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Chapter 2 part B James made his way towards Dumbledore's office, which was deep inside a secret passage. The door that led to his office was a huge stone statue of a Gargoyle.
"Lemon drops." James said aloud. The Gargoyle turned; James walked up onto the platform as it spun slowly. It began to spin upwards, finally stopping in front of a door, Dumbledore's office. James took off the invisibility cloak and put the Marauder's map away. But before doing so he whispered "mischief managed" and the map of Hogwarts disappeared. He knocked on the office door as he turned the doorknob.
As he walked into the office all of the faces on the portraits looked at him. He always hated when they did that. Dumbledore was leaned back in his chair, not talking while Sirius sat, staring into space. Dumbledore noticed James enter.
"Ah, Mr. Potter. To what do we owe this pleasure?" Dumbledore asked as he folded his long fingers.
"To see what trouble Sirius and I are in." He spoke lightly. Dumbledore nodded.
"Take as seat James." Dumbledore said as he made a hand motion towards the seat next to his best friend. James sat as Sirius finally came back to reality, noticing James had arrived. "As you know James, Sirius no longer has a home at 12 Grimmauld Place. and the winter holiday is fast approaching.
"I have spoken with your parents, James, and they think it would be good if Sirius spent the holiday with his best friend." James looked at Dumbledore. This past Summer Holiday Sirius had run away from his home, swearing he would never go back to his family. Unlike the rest of his family, Sirius refused to think he was any better than any halfblooded wizard. His whole family believed that the only real wizards were pure bloods, and they lived by that belief.
"What does this have to do with Snape, Professor?" He asked, simply confused by Dumbledore's conversation.
"Absolutely nothing James. I am not punishing you for doing a simple 'impedimenta' hex on Serevus. And as for Sirius, he clearly did not have the chance to finish his blow to Mr. Malfoy. I see no threat in house rivalry, although unity is the key." Dumbledore said smiling. "I do however, suggest to the both of you. Do not attempt to duel with each other while your professors are watching. One day they will punish you, not me." He concluded. "And as you know, tomorrow night is a full moon. I remind you that you need to get Remus' assignments for him." Sirius and James looked at each other.
"Yes Professor." James said smiling. Since they were illegal animagi, not even Dumbledore knew that they could transform.
"Oh and Sirius, I believe that you and Mr. Potter are doing exceptionally well in transfiguration." Dumbledore said grinning slightly. "Do you think you could help Mr. Pettigrew. I have heard from Professor Mcgonagall that he isn't doing too well. It seems as though he is behind a bit, more so than Remus." James nodded; glad he didn't say anything that had to do with animals. "Thank you, you both may leave. And James, next time, if you are coming to my office there is no need for that cloak. Its not considered sneaking around if you need to see me." Dumbledore stated, looking at the silver cloak that James was holding.
"Yes Professor." James spoke as he and Sirius exited Dumbledore's office. * * *
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Sirius and James walked slowly back to the Gryffindor Tower. The hallways were empty, everyone else being in the their dormitories sleeping. James got out the map and whispered "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good" while tapping it. The map of Hogwarts appeared. Two little dots with the names ' James Potter' and 'Sirius Black' showed up right where they were standing. Filch, the school caretaker and his cat, Mrs. Norris, were in his small office. James grinned at Sirius, who also had a smile on his face. "Still hungry Padfoot?" He asked his best friend.
"You bet mate." HE whispered to James. The two boys covered themselves with James' invisibility cloak and made their way past the Great Hall, which was dark considering no candles were lit and it was a cloudy night so you couldn't see the moon or stars. They walked towards the Ravenclaw common room, stopping in front of a big picture of a bowl of fruit. Sirius reached his hand out and tickled the pear and a doorknob appeared. Sirius grabbed it and a door opened, leading the boys into the huge kitchen what was right below the Great Hall. Tons of house elves stopped what they were doing to see who had entered the kitchen.
"Masters Potter and Black!" cried out a small house elf named Perriwinkle. She was dressed in a shabby pink pillowcase with ruffles, which was faded and torn. "What can Perriwinkle get for her young masters tonight?" The house elf asked.
"Can I get the chicken from dinner, and some pumpkin juice?" Sirius asked as he pushed the hair out of his eyes. Within seconds two other house elves appeared holding a plate of freshly baked chicken and the other with a tall glass of pumpkin juice. "Thank you." Sirius spoke as he began to eat his dinner.
"Oy, you still need to do your chart." Said James, remembering that Sirius hadn't even started his.
"I can nick Rhayne's, she's good at Divination." He said before taking a big bite of the chicken.
"True. Lily is better though." James said in a low voice. He let out a sigh as he ruffled his hair. "hey, are you up tp going to Hogsmeade on Sunday, victory party at Honeyduke's?" He asked as he picked up a glass of pumpkin juice for himself. Sirius nodded.
"Of course!" Moony'll still be in Hogsmeade anyways b/c of the full moon." He said finishing off his chicken and ju8ice. James gulped down his and handed his empty glass to Perriwinkle.
"Oy, Perriwinkle, can we get some custards to go?" James asked. Perriwinkle nodded with delight as she ran to get custards for the two masters.