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It didn't take James much time to determine that Sirius Black was all right.

Soon enough, Black and Potter became a sole identity, the names pronounced together like some sort of rhyme, often heard among the Hogwarts first years. In truth, though Amanda's accusations had rendered him a bit dubious about his roommate, he hadn't paid much attention. And well, as it turned out, most of the stories about the Black family were true, but James had chosen to ommit that information whenever Mands decidedly expressed her doubts about his friend. Sirius was, after all, just like him: an eleven-year-old Gryffindor boy with excellent taste for pranks.

This very same thing was what led them to a deserted third floor corridor of the castle on a Tuesday evening, where they were hoping to chase Peeves and trick him into wreaking havock near caretaker Argus Flich's office.

'Ickle firsties!' they had found him. Or he had found them.

'Peeeeeeves!' Sirius screamed, in mock fright, and they started to run from him, laughing. Of course, this was the perfect trigger. Peeves followed them zooming around the corridor, bouncing off the walls and knocking down paintings, the screams of their subjects as they fell to the floor adding to the general racket.

And now, any second-

'PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVES! OH, NOW I'VE GOT YOU!' Filch ran, furiously trying to overcome his slight limp and get to them. Sirius and James, smaller and faster, were far ahead of him, and they ran and ran. Ahead was a dead end, so they were obliged to turn around and start running towards Filch. They reached a dry halt, exchanged looks as they heard Peeves' cackles approaching, and hid behind a statue nearby.

'BUT IT WAS NOT ME I SWEAR! ICKLE FIRSTIES WERE THE ONES RUNNING AROUND WREAKING HAVOCK! PEEVES WAS MERELY A BYSTANDER IN THE MIDDLE OF...DISASTER..."

'LIES! I'LL HAVE YOU FOR THIS ONE, I'LL FINALLY HAVE YOU!'

'BUT! But,' Peeves dropped his voice, and adopted a particularly malicious tone, 'it's those two ickle firsties that have been driving you mad for the past month...'

Silence.

'All right, what now?' James breathed; Peeves and Filch both sounded close.

Sirius looked around rather desperately, to the sides, up and even down. 'I...honestly?'

'Honestly.'

'Get ready to scrub the Trophy-'

A swift, sliding sound interrupted him. James and Sirius looked up and, in awe, stared as a slit broke in the hunch on the witch's statue they were hiding behind. The slit became a dark hole, big enough for them to squeeze through without much difficulty. They didn't need to look at each other twice.

Once they were in, they stood still inside the dark space, waiting, listening for Peeves and Filch. They were making an awful racket entering the corridor, and, in the racket, the sliding sound of the hole in the hunched back of the witch closing went unnoticed. There was a silent pause, filled only by unpleasant sounds made by Peeves.

'First years, aye? I DON' SEE NO FIRST YEARS, PEEVES!'

Silence. Peeves seemed to be quite confused; his usual answer to confusing situations was to blow himself away knocking all ornaments possible in the process. Predictably, they heard a loud raspberry being blown and the loud clanking of what sounded like the suits of armour guarding the corridor as Peeves fled past. Able to breathe more freely, Sirius and James glanced ahead; a large, black, earthy corridor unraveled before them, with no visible lights at the end. They looked back at each other.

'This is ours, okay? No one else knows about this,' James said eagerly, his excitement reflected in the other three faces facing him.

Of course, in time, they would tell Remus and Peter. But it was the first one, on their first month at the castle.

The first one of many.


So, new Flatscreen Pensieve! I'm submitting this a day early 'cause I'm going away for the weekend. Just James and Sirius this time :aww:. And Peeves. Drawing Peeves was huge fun. Hope you like!

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