Chapter 67 – Necessary Ingredients! Part-1

    {7th Floor Corridor, Hogwarts}

    {6th Sep 1991}

    {3rd Person POV}

    "I''ll invest 1000 Galleons in you two, we''ll each get 33.33% of the business you create. I''ll just be the silent investor, never interfering in your business," Rigel reclarified. His words finally had some effect as George finally turned to face Rigel once again.

    George was carefully observing Rigel, he was doubtful that Rigel was telling the truth about his parents being a part of the original Marauders, from the rumor mill he had heard that the younger Black was the son of Regulus Black, although the accuracy of that statement was not verified it did bring up some doubts in his mind. Still, the younger boy knew about the map and since it was not their property anyway, he didn''t mind selling it to him earlier.

    The fact that James Potter was part of the Marauders was the main reason for his change in attitude. If what Rigel was saying was true, and he did believe the boy as the four Gryffindors had a rather notorious reputation, then he can''t sell something that belonged to Harry for their own benefit.

    He was angry at himself knowing that they had fucked it up, but since they already gave the map to Rigel the only way to get it back would be through violence or blackmail. Rigel was a lot different than other first years from what he could see, he had a confidence look in his eyes so he had to assume that taking the map now would be difficult. And with the amount of knowledge he had about the map, he was pretty sure that he had at least some claim over the magical artifact.

    ''We would just have to tell Harry about the map after making sure that the clock that Rigel talked about is real...''

    The offer was lucrative though, a 1000 Galleons would allow them to achieve everything that they want. Still, does he... they want to go into business with Rigel, someone who just lied and deceived them moments ago?

    ''I don''t think it is a good idea to agree to any terms without a contract.'' George thought.

    "We need a magical contract..." George demanded straight away, something solid that couldn''t be ignored. He didn''t trust the kid but the way Rigel took a sigh of relief it seemed like he didn''t either.

    [Fred Weasley Lv 20][George Weasley Lv 19]

    ''''''Messrs Moony Wormtail Padfoot and Prongs are proud to present the Marauders Map...''''''

    The parchment was folded like a wedding card, when he opened the map further by pulling it, he was overwhelmed with the amount of names that were on the piece of paper. Hogwarts was enormous and only by looking at the numerous names and their footsteps, Rigel felt a little lost.

    There were 7 main floors in the castle, plus 4 towers that extended the floors a little more, there were also the Dungeons, Kitchens, and hidden rooms like the Room of Requirement and the Chamber of Secrets. He pulled the map open completely and placed it on the table, contrary to what was shown in the series, the map was far larger than he was expecting.

    When he completely laid it flat on the table, it took almost all surface area. Still, he reasoned that it was necessary as the Marauders wouldn''t have been able to cramp up the information in a single parchment. Each floor of the castle had its own map with the Dungeons having their own section and so did the 4 towers.

    The map moved every second as not only did the tracked footsteps change but so did the stairs and different connections and hidden passageways. He was looking through everything, and the question of how the Marauders created this living breathing map once again sprung to his mind.

    ''There is no way they managed to explore every corner and every shortcut or hidden passageway, remembered everything, and then somehow managed to figure out the secrets to so many things...'' Rigel thought. The canon did explain that because of Moony''s problem, the 4 friends did explore the castle a lot, but the scale of the map that was in front of him was a little too large.

    After pondering over this mystery for a bit, Rigel shook his head and then he focused on the Gryffindor tower. The Tower was one of the most detailed sections and after a couple of seconds, Rigel easily found the name in the 1st year Dormitory.

    {Peter Pettigrew}

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    AN - Plan rat catcher is a go... I need a better name for the plan, don''t I?

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