I love this! I haven't read a Marauder's Map origin story before. And you threw a little mention of Blackinnon in there, that just makes it even better. :) It really is amazing, when you think about it, just how much time and work they put into that map.

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Brilliant story!

You've written this so well, that I can actually feel the Marauders' excitement too :) :) I liked the way you mentioned that Remus was doing his homework, when he found the 'tergum' spell, because after all he is a studious boy. I also was pretty impressed with the way you made them find the two opening and closing passwords for the map. Well done!

I think this was a wonderful story. I loved that you made Peter an equal to the others (opposed to some other stories I've read where he nothing more than a tag-along) and that it was him who was responsible for some of the important spellwork for the map.

Nice fic. I love this. Your writing is clear and concise, and yet still encaptivating.

"he could use it to be aware of Lily Evans's whereabouts which Peter pointed out was rather creepy." - I think you could reword that one a little better.

I love Peter's impressive find. You've made him one of the gang. :)

""Imagine this. I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."" -I'd put a colon instead of a fullstop after "this" but that really is a very nitpricky nitprick.

I love the way they eased into that though.

Mssrs? For some reason, I'm seeing the female version there.

I really like the way you wrote this :) Very Marauder-y :) Very in character :) well done hun, one for the faves :D

Loved it :) I honestly never thought about what a great piece of magic that map is, I don't know how I managed to overlook it, it would have obviously taken up a lot of time and effort. I just really liked reading this and being part of the moment it was finally finished (: Thanks for entering :D

This is an interesting take on how they came up with the marauders map. I like how they all worked together, and I especially liked how Peter was as much of it as the others, in some marauders fics he's shown as not as involved. I also liked the beginning, with Sirius and Marlene, it sounds so like Sirius! Also, how James was looking for Lily and Peter pointed out it was creepy :)

Great story! I can imagine this is how they developed the map. They had no idea it would one day be used by Harry for such noble purposes :) You kept all the marauders in character and this is a lovely piece.

This is very cute :D I'll admit, I've got a personal weakness for all of the Maruaders together (thank you for not neglecting Peter entirely, by the way), and you've done it very well.

The line about James stalking Lily with the map made me laugh out loud.

I caught one missing period. "I didn't erase it I just hid it from view." - there should be a period between "it" and "I". Other than that, though, I didn't see any typos.

I have a strange love of the fact that Remus was the one to come up with Mischief Managed and I couldn't tell you why.

Overall, very cute, very Marauderly, and very well done!

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Wow I really liked this story. I thought it was very realistic. I hate how people make stories that there is absolutely no way possible that that would happen. But I thought this was very realistic. I loved how you characterized all the characters, including Peter. I hate how people say in their stories about the marauders that "They always knew Peter was a traitor" or something like that, because um hello, they didn't! So I thought that you did a super wonderful good! Thanks!

It is a little late, so I might just be a little loopy, but this made me happy to read :) I have this sick love for these four and just a little bit of cheeriness and teamwork made me get all happy, haha! I don't know what's wrong with me, don't mind that, but you did write this exceptionally well. My favorite line: "I solemnly swear. You have to say I solemnly swear. This is serious business, Sirius." Definitely seems like something the lot of them would say. Your writing's fantastic and everyone was so in character. Lovely! :D Good way to end my night, I'd say.

I loved this. It was really well written, and a very fun read. I really enjoyed reading about them creating the Map. I like how everyone had a hand in it, even Peter. Well done. :D

Oh I liked this! You write the four of them exactly how I imagine them, and I just loved how there was so much work put into the map. The writing had a very easy flow to it and spelling and grammar seemed great. I liked how they came to the decision of how to open and close the map - that was brilliant. Good job.