Sirius picked up the phone and was just about to rebuttal again, but the dial

tone met his ear. "Fine! Whatever." Running up the stairs in a very dog like manner, Sirius decided to take the stealth approach. As he reached Lily and James' bedroom he stopped noticing the door ajar. Poking his head inside and shouting "Gotcha!" he shoved the door wide open to reveal James' school trunk on the floor and its contents strewn across the room.

"How the hell did he get in there? I guess that explains the 'boom'." More awed than worried Sirius glanced about the room. Then he heard it.Harry's little giggle.

"Oh! So it's hide and seek, huh? Well, how about we play 'pick-up-all- daddy's

stuff-before-he-comes-home-and-finds-out'?"

Another giggle. "Come on, Harry! Come out and see me."

"Pafoo."

"That's right. You're a smart lad aren't you? Come here."

~ The front door opened and a man with brown hair and amber eyes stepped over the threshold, "Hello?"

"MOONY!"

"Oh lord," Remus rolled his eyes and shot up the stairs, following the call of distress into James's bedroom. Sirius looked ready to pull his hair out, and the room was a mess.

"Isn't this James's old school stuff?"

"Yes! But that isn't important right now! I'm hearing voices!" Sirius looked

desperate.

"That's silly."

"No it isn't! Moony! I hear the voice, don't see the kid.hear the voice, don't

see the kid!"

"Clam down! He's not an evil death eater. And besides he isn't advanced

enough to be invisible-"

"Moony! Moon! Moon! Moony!"

"AH! I hear it too!" They grasped each other tightly.

"Told you, now help me with this stuff."

"Shouldn't we try and locate your godson first?"

"Yeah, but we'll never find him in this mess. Hey, where is the invisibility

cloak?"

"Yes, I was just going to ask that. It can be seen when it isn't-"

Sirius and Remus exchanged a look that would have been very comical had the

situation not been so serious.

"He must have grabbed the trunk by James' cloak and then." Remus trailed off

and started to feel around on the bed. "Harry! Come see Moony and Padfoot now.come on."

Searching the entire bedroom they finally just picked up the mess. ~ "Sirius, I don't think he's in here anymore." "Of course he's still here!" "When was the last time you heard his giggle?" Sirius thought for a moment. "Good point. But he couldn't have left the room. I shut the door when I came in." Remus looked nervous, "That's all well and good, but I didn't." "What?" Sirius face dropped. "I didn't think to shut the door when I came in." "That's great! Just great! Now the baby could be anywhere in the house!" Sirius was utterly exasperated. "Well, if you hadn't let the baby get into James's trunk, Harry wouldn't been invisible now." "And if you hadn't called I could have watched the kid!" "My god, Padfoot! You have such a one-track brain! Are you telling me you can't watch the kid and take a phone call at the same time?" "Boo.Pika boo!" A giggle was heard down the hallway followed by a thump. Sirius would have retorted, but Remus was out the door tracking the sound. ~

Harry was having the time of his life under his father's warm and fuzzy

disguise. They searched the entire upstairs until they heard noise downstairs.

"How in the name of Godric did he get down the stairs under that thing? I

mean we had trouble doing that!"

"Remus, clearly he had inherited his godfather's famous mischievous

qualities," Sirius remarked proudly as they carefully headed down the

carpeted steps.

"Let's hope not," Remus muttered while rolling his eyes.