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Ready, Set, Go!
" YOU SAID WHAT?"
" I'm sorry, Mel, it just slipped out!"
" But… but…"
" He wasn't there, he ran off! He couldn't have heard me."
" But his friends! Oh, Lily, how could you? I tell you one thing, one secret, and it gets blabbed to the whole school!"
" Don't cry, Mel. Lily, I think you should give her some time."
Sighing, Lily patted my back and walked out of the oak door. Leaning against Janette's shoulder, I cried. Could my life get any worse?
10 minutes later...
Strolling down the stone corridor, Lily shook her head. Why did I say that out loud, she thought, it's against our code of friendship. All of a sudden, Lily collided into a tall, muscular being.
" Oh, sorry…wasn't paying attention… thinking…" she mumbled as she dusted off her cloak. Finally looking up, she saw that she had bumped into the one and only, James Potter. Suddenly, a million questions whizzed into her head, each one more important than the last.
"Potter, we need to talk," she spoke coldly.
" You finally got to your sensed and decided to go out with me then? Well, isn't that a relief. That means I don't have to go along with the…" replied James, oblivious to the hatred in her voice.
" You know what I mean, Potter," she said, " this way now."
Meanwhile...
"Ok, so we won't tell Mooney."
"Wait, Padfoot, why not?"
" I told you already, Wormtail, how could you forget so quickly?"
" I just want to clarify…"
"Fine, we can't tell Mooney because then he'll try to stop us from doing the plan. If he comes between the plan and us, none of the Gryfindor Guys will ever be able score the chicks they've had their eyes on. And I know you, Wormtail; I can tell you've got your eyes on Janette. Well, to get her, we've got go with the plan. See? We can't stop now!"
" Ok, ok… I've got it." So, with that, Sirius and Peter scurried down the corridor and into the classroom in which Remus was hiding.
" Why the sudden bit of cowardice, Mooney, no more marauder power," taunted Sirius while shooting a playful sneer towards Remus.
With color adding to his cheeks, Remus answered, " I know, I know, so what did she say? We're not in trouble now, are we? What did Lily say?"
" Ah, just the usual 'You'll get in big trouble, you idiots' and the occasional 'I'm going to report you all, I don't care if you're all Gryfindors or not'. We don't need to use the Floo Network; all we need is Lily's shriek to send information and gossip running."
" Uh… let's go Padfoot, Mooney, we should get the potion started now."
Looking at Sirius curiously, Remus sighed inwardly. He knew that Sirius was hiding something from him, but even wild hippogriffs wouldn't be able to drag it out of him. I wonder what the big secret is, he thought,trudging into the Room of Requirement. Something's up, I can just feel it.
Meanwhile...
" So, what is it, Lily," asked James, leaning against the castle wall. His chocolate eyes drifted upward from the ground, catching Lily's eyes as they rose.
" I want to know what you were all doing outside the kitchens. I want to know why Remus was acting all jumpy and why Peter was acting shifty. I know they are all somehow connected and if you don't tell me what it's all about, I'll," Lily blurted out, her face turning the color of her hair.
James sighed; this wasn't any different from the confrontations he had gone through. " Ok, so the real thing is Remus was feeling a bit ill and Peter always gets squeamish when one of us gets sick. Poor bloke can't handle his stomach, that one."
" I know you're lying, James, you'd."
"You just called me James."
" No I didn't."
" Yes you did. I'm pretty sure I'm capable of hearing."
" You're out of your mind, Potter. I didn't say 'James'."
" See, you said it again!"
"Ugh, that was just an example!"
"Ok, fine, that was an example, but you do know that you called me James once before that time."
"JUST SHUT UP, POTTER! ANSWER THE QUE," shrieked Lily, before James's hand snuck around her and covered her mouth.
" Shush! You don't want to wake the whole castle now, would you?" All of a sudden, James felt something wet slide across his palm. "AHH! Lily, you really are disgusting ar…oh, ho, ho! You wanted to lick me now, didn't you. You bad girl, you."
" Ew, Potter, that's disgusting. I wish I had some soap to all the snob boy germs off my tongue," Lily spit back, furiously wiping at her tongue with the palms of her hands and the sleeves of her robes. "Now, back to business."
" Don't worry, Evans, the dorm will be clear of the other Marauders for about three more hours. Just get ready and I'll meet you there in fifteen minutes," quoted James breezily. For a second, Lily wondered how many times he said that to all the other girls he had gone out with.
" Potter," Lily spit out (Author's Note: Not literally people!) dangerously. "You know what I'm talking about. If you joke about that kind of stuff…" her hand made a slashing motion horizontally across her throat, " there won't be much to joke about. Now what's going on?"
" Uh…" James sprang to his feet and began to sprint down the corridor.
" YOU COME BACK DOWN HERE NOW, JAMES POTTER!" Actually, it was quite a wonder that McGonagal didn't come and give them both detentions.
6 days later, also known as the day before Halloween...
" And stir the liquid counter-clockwise seven times and once clockwise. Now, this is the result of your potion. It should be a deep, ocean blue color with white smoke rising from the top. Padfoot, is it ocean blue," Peter turned to find Sirius gazing into the cauldron. He had just stirred the potion and was trying to find the best word to fit the color of the potion.
"Well, it's turquoise." Spinning around to check if Remus was there, he said, " But that doesn't matter. It's close enough to blue. Now let's try to do the protection charm thing. Now where's that book?"
Peter's eyes widened in shock and thought; did I actually hear the Sirius Black look for a book? Maybe it's just the lack of sleep…
" Swish, swish, flick, and swish, and… Got it! Ok…now the potion's set. It's finally ready."
As Peter made his way towards Sirius, Padfoot began to pose as a knight in shining armor. " Peter, at eight o' clock tomorrow night all the Gryfindor guys and gals will be the happiest people to ever set foot into Hogwarts. And it's all because of the Marauders."
Yet the wondrous moment was interrupted by Peter, who began with, " Minus Remus, he decided not to. Oh Padfoot, are you sure that it's ok to use the turquoise potion? I think you messed up on the charm too; you never were too good at that. Uh…maybe we should have just asked Prongs once he got back."
" Peter, nothings going to go wrong, I mean, what's the worst that can happen?"
Author's Note: Famous last words, huh? Ha ha! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and don't worry there will be more action in the next chapter. I'm sorry this chapter is shorter than the others, it's just that I'm having a totally horrible case of writers block that only a ton of reviews can cure. (Hint, hint)
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