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The Final Piece:
As Tuesday's moonset and Wednesday's sun rose, the students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry awoke. The day had only begun when a large commotion broke out into full swing in the room at the top of the sixth year boys' dorm's stairs. (A.N. Quite a tongue twister, huh?)
"SIRIUS BLACK, YOU STOLE MY OTHER TRAINER! YOU GIT, GIVE IT BACK," cried James as he lunged after Sirius who was currently digging his hand inside James's shoe.
"Hold on a minute, Prongs, I'm trying to get out my toothbrush."
"What the heck is your toothbrush doing in your shoe, Padfoot," asked Remus, who was thoroughly disgusted. He had just taken a shower and suddenly had the urge to take another.
"For safe keeping."
"Who puts their toothbrush in their shoe for safe keeping," asked a worried Peter, walking up to Sirius and putting a hand on his forehead. "You're not sick are you? Are you all right?"
"Padfoot, did you put the shoe on after you put your foot in?"
"Yes…"
"OH MAN! NOW I HAVE DOG DROOL IN MY NEW TRAINER! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH BUYING MUGGLE CLOTHING COSTS IN DIAGON ALLEY, SIRIUS? I PAID THIRTY GALLEONS FOR THOSE TRAINERS! NOW YOU SHOVED YOUR DIRTY, STINKING TOOTHBRUSH INTO MY TRAINER," James fumed. Out of the blue, he sprinted after Sirius. Sirius let out a feminine scream and leapt behind his bed resulting in a large bump on his forehead.
"DANG IT! Ow… ow…" Sirius whimpered. He then lay dramatically on the floor crying in exaggerated pain every few minutes.
"I swear, Prongs, you're turning more and more into a girl every day," commented Remus while folding his bath towel and reaching for his Transfiguration textbook.
He's one to talk, thought James, loosing his anger by the second.
"OW," cried Sirius, "I'll get you yet, James Potter!"
"Oh, shut it, you git. Get up, we're going to be late for breakfast," stated Remus, yanking Sirius up from the ground and ignoring the insults that headed towards him. There was no way he was going to be late for Transfiguration again just because Sirius was being the selfish idiot he was.
"Hey, where's Peter," asked James, grabbing his cloak. Peter was right there a second ago.
"Um… maybe he's at the Great Hall, already," mumbled Sirius, whose head was being smothered by being trapped in his t-shirt.
"Let's go then, and whoever's touching my shoulder, please move it," replied Remus as calmly as he could since he was quite freaked out that one of his friends was starting to touch him.
"Oh, sorry Mooney. Now, off we go," cried Sirius shamelessly. Leaping up, he ran out of the dorm room followed by the two other boys.
15 Minutes Later…"Hello ladies," Sirius said suavely. He slid his arm around Janette's shoulders to which lead to a blackening eye. "OW! OW, MAN! GET AWAY FROM ME! PETEY, SAVE ME MAN!"
"Padfoot, you bugger, stop bugging (no pun intended) the ladies. Hello there," James said, copying Sirius's antics and also got the same result from Lily.
"Gits," mumbled Remus, who sat next to Melissa and forcing a piece of toast in his mouth. "Those two can really act stupider than that purple dinosaur… what's his name again?"
"Barney," asked Lily.
"Yep, that ugly guy who sings 'I love you, you love me, we're a happy….' Who cares?"
Remus slowly leaned over the table to speak to me in private. "Where should I meet you to talk? Later?"
"Yes, we should meet after classes. Wait, Slughorn gave me detention for this afternoon… how about in the evening, around nine? Is that ok," I pondered while buttering my toast.
"Of course," Remus whispered leaning back in his seat. He was excited to finally get a chance to gain Melissa's trust once again. He hadn't done anything in the first place, and with Melissa finally trusting him again, he could forget that this had ever happened. "Ok then, we'll see you in a bit, girls. See you all in class."
As three of the Marauders got up from the table, (Peter was too busy stuffing his face with English muffins) they tapped Peter on the shoulder to signal him that they were leaving. Peter jumped and quickly tried to lift himself off his seat, resulting his foot getting caught in the bench and making him fall backwards into a Ravenclaw girl who had her nose stuck in a book. Squealing loudly, she backed up into the Ravenclaw house table, shoving the dishes of food into her friends' faces. Looking around at the angry Ravenclaw faces, the boys followed their instincts and decided to run. Before then, I never knew that someone could run so fast. Those Ravenclaw girls must be really wild… and comparing them to Lily and us girls, that's really saying something.
During Potions…"…Fifty seven, fifty eight, fifty nine, sixty! Ok, Padfoot, pass me the phoenix dust."
"Huh?"
"The red-orange one."
"Oh! Here you go, Mooney. Whoops," shrieked Sirius as he let go of the bottle that held the phoenix dust resulting in a cloud of dust spreading throughout the air. "Uh, Mooney, care to head over to the supply cabinet?" Seeing Remus's face, he decided to rephrase, "Mooney, would you mind if I went to the supply cabinet? That'sgoodpleasedon'tmindmethankyou!" And with that, Sirius rushed over to the other side of the room in search of a place to hide from Remus's wrath.
Oh, now Mooney will be after me all week! And to top that off with detention for Herbology and Defense Against the Dark Arts! Why couldn't I have broken Mooney's jar some other day? growled Sirius at his own thoughts. One of his best friends was down in the dumps and was head over heels in love at the same time (Little bugger had to fall in love this year. Why not next year? Just my luck), the other was drowning his phoenix dust-related sorrows by trying to scrape up as much phoenix dust from the other students as fast as possible to finish the potion on time, and his final friend (and follower) was currently hiding from the Ravenclaws (even though they didn't have this particular class with the Gryffindors.) Peter was thoroughly spooked and hid as soon as he got into the potions classroom.
Sirius was currently looking under an empty desk at the front of the room, when out popped a head.
"Augh," Sirius screamed, backing into a wastebasket and falling onto the ground. "Please, don't eat me! I won't eat another muggle candy stolen from Mooney's suitcase again! It was just that one time; please don't punish me for it! Spare me!"
"Sh," whispered Peter strongly. He was hiding from the roaring Ravenclaws, Sirius should have known better than to push him into the open! "Padfoot, the Ravenclaws are out to get me, what do you not understand in that sentence? Tell me, I'll specify!"
"There you are, Wormtail! I thought the Ravenclaws finally ate you." Peter shot him a filthy glare. "Not that they would of course. They would just slowly maul you and then… yes, I'll shut up now." Sirius then slowly crept away, his eyes glued to Peter's, making sure that Peter wasn't going to hex him for his slip of tongue.
Now I'll just, Sirius began to think but was soon interrupted by the bulging Potions professor himself, Professor Slughorn.
"Sirius Black! Why isn't this a surprise? I suppose you are out to make mischief are you not." Glancing around the classroom and easily spotting the other Marauders, he added, "And alone, today, I suppose? I really enjoy your antics, you know, they really brighten up our days during this dark period. Keep it up, lad. I hope to see you at my Slug Club dinner?"
"Uh," replied Sirius, trying to inch away but kept getting caught by Slughorn's massive stomach. How many sweets can one human digest anyway, Sirius wondered as his stomach was beginning to cave in and his ribs were starting to curve inward.
"Oh, please, Mr. Black. I know that you're going to be pretty busy since Christmas is coming over, but you really must pace yourself on those pranks. That makes it easy to be available for the Slug dinner!"
"Well…actually…" Sirius's wand fell to the floor. As he tried to scrunch down to the ground, Slughorn's stomach rammed its way onto his cheek, hitting it to the wall. "Mmph… Demphla…mphi."
"But then again, if you do have a date for that night, please go right ahead. I see you are the one with the ladies, I presume? Try to maintain that, lad; it might actually help you sometime in your life. OH! It seems that young Randolph Huchinson has set his cauldron on fire. I swear that boy just needs to be sent down to learn with those first years. Now, if you'll excuse me."
"Nph pumphif…" Sirius mumbled, coughing for air as Professor Slughorn waddled off to poor Randolph who was in need of some assistance. Clutching at his throat, Sirius crawled back towards Mooney, which actually wasn't a great idea.
"Sirius? Where's the phoenix dust?"
"Well, Mooney, didn't you see me back there? Slughorn was trying to kill me by suffocating me…"
"WHAT?"
"Uh… it was all his fault," claimed Sirius, pointing off at a random direction, unexpectedly pointing off towards a now weeping Randolph Huchinson.
"SIRIUS BLACK, YOU MARCH YOUR WAY TO THAT CUPBOARD NOW! THERE IS ONLY A FEW SECONDS TOWARDS THE END OF CLASS AND…"
"Ok, class, that's the end of today's lesson. Please pour your potion samples in these small flasks and place them on my desk. Have a nice day! Oh, yes… your homework. Five feet on the importance of phoenix dust in modern potions. A quick tidbit, a nice thing you should really consider, always keep a spare jar of phoenix dust with you at all times. Enjoy your evening, children," concluded Slughorn, gathering his folders and heading towards his office.
"Humph, now he tells us. Pretty funny, eh, Mooney? Mooney," asked Sirius slowly turning around. Right there behind him was a fuming Remus Lupin; his eyes bulging out of their sockets while his hands were pulled into fists. "Mooney?"
"Gurdipulm…alibavadero…meshikawa…" mumbled Remus incoherently. His eyes were locked with Sirius's, his face turning an awful shade of purple.
"Uh…what was that, Mooney," asked Sirius, hesitantly.
"Kill…. Black… now," Remus answered, and with that, the two boys sprinted down the stairs Sirius seeking safety and Remus seeking revenge.
In The Evening…The gang (if you would call it a 'gang') was seated down to dinner, to the girl's distaste; the boys on one side while the girls were on another. Before getting up to leave, Remus rushed over to my side to ask me where we should meet.
"How about just outside the Forbidden Forest? No one ever keeps lookout over there. Is that ok," I suggested, looking into his cocoa eyes.
"Sure. I'll see you there." I could sense from his voice that he also wanted to talk this through. I guess our friendship really meant something to him, like my friendship towards Lily, Janette, and Alice was.
"Ok, I'll see you then. Come on, girls, we have to finish that Potions essay. Only Merlin knows how bad I am. Please, Lily, can I copy your essay. I promise, I'll edit some stuff," I pleaded, grabbing Lily's arm. She groaned as she saw my puppy eyes.
"No! Not the puppy eyes! Melli, come on! When will you learn and get better at Potions if you don't even try. Just write it yourself," Lily complained, grabbing her arm away from me. And with that, we stumbled out of the great oak doors of the Great Hall only to wander down the cold stone corridors of Hogwarts Castle.
Back at the Gryffindor Table…"Uh… Mooney," started James passing off a disgruntle face, "You do know that the full moon is tonight, don't you?"
"Holy shit!" Remus responded banging his head against the table earning confused glances from the people sitting around him.
"WHAT?" asked Sirius; now his eyes were the ones bugging out of their sockets, "HOW CAN YOU BLOODY FORGET, MOONEY, YOUV'E BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS PRACTICALLY YOUR WHOLE LIFE. HOW CAN YOU BLOODY FORGET THAT YOU'RE A-."
Somehow, James's fist blocked Sirius's jaw from blabbing anymore by keeping it still. "Stuff it, Padfoot, we don't want the whole school to hear! Now, Remus, how could you forget that it was the full moon tonight?"
"I know this sounds corny and totally cliché, but I really wanted to tell Melli what really happened with that prank. I have just been floating on air from the last time I talked to her… when she said she would hear me out. I just couldn't believe that she would say yes." Remus looked down, ashamed of himself. Suddenly, he abruptly sat straight up. "Wait! I'm meeting Melli in a few hours! I can't make it though! She'll think I stood her up! What am I going to do?"
"Don't worry, Mooney, I'll take care of it," sighed Peter, getting up from the table. He sat through the entire drama and finally decided to help out his friend. "Now if you'll excuse me, I too have to think about that Potions essay. Till tonight." He leapt to his feet and scurried out of the Great Hall as fast as his tiny legs could take him. Sirius and James looked at each other with amusement and fear. Tonight was going to be an interesting night.
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October 29, 2005: Hello! I know this chapter was thoroughly confusing so I edited it. I hope it's much better now! Thanks for reading and I'll reply to reviews from now on. Sorry for the notice at the beginning!