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Madammarauder
The Invisibility Cloak
Over the Christmas break, Lily tried to avoid Petunia as much as possible. But, whenever Lily accidently bumped into, or even looked at Petunia, Petunia would give her an evil, hateful look. But, overall, Lily's Christmas had gone quite well. She had gotten many new, beautiful muggle clothes from her mother and father. And many other muggle things that Lily was anxious to bring back to Hogwarts and show Abbi and Gabby. Over the break, Gabby and Abbi owled Lily, briefly telling her how everything was going at their home, and they also asked what Lily was up to several times, wanting to know what a muggle did for Christmas.
By the end of the Christmas break, Lily was relieved that she would be going back to Hogwarts.
" Sirius! How was your Christmas?" James asked Sirius enthusiastically, walking into the almost-empty Common Room, finding Sirius staring into the fireplace, sprawled out on the couch. Sirius was surprised by James' sudden arrival.
" Hey, mate. You surprised me!" Sirius said. He walked over to where James was struggling with his trunk to help.
" Did you do anything fun this Christmas?" James asked, gratefully letting Sirius help him with his trunk. Sirius sighed, " I wouldn't exactly call Christmas at the Black's house 'Fun'." Sirius said, pulling James' trunk over to where he was sitting before James had come in. " I spent the whole break in my room, hoping that it would only go by faster." He stated, taking his sea, this time in the big armchair. " Now that I have broken the tradition of all Black's being in Slytherin, my family has and is doing everything to ignore me and pretty much kick me out of their lives. James didn't say anything, but he just looked at his heartsick friend. How could Sirius' parents be so cold-hearted toward their own child?
" Hello?" Sirius asked loudly, waving his hand in front of James' face.
" Huh. What did you say?" James asked with a blush.
" I asked you how your Christmas break was." Sirius said, shaking his head, Sirius laughed at how jumpy James was being.
" Oh. My Christmas was okay. My relatives came down for Christmas. My cousins were really cool. We spent most of our time outside, flying on my dad's broom." James said, "but, my grandmother did nothing but pinch my cheeks and tell me how big I had gotten." James said, rubbing his cheeks, indicating where his grandmother had pinched him.James and Sirius both sat in the Common Room, laughing for a few minutes, happy that they were back at Hogwarts, and back with each other.
" Well, looks like you guys didn't care waiting for us to have fun."
" Yeah, I guess WE aren't wanted anymore."
Both James and Sirius jumped up quickly to greet their friends.
" Remus. Peter." James said, " It's good to see both of you. How was your-" James started to say, but Sirius pushed James aside roughly, making him fall on the couch.
" Hello, friends." Sirius said, trying to not look at the bewildered expression James was wearing. " How was your Christmas break?" Sirius said, patting his friends on the back that they almost toppled over.
" Fine." Both Peter and Remus replied, rubbing their backs." How about you two? What did you do for Christmas?" Remus asked, taking his seat next to James who had settled down on the couch.
" Boring." Both James and Sirius said at the same time. James and Sirius looked at each other and laughed.
"We really need to work something out among the four of us during the holidays and breaks." Sirius stated, " If We are all bored, then I think we should all have each other over at some point in the break and be bored together."
" You're right." James replied, " There's nothing like being bored with your friends." James said, jokingly punching Remus in the arm.
" I swear, if people don't stop hitting around here, I am going to go crazy!" Remus said dramatically, moaning, he grasped his arm and fell to the ground. James just looked at him and shrugged.
" How was your Christmas?" Sirius asked Peter. Getting up from his seat in the big armchair, he stepped on Remus' back, ( Remus once again moaned, this time holing his back.) Peter laughed.
" It was really boring. With only a younger sister to keep you company, it is quite torturous." Peter sighed. " But, it's good to be back at Hogwarts." Peter said.
" Yeah." James agreed. " Oh, wait! I've got to show you guys something." James said, grabbing his trunk, he started to make his way up the staircase that lead to the dormitory. " Come on, follow me."
Remus, Peter, and Sirius all looked at each other and shrugged. Then, they each grabbed their luggage and followed James up the steps.
Once they had placed their things beside of their beds, Remus, Sirius, and Peter all turned to James.
" James, what is so urgent?" Remus asked, looking over at James. James ignored Remus and rushed to the door.
" James." Sirius said, running over to see what James was doing.
" Hush." James said harshly, putting his finger to his lips with his right hand, he pulled out his wand with his left hand, and uttered a locking spell on the door.
" Are you planning on explaining what you are up to any time today?" Sirius asked James. Once again, James ignored him, this time rushing to his trunk.
" My dad gave this to me for Christmas." James said, opening up his trunk. He scurried around in it for a few moments when he finally pulled something out.
" It looks like a cloak." Peter said with a confused look on his face.
" Well, thank you, caption obvious." Sirius said sarcastically.
" That's not any ordinary cloak." Remus said, " That's an invisibility cloak." Remus said, touching the cloak as if it were gold. " James, how in the world did you get one of these?"
" You see," James replied, "This cloak has been in my family for generations. So, now that I have started Hogwarts, my dad gave me this cloak to pass down to my kid." James said, beaming over the cloak.
" Let's see it in action." Sirius said. James nodded,
" Sure." James next swung the cape around his shoulders. Remus, Sirius, and Peter gasped. All that they were able to see of James was his head, which was obviously not covered with the cloak.
" That's incredible!" Peter exclaimed, walking over to examine James. Sirius walked over to James, and tried to brush his hand through the space where nothing was visible except the objects behind James.
" OUCH!" James said. Even thought Remus, Peter, and Sirius couldn't see, they knew that James was holding the area between the legs of which Sirius had punched. " God almighty, mate!" James said, falling to the ground, " Though you can't see me, my body is still here." Sirius laughed,
" Sorry, mate. I guess you won't be having any kids any time soon." Sirius joked, patting James on the head. Remus, Peter, and even James laughed at Sirius' last statement.
After a few moments, when they had all calmed down, Remus said, " I think we should test the cloak. Tonight we could all hide under the cloak and explore the grounds a little." Remus said. James gasped sarcastically, " Remus Lupin, goody-too-shoe of all time, wanting to do something that could get us in trouble?" Remus laughed, and nodded, " Hey, that's a price to pay when you are having fun."
A/N: I am so sorry it took me so long to post this chapter. I am currently writing another story on another website of which I have to update as well. PLZ PLZ PLZ review! I would really appreciate it!
