"I cannot believe them!"
Cassie was startled awake when the dormitory door slammed open. Heavy footsteps stomped across the wooden floors, and she sighed when she realized that she would not be able to go back to sleep now.
Drawing back the curtains of her four-poster, she peered out to see Lily pacing angrily around their dorm, her face flushed and her eyes bright.
"Such a blatant disregard for school rules!" she ranted. The dressing Marlene edged out of the red-haired witch's way as Alice met Cassie's eyes from across the room and mouthed What the hell? But Cassie was just as lost, and she shrugged helplessly as Lily went on.
"How Lupin ever became a prefect is beyond me! I expected better of him this year, but of course, where Potter is concerned..."
She shook her head, red hair flying, and Cassie finally summoned enough courage to ask, "Um, what's going on?"
Lily whirled on her. She shrank back into her sheets as Lily thrust a piece of parchment at her. "This."
Cassie hesitantly took the paper as if afraid it would burn her. Lily continued to fume, muttering under her breath. Marlene and Alice squished on either side of Cassie to get a look at the paper, where lurid green writing flashed out at them.
Greetings, fellow troublemakers and rule-breakers of Hogwarts!
Tired of being a perfect goody-two-shoes? Sick of Prefects and Heads telling you what to do? Stuck wishing you could be more like the devilishly handsome and brilliantly mischievous Marauders?
Well, we have the perfect solution!
Cassie could feel a grin threatening to come on. She chanced a glance at Lily, already seeing what had pissed her off so royally as she continued to read.
For one week, and one week only, we (yes, WE) give you all full permission to wreak havoc and mayhem upon this castle. But how, you may ask? Why, by breaking every school rule in a scavenger hunt, of course!
"But isn't that...against the rules?"
The point exactly, lads and ladies.
"But why would we break the rules?"
To become a legend like the Marauders themselves; to win over the heart of a cheeky lass or gentle-lad with your stunning display of disregard for authority (a 100% guaranteed way to give off that "rebel-by-day-lover-by-night" aura); to let loose and have fun; to win prizes (examples being: Honeydukes sweets, Zonko's merchandise, a date with one of the aforementioned exceptionally handsome Marauders...) Indeed, the possibilities are endless.
"But what if we get caught?"
Never fear, fellow students. Just tell 'em the Marauders sent you.
"Couldn't anyone just turn you in?"
Not a chance! Anyone who reads these papers and attempts to tell a staff member or other rule-abiding body will be subject to a rather nasty variation of the Furnunculus Hex that as of yet has no cure. Therefore, it is ill-advised to tattle.
For a complete set of rules and rewards and to receive your first clue for the scavenger hunt, please see the Marauders: James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew.
Let the games begin!
Cassie finished reading and looked up, unable to bite back a chuckle at the scandalized look Lily was giving her.
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The Clockwork Locket || SIRIUS BLACK
Fiksi PenggemarCassie Alderfair has been doing an exceptional job of being discreet at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But her days of invisibility are disrupted in her fifth year when an unfortunate night of mischief draws attention from the infamous...
