Chapter 10- Once upon a Mattress

July 23, 1979

Kyla found this morning to be quite chilly, in comparison to how it had been, and no matter how much she snuggled under her covers Kyla couldn't manage to find warmth. She tossed and turned until she had settled onto her right side, but something else seemed odd: Kyla heard waves. Kyla's eyes burst open and she began to scream in anger. This woke Lily, though it took her a minute to grasp onto the fact that they were on a mattress floating in the middle of the lake. "That son of a Squib!" Kyla shouted.

Lily sat up carefully. Anger hadn't set in for her, but she knew it would only take a look at James, who had taken her on another moonlit stroll here just the night before. "YOUR ARSE IS MINE MICHAEL!" Kyla shouted, figuring they would be within earshot.

Kyla had assumed correctly, since all four boys were sitting behind some foliage on the south shore. Arthur had been by the hour before, but had to get back to his cabin before his boys woke up. "Okay, boys, time for phase two," Michael told the others and they left.

Lily looked over the edge of the mattress the best she could and noticed it was magically tethered somehow into place. "Oh, no," she said. Lily was starting to feel sick, and began throwing up over the side of the mattress. This is why I didn't go with my family, she thought as Kyla pulled her hair back and let her go. When Lily was done, she sat and kept her head in between her knees.

Kyla looked around to see if the boys had at least had the decency to leave them a wand… Kyla had no such luck. "Those idiots," she kept ranting, trying to think of something they could do while Lily sat still enough not to get ill again. "We're going to have to swim for it," Kyla informed Lily.

Lily just shook her head, as Kyla saw the little skin on Lily's face showing, turn green. "I can't," she said, thinking about what she was wearing, and knowing that they were probably looking on from somewhere.

"We have to, Lily, there isn't any other way back. At least you can't get sick that way," Kyla pointed out. Lily looked to the edge of the mattress, and stuck just one toe in. She brought it out quickly, and looked at Kyla in silent desperation. "Come on, we can heat the shower water when we get back," Kyla urged once more.

Lily took the plunge, and shortly after so did Kyla. They swam back to shore as quickly as they could, and went quickly into their cabin. Kyla grabbed her wand and went into the small shower area to warm some water. "NO!" she screamed as she entered the area.

"What?" Lily asked quickly, going to the area.

There, where their containers were supposed to be filled with water, was a flood and five empty water buckets scattered in the mess. Lily went white, and made her way to her bed, though it didn't have her blankets and laid down on it. "I give up," Lily said to no one, as Kyla was still fussing over the mess, and thinking of how she could kill Michael without getting caught. Meanwhile the boys were all taking their turns taking a nice long shower, now that their containers were miraculously full.

Lily and Kyla didn't end up coming out of their cabin until ten o'clock. They went down by the lake, summoned their blankets and then down to the main camping grounds to get the last of breakfast. They ended up with a mother and her two boys. They were in the area tending to a wound, which the younger boy had received after tripping and didn't want his mum to fix because 'it hurt too bad'.

Kyla helped the lady out by closing the wound for him. The child immediately stopped crying. "Come on Charlie!" the older boy said, while running off. Charlie followed, leaving their mother at the table.

"You two behave yourselves," she shouted after them, then turned back. "Thank you."

"Not a problem," Kyla answered. "My name is Kyla Potter," she extended her hand. Molly accepted it. "And this is Lily Evans." Molly shook Lily's hand as well.

"My name is Molly Weasley. I believe we met your husband the other day when he had to clean those cabins. I told the rangers I was perfectly capable, but they insisted."

"And rightfully so," Kyla said, glad for the reminder that they had at least dished out something. "You know, they really need to stop playing tricks on people," Kyla went on to tell Molly about what the guys had done to them, Molly's face turning redder and redder.

"Arthur Weasley!" Molly shouted, interrupting Kyla, at a red headed man making his way to their cabin with a stack of wood in his arms.

Arthur froze in his steps and took a deep gulp. "Yes, Molly dear?"

"Did you help her husband pull that terrible prank?" Molly said, pointing at Kyla.

"W-what prank, dear?"

"The same one you pulled on Trevor Finkleton when we were at Hogwarts?"

"Oh, you mean the lake thing, well, I- I might have mentioned something to them about it," he said guiltily.

"I cannot believe you!"

"But these two were who really trashed everyone's camps and framed them," Arthur paused while throwing a finger toward the cabins, "so they would have to clean it all up."

Kyla and Lily took their turn in looking guilty while Molly looked toward them. "You really did that?"

"Yes, I'm sorry," Kyla said.

"That's brilliant," Molly said.

"Oh so it's rude when it's guys who trash the camp, but when it's-"

"I'm not finished with you, Arthur," Molly said, prodding him with her pointer finger. "What you helped them with today could have been harmful! Lily was throwing up from the motion of the waves, no, you're going to help them."

"But Molly-"

"Don't you 'but Molly' me!" Molly said, putting her hands on her hips. "Now, what else do you have in that twisted mind of yours."

A/N: Sorry if these are short for your taste, but it's all I can get out right now! Hope you all like it, as now the girls won't be able to take showers. I brought Molly in a bit, but I don't know how big of an involvement Arthur and her will have in the scheme of things.

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Dobbyfan18: Again, I'm sorry that I can't fill in this request, but I really like to jump from thing to thing, though I promise to keep it up enough for it to be worth you checking those emails!

Tekvah Ariel: I probably would have gone further too, but at the time James was the only one begging for the game to end. I like how she gets the picture back and that she's cheating and they'll basically never find that out. Thank you for reviewing!

JamieBell: I like how overconfident he can be too. I especially like it because it always bites him in the butt (at least in this fic) because as we all know, pride cometh before the fall.

Jojo: I actually wasn't going to involve Molly, but I was thinking it would be funny if she made Arthur change sides. Hehehe. Thank you for reviewing and I hope you enjoy this chapter!

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Dafalcon: Thanks for the ideas! I think she'll be too angry to flirt with anyone right now, and I don't think she's the flirting type unless she really likes someone, so there might be more flirting between her and James but we'll see. I think this one's almost over, because I've hit a peak that will have a hard time declining at this point, but there's a few more little things up my sleeve.

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