Marauder's Map

There are 10 words that are very important to view the Marauders' Map...

"I solumnly swear that I am up to no good."

The Marauders' Map is a map that shows all of Hogwarts. Not only does it show every classroom, every hallway, every corner of the castle, but it also shows every inch of the grounds, as well as all the secret passages that are hidden within it's walls.

More importantly than that, the Marauders' Map shows every single person who is on Hogwarts Grounds, where they are, what they are doing, every second, of every day.

The Marauders' Map was created by James Potter, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew while they were attending Hogwarts. This artifact prooved quite useful to these marauders through the years, though at some point, Filch must have taken it from them, because Fred and George Weasley recovered it from his office in their first year at Hogwarts.

The marauders made their map very quick indeed however, for if someone tries to view the map, without saying the important 10 words, the map merely insults them and tells them to mind their own business. This was witnessed in Book 3 when professor snape tried to view the map by force.

An added bonus of this map, is that if you approach the entrance to a secret passage that has a spell that you must perform to open it, the version of yourself on the map will be seen doing what it has to do to open the passage. We see this happening to Harry in Book 3.

Finally, when you are finished using the map, there are two words that you say, and tap your wand on the map, to make it wipe clean.

Those two words?

"Mischief Managed."

--Moonz 21:22, 14 Aug 2005 (UTC)