"Ok this is getting ridiculous guys. Term starts again in 4 days! 4! Count 'em! One, two...uh...four!" lectured James as he, Remus, and Peter were sitting under their favorite tree near the lake.
"We know already! Its hard to find something that Sirius will take seriously! Sheesh!" snapped Peter.
"Calm down you two. What Sirius needs right now is something that will entertain him, something that he can just sit and play with for hours, like Ms. Goldie did. Something tha-" Remus was cut off by the jumping up and down of James.
"THAT! THAT! THAT!" James pointed his finger at a 1st year Hufflepuff playing with a glob of purple Play-Doh.
"Wow! Look guys! He's making a ball! How does he do it? That's amazing!" exclaimed Peter.
"That does look interesting," Remus agreed, "but where on earth are we supposed to get a muggle item like that?"
With that said, James rushed over to the student and gave her what looked like a reluctant hug. Then he snatched the jar of Play-Doh and ran back to his friends.
"What was that all about?" asked Peter.
"Stupid girl wanted a hug, I better not have gotten cooties!" The three friends exchanged looks of disgust. They then opened the jar to discover that inside was a big piece of Play-Doh waiting to be mushed into something. They each grabbed a fourth of the Doh and starting pounding it. After 5 minutes of "creating their masterpieces," they presented each other with it.
James went first. "I give you...the Whomping Willow!!" He held in his hand a little replica of the Whomping Willow. Considering it was all purple, it looked pretty close to the real thing.
"Oh oh me next! I made a grape! Isn't it life-like?" Peter shouted. He pulled out from behind his back a rather large purple "grape" thing. James and Remus both thought it looked more like a mishaped rock than a grape.
"Good job buddy!" James and Remus said.
"Okay mine's isn't too good, I've never done this before, so don't laugh! I made a unicorn." Remus placed in front of him a beautifully sculpted purple unicorn. It had a perfectly braided mane and tail and was proportioned immaculately. James and Peter both stared at it for a while.
"Yeah, you could have done better Reems," declared James.
"Agreed," Peter commented. Remus smiled and carefully picked up his unicorn. The three of them started heading up to the dormitory, to wake Sirius up for lunch.
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"Get up you lazy bum!" Peter was tugging at a immobile Sirius.
"What do you guys want now!?" Sirius screamed into his pillow.
"We want you to get back to normal, now get up!" yelled James. Sirius got up slowly and stared at all of them.
"Get down to lunch and we'll tell you, now move!" Remus ordered.
Sirius was afraid. Remus never raised his voice like that before. He quickly ran into the bathroom and changed and followed them downstairs.
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"Ok now that we're here, we'll show you what we got for you," James started. Sirius let out a loud groan.
"Guys, I don't wan-" he tried to say but he was presented with a tube of Play-Doh and 3 objects. "What's this?"
"We'd like to introduce you to Play-Doh. Its this mushy stuff that you squish until you make something!" Peter informed.
Sirius observed each of their sculptures carefully and then took out some Doh for himself. His three friends gave a sigh of relief to see that he was enjoying himself with it. Sirius started rolling the Play-Doh into a snake and smashed its head.
"HAHA! Slimy Slytherins!" he said loudly.
He continued playing with it all the way to their dormitories. He was shaping it into something his friends couldn't recognize yet.
"See? Aren't you glad we got you up today?" Remus asked. Sirius didn't reply. He hopped on his bed and threw the clay figure he was working on at the already broken window. He missed the window so the clay got stuck to the wall. It was hanging limply off the side. James and Peter rushed over to see what he made and signaled to Remus that he should stop talking and come look.
Sirius had sculpted a magnificent replica of Ms. Goldie. It was much larger than her of course but it looked flawless. Sirius even carved out that one missing scale on her right side.
"We're only trying to help!" shouted James.
"I don't need you to!" Sirius retorted.
"Too bad, we're going to help whether you want it or not," demanded Peter.
"No!" screamed Sirius.
"Yes!" yelled James.
"No!"
"No!"
"Yes! And that's that!" screamed Sirius at the top of his lungs.
"Ok then. Good night!" said Remus peacefully.
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"We know already! Its hard to find something that Sirius will take seriously! Sheesh!" snapped Peter.
"Calm down you two. What Sirius needs right now is something that will entertain him, something that he can just sit and play with for hours, like Ms. Goldie did. Something tha-" Remus was cut off by the jumping up and down of James.
"THAT! THAT! THAT!" James pointed his finger at a 1st year Hufflepuff playing with a glob of purple Play-Doh.
"Wow! Look guys! He's making a ball! How does he do it? That's amazing!" exclaimed Peter.
"That does look interesting," Remus agreed, "but where on earth are we supposed to get a muggle item like that?"
With that said, James rushed over to the student and gave her what looked like a reluctant hug. Then he snatched the jar of Play-Doh and ran back to his friends.
"What was that all about?" asked Peter.
"Stupid girl wanted a hug, I better not have gotten cooties!" The three friends exchanged looks of disgust. They then opened the jar to discover that inside was a big piece of Play-Doh waiting to be mushed into something. They each grabbed a fourth of the Doh and starting pounding it. After 5 minutes of "creating their masterpieces," they presented each other with it.
James went first. "I give you...the Whomping Willow!!" He held in his hand a little replica of the Whomping Willow. Considering it was all purple, it looked pretty close to the real thing.
"Oh oh me next! I made a grape! Isn't it life-like?" Peter shouted. He pulled out from behind his back a rather large purple "grape" thing. James and Remus both thought it looked more like a mishaped rock than a grape.
"Good job buddy!" James and Remus said.
"Okay mine's isn't too good, I've never done this before, so don't laugh! I made a unicorn." Remus placed in front of him a beautifully sculpted purple unicorn. It had a perfectly braided mane and tail and was proportioned immaculately. James and Peter both stared at it for a while.
"Yeah, you could have done better Reems," declared James.
"Agreed," Peter commented. Remus smiled and carefully picked up his unicorn. The three of them started heading up to the dormitory, to wake Sirius up for lunch.
-
"Get up you lazy bum!" Peter was tugging at a immobile Sirius.
"What do you guys want now!?" Sirius screamed into his pillow.
"We want you to get back to normal, now get up!" yelled James. Sirius got up slowly and stared at all of them.
"Get down to lunch and we'll tell you, now move!" Remus ordered.
Sirius was afraid. Remus never raised his voice like that before. He quickly ran into the bathroom and changed and followed them downstairs.
-
"Ok now that we're here, we'll show you what we got for you," James started. Sirius let out a loud groan.
"Guys, I don't wan-" he tried to say but he was presented with a tube of Play-Doh and 3 objects. "What's this?"
"We'd like to introduce you to Play-Doh. Its this mushy stuff that you squish until you make something!" Peter informed.
Sirius observed each of their sculptures carefully and then took out some Doh for himself. His three friends gave a sigh of relief to see that he was enjoying himself with it. Sirius started rolling the Play-Doh into a snake and smashed its head.
"HAHA! Slimy Slytherins!" he said loudly.
He continued playing with it all the way to their dormitories. He was shaping it into something his friends couldn't recognize yet.
"See? Aren't you glad we got you up today?" Remus asked. Sirius didn't reply. He hopped on his bed and threw the clay figure he was working on at the already broken window. He missed the window so the clay got stuck to the wall. It was hanging limply off the side. James and Peter rushed over to see what he made and signaled to Remus that he should stop talking and come look.
Sirius had sculpted a magnificent replica of Ms. Goldie. It was much larger than her of course but it looked flawless. Sirius even carved out that one missing scale on her right side.
"We're only trying to help!" shouted James.
"I don't need you to!" Sirius retorted.
"Too bad, we're going to help whether you want it or not," demanded Peter.
"No!" screamed Sirius.
"Yes!" yelled James.
"No!"
"No!"
"Yes! And that's that!" screamed Sirius at the top of his lungs.
"Ok then. Good night!" said Remus peacefully.
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