the Marauders story- year one

the prank

For the following days Remus has indeed been spending time on the map.

one day when he was hiding behind one of thoses big rug things on the wall he was trying to lean back to get away from one of Sirius's cousins. bellatrix? Or Naricass? Whichever one they had a wild psychotic atmosphere around them. Remus took a step back expecting to feel the comforts of the cold ancient stones that built hogwarts. but instead he fell on his bottom with a "hump" the black sister turned to face the tapestry, shaking her head she faced the door and whispered

"Puritas est essentialis"

Remus surriced back, excited to tell Sirius and James that he figured out the slytherin common room password. He scurried back a bit more and figured that he was in fact in a tunnel. He happily pulled out his map marking it on it. He followed the tunnel and it led him to the girls bathroom on the second floor, Remus flushed red, embarrassed, he hurried out of there and once he was out he quickly marked the exit on the map.

He went to tell James and Sirius about two very exciting things which he had just found out.

"Sirius! James! I've got news, I need to tell you both!" remus called out to them just as they were running down the staircase,

"What is it lupin?" James asks.

"You did it, didn't you!?" Sirius asks.

"Did wha- oh! Oh merlin!" James says changing his thoughts halfway through.

"That's not all, c'mon i'll show you" james and sirius look between each other.

"Okay, mate, let's go. I also have my dad's invisibility cloak with me sirius and i were about to do a little prank but this seems more important." James says honestly.

Remus nods, feeling slightly left out. He takes them down all the solid staircases, missing the trick steps to the girls bathroom on the second floor.

"Err, James the cloak?"

"Look, Remus if you have a secret fling or something. you know you can just tell us, right?" sirius says dramatically

"You twat, shut it. james the cloak, please" james and sirius share a look, they shrug and wrap the cloak themselves.

"I need it too, you numbats!" Remus whispers angrily and then feels something thrown over him.

"Right, this way '' Remus leads them into the tunnel and once there five or so metres in remus shrugs off the cloak.

"Is this a secret passageway, remus?" Sirius and James say in awe.

"Indeed it is, boys and it leads us straight outside the slytherin's common room!" Remus tells them proudly and shows them he points out the dorm and from here he shouts

"Puritas est essentialis!" The door swings open and the boys scurry back.

"Who's there!?" a shrill voice calls from inside as the door swings shut.

They walk another five or so metres in until they collapse over each other, laughing out loud.

"Who's there!?" Sirius mimics, "merlin's beard, i wish i had of, got that on recording. i'd never thought i'd hear bella shrill like that" sirius says while wiping tears of laughter away. "Anyway bloody hell remus! You're a bloody legend, you know!? A legend, imagine all the other secret passages there are!?"

"That is a good question, black" remus says through laughter "a question i don't know the answer too"

"This is perfect for the prank remus! Just bloody perfect, it'll be easier for transporting shit and we doge like 3 or 4 flights of steps! Bloody brilliant you know!?"