"A map... That means it must be a hidden map!" Millie exclaimed.
"Millie, shut up, you've been saying that for the past 10 minutes!" Becky said in an annoyed tone. Millie ignored her, a look of confusion growing on her face.
"Did you promise not to go back in there?" Millie asked, changing her pitch.
"What? Why?"
"Did you?" She asked again, urgently.
"I..." Becky thought back, "I don't think so."
"That's good then," Millie grinned.
"Why Millie?" Becky said in a rather bored tone.
"Because-" Millie said, hoping Becky would understand.
"Yes? Are you going to continue" Becky grinned, seeing her annoyed expression.
"Well then lets go get it!" Millie said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Becky stayed silent. "I'm not sure I want to go back in there"
"Becky!" Millie said shocked.
"You weren't the one who was hung upside down!" Becky defended.
"Oh, I see" Millie said huffing sitting down next to Becky. "Someone's chicken!"
"Am not" Becky muttered.
Millie began to make loud chicken noises, flapping her arms around.
"Millie stop it, you're acting stupid" Millie's chicken clucks did not cease, Becky finally gave in with a grumped "fine"
Millie stopped and grinned, "If it makes you feel any better, I'll make sure I get the hex!"
"Really?" Becky said doubtfully.
"Well..." Millie deliberated, "Maybe not horrible ones, you know..."
"Hey, Wh-"
"C'mon!" Millie grinned again and walked out of the dormitory, expecting for Becky to follow. With, after much moaning, she did.
"Let's just hope we don't meet Remus again! Topless!" Becky whispered.
"Lets just hope we do!" Millie hissed back, giggling.
Millie reached out for the door-handle.
"Déjà vu" Becky muttered, Millie nodded. Just as Millie was about to walk in she had a quick thought. "What if we get caught again?"
"Wow, this is like roles reversed" Becky said.
Millie raised an eyebrow
"Well then-the we…I don't have a clue Millie! This was your idea"
"Yeah, well they cant just tells is it's a map and not expect us to do anything!" Millie argued back.
"So... Let's go then," Becky retorted sarcastically
Millie twisted the doorknob and opened it very carefully, millimetre at a time. She peeked her head round, wondering what the sound coming from the bathroo-
"Someone's in the shower!" She gasped.
"Right," Becky said, pushing past, "Let's go then!"
It was a little cleaner than before but still, it was a pigsty. Millie automatically went for James's bed, but Becky whispered, "Oi!"
Millie paused, "What?"
"You go to Sirius's this time!"
"What? After know what's been there? No way!"
Becky crossed her arms. "I was the one who didn't want to sneak back in"
"Yeah, buh- but!" Millie stuttered.
"Look Millie I know you want James to fall on you again but-"
Millie rubbed her side, "actually it rather hurt" Becky snorted.
They both wandered closer to the two beds. Becky kept looking around expecting there to be some weird trap. Millie just wandered right through.
"Well at least it's a little cleaner" Millie reasoned.
"But what if Black's hexed it or something?" Becky asked.
"Then I take the hex like a hero," She replied sarcastically and threw back Sirius's bedsheets, "Look like someone left all his dirty underwear in here," She joked, wrinkling her nose. Suddenly they heard a loud BANG from behind them and they both spun around.
"What was that?" Becky hissed. Neither of them noticed the shower had stopped.
"The wardrobe," Millie stated and moved towards it, wand out.
"Millie, stop!" Becky whispered again, "What if it's a Boggart?"
"In a fifteen year-olds school bedroom? Not likely!"
"No, Millie! Lupin was saying he knew loads were in the school!" She tried to stop her friend, but Millie was adamant to see what was in there.
She was no less than a foot away, when she raised her wand, and shouted, "Alohamora!"
With a bang, the door flew open, and out tumbled-
"Sirius?" Both girls shouted in unison and surprise.
"What are you doing?" All three people shouted.
"Hiding in the cupboard, have you got a problem with it?"
"Well, no. It's a little strange is all" Becky muttered.
"Well it's a bit strange that your in my room again" Sirius argued back.
"Erm… "
"Yes, 'erm'" Sirius said sarcastically.
"Pads, what are you-? Woah!" A voice exclaimed.
The bathroom door had opened and James Potter had come out, a towel slung around his waist, "What the hell are you two doing back?"
"Potter, put some clothes on!" Millie said, mock shielding her eyes. Becky turned around.
"Yes, please!" She agreed.
James looked from Millie to Becky to Sirius, who was sitting on the floor, looking a little dazed. He shook his head and went back into the bathroom, slamming the door.
"Has he gone?" Millie asked.
"I don't know, I'm not looking either!"
"Yeah, he's gone to put something on, duh!" Sirius said, and stood up, "What are you doing in our room?" He repeated.
Millie slowly moved her hands from over her eyes. "We're not really here?" Millie tried.
Becky laughed (she had turned around too) "it's all a dream" she said waving her arms side to side.
"Yeah, ha ha. You're so funny" Sirius said, rolled his eyes. "Why are you in here?"
"Why were you in the cupboard" Millie asked back.
"Well, why are you in here!" Sirius repeated.
"Well why were you in the cupboard!" Millie yelled back
"Now this would be an appropriate time for James to come out the bath room!" Becky emphasised. Nothing happened.
"Because I knew someone was coming in, and I wanted to know who, without them seeing me!" Sirius finally gave in.
"Well, why- wait, what?" Millie asked, and Becky looked confused too.
"You're not as quiet as you think you are, you know?"
"We're- No, I bet you put some hex or charm by your door!" Becky accused.
"It's possible," Sirius said with a hint of a smile.
Becky gave a look to say; I'm so cool, I was right.
James had returned out of the bathroom fully clothed, but looking rather annoyed. "What's up now?"
"Nothing" Millie said innocently.
"So you're in here why?"
"None of your business" Millie said crossing her arms.
James and Sirius gave each other a look.
"What was that look for?" Becky questioned.
Sirius smirked, "what look?"
"The one you two just gave each other"
"We didn't give each other a look, did we?" James asked.
"No, I don't believe w-" Sirius started but Millie cut him off.
"Cut the crap, guys," Millie said wearily. They both stopped and grinned.
"What?" Millie and Becky both said at the same time, in an annoyed tone.
"Well, James here, thinks-"
"No, SIRIUS here, thinks-"
"NO, JAMES here-"
"How do you know what each other are thinking?" Becky exclaimed.
"Well, it's all in the looks, see." James smiled. Becky rolled her eyes.
"What do you think?" Millie asked curiously
"That a certain someone fancies a certain someone-" Sirius said
"And another certain someone, fancies another certain someone!" James finished, grinning gleefully.
Becky and Millie then exchanged looks.
"Do you both fancy Snivellus, then? Poor you," Becky said in a mock sympathetic tone.
"Or is it Slughorn? I hear he takes an interest in you, Potter." Millie giggled
James rolled his eyes, "I could have sworn Slughorn likes Lily more than you though James" Becky laughed.
"Yes, poor James" Millie said, Becky held up her hand to receive a high-five.
Millie hit Becky's hand; "oooh yeeah" Becky snorted at her friends actions.
"We meant you two!" James exclaimed crossly, and Millie and Becky both snorted.
"U-Us?" Becky giggled.
"That's why you thought we're in here?" Millie said and burst into another fit of giggles.
"Well... why are you in here then?" Sirius queried.
Millie and Becky's laughter died down and they swapped looks.
"Emm..."
"Not back to the 'umm'ing, are we?" Sirius said tiredly.
"You promised you wouldn't sneak back in here" James said.
"I didn't actually promise anything" Becky muttered, receiving a glare from the two boys.
"And neither did I" Millie said defiantly.
"So technically we didn't brake a promise did we?" Becky said.
"Exactly" Both Millie and Becky looked at each other.
"And it's not even like I wanted to come back in in the first place, Millie kept clucking at me!" Becky said defending herself, leaving Millie for the sharks.
"Becky shut up!"
"Clucking?" Sirius asked, a confused looking on his face, "What, like a chicken?"
"Well- She- Yeah, but-" Millie spluttered, at a loss of what to say, "She would come in, soshewasbeingachicken,okay?" She rambled quickly.
"Why do you keep coming in here?" James asked, and strode over to his bed, sitting down on it.
"Because you can't just tell us-"
"Tell you what?" James asked quickly.
"About a map!" Becky burst out with, "You can't tell us that, and nothing else!"
"Becky, can you please be quiet?" Millie asked.
Becky stuck her tongue out at Millie, "only when you stop being annoying deary"
"Childish" Millie muttered.
"Who clucked at who?" Becky argued back.
"Yeah well you were being a chicken!"
"Girls-" Sirius started
"-At least I didn't act like one!"
"Girls?" James tried.
"Yeah well-"
"GIRLS" Both Sirius and James shouted to stop them arguing.
"What?" Millie said.
"Shut up!" Sirius retorted and down on his bed too. Millie ignored him.
"What did you want?" She said directly to James.
"More like what do you want-" He started, but Becky interrupted.
"We told you! About the map!"
"Yeah well you're not getting it" Sirius said pulling it out of his pocket, smirking.
"Well then! Why cant you just tell us what it is?" Millie reasoned.
"Because it's a secret-"
"A marauders secret" Becky corrected.
"Yeah-hey! Wait, how did you-?"
"I have herd you guys say it before" Becky said in a 'duh' tone.
"Yeah, well still, it's ours" James said.
"What have we done to you?" Asked Millie in an offended tone.
"Hmm, let me see," Sirius mock thought, "Broke into our rooms TWICE, once when we were sleeping and twice when James was in the shower!"
"But what else?" Becky asked.
"What about when you enchanted that custard to fall on our laps last Hallowe'en?" James piped up.
"That was last year!" Becky argued.
"What about last week, when you tripped every Marauder over using dead flobberworms in Care of Magical Creatures?" Demanded Sirius.
Millie and Becky giggled.
"That was a good one," Becky whispered to Millie.
"But-!" Millie started to defend herself, "- That was after Potions, when you tipped Lily's Cauldron using your wand to annoy her!"
"I think that was to 'attract' her. Millie," Becky laughed, "Didn't work, right?"
"The point is it's ours" James said trying to change the subject.
"If you just let us see what it is, we'll stop bothering you" Becky said.
"I think we all know that, that wont happen" James muttered.
"Yeah, well maybe if you weren't so annoying all the time we wouldn't annoy you!" Millie said annoyed.
"Oh, well now you're definitely not seeing it!" Sirius said offended.
Millie pouted, "we will see it" she said evilly.
"Hmm, really?" James spoke up, Millie stayed silent.
"How?" James asked
"Yeah, how?" Becky whispered. Millie grinned, "I know what you do to activate it," She said to the boys.
James's face went a little paler but Sirius did not waver.
"Yeah? How?"
Millie's mind raced back to why she wanted the parchment - the map - in the first place. It was because she and Becky had seen them all crowded around it-
"By the Quidditch pitch, monday afternoon," She said eyes glinting, as Becky stared at her, "You opened it. Becky and I both know how. We will get it."
Sirius gulped, "Then we'll protect it!"
"I'd like to see you try," Becky joked, cottoning on.
James was bit worried at what the girls new, but wasn't sure to believe it.
"How?" James asked, sure of himself.
"How what Potter?"
"What do you do then?" James said challenging them for a reply.
"Well-" Millie started,
"-Why would we tell you?" Becky butted in.
"That's something someone who didn't know what to do would say" Sirius voiced.
"But we do know, there's a difference"
"you don't though," James said standing up.
"Well how do you know?" Millie inquired.
"Because of Becky" James said simply, Millie turned round.
"Me?" Becky squeaked, "what? That makes no sense"
"Because if you did know how to activate it, why would she not come in the room in the first place?"
"Because…" Millie's sentence faltered.
"I didn't want to get caught!" Becky started again.
"You're the one trying to steal the Marauders Map!" Sirius blurted out.
"But we do it unoticbly - we don't get caught," Millie added, eyebrows raised.
"Oh yeah, we totally didn't noticed Becky falling on me," Sirius butted in sarcastically, "And anyway, you do get detentions!"
"Just for talking, Black," Becky sighed patronizingly.
"So? Why didn't you want come in?"
"Because-" Becky said, putting emphasises on the word "-I didn't want to get caught!"
"We just went through that" Sirius stated.
"And it's the truth" Becky said crossing her arms.
"So what is it?" James suddenly asked. Becky who wasn't paying attention, just glaring.
"I dunno"
"SEE!" Sirius pointed.
"We-what?" Becky asked, "no, I wasn't listening! That's not fair! I do!"
Millie was watching intently, she really wanted that map, whatever it was.
"It's, it's…Millie heard I didn't!" Becky shouted and jumped onto the bed and faced Millie, with a very apologetic look.
"That's Peter's bed, by the way," James said absentmindedly and Becky jumped back off it quickly.
"Why did you just say both Becky and you know then?" Sirius asked, trying to catch Millie out.
"Slip of the tongue, I guess," She replied coolly, "The fact is, one moment, when you've let your defences down, we'll get it, and we'll know."
"This isn't a movie, okay!" James interjected.
"Just saying," Millie replied, her gaze flickering to him, "We know."
"You know."
"Let me tell Becky then," Millie replied and turned to her friend.
"Becky," She whispered so the others wouldn't hear her, "While I'm talking, make your face light up as if you now know. The map's by Sirius's drawers! If you make a distraction - I don't know, jump at James or something - I'll grab it, okay?"
Becky grinned and nodded and Millie drew back.
"Go," She said calmly. Sirius and James looked at each other, puzzled when- Becky sniffed. All three heads turned to Becky. Becky looked as if she was about to cry.
"Becky?" Millie said, she was about to comfort her friend when Becky gave her a look, saying she was acting.
"Becky stop being silly.." Millie said tired, playing along.
"W-what's wrong?" James asked moving closer.
Becky's lip started to tremble and she began to cry.
"Eh, Fumagall?" Sirius said also moving away from the bed.
"Go away." Becky said sniffing, turning to face a different direction.
"We're sorry okay, we-come on Becky?" James put a hand on Becky's shoulder.
Becky suddenly stopped. And everything was silent.
"Becky I am beyond happy you're parents let you taking acting classes" Millie said from grabbing the map.
Becky turned around and grinned, "oh, so am I!"
It took one split second for the boys to realise what had just happened, and they both whizzed around to find Millie standing by Sirius's bed with a very familiar bit of parchment in her hand.
"NO!" Sirius shouted quickly, and at once jumped onto his bed, lunging over it for the map. It could've all been very dramatic, but Millie grinned, and stepped smartly to the side so Sirius just face-planted onto the floor, groaning.
"Millie-" James said, panicked, "-You don't know what you're doing-"
"James, for Merlin's sake, it's a map, okay! Why are you so protective?" Becky asked from behind. James ignored her, inching towards Millie.
"James, stop!" Millie said, worrying a little at one boy at her feet and the other getting closer. The only way out was to the steamy bathroom, and that wasn't an exit.
"Oh yeah?" He grinned cockily, "And what if I don't?"
"Then-" Millie shook her wand out from her sleeve, and caught it, holding by the map as if it were a lit match, "-It goes."
"You wouldn't..." James tried to smile, but it was fading from his face. Becky looked confused over his shoulder.
"Oh yeah? Just-" As Millie tried to finish her sentence, she felt a hand grab her ankle, and clench tightly. She almost gasped, but Sirius was took quick, and he grinned, and yanked it. Millie tumbled to the floor in a puddle of robes and the map and her wand flew into the mess of the room.
Becky who could only see the scene from around James' shoulder moved slightly around James, only just to see Millie face-plant onto the floor.
Becky snorted, "aha, Millie fell over!" It seemed like she'd forgotten where she was, because no thoughts of grabbing for the map or Millie's wand (even if she couldn't see it) came into her head.
"Ouch.." Millie lifted her head and rubbed her nose. As Millie's sight became less blurry she saw that the map was right in front of her. In a quick movement she stretched for it and shielded it to her chest.
"Becky get my wand!" Millie yelled.
James quickly turned on his heal and looked at Becky.
"just stay where you are" James said warning Becky.
Millie looked up and shook her head at Becky.
Becky's eyes quickly darted around the room, she reached down into her pocket and went to grasp her wand, she grasped nothing instead.
My wand.. Crap, I don't think I had it in my pocket.. Becky gulped.
"Becky!" Millie said again. Millie had now put her head on her knees, so you couldn't see the map grasped in her hands.
"Oh! Right!" Becky suddenly popped back into reality. James shot her a look, and there was a silence, apart from Sirius's laughter dying down.
James was glancing from Becky to Millie, and he looked at Millie, curling into a ball, maybe clutching at her stomach or something, wondering what she was doing.
Becky suddenly had an idea, and not thinking about what she was going to do, and what references Sirius would make (sexual), she jumped on James's back.
It didn't have the effect she was hoping for. She was HOPING that he would gasp dramatically and fall over, while Becky jumped off and grabbed Millie's wand victoriously, while Sirius and James cried on the floor.
But James just span around. With Becky on his back. Becky was just hanging on his back. Millie looked up.
"Fumagall, what the hell?" James yelled turning around.
"I wanted a piggy-back?" Becky said sheepishly.
"Well getoff! Your strangling me!"
Sirius' laughter perked up again, "let go!" James said again, Becky released her death grip on James and fell onto her arse. "Ouch!"
James at this point was rubbing his neck, with a very disgruntled look on his face. Sirius was just laughing, Millie just looked at Becky.
"It turned out differently in my mind"
"Sure it did" Millie said not convinced. Millie uncurled herself a little to show Becky she'd got the map, Becky grinned.
"Oi!" Sirius suddenly shouted
"There's no need for that!" Becky interrupted, but no one played attention.
"I don't have the map!" Millie defended, "What are you on about?"
"It's in your pocket!"
"No!" Millie shouted.
"Millie, turn out your pockets-" James ordered.
"But-"
"If you're innocent, then why object?"
"I may have embarrassing stuff in my pockets!" Millie exclaimed.
"What, like a tampon?" Becky sniggered and Millie shot her a look, saying, "Shut up!"
"There my pockets, they're personal!" Millie fought back.
"Yeah, but it has something that belongs to us" James said.
"No"
"Yes!" Both boys yelled.
"I don't have-"
"Millie, just show your pockets" Becky said
"Fine." Millie grumbled, she took out a piece of parchment.
"I knew you had it!" Sirius snatched it out of Millie's hands, he looked like he was about to kiss it.
"That's not it though! It's just a piece of parchment in my pockets" Millie defended "Yeah?" Sirius laughed.
"Yes! Look-" Millie leaned forwards and snatched it out of his hands, to which Sirius looked sad and lost, but Millie pointed her wand at the parchment. She was obviously doing a non-verbal spell, and after a few seconds, she passed it back to Sirius, "-See?"
"Let me try," He said suspiciously and muttered the incarnation with his back turned to the girls. When it didn't open, he closed his eyes, realising he'd have to now admit he was wrong in the first place.
"Not working, eh Sirius?" Millie grinned, using his first name and Becky laughed. James looked agitated.
"Where's the map then?" He said stroppily and Millie turned her attention to them.
"There. it's open!" She said in an 'it's obvious' voice, and pointed. Both boys turned to look.
"Where?" Both boys turned around, when they turned back all they could see was a flash of blonde and red as the door closed.
"Shit" James suddenly said realising what had just happened.
James and Sirius both began to scarper out the room. They continued to follow the girls into the common room. Just as the boys had gone down the stairs they saw Millie and Becky make a brake for the girls dormitories.
"Quickly, step on the step before they get to the top, they'll fall down!" Sirius huffed, while running. Just as James' foot reached the stairs the girls had just stepped of the step. Causing James to slide down, and to knock Sirius down, they both became a crumpled heap on the floor.
With after a lot of huffing, shouting they both stood up and brushed themselves off, only when they herd the laughter of two girls up stairs did they notice there surroundings.
Most first year and third year were in the common room, some sixth years mixed in too, they were all silent.
"Eh, hi?" Sirius said nervously, trying to brake the awkward atmosphere.