More HP ramblings =]
Once again I've popped up a little bit of HP ramblings, this one is however not actually related to the rp I've been doing and is just a piece of general fanfiction for the sheer hell of it. xD
Just the four Marauder boys having a bit of a chat about what they plan to do next, written just for humour with no romantic undertones or anything.
I've called it. Shut Up!
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"I think we should do it..."
"Are you sure? I mean... I really think that might be too difficult for us."
"Nah, no way. I'm with James, we should definitely do it."
"You would be, Padfoot, you always are."
"What, are you gonna side with Peter then, Moony?"
"Wa- Wait! I never said it wasn't a good idea Sirius! James always comes up with the most clever and fun-"
"Shut up Pete."
"Don't be mean Sirius, and don't jump to conclusions either, I didn't say that. In fact I quite noticeably haven't given my opinion at all yet..."
"Well. Maybe you should. Merlin, Remus, stop being so timid and speak out for once!"
"Well maybe you should shut up for five seconds so I can..."
"Well maybe you're an idiot."
"Well maybe you like the sound of your own voice too much."
"Well maybe it's just that sexy..."
"Shut up Sirius."
"Look." James interjected in a business like tone, lifting a hand and shoving his palm quite soundly against Sirius cheek, turning his half formed reply into something that sounded far more like a splutter. "Can we all just shut the hell up about Sirius sexy voice and get back to discussing my exceedingly brilliant , spectacular and wonderful plan? You know. The fantastically epic one I just told you all about?"
"Only if I'm allowed to gnaw your thumb off the next time you shove my face, Prongs." Sirius added with a faux 'innocent' smile, his head still tilted slightly to the side where James had pushed it, his eyes flicking over to his friend as his smile shifted into a grin. "Brush your hair Potter, you're a scruffy mess."
"At least I don't look, and smell like I took a bath in the lake this morning."
"Oh that can definitely be arranged if you'd like to try it? I assure you it's quite refreshing."
"Shut up Pads."
"Weren't we supposed to be discussing your amazing plan...?" Remus decided it was time to bring the conversation around to it's true direction again.
"It really was a good plan James!"
"Shut up Pete!"
"Be Nice Black, Don't tell Peter to shut up when he's being so very right! I am wonderful. Perfect even, and we were meant to be talking about my amazingly wonderful and endlessly spectacular plan! Stop distracting us Moony! Merlin, your behaviour is quite unsuitable for a Marauders meeting! We're in our sacred meeting place!"
"We're in a broom closet hiding from Filch..."
"Shut up Moony, that's not the point." James stated with a negligent wave of his hand. "This is a vitally important meeting. The outcome of this discussion could affect our very existence."
"If it's so important, why the hell didn't we just have it in the dorm room?" Sirius queried, lounging back against the wall, just about perched on an upturned bucket that had clearly seen better days.
"That would have made much more sense."
"Valid point." Remus stated with a nod of his head. "We wouldn't be risking detention that way."
"Or having to run around quite so much..." Peters tone was a little disgruntled, as if he'd also just realised the logic of Sirius sentiments.
"No sense of adventure." James stated in a tragic voice, his arm looped around a mop that he was using to hold himself up, though it was leading to some dangerous looking swaying motions.
"No. We have a sense of adventure Prongs. We just have some sense of self preservation as well." Remus added mildly.
Sirius grinned at him.
"Okay..." He amended. "I do."
"But you're a prefect." James stated. "It's your job to be boring."
"I'm not boring." Remus added. "I just don't want to spend my life in detention."
"Oh come on, I don't get that many!"
"Would you like me to ask Lily how many times she's given you and Padfoot detention this last month?"
"Shut up Moony. Shut up. In fact. I hereby ban you from speaking for the rest of my special and utterly important meeting. You're banned Moony!" James was grinning broadly at him.
Peter laughed, but Sirius just shook his head pityingly at James.
"Problem there, Prongsie old boy." He stated with a slightly patronising note to his voice. "As much as I am of course utterly in support of Mumbly Moony being silenced," he ignored Remus making a rude gesture at him, "I have to point out to you that sadly, the very direction that this entire conversation started off in was us endeavouring to gain his opinion on said glorious, wondrous and altogether most excellent endeavour."
"Damn." James stated, nearly stumbling over as he leant a little too much to one side, putting too much faith in a swaying mop and having to stick a foot out to balance himself, kicking Peter lightly in the process. "Whoops! Sorry there mate!" He stated with a grin, flicking his eyes over to Remus a moment later. "Fine then, fine! Okay, you can talk, Moony, but only as long as you promise to stay on topic, the moment you start going on about how what we're doing is breaking the rules I'm going to ban you again."
"What about when you start going off on one about Evans then, Prongs?" Remus asked with a small smile.
"Yeah." Sirius stepped in. "Gushing about her long, lovely legs..."
"Her Soft, satin skin..." Remus joined again.
"How much you wish you were the cup of tea she was sipping in the morning." Peter added.
"Nice one." Sirius stated.
Peter looked pleased.
"Shut up you guys!" James snapped back, his expression slightly uncomfortable and a little embarrassed that once again, they were calling him out. Bastards. "Come on them Remus, give us your damned opinion, we're all terribly excited to hear it." His tone was just ever so slightly sulky. He'd not even mentioned Lily once so far! He'd been very restrained... she did have remarkable legs though... and he did rather like her hair as well.
Remus however shifted around slightly on box of hand soaps he'd settled on and propped his chin thoughtfully on his hand, his elbow propped on his knee. "So let me sure I've got this straight..." He mused quietly. "You want us to sneak out of the Gryffindor tower in the middle of the night..."
James nodded quite brightly.
"All tucked under your invisibility cloak..."
"Cosy as you like!" James replied.
"Too warm though..." Sirius stated.
"The price we pay my friend..." James' tone was solemn.
"Yes anyway. You want us to sneak down to the dungeons, find our way to Slughorns storage cupboard, get ourselves into it somehow..."
"Nothing we can't handle I'm sure!" James cut in. "You're excellent with unlocking spells after all Moony."
"Flattery will get you everywhere." The sandy haired boy stated in a dry tone, though with the addition of a slightly depreciating smile. "As I was saying however, get into the potions cupboard, steal enough ingredients to make an exceedingly effective shrinking solution... on that score, just one question... do any of you even remember what we need?"
"No." James stated blandly. "Shrinking solutions are so third year. That's why we've got you. Duh, Moony. Use that almost unnaturally retentive brain of yours for something useful for once."
Remus rolled his eyes. "What, instead of, you know, passing exams? Oh well... as I do happen to know...You need daisy roots, which you must chop evenly, if they're all different sizes it just won't work. A shrivelfig which you need to skin, one caterpillar, finely sliced, one rat spleen and a dash of leech juice..."
"I knew that." Sirius Stated with a lazy grin on his lips.
"Oh I hate slicing caterpillars...".
"I know Pete." James sympathised with their chubby friend. "They're just so juicy... and they pop when you cut them." Peter made a strange noise in reply and went rather quiet. Sirius just laughed.
"See!" James continued on however, quietly but excitedly. "You're excellent at this remembering business Remus! Now come on! What do you say? Are you with us, or are you going to be a great plate soggy flobberworm mush about it? Come on Mate! It's a brilliant plan and you know it! Once we've got it all merry and made we need to do is take the vial down to breakfast with us and just wait for the perfect moment..."
"The perfect moment...?" Remus questioned with a quirked eyebrow. "The perfect moment to shrink something back down to it's initial state...? While also making it really... really tiny..?"
"Yeah..." James stated with a slightly blissful smile on his lips. "I'm thinking the Slytherin's stools in potions class..."
"Or maybe the backs of their robes in the great hall at breakfast..." Sirius added with an equally pleased look. "Their clothing would try to choke them before unravelling, can you think of a more wonderful sight?"
"I can't say I'm that much of a fan of half naked Slytherins..." Remus stated, but his objection was apparently ignored.
"Either works, yeah" James interjected with a nod. "All we need to do is levitate enough of the potion over to them, it's simple as anything."
"You know I can't help you with that bit..." Remus stated, though he couldn't help the smile playing on his lips. "It does sound like it could be pretty... challenging spell-work however." His smile had turned into something of a grin. "And you know, I simply have to approve of my friends bettering their skills after all..."
"So you're in then?" James asked with a bright, sunny smile.
"I'm in." Remus stated.
"Excellent!" Sirius stated, lifting a hand and punching the air. Let's get started!"
A moment later however, Remus spoke up once more. "Next question..." His tone was dry again. "How the heck do we get out of his cupboard when Filch could be sat right outside waiting to pounce...?"
"Damn..." Sirius stated with a sigh.
"We really should finish that map..." James lifted a hand to brush his hair back from his face. "It'd be kinda useful just now, huh?"
"We're going to have to run, aren't we...?" Peter asked in a depressed tone.
"Oh yeah." Sirius replied.
"Definitely." James nodded. "Sirius and I'll run left, Moony, you take Pete right with you, Filch'll be way more interested in black and I anyway." He couldn't help but grin. This part was always exciting.
"I'll open the door." Remus stated with a smile at James, patting their slightly less athletic friend on the shoulder. "Come on Peter."
"Here we go then!" Sirius hopped to his feet with a grin matching James's exactly. This was what they lived for, the crazy rush of excitement and every effort to make sure that all of them made it to the end out of trouble. Of course sometimes it didn't happen, but hey. That was what the next time was for.
Just the four Marauder boys having a bit of a chat about what they plan to do next, written just for humour with no romantic undertones or anything.
I've called it. Shut Up!
~*~Shut Up!~*~
~*~
~*~
~*~
"I think we should do it..."
"Are you sure? I mean... I really think that might be too difficult for us."
"Nah, no way. I'm with James, we should definitely do it."
"You would be, Padfoot, you always are."
"What, are you gonna side with Peter then, Moony?"
"Wa- Wait! I never said it wasn't a good idea Sirius! James always comes up with the most clever and fun-"
"Shut up Pete."
"Don't be mean Sirius, and don't jump to conclusions either, I didn't say that. In fact I quite noticeably haven't given my opinion at all yet..."
"Well. Maybe you should. Merlin, Remus, stop being so timid and speak out for once!"
"Well maybe you should shut up for five seconds so I can..."
"Well maybe you're an idiot."
"Well maybe you like the sound of your own voice too much."
"Well maybe it's just that sexy..."
"Shut up Sirius."
"Look." James interjected in a business like tone, lifting a hand and shoving his palm quite soundly against Sirius cheek, turning his half formed reply into something that sounded far more like a splutter. "Can we all just shut the hell up about Sirius sexy voice and get back to discussing my exceedingly brilliant , spectacular and wonderful plan? You know. The fantastically epic one I just told you all about?"
"Only if I'm allowed to gnaw your thumb off the next time you shove my face, Prongs." Sirius added with a faux 'innocent' smile, his head still tilted slightly to the side where James had pushed it, his eyes flicking over to his friend as his smile shifted into a grin. "Brush your hair Potter, you're a scruffy mess."
"At least I don't look, and smell like I took a bath in the lake this morning."
"Oh that can definitely be arranged if you'd like to try it? I assure you it's quite refreshing."
"Shut up Pads."
"Weren't we supposed to be discussing your amazing plan...?" Remus decided it was time to bring the conversation around to it's true direction again.
"It really was a good plan James!"
"Shut up Pete!"
"Be Nice Black, Don't tell Peter to shut up when he's being so very right! I am wonderful. Perfect even, and we were meant to be talking about my amazingly wonderful and endlessly spectacular plan! Stop distracting us Moony! Merlin, your behaviour is quite unsuitable for a Marauders meeting! We're in our sacred meeting place!"
"We're in a broom closet hiding from Filch..."
"Shut up Moony, that's not the point." James stated with a negligent wave of his hand. "This is a vitally important meeting. The outcome of this discussion could affect our very existence."
"If it's so important, why the hell didn't we just have it in the dorm room?" Sirius queried, lounging back against the wall, just about perched on an upturned bucket that had clearly seen better days.
"That would have made much more sense."
"Valid point." Remus stated with a nod of his head. "We wouldn't be risking detention that way."
"Or having to run around quite so much..." Peters tone was a little disgruntled, as if he'd also just realised the logic of Sirius sentiments.
"No sense of adventure." James stated in a tragic voice, his arm looped around a mop that he was using to hold himself up, though it was leading to some dangerous looking swaying motions.
"No. We have a sense of adventure Prongs. We just have some sense of self preservation as well." Remus added mildly.
Sirius grinned at him.
"Okay..." He amended. "I do."
"But you're a prefect." James stated. "It's your job to be boring."
"I'm not boring." Remus added. "I just don't want to spend my life in detention."
"Oh come on, I don't get that many!"
"Would you like me to ask Lily how many times she's given you and Padfoot detention this last month?"
"Shut up Moony. Shut up. In fact. I hereby ban you from speaking for the rest of my special and utterly important meeting. You're banned Moony!" James was grinning broadly at him.
Peter laughed, but Sirius just shook his head pityingly at James.
"Problem there, Prongsie old boy." He stated with a slightly patronising note to his voice. "As much as I am of course utterly in support of Mumbly Moony being silenced," he ignored Remus making a rude gesture at him, "I have to point out to you that sadly, the very direction that this entire conversation started off in was us endeavouring to gain his opinion on said glorious, wondrous and altogether most excellent endeavour."
"Damn." James stated, nearly stumbling over as he leant a little too much to one side, putting too much faith in a swaying mop and having to stick a foot out to balance himself, kicking Peter lightly in the process. "Whoops! Sorry there mate!" He stated with a grin, flicking his eyes over to Remus a moment later. "Fine then, fine! Okay, you can talk, Moony, but only as long as you promise to stay on topic, the moment you start going on about how what we're doing is breaking the rules I'm going to ban you again."
"What about when you start going off on one about Evans then, Prongs?" Remus asked with a small smile.
"Yeah." Sirius stepped in. "Gushing about her long, lovely legs..."
"Her Soft, satin skin..." Remus joined again.
"How much you wish you were the cup of tea she was sipping in the morning." Peter added.
"Nice one." Sirius stated.
Peter looked pleased.
"Shut up you guys!" James snapped back, his expression slightly uncomfortable and a little embarrassed that once again, they were calling him out. Bastards. "Come on them Remus, give us your damned opinion, we're all terribly excited to hear it." His tone was just ever so slightly sulky. He'd not even mentioned Lily once so far! He'd been very restrained... she did have remarkable legs though... and he did rather like her hair as well.
Remus however shifted around slightly on box of hand soaps he'd settled on and propped his chin thoughtfully on his hand, his elbow propped on his knee. "So let me sure I've got this straight..." He mused quietly. "You want us to sneak out of the Gryffindor tower in the middle of the night..."
James nodded quite brightly.
"All tucked under your invisibility cloak..."
"Cosy as you like!" James replied.
"Too warm though..." Sirius stated.
"The price we pay my friend..." James' tone was solemn.
"Yes anyway. You want us to sneak down to the dungeons, find our way to Slughorns storage cupboard, get ourselves into it somehow..."
"Nothing we can't handle I'm sure!" James cut in. "You're excellent with unlocking spells after all Moony."
"Flattery will get you everywhere." The sandy haired boy stated in a dry tone, though with the addition of a slightly depreciating smile. "As I was saying however, get into the potions cupboard, steal enough ingredients to make an exceedingly effective shrinking solution... on that score, just one question... do any of you even remember what we need?"
"No." James stated blandly. "Shrinking solutions are so third year. That's why we've got you. Duh, Moony. Use that almost unnaturally retentive brain of yours for something useful for once."
Remus rolled his eyes. "What, instead of, you know, passing exams? Oh well... as I do happen to know...You need daisy roots, which you must chop evenly, if they're all different sizes it just won't work. A shrivelfig which you need to skin, one caterpillar, finely sliced, one rat spleen and a dash of leech juice..."
"I knew that." Sirius Stated with a lazy grin on his lips.
"Oh I hate slicing caterpillars...".
"I know Pete." James sympathised with their chubby friend. "They're just so juicy... and they pop when you cut them." Peter made a strange noise in reply and went rather quiet. Sirius just laughed.
"See!" James continued on however, quietly but excitedly. "You're excellent at this remembering business Remus! Now come on! What do you say? Are you with us, or are you going to be a great plate soggy flobberworm mush about it? Come on Mate! It's a brilliant plan and you know it! Once we've got it all merry and made we need to do is take the vial down to breakfast with us and just wait for the perfect moment..."
"The perfect moment...?" Remus questioned with a quirked eyebrow. "The perfect moment to shrink something back down to it's initial state...? While also making it really... really tiny..?"
"Yeah..." James stated with a slightly blissful smile on his lips. "I'm thinking the Slytherin's stools in potions class..."
"Or maybe the backs of their robes in the great hall at breakfast..." Sirius added with an equally pleased look. "Their clothing would try to choke them before unravelling, can you think of a more wonderful sight?"
"I can't say I'm that much of a fan of half naked Slytherins..." Remus stated, but his objection was apparently ignored.
"Either works, yeah" James interjected with a nod. "All we need to do is levitate enough of the potion over to them, it's simple as anything."
"You know I can't help you with that bit..." Remus stated, though he couldn't help the smile playing on his lips. "It does sound like it could be pretty... challenging spell-work however." His smile had turned into something of a grin. "And you know, I simply have to approve of my friends bettering their skills after all..."
"So you're in then?" James asked with a bright, sunny smile.
"I'm in." Remus stated.
"Excellent!" Sirius stated, lifting a hand and punching the air. Let's get started!"
A moment later however, Remus spoke up once more. "Next question..." His tone was dry again. "How the heck do we get out of his cupboard when Filch could be sat right outside waiting to pounce...?"
"Damn..." Sirius stated with a sigh.
"We really should finish that map..." James lifted a hand to brush his hair back from his face. "It'd be kinda useful just now, huh?"
"We're going to have to run, aren't we...?" Peter asked in a depressed tone.
"Oh yeah." Sirius replied.
"Definitely." James nodded. "Sirius and I'll run left, Moony, you take Pete right with you, Filch'll be way more interested in black and I anyway." He couldn't help but grin. This part was always exciting.
"I'll open the door." Remus stated with a smile at James, patting their slightly less athletic friend on the shoulder. "Come on Peter."
"Here we go then!" Sirius hopped to his feet with a grin matching James's exactly. This was what they lived for, the crazy rush of excitement and every effort to make sure that all of them made it to the end out of trouble. Of course sometimes it didn't happen, but hey. That was what the next time was for.