Why are we here so early?"
Taylor shrugged. "Bad habit I guess." Looking around Taylor and Alex could see that they were among the first to arrive. "At least we’ll be able to find a seat."
Alex just smiled and shook her head. They boarded the train and found a compartment. Soon the station was full of witches and wizards. Suddenly an evil smile spread across Taylor’s face.
"What?" said Alex.
Taylor just pointed out the window at a group of four boys.
"Are you serious, Tay?" Alex said. "You know we may need their help later."
"For what?! Besides, I thought you wanted to prank the Marauders."
"I did but after we know our way around the school."
Just then the whistle blew and the train lurched. "Must be time to go." Alex said. She looked up, Taylor was looking out the window, laughing hysterically. Alex turned and burst out laughing. Apparently the Marauders hadn’t boarded the train yet and they were trying to get on somehow.
Sirius, James, and Remus jumped onto the platform on the back of the train. But Peter kept tripping over his own feet.
Suddenly, Sirius had an idea (Mark the calendars!). He shouted, "Accio, Peter!" and Peter went flying through the air straight at him. They both fell in a heap to the platform.
"Get this rat off me!"
"Hang on, Padfoot! Don’t get your underwear in a twist!" James said as he stepped forward to help. But unfortunately his shoe was untied and he tripped and joined the dog pile.
"Honestly, am I the only sane one around here!" exclaimed Remus. But no sooner had he said this than a jet of sparks came out of the train and knocked him into the pile.
After they quickly untangled themselves, they looked around for the "wise-guy" that shot sparks at them. Taylor and Alex dove back into their nearby compartment just as Snape (a.k.a. Snivellus) came walking down the hall. Sirius saw him and performed some high class wrestling moves.
"I knew I shouldn’t have let him watch t.v." James muttered.
Just then Sirius threw Snape into a compartment full of girls.
"Crap! Run for your lives!" shouted Sirius and he and the Marauders hid in the first empty compartment they could find. Unfortunately, this happened to be Alex and Taylor’s compartment.
"Hide me!" shouted James.
Shouts can be heard from down the hall as well as the sound of approaching footsteps.
"Quick!" said Taylor and Alex. They threw James up on the luggage rack just as Lily came in, purple with rage. She walked over to Sirius and grabbed him by the collar.
"Where’s James?"
Taylor and Alex smiled as they hit the wall under the luggage rack and James came tumbling down.
"Uh, hi Lily. Lovely weather we’re having."
Lily grabbed James and threw him out into the hall, slamming the door shut behind her. A few moments of shouting followed then all was quiet. Finally Peter spoke up.
"Hey, Sirius, do you think she killed him?"
"I don’t know but I’m scared to look. Lily might be out there, ready to pounce."
Taylor stepped forward. "Honestly, men are such babies (All except Oliver Wood of course! :) ). Come on, Alex. Let’s go see if James is still in one piece."
But just then James walked in. "James, you’re back!" exclaimed Sirius. "Where the hell have you been?"
"Oh, no where. Just in the bathroom trying to get my nose to stop bleeding!"
"She decked you!?"
"Well, no."
"Then what happened?!"
"I walked into a door."
By the time the three Marauders and two girls stopped laughing, the train had pulled into the Hogsmeade station.