The Invisibility Cloak
It was finally weekend of their first week, most of the week had been great, and they had made lots of new friends and found a couple of secret passages already. But there was still one thing that was nudging at Sirius, and that was that they still hadn't got back at Severus Snape, and he was still friends with Nissa; which none of them could understand how they could ever be friends in the first place.
Nissa was sat with her group of friends at a table in the Gryffindor common room doing their homework, well not all of it because they did want to go out sometime today.
James, Sirius and Remus were sat close together, Peter came over to them to find out what was going on; Sirius grabbed hold of him and pulled him down quickly so that no one would over hear what they were talking about.
"So what do we know what we can do to him?" Remus asked, thinking it best to bring it up earlier then later.
"Well, not much." James admitted.
"But it doesn't have to stay that way for long." Sirius said smiling.
"You don't really seem the type to read through the mountain of books we've got here." Remus pointed out.
"Well, not normally." Sirius admitted and then smiled. "But it's the only way to find anything out really isn't it? So I think its time to take some action, who's with me."
"Of course I'm in." James said as though he had just been asked something stupid.
"Well, I've got nothing else to do today have I?" Remus said pleasantly.
"Come on then." Sirius said getting up as did the others.
"Are you coming or not?" James asked Peter.
Peter quickly got up and followed them out of the common room. As Lily looked up from her work and noticed them all leaving hurrying.
"Their up to something." Lily announced.
Nissa looked up as well knowing who she was talking about straight away. "Of course they're up to something, they are lads after all. If they weren't up to something you would be even more worried."
"That doesn't make sense." Ella told her.
"Well, if you think about what I've just said then it will." Nissa said. "See; now if you don't see that their doing something that's the time to worry because what ever it is, it's to secret to be talked about in public and that's worst of course."
"Well you didn't say that did you?" Ella said.
They made their way down to the library to start looking through the thousands of books. They walked among the aisle of books, pulling a few down which looked interesting and as though they could help them as well. When they all got as many books as they could carry they brought them back to a quiet table and started to read through them.
A couple of older students were walking past and looked over at them curiously wondering what they were up to, and decided to go over to find out what was going on.
"You lot are a little eager aren't you?" one of them asked.
They all looked up at them with somewhat guilty looks on their faces, the three older boys all smiled at them and then sat down at the table with them and looked over the books which covered it.
"So what are you up too then?" Tom Falkner asked eyeing the books.
"Let me guess, your becoming true Gryffindor's by getting one over on our Slytherin's rivals?" Nigel Sancho said smiling at them all, but still managing to look serious at the same time. Nigel didn't like his name so all his friends called him Cho-Ni. None of them answered, they looked at one another and then back at Cho-Ni.
"So, how can we help?" Guy asked.
They all smiled at one another, and realised that it was alright to tell them what they were planning and who they were planning to do it to as well, well that was if they could come up with anything that is. Sirius had just finished telling them what happened.
"Well, there's always a girl mate." Tom told him smiling.
"I never said there was a girl." Sirius shot at him, but knew better because it did have something to do with her.
"Well you did say that this Slytherin is friends with one of the girls out of your class." Tom went on. "Which isn't right to start with, who is she then?"
"Nissa." James told them smirking.
"Nissa... Nissa..." Cho-Ni said trying to think which one she was from the sorting.
"Oh yeah, I remember her now." Guy told them. "She's a Manus, isn't she? I'm not surprised then that she's friends with some of the Slytherin lot, she should be herself coming from a family like that."
"She's not like that." Sirius and Remus told them.
They both looked at each other going slightly red, and then back at the older lads who were looking even more interested in them.
"And how long have you known her for then?" Cho-Ni asked.
"She's in Gryffindor isn't she, so she's a Gryffindor like all of us." Sirius said firmly.
"I thought you said you were going to help us, to get back at Snape?" James asked changing the subject.
"Of course we'll help." Tom told them. "Now I don't think cursing him will be a good idea. He's a Slytherin for one and you're only first years after all, can't do as much as us, yet."
"How about something to brighten him up with then?" Cho-Ni suggested smiling, as he reached down for his bag and pulled out his potion book. He flicked through the pages smiling even more when he came to what he was looking for. "This will be great; you'll be able to get most of the ingredients from the school stores, but a couple of them you'll have to get from Jevidah's personal store."
"Its up to you now, how much do you want to get this Snape guy back?" Tom asked them, as Peter looked really nervous about the whole thing.
"Oh, don't worry about us." James said smiling mysteriously at them all. "We won't even be seen."
They all looked at him wondering what he was talking about, but he didn't look as though he was about to tell them what he was talking about. Cho-Ni explained what the potion did and what they would have to do, and Guy explained that they were making the same potion, and they would do it on the same day, so they would be covered. They would be able to do it in a couple of weeks that was if they still wanted to go through with it; which of course they did.
About half an hour later they were back in their dorms and James was smiling broadly at them all stood in front of his truck.
"Well, come on, get on with it." Sirius said impatiently.
"Its something my father gave me." James told them, choosing to ignore Sirius' remark. "I brought it with me of course, thinking it my come in handy."
"Come on James, quit being so mysteries," Sirius said getting more and more impatient. "Some time while we're still young, if you don't mind?"
"I bet you'll still be just as impatient when you're old and grey." Remus told him smiling."
Sirius smiled back at him and hit him on the arm as James opened his truck with his back to them all, and then pulled out a very handsome cloak.
"It's a cloak." Remus said looking over at James.
Sirius looked at the cloak with a lot more interest then either Remus or Peter, because he had a feeling he knew what it was. James flung the robe around him and disappeared, Peter looked really worried and then jumped in the air as James nudged him from behind.
"Well that's some cloak mate." Sirius told James, looking over at Peter where he had just been. But then Sirius and Remus were both hit on the back making them both swing round to try and grab hold of him.
"You can't get me." James' voice said from somewhere in the room.
They chased his voice around the room, until finally Sirius stood on the bottom on the hem and tripped him up, though Sirius tried to make them believe he had done it on purpose, which of course they didn't believe him. They all had a go under the cloak, though Peter had the shortest of the lot because Sirius took it off him after a couple of minutes because he saw his feet and heard him stubble.
When they had finally settled down they made their planes to go out that night, they thought the sooner they get it over and done the better, and they wanted to try the cloak out as well.
They waited until the common room was empty which was after midnight, then James got his cloak out and Peter decided to stay behind, which they agreed because they had tried it out earlier and they didn't really all fit underneath and he didn't like the idea of wondering around late at night in the dark.
On the other hand, James, Sirius and Remus were quit excited about going out. They all huddled together underneath the cloak and then they slowly made their way down the darken corridors, down to the dungeons. They had made it all the way down to the Charms corridor without bumping into anyone, beside from themselves because they were so close together.
Peeves was bobbing up and down off the ceiling and the floor along the corridor, it was a tight fit to get passed him because every time they tired it was as if he was there blocking their way, they might be invisible but they couldn't walk through things. They counted to three and then they ran for it as fast as they could and as quietly as they could, but just as they cleared the corned Remus tripped over Sirius' foot and they all fell in a heap on the floor. Peeves flew around to see what all the noise was but couldn't see anything, because they had just managed to curl up and cover themselves with the cloak.
Peeves flew away finally giving up on the noise, looking a little down hearted because he hadn't court anyone. When he was gone they all burst out laughing at what they had done, and managed to get to their feet again but only after taking off the cloak to do so.
They walked quietly down the steps to the dungeon, and then stopped outside of Jevidah's office. They tried to open it but it was locked, but luckier James knew a spell. But he didn't tell Sirius and Remus who were still pushing against the door, and fell in when the door opened all of a sudden.
Sirius fell in knocking a couple of glass jars over and landed beside Remus, they both looked at one another and then at James who had pulled the cloak off and was laughing at them both laying flat on their backs. They finally managed to get to their feet and stop laughing to get the ingredients, but not before Jevidah had come to find out what all the noise was.
Remus dived under the cloak but Sirius didn't have time and dived into the nearest cupboard and hoped that he wouldn't look in. The door opened just as Sirius closed his, all three of them stood there holding their breaths trying their hardest not to make any noise. Jevidah walked around and then stopped at the broken jars and started mumbling to himself, he was quit annoyed that they had broken, but didn't seem to think that one of the students had done it; being able to break the spell locking the door.
James and Remus quietly moved over to the cupboard and lifted the cloak up a little so that Sirius could fit underneath and as quietly and quickly as they could they left through the open door as Jevidah carried on mumbling to himself.
(A/N:- what do you think a little advantage for them and a couple of near misses, don't worry they'll get bigger and there's still the potion to come; I'm sure you'll like it.
Thanks for the reviews really glad that you enjoyed the first two chapters hoped you enjoyed this one as well.
Thanks to, milkshake2612, glad you liked the story; oh and I liked yours as well.
Also thanks to, Nosilla, hoped this was alright I'll try and update again soon for you.
It was finally weekend of their first week, most of the week had been great, and they had made lots of new friends and found a couple of secret passages already. But there was still one thing that was nudging at Sirius, and that was that they still hadn't got back at Severus Snape, and he was still friends with Nissa; which none of them could understand how they could ever be friends in the first place.
Nissa was sat with her group of friends at a table in the Gryffindor common room doing their homework, well not all of it because they did want to go out sometime today.
James, Sirius and Remus were sat close together, Peter came over to them to find out what was going on; Sirius grabbed hold of him and pulled him down quickly so that no one would over hear what they were talking about.
"So what do we know what we can do to him?" Remus asked, thinking it best to bring it up earlier then later.
"Well, not much." James admitted.
"But it doesn't have to stay that way for long." Sirius said smiling.
"You don't really seem the type to read through the mountain of books we've got here." Remus pointed out.
"Well, not normally." Sirius admitted and then smiled. "But it's the only way to find anything out really isn't it? So I think its time to take some action, who's with me."
"Of course I'm in." James said as though he had just been asked something stupid.
"Well, I've got nothing else to do today have I?" Remus said pleasantly.
"Come on then." Sirius said getting up as did the others.
"Are you coming or not?" James asked Peter.
Peter quickly got up and followed them out of the common room. As Lily looked up from her work and noticed them all leaving hurrying.
"Their up to something." Lily announced.
Nissa looked up as well knowing who she was talking about straight away. "Of course they're up to something, they are lads after all. If they weren't up to something you would be even more worried."
"That doesn't make sense." Ella told her.
"Well, if you think about what I've just said then it will." Nissa said. "See; now if you don't see that their doing something that's the time to worry because what ever it is, it's to secret to be talked about in public and that's worst of course."
"Well you didn't say that did you?" Ella said.
They made their way down to the library to start looking through the thousands of books. They walked among the aisle of books, pulling a few down which looked interesting and as though they could help them as well. When they all got as many books as they could carry they brought them back to a quiet table and started to read through them.
A couple of older students were walking past and looked over at them curiously wondering what they were up to, and decided to go over to find out what was going on.
"You lot are a little eager aren't you?" one of them asked.
They all looked up at them with somewhat guilty looks on their faces, the three older boys all smiled at them and then sat down at the table with them and looked over the books which covered it.
"So what are you up too then?" Tom Falkner asked eyeing the books.
"Let me guess, your becoming true Gryffindor's by getting one over on our Slytherin's rivals?" Nigel Sancho said smiling at them all, but still managing to look serious at the same time. Nigel didn't like his name so all his friends called him Cho-Ni. None of them answered, they looked at one another and then back at Cho-Ni.
"So, how can we help?" Guy asked.
They all smiled at one another, and realised that it was alright to tell them what they were planning and who they were planning to do it to as well, well that was if they could come up with anything that is. Sirius had just finished telling them what happened.
"Well, there's always a girl mate." Tom told him smiling.
"I never said there was a girl." Sirius shot at him, but knew better because it did have something to do with her.
"Well you did say that this Slytherin is friends with one of the girls out of your class." Tom went on. "Which isn't right to start with, who is she then?"
"Nissa." James told them smirking.
"Nissa... Nissa..." Cho-Ni said trying to think which one she was from the sorting.
"Oh yeah, I remember her now." Guy told them. "She's a Manus, isn't she? I'm not surprised then that she's friends with some of the Slytherin lot, she should be herself coming from a family like that."
"She's not like that." Sirius and Remus told them.
They both looked at each other going slightly red, and then back at the older lads who were looking even more interested in them.
"And how long have you known her for then?" Cho-Ni asked.
"She's in Gryffindor isn't she, so she's a Gryffindor like all of us." Sirius said firmly.
"I thought you said you were going to help us, to get back at Snape?" James asked changing the subject.
"Of course we'll help." Tom told them. "Now I don't think cursing him will be a good idea. He's a Slytherin for one and you're only first years after all, can't do as much as us, yet."
"How about something to brighten him up with then?" Cho-Ni suggested smiling, as he reached down for his bag and pulled out his potion book. He flicked through the pages smiling even more when he came to what he was looking for. "This will be great; you'll be able to get most of the ingredients from the school stores, but a couple of them you'll have to get from Jevidah's personal store."
"Its up to you now, how much do you want to get this Snape guy back?" Tom asked them, as Peter looked really nervous about the whole thing.
"Oh, don't worry about us." James said smiling mysteriously at them all. "We won't even be seen."
They all looked at him wondering what he was talking about, but he didn't look as though he was about to tell them what he was talking about. Cho-Ni explained what the potion did and what they would have to do, and Guy explained that they were making the same potion, and they would do it on the same day, so they would be covered. They would be able to do it in a couple of weeks that was if they still wanted to go through with it; which of course they did.
About half an hour later they were back in their dorms and James was smiling broadly at them all stood in front of his truck.
"Well, come on, get on with it." Sirius said impatiently.
"Its something my father gave me." James told them, choosing to ignore Sirius' remark. "I brought it with me of course, thinking it my come in handy."
"Come on James, quit being so mysteries," Sirius said getting more and more impatient. "Some time while we're still young, if you don't mind?"
"I bet you'll still be just as impatient when you're old and grey." Remus told him smiling."
Sirius smiled back at him and hit him on the arm as James opened his truck with his back to them all, and then pulled out a very handsome cloak.
"It's a cloak." Remus said looking over at James.
Sirius looked at the cloak with a lot more interest then either Remus or Peter, because he had a feeling he knew what it was. James flung the robe around him and disappeared, Peter looked really worried and then jumped in the air as James nudged him from behind.
"Well that's some cloak mate." Sirius told James, looking over at Peter where he had just been. But then Sirius and Remus were both hit on the back making them both swing round to try and grab hold of him.
"You can't get me." James' voice said from somewhere in the room.
They chased his voice around the room, until finally Sirius stood on the bottom on the hem and tripped him up, though Sirius tried to make them believe he had done it on purpose, which of course they didn't believe him. They all had a go under the cloak, though Peter had the shortest of the lot because Sirius took it off him after a couple of minutes because he saw his feet and heard him stubble.
When they had finally settled down they made their planes to go out that night, they thought the sooner they get it over and done the better, and they wanted to try the cloak out as well.
They waited until the common room was empty which was after midnight, then James got his cloak out and Peter decided to stay behind, which they agreed because they had tried it out earlier and they didn't really all fit underneath and he didn't like the idea of wondering around late at night in the dark.
On the other hand, James, Sirius and Remus were quit excited about going out. They all huddled together underneath the cloak and then they slowly made their way down the darken corridors, down to the dungeons. They had made it all the way down to the Charms corridor without bumping into anyone, beside from themselves because they were so close together.
Peeves was bobbing up and down off the ceiling and the floor along the corridor, it was a tight fit to get passed him because every time they tired it was as if he was there blocking their way, they might be invisible but they couldn't walk through things. They counted to three and then they ran for it as fast as they could and as quietly as they could, but just as they cleared the corned Remus tripped over Sirius' foot and they all fell in a heap on the floor. Peeves flew around to see what all the noise was but couldn't see anything, because they had just managed to curl up and cover themselves with the cloak.
Peeves flew away finally giving up on the noise, looking a little down hearted because he hadn't court anyone. When he was gone they all burst out laughing at what they had done, and managed to get to their feet again but only after taking off the cloak to do so.
They walked quietly down the steps to the dungeon, and then stopped outside of Jevidah's office. They tried to open it but it was locked, but luckier James knew a spell. But he didn't tell Sirius and Remus who were still pushing against the door, and fell in when the door opened all of a sudden.
Sirius fell in knocking a couple of glass jars over and landed beside Remus, they both looked at one another and then at James who had pulled the cloak off and was laughing at them both laying flat on their backs. They finally managed to get to their feet and stop laughing to get the ingredients, but not before Jevidah had come to find out what all the noise was.
Remus dived under the cloak but Sirius didn't have time and dived into the nearest cupboard and hoped that he wouldn't look in. The door opened just as Sirius closed his, all three of them stood there holding their breaths trying their hardest not to make any noise. Jevidah walked around and then stopped at the broken jars and started mumbling to himself, he was quit annoyed that they had broken, but didn't seem to think that one of the students had done it; being able to break the spell locking the door.
James and Remus quietly moved over to the cupboard and lifted the cloak up a little so that Sirius could fit underneath and as quietly and quickly as they could they left through the open door as Jevidah carried on mumbling to himself.
(A/N:- what do you think a little advantage for them and a couple of near misses, don't worry they'll get bigger and there's still the potion to come; I'm sure you'll like it.
Thanks for the reviews really glad that you enjoyed the first two chapters hoped you enjoyed this one as well.
Thanks to, milkshake2612, glad you liked the story; oh and I liked yours as well.
Also thanks to, Nosilla, hoped this was alright I'll try and update again soon for you.