Day three and I'm still here! Hahaha it doesn't seem that impressive but trust me, it is :P
So please leave a review and tell me what you think!
I'm always in need of good ideas!
"So I was thinking about getting my mum a-"
Snow exploded in a halo around James' head as he whipped around catching Sirius in the act.
"Why you fucker…"
"Gotta watch your back Jamie!" Sirius cackled, dancing out of the way of his friend's snowball.
Remus crossed his arms, "Come on guys, we've got to get to class." He turned to leave them behind when all of a sudden he felt something cold slam into his back.
"Peter!"
"What?! Sirius started it!"
Watching the exchange James grabbed a handful of snow and lobbed at Peter.
"SNOWBALL FIGHT!" He bellowed, sprinting away from Sirius who was in hot pursuit, ignorant to what he had just started.
A passing Ravenclaw girl saw her chance and with brilliant aim, nabbed them both in the head.
In barely minutes the courtyard had erupted into chaos as every person with close reach to snow was simultaneously getting pummeled and on the attack at the same time. Remus was hiding behind a tree looking for the quickest route of escape in a desperate attempt to make it the the Potions review session, but there was no area that was safe. It was a war zone out there.
James and Sirius had taken the initiative and introduced magic into the game, and were now nearly out of sight at the edge of the forest, wands out.
Harder, faster snowballs, invisible snowballs, heat seeking snowballs, multiplying snowballs that once they hit you would bury you under a mountain of snow. If James and Sirius could think of it, they could do it, and they were most certainly doing it.
Peter had long since disappeared into the haze of flying snow and right now Remus was far more worried about a group of snow covered Hufflepuff girls who were getting uncomfortably close to his hiding spot.
"Oi, Remus." A voice whispered and Remus jumped.
"Peter?"
"Over here Remus."
Remus turned around, squinting for a moment before he saw a large white bush wave at him.
"What…"
"Come here, quick!"
Taking a tentative step forward Remus watched in awe as an arm appeared from the white bush and dragged him in.
"What is happening…"
Peter, now fully visible smiled brightly.
"I gave up on the whole, eye for an eye snowball thing."
"I..uh, yeah."
"So I went for a more offensive route."
"I see that." Reaching out Remus tapped the white thing. "Is this ice?"
"Yup, I just kept freezing the snow they threw at me."
"Right."
They huddled together for another minute or so before Peter asked "where are James and Sirius?"
James and Sirius, were in fact waging a two man war against what seemed like the entire Hogwarts population.
James was in charge of snowballs, Sirius with the aim. Together they worked as a seamless team, what looked like waves of snowballs flying out of the treeline where they had set up camp.
"We're running out of snow Sirius!" James yelled over the wind and screaming of other students as the snow in the near area was already gone, spots of dead grass showing through.
"We'll have to move!"
"We can't! They'll get us if we do!"
"Well then…I guess we'll just have to go out with a bang!"
Sirius spared a glance at James.
"It's been a pleasure Potter."
"Same to you Black."
That day was forever known as the Snowball Incident of 1975.
Neither Sirius nor James ever reveled the spells they used, and so far no Professor has been able to figure it out.
The mystery goes unsolved, yet the effects are still felt to this day as some students have seen unusual scenes of a stag and massive dog made of snow parading the grounds on this day.
On a side note, not a single Marauder made it class that day.
So...review? And just a thank you to Dr Crazy Glasses for this idea, I hope you like it!
