The Trick is to Keep Breathing *5* - summer
disclaimer- no i don't own harry potter, they belong to JK Rowling, blah blah, i dont
make a penny, please dont sue.
uh oh! one swearword in the whole thing. bad dizmius!!
A/n thank you to everyone who reviewed- have a virtual cookie- ( ) yummy.
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The train journey into London had been fairly uneventful, the four marauders had been planning their summer plans and had been huddled in a corner of a compartment talking in whispers punctuated by sporadic chuckles.
"They're up to something." Jade scowled
"Tell me something new." Lily rolled her eyes. "Your parents picking you up?"
"Most unlikely." Jade shook her head. "dad'd on a trip and i'm pretty sure mum would have followed him."
"How're you getting back?"
"Train." Jade pulled out a timetable "I can catch the 12.35 to Cambridge."
"You live there?"
"Uh huh." Jade folded up the timetable and pushed it into her bag. "Nice place. Full of muggles."
"You dont... tease them do you?"
Jade just grinned in reply.
****
On the platform Jade dragged her trunk and owl cage to the barrier where she saw a very irate
Mrs. Black conversing in clipped tones with a pretty folorn Sirius. She passed him and stuck her tongue out. Okay so it was childish, who cares.
"And to top it all off, you go out after curfew even after being told specifically NOT to go." Ms.Black was in her element
"But.." Siius tried to interject
"Do you know how many owls i've had from your headmaster about your behaviour? Taunting that Severus Snape child... It could be classed as bullying!!"
"I dont think that..."
"You will listen to me!" Mrs.Black turned to notice James and Remus standing awkwardly behind her. "Hello, dears. How's school?"
"Um... Fine thanks." James replied trying not to look at Sirius who was pulling faces.
"I hope young Sirius here isnt influencing you. James you're a good child. Maybe you should teach him some manners."
"Oh, i dont know." James grinned. "He just doesn't listen to advice."
"I know." Mrs.Black sighed, looking pointedly at Sirius. "You keep going down this road, and you'll end up in Azkaban!" She looked ashamed at this point. "A son of mine in such a hell hole!"
She kept on rantig as Sirius followed her out into the crowds...
****
Jade flopped down on her bed to find an owl diting on her pillow already. She took the letter it was carrying and let it drink from a bowl of water.
"Heya Jadey!!" It started. Jade sighed, she knew at once who this was. Who else called her Jadey?
"Sirius here, decided to write and say hello. so HIYAAA!"
She frowned at Sirius' quick spelling... "Anyway- party. Forgot to tell you on train, sorry. My place, 31st of july. use floo powder or something. FUN HAVE! Sirius."
"Floo powder, yeah right. When we don't even have a fireplace."
"That's the spirit." Her mirror said as she looked into it. "Oh, wait, you've missed a bit, left a little... perfect."
Jade grinned. Her mirror was always dishing out compliments, it was a pity she couldn't take it to Hogwarts.
She pulled a key out of her pocket and turned it in a lock, the door opened with a creak and Jade started up the steps into the attic.
Meanwhile, Sirius and James were brewing some perilous potion in Sirius' basement...
"Aw, and there was me thinking she'd reply." Sirius exclaimed as his owl flew back in through the window empty handed.
"D'you have anymore Phoenix feather?"
"Yeah.. hang on." Sirius pulled some tatty looking feathers out of a box, "One clump or two?"
"Three." James let them drop into the muddy looking potion. "IS it supposed to look like congealed mud?"
"Apparently so." Sirius nodded. ""Pity Remus can't make it. He'd know."
"What's up with Remus? I thought he was coming after the full moon?"
"One word for you." Sirius grinned. "Arianwen."
"Oh."
"She's invited him to France."
"She lives in France?"
"No, stupid." Sirius rolled his eyes mockingly "Holiday."
James grinned back at Sirius... "You think this will work?"
"Of course it'll work." Sirius said quietly scanning the dog eared book titled "1000 mystical spells for 1000 mystical malpractices."
"Do you think they'd mind?"
"Nah, they wouldn't know." Sirius snapped the book shut. "Okay, so we pour a ladelful of this onto the mirror and write the person's name in the sludge."
"Easy." James smiled as Sirius laid the mirror flat on the floor. He grabbed the ladel and let the muddy sludge gloop onto the glass. "You first." he gestured to Sirius who looked disgustedly at the sludge.
"Jade Almasy." He muttered writing her name with a flourish. "Okay hold onto the edge and we should....."
Sirius didn't get the time to finish, it was a weird sensation of flying mixed with getting pins and needles in your feet as he appeared on the floor of Jade's attick with a much worse for wear James Potter holding onto the mirror with him.
Jade looked up from her drums and screamed.
"hello to you too." Sirius covered his ears
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, CANT I HAVE ONE DAYS WORTH OF NO SIRIUS?"
James coughed, announcing his presence
"Hi james." Jade smiled, "Sirius drag you here?"
"Yes, actually." James gave Sirius a diry grin. "He INSISTED we visit you first."
"I'm honoured." Jade snarked
"What's this?" Sirius was looking ound the room with interest.
"Music stuff." Jade shrugged, "One hundred per cent muggle"
"Fun." James grinned, "What do you do?"
"Hit the skins."
"Seriously?" Sirius raised an eyebrow. "That's all?"
"You have to hit the right ones to the rhythm and timings." Jade gestured, "And if you're uncoordinated with your hands then don't bother even trying."
"Uh, right." James looked confused, "Couldn't you just charm it?"
"That makes it less fun."
"Oh no." Sirius shook his head, "Believe me, the fun bit is charming stuff."
"Where's Remus?" Jade suddenly noticed he wasnt there. "And peter?"
"Remus is in France with his girlfriend, and Peter's mum wouldn't let him out." James summarised. "Wow, talk about how to summarise your friend's lives in under twenty words, i'm getting good."
"As always." Sirius grinned. "So, whilst we're here... You may as well give us the grand tour before i'm forced to play the same prank on the love-sick idiot beside me, and transport ourselves to the residence of a one Miss Lily Evans."
****
"TV." Jade pointed at a box on legs, "You know the kind."
"WOOOOOOOOOW!" Sirius grinned, "You have one of these!"
"Half muggle." James calmed down Sirius, "Of course she does."
"Who's this, love?" A voice came dancing out from te kitchen, Jade's mother, had just apparated into the house.
"This," Jade sighed heavily "Is Sirius Black." He waved "And James Potter." James mimicked Sirius' wave.
"Oh!" Mrs Almasy grinned at the menion of Sirius Black's name. "So YOU'RE the famous Sirius."
"I am." Sirius said proudly.
"I've heard so much about you."
Sirius shot an interested look at Jade. "Oh really? What kind of things?"
James stifled a laugh as he saw Jade glare at her mother.
"Oh, just... this and that." Mrs Almasy said airily. "Don't you have homes to be going to?"
"Well..."
"They don't know you've come, do they!" Mrs.Almasy grinned at the two boys.
"Well..." James started.
"I'm sure they won't mind." Sirius grinned, "And we were just erm.. going..."
"Lily next." James grinned. "Don't forget to be at Sirius'."
"Oh i won't don't worry." Jade grimaced.
The boys disappeared leaving Jade rolling her eyes.
***
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Petunia shrieked.
Lily came running in after she heard her sister's scream and promptly started laughing, James and Sirius were flat out on the floor covering their ears holding onto what looked like a grimy mirror.
"Petunia, its okay. these are my friends."
"GET THEM AWAY FROM ME!" Petunia ran out of the room.
"Hi, Lils." James looked up to see Lily glaring at them.
"Uh oh." Sirius surmised.
TBC
disclaimer- no i don't own harry potter, they belong to JK Rowling, blah blah, i dont
make a penny, please dont sue.
uh oh! one swearword in the whole thing. bad dizmius!!
A/n thank you to everyone who reviewed- have a virtual cookie- ( ) yummy.
*************************************************************************************
The train journey into London had been fairly uneventful, the four marauders had been planning their summer plans and had been huddled in a corner of a compartment talking in whispers punctuated by sporadic chuckles.
"They're up to something." Jade scowled
"Tell me something new." Lily rolled her eyes. "Your parents picking you up?"
"Most unlikely." Jade shook her head. "dad'd on a trip and i'm pretty sure mum would have followed him."
"How're you getting back?"
"Train." Jade pulled out a timetable "I can catch the 12.35 to Cambridge."
"You live there?"
"Uh huh." Jade folded up the timetable and pushed it into her bag. "Nice place. Full of muggles."
"You dont... tease them do you?"
Jade just grinned in reply.
****
On the platform Jade dragged her trunk and owl cage to the barrier where she saw a very irate
Mrs. Black conversing in clipped tones with a pretty folorn Sirius. She passed him and stuck her tongue out. Okay so it was childish, who cares.
"And to top it all off, you go out after curfew even after being told specifically NOT to go." Ms.Black was in her element
"But.." Siius tried to interject
"Do you know how many owls i've had from your headmaster about your behaviour? Taunting that Severus Snape child... It could be classed as bullying!!"
"I dont think that..."
"You will listen to me!" Mrs.Black turned to notice James and Remus standing awkwardly behind her. "Hello, dears. How's school?"
"Um... Fine thanks." James replied trying not to look at Sirius who was pulling faces.
"I hope young Sirius here isnt influencing you. James you're a good child. Maybe you should teach him some manners."
"Oh, i dont know." James grinned. "He just doesn't listen to advice."
"I know." Mrs.Black sighed, looking pointedly at Sirius. "You keep going down this road, and you'll end up in Azkaban!" She looked ashamed at this point. "A son of mine in such a hell hole!"
She kept on rantig as Sirius followed her out into the crowds...
****
Jade flopped down on her bed to find an owl diting on her pillow already. She took the letter it was carrying and let it drink from a bowl of water.
"Heya Jadey!!" It started. Jade sighed, she knew at once who this was. Who else called her Jadey?
"Sirius here, decided to write and say hello. so HIYAAA!"
She frowned at Sirius' quick spelling... "Anyway- party. Forgot to tell you on train, sorry. My place, 31st of july. use floo powder or something. FUN HAVE! Sirius."
"Floo powder, yeah right. When we don't even have a fireplace."
"That's the spirit." Her mirror said as she looked into it. "Oh, wait, you've missed a bit, left a little... perfect."
Jade grinned. Her mirror was always dishing out compliments, it was a pity she couldn't take it to Hogwarts.
She pulled a key out of her pocket and turned it in a lock, the door opened with a creak and Jade started up the steps into the attic.
Meanwhile, Sirius and James were brewing some perilous potion in Sirius' basement...
"Aw, and there was me thinking she'd reply." Sirius exclaimed as his owl flew back in through the window empty handed.
"D'you have anymore Phoenix feather?"
"Yeah.. hang on." Sirius pulled some tatty looking feathers out of a box, "One clump or two?"
"Three." James let them drop into the muddy looking potion. "IS it supposed to look like congealed mud?"
"Apparently so." Sirius nodded. ""Pity Remus can't make it. He'd know."
"What's up with Remus? I thought he was coming after the full moon?"
"One word for you." Sirius grinned. "Arianwen."
"Oh."
"She's invited him to France."
"She lives in France?"
"No, stupid." Sirius rolled his eyes mockingly "Holiday."
James grinned back at Sirius... "You think this will work?"
"Of course it'll work." Sirius said quietly scanning the dog eared book titled "1000 mystical spells for 1000 mystical malpractices."
"Do you think they'd mind?"
"Nah, they wouldn't know." Sirius snapped the book shut. "Okay, so we pour a ladelful of this onto the mirror and write the person's name in the sludge."
"Easy." James smiled as Sirius laid the mirror flat on the floor. He grabbed the ladel and let the muddy sludge gloop onto the glass. "You first." he gestured to Sirius who looked disgustedly at the sludge.
"Jade Almasy." He muttered writing her name with a flourish. "Okay hold onto the edge and we should....."
Sirius didn't get the time to finish, it was a weird sensation of flying mixed with getting pins and needles in your feet as he appeared on the floor of Jade's attick with a much worse for wear James Potter holding onto the mirror with him.
Jade looked up from her drums and screamed.
"hello to you too." Sirius covered his ears
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, CANT I HAVE ONE DAYS WORTH OF NO SIRIUS?"
James coughed, announcing his presence
"Hi james." Jade smiled, "Sirius drag you here?"
"Yes, actually." James gave Sirius a diry grin. "He INSISTED we visit you first."
"I'm honoured." Jade snarked
"What's this?" Sirius was looking ound the room with interest.
"Music stuff." Jade shrugged, "One hundred per cent muggle"
"Fun." James grinned, "What do you do?"
"Hit the skins."
"Seriously?" Sirius raised an eyebrow. "That's all?"
"You have to hit the right ones to the rhythm and timings." Jade gestured, "And if you're uncoordinated with your hands then don't bother even trying."
"Uh, right." James looked confused, "Couldn't you just charm it?"
"That makes it less fun."
"Oh no." Sirius shook his head, "Believe me, the fun bit is charming stuff."
"Where's Remus?" Jade suddenly noticed he wasnt there. "And peter?"
"Remus is in France with his girlfriend, and Peter's mum wouldn't let him out." James summarised. "Wow, talk about how to summarise your friend's lives in under twenty words, i'm getting good."
"As always." Sirius grinned. "So, whilst we're here... You may as well give us the grand tour before i'm forced to play the same prank on the love-sick idiot beside me, and transport ourselves to the residence of a one Miss Lily Evans."
****
"TV." Jade pointed at a box on legs, "You know the kind."
"WOOOOOOOOOW!" Sirius grinned, "You have one of these!"
"Half muggle." James calmed down Sirius, "Of course she does."
"Who's this, love?" A voice came dancing out from te kitchen, Jade's mother, had just apparated into the house.
"This," Jade sighed heavily "Is Sirius Black." He waved "And James Potter." James mimicked Sirius' wave.
"Oh!" Mrs Almasy grinned at the menion of Sirius Black's name. "So YOU'RE the famous Sirius."
"I am." Sirius said proudly.
"I've heard so much about you."
Sirius shot an interested look at Jade. "Oh really? What kind of things?"
James stifled a laugh as he saw Jade glare at her mother.
"Oh, just... this and that." Mrs Almasy said airily. "Don't you have homes to be going to?"
"Well..."
"They don't know you've come, do they!" Mrs.Almasy grinned at the two boys.
"Well..." James started.
"I'm sure they won't mind." Sirius grinned, "And we were just erm.. going..."
"Lily next." James grinned. "Don't forget to be at Sirius'."
"Oh i won't don't worry." Jade grimaced.
The boys disappeared leaving Jade rolling her eyes.
***
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Petunia shrieked.
Lily came running in after she heard her sister's scream and promptly started laughing, James and Sirius were flat out on the floor covering their ears holding onto what looked like a grimy mirror.
"Petunia, its okay. these are my friends."
"GET THEM AWAY FROM ME!" Petunia ran out of the room.
"Hi, Lils." James looked up to see Lily glaring at them.
"Uh oh." Sirius surmised.
TBC