AN: So this chapter is just them buying presents for each other.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter

James

As he walked through the crowded streets of Diagon Alley, James was scanning the shop windows for gifts he could give his friends. As he walked past Flourish & Blotts he thought of Remus, and how he had wanted this book…
James ducked quickly into the shop, and found Sirius there, looking at a display of books for sale. Sirius had looked around at the sound of bell over the door, and now he greeted James before turning back to the books. James hurried over and began searching the book titles for one he knew Remus wanted. While Sirius wandered off to another part of the shop, James continued to search in the 'dark creatures' section. He soon found a book that seemed perfect for Remus – Creatures of the Night. Flicking through it, he noticed that it had a large, detailed section on werewolves. Smiling to himself, he went up to the counter to pay for the book. After thanking the assistant, he walked out of the dark shop and continued to look for the remaining presents.

When he walked past a shop selling quills, he thought of Peter, who had always struggled with his spelling. James entered the quiet shop and bought his friend several spell-checking quills. He then walked to a sweetshop and bought some Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans for Peter, as well as various chocolates for Remus and a variety of sweets for Sirius. Now he had only one problem left – what to get his best friend.

After walking the length of Diagon Alley and not finding anything that reminded him of his best friend, James was getting desperate. He decided to go into muggle London and look for a gift there. With half an hour until he was to meet up with his friends, he went to Gringotts to exchange some money before leaving through the Leaky Cauldron. Now he had a whole new selection of shops to look at.

James set off down the street, looking in the shop windows like he had in Diagon Alley. Having never taken Muggle Studies* at school, he didn't know what a lot of this stuff that he saw was. Eventually, he came across what appeared to be a pet store. Thinking of Sirius's animagus form, he entered and headed over to the dog aisle. There he found a large range of toys, treats, care products and accessories. James wandered over to the health care and looked at the range of toothbrushes, brushes and… flea collars. James burst out laughing as he saw the collars, remembering Sirius complaining about fleas while he was his dog form, and earned many strange looked from the other customers. James soon calmed down enough to find the right size for his friend and went to the cashier to pay before leaving the shop and heading back to Diagon Alley to meet his friends.

Sirius

After the group broke up, Sirius headed off down Diagon Alley. Thinking first of James, he wandered down to Quality Quidditch Supplies – he knew it was James favourite shop. Looking around inside, he saw the large range of broomsticks and equipment that made it a favourite stop of Quidditch supporters. As he browsed through the shop, he remembered that James's gloves that he wore when playing or training were almost worn out. He began to look carefully at the gloves on offer. Deciding on a pair of gold gloves that would look good with James's Quidditch robes, he paid and left the shop, thinking one down, two to go.

As he was walking out, Remus strolled over to him. They stopped to chat for a bit, and Sirius warned him against buying James gloves as he himself just had. Remus nodded and they went in different directions.

The next shop that caught his eye was Flourish & Blotts. Thinking that he could find the perfect gift for Remus inside the bookstore, he walked through the door. There were shelves of books in there and as he had always spent as little time as possible near books he was slightly lost inside. Glancing around, Sirius noticed the Magical Creatures section. Knowing his friend enjoyed learning about both his "furry little problem" and other creatures, there was a good chance that there would be something here. As he looked over the book titles, James walked in. They greeted each other and Sirius turned back to the books while James walked over and joined him. Thinking that he had checked most of the books in the section, he ambled over to the hexes and curses section and began to look there. Hearing the bell over the door ring he realized that James had found what he was looking for and left.

The shop assistant walked over to him and asked "Can I help you?" she was a pretty girl, with straight brown hair and green eyes. "I'm looking for a book for a friend, he's smart and enjoys reading" replied Sirius, turning away from the shelves.
"We have many books on spells, magical plants and creatures…" the girl explained, and Sirius listened attentively as she suggested different books. "My personal favourite is this one - Charms, Curses and Counter-Curses. It's got a great selection of the more unusual charms" said the girl smiling.
"Sounds perfect" said Sirius, smiling back at her. He paid for the book and left the shop. He now had about fifteen minutes to get a present for Peter before meeting his friends.

Once again walking down the street looking for presents, the shop window of Gambol and Japes caught his eye. Entering the shop, he bought a large selection of pranking materials for his last friend.

As he had finished his shopping for his friends, Sirius strolled lazily down Diagon Alley, glancing in the shop windows, and was the first to arrive outside the ice cream parlour.

Peter

After saying goodbye to his friends, Peter scurried off to look for presents. His first stop was at Flourish & Blotts to buy a present for Remus. After searching through the books on offer he found one that would make a good present for his friend. He paid for the book and left the bookstore.

With three quarters of an hour until he was due to meet up with his friends, Peter took his time in searching for his remaining presents. When he was outside the joke shop, he ran into Remus, who was also about to enter the shop. They stopped to chat for a minute or two before entering the building.

Once they were inside, they headed off to separate sections. Remus went to the books and planning section, with Peter went to the section selling the practical joke items. He spent a good deal of time searching through the items for sale, about halfway through he heard Remus leave the shop. In the end, he collected a wide assortment of joke items for both James and Sirius, and went to meet his friends.

Upon arriving at Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour, he saw that Sirius was the only one that had finished his shopping, and went to join him in waiting for their remaining friends to arrive.

Remus

Remus waved goodbye to his friends and walked down the wide street of Diagon Alley. He wasn't in a hurry; he had plenty of time before the marauders had decided to meet up. He wandered towards Quality Quidditch Supplies in the hope of finding a gift for either James or Sirius. Outside, he met Sirius, who was leaving. They talked for a few minutes, and Sirius showed him the present that he had gotten for James, a new pair of gloves.

Soon after, they said goodbye, and Remus entered the crowded shop. He went to the training section of the shop, and looked at the range of equipment available. He looked at the different training kits available for beaters, and eventually chose an accuracy kit. After paying, he left the shop that was a favourite of many young witches and wizards.

Remus walked up to the joke shop, on the way he passed Flourish and Blotts, and he saw Sirius inside, talking to a assistant, who was showing him different books. Slightly worried about what his friend would end up getting him, Remus reached the shop that he had originally been heading too, and finding Peter already there. They stopped to talk before entering and heading to different areas. Remus went to the books section, but there was a relatively small selection, and he soon left without purchasing a present.

Hurrying now, he entered a small pet shop selling food and toys for unusual animals. Once inside, he went to the "large creatures" area, and saw that there was a small collection of accessories for deer. Remus burst out laughing, thinking of James's animagus form; he chose a set of small silver-coloured bells that were to put on antlers as a decoration. Still chuckling slightly, he bought the bells and left.

His last stop before meeting his friends was the sweetshop, where he bought a selection for Peter, and a smaller one for James, as the bells hadn't cost him much.

Pleased with his purchases, Remus left the shop and went to meet his friends. Sirius and Peter were already there and waiting, but James hadn't finished yet.

James arrived soon after, grinning and out of breath. The four friends spent the next couple of hours wandering around Diagon Alley to complete their Christmas shopping for their families and friends not part of the Marauders.

It didn't take them long, and soon they had lined up at the fireplace, and returned to the Potter manor, only 15 minutes after they were supposed to be back.

*I don't know if he did or not, so for the sake of this story, he didn't take muggle studies :)

Thanks to the people who read this story :)

The original idea for this story came up in a conversation with one of my friends (Magikspeedos), with the flea collar for Sirius while we were waiting for our buses. Then, I wrote the story, most of which has nothing to do with it Magik.

Also, I'm Aussie. Therefore some words appear to be spelled wrong for some people. Sorry :|

Thanks for reading :)