Chapter 4
The Cloak
"It's an Invisibility Cloak! ". I had read about them and knew that they
were really rare.
"Yours cost me a fortune! " my dad said. "I knew you would like the suns
and the moons and the stars. You know solar ".
"Celestial. ".
"Yeah! So you like it? ". Dad looked so tempted to please me. I loved it.
I knew he already knew because my eyes were probably green.
"Yes! I love it!" then I realized something," what do you mean mine cost
a fortune? Did you get James one too? ".
He nodded and told me to go tell James to come to the library. I agreed
not to tell him. You see I agreed not to tell James but not Sirius!
So I went down the hall, turned left, and ran up the stairs. I stood in
James' doorway for a minute. James turned his head to look at me.
"What do you want? " he looked really pissed off, like when plans don't
go right.
"Dad wants to see you. He's down in the library. ".
"Great! More yelling!" he stood up and walked towards me. I stopped him.
He glared at me. I knew I was pushing the limit, but oh well!
"James. Don't you remember? It's our birthday! ".
A wide grin appeared on James' face. He turned and ran down the stairs.
I was about to leave when I realized that Sirius was watching me. I
turned to face him. He looked puzzled, like what he was supposed to do.
"Well what are you waiting for? A full moon!" Come with me. I've got to
show you what dad got me! ".
Sirius had one of those happy grins on his face that I love so much. We
walked down the hall and in to my room. He was looking at the cloak I had
in my arms. I closed the door.
"What did you want to show me?" there was curiosity in his eyes. I could
tell.
"This!" I held out the cloak.
"That?! Anja, it's just a clo-", he stopped in mid sentence because I was
"gone", "Where are you?".
"Where you would least expect it." I said calmly, as always.
I took the cloak off quietly. I was sitting right beside him. It was
weird from that point on. Sirius didn't slide away and neither did I. We
sat, there on my bed, and we were getting closer and closer until we were
two inches apart.
Then James came bursting in the door with a grin on his face and we
separated.
"You wouldn't believe what dad got me! ". I was about to tell him I
already knew but Sirius looked at me, and I knew not to tell.
"What?" Sirius and I said at the same time.
"An Invisibility Cloak! ".
I didn't want to take the happiness away but, I held mine up too. James
looked angry but then he laughed.
"Sweet! Now we con sneak around the house and Hogwarts.".
I had never thought of that before!
"Anja! James! Sirius!", our mom (mine and James') called from the front
room.
When we entered the front room, I knew that Sirius was going to leave,
yet it was so early! You're probably wondering how I knew. Who wouldn't
when they have Sirius' younger, disgusting brother Regulus staring at
you? Of course Sirius and James noticed this and mentioned that they
wanted to "talk" to him. And as always Regulus got the picture and
stopped staring.
"Thanks. ", (I had to thank them or dad and mom will ask questions) I
whispered.
"Anytime." James and Sirius replied in unison (as they do most of the
time).
About an hour later (which felt like a billion years because mom and Mrs.
Black were talking not stop) Mrs. Black, Regulus (thank god) and Sirius
(unfortunately) had to leave, but Mrs. Black agreed to drop Sirius off
tomorrow to go to Diagon Alley for our school supplies, which of course
was a bonus!
Unfortunately, James and I forgot to leave our Invisibility Cloaks
upstairs, and mom spotted them and started yelling at dad, something like
this: "Bob! You gave them the Cloaks! What about our conversation last
night! We agreed to not give them the cloaks! ". And dad was saying that
she met him because of James' Cloak. So while mom and dad were arguing,
James and I slipped under our own Cloaks and went upstairs to his room.
As soon as James shut the door I took my Cloak off and started to clean
his room. I heard something about "clean freak" under his breath. Then I
realized, if mom said that her and dad weren't giving us the cloaks.
"Broomsticks! ".
James and I had always wanted broomsticks because we loved Quidditch so
much. James and I raced down the stairs and there were two brand spanking
new, right out of the box and on the shelf, Shooting Stars! Apparently
most of the World Cup teams were using these brooms! I stood there
transfixed on the Shooting Stars; I couldn't take my eyes of them (or
more like mine). I turned to my mom and dad, ran to them, and hugged
them. Mom and dad just kept saying "Your welcome." Over and over as if
they knew the hug meant "Thank-you! ".
The first thing (after dinner) I did was write to Sirius. I wanted to
know what was supposed to happen in my room; was he going to kiss me or
was he just pulling my leg? And of course I also want to tell him about
the Shooting Star I got from mom and dad; because I knew he would be
happy for me and he would be jealous because I; Anja; a girl: would have
a better broom then him!
That night I fell asleep knowing that I was going to Hogwarts (just
worried about going into Gryffindor House), that I had the best wizard
made broom and that I was going to see Sirius tomorrow at Diagon Alley.
(And of course it was my birthday and I was eleven-years-old!).
The Cloak
"It's an Invisibility Cloak! ". I had read about them and knew that they
were really rare.
"Yours cost me a fortune! " my dad said. "I knew you would like the suns
and the moons and the stars. You know solar ".
"Celestial. ".
"Yeah! So you like it? ". Dad looked so tempted to please me. I loved it.
I knew he already knew because my eyes were probably green.
"Yes! I love it!" then I realized something," what do you mean mine cost
a fortune? Did you get James one too? ".
He nodded and told me to go tell James to come to the library. I agreed
not to tell him. You see I agreed not to tell James but not Sirius!
So I went down the hall, turned left, and ran up the stairs. I stood in
James' doorway for a minute. James turned his head to look at me.
"What do you want? " he looked really pissed off, like when plans don't
go right.
"Dad wants to see you. He's down in the library. ".
"Great! More yelling!" he stood up and walked towards me. I stopped him.
He glared at me. I knew I was pushing the limit, but oh well!
"James. Don't you remember? It's our birthday! ".
A wide grin appeared on James' face. He turned and ran down the stairs.
I was about to leave when I realized that Sirius was watching me. I
turned to face him. He looked puzzled, like what he was supposed to do.
"Well what are you waiting for? A full moon!" Come with me. I've got to
show you what dad got me! ".
Sirius had one of those happy grins on his face that I love so much. We
walked down the hall and in to my room. He was looking at the cloak I had
in my arms. I closed the door.
"What did you want to show me?" there was curiosity in his eyes. I could
tell.
"This!" I held out the cloak.
"That?! Anja, it's just a clo-", he stopped in mid sentence because I was
"gone", "Where are you?".
"Where you would least expect it." I said calmly, as always.
I took the cloak off quietly. I was sitting right beside him. It was
weird from that point on. Sirius didn't slide away and neither did I. We
sat, there on my bed, and we were getting closer and closer until we were
two inches apart.
Then James came bursting in the door with a grin on his face and we
separated.
"You wouldn't believe what dad got me! ". I was about to tell him I
already knew but Sirius looked at me, and I knew not to tell.
"What?" Sirius and I said at the same time.
"An Invisibility Cloak! ".
I didn't want to take the happiness away but, I held mine up too. James
looked angry but then he laughed.
"Sweet! Now we con sneak around the house and Hogwarts.".
I had never thought of that before!
"Anja! James! Sirius!", our mom (mine and James') called from the front
room.
When we entered the front room, I knew that Sirius was going to leave,
yet it was so early! You're probably wondering how I knew. Who wouldn't
when they have Sirius' younger, disgusting brother Regulus staring at
you? Of course Sirius and James noticed this and mentioned that they
wanted to "talk" to him. And as always Regulus got the picture and
stopped staring.
"Thanks. ", (I had to thank them or dad and mom will ask questions) I
whispered.
"Anytime." James and Sirius replied in unison (as they do most of the
time).
About an hour later (which felt like a billion years because mom and Mrs.
Black were talking not stop) Mrs. Black, Regulus (thank god) and Sirius
(unfortunately) had to leave, but Mrs. Black agreed to drop Sirius off
tomorrow to go to Diagon Alley for our school supplies, which of course
was a bonus!
Unfortunately, James and I forgot to leave our Invisibility Cloaks
upstairs, and mom spotted them and started yelling at dad, something like
this: "Bob! You gave them the Cloaks! What about our conversation last
night! We agreed to not give them the cloaks! ". And dad was saying that
she met him because of James' Cloak. So while mom and dad were arguing,
James and I slipped under our own Cloaks and went upstairs to his room.
As soon as James shut the door I took my Cloak off and started to clean
his room. I heard something about "clean freak" under his breath. Then I
realized, if mom said that her and dad weren't giving us the cloaks.
"Broomsticks! ".
James and I had always wanted broomsticks because we loved Quidditch so
much. James and I raced down the stairs and there were two brand spanking
new, right out of the box and on the shelf, Shooting Stars! Apparently
most of the World Cup teams were using these brooms! I stood there
transfixed on the Shooting Stars; I couldn't take my eyes of them (or
more like mine). I turned to my mom and dad, ran to them, and hugged
them. Mom and dad just kept saying "Your welcome." Over and over as if
they knew the hug meant "Thank-you! ".
The first thing (after dinner) I did was write to Sirius. I wanted to
know what was supposed to happen in my room; was he going to kiss me or
was he just pulling my leg? And of course I also want to tell him about
the Shooting Star I got from mom and dad; because I knew he would be
happy for me and he would be jealous because I; Anja; a girl: would have
a better broom then him!
That night I fell asleep knowing that I was going to Hogwarts (just
worried about going into Gryffindor House), that I had the best wizard
made broom and that I was going to see Sirius tomorrow at Diagon Alley.
(And of course it was my birthday and I was eleven-years-old!).