Author's Note: Stealth chapters are really hard to write with all the no talking and hand signs and the rolling and cart wheeling. So please just bare with me on this chapter. Thanks
Sorry it took so long Johnny. I know I told you that I'd have this chapter updated before the holidays and here it is. New Years Day. LOL
The six Marauders, literally rolled up to the front doors of Hogwarts. The front doors were still closed and the grounds were empty. Harry looked at his watch, it was only six twenty-nine. He held up one finger and pointed to his watch. They all sat there crouched like frogs, waiting. The ground started to shake but as quickly as it came it stopped. They all looked at one another and shrugged their shoulders.
"What are you doin'?"
The six Marauders fell forward in fright and turned to see Hagrid standing there, "James Sir'us is that you?"
James put a finger to his mouth and made a 'shh' sound.
"What are you doin here?" Hagrid asked.
James looked at Harry and then back to Hagrid. James made a circle motion with his hands, "You didn't see anything." With that the six of them ran out of sight.
When they were far enough away from Hagrid, Harry ripped off his mask, "Ten gallons says he goes straight to Dumbledore. Anyways, Moony," He turned to the younger one, "you need to go straight to Dumbledore's office and make up an excuse and find a way to keep him occupied. We need to get this done as fast as we can." Harry re-masked himself and they rolled back to the front doors.
They went stealth inside just as some passing students saw and the six Marauders quickly hid behind some statutes and knights. The students ignored them and walked inside the Great Hall for breakfast.
Harry saw Snape walking up from the dungeons. Harry grabbed the younger Lupin, ripped off his mask and threw him in plain sight just as Snape passed.
"You," Snape hissed.
The younger Lupin glared at Harry and then smiled at Snape, "Me. So Snivellus, how are you?"
"Why are you here?" Snape hissed.
The younger Lupin thought for a moment, "I came to talk to Dumbledore."
"About what?" Snape asked.
"You know," The younger Lupin smiled, "I came to talk about uh my wand"
Snape eyed him, "Your wand?"
The younger Lupin thought for a moment, "Yeah, it's been acting funny."
"You might want Olliveander for that," Snape replied still glaring.
Lupin crossed his arms, "Well you know what," Lupin tried to think of something to say. "Why don't you go play with your chemistry set."
Snape glared one last time and continued to the Great Hall, "Moron."
The younger Lupin turned on him, "Don't make me go get James and Sirius cause I will. And they will be here in less then two seconds, you know it too. I'm watching you, Snivellus. Oh by the way do you like my clothes? I thought I'd sport black just like you. I call it 'Snape: The Dark Side' even though there's only one side to your 'awesome' personality."
Snape didn't look back, he kept on walking, "That's what I thought. You keep walking Snivellus-Ow." Harry had come up behind him and slapped the back of his head.
Harry pushed him towards the stairs and 'shooed' him away.
The younger Lupin walked up the Grand Staircase heading to Dumbledore's office. On his way he passed by some Hufflepuffs who couldn't stop smiling at him, "Hello," Lupin smiled.
The Hufflepuff's eyes got wide, "Hi."
"And how are you this morning?" Lupin asked being nice.
"Do you know who you are?" One asked.
He smiled, "Why I'm Remus John Lupin."
"You're like a legend here," The other said.
"I have the biggest crush on you, you don't even know," The first one said.
Lupin smiled, "Yeah, I get that a lot."
"Are Sirius and James here?" Another asked.
"No," Lupin replied, "but let me give you some advice. If you see some people dressed in all black with ski masks on and you don't know who they are, run. But don't tell anyone you saw them. That's why Sirius and James aren't here. They ran into some of these guys and told me and now they're gone. Promise that if you see these people that you'll bow to them and tell them you won't tell anyone. If you tell anyone you saw them, then it will only be a matter of time before they come get you like they got James and Sirius. It was horrible."
"Is that true?" One asked.
Lupin eyes them, "What year are you in?"
"Second," They replied.
Lupin nodded his head, "Yes it's true. It was very horrible. I miss James and Sirius very much. You must warn your friends but not the Professors though."
One Hufflepuff got wide-eyed, "I'm scared."
Lupin smiled, "Well, I must be going. I need to talk to Dumbledore about the-well you know. Now run off, you're studies await." Lupin walked away with a smile, "This should be interesting."
He put his mask on and went stealth up to Dumbledore's office getting stares from students as they passed by. He composed himself next to Dumbledore's office. The bell rang for classes and Lupin smiled, "Melon drop." The gargoyle jumped aside and Lupin waited in the middle of the hall for the students.
The first group of students were the Hufflepuff's he met earlier. They bowed as another group of students came up. Some students, Lupin could tell heard the advice and rumors and other's bowed cause others were. When the bell rang the halls were empty and Lupin took off his mask laughing.
He then made his way up to Dumbledore's office.
Back with Harry and the other's….
Harry watched the younger Lupin make his way to Dumbledore's office. He conjured both invisibility cloaks and enlarged them. He gave one to the older Lupin's group which composed of both Sirius' and James went with Harry. Harry gave them two thumbs up and he and James started making their way to the Room of Requirement.
Harry and James went stealth up the stairs while Harry kept the Marauders map out n front of him watching the others. They soon came across a group of Hufflepuff girls who looked scared of something. The group froze and bowed in front of Harry and James, who took two steps back. James and Harry stared at the group and then at each other.
"We won't say a word, we promise," The group of girls said. They then got up and ran from James and Harry's sight.
"I'm not going to lie, that was pretty strange," Harry said.
As they made their way up they hid behind anything they could, they even attempted to blend in with the wall. They failed to do so. All that was really accomplished was scaring a couple first years to death. That brought enjoyment to Harry's and James' life.
The bell rang and Harry and James froze. They were in the middle of a hallway full of classrooms. They ran around for at least two minutes trying to find a place to hide when Harry remembered the invisibility cloak. James had just gotten under it when students began filling in. The second bell rang and they waited until all doors were closed.
They pulled off the cloak and turned to see two Ravenclaws staring at them. The Ravenclaws bowed and ran into their classrooms. James looked at Harry with a questionable look. Harry shrugged his shoulders and pointed to where the Room of Requirement should be on the Marauders Map. Thinking that they've been seen enough, Harry put the invisibility cloak over both himself and James.
They got to the Room of Requirement without running into another person.
"I need somewhere to hide my stuff," Harry thought to himself as he walked back and forth in front of the wall three times. The door appeared as Harry waved his hand over the cloak and made it disappear.
They walked in and skimmed the room for it, "Accio diadem," Harry held his hand out but nothing came.
James turned and looked at Harry, he was clearly amazed at the wandless magic Harry had.
Harry just shrugged his shoulders, "Accio Hufflepuff's diadem."
James smiled and walked away and grabbed something and returned to Harry's side holding back a laugh.
Harry rolled his eyes getting a little annoyed, "Accio horcruxe! I know it's in here. I've seen it before."
James smiled amused, "Keep trying Prongslet."
Two dogs and a wolf…
Both Padfoot's and Moony formed a circle as James and Harry went their way.
"We need to find-" The older Lupin started.
"Shh," The older Sirius sounded a little annoyed. "What part of 'stealth' mode don't you understand? There's no talking in stealth mode."
"We need to go get the other Marauder's Map," The older Lupin said ignoring the older Sirius. "We're going to Filch's office first."
The three froze because a group of Hufflepuffs came running down the stairs as though afraid of something. The students stopped so fast that some even slipped on the stairs and fell.
"We won't tell anyone," Some cried. "I haven't told anyone. I promise."
"Please don't hurt us," Other's begged.
They bowed at the Marauder's feet.
Both Sirius' and the older Lupin pretended like nothing had happened and walked away slowly.
The older Lupin didn't roll around the floor like the Sirius' but he was cautious. When they got to Filch's office the younger Sirius kicked open the door.
"And what if he had been in there?" Lupin asked with an 'I-can't-believe-you-just-did-that' look.
The younger Sirius shrugged his shoulders and walked in.
"Clearly you don't understand what stealth mode means," the older Sirius pointed out. "Prongslet would be very disappointed.
Both Sirius' searched the office as the older Lupin stood against a cupboard that looked as though it would burst at any moment.
The bell rang for classes to start. They were safe as long as Filch didn't walk in. The older Lupin watched both Sirius' make hand signs at each and roll around the room. Both Sirius' looked through other cupboards and found other things from their school years but no Marauder's Map.
After about five or ten minutes the older Lupin coughed getting Sirius' attention, "I think what we're looking for is behind me. I'm just saying."
Both Sirius' pushed him out of the way, "Could you not have told us earlier and saved us all this time?"
"I could have I guessed," Lupin replied smiling.
"And why didn't you?" The younger Sirius asked.
"You never asked," Lupin stood up.
The older Sirius ignored him, "Are you sure it's in here?"
Lupin sighed, "Judging from the writing on it, I'm going to say that yeah, I'm sure."
Both Sirius read it: J.P S.B 1971-1977. "This can't all be things from all seven years though."
The older Lupin sighed once again, "Look around you Padfoot. There are seven other cupboards that say that also. But I'd be careful opening-"
The younger Sirius ignored him and opened the cupboard letting out an avalanche of random things, making all three Marauders fall backwards, covering them.
"Wow, this is a lot of crap," The older Sirius mumbled.
The Younger Wolf…..
Lupin knocked on the door and it swung open on the first knock. Dumbledore was sitting behind this desk, smiling, "Ah, Mr. Lupin."
Lupin laughed and took off his mask, "How did you know it was me, Professor?"
"Who else would dress like that?" Dumbledore asked.
Lupin took a sit in front of his desk, "Sorry sir it was rather cold this morning."
Dumbledore smiled and his eyes twinkled, "What do I own this surprise to?"
Lupin shrugged with his words, "Well, uh, just wanted to um talk."
"Everything with Mr. and Mrs. Potter okay?" Dumbledore leaned forward.
Lupin rolled his eyes, "Peter's still secret keeper if that's what you want to know. And to top it off, he's never around anymore. We hardly see him."
"Doubtful?" Dumbledore asked, smiling a little bit.
"I don't trust him," Lupin sighed. "It all started during seventh year. He made himself so distant. He started hanging with Slytherins behind our backs and lying about it. He changed, Professor. And I don't like it."
"Is that all?" Dumbledore asked, more interested.
Lupin thought for a moment, "Well, see there's this friend and he knows a lot. More then anyone else did and he's well, I guess you could say informed us about what he uh thinks about all this and well I agree with him but the other's do to but Peter is still secret keeper."
"Do I know this new friend?"
Lupin looked around the room before answering, "With a certain extent you do."
"Have you talked to Mr. Potter about your feelings?" Dumbledore asked.
Lupin sighed, "That's the thing, Professor. James agrees with me and Peter is still secret keeper. We both wanted Sirius to take it up but he was still to stubborn to and then this friend, even though he agrees says that Peter is to stay secret keeper."
Dumbledore leaned forward, "Mr. Lupin, the Potter's put their trust into someone they think and feel is worthy enough. If he's rethinking then I suggest he talk to Mrs. Potter about it first."
"That doesn't change the fact that he has to be secret keeper," Lupin replied.
"Who would you put your trust into?" Dumbledore asked. "Someone you grew up with or a new friend?"
Lupin thought choosing his words carefully, "But my new friend, seems to know a lot. A lot about things I'd never imagined would happen."
"Is there something you would like to tell me, Mr. Lupin?" Dumbledore asked.
"No sir, nothing at all," Lupin didn't meet his gaze.
Dumbledore stood up, "Then I must be going. Good evening."
The Potter Boys
Harry was getting frustrated, "Where is that stupid crown?"
"Dumbledore is leaving his office," James said looking at the map. "The younger Lupin is still in his office and the other three are still in the dungeons."
Harry didn't once look over at James. "Prongs, we have to find that crown."
James sighed and decided to end this little game. He stood up, "Hey Harry do you like my crown?"
Harry looked over and looked as though he could murder James, "How long ago did you fine that?"
"Uh, about a couple minutes after we got in here," James smiled and threw Harry the crown.
Harry destroyed it with the sword still glaring at James, "You could have told me earlier and saved us all this time."
James shrugged his shoulders, "Didn't feel like it."
Harry just rolled his eyes, "Let's go."