"Okay!" Lily cheered to the class. "Lets start unlocking those chests!"

"Resero!" Evan hissed, it popped open. He quickly got the book. He was getting glared at. "YAY! A Beginners Guide to Becoming a Ward Master!" he made a show of opening it .

You learned Protect Ward

"Evan , dear, no reading in class." Lily called, "Keep unlocking the chest."

Evan put the book in his inventory he was going to read it later.

"That's not fair." Cy whined, "He got it on the first try!"

"Well, Professor Prince did say he learned it at 15 months old." Rudo chuckled at his son. "You can do it. "

Parents finally got the idea and praised their children.

Sirius had other ideas.

"We've had to use this spell millions of times on the job." He told Orion. "Actually, just the other day. We were chasing some wizard who kept blowing up toilets he ducked in to a Muggle House. Muggle's cant guard against magic so it's really the only spell needed to get in to search for the bad guy. "

Orion blinked up at his dad and nodded redoubling his efforts if his father thought he needed this spell he'd try harder.

"Resero" Evan hissed , it popped open. This time he found a small peril . He put it away in his inventory.

The Legends got prizes every time the opened the chests. Every one else only got the book at 100%. The book was a Dr. Seuss book.

"C..C...at...cat..." Crabbe read, "in...the...H...At...Cat in the Hat."

"Very good!" Lily cheered, "5 points to the Puffs!" she spun to face the rest of the room. " You're probably wondering about these books." He got nods from Pure blood adults , and some Half Bloods. "These are Muggle Books that help kids learn to read. They are very simple. The Legends got adult books because they can read adult books. But I'm hoping these books will help teach your children to read and I hope they enjoy them as I did as a child."

"Crabbe actually read?" Draco seemed amazed. "You mean he has a brain?"

"Draco , detention." Lily scolded. "I do not tolerate bullying ! Especially, not in my class! See me tonight after dinner!"

"The S...u...n..Sun...d...did. ...not...sh...i.n...shine..." Crabbe read as they waited for the Latin teacher to call order. " It...w...as...to...w...et...wet...to...pl...ay...play. "

"Good." Crabbe's mother praised her son . She was in just as much shock as Draco Malfoy was . "Can you try the next line?"

Crabbe looked up joy filling his eyes. His mother wanted him to do something for her.

"So...we...sat...in...the...ho...u...se..." Crabbe frowned hard.

"House." Crabbe's father cut in. "That's house."

"So we sat in the house all that cold, cold, wet day."

"Keep going." Evan encouraged. "Come on you can do it."

Crabbe blushed a bit.

"I sat there with ...Sal...ly...Sally." he read. "We sat there we two. and I said "'how i wish we had some ...thing to do!'" The other kids had their books out and were following along. "Too wet to go out...and too cold to play ball...so we sat in the house and did...none-thing at all...so all we could do was to Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit!..."

"This sounds boring." Ron complained and was hit on the head by Jamie. "What?"

"I'm listening to Vincent read." Jamie snapped, "Be quite!"

Ron looked startled.

"and we did not like it . Not one little bit."

"Neither do I." Ron continued.

"and then Some-thing went BUMP!" Crabbe read getting excited. "How that bump made us jump! We looked ! and then we saw him step in on the mat! We looked and we saw him! The cat in the hat!"

"How does a cat wear a hat?" Ron complained.

"Ida!" Tom whined. Ron was suddenly up jumping around scratching and sneezing.

"See I told you it was the fairy." Draco declared. Then faced Crabbe. "Well?" Crabbe blinked at him. "Cat in the Hat, keep going."

The French teacher watched from her office door with Figg and Minerva all of them smiling.

"and he said to us..."

"Cats can't talk!" Ron whaled still jumping and scratching and sneezing.

Hermione rolled her eyes.

"It's a book, Ronald. A children's book so of course a cat can walk on two feet wear a hat and talk!"

"Ye~ah." all the girls in the room chorused making Hermione blush and flee behind Cy hiding her head in his shoulder.

"Stop interrupting!' Draco growled. "He said to us.."

""why do you sit there like that?" " Crabbe continued, he was liking the attention and reading seemed to be getting easier. " "I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny. "

"How can a sun be sunny?" Ron called.

"Oh, that's it!" Everyone watched Cassie march forward and hold her hand out. The blue/white light shot through her fingers releasing a jet of ice that encased Ron's feet. She moved it up and it encased his legs to his waist she then formed ice over his mouth. "There that should shut you...ugh..."

"CASSIE!" It was Evan who caught her but all of them who'd yelled for her.

"I'm okay." she said, waving them off. They sat her in a chair. "Just used a little too much power."

Bella gave her a baggy of apple slices and some water.

"Wonderful idea. " Molly declared. "Snack time!"

Kids soon had snacks.

"Sun not sunny!" Draco insisted.

"But we can have lots of good fun that is funny. " Crabbe read. Ron frowned or at least tried to. He was itching and really had to sneeze and this book seemed stupid. " I know some good games we could play. " Said the cat. " Crabbed sipped some water. " I know some knew tricks."

"This cat sounds like Fred and George." Ginny said, she was still not happy but it was okay because Ron had given her his book. "My twin brothers. "

"Sounds like us." Sirius mumbled to James who smirked.

"Unfreeze my son this instant!" Molly demanded.

"Couldnt even if I wanted to." Cassie said, "I drained myself and I only Freeze things so far can't undo it."

"I can." Tom rubbed his hands together. The class hadn't Dungeoned them yet.

"Tom, control yourself!" Evan suddenly cried as he shot flames. "TOM!"

Tom called the red light and fire back into himself the ice was melted and Ron was shaking his eyes wide.

Luna suddenly had the melted water forming a bubble over Ron's head and crashing down soaking him.

"Are you still itchy?" she asked. Ron shook his head. "Good. Sorry we don't have anyone who can dry you."

Molly went to work.

"Will you all stop it!" Draco whined, "Tricks!"

" said the cat in the hat. 'A lot of good tricks. I will show them to you. your mother will not mind at all if I do."

"Yep. " Ginny nodded, "Definitely the Twins." she was right in front of Crabbe now.

"Then Sally and I did not know what to say. Our mother was out of the house for the day. "

"I like where this is going. " A red haired twin suddenly popped up books in arms.

"So do I." The other was with him "Here take these."

He gave his books to Evan and the other gave them to Hermione.

"What are you two doing here?" Ron sputtered.

"Detention . " they chorused."Apparently, it's bad form to put a stick bomb in the teachers hair."

Gained Renown with Weasley Twins.

Gained Renown with Marauders .

Evan and Hermione were too busy to care.

James and Sirius were roaring with laughter.

"HELLO!" Draco bellowed, "THEIR MOTHER IS GONE AND THE CAT WANTS TO DO TRICKS!"

"but our fish said, "No no! Make the cat go away . Tell that cat in the hat you do NOT want to play. He should not be here . He should not be about he should not be here when your mother is out.."

"The fish is Percy!" Ginny declared. The Twins and Ron laughed but Molly just glared. "He's our brother too he's in fifth year!"

"now now have no fear! Have no fear! said the cat. My tricks are not bad. ' said the cat in the hat. why, we can have lots of good fun if you wish, with a game I call up -up-up with the fish!"

"Yeah!" Fred and George high fived. "We love this cat."

"It gets better. "Crabbe told them. They nodded at him. " "Put me down said the Fish This is no fun at all put me down said the fish. I do not wish to FALL!" the pictures were projecting over the book so people could see what the cat was doing of course the kids had their books out. " Have no fear said the cat I will not let you fall. I will hold you up as I stand on a ball."

Laughter rang through out the room.

"With a book in one hand! and a cup on my hat ! but that is not ALL I can do ! Said the cat . Look at me! Look at me now!" said the cat with a cup and a cake on my hat I can hold up TWO books. I can hold up the fish ! and a little toy ship! and some milk on a dish and look I can hop up and down on the ball! "

"This is great!" the twins cheered.

" But that is not all!" Crabbe said, he was liking this too though the parents looked a little uncertain if this was a good book for the kids to read it might give them bad ideas. " Oh, no that is not all! Look at me ! Look at me ! Look at me NOW! It is fun to have fun but you have to know how! " the twins were nodding their 7 year old heads hyperly. "I can hold up the cup and the milk and the cake! I can hold up these books! and the fish on a rake!"

"YEAH!" the Weasley twins were clapping loudly.

"I can hold a toy ship and a little toy man!and look with my tail I can I can hold a red fan! I can fan with a fan as I hop on the ball! but that is not all oh , no that is not all!"

"More! " Fred and George cheered. "More!"

"That is what the cat said! Then he fell on his head." Crabbe read. " He came down with a bump from up there on the ball! And Sally and I saw all the things fall!"

"Oh dear!" Molly cried, like she could stop it.

"and our fish came down too he fell into a pot! "

"Lets cook him!" Fred said.

"Fish for dinner!"

"BOYS YOU WILL NOT COOK YOUR BROTHER!"

"He said do I like this? No I do not! This is not a good game. said our fish as he lit. No I do not like it! Not one little bit! Now look what you did! said the fish to the cat. now look at the house! Look at this! Look at that! You sank our toy ship! sank it deep in the cake!"

"We'll eat it out!" Ron said.

"Not me thanks." Dudley said , waving his hand. Petunia smiled at him.

"You bent our new rake You SHOULD NOT be here ! When our mother is not! You get out of this house! said the fish from the pot. "

"BOO!" Fred and George cried. "BOO! Percy fish! We wanna play!"

"'but i like to be here. oh, i like it a lot!' said the cat in the hat to the fish in the pot. 'i will NOT go away. i do NOT wish to go! and so,' said the cat in the hat, 'so so so... i will show you another good game that i know!' and then he ran out. and, then, fast as a fox, the cat in the hat came back in with a box. a big red wood box. it was shut with a hook."

Everyone was paying attention now.

'now look at this trick,' said the cat. 'take a look!' then he got up on top with a tip of his hat. 'i call this game fun-in-a-box,' said the cat. 'in this box are two things i will show to you now. you will like these two things,' said the cat with a bow. 'i will pick up the hook. you will see something new. two things. and i call them Thing One and Thing Two. these Things will not bite you. they want to have fun.' then, out of the box came Thing Two and Thing One!"

"That doesn't sound good." Molly frowned.

"and they ran to us fast. they said, 'how do you do? would you like to shake hands with Thing One and Thing Two?' and sally and i did not know what to do. so we had to shake hands with Thing One and Thing Two. we shook their two hands.

but our fish said, 'no! no! those Things should not be in this house! make them go! they should not be here when your mother is not! put them out! put them out!' said the fish in the pot.

'have no fear, little fish,' said the cat in the hat. 'these Things are good Things.' and he gave them a pat. 'they are tame. oh, so tame! they have come here to play. they will give you some fun on this wet, wet, wet day.' now, here is a game that they like,' said the cat. 'they like to fly kites,' said the cat in the hat.

'no! not in the house!' said the fish in the pot. 'they should not fly kites in a house! they should not. oh, the things they will bump! oh, the things they will hit! oh, i do not like it! not one little bit!'

"I've changed my mind!" Ginny declared, "The cat is my brother Charlie and Thing Two and Thing One are Fred and George"

The twins highfived.

then sally and i saw them run down the hall. we saw those two Things bump their kites on the wall! bump! thump! thump! bump! down the wall in the hall. thing two and thing one! they ran up! they ran down! on the string of one kite we saw mother's new gown! her gown with the dots that are pink, white and red. then we saw one kite bump on the head of her bed! then those things ran about with big bumps, jumps and kicks and with hops and big thumps and all kinds of bad tricks.

and i said, 'i do NOT like the way that they play! if mother could see this, oh, what would she say!' then our fish said, 'look! look!' and our fish shook with fear. 'your mother is on her way home! do you hear? oh, what will she do to us? what will she say? oh, she will not like it to find us this way!'

'so DO something! fast!' said the fish. 'do you hear! i saw her. your mother! your mother is near! so, as fast as you can, think of something to do! you will have to get rid of thing one and thing two!'

"Bill is the I person and I am Sally." Ginny said.

"Well at least we're all here." Fred said to george.

so, as fast as i could, i went after my net. and i said, 'with my net i can get them i bet. i bet, with my net, i can get those things yet!' then i let down my net. it came down with a PLOP! and i had them! at last! those two things had to stop. then i said to the cat, 'now you do as i say. you pack up those Things and you take them away!'

'oh dear!' said the cat. 'you did not like our game... oh dear. what a shame! what a shame! what a shame!' then he shut up the things in the box with the hook. and the cat went away with a sad kind of look

. 'that is good,' said the fish. 'he has gone away. yes. but your mother will come. she will find this big mess! and this mess is so big and so deep and so tall, we can not pick it up. there is no way at all!'

and THEN! who was back in the house? why, the cat! 'have no fear of this mess,' said the cat in the hat. 'i always pick up all my playthings and so... i will show you another good trick that i know!' then we saw him pick up all the things that were down. he picked up the cake, and the rake, and the gown, and the milk, and the strings, and the books, and the dish, and the fan, and the cup, and the ship, and the fish. and he put them away. then he said, 'that is that.' and then he was gone with a tip of his hat. then our mother came in and she said to us two, 'did you have any fun? tell me. what did you do?' and sally and i did not know what to say. should we tell her the things that went on there that day? should we tell her about it? now, what SHOULD we do? well... what would YOU do if your mother asked YOU?" Crabbe put the book down closing it. "I liked that"

"So did we! " Fred and George laughed.

"I've learned to never let your brothers babysit any of you. " Molly huffed.

"Hey !" Ron cried, "Where was I? If Bill was the boy, and Charlie the cat, Percy the fish, Ginny was Sally and the twins thing two and thing one where was I during all of this fun?!"

"Asleep in bed of course." said Fred and George, "You hate rainy wet days and couldn't hear anything through your snore."

That seemed to satisfy Ron.