Through the Maraudian Lens Part 1

A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a while but you guys just HAT to review… more reviews may encourage me to post faster… Anyways the other reason I couldn't post was because I had midyear exams, which I decidedly aced! 96 on math, 94 on chemistry and US history 90 on English and sadly an 85 on Spanish… but I deserved that one…

Anyway on with the chapter!

James Potter walked upstairs with his two closest friends, Remus and Sirius.

"Aw, Potter had to assign us homework didn't he? We could have spent time discussing a prank, but nooooo; he has to give us a bloody essay." Sirius whined. "I even had a date with a fifth year puff today, that Swick girl." Remus sniggered

"First of all, you mean a shag, second of all her name is Swan not Swick!" Remus said, but then noticed James. James had not decided to join his friends in poking fun at Sirius. "What's up Prongs? You seem a tad to upset to care about any essay?"

"Well Moony, I was starting to think about out new professors. What if they're death eaters? I mean Potter talked quite in depth about those dark curses and he seemed to have a lot of knowledge about them and their uses. What if he's working for You-Know-Who?" James asked pensively.

"Well I'd reckon Dumbledore would figure that out for himself wouldn't he? I mean we have to trust him about this don't we? Besides, I doubt they're death eaters. Maybe they're magically enhanced fish trained to teach hidden arts to kids, but not death eaters." Sirius asked batting off his best friends' suspicions.

"But what if Dumbledore's wrong just this once? Potter is quite powerful and he and Weasley could easily fool anyone. Why would they have invited us for Christmas if they didn't have ulterior motives?" James pressed. "Oh, and they are NOT weird magical fish!"

"Maybe they were being nice Prongs, and when did you get as paranoid as that Moody fellow?" Sirius asked. "And why can't they be magical fish? It would be super cool if magical fish defeated You-know-who wouldn't it? It would be like having a flimsy creature beat the greatest ego of all time! Hilarious!"

"They are NOT mutated fish! Maybe monkeys, but never fish!"

"Fine, but how cool would it be if they were weird space dragons that could shape-shift and are bent on dominating the world, or maybe just buying a nice house in the suburbs?"

"Padfoot, please keep your wild ideas to yourself!"

"Hmmm… maybe they have really hot women on their planet and want me as their every illustrious leader!"

"Padfoot, stop dreaming."

"Yes and they have come to take me away to their home planet and let me rule over them as king of pranks. Of course you can be my prince Prongs, and Moony can be my advisor and Peter my jester. Come to think of it would they have chocolate frogs in space? Well even if they didn't-"

"PADFOOT PLEASE KEEP YOUR WEIRD IDEAS TO YOURSELF AND I WILL NOT BE A MERE PRINCE! I AM TRYING TO BE SERIOUS HERE FOR ONCE PLEASE DON'T RUIN IT!"

"Well if you're trying to be me you're doing a horrible job at it. You should relax more and stop shouting, and turning red like that isn't helping!" Sirius said oblivious to the reason James was turning red.

"3…2…1…kaboom!" Moony murmured.

"PADFOOT PLEASE SHUT UP UNTIL YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY REGARDING THE TOPIC AT HAND! WE CAN'T AFFORD TO GO OFF ON MINDLESS THOUGHTS TODAY! WE COULD BE IN REAL DANGER! HELL, IF THE CASTLE IS INFILTRATED, THEN WE'LL ALL DIE! DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR PARENTS WILL BE POWERFUL!" James yelled shutting Sirius up. James regained his composure. "Now, let's go back to the topic."

"I stick to my original statement. They. Are. Not. Evil!"

"Come on Padfoot? Moony? At least give my theory a chance eh?" James pleaded.

Moony thought carefully before speaking. "I think Prongs is onto something. The two have a very interesting outlook on life. Potter also spoke very oddly about the unforgivables; let's give it a chance eh?" Moony smiled. "Besides, I think this may be fun. We can spy on them for a bit and check things out. If nothing else, it'll appease Prongs."

"Thank you Moony good chap. See Padfoot, my ideas make sense unlike your; you just need a brain to understand them." James said provoking his best friend. Sirius took the bait.

"Fine Prongs, I'll bet you six Galleons and three sickles that the two are not death eaters. Hell, I'll bet you the same amount that they are bent on taking the sexy Sirius to their planet, called Solarsirius to declare me the ruler of everything magical and chocolate."

"You're on? I bet they're here to kill us all and take over Hogwarts in their rampage. What about you Moony?"

"Nah, I have better things to waste money on, although if I was to bet, I would bet that both of you are wrong and that they are here to teach us a class and then get paid in order to make a living, you know like every other teacher ever to teach?"

The three friends walked up merrily to the common room to prepare for their escapades which they were going to begin in less than twenty-four hours.

"Ok Padfoot, Moony, let's leave Wormtail out of this. He is way too loud and he'll never last a second under interrogation. Anyway, we need the Marauders map, the invisibility cloak and an ear trumpet."

"Ear trumpet?"

"This one is charmed to be able to listen through doors, though it can't do anything through charms, so we'll hope for the best."

"Okay then, we may need a quick escape, so I have these tele-trinkets." Remus said pulling out small baubles with inscriptions on them. "They can be set to a location and will transport you to that location as long as it is in the same building you are in."

"Excellent Moony, but those'll come in handy later for pranks too eh? And where will the location be set to?" Sirius asked.

"Well that's the thing. These blue ones will take you to the shrieking shack, and these gold ones will bring you here." Remus explained. "And I will not waste these on any pranks. They take too long to make. I've worked on these twelve for three years now, working out the kinks. Why do you think I study so much?" Remus asked smirking.

"Ah moony, we always knew you weren't a real geek!" James said in mock pride. "Anyway, we should get some sleep. We can start after our last class tomorrow, which is… eek!" James said seriously. What he hadn't said was implied. The only class that made James utterly disgusted was Potions with the fattest man alive- Horace Slughorn.

"I still don't see why you two hate Slughorn so much!" Moony said.

Padfoot answered. "Well I happen to hate him because he hates me for pulling that exploding cauldron prank on him first year. It exploded all over his fat belly and said 'Sirius is my Merlin.' That was priceless. Prongs has other reasons for hating him.

"He hits on Lily! I mean he's fat and like thrice our age, yet he insists on hitting on Lily!"

"Prongs, sorry to break it to you, but that's not hitting on a person, that's praising them. Besides, Flitwick does it too, but you don't complain do you?" Remus asked.

"Well Flitwick does it to everyone, while that fat petafile does it only to Lily!" James said hotly.

"Ok, let's forget about our weird teachers and focus. We best get some sleep eh? Our first escapade and prank are both tomorrow. G'night Padfoot, Prongs."

"Goodnight Moony!" The two brothers in all but blood chorused.