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GLAD I SETTLED THAT! Now the moment you've all been waiting for: THE CHRISTMAS FOR THE MARAUDERS!
Note shared between Sirius and James during Potions on Friday, December 22 while Slughorn excitedly blabs about his run in with Lucy Sheldon, the famous muggle actress. His story involves lots of mistletoe and love potions:
S: So… everyone's leaving us.. Boo hoo…Tomorrow we'll be all alone without even classes to entertain us…
J: Yeah well, more chance for us to leave them some "presents" for when they return…
S: You thinking what I'm thinking?
J: Frogs in the 7th year's dorms?
S: Definitely…
J: Yeah. I saw a whole lot of them down by the lake all muddy and stuff.
S: Brilliant. I'll be spending the Saturday before break down by the lake getting all dirty and disgusting instead of graciously receiving the boxes of chocolates that all my crushees are planning to give me..
J: Um.. What crushees?
S: Joan Salem, Lynn Melss, Regina George, Bianca Peddington… I could go on here..
J: Bianca Peddington? Man.. She's hot.
S: Yeah.. Hot and completely obsessed with me. I mean just glance behind us and you'll see her. She's staring at me.
J: She is staring.. But how do we know she's not staring at me?
S: Um.. Duh! I'm a sexy beast. You're just a beast.
J: You're full of it. Plus its totally shallow to be in love with all these girls.
S: I'm not in love with them… they're in love with me!
J: They're just stupid crushes anyways…
S: HEY! You're the one sneaking peeks at Lily Evans in the common room and showing off all over the place whenever she's around!
J: I DO NOT!
S: Oh yeah? Then what was that last night when you whizzing your gay little ladybug that you transfigured from a button? And what about when you were forcing Pettigrew to play Wizard's Chess with you even though you beat him every time? He almost cried!
J: No Comment…
S: Hah!
James's Journal. Entered quickly between Potions and Herbology at 9:20:
Operation: Frog Retrieval
Tango-- Mission:
Small Argument between Sirius and James at 9:21:
J: "I'm gonna hold the box, kay? And you can go into the little swamp area and catch them…"
S: "I don't think so .. There's no way I'm getting muddy."
J: "Well, I don't want to do it!"
S: "Then we'll never get the frogs!"
J: "We could pay someone else…"
S: "I don't wanna cough up all the money that some idiot could dream of so that we get one prank…"
J: "FINE! I'll go in the freakin' swamp…"
James's Journal Entry continued at 9:22:
Operation: Frog Retrieval
Tango-- Mission: Save the world…
Sirius's intervening at 9:22:
"COME ON, NOW! WE'LL BE LATE FOR HERBOLOGY IF YOU KEEP THIS UP!"
James's Journal Entry edited at 9:23:
Operation: Frog Retrieval
Tango-- Mission: Retrieve muddy frogs from swamp and give to Flamingo.
Flamingo-- Mission: Keep watch and keep frogs in box.
At precisely 9:24, James and Sirius simultaneously got up and sprinted all the way to Herbology. They came into the greenhouses panting at 9:26 -- one minute late. 10 points were taken from Gryffindor and Lily Evans looked disapprovingly at the both of them.
Saturday, December 24 at 10:13 a.k.a -- Operation: Frog Retrieval
"Okay, so what are we going to do if someone sees us going up the steps?" said Sirius a bit sarcastically.
Sirius and James trudged silently in the newly fallen snow towards the lake and the swampy area where they knew frogs sat in hibernation.
"Um.. Run?"
"Yeah, nice idea…"
James grinned. "Why thank you, ol' chap!"
Sirius rolled his eyes. Then he stopped and looked down his feet. The snow looked sort of brown and gooey. "UGH! That's disgusting!"
James looked down and soon both of them felt sort of queasy. The muddy swamp-y section of the lake was topped with broken ice and snow. It was the color that made James have to go to the bathroom.. But they persevered. Well… James did.
"Hah! Glad I decided that I wasn't going in there!" laughed a spiteful Sirius.
James's lip curled and he reluctantly grabbed the huge boots they had borrowed from the supplies room in the greenhouse. He pulled them on, rolled up his sleeves and punched his hand into the brown, gooky mud. He felt around for a bit and then pulled out a frozen frog. It was still sleeping, but James knew that it would soon wake.
He soon was loading up the box that Sirius held.
"Come on," prodded Sirius. "That's about enough. See? They're waking --- CATCH IT!"
One of the frogs had jumped straight out of the box and back into the swamp. Not thinking, James dove at it and "PLOP!" He fell face first into the mud. Sirius started laughing hysterically as he put the cover on the box before any other frogs could jump out.
James made a face and lunged. He grabbed the leg of Sirius's pants and they both went rolling in the swamp, slapping each other.
"YOU IDIOT! WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR!" Sirius kicked James in the ass. James chuckled as they both stood up. Sirius glared. "Well.. We're definitely crossing frogs off our future pranks list!"
Entry in Lily Evans's diary. Written while sitting in the common room at 12:02 next to the fire in the extra cushy chair.
Dear Diary,
Ugh! James Potter has done it again. It amazes me how stupid him and his compadre Black are. They seemed to have some brilliant idea involving frogs. Well, I guess it didn't work out considering what happened in the Great Hall earlier today.
I was coming down the stairs to go to the library so that I could finish that essay Slughorn assigned. I wanted to do an extra bit on the combination of dragonfly wings and essence of Ragweed in the Pepperup Potion. And there are Black and Potter carrying a box through the doors. They were both covered in mud and looked disgusting so of course I said, "Been down any sewers lately, Potter?"
He looked up stunned, and stopped right there. Of course, Black kept going and without Potter to help the balance of the box, he fell over. The lid fell off the top and about a dozen frogs started jumping around the hall! They were obviously attempting a prank!
"POTTER! BLACK! What have you done now?" I screamed, running down the last of the steps towards them. Half of the frogs had started jumping towards me. The other half went hopping towards the doors into the Great Hall. Black and Potter went running after them right through the doors. I quickly muttered "Wingardium Leviosa!" and the one half of the frogs were back in the box. I stuck on the cover and chased after Potter and Black.
The Great Hall was completely in chaos. Since everyone had left for break save for a handful for each house, the breakfast time was lengthened. This meant that the only ones still eating were a few girls who had woken up late and the headmistress who also had a knack for being late. The four girls were screaming and pointing at the frog that had jumped onto their table.
Another frog had decided to hop to the top of the huge Christmas tree and you know who was following it? Yeah.. It was Potter! Of course his weight couldn't stay perched on the top of the branch so the tree came toppling down. It came down right on top of the headmistress who was screaming at Potter. Gryffindor lost 50 points! What am I going to do with those two?
Now they're sitting on the couch across from me laughing at something stupid that James said… I don't have any idea why Bianca fancies either of them! She's an idiot! I pity any girl who ends up with him! Hah! He'll probably be lonely for the rest of his life..
Conversation in the Common Room at 12:05:
S: "Can't wait until we tell Remus! I just know that he'll think its funny."
J: "Yeah. I don't even know why he tries to hide how much he loves us.."
S: laughs "Loves? I don't know…"
J: "Come on! We might as well be a club. I just wish there was some way to cheer him up about his furry little problem. We should go with him once after Dumbledore leaves…"
S: "WHAT! How would we do that? Who knows what he's capable of when he's transformed!"
J: "We could…" They both think for a moment
S: "I got nothing…"
J: "Aw well… we'll think of something.."
S: "What do we do now?"
J: "Resort to planning the demise of Snivellus?"
S: "Sure! Have we said trampled by a stampede of rabbits?"
J: "Good one! But can we change it to frogs?" Both laugh
A/N: Thanks Tom, for starting my idea for the whole tree thing! Message from Reeza: BRING SHONEN JUMP OR DIE! .. lol