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001. Elements. 002. Earth. 003. Fire. 004. Water. 005. Air.

006. Seasons. 007. Autumn. 008. Spring. 009. Summer. 010. Winter.

011. Emotions. 012. Cranky. 013. Nervous. 014. Loved. 015. Innocent.

016. Firsts. 017. First Date. 018. First Kiss. 019. First Fight. 020. First Time.

021. Places. 022. Arabia. 023. Rome. 024. Greece. 025. Egypt.

A/N: All my challenge responses fit within the One Wish Universe, so I figured why not post it here on ffnet as well. I have already written responses to prompts 1, 2, 12-15, 17-19. I'm hoping to finish the entire table... And, I will post them as new chapters as I finish them. Sooo...w/o further ado, here's the first one (which is also my favorite one)!

Title: 012. Cranky
Author/Artist: desiqtie
Fandom/Pairing/Prompt: Harry Potter, none, Cranky
Rating: PG
Summary: "People who say they sleep like a baby, usually don't have one." - Leo J.Burke Note: Contains girl!Harry & alive Marauders.
Disclaimer:The world of Harry Potter, its characters and settings are the copyrighted works of J.K. Rowling, Warner Bros., her publishing companies and affiliates. No profit was made from the writing of this story nor was any malice intended in any way, shape or form to the author or the actors/actresses who so brilliantly have brought them to life.
This author is not responsible for underage readers. Please observe the ratings, warnings, and age of legal consent for your country.
Beta: No Beta, but if you want to volunteer, I'd be grateful!

"Oh Merlin. Please make it stop!" Lily Potter rocked her daughter in a vain attempt to stop the high-pitched wailing, her exasperated husband sat slumped nearby, practically in tears.
"Lily, please, I beg you. Make it stop! Do something. Anything!"
"Why don't you do something! I've been trying for the past half hour! You're the one that woke her up!" Lily paused to glare at James. "Do you remember what you said? 'Aww Lily, I'm bored! And, look at her all cute and asleep! Don't worry, I'll just wake her up for a little bit. She loves to play with me…I'll put her back to sleep in a little while!' I told you not to wake her up! I TOLD YOU!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. You were right, I was wrong. Who cares?! Turn her off. How can someone so little make that much noise? It shouldn't even be possible! Can't you just…change her? Feed her! I don't know…make funny noises…do a dance. SOMETHING!"
Lily let out an exasperated growl, and then quietly bit out, "She needs to sleep. She's CRANKY because YOU woke her up. Don't you know ANYTHING, James? YOU DO NOT WAKE A SLEEPING BABY UP! I'm trying to get her to go back to sleep but she's too damn cranky now!"
"Yeah, well, can't you just stick your nipple in her mouth anyways? Maybe that'll muffle the noise?"
"Nipples? James! What's wrong with you? You can't discuss things like that in front of children. Why are you trying to corrupt my poor, innocent, little goddaughter?"
Practically yelling in order to be heard over Maria's crying, James looked up and asked Sirius, "Innocent, Padfoot? I think what you actually mean is little, evil, hell-devil spawn from the Netherworld. What are you doing here anyways? Aren't you supposed to be at work?"
"Got off early. And Peter dropped by to visit me. He was going to drop in to visit you guys, but he heard Maria screaming her head off and didn't even bother to walk up the stairs." Sirius smirked and rolled his eyes as both parents gave him pleading looks. "Oh, stop torturing the poor kid. Hand her over to her handsome, wonderful, perfect, amazing godfather, Uncle Padfoot."
It was a mark of how exasperated Lily and James were that they didn't even dispute Sirius' praise of himself. Lily gratefully handed Maria over to Sirius, and then both James and Lily fled downstairs to escape the incessant screaming.
Sirius grinned at the tiny, bawling infant in his arms. Face scrunched up angrily, arms curled into fists, and feet flailing all over, she was not exactly the dictionary definition of cute, and yet, "You are so cute. Yes, you are. Oh, yes you are." If anyone were to see Hogwarts' most infamous playboy, they wouldn't have believed their eyes… Sirius baby-talked and cooed at the infant, while he gently rocked and soothed her. "Such a cute, widdle baby. You're my favowite widdle baby, aren't you?" Smiling, he slowly sat down in the rocking chair, still cooing to the infant in his arms. "Aw, widdle Maria, are you sad? Don't be sad. Uncle Padfoot will make it all better. Yes, he will. Don't cry, widdle baby, it's okay. Yes it is." Yawning, he continued his litany of nonsensical phrases, "Shhhhh…That's my little girl. There's a good girl. That's it. Shhh. It's okay. Sleepy time, baby girl. Shh, it's okay. Therrre you go. It's okaaa-" Letting out a wide yawn, Sirius kept rocking as his voice slowly trailed off and his head slowly tilted forward. Within minutes, both godfather and goddaughter were fast asleep, and more importantly, quiet.
The door to the nursery very sloooowly creaked open and Lily and James poked their heads in. Awwed, Lily whispered to James, "Oh thank Merlin. He made her stop." Then, she paused and turned to her husband, "Dammit. I just realized."
"What?"
"Clearly, I married the wrong Marauder. I should so have married Sirius."
"WHAT!"
"Shhh! Are you crazy? She just went back to sleep, what are you trying to wake her back up?"
"No, no, sorry." Pouting, James walked into the nursery and stepped over to where Sirius and Maria were fast asleep on the rocking chair. "You know, she looks so peaceful and adorable…"
Lily smiled and linked arms with James, "Yeah, she does. They both do."
Cheerfully grinning, both parents stared at the sleeping duo for a few moments, then, "Um. Lily?"
"Yes?"
"I'm bored. Can I wake them up to play? They can go back to sleep in a little while!"
"NO! James! What is wrong with you?!"
Sirius stirred and looked up, frowning, "Lily? Why'd you wake me up?"
Before Lily could respond, or rather, blame James, Maria stirred and slowly awoke. Horrified, Lily, James, and Sirius stared down at her, silently begging her to go back to sleep. She looked up, snuggled deeper into Sirius' arms, and then closed her eyes. All three adults relaxed with sighs of relief. Just as Lily opened her mouth to, presumably, scold James. Maria opened her eyes again. She took one look at Lily and James leaning over her, screwed up her face – clearly displeased –, and began to wail.