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Moments with the Marauders

Zoo- An establishment that maintains a collection of wild animals, typically in a park or gardens, for study, conservation, or display to the public.

Lily knew that taking Sirius and James to the zoo was a very bad idea. Even though Remus and Peter were with her to help control them, they still managed to get into trouble. It all started when Peter took them to see the lions.

"Come on, let's go see the penguins!" Lily said enthusiastically. She'd always had a special liking for penguins, and even had a stuffed penguin at home.

"No, we want to see the lions!" Sirius said forcefully. He loved lions, mostly because it was the symbol of Gryffindor.

"Penguins!" Lily said childishly.

"Lions!"

"Penguins!"

"Lions!"

"Penguins!"

"LIO-"

"Lily, I'll take these guys to see the lions." Peter offered. "And you and Remus can go see the penguins."

"Brilliant idea, Wormy." Remus said, looking relieved that the conflict was resolved. "Let's go Lils. Padfoot, Prongs, stay out of trouble."

The only response he got was a cheeky grin from James, and a mysterious twinkle in Sirius' eyes.

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For a few minutes, while Lily and Remus looked and laughed at the penguins, Lily hoped that nothing would happen with James and Sirius, and that the day would be uneventful. Her dreams were dashed when the sound of someone clearing their throat crackled out through the loudspeakers.

"EVERYBODY PLEASE EVACUATE THE ZOO! I REPEAT, PLEASE EVACUATE THE ZOO! WE HAVE A WILD ANIMAL LOOSE!" Came a man's frantic voice.

There was a moment of silence when everyone paused to take this message in. And then everyone started to scream, running around like headless chickens.

Remus and Lily shared a look, and then they ran.

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"What is wrong with you?!"

"…Is that a trick question?" Sirius asked meekly, looking like a child that had just been caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

"You absolute numpties! You let a lion OUT OF IT'S CAGE!" Lily shouted, pacing.

"I think that this is, by far, the worst thing you've ever done!" Remus said angrily, amber eyes narrowed.

"Well actually…"

"And you! How could you let them do that?!" Lily rounded on Peter.

"But, guys, the lion waved at us!" James said eagerly, making a rough pawing motion in the air to demonstrate the lion's wave. Lily was sure that that meant the lion wanted to charge at the two annoying boys.

"We think that it was the incarnate of Godric Gryffindor." The two boys nodded solemnly.

Lily stopped her pacing. "You are freaking kidding me. You let a lion out of its cage because you have the delusion that it waved at you. Remus, you deal with them. I'm going to go talk to the Obliviators." Magic had to be used to get the lion safely back into its cage without anyone getting hurt. About half the zoo had seen it, so Obliviators were definitely needed.

Remus gave the innocent looking pair a stern glance, and prepared to give them a long lecture, but a loud screech interrupted him. He turned, only to see every single penguin waddling around the zoo.

His eyes widened, but when he looked back to Sirius, James and Peter, they were gone.

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