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Post by zan189 on Aug 5, 2007 5:26:02 GMT -5
Peeves swooshed down upon a tiny first year, dropping a watermelon on her head and cackling madly.
"Eensy weensy little first year is not supposed to run around by herself. Peeves will help you find back to your common room."
With this, he chased the screaming girl up the moving staircases and out of sight.
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Post by moogle on Aug 5, 2007 20:00:59 GMT -5
Peter shuffled past as Peeves whooshed past him, making sure to keep himself well out of site. He had left the common room when Sirius had started getting angry. He had not wanted to listen to any of that, even if Sirius was getting angry at Lily.
What he really wanted to do was talk to James, but he had not seen him for a while. If he had the marauder's map he could find him, but James had that himself.
Sighing, Peter made his way down the steps, hoping that no Death Eaters would catch him in such a vulnerable position. He didn't have his friends to back him up right now, making him an easy target.
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Post by zan189 on Aug 6, 2007 8:32:36 GMT -5
James had been looking for Peter everywhere. He had checked the kitchens (Peter usually liked to go there for a bit of piece and quiet), he had been all the way into the Shrieking Shack, he had even checked the pumpkin patches where Peter sometimes hid when he was pouting. Finally, he went back into his dormitory to fetch the Marauder's Map. Within a few seconds, he had spotted Peter's name on the Potions corridor down in the dungeons.
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Post by moogle on Aug 7, 2007 2:09:34 GMT -5
Peter was startled when he saw James running towards him, but his surprise soon changed to relief.
"James," Peter exclaimed, a small smile coming to his chubby face. He was glad to finally get this chance to talk to James alone, away from all the others, and especially away from Lily.
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Post by Wicked Mimi on Aug 7, 2007 19:12:59 GMT -5
Lily wiped away her tear hurriedly when Remus sat down beside her, "Oh, I think I'm just getting a cold, nasty weather we've been having." She hated crying, but she had done so much of it today. Now the whole school thought she was a Death Eater loving fool. She just couldn't believe it. Remus looked nice tonight, and it was kind of him to come over. She knew after James kissed her, James would try to get his friends to be chumming. Just because Potter made the move and Potter was an arrogant fool, even if he was sweet. But Remus was always there for her, she was glad to call him her friend. "Shouldn't you be out running with "Padfoot" and "Prongs"?" she asked.
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Post by realmer06 on Aug 7, 2007 21:40:35 GMT -5
Remus looked at Lily sadly. He had admired her for a long time, especially the way she had always stood up against James. Not many people dared to do that, as Remus knew from personal experience.
And he knew something was bothering her, and it likely had to do with Snape -- he knew they'd been close until just a few years ago.
"Lily," he said softly but firmly, not allowing her to turn the conversation in another direction. "What's wrong?"
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Post by Wicked Mimi on Aug 8, 2007 17:45:53 GMT -5
"Nothing, really, something must be in my eye," Lily tried to speak firmly, but it came out vaguely pathetic.
She curled her legs up and brushed her red hair out of her eyes, trying not to look at Remus. "How ready are you for the upcoming year?" she asked, another attempt to turn the converstion away from her problems. She trusted Remus but....
"Oh, Remus, why did he do it!?" Lily screamed and a few students looked up in alarm.
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Post by realmer06 on Aug 8, 2007 23:55:06 GMT -5
Remus raised an eyebrow. "Well, Lily, 'he' could refer to quite a few people. Come to mention it, 'it' could as well. Mind narrowing it down for me? And try not to shout. You're frightening the first years."
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Post by zan189 on Aug 9, 2007 13:19:31 GMT -5
"Peter", James exclaimed, finally having found him. "I've been looking for you all over the place, and had to get the Marauder's Map in order to find you."
He trailed off. How should he begin this awkward conversation?
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Post by zan189 on Aug 9, 2007 13:23:01 GMT -5
Peeves was quite content with his accomplishments today. He had chased one little girl and dropped dungbombs on two other first years. He had tormented Mrs. Norris until Filch had appeared and threatened to fetch the Bloody Baron. He had spilled ink on some of the books in the library (Madam Pince had gone into a fit) and finally, he had smashed a blackboard in one of the hardly-used classrooms.
There was only one more thing to do and this would be the best day in his ghostly life...
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Post by Wicked Mimi on Aug 9, 2007 20:49:58 GMT -5
"Who the bloody else? Snape!" Lily hissed, glancing uneasily at the first years. "And the whole death eater stuff, I mean, we used to be such great friends...what went wrong..." she trailed off, looking off, remembering the good days, with no wars.
"I'm sorry, I really shouldn't be troubling you with this nonsense..." she stood up, ready to leave Remus alone.
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Post by realmer06 on Aug 9, 2007 22:49:26 GMT -5
"Lily, please," Remus said, reaching up to grab at her hand and pull her down again. "You're not troubling me; I asked. As for what went wrong . . ." He trailed off, frowning sadly at hard memories of his own. "I guess it's what always goes wrong. People are afraid of differences. You just had the bad luck to get caught in the middle of a fight you can't stop."
He stood so he could look her in the eyes, still holding onto her wrist. "You're not to blame for what Snape's become," he said softly. "You've done everything you could have, Lily. Being his friend through everything? It's commendable. But you can't change what people are brought up to be. They're always going to fear those who are . . . different."
The words held a double meaning for Remus, though he was fairly sure Lily wouldn't pick up on it. He was fairly sure she didn't know . . . they'd been so careful . . . But Lily, he knew, was clever enough to figure it out, if she thought anything was amiss. James and Sirius and Peter had been after all. It was the one thing he didn't know and couldn't ask.
Did she know?
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Post by moogle on Aug 10, 2007 1:57:03 GMT -5
Peter shrugged slightly, surprised that he had been so hard to find. "I was looking for you actually too. What a coincidence, eh?"
Not waiting for a reply, Peter decided to just plough right on into what he wanted to say. He wasn't normally so blunt, but tonight he didn't feel like being walked on. His so-called-friends all often misjudged him, but Peter was not stupid. A coward-yes- but not stupid.
"I wanted to talk to you about how things are going actually," Peter began in his squeaky voice. "I mean, we haven't had much of a chance to talk with Lily taking all your time..." Peter ended in a slightly bitter tone.
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Post by broken2nite on Aug 10, 2007 2:01:41 GMT -5
Sirius took off like a shot after James bolted out the door. When he finally caught up with him he found James and Peter standing there, looking quite awkward, like they were having a serious conversation. Sirius decided to break a bit of the tension.
"Oi! Prongs, Wormy! What are you two lads doin' all the way down here, eh? Havin' one of yah girly type chats, are yah Wormy?" Sirius smirked, putting a lazy arm around his best mate James. "Look Prongs, we gotta talk about this Snape situation. Whenever you two are done here, of course." Sirius knew James would definately be up for a bit of mischief, especially if it involved Snape and exposing him and his Death Eater ways to Lily.
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Post by moogle on Aug 10, 2007 2:08:10 GMT -5
Peter's eyes flashed with a rare expression of hate when Sirius barged in. Just when he was about to have a talk with James, Sirius comes and ruin it. Seething inwardly, Peter contemplated telling Sirius to leave them, but then he realised that James would of course side with Sirius and he would be left feeling like a fool...
Swallowing his anger, Peter stared at Sirius curiously. "Didn't Lupin tell you to leave Snape alone? You don't want them trying anything on you, do you? I mean, your rashness gets us all in trouble." Peter muttered, his sense of self-preservation kicking in.
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