009. 15 february 1976.

February 15, 1976 — 22:30 hours.
Hogwarts, Scotland.
Gryffindor Common Room


James is delirious with exhaustion.

But there is an insane amount of homework to complete, and his short-lived naps throughout the day have been filled with pranks gone nightmarish, with Flourish and Evans snogging — and upon catching the look of horror on his face, with their laughter directed at him until he awoke.

Not that that seems to stop him from dozing off from time to time.

Bloody hell.

He wishes the others were here to keep him awake.

But Sirius and Remus have gone to Professor Slughorn for something, and Professor McGonagall called Peter in to see her about some rather 'urgent matter' he was too ashamed to tell them about an hour or so ago.

So.

He turns back to his book, Egyptian Tombs and Wizards: A Detailed History, and flips the page.

"Right, then. Egyptian mummies ... and the rituals of ..."