Thirty-five- Last day!

James

Sirius

Remus

Peter

Come on, open the Notebook! One last time before we get off the train!

That's not fair! I already put it in my trunk!

Well get it out!

I've got everything organized! My books are at the bottom!

Why do you always have everything organized?

Because then I always know where everything is and I don't have to spend my last day at school going around trying to find everything!

Sirius… stop! Put my trunk back!

No can do, Remmy!

Gather 'round, men! We need to dissect Remus's trunk!

IN AN ORDERLY FASHION!

Yeah, yeah.

Teachers' Notebook

McGonagall

Dumbledore

Sprout

Flitwick

Slughorn

No students for three months!

The castle is going to be so empty! Why are you happy?

Because it'll be quite and I don't have to deal with detentions and night time patrols.

We can sleep in.

We can do that during the year, too!

Who's 'we'?

Oh… true…

That's interesting…

What is?

Umbridge just tried to open the gate…

NO!! Why is she here?

She isn't. She tried to open the gate… then it turned purple… and she jumped, then disapparated…

That IS interesting…

Minerva…

I didn't do anything!

I think you did…

I KNOW I didn't.

Ok, if you didn't who did?

I don't know.

Filius, can you identify the charm?

Looked like a basic shock charm that was modified slightly. I just looked at it.

Why do you say it was modified?

Because I touched the gate and nothing happened.

From outside?

Did that too.

So it was modified to only work on her? That's funny! We should invite her back…

You DID have something to do with this!

Why do you keep jumping down my throat? If I were to do something like that, Umbridge would be unconscious and still lying outside the gates!

No, you didn't do the charm directly…

("Dumbledore figured it out. I TOLD you we should have just gotten stuff set up and then just activated it when she came!" Remus snapped.

"Yeah, but then we wouldn't be able to get her when she came over the summer, now would we?" James said back.)

What are you implying, Albus?

You had someone else do it for you.

Do you honestly think I'd sink that low?

Yes.

Nice to know you think so much of me.

You set Lupin up to do something to get back at Umbridge and he had his buddies help him and now the castle is a death-trap for Dolores. How very Slytherin.

How very wrong.

How very correct! Now Dolores will become paranoid and she'll bring back up with her next time she comes!

Pah. What'll back up do for her?? If she'd bring them to pave the way for her and make sure nothing will pop out and poke her, they'd be too stupid to notice anything.

AH! See? You know that there are more traps!

No, I don't. I'm just assuming. If you think there are more traps, go find them.

I don't think I will! You gave the orders to have them set up, YOU go find them.

I think we both know that you would lose this argument. So get your butt out of your chair and search.

They won't show unless she's around!

AH! YOU set them up!

What?

You seem to know all about the traps, therefore, you must have set them up!

Why would I set them up?

You dislike the toad just as much as I do, you just don't show it. You bottle it up, and you poured the frustration out in the form of traps for her!

("Dang, McGonagall's good," Sirius commented.)

That makes sense…

See?

Ridiculous!

First step; denial.

But YOU denied it too, so you're in the same spot I'm in.

Second step; try to push it off on someone else.

That's what you're doing now!

Third step; frustration.

Fourth step; destroy your deputy.

Now you wouldn't do that.

I might. You never know.

You wouldn't dare.

And why wouldn't I?

Because then Pomona, Rolanda, and Poppy would destroy YOU.

True…

Grrr.

You lose, again.

Minerva: 5,553

Dumbledore: 2

You've been keeping score?

All year!

That's ridiculous. I can't be that far behind!

Yes you can. It's always been rather unbalanced.

How long have you been keeping score?

Since the second year Minerva came.

I want to see the records!

Fine, but you'll have to get them from the library.

Irma won't let me have them!

Pity.

Why is Peeves floating around and taking notes on things?

("NO! Peeves! You were supposed to keep that on the down low!" James whined.)

He's what?

Floating through walls and taking notes!

On what?

I don't know. You think he'd let me look at them? I got ink all over my new jacket just for asking!

Why would Peeves be taking notes?

That's what I'm asking you!

Maybe he's just… I don't know.

I think this is something we should be nervous about… he obviously wants to remember something…

Speaking of Peeves, he's just floated through my door. I'll be back eventually.

Uck. Dumbledore, you have some visitors. One of them looks like a toad.

-sigh- Mind letting them in?

Yes, I do mind, because the Venemous Tentacula has decided that some other plants are trying to take its space, so I have to go break up a war.

Fine. I'll just get up and go all the way down the 7 staircases and through the 27 corridors and let them in!

There's a good idea. Have fun, don't get lost, and don't let Umbridge run into any of the traps you set out for her.

I didn't set those up!

Whatever you say, Dumbledore.

Back on the train

James

Sirius

Remus

Peter

Who would have ever thought that dear Minnie would get us off like that?

I don't know, but it's AWESOME! Dumbledore had it figured out and everything and she just spun it around!

Well she was getting herself out of trouble, too.

Remus, you just totally killed the moment.

Butchered it.

Alright, fine. McGonagall was just getting US out of trouble. Enjoy your moment!

I think it's awesome that Sprout played along.

Yeah, she totally bought it! She'll probably keep a close eye on Dumbledore when he's around!

No, she knows McGonagall too well. She was just going along with it. She knew McGonagall had something to do with the set up.

Makes it all the better!

-gasp- You know what this means?

They really do like us!

James, you took my line!

Whoops! Sorry. What does it mean, Sirius?

It means that they really do like us!

Or that they really dislike Umbridge.

Quit ruining moments, Remus!!

That's it! When we get back in September, your guts are going to the squid!

Dare to dream, Sirius.

Idiotic werewolf.

Sirius, you never cease to amaze me.

What never ceases to amaze me is how fast this train ride goes. Look! The trolley is already here!

LUNCH!

So ends third year! I've got some pretty funny stuff coming up in fourth year, but its got some kind of darker stuff in it too. Just keep reading though, I'll try to get through the darkness fast!

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