AN: at last, the invisibility cloak makes it show! I just realized that I should've made James have it since the first year *kicks herself for being stupid* anyway, before I get myself killed, I'm torturing you guys with an incredibly short chapter. not much torture to you, but torture enough! Hahaha! No, this isn't the last chapter for year two yet, however you might hope J the next chapter is. Don't blame me, blame my head. Read and review!!
bunny chan
Disclaimer: who cares about reading this when you know what I'll say? Who cares? I'll write… The characters you recognised that belonged to JKR is hers and I hold no responsibility in damaging them at all.
The Marauding Five : Year Two
Chapter 11: The Invisibility Cloak
The Marauders were hiding in the shadows again as a very, very green Argus Filch stormed past.
'Come out now! I know you're here! Show your face!!' Filch cried angrily. The Marauders kept silent.
'Show out!!!!!!' Filch called again.
'He thinks anyone'll do that? Maybe he needs his head checked!' Lily whispered to James, who stiffled a snort.
'Okay… if you're not here, I bet you're in your dorm! I'll go there now!! Wait. Where's the Gryffindor common room?' Filch asked himself, strolling away absent-mindedly. The four let a sigh of relief before falling onto the floor, laughing helplessly.
'He truly thinks that people'll show out when he asks them to!' Lily laughed.
'Did you see his face? He looked like being poisoned!' James laughing before rolling over.
'He possibly is anyway,' Remus said as he calmed himself down.
'Hey!!! We poisoned him, James!!!! Those Bursting Crackers and Licking Parchments sure are good with Lily's charms!' Sirius laughed maniacally before rolling onto the floor helplessly and rolling and rolling and rolling…
'Stop it, Si!! I'm dizzy already!' Remus said, holding his head.
'And he rolls and rolls and rolls and rolls…' Lily muttered under her breath.
'I'm dizzy. Are there any circles in my glasses like they do in the cartoons?' James asked. Lily took a look at it before solemnly replying, 'Yes, there are actually. Does that mean you're a cartoon character already?'
'Lily!'
'Just kidding! None! You're not a cartoon yet!'
'You know, we need something to cover ourselves up. It isn't good if Filch finds us,' Remus said sensibly.
'What, an armor? With the loads they have in Hogwarts, you can always disguise yourself as one,' Sirius suggested.
'They're too heavy to carry around! What we need is a-'
'Invisibility Cloak!' James said happily. He then did a little dance for finding an answer.
'Invisibility Cloak? Those are rarer than diamonds!' Lily exclaimed as he hit James hard on the head.
'Much, much rarer than- than- whatever. I can't think of anything,' Remus grinned.
'Where are we going to get one?' Sirius asked.
'Dad has it.'
'WHAT?! You mean your dad has it and you never even bothered to ask him???' Lily demanded.
'Sorta. I figured we don't need it here.'
'How can we not? With the amount of pranks we play every night in the Slytherin dorms-' Sirius said dramatically, but was cut off by a loud grumble. 'And, um, midnight raids in the kitchens?' the boy finished sheepishly.
'Very good reasons. Maybe I should write back to dad to ask for it, but first,' James was also cut off by another three more rumbles.
'Stomach is right at the top,' Lily said, blushing.
'I thought it was stomach over mind,' Remus corrected.
'But we weren't doing much thinking here!' James retorted.
'Guess so. Kitchens, here we come!!! Watch out, house-elves!!!! The Marauders haunts baaaaccckkk!!!!' Sirius cried in glee as he sped off to the kitchens.
'Maybe that's stomach over actions?' Lily suggested to Remus helpfully.
'With the way Sirius is acting? I think it's stomach over body and mind and actions!' James snorted.
Remus just nodded in agreement before the remaining three ran towards the kitchens, catching up with Sirius, who was standing before the painting, tapping his foot impatiently, hands on hips.
'You look remarkably like a girl, with your long hair and all!' Lily laughed. James and Remus took a double take at Sirius again.
'She's right! You do look like one!' James laughed.
'Not exactly. Si, you're missing that impatient look and annoyed look on your face!' Remus chided.
Sirius fixed his expressions and the three burst out laughing uncontrollably.
'Okay, okay!! Enough already!! I'm huuuunnnnnggrrrrryyyy!!!!!!!!!!' Sirius moaned.
'Fine! So'm I!! Get ti-'
'POTTER!!!! EVANS!!!!! BLACK!!!!! LUPIN!!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT OF BED!!!!!!'
'Typical time to come on us. Why, oh why didn't we get in earlier?' Lily moaned silently as the elder witch stomped down the corridor.
'We were laughing at Sirius?' James suggested meekly. Lily hadn't a chance to reply for McGonagall had stomped in on them already.
'Just what are you doing again out of bed?' McGonagall demanded.
'We're trying to find our- our- Transfiguration essay! But we somehow got lost here,' Remus explained. He trust Lily, James and Sirius will give out everything since their stomachs were grumbling loudly now. They'd do anything to get into the kitchens.
'Lupin, I didn't assign any essays.'
'You didn't? But you did!! See, it's about turning a potato into a bramble bush.'
'I did?'
'You did.'
'Well, I thought that we'll do that lesson on Monday!'
'Today is Monday! I mean, yesterday was.' The four exchange stares. What was wrong with their Transfiguration teacher?
'I thought today was Sunday.'
'Did anyone use a Memory charm on you?' Sirius asked helpfully. This professor is doing a really good job, he muttered in his head.
'Wait, I remembered Halley trying her charms. She's bad at them, and I got hit by one.'
'See?'
'But still, the Transfiguration room is that way,' McGonagall said, pointing to the direction they had come from.
'It is? There was an armor there before- hey, where'd it go?' Lily asked in pretence surprise.
'Well, I'll kindly bring you there myself then, and see you to the common room. No one is allowed wandering themselves when You-Know-Who is out,' McGonagall said kindly. Their stomachs grumbling, groaning and, in Sirius' case, kicking, they followed their Transfiguration teacher. Upon reaching the room, they pulled out their essays, all completed, from under their desks. They knew that McGonagall usually give essays after each lecture and had copied each of her notes when she was still talking in class.
'Lucky we left them here because we're too lazy to roll it into our sachels,' Sirius muttered as they went out.
'Got them? Let's return,' McGonagall said cheerfully. After all, her best students were doing her homework and not fooling around! How well can that get? However, the Marauders seem to think that their teacher has gone wrong in head.
'Umm, Minnie?' Lily started. McGonagall turned.
'Did you just eat-'
'Sprout's new-'
'Tarantula?'
'It was-'
'Supposed-'
'To be-'
'Poisoned.'
'Eat Sprout's tarantula? She has one?' McGonagall asked in disbelief.
'Not exactly. We saw Snape lay a tarantula on Sprout's lunch box. We thought it was hers,' Sirius said. The Marauders were the ones who'd laid that spider there, but what'll hurt using Severus' name? Nothing, Remus said to himself.
'Very well. I'll see to it that Snape receives his detention. Hinkypunks!' McGonagall said to the Fat Lady. It swung open and McGonagall saw to it that they went in safely.
'What's up with Minnie?' Lily asked, voicing everyone's thoughts.
'She even responded to that name!' James said, shivering.
'She took me from food and actually believed that we were going to get our essays?' Sirius asked.
'She's freaking me out today,' Remus shivered.
'Like she isn't already. Thinking today's Sunday?'
'What's wrong with her anyway?'
'Cuckoo.'
'Yes, I know you like that bird.'
'No, cuckoo.'
'What? We're not playing hide and seek now!'
'I mean she's gone cuckoo in head already!'
'Oh, say so then!'
'I did!'
'Stupid, you said "cuckoo". How're we suppose to understand that statement?'
'Whatever. James, write that letter!!!!'
'Oh, fine!'
The four supplied James with quill, inkbottle and parchment as he started writing the letter, with them crowding over him in the silent common room.
Dear Edward dad,
Hiya dad! We're doing pretty fine here. Yes, I know you want to kill us for not writing to either you or Lily's parents or Sirius' parents or Remus' parents, so put that wand on the table before you turn this parchment into a howler to be sent to us. I know that's what you're planning to do!
Lily, Sirius and Remus are reading this letter behind me.
We were doing well in our studies. Perhaps you wouldn't be quite eager about this subject now, but I'm sure the Evans will be glad to know that.
Well, we were running from Filch a while ago. Hid in the shadows. He called us to come out and we didn't. Then he went mad and started walking off. Lily says that he expects us all to show up as soon as he calls. Weird, isn't it? Come to think of it, we need your Invisibility Cloak. I know you have two so hand one over to me! Your son's needing it for his stomach and for pranks here!!! (Lily hits James. 'Us!!') Sorry, I mean us Marauders. Lily's hitting me at the moment…
Can't say much in here, but Minnie McGonagall's acting pretty weird today. Trust us, you will NOT want to hear about it! ('Why not?' Sirius asks. 'You want him coming after me if he knows there's a tarantula planted in Halley's lunch?' James replied)
Sincerely (Maybe yes, but more of a no)
James Edward Potter (ME!!!), Lily Rose Evans, Sirius Orion Black aaaannnnddd Remus Romulus Lupin!!! The Marauders Of Hogwarts! Ta-da-dang!!!!
PS: GIVE US THAT INVISIBILITY CLOAK!!!! WE NEED IT!!!! – The Marauders
PPS: Share it with our moms and dads if you want… - Lily, Sirius, Remus
PPPS: NOOOO!!!! NOT A HOWLER! – James
PPPPS: Put down the wand!!! We'll write more often, promise!!! – The Marauders
They re-read the letter.
'It sounded like a ransom note,' Remus said.
'I'm demanding for it!! He has two and he never gives it to me!' James retorted.
'Too much PS already, don't you think?' Lily mused.
'Nah, we'll be so thankful because of it!' Sirius said.
'Dare we sneak to the Owlery?'
'And risk out necks? Why not?'
And they crept out of the common room.
'I'll watch out if I were you,' the Fat Lady warned.
'Why?'
'Corn's patrolling tonight. You know him.'
'I thought Minnie was.'
'No, Corn is. It's about time to change shifts.'
'They have shifts?'
'Why not?'
'Nothing, just wondering. Thanks, um, auntie!'
'I'm not any "Auntie"! In fact, I'm Lady Porpersilla Gertrude Grand la Porpington Hunkiepink Nustrus Fatrus the hundred and fifty eight!' the painting retorted.
'Yeah, whatever. Fat Lady, happy?'
'I am not Fat Lady! I have a name and it's Lady Porpersilla-'
'Fine! We know it already! But it's too long and you're fat, so we're calling you Fat Lady, now shut up!'
'Why are you going out?'
'Our stomach's at the peak already and we have a letter to deliver. Bye!'
With that, they hurriedly left the entrance to the Gryffindor common room as quickly as they can. Once they are at least fifteen walls from the painting, they halt to a walk towards the kitchens.
'Why did that stupid painting started all those talks anyway?' Sirius asked.
'Why, in the first place, did she state out her name?' Lily enquired.
'Why is her name so long and weird?' James pondered.
'And why are you all asking this?' Remus asked as he turned to them, causing them to bump into each other.
'OW!' They exclaimed at the same time whilst Remus hushed them down before they went into hiding in the shadows again.
'We need that cloak and we need it bad,' Sirius muttered.
'Ssssh!!' James hissed. Corn's heavy footsteps came thumping by as they silenced down.
'Who's there? Come out, even if you're You-Know-Who!!' Corn's quavering voice came out as a squeak. Lily, James, Sirius and Remus tried to stiffle their giggles. The DADA teacher may look tough and all, but he's a coward at heart. Hearing him squeak reminds Lily strongly of Pettigrew.
'Y- You're afraid of me, aren't you? C- come out!'
Sirius couldn't help it much longer. His tears were falling helplessly to the floor. James stuffed a piece of parchment into his mouth.
'Whaddyou do this for?' Sirius whispered, laughter all forgotten in annoyance.
'Ssh!!' James, Remus and Lily hissed. Corn was now running away in fright.
'Weird how he turned into a DADA teacher,' Lily muttered as she crawled out slowly.
'I'll bet that Remus could teach the class,' James said as he bowed to the armor that provided them shade. He bowed back.
'I don't think so. He seem pretty nervous,' Remus said. They waited for Sirius to come out. After a while, he hadn't shown up yet. Worried, they look behind the armor. Sirius was there, yes, and he's rolling on the ground with silent laughter and tears. They narrowed their eyes at him. He stopped at once before climbing out, muttering about not having any sense of humor.
'We do, but unlike you, we can control it,' Lily answered.
'Well, he sounds so much like Pettigrew! You know, that Slytherin coward…'
'Yeah! Gosh, I was wondering if Pettigrew is his nephew or something,' James said. 'Hand over that parchment, Si.'
'Whatever for? I ate it already!'
'You WHAT?'
'I ate that parchment. I'm too hungry I guess.'
'You couldn't have!!'
'Too bad. Done that already. Digesting at the moment.'
'That was our last piece of parchment!'
'What?'
'Yes and our next supply comes only the day after!!'
'Stupid paper-eater!'
'I hope you get an indigestion!'
'Well, it's digesting pretty fine. I'm still hungry though.'
'We're at the kitchens now.'
'Goody!! House-elves, be ready to work!!!!'
Sirius hurried to the painting and tickled the pear so vigorously that it almost shouted with laughter. The gang had to shut it up before it admitted their entrance into the huge Hogwarts Kitchens, the Marauder's secret lair for unfinished food. At least, that's to Sirius. The thousands of house-elves ran to them.
'How may we serve you, Misters and Miss?' they chorused together.
'I'd like um, today – uh yesterday's – special pudding, roast chicken, ala carte pies – make it cherry and strawberry and apple with cream toppings, roasted chops, throw in a few steaks, chinese shrimp noodles, Thai's tom yam, some raw lamb might help there, a few slices of those fabulous watermelons, five different gravies, give me all the vegetable you have EXCEPT carrots, some tropical yogurt and whatever else you have!' Sirius listed, licking his lips happily. The remaining stared at him, but the house-elves' faces glow brighter each time he lists in something and set to work straight off.
'I'll have some burgers, sandwiches and fried chicken,' Remus said, not feeling really hungry after listening to Sirius' list of food. Compared to him, their appetite is only a drop in an empty bucket.
'We'll go for Dripping Pudding, two dinner sets and some fruit juice,' Lily said after she and James discussed.
'What, not hungry any more?' Sirius asked as he ate his food.
'Not after seeing you and your food. You make me lose my appetite,' Lily said faintly as Sirius ate up the pies.
'I agree with her,' James said, watching Sirius drink the milkshake.
'I think you shouldn't have those extra sugar in the pudding. Yours is really sweet,' Remus said, trying a spoon from Sirius' pudding.
'Ditto,' James said as he choked on the very-very-sweet-pudding before grabbing five glasses of water.
'Aah!!! Water!' Lily said as she grabbed the sixth cup James was drinking before gulping everything down. 'How can you stand anything so sweet?'
Sirius didn't reply. He was eating everything at top speed and the elves were refilling his plates happily. When he decided he had enough, he was dancing and singing happily at the top of his lungs. Remus sighed.
'See, he's gone nuts after having too much sugar.'
'Stupid Sirius. Get a life!' Lily poured in a huge tank (aquarium, to be exact) of water into Sirius' mouth. The fishes fell off helplessly. Lily picked them back into the empty aquarium and magicked water into it. James and Remus laughed at the sight of Sirius. The boy was round, just like a very huge ball.
'Lily, you–'
'Yep!! Let's play bowling!'
Lily magicked a few bowling pins and pushed Sirius at the middle. She and James rolled Sirius to the pins and…
'Hurrah!!! Shot all down!' Lily high-fived with James.
'With a ball that big, I'm surprised if it didn't,' Remus mused happily. The elves looked on with the provided entertainment.
'Mmmpf puffff fute mmph mmpfff mmmmh!!' Sirius tried to say from his plastered mouth (Lily put it there to stop everything from gushing out).
'Pardon me, Sirius?' Lily said from behind him as she pulled the spellotape off. Sirius shot into the air, gushing the aquarium water at the same time. He flew left, right, up, down, diagnol – every direction possible. Finally after fifteen minutes, he sat back on the floor, exhausted.
'You do look like a cartoon character now!' Lily laughed, remembering James' question a while ago.
'Thanks a lot,' Sirius muttered as he checked himself for bruises.
'Well, it's weird how you didn't burst just like that!' James mused.
'This is magic, remember? Magic!!' Remus said in reply. 'Thanks elves! We'll be back sometime soon!'
'You always welcomed back, Masters, Miss! Come here each time you hungry!'
'I most definitely will,' Sirius said as he grabbed a toothpick to pick on his teeth.
'Brush it off! We need to go now. Bye!' James said as they grabbed Sirius and rushed out of the kitchens.
'If we stay much longer, I'll bet that Sirius will order for more food to be served!' Lily said as they went up the third floor. Remus stuck a tongue at the one-eyed witch. He was still sore at it dropping it's eyeball on his already sore leg.
'Put me down! Down! Down!! Down!!!' Sirius cried. They put him down. Sirius immediately started jumping up and down and started singing silly songs at the top of his lungs. The trio stared in shock before rushing towards him to shut him up.
'You're on sugar, aren't you?' Lily panted as she fought to keep Sirius' mouth shut.
'SUUUGGAAAAAR… I'm on ssuuuuuuuuugaaaaaaaar! The sweet, sweet suuuuugaaaaar!!!! Just like a mooooogle!!' Sirius sang.
'What's a moogle?' Remus asked.
'Who cares? All I know is that it keeps on saying "Kupo!" and goodness-know-what. Some game Sirius played in the holidays,' James replied as Lily tried to use the Silencing charm.
'Hey!!!! I love mooooooogles! They're soooooooooooo truuuuuuuuuuuthfuuuuul!' Sirius sang.
'Shut it up!! This charm can't even silence him!!' Lily said in an exasperated voice. Sirius started dancing a really comical dance.
'At least he's dancing. That's quieter,' Remus muttered under his breath. But no sooner had he said them when Sirius started jumping and singing all over again.
'Beyooooond the yondeeeeeeer faaaaaaaar! I liiiiiiveee with my ol' grandmaaaaaaaaaa! In her house up on the hiiiiiiiiilllllllllssssss!!! I'd looooooove to see heeeeeeeeer-'
'SIRIUS, someone's coming!' Lily hushed. They went into hiding behind the one-eyed witch, who threw hateful glances at Remus. Remus stuck his tongue out in reply. Corn's heavy footsteps came by the empty hallway again.
'Okay, come out now! Which ghost are you?'
'Haha!! Ha ha ha!!! Why, helooooooooo Corn!!! Ka ha! How's it been going?' Peeves' cackling came as he swooped behind the DADA teacher, tickling him from behind. Corn dropped, laughing before running off. Peeves looked around.
'Out, out, out!! I know you're here!'
'Hi there Peeves! Thanks for saving us there!' Lily greeted cheerfully.
'Helooooo Lilydums! Where's James and Sirius and Remus?'
A loud singing was heard soon along with two muffled voices, discussing about Sirius' insanity.
'There you are!' Lily said triumphantly.
'Just faaaar beyond the yonder hiiiiigh!! I triiiiiiiieeeeeeed to cross the skyyyyyyyyyy! The biiiiirdds come flyyiiiiiiiing! And I'll resume to siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnggggggg!'
'Interesting song! Get him to write the lyrics for me! Toodles!' and with that, Peeves soared off, cackling in his high pitched cackle.
'How on earth are we going to the Owlery?' Lily asked herself.
'We're going and we're going now. Come on!' James said as he grabbed Lily and pulled her to the direction of the Owlery.
'Si?'
'Remus knocked him out with the old hag's eyeball. Behind.'
Lily turned. Sure enough, an eyeball lay on the ground and Sirius had a large bruise on his head. The witch was motioning Remus to get the eyeball back to her but Remus seem to keep poking his tongue at it. Remus was also dragging the unconcious Sirius, muttering about reducing his sugar in his meal.
**
James kicked the door to the Owlery open before searching for Jackpot, his owl and his 'partner' in crime when sending howlers to Snape. Lily helped Remus drag Sirius in.
'Jackpot! Jackpot, where are you?' James called for his owl.
'Where's he?' Lily asked.
'Not even a feather to be seen.'
'This is his feather,' Lily said as she picked up a mahagony feather. 'Oh, did he get kidnapped?'
'Who'd do that?'
'Voldemort.'
'Why would he want a stupid owl?'
'How should I know? To send by Owl Post, of course! You expect him to use a post office?'
'Jackpot!!! Where are you???'
'Here, use Lotus.' Lily handed James her slightly pink owl.
'Stupid Jackpot. I bet he went to catch some mice. Lotus, send this to my dad. Make sure to not let him curse or hex you, kay?' James said as he tied the letter to Lotus' legs. Lily gave her an owl pellet and send her owl off into the night.
**
The Marauders sat together for breakfast and chatted about McGonagall's seemingly weird attitude the day before when the Owl Post came in. Jackpot and Lotus landed beside James, both with a letter tied to them.
James opened Jackpot's first, as it came with a small parcel, bundled up really tightly.
'Dear James, Lily, Sirius and Remus,
Why didn't you write to us? How were things going there? Lily's parents are worried about your studies. (Lily rolled her eyes at this)
Well, I found out that I had two invisibility cloaks, not one. I'd decided to give it to you as a gift. I thought you might need it for planting Dungbombs at Filch's office or maybe torture that Slytherin scum once and for all. Orion wishes that you kill him but Romulus suggested torture. William says that we should just leave him but I say that we should make Dumbledore expel him!
Send our "regards" to Snape's father. Rose, Yvonne, Melissa and Anne sends a couple of Dungbombs to come along, but Gram exchanged everything into serpents. I enclosed my own version of Filibusters Fireworks in here. Don't bother asking how I made it when I'm so busy with Auror work. I was using these fireworks to um, frighten Mrs Thompson (wipe off that grin, kids!) and I somehow mixed it up with a potion I was brewing and so… you know the rest. It's history.
With that, we enclose ten galleons each for buying new quills and parchments.
Lots of Love,
Edward and Yvonne Potter, Willian and Rose Evans, Orion and Melissa Black, Romulus and Anne Lupin and Millicent Turner (Gram here!!!!)
PS: Use the cloak properly!!'
'And it was dated the day before yesterday,' James finished. The Marauders turned white before turning to Lotus, waiting patiently as she held out the white letter in her beak.
'Dare you?' Lily asked, gulping.
'What do you think?' James replied. The Marauders gulped in everything. Everyone stared at them in amazement. What is wrong opening a letter? They're staring it like a Howler, Tally said to herself, biting hard at her spoon. James threw the letter open as the four ran for cover at the High Tables.
'COME BACK HERE, JAMES POTTER, LILY EVANS, SIRIUS BLACK, REMUS LUPIN!!!!!!!! WE SENT IT TO YOU ALREADY!!!! WHY ARE YOU DEMANDING AGAIN?? SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRANKS AND ALL! WE DON'T SEND YOU FOR CLASSES FOR NOTHING!'
The Potters, Evans, Blacks and Lupins. The four hid under the table, waiting for their parents to continue.
'AND YOU DON'T LEARN FOR NOTHING, LILY!!! I TAUGHT YOU HOW TO USE THEM!!!!!'
'What? You think I'm eighteen already?' Lily asked in disbelief.
'WITH IT, I EXPECT YOU ARE!!!!! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AT LEAST AT TWENTY ALREADY!!!'
'I hate it when she says that. Being twelve and having Psychic powers that you posess only when you're sixteen is bad,' Lily muttered to James. He nodded.
'AND DON'T YOU DARE SIDE HER, JAMES, SIRIUS, REMUS! SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE HIGHER THAN HER LEVEL NOW! AND WHAT ABOUT DEMANDING FOR THAT THING WHEN WE JUST SENT IT?'
'Hasn't he any sense that I dated that letter yesterday?' James groaned.
'WELL, WE DIDN'T SEND YOU A RED LETTER, BUT WE THOUGHT A WHITE ONE WILL DO! GRAM ENCLOSES A RECIPE FOR IT.'
And with that, the paper burst into flames. Its ashes combined together into a new parchment. Written neatly on it was 'How To Make A White Howler'.
The Great Hall stared as the Marauders climbed out.
'Haven't we enough audiences already?' Sirius snapped at them. Hurriedly, everyone resumed eating. Grumbling, Lily grabbed the parchment as they sat on the Gryffindor table.
'What's this? A normal Howler and a coloring charm? This is so ridiculous!' Lily exclaimed.
'And they said to not open this in front of anyone. Serious, how are we going to open it then?' Remus asked angrily, reading the largely stamped letters on the box.
'They need a life,' Sirius grumbled as he tore the parchment on how to make a white Howler.
'They don't need one. They already have one. But they need to use it better or they'll end up in more trouble than we already are,' James muttered before reading the letter again. 'So much for letters.'
'I wonder why didn't the Howler burn,' Lily asked pensively.
'I bet they charmed a paper into a Howler. To them, that's a normal Howler,' Remus answered before eating his porridge.
'We'll just go to Hogsmeade today and skip lessons. We need parchments since Sirius ate up our last one,' James said.
'And risk our necks when we promised to be good?' Remus asked in a disbelief tone. 'We'll be caught!'
'Not exactly. You forgot what we have here,' Lily said, tapping the big box fondly.
'Right, the cloak,' Sirius said brightly. He was immediately hushed by the three.
'We're not supposed to let anyone know!' James hissed.
'Fine!'
**
The four Marauders hid behind a huge silvery white cloak as they crept slowly to the kitchens.
'Sssh! We might be seen!' Remus warned.
'We're in an Invisibility Cloak, Re, or have you forgotten?' Sirius asked, rolling his eyes at his friend.
'Oh, yeah. I need a bit adjustment.'
'We'll get used to this,' Lily said dismissively. She tickled the pear as it let out a giggle before admitting their entrance into the kitchens. Sirius danced happily in, pulling the cloak away before running to the house-elves to describe the list of food he wants that night. James tucked it neatly under his robes before placing an order of his own.
'-and I don't want any cabbages. Or carrots or celeries or broccolis, okay? And remove extra sugar from Sirius' food,' James said before they waited eagerly for their food. The elves hurried off and the Marauders sat themselves on the table, waiting patiently for their food. Just then, a giggle was heard from the other side of the wall. The four sat bolt up and James quickly threw the silver cloak over everyone, hiding them from sight as they see who was the one who came into the kitchens. They held their breaths sharply.
An old wizard, his beard long and white, came in through the wall. Dumbledore. He placed his orders with the house-elves before sitting himself on the table. They held themselves still, afraid that any movement might catch his attention. The grey eyes turn towards them and Lily felt him looking straight at her. She gulped and waved a little, causing shock to the remaining trio. They glared at her and turned back to watch the headmaster. He was waving back cheerfully to Lily.
'Why did you do that?' James hissed angrily at Lily.
'He saw me! I'm sure he did! I read his mind at that very moment, too! He saw us, invisible cloak or not!' Lily whispered back.
'Oh, yeah, how can he even see us?' Sirius hissed back.
'I read his mind! He saw us already!' Lily insisted. Dumbledore walked calmly to them. James pulled them away to another spot, but the wizard still followed. At last, he yanked the cloak off them.
'Hello boys and girl! You needn't run, you know,' Dumbledore smiled as the Marauders grinned weakly at him.
'Um, hi! I think we'd better leave now,' Remus squeaked as the four turned to leave.
'Wait a moment!'
Slowly, they turned to face him for their detention.
'Your food's done. Surely you want to miss it?'
Sirius' face brightened at once as he ran to the food before gobbling them up at top speed. The others ate weakly at their places. Eating with the headmaster of the school is one awkward thing, but eating with him in the kitchens and in the dead of night is another awkward thing.
'Come, come! Isn't the food good?' Dumbledore asked cheerfully.
'Very fantastic!' Sirius said as they elves refilled his plates.
'Good,' Lily replied weakly. James and Remus were quiet.
'I always sneaked here whenever I want to eat,' Dumbledore explained.
'How can you see us through our cloak?' Remus asked suddenly. Sirius stopped eating for a moment, but he resumed back to it after a second.
'Yeah, have you x-ray visions?' James asked as he tried to look at his hand under his cloak.
'Lily hadn't explained?'
'Not yet.'
'Well, I'll save the trouble then. I just can,' Dumbledore said, grinning.
'What?' Lily, James and Remus asked blankly.
'I can see through your cloak, invisible or not. That's a good thing,' Dumbledore said, biting into a pudding. 'Ouch! It isn't even Christmas and a sickle is embedded in here?'
They laughed at it before turning to Sirius, who was eating five puddings together at top speed. Sure enough, five loud clanks were heard from his mouth. Sirius opened it and everyone started laughing. Sirius' teeth had dropped almost all and in their replacement were five silver sickles. Dumbledore restored his teeth with a growing spell before sending off to bed once they had finished eating.
'I sincerely hope you enjoy the food!'
'Oh, we do alright. In fact, we always-' Remus was cut off by Lily and James.
'We always enjoy all the food, didn't we Li?'
'Oh, yes. We had always loved the food our wondrous school provided us with!'
'Especially when it's free,' Sirius finished triumphantly. 'Thanks Dumbledore! See ya tomorrow!'
Dumbledore waved them off. Then he stopped Lily.
'Have you any more sherbet lemons? I'd love to have one,' Dumbledore asked.
'Sherbet lemons? Oh sure, why not?' Lily dug her pockets and came up with four sherbet lemons. James, Sirius and Remus did the same before placing a packet of sherbet lemons into Dumbledore's hands.
'Dad sends them,' James grinned.
'Thank you. I love these muggle sweets. Unlike the wizard sweets, they have no special spells attached to them, like Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Bean,' Dumbledore said, making a face. 'I got a vomit flavored one when I was a boy and I hate it ever since. Thank you very much.'
'Sure. G'night!' James wished.
'Don't let the bed bugs bite!' Sirius yawned.
'Don't overwork,' Remus adviced. 'and be sure to get plenty of rest!'
'Oh, and make sure you eat the orange sweet,' Lily added in a devious tone. Grinning, the other four nodded before running off.
Dumbledore looked at the orange sweet in the midst of the yellow sweets. Curious, he took it out and ate it. Soon, he was seen hurrying towards the kitchen for a glass of water to wash out the horrid taste the sweet had given.
AN: You can make a guess on which sorta sweet it is ^_^ think any flavor you want, but it's definitely something very disgusting or too hot or maybe the Every Flavor Beans in disguise ^_^ whatever. I don't think you might find this funny anyway [I do!! I've a really weird sense of humor], but please review, kay? I'll be so thankful!!