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The Marauders Map
By Rumours4
Chapter 5
At breakfast the next morning Dumbledore stood up and addressed the students.
"Last night some one used red muggle spray paint on the staff room door, threatening Professor Snape that if he didn't resign that the dungeons would be filled in with muggle cement." There was a few moments of silence then the room exploded with laughter. Dumbledore magically magnified his voice then called for silence. "The only other time this has happened was when Professor Snape was at school and that was to get him to leave."
"Thankyou Padfoot." Said Fred.
"Who ever it was that wrote it, please turn your self in and don't do it again," finished Dumbledore. Fred and George stood up and everyone turned to look at them. Without a word both boys walked up to the teacher's table and stopped. For a few seconds it looked like they were about to confess when…
"Sir, can we have your autograph?" They said together.
"No boys, not at the moment." Said a somewhat flattered Professor Dumbledore.
"OK, sir. Can we please show you something?"
"In a moment boys, just let me finish. And anyone wanting to join house quidditch teams please give your names to your heads of houses. Now boys, what do you have to show me?" this last part was aimed at the twins.
"Sir, we have a letter from the Marauders for you."
"Pass it here then." Dumbledore took the parchment and began to read:
Dear Professor Dumbledore,
We the Marauders would like to thank you for putting up with the pranks we pulled at school. New generations come with new pranks, but there can only be one champion group. That is why when you go to your office tonight we will have left you a gift. Please put it in the trophy room.
Yours mischievously,
Messrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs.
Dumbledore smiled. He remembered these boys, their real names being Remus, Peter, Sirius and James respectively. These troublemakers were around when Snape had been a student, and were responsible for the red painted message back then. Dumbledore looked up and gave a start, the room was almost empty now, he and the Weasley boys were all that were left. "Time for class, boys. And tell the marauders that I will be waiting for tonight."
============11:55 the hall outside Dumbledore's office============
"Minerva, the boys are pranksters. If we can catch them then yay us, but if we can't it's because they have years of help. The twins confirmed my suspicions this morning. They gave me a letter."
"So what Albus?"
"So it was from the Marauders." McGonagall gasped.
"But, James…"
"I know but remember the dungeon they made disappear?"
"Albus-"
"Minerva. It's the boys fault, there's no denying that. I think that there is a teen copy of them in there. I believe that the room is still at Hogwarts, but it is hidden. The time turners must have used magic on it and taken it out of time, a separate time, and they must have also used another type of magic to hide the room, it would have latch onto something that defined the people in the room at the time. Such as a crest or desk or even a building. And the boys would have known all this because, like the room of requirement, it would do what the people in there inside would want."
"Albus that doesn't make sense."
"It doesn't have to, it's magic. Now if you will excuse me, I have something waiting for me in my office. Raspberry twist." And with that he climbed the circular stairs to his office.
When he got to the room the first thing he noticed was that a shield, as big as a saucepan lid, was hovering above his desk. The second thing was a piece of parchment floating next to it. Walking over to them, Dumbledore picked up the note and read
My dear Dumbledore,
The Weasley boys said you would be waiting so we decided to leave you two things. The first, as you can see, is a shield, you haven't read it yet, please do.
The last bit on the note was a statement not a question. Dumbledore smiled to himself, this proved that the room existed outside of time. He reached out grab the shield and read
For being the best and mischievous pranksters
Hogwarts presents this shield to
The Marauders
Dumbledore turned back to the note
Please place that in the trophy room. The second thing is a way to communicate with us, a spell. Just point your wand at your left eye and say yippedy dippedy do.
Yours mischievously,
Messrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs.
Pointing his wand at his left eye Dumbledore said, "Yippedy dippedy do."
