Chapter 4
Week 2
It had been decided that Mrs. Malfoy and Mrs. Weasley would be allowed to help them in the house since two of the children had already gotten out and "contaminated" them. Ron and Harry were both particularly happy that they had help now even though Mrs. Malfoy was proving that she wasn't as good as Molly was at handing children. Ron and Harry watched in slight amusement as Hermione, and Neville were running circles around her.
Molly was in the kitchen cooking dinner, hence the reason Narcissi was having to help watch the main group. The only one that Molly had to worry about was Severus who was acting as the child equivalent of a garbage disposal.
"Mom he is eating the potatoes peels again," said Ron as he walked into the kitchen to get some juice for Hermione.
Molly looked down to see that Severus was indeed in the garbage can eating the potatoes peels. She shuddered a little before she picked up Severus, and scolded him "Don't eat anything from the garbage. It's bad for you." Momentarily moving away from her cooking Molly took out a few extra pots and a wooden spoon and set him up on the floor so he could play.
Ron covered his ears at the sudden onslaught of noise that followed, "Are you sure that was a good idea?"
"At least I know where he is," she commented as she turned back to what she was doing.
Ron finished the errand he had originally intended to finish and went back to the living room. Mrs. Malfoy was trying to get Neville off of the top of the curtains while Harry and Sirius played with the blocks on the floor with the others. Ron knelt down and handed the sippy cup of juice to Hermione. She took the cup and took a sip before making a face and spitting it out on the floor, "no I want grape juice!"
"I gave you orange juice the first time! Then you said you wanted apple juice, and now it is grape juice!" snapped Ron. He was about to continue his rant but she threw the cup on the ground and started kicking and screaming. A glare from Harry and Sirius made him pick up the juice cup and head back to the kitchen, and get a cup of grape juice.
When he gave it to Hermione she repeated her previous action only this time saying, "I don't like juice."
"Maybe you should go for a walk Ron," suggested Sirius. Since Ron looked like he was about to explode.
"Take this with you!" snapped Narcissus. They all looked to see she had gotten Neville off the curtain by pulling it down and tying the child up in it. Ron just sighed and took one end of the curtain and went back towards the kitchen dragging Neville behind him. Upon opening the door he saw that Severus had flipped the pot over and was now sitting in it staring intently at something.
Closer inspection revealed that there was a spider crawling across the floor. Which Severus jumped out at, and smashed with the wooden spoon he was holding before hopping back into the pot looking around hopefully for another spider to walk by. Ron made a face of disgust before walking over to his mom and asking, "What are you making for dinner?"
"Mashed potatoes and beef gravy with biscuits," she replied as she took the biscuits out from the oven.
Ron was about to reply, but suddenly he heard a screech from Severus. Turning around he saw that Neville had decided to bite Severus's tail. This followed by a crack from the spoon that he just hit Neville with. Neville let go of his tail and stared crying when Ron picked up Severus so that he wouldn't get another hit in.
Severus made a very irritated little growl sound as he hugged his tail; ears flat against his head. Glaring up at Ron for a moment he turned back to Neville and threw the spoon and hit him in the head again making the other child scream even louder. "Just leave him here," said Molly in an irritated voice. Ron just nodded and took Severus away leaving Neville on the floor for his mom to deal with.
Upon entering the living room he set Severus down so he could play with the blocks with the other children. "Do we even want to know?" asked Sirius as he referred to the screaming that they had heard.
"Neville bit Snape's tail and he retaliated by hitting him with a wooden spoon," answered Ron as he glanced around the room. Frowning he asked, "Where is Lucius?"
Everyone glanced around worried for a moment but it was fine after he walked through the middle of the room with a garbage can on his head. "Bang, bang, bang, bang," giggled Lucius as he hit the sides of the can as he walked around.
Sirius did a bad job at repressing a laugh as he glanced up at Mrs. Malfoy. She glared at him and kicked him, "I bet you where the same as a toddler."
Sirius just snorted as Lucius walked around in circles until he hit the couch and fell over, "ow" giggled the toddler before pulling the can off of his head and looking around. Once the can was off of his head he looked around and watched Hermione building a block tower. Suddenly he reached out and pushed it over and giggled as it fell.
Hermione didn't seem as amused as her tail puffed up and she picked up the nearest block and threw it at Lucius and hit him in the head with it. However it did little to the other toddler as he fell over and giggled the word "ow" again. Harry decided that now would be a good time to pull Hermione away since she had grabbed several more blocks and was about to walk over to the other toddler kitty.
"Neville is coming your way!" called Molly from down the hall. Sure enough Neville came into the room carrying a spoon before under the couch.
Sighing Sirius got up and pulled the child out form under the couch only to notice that he had let go of the spoon. "Hey Ron hold onto Neville for a second while I get the spoon he hid under the couch." Ron just nodded and took Neville, but they where all in for a surprise when he moved the couch and everyone saw the pile of silverware, toys, rocks and other small objects that where piled up under the couch. Looking over at Neville Sirius asked, "Where you a pack rat in your past life?"
Neville simple made a little "thpp" sound as he tried to wiggle away from Ron. Ron let go of the squirming child and began helping clean up the mess. Luckily it was easy to clean up and by the time they where done Mrs. Wesley had called them all to come to dinner.
This however turned into a disaster all of its own as the only toddlers that didn't play/throw their food where Draco and Remus. Draco seemed content with eating his biscuits and Remus seemed more interested in sleeping. "I think it is bath time," said Sirius as Severus dumped his gravy on Sirius's head. Lucius looked at Sirius and giggled before putting his own bowl on his head.
Molly took Hermione to one bathroom while the boys took the others. Mrs. Malfoy stayed behind to clean up, while she watched Draco and Remus. As she focused on cleaning both the other toddlers crawled down from their places at the table and went to explore the pantry. Nothing looked very interesting except a bright colorful box on the third shelf. Draco quickly climbed up and retrieved the box, and they both tore into it to see what was inside. To their joy it was sugary goodness more commonly know as powdered doughnuts.
Sirius, Harry and Ron came out of the bathroom soaked, and with lots of scratches and bite marks. The three kitties become water hating demons the second they saw the tub full of water. They where a little happy when Molly came out in a similar condition, but she didn't seem as worn down as she put Hermione down and said, "we should probably check on. . ."
A sudden scream from the kitchen made them all rush and see Mrs. Malfoy flat on the floor covered in sugar. Remus was sitting on a char eating out of the sugar cup when suddenly Draco ran down the table and jumped onto the back of the chair Remus was in; sending him flying across the room and landing in a sack of flour.
Squealing in joy Draco ran over and joined Remus in the bag of flour. Harry was about to come into help but Narcissus stopped him, "they covered the floor in cooking oil."
"Okay Harry Ron you take the clean monsters to the living room. Me and Sirius can give those two a bath as well," said Molly.
Molly turned to Narcissus who waved her away and said, "I got it. I wasn't expecting them to suddenly explode like that." To both Sirius and Molly's surprise the sugar rush didn't last long as they thought as the little kitties all but passed out while they where still in the tub.
When they took them to the living room they saw that Severus, Hermione, Neville, and Lucius where watching Jurassic Park quietly. Harry and Ron where on the floor cleaning up the toys and the shower upstairs running so figured that was where Narcissus was.
Sirius plopped down on into one of the chairs and sighed, "only what two three weeks left?" Everyone in the room let out a groan as the kitties on the couch curled up together and fell asleep.
AN: I would of finished this faster but there was a tragedy at the house and it made it very hard to write anything kitten related.
I am dedicating this story to our little black Persian kitten Argos, (who was mauled by a dog and died). May she have found peace and happiness in the spirit world.
