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Chapter 3 - Revenge
In the boy's compartment…
"So Peter," started Sirius, his mouth full of chocolate, "why did you look like you had run a marathon when you came here?"
"Oh, that's because I was running from my last compartment." Said Peter, equally stuffing his face with frogs.
"Why?" Asked James
"Well, I was in there with five Fifth Years, and they were telling me about the sorting. I don't know if it was true or not, but they said that we have to fight dragons and the ones who do nothing are sent home. If I faced a dragon, I would probably be sent home. I was so scared, and they were mean, so I ran out, and ended up here. Do you guy's know if we do have to face dragons?"
Sirius and James burst out laughing.
"Are you kidding Peter? We're first years; of course we're not going to have to fight dragons." Said Sirius, in between laughter.
"Yeah, my cousin Iggy says it's some kind of magical device that decides for us determined on our past and personality," said James, "Iggy is a Sixth Year."
"Damn it! I'm doomed to be in Slytherin!" Said Sirius, angrily.
"What makes you think that?" Asked James.
"Everyone in my family has always been in Slytherin. I hate my family. I really don't want to be in their precious house."
"Oh, well, maybe you will be put differently." Said Peter hopefully.
"Anyway, Peter, what those older kids did to you was very mean. How about we get some revenge?" Offered James.
"What do you have in mind James?" Asked Sirius, suddenly interested.
James pulled down his trunk and got out a chest. He tapped the chest three times with his wand and opened the latch. Inside was a mountain load of prank items: dung bombs, firecrackers, acid candy, sneezing powder, and all other kinds of items designed to entertain at the expense of others.
"I think a nice firecracker will do." Said James, choosing a bright red one.
"Man, I have so much respect for you right now, James Potter." Said Sirius, eyeing the items as if they were worth more than life itself.
"This is going to be good!" Said Peter.
About ten minutes later, after they located Peter's old compartment, Sirius was holding the cracker, and James was on Peter's shoulders, attempting to open the ventilation grid above the solid door. James spat on the rusty old latch, and managed to quietly slide it away, and slowly open the grid. Sirius handed him the firecracker and James rested it on the edge. He got out his wand and tapped it. The firecracker instantly burst into life and jumped out of James' hand and into the room. James jumped off Peter's shoulders and they all marvelled at the screaming of the fifth years and the sound of the cracker bouncing off the walls.
The three boys were rolling on the floor in fits of uncontrollable laughter, when they heard someone fumbling with the door handle. The pranksters ran for their lives back to their compartment before they could be pinned for the damage.
Meanwhile the train was nearing its destination and the sky had darkened. The boys made an effort to change into their robes once they were safely back in their compartment, but there was trouble elsewhere.
"Okay guys, we have a problem." Announced Simone.
"What is it?" Asked Remus.
"We have to change for school, and this compartment is a little too small for privacy."
"Well, how about we change first, Simone, and Remus can stand in the corner with a robe over his head." Suggested Lily.
"I don't know if I like that idea." Said Remus.
"I know," said Simone, "Remus can stand in the corridor, with his back to the window, while we change with a make-shift curtain separating the compartment, so we can each have privacy, and then we can move into one of the sections while Remus comes in and changes in the other. What do you think?"
"How are we going to put up a make-shift curtain?" Asked Lily.
"Easy!" Said Simone as she clicked her fingers. Seconds later, a bright blue curtain, hanging from the ceiling to two inches above the ground, flowed out of the wall and separated the compartment into two halves, right down the middle.
"How in the name of Merlin did you do that?" Asked Remus, speechless.
"Oh, it's just something I learnt somewhere…" Said Simone, trailing off.
So Remus went out into the corridor and Lily went into the other side of the compartment. Minutes later, the girls were changed and Remus came back inside. Simone and Lily were sitting in the other side, quietly talking when a loud screeching noise was heard and the train lurched forward.
Lily managed to grasp the window in time and stayed put, but Simone fell through the curtain, into the other side to see Remus, topless with a multitude of scars and scratches all over his body. Remus was so startled at Simone's sudden arrival that all he could do was stand there and stare, until he realised he had almost no clothes on and quickly reached for his robes. Simone, also suffering a delayed reaction, quickly crawled back into the other side of the compartment.
It wasn't long until the train started moving again. Once Remus was changed, the blue curtain flowed back into the wall from which it came, and a nosy Third Year girl poked her head in their compartment to tell them that the train had suddenly stopped to let a family of baby ducks cross the tracks.
Simone, Lily and Remus sat in silence. Simone and Remus were avoiding confronting each other about the previous incident, and Lily was too afraid to break the silence to ask what had happened. So the three students sat there, and remained so until the train finally arrived at its destination, just outside Hogwarts.
And we come to the end of another chapter. Oh woe is me. Parhaps the next one will be soon. I can promise you some intersting events and the Sorting of the many important people.
But for now, that is all. Read and Review. See you on the next chapter!
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