Chapter 4: Stealing, Sneaking, and Serving Time

Poor innocent Scorpius it was so unfair. "Scorpius, that's not fair to you and maybe you should tell Headmistress McGonagall she'll fix it up for you. Even maybe right now.

"Do you think there's any way we can go for a walk; I need a walk?" Scorpius asked he was deep in thought.

"I have my dad's invisibility cloak… I kind of stole it from Teddy and James," I admitted. "I overheard my dad tell my brother that he would give all the kids the invisibility cloak when they were I their 2nd year. I just stole it.

"You stole it?" Scorpius had a look of pure shock on his face. "You said your brother was the mischievous one. What's going to happen to you?

"I'll be fine and if James or Teddy tells my dad then I'll be grounded for a week or two, and I don't think either of them would tell anyways. My brother is way more mischievous than me," Ianswered

"Okay let's go," Scorpius decided.

I grabbed the cloak from the bottom of my trunk and threw it over me and Scorpius. We walked out of the dorm, and into the common room checking if anyone was there. When we found the course was clear we exited the common room. We headed down and up the stairs we just walked, but then I saw something interesting on the seventh floor.

"Stop," I told Scorpius.

"What? Is someone coming?" Scorpius asked nervously.

"No just give me a sec," I said impatiently. I flipped the cloak off me and let Scorpius underneath it. I could have sworn this was the room of requirement. I walked passed it three times and said "I want a room where me and Scorpius can practice our duelling." I didn't expect it to appear but it did. We weren't in great need of duelling practice… or were we?

"How did you do that?" Asked Scorpius in awe.

It's the room of requirement it will turn into whatever you need it to, but very few people know of it," I explained.

"That is so cool," Scorpius said as we went in.

"Come on we can practice our duelling," I suggested. Once we entered the room I saw the most comfortable place to practice duelling I've ever seen. There were bean bag chairs, and bookshelves lined up against the wall. There was a cleared carpeted space in the middle for duelling.

"Do you know how to duel?" Scorpius asked twirling his wand in his hands.

"Ya, I saw James and Reed duel, so kinda," I responded not quite sure if we would do this right. "I mean we must not be good at duelling 'cause the room will only turn into things you need so we must need duelling practice."

"You must be right," Scorpius agreed. "So should we get out our wands?"

"Uh… sure," I said getting my own wand out of my cloak. I didn't know how this was going to go seeing I barley knew any spells at all and Scorpius only knew horribly violent spells.

"Ready to start when you are," Scorpius said and as if he read my mind he added "And don't worry I won't use any of the hexes my grandfather uses."

I felt very relieved even though I Scorpius wouldn't hurt me. "Okay… one… two… three," I announced. "Expelliarmus." It was all a blur but all I knew was Scorpius had me disarmed and pinned to the floor in less than a minute. Lucky for me the floor was really soft. "How did you do that?" I asked. I didn't realize Scorpius had any practice.

"That was a tackling spell, and I have a bit of practice; my dad wanted me to be prepared for Hogwarts," Scorpius explained.

"Really, I guess I'm the one who needs the practice," I said. "Can we try and again?"

"Ya okay," Scorpius replied cheerfully I assumed he liked casting spells then having spells casted on him.

Just then the door opened and I heard two voices as two people came into the room of requirement "If you want to duel this is the perfect place," said one of the voices. "Hey get off my brother you prat."

I automatically knew it was my brother even before he even started talking; Teddy and he were the only other kids who knew about this room. "No James, we're just practicing our duelling," I said as I stood up and went to stand beside Scorpius.

"Oh, us too," James said moving out of the way to reveal Teddy, and our cousin Fred. "Sorry Scorpius didn't mean to accuse you or anything."

"It's okay," Scorpius said. "Do you want to practice with us?"

"Sure why not," Teddy replied.

"I want to battle you Ted," James responded automatically.

"Sure, but you now I'll just win again and again time after time," Teddy mocked. Teddy had the title of the best dueller in school since his 4th year.

"Expelliarmus, Enshinko" James yelled. Enshinko was the shrinking spell. James had just mastered it by practicing on me last year.

"Protego," Ted said, almost lazily. "Perfectis Totalus." In one second James was frozen solid, but in another Ted had muttered the release spell.

James raised his wand but before he could cast his spell Ted said "I wouldn't do that if I were you James; you don't want McGonagall to give you your one hundredth disciplinary letter home." James was glaring at Teddy for even mentioning that.

"I told you not to say anything; I thought you would keep my secret," James whined.

"One hundred letters home James, and McGonagall barley sends letters home in the first place, wow," I said. "Does that mean you got the one month detention penalty?

"After one more detention he will and so will I," Fred said nodding towards me. Then he turned to James "Don't worry it's not a big deal mate, he only told your brother and Scorpius and they won't tell anyone."

James seemed to be ignoring Fred and he was deep in thought. "Expelliarmus," James said. That caught Teddy off guard and his wand fell to the ground and rolled to the other side of the room. "Levicorpis, Seruptem." Teddy was hoisted up in the air by his ankle as he wet his pants. We all tried to stifle a laugh except James who laughed openly.

"That was not funny; I will tell McGonagall if you don't apologize," Teddy warned. He was still in the air and now he had wet his pants. "And, I helped you come up with Seruptem and the wedgie hexes so don't use them against me."

"I'm sorry, please don't tell," James mumbled.

"What did you say I couldn't quite hear, or is it better if I tell on you?" Asked Teddy. He was clearly enjoying this.

"I said I'm sorry and please don't tell. I just got ma teddy, were still brothers," James said pleadingly.

"Fine I forgive you, and not only because were brothers but cause I'd get in trouble for helping you sneaked out too," Teddy agreed. I never understood why but whenever James and Teddy got into a fight they just called each other their brother and the fighting would stop. Teddy was not related to us but James and Teddy were as close as brothers could be.

"Thanks Teddy and I finally beat you in a duel," James said happily.

"That wasn't a duel it was a surprise attack," Teddy said defensively.

"Admit it; Theodore Lupin just lost a duel to his little brother, James Sirius Potter" James said proudly with a hint of tease in his voice.

Teddy grabbed James in a headlock a whipped him to the ground with his foot resting on James's chest. "I beat you in everything."

"Fine whatever you win," James mumbled. "Now let me go." I couldn't help but laugh; it was completely true; Teddy beat James at almost everything. "Shut it Albus."

"Sorry but Teddy is right; you will never get off the floor if Ted doesn't let you up," I said truthfully.

James struggled to get to get out of Ted's grasp. Teddy was just too much bigger "You couldn't either Albus, so shut up or I'll make you," James threatened.

"Sorry I didn't…" I started.

""Shut up someone's there; hide," whispered James.

At that moment Professor McGonagall walked into the door and we only had time duck behind a bookshelf. "I can still see you," said McGonagall sternly.

With that all of us stepped out from behind the bookshelf. What is the meaning of this? It is way past curfew," McGonagall said angrily.

"We were practicing our duelling and well, sorry," I explained. I did my best to sound like a little kid who didn't intend to do wrong. That voice always worked on my dad.

"Mr. Potter I hope you know that you cannot sweet talk your way out of detention," McGonagall said angrily.

"Yes… um it's not that. Please don't give me too many detentions."

"What he means is that I told them to come here with me. It`s my fault don't punish them," Teddy said.

Maybe I would actually believe that if you weren't getting into trouble on a daily bases," Said McGonagall slightly amused. And it is s

"What's our punishment?" Asked Fred as if he couldn't care less.

"I'll let you choose" she offered. "House points, detention or banded from Quidditch and Wizard football?"

"What's Wizard football?" I asked

"It's exactly what the name says. Wizard football. It's a sport played it at Hogwarts and first years are allowed, but not sixth and seventh years," James explained. "And I vote detention."

"Detention," Teddy and Fred agreed

"House points," Scorpius and I agreed.

"Very well, 20 points off Gryffindor and 1 week detention." McGonagall said. "Also that will be your one hundredth, Mr. Weasley and Mr. Potter I'll have you now that you will be serving 2 months detention instead of one is that okay?"

"I think it is fair," said James shrugging.

"Ya I think its fine, but are you going to tell our parents?" Asked Fred.

"Don't remind her," hissed James.

"Yes I will tell your fathers," said McGonagall with a hint of a smile on her face. James smiled back at her and I knew it was because dad was a lot less strict that mom. As McGonagall went to leave she said "And may I tell say you live up to the name James Sirius, you live up to the name Fred Weasley and you live up to the name Lupin." With that she left the room.

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