Fandom The Marauders Chronicles 1x1 (closed)

[AlmostImmortal]

James flushed. "O-Oh. Thanks. I um... didn't notice." He turned away, suddenly shy.

"Fisticuffs, Sirius." Remus sighed. "And what if they say that and then use their wands anyway? They have no reason to be honest."

 

[Edric Blight]

“Uhh, of course,” said Lily awkwardly, face flushing as she looked away. She cleared her throat and looked back to James. “What’s next?” she asked, hoping to move things along.

“Yea! What I said. Fist to cuffs!” Sirius replied, not having understood Remus’ grammatical correction. “And if those slimy buggers use their wands, James and I will too. We know loads of spells,” he said, mostly hoping that James knew some spells, because he sure as hell didn’t.

 

[AlmostImmortal]

James cleared his throat. "Right, right. The quills. The cauldron needs to be almost cool."

"Fist-uh-cuffs." Remus looked away. "And what spells, Sirius?"

 

[Edric Blight]

Lily nodded, turning off the heat to let the cauldron cool. She had to admit she was rather impressed by the fact that James knew this all by memory.

Sirius didn’t quite get it, so decided to move on from his incorrect use of fisticuffs. “Err, plenty of spells. Spells that’ll make ‘em regret messing with us,” he replied to Remus, rather unconvincingly.

 

[AlmostImmortal]

James pressed his finger against the cauldron before hissing and pulling away. "Too hot."

"Name three."

 

[Edric Blight]

“James!” Lily screeched. “Why would you touch it!” she said. She was right- boys were stupid. She wasn’t going to let James’ proficiency in potions convince her otherwise. “There’s no way of knowing it’s not just by looking at it! Don’t do that again, you could get hurt!” she scolded him.

“That’s not fair Remus- I can’t think of three off the top of my head,” said Sirius, shaking his head and rolling his eyes. “Just trust us Remus. You don’t even need to be there to watch if you don’t want to.”

 

[AlmostImmortal]

James turned bright red. He didn't know why he did that. He knew it was stupid. He just couldn't stop himself. "R-Right. Sorry."

"If you can't name three of the top of your head how are you supposed to cast three in a fight?"

 

[Edric Blight]

“It’s fine, James,” sighed Lily. “Just be more careful next time, for goodness sakes!” she said, scolding him more like a mother rather than condescendingly.

“Remus you’re missing the point,” said Sirius. “James and I will hold our own. You’ve known us for a while. We won’t let you down,” he said, even though they only really knew each other for a day.

 

[AlmostImmortal]

James nodded, looking down at his desk.

"We met yesterday. And you're avoiding the question."

 

[Edric Blight]

Sirius huffed, shaking his head. “Alright everyone!” said Slughorn. “You should all be around halfway done! If anyone needs further assistance, please let me know,” announce the professor.

 

[AlmostImmortal]

James grinned. "Halfway? We're ahead!"

"Halfway done? We've barely started." Remus went to his book. "No. Oh no."

Snape snickered. "That's what happens when you let dogs brew potions."

 

[Edric Blight]

“Blimey James. Maybe your dad’s methods were better than the book. I think we’re father than anyone in the class!” Lily pointed out.

Sirius wasn’t so alarmed that his bickering with Remus had them behind in class. He turned to Snape and Mulciber after hearing a comment from the greasy haired one and glared. “And where are you two dim wits with your potion, huh?” he asked combatively.

 

[AlmostImmortal]

James crossed his arms. "I told you so."

Snape rolled his eyes. "Further than you."

Remus, meanwhile, started gathering the other ingredients. "Okay, so now we add the horned slugs and nettles."

 

[Edric Blight]

“Don’t let it get to your head, Potter,” chuckled Lily. “We haven’t gotten a grade on it yet.”

“Bugger off!” Sirius hissed. He then turned to Remus and nodded. “Right. Slugs and uhh, that other thing,” he said, having not really paid attention to what Lupin said.

 

[AlmostImmortal]

"It's going to be glowing! The first time a teacher's liked me."

Remus nodded, carefully adding in the slugs and the nettles. "And then we take it off the heat."

 

[Edric Blight]

“Hmm, I wouldn’t go that far,” giggled Lily, teasing the boy a little bit. “Let’s just finish this so we can actually get a good grade, yea? Looks like we’re almost done.”

Sirius let Remus take the lead. He simply nodded, assuming the more intelligent boy knew what he was doing.

 

[AlmostImmortal]

James nodded. "Yeah, yeah." He looked at the cauldron. "Do you think it's cool yet? It's been forever." It had, in fact, been about five minutes.

Snape smirked, looking to Mulciber and gesturing to Sirius and Remus' cauldron.

 

[Edric Blight]

“Certainly. Now it’s safe to touch,” said Lily with a nod. Enough time had went by where the cauldron was now cooled down.

Mulciber smirked evilly at Snape and grabbed some quills, quickly slipping them into Remus and Sirius’ cauldron prematurely. This would ruin their potion.

 

[AlmostImmortal]

James nodded. "Okay. if it's safe to touch, we can add quills without it exploding!"

The cauldron started bubbling and frothing. "U-Uh, Sirius? Did you add the quills?"

 

[Edric Blight]

“Good,” said Lily with a smile. “Did you want to do the honors or should I?” she asked him.

Sirius hadn’t been paying attention and looked at Remus oddly. “Huh? No I didn’t do anything yet. Why?” he asked, confused.

 

[AlmostImmortal]

"Oh, I-I don't care." James flushed.

"The potion's angry," Remus whispered.

 

[Edric Blight]

“Let’s do it together. You get one I get the other,” she suggested. Lily’s face flushed slightly red at her own suggestion.

“It’s angry?” Sirius asked. “Well calm it down. Say something nice to it,” he joked.

 

[AlmostImmortal]

James nodded. "Yes! That's a great idea!"

Remus leaned in. "Hey, potion? Please don't explode."

The cauldron hissed louder and the bottom crumbled, sending a dark red liquid rushing towards Sirius and Remus. Remus yelped and shoved Sirius away with surprising strength, becoming the only one to get covered in the liquid.

 

[Edric Blight]

Lily nodded and grinned. She took one quill and gave the other to James, tossing hers into the cauldron.

Sirius widened his eyes as the cauldron began to hiss. That didn’t sound good. Suddenly, Sirius heard Remus yelp and felt him shoving him away. He didn’t know the boy could be that strong. Before he knew it, Remus was covered in the liquid and Sirius all dry.

 

[AlmostImmortal]

James much more carefully dropped his in the cauldron. His gaze shot up at Remus’ yelp. ”Remus!”

Snape and Mulciber were laughing, Remus turning dark red as the entire class stared at him.