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pink_ink asked about my favourite Marauders moments. I don’t think that in canon there’s a single good moment with all the four Marauders present. Perhaps a brief moment in the memory scene before the tormenting of Snape starts, but even there I’m not very fond of the clumsy joke Remus makes about the exam question. I am forced to introduce some moments from my own fic! :) Thank you so much, pink_ink!
These are in chronological order. It was hard to choose. There’s so much more where these come from…
1. “It was there still in the morning?” Peter said in the dormitory on the following day, with incredulity apparent in his voice. “It was with… it… all night… A rat spent the night there with you? Together with you! A rat…”
“What if…” Sirius cut in, “if we were rats, we could be with you.”
“Maybe I just failed to catch it.”
“I doubt you even tried,” James said. “You said the rat was right there, by your side… not scared.”
“Is it possible…” I said mainly to myself. “You know, I must find out if…”
“If we could be rats!” Peter’s voice was strangely stifled, but he chuckled, and I couldn’t tell if there was more than simple amusement behind it.
“Don’t be silly,” I hurried to say. “If the wolf kills animals or not…”
(Remus Lupin and the Revolt of the Creatures, Chapter Thirteen: Volunteering to Change)
(All the other links are to short stories on AO3.)
2. “We have not become Padfoot, Wormtail and Prongs so as to let you chase us around in a squalid room and bore yourself to sleeping through the rest of the beautiful, luminous night. We’ve done it to make these nights the best times of your life. We’ll let you out.”
“No!” Remus breathes it out at once, with all the strength of his breath.
( more about the debate, from Peter’s pov )
Our Most Noble Prank
3. “T’was just an idea,” Peter’s saying.
( more about finding a secret tunnel and working on the Marauder’s Map, Sirius’s pov )
With Tender Patience
4. “Perhaps. I should listen to them, too,” Remus replies to Peter. “But Queen are the best I know so far.”
The two of them are walking side by side as Peter’s leading our way towards Hyde Park. We couldn’t possibly go astray in this stream of young Muggles, but he likes to demonstrate that he’s the one in our gang with the most experience about the non-magical side of the capital.
( a bit more, James’s pov )
More and More Exciting Muggle Music
5. The sand in my shoes has helped me keep only that song in my mind all the rest of the way, through the fields, under the hazy blue and huge sky. Now after that crossroads, this straight ahead must be the final stretch. Over there it’ll turn into the Strood, the causeway built by the Romans, or was it the Saxons, never mind. But…
“It’s sunk under water!” I exclaim, having stopped Grim.
James arrives beside me, staring ahead with wide eyes.
Peter laughs. “No, the water’s risen.” Of course. “We’re so lucky!” Is he serious?
( And finally, here’s a bit more about a turning point on a road trip, Sirius’s pov. (He’s on his motorbike with Remus, James with Peter on a rented moped.) )
This Little Oyster
pink_ink asked about my favourite Marauders moments. I don’t think that in canon there’s a single good moment with all the four Marauders present. Perhaps a brief moment in the memory scene before the tormenting of Snape starts, but even there I’m not very fond of the clumsy joke Remus makes about the exam question. I am forced to introduce some moments from my own fic! :) Thank you so much, pink_ink!These are in chronological order. It was hard to choose. There’s so much more where these come from…
1. “It was there still in the morning?” Peter said in the dormitory on the following day, with incredulity apparent in his voice. “It was with… it… all night… A rat spent the night there with you? Together with you! A rat…”
“What if…” Sirius cut in, “if we were rats, we could be with you.”
“Maybe I just failed to catch it.”
“I doubt you even tried,” James said. “You said the rat was right there, by your side… not scared.”
“Is it possible…” I said mainly to myself. “You know, I must find out if…”
“If we could be rats!” Peter’s voice was strangely stifled, but he chuckled, and I couldn’t tell if there was more than simple amusement behind it.
“Don’t be silly,” I hurried to say. “If the wolf kills animals or not…”
(Remus Lupin and the Revolt of the Creatures, Chapter Thirteen: Volunteering to Change)
(All the other links are to short stories on AO3.)
2. “We have not become Padfoot, Wormtail and Prongs so as to let you chase us around in a squalid room and bore yourself to sleeping through the rest of the beautiful, luminous night. We’ve done it to make these nights the best times of your life. We’ll let you out.”
“No!” Remus breathes it out at once, with all the strength of his breath.
( more about the debate, from Peter’s pov )
Our Most Noble Prank
3. “T’was just an idea,” Peter’s saying.
( more about finding a secret tunnel and working on the Marauder’s Map, Sirius’s pov )
With Tender Patience
4. “Perhaps. I should listen to them, too,” Remus replies to Peter. “But Queen are the best I know so far.”
The two of them are walking side by side as Peter’s leading our way towards Hyde Park. We couldn’t possibly go astray in this stream of young Muggles, but he likes to demonstrate that he’s the one in our gang with the most experience about the non-magical side of the capital.
( a bit more, James’s pov )
More and More Exciting Muggle Music
5. The sand in my shoes has helped me keep only that song in my mind all the rest of the way, through the fields, under the hazy blue and huge sky. Now after that crossroads, this straight ahead must be the final stretch. Over there it’ll turn into the Strood, the causeway built by the Romans, or was it the Saxons, never mind. But…
“It’s sunk under water!” I exclaim, having stopped Grim.
James arrives beside me, staring ahead with wide eyes.
Peter laughs. “No, the water’s risen.” Of course. “We’re so lucky!” Is he serious?
( And finally, here’s a bit more about a turning point on a road trip, Sirius’s pov. (He’s on his motorbike with Remus, James with Peter on a rented moped.) )
This Little Oyster
