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The next morning we all woke up, generally at the same time. It was a miracle, because Megan usually slept in late, but her cats had attacked us.
After breakfast, Megan suggested we go outside. "You have to see the creek down behind the house, it's really cool," she explained.
"Eww, yuck. I hope it doesn't have any thing yucky in it," Andrea said.
"Yes, mutant frogs and giant mosquitoes," Megan began, just to scare Andrea.
Andrea covered her face with her hands. "Eww! Yuck!"
"Andie, there is no such thing as mutant frogs or giant mosquitoes," I told her.
"Yah, did you know they took gullible out of the dictionary?" Megan asked.
"Yah, remember that time we got Sirius to look it up?" I replied. We all laughed and continued outside.
Megan led the way from her back door across her lawn to some trees behind her house. We all entered the small forest and continued on the path.
"When I grow up, I am going to be a goat herder," Andrea stated.
"A GOAT HERDER? Andrea, are you insane? You are a witch!" I exclaimed.
"And goat herders don't make very much, Andie," Megan pointed out. "And you couldn't have any cats."
"So? I don't care, I am going to be a goat herded secluded in a tiny cabin in woods like these, and write poetry for muggles."
"That is so dumb Andie, I wouldn't do that EVER. I would become a witch for the ministry of magic, and I would chase dark wizards while-"
"Look!" I whispered, pointing off the path into the woods. My friends didn't hear me, as they kept walking. I didn't follow, but observed the deer.
It was looking strait at me, and must have been male, as it had antlers.
I moved off the path towards it, slowly. I must have snapped a twig, because it suddenly looked at me.
"Hi," I whispered. It didn't move. I kept walking towards it. I reached out my hand to touch it when
"LILY!" The deer galloped away at Megan's voice.
I sighed, and hurried back to the path.
"LILY!" Megan yelled in the other direction.
"I'm right here Megan!" I said, laughing as she jumped into the air.
"You scared us, Lily! Where did you go?" Megan asked.
"Just off into the woods, to look around, you know," I told her.
"Andrea was so scared you might have died," Megan said.
"You could have been killed, Lily!" Andrea said sternly. "Don't wander away from us! Who knows what could have happened, a giant dragon attacked you or a invisible sloth or a -"
I started laughing, as did Megan. "Come on, Andrea," I said, pulling her along the path. Andrea suddenly realized the chances of what she said coming true, and that sloths weren't very dangerous. We continued on, still laughing.
Soon we reached the creek; it was a small river running between two small grassy slopes. But someone had already gotten there before us.
"Hey Sirius!" Megan called.
"Hey Megan!" Sirius replied. "Hi Andrea, Hi Lily!"
"Hi Sirius!" We answered.
"I didn't know you lived near Meg until she told us earlier," I told him.
"Yah, well it was a bit of a secret we had, not to tell you," he explained. "Oh, and by the way, look who else showed up on the very same day you two did, Remus and James!"
"How did you . . . ?" I let my sentence trail off as I looked at James.
"Hi Lily, Megan, Andrea," James said, and Remus echoed him. James gave me a look that said not to mention anything.
"Hey," We chorused.
"James, did you know that our friend Andrea has a life-long goal to be a goat herder?" I asked him.
"Really! Well Andrea, did you know that goats are annoying, they eat everything from cloth to tin cans, and the smell?" He asked her.
"I don't care! I am still going to be one!" She replied.
"It's not a good idea, you know. Goats don't taste go- I mean, oops," Remus said.
"How would you know how goats taste, Remus?" Andrea laughed.
"You would have to eat goat cheese for your entire life," Sirius covered up for him. "Yuck, goat cheese."
"So? I could have a farm in the woods!" Andrea defended herself.
"Do you know how much it would cost to clear forest for a farm?" James told her in the form of a question.
"Nope!" Andrea said happily.
"Well, if you are set on being a goatherd, I won't stop you . . ." I said, pretending to back away.
"Look what I have!" James said, showing us all a rat trap, and holding it so if he let go it would snap.
"Ok, stop now, I don't want to be killed with that," I told him.
"James, you're going to hurt yourself!" Andrea said. "Put it away!"
"Yah, do," Sirius said. "Megan, have you worked on that fortress at all?" he asked her, trying to change the subject.
"Umm, sort of, I got supplies, but haven't been out here enough to build anything," She answered.
"Sorry for asking, but what fort?" James asked.
"Oh! You haven't seen it, have you?" Megan asked as realization hit her. "Come on, I'll show you," She said, and walked upstream. The boys followed on the other side. At a signal from James, I dropped back.
"She doesn't seem too bad," He told me, referring to Andrea.
"No, but she is a lot more frightened by small things, for example I went off in the woods today for about a minute, to see something, and when I came back she was really scared," I explained.
"Oh well, we will watch out for her," James said.
"Yes, it would help if you didn't try and kill everyone with a rat trap," I told him, smiling.
Before he could think of something to say, we reached a structure that extended over both sides of the river.
"Is this the fort?" Remus asked. Megan and Sirius nodded.
"We aren't done yet, we still have the back side, and we need to make a moveable door," Sirius explained.
"It looks pretty done to me," I commented, surveying it. It was a large structure made of large sticks and branches that used trees for a frame and support, and grass was used to fill in the gaps, so it gave a green glow to the inside. We crossed the bridge to the other side and filed inside a door.
It turned out that Sirius was right, it looked like only half of each wall was done. The two had clearly marked out where it was to end and make a back wall.
"Can we help build some of it?" Andrea asked.
"Surely," Megan said. "Andie, you and James go and get long grass," she commanded, grinning.
"No!" Andrea said in a long-suffering voice. "Megan, you know what I said about that." Andrea said to stop bugging her about it.
At the look she received from Andrea, Megan changed partners. "Andrea, you and Remus are collecting grass. Lily and James, you two are going to get big branches, but only if they are on the ground. Sirius and I are going to transport all my materials over here."
At once, we all set off into the woods.
A/N: ok, please review! I love reviews! There is a not-so-hidden two things in this chapter, see if you can find them, before you go to the next chapter! i have them in the next chapter, which i will post soon . . . anyway, Review!
The next morning we all woke up, generally at the same time. It was a miracle, because Megan usually slept in late, but her cats had attacked us.
After breakfast, Megan suggested we go outside. "You have to see the creek down behind the house, it's really cool," she explained.
"Eww, yuck. I hope it doesn't have any thing yucky in it," Andrea said.
"Yes, mutant frogs and giant mosquitoes," Megan began, just to scare Andrea.
Andrea covered her face with her hands. "Eww! Yuck!"
"Andie, there is no such thing as mutant frogs or giant mosquitoes," I told her.
"Yah, did you know they took gullible out of the dictionary?" Megan asked.
"Yah, remember that time we got Sirius to look it up?" I replied. We all laughed and continued outside.
Megan led the way from her back door across her lawn to some trees behind her house. We all entered the small forest and continued on the path.
"When I grow up, I am going to be a goat herder," Andrea stated.
"A GOAT HERDER? Andrea, are you insane? You are a witch!" I exclaimed.
"And goat herders don't make very much, Andie," Megan pointed out. "And you couldn't have any cats."
"So? I don't care, I am going to be a goat herded secluded in a tiny cabin in woods like these, and write poetry for muggles."
"That is so dumb Andie, I wouldn't do that EVER. I would become a witch for the ministry of magic, and I would chase dark wizards while-"
"Look!" I whispered, pointing off the path into the woods. My friends didn't hear me, as they kept walking. I didn't follow, but observed the deer.
It was looking strait at me, and must have been male, as it had antlers.
I moved off the path towards it, slowly. I must have snapped a twig, because it suddenly looked at me.
"Hi," I whispered. It didn't move. I kept walking towards it. I reached out my hand to touch it when
"LILY!" The deer galloped away at Megan's voice.
I sighed, and hurried back to the path.
"LILY!" Megan yelled in the other direction.
"I'm right here Megan!" I said, laughing as she jumped into the air.
"You scared us, Lily! Where did you go?" Megan asked.
"Just off into the woods, to look around, you know," I told her.
"Andrea was so scared you might have died," Megan said.
"You could have been killed, Lily!" Andrea said sternly. "Don't wander away from us! Who knows what could have happened, a giant dragon attacked you or a invisible sloth or a -"
I started laughing, as did Megan. "Come on, Andrea," I said, pulling her along the path. Andrea suddenly realized the chances of what she said coming true, and that sloths weren't very dangerous. We continued on, still laughing.
Soon we reached the creek; it was a small river running between two small grassy slopes. But someone had already gotten there before us.
"Hey Sirius!" Megan called.
"Hey Megan!" Sirius replied. "Hi Andrea, Hi Lily!"
"Hi Sirius!" We answered.
"I didn't know you lived near Meg until she told us earlier," I told him.
"Yah, well it was a bit of a secret we had, not to tell you," he explained. "Oh, and by the way, look who else showed up on the very same day you two did, Remus and James!"
"How did you . . . ?" I let my sentence trail off as I looked at James.
"Hi Lily, Megan, Andrea," James said, and Remus echoed him. James gave me a look that said not to mention anything.
"Hey," We chorused.
"James, did you know that our friend Andrea has a life-long goal to be a goat herder?" I asked him.
"Really! Well Andrea, did you know that goats are annoying, they eat everything from cloth to tin cans, and the smell?" He asked her.
"I don't care! I am still going to be one!" She replied.
"It's not a good idea, you know. Goats don't taste go- I mean, oops," Remus said.
"How would you know how goats taste, Remus?" Andrea laughed.
"You would have to eat goat cheese for your entire life," Sirius covered up for him. "Yuck, goat cheese."
"So? I could have a farm in the woods!" Andrea defended herself.
"Do you know how much it would cost to clear forest for a farm?" James told her in the form of a question.
"Nope!" Andrea said happily.
"Well, if you are set on being a goatherd, I won't stop you . . ." I said, pretending to back away.
"Look what I have!" James said, showing us all a rat trap, and holding it so if he let go it would snap.
"Ok, stop now, I don't want to be killed with that," I told him.
"James, you're going to hurt yourself!" Andrea said. "Put it away!"
"Yah, do," Sirius said. "Megan, have you worked on that fortress at all?" he asked her, trying to change the subject.
"Umm, sort of, I got supplies, but haven't been out here enough to build anything," She answered.
"Sorry for asking, but what fort?" James asked.
"Oh! You haven't seen it, have you?" Megan asked as realization hit her. "Come on, I'll show you," She said, and walked upstream. The boys followed on the other side. At a signal from James, I dropped back.
"She doesn't seem too bad," He told me, referring to Andrea.
"No, but she is a lot more frightened by small things, for example I went off in the woods today for about a minute, to see something, and when I came back she was really scared," I explained.
"Oh well, we will watch out for her," James said.
"Yes, it would help if you didn't try and kill everyone with a rat trap," I told him, smiling.
Before he could think of something to say, we reached a structure that extended over both sides of the river.
"Is this the fort?" Remus asked. Megan and Sirius nodded.
"We aren't done yet, we still have the back side, and we need to make a moveable door," Sirius explained.
"It looks pretty done to me," I commented, surveying it. It was a large structure made of large sticks and branches that used trees for a frame and support, and grass was used to fill in the gaps, so it gave a green glow to the inside. We crossed the bridge to the other side and filed inside a door.
It turned out that Sirius was right, it looked like only half of each wall was done. The two had clearly marked out where it was to end and make a back wall.
"Can we help build some of it?" Andrea asked.
"Surely," Megan said. "Andie, you and James go and get long grass," she commanded, grinning.
"No!" Andrea said in a long-suffering voice. "Megan, you know what I said about that." Andrea said to stop bugging her about it.
At the look she received from Andrea, Megan changed partners. "Andrea, you and Remus are collecting grass. Lily and James, you two are going to get big branches, but only if they are on the ground. Sirius and I are going to transport all my materials over here."
At once, we all set off into the woods.
A/N: ok, please review! I love reviews! There is a not-so-hidden two things in this chapter, see if you can find them, before you go to the next chapter! i have them in the next chapter, which i will post soon . . . anyway, Review!
