Sirius sighed. "An Honors Dinner?" he asked with a disappointed look on his face.
"Don't be too excited," Remus said sarcastically with a grin as he raised his eye brows. James slapped Sirius' back with a laugh.
Sirius chuckled as he opened the envelope. Peter, Remus, and James all gathered around pulling themselves closer to Sirius' seat in Hogsmead.
Sirius raised his eye brows and read it aloud in a voice of moarning and a bit quickly, "Dear Mr. Sirius Black, in honor of your enormous achievements—They should count our Marauders' map in 'achievements'!"
They all laughed, then James said in a more quiet voice, "And the fact that we are all animagus…I mean, damn we are good."
They laughed, and Sirius continued, "You have been invited to have a lovely dinner with your teachers and headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. This will be just a lovely evening for you to have a chance to relax—Riiiiight, and then stay up all night after it trying to finish up the homework we didn't have time to do because of the dinner—and to celebrate. There will be live music, awards, dancing, and all you can eat buffet—"
"You lucky bastrd!" exclaimed James, "Now I wish I had tried just a tad bit harder." He shook his head slowly from side to side. Remus snorted and Peter laughed, but Sirius was looking at the paper, his eyes moving from line to line, the smile suddenly gone from his face.
"What is it?" Peter squeaked.
Sirius bit his lip and then with a deep groan let go of the paper leaving it on the table. "Dammit," he said angrily, tipping his chair back and closing his eyes. His head was titled to the ceiling.
James frowned and grabbed that invitation. "Please be aware that parents will be coming to celebrate with you this amazing accomplishment…"
"I have to get out of going to this,"
"Okay, so wait, walk me through 'The Plan' again?" Remus asked holding the book "Magical Incantations Guaranteed for Life" book.
Sirius rolled his eyes. "Remus, you are suppose to be the smart one," he remarked in an annoyed sort of way.
Remus pursed his top lip and looked down at the oak library table and muttered, "I just read a lot."
James laughed. "This is too difficult Sirius. We could never pull off this magic incantation," he told his friend frankly as he took the book from Remus' hands.
"That's what I meant by what I mean," Remus said defensively.
Sirius rolled his eyes again impatiently. "Whatever! Look, we can do this. We made the Marauders' Map, we are all animagus', and my uncle has a motorcycle that I, all by my lonesome, made iflyable/i," he told his friends proudly.
"Wow…" Peter said in awe.
"That's right," Sirius told him with a grin, "We can do this."
James shook his head slowly with a smile. "Anything for you, Padfoot," he said sighing.
Remus cut in, "But wait a minute," he began ruffling his hair and massaging his temples, "Where are we going to put this spell? I mean, it has to be a place where everyone will see it and a place where Dumbledore can see it because that's what we want right? We want the headmaster himself to see it so that you get in trouble for pulling another prank so that you can get kicked out of the dinner?"
"Ah, now you caught on, Remy," Sirius said patting Remus' head with a smirk. "Any ideas on the place, guys?" Sirius looked at Remus, who had his eyes closed as he kept massaging his head, and then at James who was reading the book and making motions with his wand as though trying to figure out how to do it. Finally, he looked at Peter expectantly.
Peter's eyes widened. "Uh…Mm…W-why not the Great Hall?" He stuttered.
Sirius grinned widely. "Brilliant. Lots of space and everyone will see it. Hah! We will be remembered, men."
"Now to work!" James said in a deeper voice than his own. They all laughed.
"That's the spirit!" Sirius exclaimed.
