13th of September, 7.09, Great Hall, Breakfast, With the Marauders (minus Sirius), Day of the Shrine Hunt

Well, Black isn't gracing us with his presence this fine Saturday morning. But that's quite alright as nothing could ruin today! Why? Shrine Hunt, of course. I've only been looking forward to it for the past two-ish weeks. I can hardly contain my excited-ness. Really, it's difficult. James asked me why I was in such a good mood because, after all, I was stuck going to Hogsmeade with Regulus Black. (Is the bloke really that bad? I've spoken with him two times, he's quite cordial.) I didn't answer him and, instead, continued on my merry way, skipping down to the Gryffindor Table. Remus seems to be having an easier time containing his excitement. James keeps begging Remus to come to Hogsmeade because Sirius is just going to be absolutely miserable. Not sure why Sirius has gone into such a state of depression...

7.15

According to James and Peter, it's my fault that Sirius is so upset.

7.16

Who knew that going to Hogsmeade with his younger brother would be so upsetting to him?

7.17

James is now blaming me for his friend's actions. (I suppose he threw a tantrum last night in their dorm.)

7.18

I owe James a new pillow and Peter a new sock.

7.20

I refuse to get them a sock and pillow!

7.22

What if I get a sock that is the wrong colour? Or the pillow I get is too soft or too firm?

7.23

Goose feather or owl feather?

7.24

Striped sock or polka-dotted sock?

7.26

Urgh, why am I even thinking about this? I thought I decided to not get them their missing articles!

7.27

I suppose I'll at least know what to get the pair of them for Christmas when it comes time.

7.28

And I'll get Remus chocolate and a book.

7.29

And Lily can get, er... A book? And Bridget would love some sugar quills (she always nibbles on her normal ones). Anne was complaining about her lack of joke products... Wait, why am I even figuring out what to get people for Christmas? It's three and a half months away!

7.33

Something is wrong with me.

7.34

I blame the Shrine Hunt Excitement factor for my loss of common sense.

7.38

Sirius and James are conversing... Or rather, Sirius stalked over here, James started talking to him, and all Sirius is capable of doing is glare at me.

7.39

I felt bad about the whole situation last night, but now I don't care. He's acting like a three-year-old.

7.40

Which means he's about 13 years off as to how old he should be acting. (I had to count it up, alright? Maybe I'm not the best at counting!)

7.43

James and Sirius have gone off. Probably to torture Snape, the poor bloke. So here I am with Remus and Peter.

7.45

D'you think I should leave Peter a mysterious/creepy note under his bed after I locate his shrine?

7.47

Remus, I've resolved to leave him a note once the Sacred Place of S & J is located.

Is that the new code name for it? "The Sacred Place of S & J?"

Yes, it is. He's too thick to figure it out even if he did look over to read what you're writing.

I see. So, you're going to leave him a note? What's it going to say?

I was thinking something creepy or mysterious, you know? Like in those muggle tevelision shows where people find notes that say, "I know where you live" or "I know what colour your jumper is."

... That's a bit creepy, Elizabeth.

But then you lot get to enjoy him wetting himself when he finds the note! See, future entertainment for the Marauders!

Well, Sirius and James would have a good laugh.

Oh yes. Too bad I wouldn't be there to witness it...

Why not?

Because I probably wouldn't have any reason to be up in your dorm later tonight.

Ah, I see. Well, that makes sense then. By the way, it's "television." You keep saying "tevelision." You're switching the v and l around.

Oh. I wasn't aware... Did you know that if all the letters in a word are present but all jumbled up, and as long as the first letter and last letter are left the same, the mind reads it as what the intended word was?

... What are you talking about? That didn't even make sense.

Of cuosre it did! (Cuosre equals Course)

I see what you mean now that you've made it so blatantly obvious.

Well, at least you know what I'm saying.

Where did you hear that from?

My cousin last Christmas hols.

How old is your cousin?

He's 10. And it's great because we both think alike!

I feel so sorry for your parents then.

Why?

I'm sure it's absolute mayhem when the two of you are together.

Indeed it is! Well, it looks like everyone's heading back to the Common Room...

Right.

8.16, Gryffindor Common Room, With the Gang

So, here I am, relaxing with the gang a.k.a. the Inquisitorial Squad. They won't leave me alone about my "date" with Regulus. It's actually quite funny how they think I'd actually go out with the bloke. I suppose the gang doesn't know me as well as I thought they did...

8.19

Bridget has been whisked away by Black. He's apparently trying to prove something to me... I don't know what it is though.

8.21

Maybe he's trying to prove that he can snog anything in sight?

8.23

Poor Bridget... Having to put up with this nonsense. Anne's gone off to apply her beautifying make-up or something. I don't know. I guess I'll tell Lily that I'm not actually going on a date with Black's brother.

8.36

That went surprisingly well. At first Lily was upset that I would lie about something like that, but then when I told her about the Shrine Hunt with Remus, she smiled. And she also was quite happy that I was the reason for Black's misery. Apparently he hasn't been this miserable since, well, actually he's never been this miserable. I must have special powers... Wait, of course I have special powers- I'm a witch!

8.37

Back to Lily's comments. She seemed most pleased that Remus and I would be spending the whole afternoon together. She's still stuck on the idea that Remus is my other PS (potential snog-ee).

8.39

And I still think that the PS isn't Remus because he's quite possibly my best mate.

8.40

At least I know Lils won't be telling anyone about what I'm really doing. And that she'll go along with this pretend date.

8.43

Bridget has finally come back to us.

8.44

She's not very happy that Black was snogging her for so long.

8.45

He's a good kisser, though.

8.46

Or so she tells me.

8.47

Though I'm not sure why she thinks I'd care to know.

8.59

Going up to the dorm to play a bit of Truth or Truth. (Dare's been ruled out because the gang can no longer think of dares for me.)

10.36, En Route to the Library to Hide for a Wee Bit

I told everyone that I was heading down to meet up with "Reg." I was sure to make much ado about the whole thing.

10.37

It is quite entertaining to see Sirius in such a huff.

10.38

It isn't often that he gets riled up about anything, so why not Milk the Riled-Up Cow for all it's worth? (Some barmy yank saying, I think... I don't know why anyone would purposely milk a cow, but, hey... There are farmers out there who do it for a living... I hope they are paid well.)

10.49, In the Back of the Library, Waiting for Remus

So, here I am... Piddly-diddly and all that.

11.04

Mr. Lupin has arrived!!!

11.05

We're just going to wait around for a bit. Make sure everyone is actually, you know, gone.

11.06

Oh Merlin, he actually brought his Runes assignment along with him and he's now working on it.

11.07

He doesn't understand the whole concept of Making Things Up for the Greater Good.

11.11, En Route Back to the Common Room

And we're off! Let the Hunt officially begin! As per usual, Remus is leading the way whilst I write.

11.19

Almost there... Excitement is pulsing through my veins!!

11.23, Common Room, Remus Shall Document for Now

Hello, this is Remus Lupin. I'm being forced to document this "Epic Search" for a shrine that probably doesn't even exist.

11.25, 6th Year Boys Dormitory

I'm not sure why Elizabeth insists on writing the headings, but I suppose I'll humour her and let her do as she pleases. She's just located Peter's bed... I'm not sure why she didn't just ask me which one it was...

11.28

It's Elizabeth again. I'd just like to document that Peter is a pack-rat. I mean, he has so many old books under his bed... Why does he even need them? ... I bet the shrine is hidden behind those books!

11.35

Elizabeth is now sitting on the floor in front of Wormtail's bed, pulling out the books, and inspecting them. Apparently it's possible that he's hidden something within the pages, although I, personally, don't think he's smart enough to have figured that out.

11.38

Not that I'm calling my mate stupid or anything. He can be bright... Sometimes.

11.49

Things found thus far: a pressed flower. Presumably from his mum. Still looking through all the books... This may take awhile, so I'll help Lizzie go through them (there are a lot more than originally thought). I'll update if we find anything interesting.

12.35, Snack Break, On the Floor, Next to Remus

It's quite exhausting looking through all the books that Peter has. I don't think he's even read some of the books. (Some here meaning most of them.) Since I was feeling famished, I demanded that Remus give me chocolate. So we're having a break right now, nibbling on the last of the chocolate he has. Hopefully his mates'll remember to bring him some more from Honeydukes, though I wouldn't count on it. They are a forgetful lot, especially James.

12.46

Finally finished with the chocolate. Now I have to let it digest a bit and then I shall get back to searching and Remus shall get back to documenting. He seems to be doing a fair job of it, but he really needs to be more descriptive. He could've written how old and decrepit the pressed flower was. And we're just assuming it's from his mum because, honestly, do you really think Peter Pettigrew would have a love interest? No, he certainly wouldn't. He's a bloke only a mother could love.

1.02, Back to Searching

I'm going to try to be more descriptive, since Elizabeth wrote that I could work on being descriptive. And thank you for saying I am doing a "fair job" of documenting. I know that what I'm writing probably isn't up to par (golf, you know), but I certainly am trying. So, Elizabeth is currently half-way under the bed. Nothing of particular interest has been seen so far... I think she just lit her wand... She seems to be having a hard time maneuvering under there. Not to mention the fact I can see her red and blue striped knickers. Wait, she's saying something- can't really hear her though...

1.08

She's found a tissue. It says "Sirius' tissue" on it. Bloody hell, she was right. Peter does collect things of theirs! I thought she was just making it up...

1.11

I hope he doesn't have anything of mine... Then I'd be worried. (Elizabeth is finally letting me write the headings.)

1.48

Well, she's come up for air. (Or so she says.) Besides the tissue, she's found a note that James wrote to Lily (asking her on a date, of course), one of Sirius' gloves, and an old pair of shoes (presumably his own, seeing as nothing indicated that they weren't his). Nothing of mine, thank Merlin.

2.17

She's still looking at everything. There must be a lot under there, though I haven't yet looked under Peter's bed. I'm leaving that to Elizabeth since she can actually fit under the bed. I'd probably get stuck and I can only see that ending in disaster.

2.49, Under the Bed, Almost Stuck but Not Quite

She was right. I can't believe it. Peter really does have a whole shrine under his bed. Who knew? (Besides Elizabeth.) How did he get everything set up so quickly? I can only imagine that he'd have a hard time fitting under the bed... I'm having a hard time. Elizabeth and I are squished... Anyway, he has one of James' old textbooks, some magazines that I thought Sirius threw away a long time ago, a sock James wore during last year's final Quidditch match, a comb Sirius lost back in third year... Oh, Lizabeth just found something else...

2.53

It's a chocolate wrapper... What did I do to deserve this? Why couldn't he just be obsessed with Sirius and James? Elizabeth can't stop laughing and she's asked me to give her my autograph. Well, I'm getting out from under here. I've seen far more than I ever wanted to see.

2.59, Freed from the Death Trap known as Under Peter's Bed

Remus is stuck! Haha. He so deserved that... Except not really. He's been a most excellent companion on this hunt, although he just documented the excursion most of the time. At least we know that I was correct to assume that Peter had a shrine.

3.02

I suppose I should help Remus now, yeah?

3.09, Remus' Final Words

Thanks for making it sound like I'm on my death bed, Elizabeth. Very endearing. Well, I suppose all I can say is: Elizabeth, you were right. And you have lovely knickers. I'll be sure to tell Sirius all about them. Oh, did you remember to leave a note? Yours.

3.11

Sorry for the ripped edge of the page. I had to use it to leave the creepy note with Peter's shrine. I wrote, "Dearest Peter, I found your shrine and love it. But beware. I may just decide to tell your mates that you collect their things. Remember: I know where your bed is. Good-day." Remus couldn't stop laughing when he read it. I don't blame him. Well, I probably should head down to Hogsmeade so it looks like I actually was there on a date that went sour.

3.26, En Route to Hogsmeade

I sprinted this far, but now I'm tired so I'll just walk the rest of the way. I can't believe how successful the Shrine Hunt was! Remus and I had so much fun. Although I resent his comment about my knickers. He's such a bloke sometimes.

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Well, I managed it. I absolutely loved writing this chapter, and I sincerely hope it was up to your expectations! Disclaimer: The world of Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling and probably forever will. But she is kind and let's fans like me borrow it, if only for awhile. Please, please, please review kind readers! I love hearing from you and your reviews inspire me to pump out more chapters. Oh, and if you happen to be in search of a clever, charming movie, go see "Becoming Jane." It's very good. Anywubblies, I hope you liked it and keep on reading!