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James woke to a pain in his head. He didn't think much of it when he woke and believed since he could still move that he could enjoy the day anyways it was just a bloody headache. He looked over at the other beds around his in the fourth year Gryffindor dormitory. Padfoot and Moony were still sleeping soundly and James planned a way to have them wake up in a creative way.
Five minutes later it was all set and James set the trap off. The two Gryffindors woke with a start jolting upright knocking a bucket of frozen water above their splashing it on themselves. James was bent over laughing at his two friends misery. They looked at him with horrid expressions and Sirius had that twinkle in his eye that he would get him back later. It was the day before they would be getting to go home for the holidays and the three boys, minus Peter who happened to have a cold and had to spend the night in the hospital wing, were anxious to spend their last few hours having fun.
The three boys hurriedly got dressed and headed down to breakfast for a quick bite before getting their winter clothes on to start a massive snowball fight between the houses.
The snowball fight was amazing and Gryffindor of course won. Everyone quickly made there ways inside hoping to get the house elves to make them some hot chocolate as they sat before their common rooms fires. James had a blast during the snowball fight but he felt himself tiring near the end and his throat felt really scratchy but the hot chocolate would help.
"That was an amazing one you got Snivelus with James," Sirius said reliving the best parts of the fight.
"Yeah, I wasn't expecting it to get him that good but he moved at just the right time and BAM!" James replied excitedly.
"Well it was a more then lucky shot," Sirius said.
They continued to live the moments and then discussed what they were going to do do for he rest of the day before they had to go home.
"Hey, how about we head down to the lake later this evening and see if the ice is thick enough to hold us?" Sirius suggested. With nods from the others they all agreed. James was a little hesitant because he still felt tired and his throat wasn't getting any better and neither was his headache but he didn't want to miss out on the fun.
They still had a few hours before they planned to head out and so James said that he was tired and went to lay down for awhile. He thought that it was probably the cold weather and not sleeping well the night before.
When James woke from his nap to Sirius shaking his arm he didn't feel well at all. His head was pounding and felt like it was about to explode but he could pull through. He thought that he probably had caught the cold from Peter and since he would be going home tomorrow he needn't bother Madam Pomfrey. He tried to stand but had to sit down quickly again because of a sudden dizzy spell.
"You alright?" Sirius asked with a concerned look.
"Yeah, just got randomly dizzy, weird right?"
"Yeah," Sirius said not quite believing his friend whose face looked somewhat pale but he didn't want to be the one to ruin Jame s fun by sending him to Madam Pomfrey.
The two boys headed down to the common room where Remus waited and got their warm clothes on before slipping the invisibility cloak over all three and made their way towards the lake. It was a lot colder now that it was dark out and not to mention past curfew and they huddled closer together fighting the slight wind. Once they reached the lake they slipped the cloak off and put it inside their coat. The ice was hard and seemed to go at least a foot deep from where they were at.
"Well how bought it? You guys coming or what?" Sirius called over his shoulder as he made his way onto the ice.
"Are you guys sure? How do you know it wont be thinner the farther we go out?" Remus said cautiously as he took a careful step out on to the ice calling after the other two boys who were already twenty feet out.
"Oh come on Remus quit being a sissy and have some fun!" James called back.
The moon shone bright overheads and it made all the snow and ice particles sparkle making it a beautiful sight. The boys found all kinds of things to entertain themselves and forgot all about the dangers.
They began playing a pretty fun game where they would get a running start and them slide on their stomachs on some slicked down ice and see who could go the furthest.
"Your turn James but I doubt you'll beat my last one it was twenty feet further then all the ones before it," Sirius said as he jogged back to them.
"We ll see about that," James said having an idea in mind on how he would beat Sirius's mark.
James went about twenty feet back from where the slicked ice started and got ready. He sprang into a short stride quickly gaining speed and slid onto his stomach but just as he hit the ice he cast a spell that created a short burst of air torpedoing him across the ice faster then anyone had gone yet. He slid a good forty feet further then where Sirius had just come back from and then slowly came to a stop. He stood up and brushed him self off before making a big dramatic show of how far he went to his friends who stood looking amazed.
Sirius was so surprised how far James had made it and wondered how it had happened. He on his last go had used a slight puff of air and...
"Hey! You used that knew air trick we just learned!" Sirius shouted at his friend calling him out though not admitting himself that he had done the same thing.
"HA HA! So what you did the same thing last time I just went further!" James said in a taunting voice.
"Well..." Sirius had to think of a comeback but before he could James disappeared below the ice.
Authors Note-well hope you guys enjoyed it I was just bored today and since it was a snow day I decided to write this randomly. Anyways its going to be short maybe two to four more chapters after this so tell me what you think so far :)
