Author's Note: Hey there! So this is short sweet and I've tried my best to incorporate all of the prompts given to me. Granted some are a little tenuously linked but still they are all there! I hope you enjoy this :) it is for the School of Prompts Challenge, the Astronomy assignment and the Ultimate Chocolate Frog Card Challenge.
Character: Sirius Black
Assignment: Write about some form of manipulation
Card: (Bonus) Albus Severus Potter - Write about Albus Severus Potter
Disclaimer: I don't own anything that you recognise!
Tricksters
"I can't believe you're really going to ask a picture for advice," Rose Weasley snorted as she watched her cousin Albus gather some items together. They were stood in his bedroom at the Potter house where Rose had come for a visit during the summer. All of their parents were at work and some genius had thought it would be a good idea to leave James in charge. Incidentally their 'guardian' was nowhere to be found.
"He is not just a picture," Albus protested not looking up from the items assembled on his bed, "he is one of the greatest comic and prankster masterminds ever to have lived. Who else should I go to when trying to beat James at his own game?"
Rose sighed placing her hands on her hops and levelling Albus with a stare that reminded him very much of his Aunt Hermione. She was always quietly disapproving of something or other that his dad and Uncle Ron were getting up to. "I don't think you should be trying to sink to his level," she replied slightly snootily, "you know that Aunt Ginny would deal with him if you'd just tell her."
Albus looked horrified. "I'm 15 for Merlin's sake Rose. I can't go running to my mother every time something goes wrong. You don't tell the professors about every little thing Malfoy does to you. This is about more than justice, it's about pride!" he declared staring valiantly off into space.
"Fine, go for it, whatever, I don't care." Rose lied. Albus just arched a disbelieving eyebrow and turned to leave the room. Rose scurried out of the door after him, he always knew how to get under her skin.
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Albus grinned as they made their way through the house to his father's office. He was quite proud of his powers of manipulation over his cousin and only hoped that they would work as well on his other target.
Quietly he opened the door to his father's office and peered inside. He knew very well that Harry was out at work but that didn't mean James wasn't lurking around touching things that he shouldn't and being generally mischievous.
After discerning that the coast was clear Albus pushed the door further open and slipped inside, allowing just enough time for Rose to join him before he closed the door behind him. Reverently the pair made their way to the back of the room where a small portrait of a more than slightly bedraggled looking man sat.
The man in the frame looked up and smiled wolfishly upon recognising the pair of teenagers. He discarded whatever it was that he had been doing and turned to give them his full attention. "How can I help you?" asked Sirius Black.
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