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FOUR WEEKS! IT TOOK YOU FOUR FREAKING WEEKES TO EVEN START ON THIS CHAPTER!
I'M SORRY! I was delving into old stories and authors and had an epiphany- sort of- and that reminds me- I need to see if I can find the Scandalous story-
NO! No more stories! That's for later! And you still have to do your homework!
Damn homework, its summer, all the grades have to do a corrupt government because we "read too much fiction". That's impossible! I've got an excellent argument I've been working on and-
STORY!
Shout out to a very special reviewer!
Recently people have been reviewing and adding this story to favorites and such, but there is someone I would like to nominate…
Thecompletebookworm- glad I could make your day, sorry if you've been having a tough time lately. Anyway, you're my special reviewer! (DUN DUN DUNN) YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO HASN'T CRITIQUED ON MY SPELLING! WAHOOOO!
To those who do look at my spelling (yep, I'm looking at you, hpfan224) sor-ry. If you read my profile you will see that I am aware of it and I'm sorry! I don't have a beta and I did give you warning. You know, it's gotten a lot better at it.
Anyway, enjoy!
Despite the possibility of missing breakfast, the marauders all slept in the next day. When Remus happened to wake up first, to everyone's surprise, he quickly got everyone moving. They were good at finding their way to the great hall because no matter where the stairs moved, they gust had to get to ground level, but the trick was finding your way around the levels. Since the marauders were late, there was no older student to follow like they usually did, so when they made it to the great hall only two minutes were left.
"No!" Madelyn cried after scanning the table. There were no cinnamon rolls left.
The other marauders faces were a mix of pity and laughter as they looked at their friend. Madelyn glared at them before getting some eggs.
"That's all you're eating?" Sirius asked in disbelief while the others scavenged for as much food as they could get.
Madelyn was calmly eating watching them, "when it comes to cinnamon rolls I can eat twenty, but otherwise I'm good."
Sirius shook his head. Madelyn was weird.
The marauders were late to Herbology. After saying a hurried apology, they quickly went to see what had happened to the plants. They didn't notice lily evens giving them a hard stare.
Professor sprout was talking, "so, your Peprit Peps, or Powder Pixies, should have reached maturity, you simply will be repotting them into larger pots so they can reach maximum size. Make sure you wear your gloves, as I said Monday, you don't want to get their powder on your skin."
The marauders grinned at each other as they all pulled small glass jars from their pockets. They each repotted around twenty of the powdered pixies, so their jars were secretly filled more than three-fourths with the powder. Madelyn thought it looked like Texas dirt.
As they left the green house, James was talking, "Remus, we shall forever worship you for finding time to look in the library for all of the spells we need."
"Yah, Remus!" laughed Madelyn.
Sirius was laughing too, "Yes, all hail his great amazingness!"
Remus gave them a little shove, "shut up."
"Hey!" Sirius tackled Remus and they rolled around fighting in the dirt. No one cared when people passed giving them funny looks. Lily evens was passing by with a scornful look as Madelyn gestured to James, "after you?" James smiled at Madelyn before they both launched onto their friends in a dog pile.
Lily evens marched off with disdain.
By the time the marauders had untangled all of their limbs and stopped laughing and made their way to the potions room they were covered with dirt and looked very scruffy. James' hair was even messier which his friends all thought impossible. Slughorn took one look at them before turning away to start his lesson.
And so the marauders day went rather smoothly all things considered. After dinner they followed a Slytherin the common room to check on the password. It was the same. They then took a nap before astronomy.
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"Oh, man," Sirius said, "we are so lost."
"What? Nonsense! Lost is just another word for adventure!"
He gave Madelyn a quizzical look, "you know Madelyn, I'm starting to worry about your sanity."
"Aw, thanks Sirius, I didn't know you cared."
Remus was looking a bit panicked, "guys, we are lost, and it is not a good idea to miss your first class! The teachers could hate you forever and-"
"Remus, oh, Merlin!" James exclaimed. "Geez relax! The professors will love us. Although you're right we are lost. Where is astronomy anyway?"
"In the highest room, in the tallest tower," Madelyn quoted.
Sirius looked at her, "how did you know that?"
"I…wait what?"
"Wait you didn't mean to do that?"
"No," she answered James, "I'm muggleborn, so I know nothing about this place. And stop straining at me like that, Sirius."
Remus looked around, "well, let's try those stairs, since we have to go up."
They got half-way through before Remus stopped, saying it was the wrong tower.
"How do you know that?" James asked.
"The stars. But where-"
Madelyn broke him off with a funny voice, "aw, man, I am so freaking lost. Where the hell is the class?"
"That is the worst imitation of me I have ever heard."
"And how many have you heard?"
Remus cracked a smile, "including that one? One."
"Gotcha."
"So what do we do now?" Sirius asked.
"Hmm," James went, "I dunno… let's ask him." He pointed to a portrait of a knight and a fat pony. Both were asleep, snoring.
"How? They're both asleep."
"We could knock," Madelyn suggested.
James went up and knocked, "hey, wake up, lazy knight, guy… and the horse."
The knight blearily opened his eyes half-way, and they flew open wide when he saw the skinny boy looking at him.
"ARRGH! Who dares awaken sir Cadogan from his slumber! Stay firm and fight you scurvy coward!" he shouted, trying to get up of the ground, but eventually fell back down heavily. Even his pony looked at him with disdain.
James tried again, "hey, um… hi. So… he need your help, and-"
"You mangy dog, why don't you," he froze having caught sight of Madelyn. "Well, apologies, m'lady. What can I do for you, and your caravan of knights?"
"Oh," she said, glancing at James and Remus, "um… we, ah, we need to get to the astronomy tower?"
"Of course, onward!" he cried trying to mount the pony. It took a few steps and he fell off. "Never mind, on foot!" racing off.
"Why do I get the feeling he falls off a lot?" James asked Remus before they both raced off after him.
"Are you a seer?" Sirius asked, still looking at her funny.
"What?" Madelyn asked over her shoulder as she raced off.
"Huh?" Sirius looked as though he had been snapped out of something. "Wait, where did everyone go?" he asked before running off after the echoing footsteps.
He led them down several stairs, across hallways and floors, and then up several stairs, until they reached a portrait of what looked like several opera women.
Cadogan stopped there, "I'm afraid you will have to venture forth into the belly of the beast to finish our great and noble quest. I cannot proceed since there are no more paintings I can go forth in. farewell my faithful, brave comrades." And with that he raced back to his portrait, or at least, how much he could race, since he was very out of shape.
All of the marauders stood there looking at each other, "he's mental, absolutely insane."
"I like him," Madelyn said looking thoughtful.
Sirius shook his head, "defiantly worried about your sanity."
"What was that about?" James asked.
Remus answered in what was a teacher voice, "my guess is that since he's a knight, he's been taught to behave and be polite to the females of our species. Therefore, when he saw Madelyn, he became chivalrous."
James had his head tilted back, eyes shut, and a light snore was escaping from his open mouth. When Remus stopped talking, he snapped up, aware. "Huh? Wha-"
Madelyn was looking at the opera women, "why are they still asleep?"
Sirius pointed at several dusty, but empty bottles at their feet.
"Oh."
And with that, the young marauders climbed the stairs to astronomy.
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At the class, Remus showed that he knew quite a bit about the moon, Sirius knew all of the stars, which apparently had something to do with a tree, Madelyn knew some constellations, and James simply said the stars were pretty.
When they left, they didn't go to their common room, they went to the dungeons. It was time to get things set up.
"Let's do this."