The Innocent Death Eater
By: Starr
One Week Later
Lily Potter yawned as she collapsed onto the couch. Danny seemed to be fitting in well, even though it was taking awhile for her to get used to the house. Lily thought how weird it was that she had been living there for months, but had never seen the first floor except when she arrived and left for the trial.
Danny and Harry had instantly clicked, despite an eight year age difference between them. Danny was currently pulling Harry around the first floor in a wagon as Harry yelled for her to go faster, pretending she was a horse. Lily smiled at them as they made a round through the living room, and then headed back down the hallway.
"Breakfast's ready!" James called from the kitchen.
Danny and Harry came running and Lily slowly followed them into the kitchen. She was planning on spending all day at home cleaning, since it was a Saturday and their house looked like a tornado had blown through. The kids toys were all over the living room, hall, and stairs and she didn't even want to think about what their rooms might look like.
Soon they were all settled around the kitchen table munching on waffles. The kids were drinking milk while Lily and James sipped coffee. Just as Harry spilled his milk all over Danny an owl swooped into the kitchen.
"Harry!" yelled Danny, standing up and spilling milk all over the floor in the process.
Lily ripped open the letter as James began to mop up the milk. Her face turned white when she read it.
"James! This is from the Ministry. They're sending someone out around three to inspect the house and evaluate how we're caring for Danny!"
"But it's already nine thirty and the house is a wreck!"
Both of them sprung up immediately. Lily's eyes swept over Danny and Harry. Danny was still covered in milk and had syrup in her hair. Harry was covered in syrup and marker, which no doubt was also all over his art table upstairs. She took a deep breath.
"Alright, everyone stay calm. James, call Remus and Sirius and ask if they will come over and help. Danny, go to the bathroom upstairs, put those clothes in the laundry basket and get in the shower. Make sure you get really clean. I'm going to give Harry a bath in our bathroom."
They all dashed off in different directions. Twenty minutes later Lily heard the water shut off upstairs.
"Danny, put on some jeans and a T-shirt," Lily yelled down the hall. She didn't think Danny would ruin her good clothes just picking up her room, but she wasn't taking any chances.
Lily lifted Harry out of the tub, wrapped him in a towel, and carried him into his bedroom to get dressed. She also dressed him in old clothes, due to the fact that she usually had to change his clothes again before the day was over anyway.
By this time Danny had emerged from her bedroom. Lily settled Harry in the living room and put on a video.
"Danny, come on, we're going to clean your room," she called.
"I'll work on the living room. The guys should be over soon," James told her.
She nodded and ran up the stairs. When she entered Danny's room, she nearly fainted. The bed was unmade, mainly because the covers had been taken off and used to build a tent. Toys lay scattered across the floor, along with books, drawings, crayons, markers, videos, costumes, and tons of dirty clothes. Danny herself came in behind her carrying Febreeze, Resolve, Windex, and other assorted cleaning products.
"James said we might need these," she informed Lily.
"I think he's right," she said faintly.
They got to work. Lily had Danny take down the tent and make her bed while she began the daunting task of picking up toys and folding up dress clothes. Fifteen minutes later the last costume had been placed in the bin.
"Danny, take all off these dirty clothes down to the laundry room while I go check on the boys. On your way up go get the vacuum."
Lily made her way back to the living room, where she found James with the Dustbuster attacking the couch, which was stripped of all the cushions. He was vacuuming up cookie crumbs, lint, broken crayons, and numerous other things.
"I found the remote!"
"That's good, I guess. Where's Harry?"
"Asleep in our room."
"Make sure he doesn't get into anything. The last thing we need right now is a repeat of the pudding fiasco," Lily warned him.
"Lily!" Danny yelled.
"Coming!"
She ran back upstairs to find Danny had managed to drag the vacuum to her room. Lily set her to work cleaning the windows and polishing the crayon off her desk while she vacuumed. When that was done they both attacked the stains on the carpet. After that, Lily decided the room was officially clean and sent her foster child down to help James.
Meanwhile, Remus and Sirius had arrived.
"Wow! You sure did a number on this house!" Sirius gasped.
Remus had to agree. James just send them the evil eye. Remus and Sirius were saved by Lily, who came sprinting down the stairs.
"Oh good, you're here. Thank you so much for coming. Remus, could you tackle the kitchen? The counters and floors need to be wiped down and the dishes need to be done. Sirius, I need you to pick up Harry's room. I already brought the cleaning supplies in there. James, since you seem to be done down here you can work on the laundry. Danny, go with him and make sure he doesn't dye or shrink anything!"
Everyone scampered off toward their respective rooms. Lily, somewhat out of breath, felt a tug on the leg of her black jeans.
"What about me, Mommy?"
"You can help Mommy clean the dining room Harry."
She took him into the room with her and settled him with a rag to "polish" the silver while she picked up.
Meanwhile, down in the laundry room James and Danny had brought down all the laundry and sorted it into whites and colors. Well, Danny had sorted it while James watched without a clue. Then they set about pretreating the stains, which James would never have thought of had Danny not mentioned it. Danny was beginning to think her new guardian was hopeless at doing laundry.
Remus was actually doing a rather good job in the kitchen and was nearly through with the dishes. Sirius had had a few mishaps cleaning Harry's room, but to give him credit he was getting the job done. As for Lily, she was beginning to have hope that they may actually be able to pull this off.
Three Hours Later It was approaching one o'clock. Surprisingly, the house was nearly clean, James had only ruined one old T-shirt in his adventures with the laundry. Sirius had broken a window attempting to clean it, which Remus had thankfully been able to fix. Lily had cleaned the bathrooms with Harry's "help" and Danny and James had vacuumed the halls.
Now it was time to get ready. James took Harry to get dressed, while Lily took Danny.
"Can't I just wear this?" the twelve-year-old whined.
Lily glanced at her T-shirt which had Windex sprayed on it, and her jeans which had somehow gotten coated in carpet deodorizer.
"No! Those are filthy!" she cried, exasperated.
She wrestled Danny into a blue jean dress with yellow flowers sewed on the pockets and a yellow T-shirt. Then she set about braiding Danny's hair into pigtails and tying the ends with yellow ribbons. Once she had put Danny's sandals on she turned her loose to watch TV in the living room.
James dressed Harry in blue jean overalls with a red T-shirt underneath and put red socks on him. He wrestled his son into his tiny sneakers, then tried to comb down Harry's wild raven hair. Realizing Harry looked as good as a toddler was going to get, he sent him down to watch TV with Danny.
An Hour Later, The Potter Family's Living Room
Lily looked around the room in amazement. She and James were both showered and dressed, the kids were presentable, and Remus and Sirius had just left, wishing them the best of luck.
The house was nearly pristine, bar the crayon marks on one small portion of Harry's wall, which had refused to come off. Lily considered this a near miracle. She didn't think the house had been this clean since before Harry was born.
DING DONG
"That'll be them," James said nervously.
"Yep," Lily agreed.
Author's Note: I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I know it was a little more Lily-centric, but I thought it would be funny to see how exasperated she got trying to clean the house with the Mauraders. Please review, no one has reviewed the last chapter as of yet, so the offer still stands – tell me who the mean jury member is and this chapter or the next is dedicated to you!
P.S. If anyone reads stories at FictionPress.com, please check out this story my little brother wrote. It's called "The Surprise" and posted under my pen name there – Starr21. He's only eleven, and it's really short. It would mean a lot to him if you could skim it over and drop him a review – he thinks it's horrible, but I think it's pretty good for a sixth grader. But don't flame him or I will get you(!
By: Starr
One Week Later
Lily Potter yawned as she collapsed onto the couch. Danny seemed to be fitting in well, even though it was taking awhile for her to get used to the house. Lily thought how weird it was that she had been living there for months, but had never seen the first floor except when she arrived and left for the trial.
Danny and Harry had instantly clicked, despite an eight year age difference between them. Danny was currently pulling Harry around the first floor in a wagon as Harry yelled for her to go faster, pretending she was a horse. Lily smiled at them as they made a round through the living room, and then headed back down the hallway.
"Breakfast's ready!" James called from the kitchen.
Danny and Harry came running and Lily slowly followed them into the kitchen. She was planning on spending all day at home cleaning, since it was a Saturday and their house looked like a tornado had blown through. The kids toys were all over the living room, hall, and stairs and she didn't even want to think about what their rooms might look like.
Soon they were all settled around the kitchen table munching on waffles. The kids were drinking milk while Lily and James sipped coffee. Just as Harry spilled his milk all over Danny an owl swooped into the kitchen.
"Harry!" yelled Danny, standing up and spilling milk all over the floor in the process.
Lily ripped open the letter as James began to mop up the milk. Her face turned white when she read it.
"James! This is from the Ministry. They're sending someone out around three to inspect the house and evaluate how we're caring for Danny!"
"But it's already nine thirty and the house is a wreck!"
Both of them sprung up immediately. Lily's eyes swept over Danny and Harry. Danny was still covered in milk and had syrup in her hair. Harry was covered in syrup and marker, which no doubt was also all over his art table upstairs. She took a deep breath.
"Alright, everyone stay calm. James, call Remus and Sirius and ask if they will come over and help. Danny, go to the bathroom upstairs, put those clothes in the laundry basket and get in the shower. Make sure you get really clean. I'm going to give Harry a bath in our bathroom."
They all dashed off in different directions. Twenty minutes later Lily heard the water shut off upstairs.
"Danny, put on some jeans and a T-shirt," Lily yelled down the hall. She didn't think Danny would ruin her good clothes just picking up her room, but she wasn't taking any chances.
Lily lifted Harry out of the tub, wrapped him in a towel, and carried him into his bedroom to get dressed. She also dressed him in old clothes, due to the fact that she usually had to change his clothes again before the day was over anyway.
By this time Danny had emerged from her bedroom. Lily settled Harry in the living room and put on a video.
"Danny, come on, we're going to clean your room," she called.
"I'll work on the living room. The guys should be over soon," James told her.
She nodded and ran up the stairs. When she entered Danny's room, she nearly fainted. The bed was unmade, mainly because the covers had been taken off and used to build a tent. Toys lay scattered across the floor, along with books, drawings, crayons, markers, videos, costumes, and tons of dirty clothes. Danny herself came in behind her carrying Febreeze, Resolve, Windex, and other assorted cleaning products.
"James said we might need these," she informed Lily.
"I think he's right," she said faintly.
They got to work. Lily had Danny take down the tent and make her bed while she began the daunting task of picking up toys and folding up dress clothes. Fifteen minutes later the last costume had been placed in the bin.
"Danny, take all off these dirty clothes down to the laundry room while I go check on the boys. On your way up go get the vacuum."
Lily made her way back to the living room, where she found James with the Dustbuster attacking the couch, which was stripped of all the cushions. He was vacuuming up cookie crumbs, lint, broken crayons, and numerous other things.
"I found the remote!"
"That's good, I guess. Where's Harry?"
"Asleep in our room."
"Make sure he doesn't get into anything. The last thing we need right now is a repeat of the pudding fiasco," Lily warned him.
"Lily!" Danny yelled.
"Coming!"
She ran back upstairs to find Danny had managed to drag the vacuum to her room. Lily set her to work cleaning the windows and polishing the crayon off her desk while she vacuumed. When that was done they both attacked the stains on the carpet. After that, Lily decided the room was officially clean and sent her foster child down to help James.
Meanwhile, Remus and Sirius had arrived.
"Wow! You sure did a number on this house!" Sirius gasped.
Remus had to agree. James just send them the evil eye. Remus and Sirius were saved by Lily, who came sprinting down the stairs.
"Oh good, you're here. Thank you so much for coming. Remus, could you tackle the kitchen? The counters and floors need to be wiped down and the dishes need to be done. Sirius, I need you to pick up Harry's room. I already brought the cleaning supplies in there. James, since you seem to be done down here you can work on the laundry. Danny, go with him and make sure he doesn't dye or shrink anything!"
Everyone scampered off toward their respective rooms. Lily, somewhat out of breath, felt a tug on the leg of her black jeans.
"What about me, Mommy?"
"You can help Mommy clean the dining room Harry."
She took him into the room with her and settled him with a rag to "polish" the silver while she picked up.
Meanwhile, down in the laundry room James and Danny had brought down all the laundry and sorted it into whites and colors. Well, Danny had sorted it while James watched without a clue. Then they set about pretreating the stains, which James would never have thought of had Danny not mentioned it. Danny was beginning to think her new guardian was hopeless at doing laundry.
Remus was actually doing a rather good job in the kitchen and was nearly through with the dishes. Sirius had had a few mishaps cleaning Harry's room, but to give him credit he was getting the job done. As for Lily, she was beginning to have hope that they may actually be able to pull this off.
Three Hours Later It was approaching one o'clock. Surprisingly, the house was nearly clean, James had only ruined one old T-shirt in his adventures with the laundry. Sirius had broken a window attempting to clean it, which Remus had thankfully been able to fix. Lily had cleaned the bathrooms with Harry's "help" and Danny and James had vacuumed the halls.
Now it was time to get ready. James took Harry to get dressed, while Lily took Danny.
"Can't I just wear this?" the twelve-year-old whined.
Lily glanced at her T-shirt which had Windex sprayed on it, and her jeans which had somehow gotten coated in carpet deodorizer.
"No! Those are filthy!" she cried, exasperated.
She wrestled Danny into a blue jean dress with yellow flowers sewed on the pockets and a yellow T-shirt. Then she set about braiding Danny's hair into pigtails and tying the ends with yellow ribbons. Once she had put Danny's sandals on she turned her loose to watch TV in the living room.
James dressed Harry in blue jean overalls with a red T-shirt underneath and put red socks on him. He wrestled his son into his tiny sneakers, then tried to comb down Harry's wild raven hair. Realizing Harry looked as good as a toddler was going to get, he sent him down to watch TV with Danny.
An Hour Later, The Potter Family's Living Room
Lily looked around the room in amazement. She and James were both showered and dressed, the kids were presentable, and Remus and Sirius had just left, wishing them the best of luck.
The house was nearly pristine, bar the crayon marks on one small portion of Harry's wall, which had refused to come off. Lily considered this a near miracle. She didn't think the house had been this clean since before Harry was born.
DING DONG
"That'll be them," James said nervously.
"Yep," Lily agreed.
Author's Note: I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I know it was a little more Lily-centric, but I thought it would be funny to see how exasperated she got trying to clean the house with the Mauraders. Please review, no one has reviewed the last chapter as of yet, so the offer still stands – tell me who the mean jury member is and this chapter or the next is dedicated to you!
P.S. If anyone reads stories at FictionPress.com, please check out this story my little brother wrote. It's called "The Surprise" and posted under my pen name there – Starr21. He's only eleven, and it's really short. It would mean a lot to him if you could skim it over and drop him a review – he thinks it's horrible, but I think it's pretty good for a sixth grader. But don't flame him or I will get you(!