Heyo everyone. Here's the next chapter, now that school is done I have more time to write and it seems that the ideas just keep on coming, I started working on the next chapter tonight. Special thanks goes out to my sister who has been editing these chapters for me because my grammar sucks. So enjoy and please review!
I do not own Harry Potter.
The sun was the first thing Lily took note of when she woke up.
Ugh, why does it have to be so bright so early? She thought to herself.
Good question Lil, you'd think that it'd realize that it's Sunday and people want to sleep in.
Ya, you'd think Sus, Lily laughed lightly until she realized something that made her bolt awake. The room started to spin from her sudden movement and once it stopped she realized she was in the hospital wing along with the rest of the Marauders.
Why are we in the hospital wing? Lily once again thought to herself waiting to see what would happen next.
I'm guessing it has something to do with last night, Susie had once again replied to her personal thought.
Sus, do me a favour? Sit up and open your eyes to look at me, Susie did as she was asked and Lily continued, can you hear me?
"Ya I can hear you just fine what are you…" Susie said aloud before her eyes bulged you never opened your mouth! She finished internally.
We can hear each others thoughts, I wonder if it's just us or if the boys can hear us too…
Ya we can hear you, but do you mind? Some of us are trying to sleep.
Shut up Sirius, you're as bad as the girls talking in my head… James decided to join the land of the living and bolted awake as well. Once the dizziness subsided he continued on what the hell happened to us? How is it we can hear each other's thoughts?
Your guess is as good as mine James… unless it had something to do with that spell Wormtail shot at us! Oh Merlin what did he do to us?
"Calm down Lil, there's no need for hysterics," whispered James "besides if you keep doing that internally you'll wake the others, however if you freak out vocally you'll alert Madam Pomfrey"
"Too late, we're up" grumbled Sirius as he and Draco sat up "what's going on and did you really have to yell Lily?"
Sorry Draco
"It's alright…wait a second, you didn't move your lips and yet I clearly heard what you said…what happened to us?"
"I don't know Draco, but I think it has something to do with that spell we were hit with last night,"
"What spell Lily? Oh right, we met up with the mystery author last night,"
"And it turned out to be Wormtail, the guy who betrayed James, Sirius and Lily's grandparents,"
"Oh ya Susie that's right I remember now, what do you think he wants Lil?"
"I don't know Sirius, but he did say something about dad in his first letter,"
"Maybe he wants to get back at dad for something, maybe for killing Voldemort since he clearly was a supporter,"
"I think supporter was a bit of an understatement James. The impression I got from dad when he told us a little bit about the guy was that Wormtail was Voldemort's right hand man,"
"If that's the case then he probably is trying to get back at Uncle Harry, what better way to get back at your enemy's then to attack their children,"
"You're probably right Sus," Lily then let out a big sigh "Just what I needed, not only am I famous for being his daughter but now I have an evil revenge-seeking wizard after me, when did my life become a carbon copy of my fathers?"
"No idea Lil…shh I think Madam Pomfrey's coming"
"Well I'm glad to see that you're all awake now, quite a scare you gave us this morning, now if you'll excuse me, the Headmistress wanted me to alert her to your awakening before handing out any potions," with that said she walked right out the door.
"This morning? You mean to tell me that they didn't find me until this morning?!"
"Calm down Sirius, you make it sound as if you were dying,"
"But I could have been dying Lil, and they would have had no idea,"
"He's got a point Lil, how did no one hear what was going on in the Great Hall last night? I mean if they didn't find us until morning that means that not even Mrs. Norris heard what was happening and she hears everything,"
"I don't know Sus, how did the git manage that?"
But before anyone could respond to the question Madam Pomfrey returned with Professor McGonagall following hot on her heals.
"I'm glad to see you're all feeling better, I must admit that I don't appreciate walking down to the Great Hall for breakfast and finding five of my best students unconscious on the floor. Mind telling me what happened? It wasn't one of your pranks that went wrong was it?"
"No Professor it was nothing like that,"
"Then what was it? I'm sure your families will be waiting impatiently for me to owl them with the results on what actually did happen if they don't floo themselves down here first!"
"You owled our parents?"
"Well of course I did Mr. Potter, it is customary to owl one's family when they are sent to the hospital wing, especially for unknown reasons,"
"Great give it five minutes and dad will come bursting through that door," grumbled Sirius.
"What was that Mr. Potter?"
"Uhh…nothing Professor,"
"You see Professor, the truth is…"
Are you really going to tell her Lil?
I don't know Sus, should I?
If you tell her Lil she's just going to tell dad, which is what you wanted to avoid right?
You're right James I did, but is that wise?
It's your call Lil,
But if I don't tell her the truth what do I tell her?
"The truth is what Miss Potter?" prompted McGonagall
Oh no, how long have I been stalling?
Long enough, you could tell her part of the truth?
And what part would that be Draco?
"The truth is Professor, that we were on our way to play a prank but when we passed the Great Hall we heard noises so we entered and uhh…" Draco stuttered to come up with something that McGonagall would believe.
"When we entered there was a flash of light and that's all we remember," finished Lily.
Nice work you two
Thanks Sirius, how did you come up with that so fast Draco?
It seemed like something we would do. How did you come up with the light thing?
It's the last thing I remember from last night.
"A flash of light? Like a spell?"
"We think so Professor, but we have no idea who might have conjured it or what spell it was,"
"It must have been a very powerful spell to knock you all out, but according to Madam Pomfrey it wasn't a stunner, did you happen to hear what the caster said Mr. Potter?"
"No Professor I didn't, what about you guys? James? Sus? Draco? Lil?"
They all shook their heads in response to the question. There seemed to be feelings of tension in the air around them, none of them were sure that McGonagall fully bought their story. At that moment though, whether or not McGonagall bought it was not the main thing to worry about, because just then, the door to the hospital wing opened and in walked four much stressed adults.
"Professor! We came as soon as we heard, what happened? Are they alright?"
"Why don't you see for yourself Hermione,"
It was then that each parent ran to the side of their respective child. Draco and Ginny ran and stood between their children's beds hugging one child before switching to reassure themselves that the other child was alright as well. Harry ran to Lily's side immediately and gave her a huge hug while Hermione ran between her boys beds and gave both of them big hugs before the parents switched positions altogether. While this was going on McGonagall took an opportunity to sneak out to talk with Madam Pomfrey privately.
Of course dad checks on Lily first
What's that supposed to mean Sirius?
Nothing…Sirius then let out a big grin "Daddy's Girl!" he called out to his sister.
"Mama's Boy!" Lily called back.
"Ha! A Daddy's Girl is worse than a Mama's Boy"
"Actually Sirius a Mama's Boy is worse than a Daddy's Girl,"
"What?! No way, you've got to be kidding me James. Since when?"
"Since always Sirius"
"Shut up Malfoy, nobody asked you"
"Sirius! Apologize to Draco this instant"
"But mum…" Hermione just glared at her son "Sorry Draco"
"It's ok Sirius," Draco smirked at him Mama's Boy he added internally, Sirius just scowled. Sirius then looked over at his brother and noticed he was smirking at him.
"Shut up Jamsie,"
"I didn't say anything Sirius, but don't call me Jamsie, Sissy!"
"Haha Sissy, good one James"
"Stay out of this Lillian!"
"Don't call me Lillian Sirius, my name is Lily not Lillian"
"Whatever Lillian"
"Shut up Sirius or I'll rearrange that face of yours!" Lily pulled out her wand.
"Lily! Don't threaten your brother!"
"Sorry mum,"
"I can see the Daily Prophet headlines now 'Sirius Potter suffers horrible face disfigurement by hand of sister Lily'" laughed Susie.
"With sidebar from James Potter, 'I don't look like that git anymore!'"
The teenagers all burst out laughing except Sirius who was pretending to be offended, but even he chuckled a bit. Hermione scowled but could be seen breaking into a smile while Draco Sr. and Ginny tried not to laugh too much. The only person not laughing was Harry, whose eyes seemed to darken at the joke. Lily noticed her father's displeasure and decided to make sure he was alright.
"Daddy?"
"What is it Princess?"
"Are you alright? It was just a joke you know,"
"I'm fine Princess and of course I knew it was a joke,"
"Then why aren't you laughing or at least smiling?"
"I'm sorry if I offended you in any way Uncle Harry, I was just trying to be funny,"
"You didn't offend me Susie, I just don't like hearing about my children's names being headlines for the Daily Prophet,"
"And you think we like seeing your name in the Daily Prophet?"
"It's not the same James,"
"Oh of course not," Sirius rolled his eyes "It's perfectly ok if you're headline news but not us because clearly you enjoy being front page news as much if not more than we do,"
"Sirius! Don't talk to your father like that!"
"I'm sorry mum but right now I'll talk to dad however I want to,"
"Sirius! Don't you talk back…"
"What Sirius is trying to say" interrupted Lily while glaring at her brother "is that seeing our names printed in the paper are not the highlight of our day either but we deal,"
"But you shouldn't have to deal Lily, your names shouldn't be in the paper at all,"
"You're right dad they shouldn't but they are, and we can't change that,"
"Actually we could," everyone in the room turned to look at Sirius. "Mum could say that she had an affair and that we're not dad's kids,"
"Potter are you really this thick or is this just an act?"
"You see why I hate looking exactly like him Draco? At least Lily has a small chance at playing the adoption card,"
"Because I'm clearly adopted James," Lily rolled her eyes. "Honestly Sirius have you looked in a mirror lately? Besides how is that supposed to get us out of the news?"
"News like that would be the biggest scandal this world has ever seen meaning you'd get twice as much coverage,"
"Susie's right, and that's what we don't want,"
"Oh ya, didn't think about that,"
"That was obvious,"
"This is exactly what I'm talking about, worrying about headlines should not be part of your daily activities,"
"We know that but it is. No matter what we are always going to be news dad, it's something we just have to accept,"
"Lily's right, and I know that Sirius, Lily and I accepted our public roles ages ago. We may not like it some days but its life,"
"And it affect Draco and I just as much, sure we may not have our actual names in the papers but by being their friends our lives are affected too and we find that making jokes about it helps us deal with the harsh realities the papers try to dish out some days,"
"I had no idea you guys went through this as well,"
"Of course we do mum, you don't go through life being the Potter triplets best friends without having to deal with the press. The number of times Draco and I have been offered money for secrets they may have told us is insane,"
"They offer you money? No fair, I got goods on Lil and James too, I wouldn't mind a bit of extra gold…"
"Sirius!"
"I was just joking mum, honest"
"You better of been Sirius Remus Potter!"
"Uh oh mate, full name, better run while you can,"
"No one is going anywhere Mr. Malfoy! Not until I find out what happened to you five!" Madam Pomfrey and Professor McGonagall had reentered both carrying goblets of potion for the teens.
"What's in the goblets?"
"It's a strengthening solution Mr. Potter,"
"A strengthening solution? Why do we need that?"
"Because all five of you were obviously struck with a very powerful hex and your body needs to heal Miss Malfoy, this will help heal your body a little faster,"
"Do any of you know what happened? Professor…Minerva said that you were all found unconscious in the Great Hall this morning,"
"We really don't know what happened dad, as we told Professor McGonagall we were on our way to pull a prank when we heard some noises coming from inside the Great Hall, and when we entered we were hit with a spell," That is what we told McGonagall right?
I think so Lil, sounds like the story Draco came up with earlier
Thanks James, I just wanted to be sure.
"Any idea what spell it was or who it was who hit you with it?"
"We really don't remember all that much mum, although I think it was a guy who hit us," I hope it's ok that I said that, I'm not revealing too much am I?
Don't worry Sus, if you hadn't said that then I would of.
Thanks Lil.
"Like a student?"
"I don't know dad, I didn't see his face, did you guys?"
The others shook their heads hoping they didn't seem too suspicious. They were still unsure about telling their parents about Wormtail's appearance in the castle last night.
"I think that just proves that you shouldn't be pulling pranks,"
"Aww come on Mione, they're just kids trying to have a little fun, lay off them,"
"I will not lay off them Harry. They broke the rules and because of that they were hurt,"
"Are you telling me that you never broke the rules Hermione?"
"Shut up Malfoy" Hermione blushed slightly. The adults all laughed a bit.
"Either way," interrupted McGonagall "There will be an investigation into what happened last night and these five will be watched closely for the time being,"
"But now," interrupted Madam Pomfrey "These children need rest, so I'm going to have to ask all of you to leave,"
"We all should probably be leaving anyways right everyone?"
The adults all nodded their agreement with Ginny's statement. They all said goodbye to their children telling them various words of well wishing or gentle scolding's.
"Stay out of trouble Sirius, and don't give your sister any reason to disfigure your face,"
"Ok I get it mum, scowled Sirius while everyone else snickered into their hands.
With that said the adults left along with Professor McGonagall. Madam Pomfrey distributed the Strengthening Solution and ordered a few more hours rest before she would release the teens. Suddenly feeling quite sleepy the teens slowly drifted off to sleep.