A/N: This is an experiment of sorts

James/Severus, implied Sirius/Remus (sort of, it can be if you want it to be, just squint your eyes a bit) marauders era canon divergence

Apologies spelling, grammar, OOCness and any and all inaccuracies but they were necessary for the story to work out just the way I wanted it to.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of its characters.

They're fighting.

Sigh.

Yet again.

I suppose it's not all that surprising since they've hated each other since the moment they met. It's only natural to fight with the person you hate the most, to do everything in your power to make their lives as miserable as you possibly can simply because their mere existence fills you with nothing but unbridled rage.

Hate is a powerful catalyst.

It can take many shapes or forms, driving those that experience it into actions of unimaginable intensity.

Hate.

Pure seething hate.

Or at least that's what they thought it was.

They thought that they felt nothing towards each other except that one basic emotion. Because he had something the other wanted more than anything else in this world. Because he tortured and tormented him every day for absolutely no reason.

He gave no attention to that unfamiliar ache in his chest that made him want to curse the skin off his own flesh whenever those onyx eyes became large and watery.

And he paid no mind to how his throat would clench up just a bit when another more feminine hand ran through that windswept raven hair.

Because they hated each other.

Because Snape has Lily.

Because Potter torments him.

So they'd argue and fight, their angered rows and fits of rage would cause tensions to thicken to almost physical manifestations when things got heated.

Snape would curse, Potter would shield. Snape would sneer and Potter would shout. Snape would glare and Potter would hit.

It was the same thing every time and quite frankly Hogwarts was sick of it.

Whether the students knew this or not, the castle did indeed live. It was alive in its own way.

Not necessarily breathing or moving, with the exception of the staircases of course, but still it was very much alive.

It carried its own magic, tending to every student and staff member within its walls by making sure that no student ever slept cold and no entry was allowed without detailed consent. Of course there were those occasions when Hogwarts just decided to let the kids have their fun, or when she went into a mood and decided that they could all just go bugger themselves and didn't give a rats arse to whatever those simple humans decided to do, regardless of the danger they might face.

Honestly some of these kids just need to grow up and what better way to do so than learning from potentially life threatening situations.

But now was one of those occasions when Hogwarts decided that it was time to intervene, because whether Snape and Potter were aware of this or not, she could feel all the intensity that constantly brewed between them.

Their tensions gave her great pain as they stretched out her magical limits of mood control and caused her to sometimes wan and falter under their wrath.

Honestly she'd discovered two cracks in the fourth floors main hallway just that morning and it was all because of these two.

Which is why she decided to put a stop to it herself.

The old castle had devised a devious and somewhat excessive plan to force these two to finally rid themselves of this innate hateful tension they carried between them and decided that now would be the perfect time to execute it.

Although she had to admit, this was pushing things a bit far.

But it's not her fault.

If that decrepit old codger that calls himself a headmaster would stop dawdling around with that incessant twinkle muttering "boys will be boys" and actually handled the damn situation then she wouldn't have to.

But alas the old fool didn't so now it's up to her to put an end to all of this, once and for all.

It was a simple plan really; all she had to do was insure that James Potter and Severus Snape did what the tensions around them were demanding that they do. All she had to do was pull them from their restraints and let them fulfill the act that they so desperately and unknowingly needed to fulfill. Without letting them kill each other in the process of course.

All she had to do was force them to do what was required and what better way to do that than locking them in the room of requirement.

For you see, a dangerous little secret that the students of Hogwarts that knew of the room didn't know, the true reason why the headmaster didn't simply allow all the students to know of the rooms existence. Was that the room of requirement didn't just give you what you wanted.

It gave you what you needed as well.

And despite what you may believe what's needed can be very dangerous indeed.

It gave what was required, even if the thing that was needed was somewhat beyond its physical control. Let's say for example what was needed was needed between two people and there would be nothing it could conjure to force the people to do what they needed to do.

In such cases the room of requirement would tap into the castle's somewhat darker magical reserve and made damn sure that was required,

Was attained.

Whether the parties involved liked it or not.

As the two stood in front of each other, glaring hatefully in the empty sixth floor corridor, Hogwarts slowly started to gather up her energies, pulling together all the dark magic she could muster in order to execute her plan. In all honesty though, this is harsh, one could even say somewhat cruel even by her standards.

But somehow, Hogwarts didn't care.

That imbecilic headmaster has let this carry on for too long.

This is long overdue.

Snape gave the wizard in front of him a seething glare as his hands clenched and his fingers bit into the hands that were currently twisted in his robes as they held him up against the wall with a bruising force. The Slytherin's eyes were burning with rage as they bore into the hazel brown ones which had darkened in anger and glared right back at him.

This snarky little bastard!

Hexing James in the great hall and embarrassing him in front of the entire school.

Who does he think he is?!

Putting some sort of potion in his pumpkin juice that made James front teeth grow out and bulge through his mouth. It had been the most embarrassing trip to the infirmary that James has ever had to endure in his entire life.

The greasy bat is going to pay.

"Have a nice breakfast Potter?" Snape sneered hatefully as his fingernails dug into James' hands, "Because mine was absolutely wonderful."

James' glare got darker as he moved forward feeling rage pulse through his veins as he just managed to reign himself in and not punch the smug little prat in his oversized nose. Not quite yet, that will come soon enough.

"You think you're cute don't you Snivellus? You think just because you managed to get one up on me that means that you've beaten me."

"Only you would think something so pathetically arrogant Potter." Severus hissed, "If you think this morning is the best I have to offer then you're sadly mistaken."

"That so."

"Of course, what's that you and your idiotic little friends like calling me? Ah yes, a slimy evil death eater. Go near Lily again and I will show you exactly how right you are."

James scoffed, "So that's what this is about? I'm sorry to tell you this Snape but Evans doesn't care about you anymore. You ruined your chances with her in second year after she finally saw you for the slimy snake you really are. Then again, it's not like you ever really had a chance with her. You get why she was really friends with you right? She felt sorry for you. Sorry for the ugly little snake that no one gives a toss about."

Snape's glare got darker, "Shut up."

James smirked as he leaned closer, "What's wrong Snape? Did I touch a nerve, truth hurts doesn't it? Get it through that greasy head of yours that she doesn't want you, no one wants you and no one ever will."

Severus had to fight back hard at the hurt he felt at that statement but kept his glare steady as he took in a shuddering breath and his fingernails started to draw blood on James' wrists, but other than a soft hiss, the Gryffindor didn't seem to react one bit.

"This is your final warning Potter. Now let me go or else."

"Or else what?"

Before Severus could answer the walls around them began to shake and a low rumble sounded all around them, causing a suit of armor a few feet away to rattle and shake. Both boys looked up at the sound of a soft moan calling out all around them before it all just as suddenly went deadly silent and still. James' grip on Severus loosened as he stepped back.

"What was that?"

Severus didn't say a word as he looked up at the ceiling, not that he would've answered the arrogant prat standing in front of him right at that moment, but it really was the strangest thing. Hogwarts doesn't get earth quakes, the castles design made it nearly impossible for any natural disaster to affect it in any way whatsoever so what on earth-

Severus paused when he turned back to face the wall that Potter had shoved him up against only a few moments earlier only to frown when he suddenly saw an oak door there instead. But there wasn't a door there before was there?

James' breath hitched and Severus could hear him curse softly underneath his breath and he looked back at the Gryffindor with an arched brow. The Gryffindor chaser stared wide eyed at the door, but it wasn't with a look that one might associate with shock and confusion. He was shocked but certainly not confused almost like he'd just remembered something, like he knew exactly what that door was for but still somehow hadn't expected it to be there.

Severus turned to the door and immediately reached out to grab the doorknob when James stopped him short, grabbing his arm to yank him away only for Severus to wretch his arm free.

"Don't."

"Why not, what's in there?"

"None of your business, Snape now back off." James growled as he tried to grab the Slytherin's arm while Severus made to grab the door knob only for the door to open of its own violation, causing a bright blinding light to fill up the entire hallway.

"What the hell?!" James said raising his arms to shield his eyes while Severus tried to squint through the light only for the ground beneath them to give a violent shake, causing James to stumble and fall right into the shorter teen in front of him, which resulted in Severus being shoved hard and they both went tumbling through the doorway, the door quickly slammed shut behind them before it just as suddenly disappeared.

The castle stilled and the hallway became quiet. There were no traces of the Slytherin or Gryffindor anywhere in sight. Both had disappeared without a single trace.

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It was morning.

Remus and Sirius were making their way through the empty halls, making sure to avoid running into Filch or any students as they headed towards the room of requirement on the sixth floor.

Sirius let out a long drawn out yawn, not even bothering to cover his mouth as he dragged his feet along the stone floors. The animagus was just barely conscious, just following along behind his best friend as they walked through the castle.

It's too early for this.

"Remind me again, why we're up before the crack of dawn while everyone else is asleep."

Remus sighed, "We're looking for James, he never came back to the dorm last night remember?"

"Oh right." Sirius said absently scratching his belly as they kept walking, "Why's that a problem again? You know he's probably just chasing some skirt like the last time he stayed out all night. It's a wonder why he even bothers with Evans when there are plenty of other girls that fancy him."

Remus just rolled his eyes, "He's never been gone for this long before. He disappeared after lunch remember, he said he was going after-"

"Snivellus." Sirius gasped when the memory suddenly came back to him of James stomping out of the hall while the rest of the Gryffindor table just watched on in exasperation. James was still pissed about the little trick that old Snivellus had managed to pull over him so when the greasy bat left lunch early he decided to go after him and get some payback. Normally Sirius would have gone with him, if not to help his best mate out then to at least get a laugh out of it. But Remus forced him to stay, straining the fact that he was already in enough trouble with the headmaster as it was and how it wouldn't do to get involved in any of James' escapades. Besides even he was getting a little sick of tormenting old Snivellus. Sure he was an easy target but he never actually did anything unless the marauders provoked him first. Although that morning's pumpkin juice poisoning had come completely out of nowhere and the rest of the table was hesitant in touching any of the food after James was rushed to the infirmary.

Still Sirius had gotten quite bored with pranking Snape, it wasn't much fun anymore but James insisted on continuing.

James refused to let up, he refused to leave the Slytherin alone even after Snape stopped hanging around Evans and she started ignoring his existence.

There's a special kind of hatred that James had for Snape, one that Sirius could never fully understand.

I mean really, it's been six years, Sirius couldn't understand why James hasn't gotten sick of it because honestly he's bored to death.

But still, even if he's bored to death of James' devotion to his hatred of the greasy bat, if he disappeared after going after Snivellus and still hadn't returned yet the next morning, then something must be wrong. After all, whether Sirius wanted to admit it or not-and he really didn't-Snape is no lightweight. He can hold his own in a duel provided that he only has one opponent to deal with, which he never did where the marauders were concerned. It's very possible that Snape did something to James to keep him away for so long.

Who knows what that might have been.

Remus nodded his head as they made a turn. "I looked on the map; I think he's in the room of requirement with James, although I can't imagine what they'd be doing in there. No one else knows about the room right? Meaning James took him there yesterday, the question is why and why they haven't left yet."

"Bet you it's all Snape's fault, the greasy bastard probably-"

"The greasy bastard wouldn't bother with us if you and James weren't constantly meddling with him." Remus interrupted with a glare directed at his friend, "You two refuse to leave him alone and don't think for one moment that I've forgotten how you almost got us both killed last year."

Sirius flinched back at that before letting out a sigh, no he hasn't forgotten and yes he does regret sending Snape to the shack during the full moon last year if not for what he did to Snape then definitely for endangering his best friend's secret.

"I-"

"Sirius just don't, alright?" Remus said letting out a heavy sigh as he raked a hand through his hair. "I don't understand this obsession you and James have for Snape but it needs to stop. We both know that Snape is probably on the receiving end of whatever's going on in the room of requirement right now so I'm going to put a stop to it. I'm not letting you two hurt him anymore, I may not have stopped you before but today's the last straw."

"Remus-"

The blonde stopped and looked right up at his friend with those bright amber eyes set in more determination than he's ever seen them. "I have nightmares all the time. I could have killed him last year, that night still haunts me. If I can't get Snape to forgive me, then the least I could do is stop you two from hurting him." Remus took a deep shuddering breath as he glanced away for a moment before looking up again, "Sirius if you really are my friend and you care about me at all then this stops and you'll leave Snape alone. Alright?"

Sirius just stared back at his friend for a moment and swallowed hard before he spoke, "Yeah, yeah I promise. I'll leave Snape alone."

Remus let out a deep breath, "Good."

"I can't make any promises for James though; you know he's had it in for Snape since forever."

"I-I'll deal with James." Remus said after a moment's thought before he started walking, "Although I can't imagine why he's still so insistent on hating him. I mean it's not like Evans and Snape are still friends anymore."

"Your guess is as good as mine." Sirius said idly as he followed his friend, "To be honest, I got bored with pranking Snape ages ago."

"We'll figure it out later; right now we have to make sure James hasn't done something stupid." Remus finished as he started walking a little faster as they neared the corridor leading to the secret door and Sirius matched his pace only to frown when he started to hear the sound of someone crying.

Loud sobs called out as they got closer and Remus paled when he realized that it sounded like Snape, "Oh God, what did he do."

Sirius swallowed hard as they started running, he's seen Snape cry a handful of times after one of their more vicious pranks went through. He's seen tears roll down the Slytherin's pale face enough times to know that Snape was indeed capable of crying. But he's never heard the other teen sob. Snape's tears usually fell silently and went so quickly that you could almost feel like you imagined seeing them. He never made any kind of noise when he cried.

But now he's sobbing.

Sweet Merlin, what on earth did James do?!

The turned the corner, almost stumbling and skidding over the stone floors when they did only to freeze at the sight that waited for them and stared in hopeless confusion.

"Shhh, it's O.K, it'll all be alright I swear."

There was Snape and there was James.

They were together just as Remus suspected them to be; only Remus never really thought that he'd find them in this particular position.

Snape was crying, letting out loud sobs with his arms wrapped tightly around his own waist with his eyes shut tight, looking like he was in actual physical pain while James sat behind him, with his arms wrapped tightly around the Slytherin from behind as he rocked back and forth with his head resting against Snape's.

"He's gone." Severus bit out between sobs, "He's gone… we were so close. I was about to see him-about to hold him but now…" Snape trailed off into a painful cry, one that had even Sirius flinching back at the sheer agony he could hear in the Slytherin's voice. James shut his eyes as well and his face contorted into an expression of pain almost as if he was feeling the exact same pain that Snape was before he gave a sniff and took in a deep shuddering breath.

"I-I know, but we'll get him back." Remus's eyes went wide and Sirius gaped when James turned his head and pressed a lingering kiss on Snape's cheek as he just kept rocking back and forth. "I promise everything will be just the way it was. Just please stop crying love, you know I can't stand it when you cry."

Another kiss and this time Sirius couldn't help but vocalize his shock with a shout.

"What the bloody hell is going on here?!"

James' head snapped up and Remus could see unshed tears welling up behind the frame of the Gryffindor's glasses while Severus looked up before just shutting his eyes all over again. Pulling his legs up against his chest, Snape turned away so he was facing the wall while his body trembled and shook. James brought his attention back to the boy in his arms trying to make the other face him while Remus and Sirius quickly walked closer and heard the chaser whisper.

"Sev, please look at me. Don't shut me out. I swear everything will be alright-"

"No, no it won't." Snape said with his voice sounding surprisingly steady as his arms went back around his waist, "I can't feel him James he's gone."

"We'll get him back-"

"No we won't. Nothing will ever be the same again."

James shut his eyes and pressed another kiss on Snape's neck just as the two marauders stopped beside them.

Remus hesitated for a moment before he spoke, unable to keep the shock from his voice, "James, what-what are you… What happened?"

James looked up at his friends only to shake his head as he pulled Severus even tighter against his chest and the tears finally fell when Snape suddenly spoke and James paused to stare at him.

"Nothing."

"What?"

"Nothing happened." Snape said in a voice cold and devoid of any and all emotion as he pulled away from James' grasp and made to stand up only for the Gryffindor to follow with him, keeping a tight hold on his left arm. "Sev-"

"Don't you see James, look at yourself; look at them. None of it was real, it was all an illusion." Snape said and James did in fact glance up at the marauders before looking down at himself bringing his hands up to his face and his jaw clenched. "No-"

"Yes." Severus said and his voice cracked as he continued, "I can't feel him anymore James. I can't feel you and now we're… Things are different now, we can't ever go back." At that part Snape looked up at Remus and Sirius before quickly turning away as he made to leave.

"Severus wait." James said grabbing Snape's arm to stop him short and the raven haired Slytherin trembled hard as he fought back against the sobs that threatened to break loose as James spoke, "We can go back-"

"No! I refuse to go through that again. I won't do it James!" Snape snapped as he tried to pull away and the tears started streaming down his face. "I won't!"

James held on tight, "Don't go, alright I won't make you go back but… but things don't have to end this way, we can still get him back things can be just the way they used to be-"

"No they can't." Snape said clearly as he wretched his arm away and took a deep shuddering breath, to turn back and glare at the other but the effect was ruined when he reached up to roughly wipe the tears away from his flushed face and sniff. "Merlin Potter, just get it through that thick skull of yours. Whatever happened is over-"

"Sev-"

"Don't touch me and don't ever come near me again!" Severus snapped as he turned around and quickly ran away down the hall and around the corner while James just stood still watching him go.

Sirius and Remus watched the exchange not knowing at all what to do. They turned their attention to their friend once Snape was gone and found James standing absolutely still not saying a word.

"James. James what happened?"

James' hands clenched when he suddenly reached into his robes and pulled out his wand before turning towards the wall where the door for the room of requirement would be and he suddenly started firing one hex after another. Screaming in deep seething rage as he released his magic onto the stone wall, both Remus and Sirius' eyes went wide and they quickly rushed forward to grab a hold of their friend and stop his unrelenting attack on the castle wall.

"Prongs stop! Calm down!" Sirius said with a shout after he grabbed onto his friends right arm while Remus did the same with the left they managed to get his wand from his grip and it hit the floor with a clatter after which James let out a loud cry of pain as he fell to his knees and they went along with him.

Remus let out a heavy sigh after they managed to get him still before he spoke, "Merlin James what's gotten into you? What happened with Snape? Why are you both so upset?"

"Bugger that lot, why in Merlin's name did you kiss him?" Sirius asked and Remus glared at him almost missing when James' sobs died down as he spoke.

"…boy."

"What?"

"A boy." James said as the tears streamed down his face, "We were going to have a boy."

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The next few weeks were tense and James was a complete mess throughout all of them.

Two weeks went by and James was different.

He was constantly drifting off in the middle of conversations, barely paying any of his friends any attention and he never wanted to play any pranks. No all of his attention was focused on Snape, which normally wouldn't be so odd since James' attention was usually focused on Snape anyway or rather focused on all the different ways of humiliating the raven haired Slytherin. But this time James' intentions were different.

Remus could tell, although he couldn't figure out exactly what his intentions towards Snape were.

He paid more attention in class, stopped getting into trouble as often as before and kept attending Quidditch practice although both Sirius and Remus noticed how much more aggressive James had become since that incident in the hallway near the room of requirement. He never said anything about it but Remus could tell that James was angry and incredibly hurt about something, something happened with Snape that day that caused them to behave the way they did and made James' behavior change so dramatically, but again they couldn't figure out exactly what.

James wouldn't tell them what happened.

That morning after they managed to get him calm, Remus tried to coax the hazel eyed wizard into telling him what happened but James just gave him a bitter smile, tears running down his face and said

"Nothing happened, absolutely nothing."

Which made absolutely no sense since something did in fact happen. Something had to have happened, why else would Snape and James suddenly be behaving the way they were.

And that comment about "having a boy" James ignored all their questions on exactly what he meant by that, before shutting himself away until the next time they tried to get some answers out of him. They tried talking to Snape, but that proved to be equally pointless.

Besides the fact that they both knew that Snape hated them, there was something different about him now, he didn't rise to the bait whenever Sirius called a scathing comment against his back he never really seemed to care when Slughorn or any other teacher praised him on his excellent work during class, not even when McGonagall awarded thirty points to Slytherin after the raven haired wizard managed to get a particularly difficult spell right despite the fact that Snape was usually rubbish at transfiguration. And most interesting of all he barely even blinked in Lily Evans direction anymore, even when the girl actively tried to speak with him in the hallways or when they were paired up during class, the most he'd do was bark out orders on how to prepare some potions ingredient before ignoring her for the rest of the class.

None of it made any kind of sense and the marauders were beginning to lose all hope of helping their friend or at least finding out what had happened to cause James to change the way he did, when things suddenly changed drastically for the four about three weeks later.

Remus and Sirius were sitting at the Gryffindor table at dinner.

The werewolf glanced over towards the seat beside Sirius which was usually occupied by James but had Peter sitting in it for the moment, before he let out a sigh and started poking at his lamb with his fork the way he's been doing since dinner started.

James didn't come with them, the last time they saw the hazel eyed wizard he was out on the Quidditch pitch long after the rest of the team decided to call it a day, taking out his frustrations on the quaffle and bludgers with a level of rage that none of them have ever seen before so they just let him be. These days it was easier just letting James have his space than trying to talk to him about anything so eventually they just stopped trying.

Remus paused to look up at Sirius who was arguing loudly with Arthur Weasley, sitting across from him at the table while Peter snickered at their antics.

The portly boy seemed fairly oblivious to James' sudden changes and never asked about them either, then again, Peter's been oddly absent as of late. He always had something to do elsewhere and since Peter never really seemed to contribute much to their little group ignoring his absences was easy.

Sirius on the other hand was a different story completely. Despite the fact that the animagus put up a good act and never showed any signs of pressure, Remus could tell that he wasn't himself, that James' changes was effecting him as well. But there wasn't much they could do about it if James wouldn't talk about it.

If he'd just tell them what was wrong, or if they could just get through to Snape for even a moment maybe they could find out what was wrong and help James get back to normal, but as things stood there wasn't much that they could do.

It was right then that Remus looked up over towards the Slytherin table and frowned when he didn't spot Snape anywhere near it. He wasn't in his usual spot beside Rosier, Mulciber and Wilkes or even sitting by himself near the far end of the table the way he sometimes did during meals. The Slytherin was nowhere in sight and Remus frowned when the doors to the great hall suddenly opened and he looked up to see a sight so shocking, that the other students that caught sight of it immediately paused and stared in confusion.

"Prongs?" Sirius asked as he looked up at the two quickly making their way across the hall.

James walked into the great hall in a hurry, almost running as he dragged a lankier raven haired teen along behind him. The entire hall gradually quieted down from its loud chatter that started at the beginning of dinner to just stare as the Gryffindor captain dragged Severus Snape along behind him, his hand was locked tight around the raven's wrist as he made a beeline for the table where the teachers usually sat at the front of the hall. It seemed like Snape was trying to get away from the other as he repeatedly tugged on the hand around his wrist and tried to stop multiple times, growling and hissing at the hazel eyed wizard all while James just continued to drag him forward. The professors immediately took note of them with Dumbledore frowning at the two while professor McGonagall immediately got up from her seat and scolded

"Mr. Potter! What is the meaning of this?!"

James stopped in front of his professors and the students watched in anticipation as they waited to see what would happen next. Snape tried to yank out of James' grip again only for the other to grab a tighter hold of him, pulling the Slytherin into his side with one arm around his waist.

Snape seemed to hiss something at the other, only this time there was no glare in his eyes, only a pleading stare as he tried to tug out of his grip again. James seemed to swallow hard as he stared into the Snape's eyes when McGonagall spoke again.

"Mr. Potter. I don't take kindly to being ignored. Now let go of Mr. Snape this instant."

James looked up at the woman and his eyes hardened in determination as he spoke, "No."

"No?" McGonagall asked incredulously and James could see her eyes narrow down into a glare about to unleash all her fury on him but he spoke first.

"I have a request to ask of the head master."

"And this couldn't wait until after dinner? Without Mr. Snape's presence." Slughorn suddenly asked and James eyes flickered over to the man for a moment before looking back to fix his gaze on the headmaster, "N-No… no it can't."

The transfigurations professor opened her mouth to speak only for the headmaster to speak before her.

"It's quite alright, Minerva. It seems the boy has something important to say." The man said with a small smile, setting his goblet down as he laced his fingers together before putting his joined hands on the table, "Exactly what request would you like to make Mr. Potter."

"James, please don't…" Snape whispered, but with the hall being so quiet the words carried over across the room and many frowned at the Slytherin's choice of words.

Remus and Sirius watched in complete and total utter confusion as James looked down at Snape again before Dumbledore spoke again.

"Mr. Potter?"

"I-…" James cut himself off as he took a deep breath staring into Snape's eyes before he let go of the teen and stepped forward with his shoulders squared, feet apart and chin up as he spoke loud enough everyone in the room to hear perfectly clear.

"I wish to be resorted."

Remus's eyes went wide and Sirius gaped, the entire hall seemed to fall into an even more pronounced silence than before, almost as if not a single soul were breathing while Dumbledore stared at the teen in shock and McGonagall couldn't help but stutter out.

"I-I beg your pardon?"

"I want to be resorted." James said clearly without so much as a blink of an eye, "Right now."

It was then that Sirius suddenly shot up from his seat and screamed, "ARE YOU INSANE?!"

And just as quickly as it had dropped into silence, the entire hall suddenly rose in a roar.

A/N:

Again this is an experiment. I'm working on something, but I want to see how this works out first.

Tell me what you think so far.

Till next time.

Please review.