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It was a month after my dad's funeral, nearing the end of October when Remus said that he had something to tell us. Before we could say anything he dragged us into a secret passage-more of a room- that we had discovered the week previously.

It was small, dark, damp and smelled of cheese for some reason but all the same, WE had found it! We all looked expectantly at Remus who suddenly looked edgy.

"Moony, what is it?" James asked.

He shot me a pained look.

"What is it? Go on, tell us!" Sirius prompted.

"Um, I didn't really want to say it til now, Amy, it's something that your dad told me." He confessed, his eyes fixed on mine. My eyes widened.

"What did he say?" I choked, my eyes filling with tears.

"Oh, nothing too much of importance, but he did pass on a fantastic idea."

"What's the idea?" Peter asked, beating me to the mark.

"To make a map of Hogwarts!"

Approximately two seconds of silence followed this before everyone spoke in a rush, speaking over each other and speaking at a speed of 300 words per second. It went something like this…

"That's AMAZING!"

"It's BRILLIANT!"

"GENIUS!"

"How did he think of that?"

"Why didn't we think of that?"

"It can be called…The Marauder's Map!"

"That definitely has a ring to it!"

"All in favour of the Marauder's Map say 'I'," James solemnly ordered, his hand on his heart.

"I" we chorused, mimicking his gesture.

"Right, we need magical parchment and specialised quills." Remus planned, a sparkle in his eyes.

"We should include all of the passage ways and rooms that we found!" Peter said brightly. Honestly, he was so excited that I half-expected him to wet his pants!

"It needs a twist." I decided, "Something that separates it from other maps of other buildings."

"Yeah, but what?" Sirius agreed.

"What about secrecy?" James asked. "So that only we can read the map."

"Where would we find charms like that?" Remus asked sensibly.

"We could always just have a password," I suggested. "Like for the common room, but more…us."

"Dung bomb!" Sirius shouted.

"No, it would have to be more complicated, maybe a phrase or a sentence." Remus pondered aloud.

"Yeah!" Peter contributed unhelpfully.

"I promise that I'll use this map for pranking", James offered.

"That can be worked with", Remus commented, "it just needs to be rephrased."

"I swear-" Sirius began.

"I solemnly swear!" I interjected.

"Brilliant!" Peter squeaked.

"I solemnly swear that…I'll use this map for mischief", I continued.

"Too long!" Sirius yawned.

"I solemnly swear that…I'm a prankster", James suggested.

"Nah!" I dismissed.

"I've got it! Wait for it, wait for it! Drumroll, please!" Sirius proclaimed, dancing around the room with glee. "I solemnly swear that…I am up to no good!"

"Sirius Black, that is the best idea that you have had or will ever have in your life!" I declared as we cheered and hi-fived Sirius.

"But how does that make it secretive?" Peter asked, "what if a professor finds the map before it wears out?"

Way to go and spoil a moment, Pete.

"A second password to wipe it blank", Remus said, as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Something that suggests that you have used the map correctly." James said.

"Prank successful?" Peter tried hopefully.

"Mischief managed", I said softly.

"It's perfect", Remus confirmed.

"It's still missing something," Sirius decided.

"It needs something that will help us sneak around." James said thoughtfully.

"Without getting caught…" Peter added.

"By the Professors", I finished.

"An alarm?" Sirius voiced, "That would ring if a Professor came?"

"No, because then they would know that you are there", I pointed out.

"Oh yeah", Sirius said lamely.

"That's it! Not something to tell you if there's a Professor near you, but where they are at all times!" James exclaimed. "All we'd need is tracking charms!"

"Perfect!" Remus grinned, "They're even in our books, although they are in the 5th Year syllabus."

"We'll manage", Sirius smirked, "After all we are Marauders!"

"Speaking of advanced charms, we need to begin work on our Patronus' soon", I realised.

"Yeah, but I think that we should get all that we need for the map first." James decided.

"I agree", Peter squeaked.

Let the work on the Marauder's map commence!