almost full. Remus would have loved nothing better than to be in his bed with a good book and a bar of chocolate, but unfortunately that would not be possible. He had made an agreement with his fellow marauders to come to their secret Christmas bash, and it wasn't like him to back out of plans, no matter how absurd they were. There was also another reason Remus was at the party; he was unconsciously hoping that he would bump into Sirius under the mistletoe.

Remus gave one last glance out the window before walking past the wall space where the room was supposed to be. He wished for the room to appear and when he opened his eyes the door was there. He gave a curt nod to Peter before entering the party: the whole while he held his breath.

Remus was hit by a wave of noise as he opened the door, making his head spin. As his ears adjusted, Remus gazed around the room. The decorations were festive and busy. The walls were covered in wreaths of holly, there were about a dozen trees scattered around the floor, and much to Remus' discomfort, there were a countless number of mistletoe hanging from the ceiling. Remus barely let out a sigh before a familiar voice called his name.

"Oi, Remus!" James Potter waved at Remus from across the room before bounding over towards his friend.

Remus put on a smile and greeted James, "Hello Prongs. This is quite some party."

"Isn't it?" He said as he waved at a couple of guys by the refreshment table. "I suppose you haven't seen Pads yet?"

"Not since dinner," he replied, ducking as an enchanted Christmas ball flew past his head.

"Oh, alright then," James said sounding dejected. Suddenly his face lit up, "Um, Moon, I'll catch up with you later, ok?"

Remus followed James' gaze to the door. His eyes instantly recognized the red head standing by the door.

Much to his surprise, Lily Evans was at their Christmas party. She was with two other girls in their year. Remus figured that they must have dragged her to the bash.

Remus turned to James to tell him that they would talk later, but the movement was in vain, for James was already beside Lily.

Remus watched the couple for a moment before a sixth year girl swooped down and stole his attention.

"Hi Remus!" she said beaming.

"Er- hello," he said trying to be friendly.

The girl continued to smile and moved closer to Remus, "I just wanted to say this is a lovely party."

"Thank you," he said as he took a step backwards.

She continued to garble nonsense at Remus while steadily advancing. As Remus backed away from her, her smile began to broaden. Remus gave a confused glance upwards and spotted mistletoe not ten centimetres from his head. Finally he understood the girl's motives. He looked around frantically for a way out before he ended up in a liplock.

"Alright everyone," a voice shouted from the direction of the door, "the party can begin now, Sirius Black has arrived!"