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A/N:So sorry for not updating sooner! I didn't have time and I was having major writer's block. I will not be doing song quotes anymore. Sorry,if any of you like those. Well,here's the chapter!
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Madame-S-Butterfly:No,this were MAGICAL cuffs. So Alohamora wouldn't work. I really didn't explain them that well,sorry. Although,I was being lazy in this chapter,because they do use. . .well,you just have to read it,lol.
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hoolihoopgrl131:Interesting arrangement? I originally started the chapter with just when James wakes up and their in their arrangement,but I just couldn't get anywhere with that. I hope that part,small part of it was good though. Thanks for reviewing!
The Female Nerd: I loved that idea! It seemed unique too. No,they couldn't use alohamora,sorry I didn't explain that very well. Their magical cuffs. Although. . .Thanks for reviewing!
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Chapter 9-Cupid's Crash Landing
"Argh,James Potter!"
"You bellowed?"
"Potter,you stupid boy,I am not going out in the rain to take a shower!" Lily exclaimed,as James began to drag the very attached group out of the common room.
"Oh,so you'd rather have a big group shower session? I don't mind you in the shower,or the rest of the girls,but I'm afraid I'd have to draw the line with my fellow Marauders. I'm afraid I have been tramatized enough with seeing Peter just half naked." James replied,his face scrunching up at the memory.
"Which half?" Emma asked curiously.
Peter turned red,"James,I thought you said this would never be mentioned again!"
"James also said he'd never destroy the wonderful books of literature again in second year,but did that happen? Noooooo. . .their still being destroyed. . ." Remus pointed out,somewhat bitterly.
The group had quite a morning so far.
Lily woke to the horror of James face buried in her hair and his arm wrapped around her stomach.
James was promptly awoken by a hard shove to the stone floor.
The rest of the group couldn't sleep very well since they were connected to each other and. . .well it was a mess really. . .they didn't have a good sleep,let's leave it at that. . .well,except Peter,who didn't have any idiotic,ahem,stalker boys laying next to him and only had his right hand connected to Emma's hand. Besides he could sleep through anything. Even laying in,ahem,so called 'water' .
They decided it would be better just to not go to class,to save them from the embarressment,and it would take absolutely forever to get around.
"The worst half." James said with a violent shutter.
The rest of the group scrunched up their faces and shuttered with James.
"Well,I say we just go out in the rain. I know I'm not getting in the shower with you people." Emma said.
"What's wrong with us?" Sirius asked.
Emma didn't answer,just narrowed her eyes and shook her head.
Alice laughed.
"So outside we go?" James asked.
Everyone turned to Lily,knowing they should let her do the decision making.
The Decision Maker sighed and rolled her eyes,"If we must. I still don't understand why we can't just each have a turn and stand in the shower with our clothes on-"
"Too complicated." James explained.
Lily stared at him.
"To the ice cream store,we go!" Sirius exclaimed happily as they started walking again,James in the lead.
Everyone stopped abruptly and turned to Sirius,Sirius and Emma tripping because of the anklecuffs.
"We're taking a shower in the rain,Black." Lily stated incredulously.
"Oh,well,in my brain we're going to the ice cream shop." Sirius explained calmly.
"Funny. I didn't think you had a brain." Emma muttered to herself.
"What was that Em-Em?" Sirius asked breezily.
"Oh,nothing,Black-Black." Emma replied,standing up quickly,dragging Sirius with her.
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"This is the stupidest thing I have ever done. This is also the stupidest idea you've ever come up with,Pothead." Lily stated as they stood just outside the entrance doors to Hogwarts,rain pouring down heavily.
"No,the stupidest idea he's ever come up with is dressing up as girls and do the prank on Slytherin. God that was miserable. And depressing. And stupid. And awful. And-" Remus was cut off.
"Your just one bundle of joy,aren't you Remus?" James asked,stepping on his foot,trying to get him to shut up.
Lily didn't know about them dressing up as Jamie,Rhea,Sirista,and Petla. James prefered for her not to know too.
"Girls?" Lily asked. The rest of the girls looked at the Marauders suspiously.
Before the boys could come up with a lie,Emma spoke up,"I knew it! You are cross dressers! I told you Lily,Alice,but you didn't believe me! Ha!"
Alice and Lily looked in horror at the Marauders.
"No,no,no!" James exclaimed quickly.
We are not cross dressers! We just dressed as girls-I mean,Remus was mixed up! We dressed as old men! Not girls! Good ol' Remus must be losing his memory. , ." Sirius explained.
"What? We just dressed as girls. . .-old men. . .I mean. . .I,er,I'll be quiet. . ." Peter stuttered as the rest of the Marauders glared at him.
"Let's get squeakty clean,why don't we?" Sirius asked enthusiastically,opening his mouth and sticking out his tongue.
The girls raised eyebrows at them once more,before slowly standing awkwardly in the rain,'taking a shower'.
James,Remus,and Peter followed their actions as well,nont really knowing what to do. Not really being able to do anything anyway,being connected to each other and all.
Sirius continued cheerfully sticking his tongue out and catching rain in his mouth,humming and singing 'Row,row,row your boat',although it really just sounded like a banshee choking on a chicken bone.
"Argh,Black!" Lily groaned,covering her ears.
"Sirius. . ." James muttered also covering his ears.
"God,Black,are trying to kill me? I'd like to die at a ripe old age and because I was old,not because I had a heart attack after hearing your version of 'Row,row,row your boat'. Which sucks badly,by the way." Emma stated,joining Lily and James by covering her ears.
Alice winced,but didn't cover her ears.
"Make him stop. . .please. . .for the love of Merlin,make him stop. . ." Remus moaned,covering his ears.
Peter started sobbing.
Remus pointed frantically to Peter,"See,Sirius? Your making Peter cry."
Sirius ignored them and continued hunging his heart out. Singing. Humming. Get it?
"Actually a twig just flew up and hit me in the eye,thanks for your concern though." Peter replied.
"Row,row,row your boat,hum de dumm,I don't know the rest of the words,row row rowyour boat,lalalala-ugh,ahem,ahem. Ugh,a bug. I swallowed a bug! Stupid bug." Sirius sputtered,coughing.
He stopped humming and singing after that.
"Thank mermaids." Remus muttered,rubbing his ears. The others also began to recover from their tramatizing experience.
"So. . ." Emma started,shifting a bit.
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"So. . ." She said again,rubbing her arm.
"Yeah. . ." Remus replied.
"Dang it. . ." Sirius muttered,trying to pull his shoe that got stuck in the mud,out.
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"So. . ." Emma said 5 minutes later. She sighed deeply.
Everyone was soaked to the bone. Not really clean. Just soaked.
"This is so lame." James stated.
The other,even Lily(reluctantly),agreed.
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"Are we almost done with our. . .shower?" Alice asked,crossing her arms.
"I guess. . ."
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"Potter,our ankles are connected,not our hands. So get your hand off my mine." Lily said sharply to James.
"Of course,Miss Evans." James replied breezily.
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"I'm going to start counting the rain drops." Sirius stated,"One. . .two. . .three. . .argh,I lost count. One. . .two. . .three. . .four. . .I lost count again!. . .One. . .two. . ."
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"I lost count again!. . .One. . .two. . .argh,not aga-"
Remus cut Sirius off,"Sirius,stop counting. You've been counting for 3 minutes and haven't even gotten past five."
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Crash!
A flash of lighten,er,flashed across the sky,making the group jump and almost trip.
"Ok,let's go in." Peter said hastily,not waiting for the other to agree,instead he started dragging everyone back to Hogwarts.
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"Well. . .I have to say. Lily was right. That was the stupidest idea you've ever come up with Potter." Emma agreed.
"Hey,you agreed to it." James argued pathetically.
"You came up with it,though." Alice pointed out.
"Whatever. . ." James muttered moodily.
"It really didn't help either. I smell funky. Funkier then before. My hairs all crusty too." Lily said sniffing in disgust.
"Don't know why. I smell as fresh as a daisy." Sirius said,lifting his arm and sniffing.
"Yeah,if 'fresh as a daisy' 's definition is smells like dung and sweat then,yeah,you smell just as fresh as a daisy,Sirius." Remus said sarcastically.
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"Alright,I think we should split up to look for the little guys and gals. I'll go this way." Sirius said pointing toward one direction.
It was 4:00pm that day and the gang decided to look for the munchkins. All classes were out by now.
Sirius began to step off towards that direction only to find he couldn't.
"Your thicker than I thought,Black." Emma said.
"Aha,aha,aha." Sirius said dryly.
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"Ugh. . .we've been looking for 4 1/2 hours for the stupid Hufflepuffs. Let's just go see if Dumbledore's back and get him to do a bit of wonder magic,then-poof! We're unattached!" Lily groaned,looking at her watch. "Curfew starts in half an hour and Remus and I have to patrol. We aren't taking you guys with us,that's for sure."
"Oooohhh,why not,Evans? Having secret snogging sessions and romantic midnight walks,are we?" Sirius asked,poking Remus and Lily in the backs.
"No we aren't!" They protested.
"They bloody well not be." James muttered.
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"Snitch. Lemon drop. Lemon drops. Argh. Chocolate frogs? Merlin. James Potter is brilliant." James tried to guess Dumbledore's password. No dice.
"Pfft,please Potter." Lily said rolling her eyes.
"Green. Gryffindor. Underpants. Slytherins stinks. Lily Evans finds James Potter absolutely ravishing." James continued,winking at Lily.
"Oh please." Lily said glaring at James.
"Um. . ."James said,ignoring Lily's glare.
The stairs started moving.
"Well,er,that was easy." James said clearing his throat.
"Yes,it only took 10 minutes and 400 guesses." Sirius replied.
James glared at Sirius,and jumped to the stairs,bring everyone with him.
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"So tell me how this happened." Dumbledore said in amusement,after everyone sat down and faced Dumbledore.
"Well,Sir-" Lily was cut off.
"Sir,Lily just had to get help from me in the library. She just wasn't getting a transfiguration spell. It was quite simple really-" James was cut off.
"No way!" Lily exclaimed.
"Now,now,Miss Evans. Mr.Potter." Dumbledore said with a smile.
While he said this Lily mouthed "Kill" to James and fingered her wand.
James snickered and blew a kiss to her.
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"We're free!" Emma exclaimed happily an hour later as they exited Dumbledore's office.
"I can go sleep!" Remus said tiredly.
"I can go eat!" Peter said already jogging his plump self towards the Great Hall.
"I can go take a shower." Lily said breathlessly.
"I can go take one with you!" James said trying to keep up with her as she walked hastily.
"Oh sure,Potter!" She replied.
"Really?" James asked uncertainly.
"Oh yeah!-No." She said and walked off.
"Ok,well,I'll see you there!" James shouted to her back.
Lily pretended not to hear him.
"Yeah,see you there!" James shouted again.
"James she's gone." Remus said.
"I know,I just like my voice. Has a nice sound,doesn't it?" James asked.
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"You know,we never found those Hufflepuff's. . ." Emma trailed off two days later.
"I wonder. . ." Lily also trailed off.
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February 12th,GCR. . . . . .
"So. . .Valentine's Day is coming up soon." Peter said.
"Two days." Remus grunted,his head in a book as they sat around the fire doing nothing.
"Yeah. . ." Peter replied.
"What do you want,Peter? I'm not going to be your Valentine if that's what your asking." Sirius said sarcastically.
James and Remus burst out laughing.
"No!" Peter exclaimed.
James stopped laughing for a second as Lily,Alice,and a 4th year he didn't know walked by. She scowled at him and his friends.
He grinned back.
It seemed James just got more infatuated with Lily over the months that passed. He asked her out regularly now and also visited Madame Pomfrey and the Hospital Wing regularly now too.
James spun back to his friends with a look that said,I-Just-Had-A-Brilliant-Idea.
Remus caught this look,"Oh no,James. What are you thinking? Wait. What am I thinking? You don't think."
"Actually I just had a wonderful idea." James replied with a goofy grin,he glanced over to a corner of the common room; Lily and her friends were in that corner laughing and chating.
"What sort of idea?" Sirius asked. He put his hand in his chin with a thoughtful look on his face.
Peter tried to imiatate this only to drop his licorice wand he was holding,to the floor. Remus rolled his eyes.
"Well,I was thinking-"
"James,I'm not dressing up." Remus cut in.
"You won't. Actually,Peter will. Won't you?" James asked turning to Peter.
". . .I guess?. . ." Peter answered uncertainly. "What exactly do I dress up as?"
"Cupid." James replied innocently.
"Cupid?" Sirius asked with a snort.
"Yes,Cupid." James answered again.
"I don't like the sound of this." Remus groaned.
"Me either." Peter agreed,paling slightly.
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(February 14th,Valentine's Day)
"Explain to me again,why I have to be Cupid. Why can't Remus or Sirius?" Peter asked,standing,ahem,slouching dullfully,in the middle of trusty ol' Room Of Requirements. His attire was. . .Cupidish.(A/N:Just imagine Cupid.)
Bow and arrow and all that good Cupidness. . .actually the arrow was rubber at the end and you have to lick the end of it to stick to anything.
"I've already told you: You fit Cupid's description the most." James explained patiently,grabbing a broomstick and a transfiguration textbook from the corner of the room.
"Yeah,Petey Boy. You fit the description perfectly." Sirius said with a snicker.
Peter shot a a wet arrow from his bow and hit Sirius in the forehead.
"Ow!" Sirius growled,trying to grab at Peter's bow and arrow. "Give me the bloody arrow and bloody bow!"
"No! Their mine!" Peter protested.
"Knock it off,will you? The arrows are limited,you know. Don't break them and don't lick them anymore. After a while they don't stick anymore." Remus explained,then turned to James,"Do you really think Lily'll fall for this?"
" 'Course she will." James said.
"Whatever you say,James. . ." Remus trailed off.
"Sirius don't take my arrows!" Peter yelled.
"Well,stop shooting them at my forehead,then!" Sirius yelled back.
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"This is stupid. I can't believe Potter took my transfiguration book to the quidditch pitch. Doesn't he know it's like 5 degrees outside? I can't believe he took my transfiguration book at all! I have an essay to finish tonight!" Lily exclaimed,to Remus as they walk to the quidditch pitch later that night around 8:00pm.
"Don't we all." Remus muttered. "I mean cheer up. I'm sure he'll give it right back to you and mumble,mumble,mumble. . ." Remus mumbled into his scarf.
Lily raised an eyebrow at Remus but remained silent.
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"Pothead! Where is my book!" Lily exclaimed marching up to him,who was standing in the middle of the pitch,grinning.
James didn't say anything.
"Well?" Lily asked.
James' grin widdened and he pointed up above them.
Lily slowly turned her head upward.
Her eyes widdened and she scowled.
There was her book.
Hovering in the air.
"Potter. Get. My. Book. Now." Lily said slowly,poking him in the chest each time.
James shook his head.
"What do you. . .what this?" Lily asked,delicately taking a small red heart from her shoulder.
They both looked up to see it snowing red and pink confetti hearts and flower petals.
"What in the-?" Lily muttered still transfixed at the sight,her book long forgotten.
Lily was just about ready to look towards her book again,but stopped on something.
Someone.
"Oh. My. Lord. What is that?" Lily asked,gaping at the figure in the air.
James smirked,"Why it looks like. . .cupid! You know,it is Valentine's Day."
James was correct.
A rather plump figure gliding rather ungracefully in the air with white robes on and a bow and arrow.
He looked familiar.
Almost like. . .
"Pettigrew? Is that. . .Pettigrew?" Lily asked.
"What? No,no,no. . ." James answered quickly.
"I think it is!" Lily exclaimed.
James signaled to 'Cupid',without Lily seeing.
'Cupid' nodded,pulled out an arrow and licked it.
"What is he doin-ow!" Lily moaned as 'Cupid' shot the bow and hit Lily right in the forehead. "That hurt!"
James laughed,somewhat nervously,"You know what they say,Lils. Get hit with an arrow from Cupid and you fall in love with the first person you see."
"I suppose that could be true. . .if that was really Cupid." Lily muttered moodily,pulling the arrow off and rubbing her forehead,confetti falling everywhere now.
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Meanwhile,Remus hide under one of the stands,do a charm for confetti to fall. It started out okay,until. . .a spider crawled up his leg and he gave his wand a rather large wave.
Uh-oh.
"Oh. My. God."
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Also meanwhile,Sirius was flying around under James' invisibility cloak,Peter attached by a rope.
It was rather hard,considering Peter wasn't as light as a feather.
Definitely not light as a feather.
"Go slower Sirius!" Peter hissed quietly. He was going every which way now.
"I'm trying,Cupid Boy!" Sirius hissed back.
Uh-oh.
"Up,Sirius! Up!" Peter hissed frantically.
"I can't!" Sirius hissed back.
Uh-oh.
He was losing control.
They were heading for a crashing landing. Straight into. . .oh great. . .
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Meanwhile,James and Lily were being pelted by confetti and flower petal,like they were bullets.
"What in the bloody name of Merlin is going on!" Lily yelled panicking.
"I don't know!" James yelled.
He really didn't know.
"Ouch!" Lily moaned,"This things hurt!"
"Ouch! No-ouch-kidding!" James replied. "Come on!" He said shoving Lily,trying to get her to move. "Run!"
Lily had start to run,with James behind her,when she abruptly stopped.
"What are you doing,Evans!" James shouted,trying to push her on.
Lily pointed up for James to look.
"Uh. . .oh my. . ." James stumbled.
'Cupid' was coming in for a crash landing,right on top of them.
"Oof!"
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"Get off me,Cupid!" James exclaimed,pushing 'Cupid' off himself and standing up in the blizzard of confetti and flower petals.
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"Er,the confetti's taken care of. The flower petals however. . ." Remus trailed off handing everyone a umbrella he conjured.
The group opened their umbrella's to avoid the flower petal bullets.
"Well. . .Happy Valentine's Day,Lilyflower!" James said happily to Lily as they began to walk back to Hogwarts.
Lily scowled at him,but then turned away,"You too,I guess." She muttered.
"Wow,you didn't yell or anything. Maybe that whole thing about being hit by arrows and falling in love really is true." James mused,nudging Lily in the ribs.
Lily glared at him and shoved him away,"Think again,Potter." Then she began to walk off,but stopped and turned around.
"Yes?" James asked with a smirk.
"My book,Potter." Lily said.
"Oh,right. . ." His smirk fell some and he started back to the pitch,the rest of the Marauders following,along with Lily far behind,shivering.
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