AN: Hey again! Just to recap, this chapter is on Valentine's Day, second year. I really wanted to write this and it's sort of interesting. Read on, my friends.
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine. Well, maybe a few things...
Serafina POV
I walked into the common room as usual, waiting for something unusual to happen. My wish was quickly granted. Half of the Marauders, as we had named ourselves, looked drunk on the couch. They weren't asleep, but looked like they were going to be in a minute. Sirius was chuckling on the armchair beside them.
"What did you do, Sirius?" I asked the chuckling Marauder. He stopped laughing.
"Why do you think it was me?" he asked in mock sadness.
"Well, I would assume it would be James doing something evil, but since he's drunk on the couch, you're next in line." I plopped into the seat next to him. "So, care to explain?" I glared at him. He shrunk in his seat.
"I may or may not of..." he said the last few words too quietly for me to hear.
"Repeat that again please, but this time say it so I can hear."
"I may or may not of given them a chocolate frog each?" he said quietly, trying to avoid my gaze.
"And what exactly did you put in these chocolate frogs?" I asked, my eyes narrowing.
"Love potions?" he squeaked. If only looks could kill.
"Sirius Orion Black I advise that you run, because I am going to hex you into next week." I said, my glare intensifying. "5...4...3..." He went off like a rocket. The portrait hole swung open with an 'Ah!', and glared at Sirius as he ran.
"Don't hurt him too much." she told me as I ran after him. "Only in the hospital wing a few days, okay?"
"I'll try, but I can't assure you about that!" I ran faster trying to catch up to the idiot. I managed to run into Lily on my way there. "Lily, if James comes after you differently today, don't mind him. Black gave him a love potion. And If you want to make sure Black isn't dead by my hand, I advise you come with me."
"Coming!" She ran with me, surprisingly keeping pace. Eventually we got to the dungeons and started looking for a frightened second year Marauder. I heard a squeak and saw a moving cauldron. I walked quietly over, and peeked behind it. No one was there. I heard a very manly (Sarcasm) shriek from down the hall. I raced back to Lily to see that she had a foot on top of Sirius, who was face down on the floor. Lily took back her foot and Sirius cautiously got off of the floor. I lifted him off his feet by his shirt.
"Sirius Orion Black, what kind of love potion did you give them, and what enchantment did it have?" I asked coldly.
"It was uh..." he fumbled around his robe to find what he was looking for. He handed me a small bottle.
Love Potions made by Larissa Dragonstring
Find the True Love of your friends, family, or relatives!
I turned to Sirius again. "Did you even read the label idiot?" I thrust it at him and he read the small writing. His eyes widened. "I'm taking that as a no. Now let's go get the boys before they do something stupid." I grabbed Sirius's hair and dragged him along.
"No! Not my hair! Drag me by the ear or something!" he wailed. I ignored his comments and continued along. In reality, we didn't find the boys, they found us.
"Hi James. Hi Remus. Do you guys feel okay?" I asked, eyeing them.
"Yeah fine. Why?" Remus asked.
"Oh, no reason. Let's go back to the common room." I suggested. "Are you coming, Lily?" She hesitated.
"Please Lily-flower?" James asked. He had made that name for her in first year.
"Only if you stop calling me Lily-flower." she reasoned.
"Okay Lily." he agreed. Now we knew something was wrong.
"Okay...Let's go then." she said nervously. We started to the common room, me still dragging sirius by the hair.
"Why's Sirius being dragged by his hair?" Remus questioned me.
"Tell you when we get there." I said. "You know, when we get there, we should go to the boys dormitory." I whispered to Lily.
"Agreed." Lily said. We got there soon enough, and I practically dragged Sirius up the stairs. Once we were there, I sat on his bed, and Lily sat on Peter's, making him sit on the floor.
"Okay, now that we're here, why were you dragging Sirius by his hair?" I noticed that Lily had a chocolate frog in her hand. She was about to bite it.
"No! Lily!" I yelled, attempting to whack it out of her hand. I was there a second too late. She took a bite out of the frog. I smacked it out of her hand a few seconds after. It fell on the ground. I glanced over to Remus, who would jump to snatch chocolate (He had an obsession), but got up quietly and threw it away. My eyes widened in surprise. "Now you've done it, Black."
"It was an accident!" he pleaded. "Merlin, the box is still down stairs."
"Keep an eye on them Black." I ran down the stairs and scooped up the box of edible frogs. "Have any of you eaten any of these?" I yelled to the crowded room.
"No! No one eats anything of the Marauders'!" a guy yelled.
"And thank Merlin for that! Thank you for telling me, because these did have stuff that you don't want in your system. Good bye for now!" I ran upstairs and threw the box at Sirius. "Dispose of those so nobody eats them. Got it? Good." Sirius ran out of the room. I surveyed the room.
Lily was on Peter's bed, her eyes fluttering. James was laying next to her. Remus was still on his bed, reading a book. "Where's Peter?"
"Kitchens." Remus and James chorused. I laid down on Sirius' bed. I noticed Remus staring at me instead of his book. I raised an eyebrow at him, and he blushed and looked away. I looked around again. Lily was awake and happily staring at James, who was doing the same thing to her. Remus was stilling flicking his eyes over to me. I ignored him and waited for Sirius to come back. When he did, he was chuckling again.
"What did you do this time, Black?" I asked him menacingly. He stopped. "Who'd you give the frog to? Don't tell me..." I read his expression. "You gave it to a Slytherin, didn't you. Not Regulus, but... Seriously? Lucius? Merlin Black, can't you help for once?"
"We could go to the Room of Requirement." Remus offered. "I don't know what's wrong, but the Room of Requirement usually works."
"Thank you for being smart, Remus. To the Room of Requirement!" I grabbed Lily's arm and dragged her to the girls dorm. I pushed her in bedroom and locked the door.
"Hey! Let me out!" she yelled.
"Sorry! I'll let you out later, I promise!" I told her. I opened the door for a minute and took her wand, then locked the door again. "I'm really sorry! Please don't hate me!"
"Let me out!" she yelled again. I wrote quickly with a quill and put a note on the door.
Love potioned Lily in the room. Please don't open. To the people that live in this room: Quickly enter and make sure she doesn't escape! I don't want her running around the school!
I left it on the door and slid down the banister to the boys. I grabbed the love-stricken James along to the room I paced back and forth thinking the same thing three times. I need someplace to lock and leave the boys in for the night. The door grew and I pushed the boys in. "Sirius Black, keep an eye on both of those boys. I'll be back with Lucius."
I ran to the dungeons and started to call for Lucius. "Lucius? Can you come over here? I need to talk to you!" I yelled, walking through the hall. He met me in the middle of the hallway. "I'm really sorry I have to do this. Stupefy!" The boy fell unconscious. "Wingardium Leviosa."
I walked the floating boy to the Room of Requirement and took his wand on the way there. I entered the room after pacing and thinking the same thing. I saw all the two love potioned boys laying on the beds, and the third throwing up a wand and catching it. I used my wand to put Lucius on the third bed, and sat down next to Sirius. "I really hate you right now." I said to him.
"That was to be expected." he said, and then handed me two wands. "These are theirs. You should put these somewhere safe." I grabbed the two wands. I ran to the other side of the room and started to climb the wall like it was a rockwall. I put the four wands I had confiscated on a little ledge. I climbed back down, where the boys were stirring. Sirius glared at the Slytherin instinctively. I rolled my eyes.
"Where is my wand?" James asked, patting his robe.
"And mine?"
"Mine too?" Remus finished. The boys didn't share a glance at each other. "And why are we here again?"
"Do you boys feel okay?" I asked them cautiously.
"I miss Liiiiiiiiiiiiillllllllllllll lllyyyyyyyyyyyyy!" James complained, flopping back on his temporary bed.
"My head hurts." Lucius and Remus said simultaneously. I raised an eyebrow. The boys looked over at each other.
"Hi Lucius."
"Hi Remus." I was confused. They were being civilized? Since when were they civilized to each other? "How are you?"
"Fine, except an aching headache." Remus said politely. "How about you?"
"Fine. Same as you."
"Sirius, if this turns out that they're in love with each other, I forgive you. This may be hilarious." I whispered to him. I got louder. "Okay peoples, we're camping in here tonight. The bathrooms are over there and you're not allowed to leave unless I approve. If you want to know why, you can ask the idiot right next to me."
"So why are we here, Sirius?" Remus and Lucius asked, again at the same time. I was really freaking out.
"I may or may not of gave you chocolate frogs?" he answered. I reminded him that they didn't have wands. "With love potions?"
"What?" all three exclaimed at the same time.
"Yeah, so now I hid your wands that you're not going to get until the potion wears off. I am officially locking you in this room, got it? Good. Lily also consumed a love potion. I'll tell one of the teachers, probably, to get a antidote. I'll be back in a few minutes. Sirius, can I have the map?" I held out my hand. He took the folded map out of his pocket and handed it to me. I exited the room with a last message, "Be careful, Black. This could be dangerous."
I tapped the map with my wand. "I solemnly swear I am up to no good." I remembered when we were thinking what the password would be.
Flashback
"We should have a map of Hogwarts." James said. I pulled the map I had made in the beginning of the year.
"Like this?" I offered him my drawing of the castle.
"Yeah, but it should be magic, and only we can open it!" Sirius suggested.
"It could have passageways." Remus supplied. "And track people."
"Track people?" Peter asked curiously.
"Yeah, like so we can see if anyone's coming our way." I expanded on the idea.
"But we can't have an alarm on it." Peter said.
"Good point Petes. How about instead we have the names on the map. We can see if anyone's coming our way. Even students." James said.
"We need a password." Sirius said thoughtfully.
"How about, I am only using this for pranking?" James supplied.
"No." I vetoed. "I think it should start with I solemnly swear."
"I solemnly swear to use this for pranking?" James answered.
"I solemnly swear to make mischief?"
"I solemnly swear to be evil?"
"I solemnly swear I am a Marauder?" Peter asked. My eyes widened.
"I got it! I solemnly swear I am up to no good!" I said excitedly. The boys took this into consideration. "We should also have a closing password. One to clear the map."
"Mischief managed." Remus said. We all agreed to the passwords. I started to sketch the drawing, then used my wand instead. It made my quill rise on it's own, and made a better drawing. I outlined already drawn passageways and wrote at the top,
THE MARAUDERS MAP
TO BE EXPANDED
"What do you think?" I passed the parchment around.
"The Marauders Map? Isn't that a bit obvious?" Sirius questioned me.
"To be expanded. We can change it." Remus answered for me. "Where should we put it?"
"Let me handle that." I said, holding out my hand. He gave it to me. With a tap of my wand, it disappeared. The boys gasped. "Calm your faces, it's just hidden."
"Where?" James asked. I smirked the way he had taught me.
"Well, that's for me to know." With that, I left for my room.
End Flashback
The map displayed Hogwarts and it's occupants. I looked for the best way to the hospital wing and raced for the stairs. I passed Peeves on the way. "Hey-a Peeves!" He cackled with laughter. I continued to the wing. I slid down the banisters to get there faster. I almost slipped off once, but was pushed upright by the poltergeist. I thanked him quickly and ran to the wing, only to see the two of the four boys waiting for me. "How'd you guys get here so fast?" They shrugged. I approached Madame Pomfrey.
"Give me a minute; I'm almost done." she stopped me with her hand. She took out the potion and poured it into a patients mouth then turned back to us. "Now what is it that you need?"
"Um..." I felt odd explaining it. "These two, out of four, have consumed love potions. These kind." I handed her the small bottle Sirius gave me. Her eyes widened. "I don't know how long the effects are, but if you could make an antidote, I'll be on my way."
"This is very, very bad. The most I can help you with is limiting the time to three days." she said sadly. "I hope. Do you not know what this is?"
"No. Not at all." I answered.
"This brand was discontinued for time defects. It could be permanent, or not work at all. It barely works correctly. The time limit's usually a few days, but I'll have to check your friends." she told me. "Could you please get them for me?"
"Of course. Lucy, Remy, I'll be back in a few minutes. Stay here." I ordered, then ran off to the girls dormitory. I opened the door quickly and slid inside, to find a sobbing Lily on her bed. I sat on her bed and scratched her back. "Get up Lily, I'm gonna take you to James, okay?" She looked up at me.
"Really?" she asked pleadingly. I sighed silently. The girl had gotten the worst end of the bargain.
"Yes. He'll meet you there. Come on, get up, and let's go." I grabbed her arm and hauled her up, and dragged her the way there. By that time, Sirius had come and had James by the arm. He sighed in relief when I came, then tensed up, as if waiting for me to do something. I looked at him oddly. Reading him like a book, I realized what he did. I narrowed my eyes at him. "Madame Pomfrey, I got the girl and Sirius brought her counterpart. Lily, go sit on the bed."
"Can I sit with James?" she asked.
"Sure, honey. Just let Poppy run some tests on you, okay?" she nodded and sat next to a very happy looking James. I rolled my eyes at the not-yet couple. I turned to Sirius. "You didn't."
"It was an accident!" he said, trying to get on my good side.
"How do you not know one frog from another?" I exclaimed.
"I didn't realize it at the time!" he pleaded. I sighed in annoyance.
"I'm terribly sorry Madame Pomfrey, but it seems someone can't tell the difference between his own chocolate frogs and the ones with love potions. Currently, all of my best friends are drunk on love potions. Joy. Do you need any help?" I asked. I pushed Sirius over to a bed. "I think I can get through to the two love birds over there."
"Actually, you can. Take this and..." she explained what to do with the magical thermometer. I nodded and started with Remus, since he was one of the first people to get a love potion.
"Okay, open up Remy." I told him, and stuck the thermometer in his mouth. I took it out a few minutes later and checked it. 10 days. The thermometer basically told you how long something would last, after you decoded it. I walked over to James next, who was having a pleasant conversation with Lily. "James, sorry to interrupt, but I have to stick this in your mouth. It will only take a few minutes." he nodded, and I did the same to him. Permanently. I wrote that down. I did the same for Lily, Lucius, and Sirius. Lucius was 20 days, Sirius was 3 days, and Lily was permanently. I told Poppy the results.
"Oh dear. I hope this will work. They will need to stay here until the effects kick in."
"Effects?"
"When the start expressing who their love is." she answered. I thought for a minute. "And that will take up to an hour." I checked my watch. 7:00. It had been approximately an hour since Remus had had the frog. I looked over to him expectantly, seeing if he would do something out of character. Well, he already was, since he was talking to Lucius. I was still confused about that. "Do you have anywhere to put them so they won't interact with others?"
"Hm? Oh, yeah." I responded. "I mean, yes, I do."
"Good. Here. Give this potion to them once the reach over fifteen days." she told me. "A quick sip will do fine, and make sure to give it to them immediately if they get to permanent." I took the phial from her and rushed over to James and Lily.
"Lily, take a quick sip of this for me, K?" She did as I asked. "You too, James. Just a quick sip." He did the same. Both of them fell on the bed unconscious. "Poppy, I'm gonna take them back now. I'll be back soon for the others. If any of them get a dreamy expression and stare off into space, then technically they are expressing who they like. These boys are quirky like that. I'll be back in a few."
I levitated them and sneaked down the hallways. After depositing them in the Room of Requirement, I walked back to the hospital wing. All three boys were staring dreamily.
AN: This is part one. Uno. The next will be part two. I got one shoutout.
Ceizzy: I was not thinking of that. Hm.
Anyway, part two will be soon. See ya for now!