PART 16

"Remember me?"

The boy in the cape and cowl flew, seemingly without aid, to a different obelisk.

Peter ran away. Fletcher was torn.

"We have your loyalty, don't we?" James asked him.

Fletcher decided to run.

"Loyalty is a two way streeeeeet!"

So the five were down to three. But it wasn't the end of the world, since they were the most (if not only) duel competent anyhow. James knew he could take ten of those super-villain wannabes alone.

The super-villain cleared his throat to get their attention.

"I asked you a question!"

"Oh yeah. What was it?"

The super-villan struck a different pose.

"Remember me?"

"Hm no not really."

"How do you not remember me? I terrorised the halls of Hogwarts! I struck fear in the hearts of you all! My gummy bears were the stuff of nightmares! You must remember me!"

"Well you know, it was the 70's..."

"Hang on," said Sirius. "I think I remember something, actually. It's The Conk, right?"

"I'm The Cape!" shouted The Cape.

"I like what you did with your nose-"

"I'M THE CAPE!"

"Alright! What do you want?"

"What do you think I want? I want the Philosopher's Stone! Hand it to me, or else!"

"Very well," said James. "Are you ready?"

"Am I what?"

"It's very brittle. Don't drop it!"

James threw the parcel to The Cape, who caught it with ease. The Cape felt the weight of it. Then he opened it.

"It looks very real for a fake."

He looked at it from all sides and angles, looking for evidence of it's fake-ness.

"It even feels like the real thing. I have to hand it to your attention to detail. It has the exact odour I would have expected, a mixture of formaldehyde and blue Stilton."

Eventually The Cape stopped doubting that the stone in his hand was real. He just couldn't believe that they had thrown it to him, just like that, without a fight. They were acting like Hufflepuffs.

"Alright what's the catch?"

"I don't know. Just the corruption of the soul, I reckon," said James. "Must be some way to verify that it's real."

"You bet there is! Try and stop me!"

He came flying down from the obelisk and ran to the gift shop. While he was in there, the chaps ran behind an obelisk and became the Mischief Managers.