Eve: Hey Reviewers, I am okay now so I will try to catch up in writing the
story so I can post everyday. Oh and you people had many questions in your
reviews so I thought I would answer some.
Mike: First question. "Why is Sirius being mean to Cota?"
Eve" Ah, well, he doesn't really want to be mean for say. He would fight for Cota in a second (he's already proven that) he had a lot of respect for Cota. However, they enjoy teasing each other. Sirius, Remus, Peter, and James are used to being the youngest, yet here is this kid... fresh meat.
Mike: Okay, I think that answered some... "Why is Irving so mean to Kira?"
Eve: That's all Kira knew at that time, she didn't know warmth and kindness.
Mike: "Will Irving ever comeback?"
Eve" I don't know yet... I'll consider that idea.
Mike: "What's an O.C.C?"
Eve: Out of Character Conversation. So basically, it's us, talking. On with the FIC!
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"Mum?" Fred called, looking around.
"She gone, do you think?" George asked.
"It would seem that way" Fred smiled.
Kira rubbed her eyes and looked at the mantle. There were quite a lot of books there. Before she even had time to read the titles, a plump, kind faced woman walked in. She looked rather tired, yet greeted them with a smile.
"Hello dear" She greeted Kira. Mrs.Weasley beamed down at the girl and had a dreamy look on her face. "Oh, goodness you look tired"
"We're alright mum, ju-"Fred started.
"You look awful, all of you, upstairs, right now. Off to bed" Mrs.Weasley shooed them off, escorting Kira to a room on the second floor that was across from a room with the nametag 'Charlie and Bill's room'. Fred and George had a room one more floor up, and across from it. Mrs.Weasley opened the door to Kira's room and looked worriedly around. The room was pink and had a little purple bed. Kira decided not to ask why, she was too tired, and Mrs.Weasley was very nice. An hour later Kira was awoken to a scratching sound by her door. She tiptoed over and peeked through the key hole. Fred and George were tying something to the doorknob. James had already told Kira about this trick, it was simple to overcome. She waited untill they finished tying the string, and then flung the door open.
"Hello" She greeted, jumping back and watching the looks of horror of their faces as the bucket of water fell on them instead of their victim. She had opened the door too quickly; they had been expecting her to be a bit more hesitant, like most people who stayed over for the first time. Kira smiled a wicked smile at them as they stood there, shocked and soaking wet.
"... No fair" George pouted.
"You are no match for my father" Kira grinned, stepping between them.
"Shut up" Fred growled, storming upstairs to go change. George followed, and Kira held in her laughter.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Kira ducked and covered her ears as the piercing screech nearly knocked her over in its rush down the stairs.
Mrs.Weasley was in the hall and bounding up the stairs in a matter of seconds. Kira retreated down the stairs, followed quickly by Fred and George, all covering their ears. Fred opened the front door and they all hurled themselves out it.
"That stupid ghoul!" George wailed.
"Why can't he leave poor Ron alone" Fred hissed, shaking his fist up at the attic window.
"What's a Ron?" Kira asked, a bit scared of the loud creature.
"We'll show ya later" George said, his finger in his ear in an effort to make the ringing stop.
Kira looked back at the house. It had a bright red roof, four chimneys, looked about ready to fall over, and had a lopsided sign sticking out of the ground that read 'The Burrow.' By the door, Kira saw a cauldron, rubber boots, and a lot of fat, brown chickens.
"H'lo" Greeted a voice.
Kira spun around to see a taller boy walking towards them. He had bright, fire engine red, hair, a long nose, somewhat of a rough look to him, and was wearing Muggle clothes.
"Hey Charlie" Fred waved. "I wouldn't go in there, the ghoul woke up Ron"
"Blimey, why can't that ghoul just shut up a while so we can all get a bit o'peace" Charlie moaned.
"Hey!" George smiled. "Where's Percy and his widdle fwend?"
"Oh, no" Charlie backed up. "What evil little trick are you planning to do on poor Percy?"
"What, is, a-" Kira was growing tired of this. So far, she knew a Percy could read, talk, scream like a little girl, was kind of a snob, and apparently lived in a burrow.
"Evil trick? Us?" Fred asked in a fake betrayed voice.
"Yes, you. You two are the twins from hell. I'm not sure which one is the evil one" Charlie grinned.
"Anyway! This is Kira" George interrupted, pointing at Kira with his thumb.
"Oh! Hey. Sorry I didn't see you, I'm Charlie" Charlie shook Kira's hand and then stared back at Fred. "Now listen, I'm not telling you where Percy is"
"Is he over in his 'secret clubhouse'?" George asked.
"He may or may not be at the club house. For all I care he could be down the street near the pond, sitting in the reeds" Charlie stated, letting his voice grow a bit think over the last sentence.
"Well, we were planning on heading there anyway so if we do or do not see him is not our fault. If we happen to be playing a prank in his area, that is also not our fault" George stated, rocking back and forth innocently.
"Well said" Charlie grinned. "Well, I'm gonna go to Marcus's house if Ron is still screaming"
George opened the door with one hand and covered his ears with his shoulder and his other hand.
"AHHHHHHHHHH WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Came the loud burst of sound. George grimaced and pulled the door shut.
Everyone popped their ears and shook their heads.
"Geeze, Ron had better use that voice of his when he grows up" Charlie stated.
"He could be a warning alarm" Fred grinned.
They four kids retreated from the house, one went to Marcus's house, and the other three went into Percy's area.
"I hear him!" Fred hissed.
"Ah, the wild Percy" George laughed, stooping in the reeds and watching the movement ahead of them.
They crawled through the reeds, slowly coming around behind the Percy.
"Wait, you just want to launch a smoke bomb at him?" Kira asked as George took out a smoke bomb.
"Yeah" George stated, confused by her not understanding the plan. "We work so hard on 'em, might as well put 'em to good use"
"Oh, okay" Kira shrugged.
"You got a better idea?" Fred asked, curious.
Kira smiled.
*****Ten Minutes Later*****
Silence.
"Yes, so I was reading that the Ministry made a small error on a counter attack a few weeks ago. It's hardly their fault if you think about it. The riders are so elite, they should have been trained better"
"Uh hu, anyway. I was watching a quiditch match the other day and-"
KABOOM!!!!!!!!!!!
"AIEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!" Came a high-pitched scream.
"AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Screamed the second person.
"Ahh! What are these things, get 'em away, get 'em away!" Screamed the girl voice.
"Eww, eww eww" Panicked a second high-pitched voice.
"Bwahahahaahahahahaha!" Fred laughed, unable to hold it in anymore.
George snorted and doubled over laughed. Kira had been taught to play it cool yet she had a huge smile on her face and was giggling slightly.
"Bees! Eeeeeewww" Screamed the first girl voice.
That's right, Kira, Fred and George, had launched a bomb at Percy and friend, that bomb didn't contain a smell, a liquid, or smoke. It contained bees! (Remember they can't use magic yet) The bees where everywhere! And the trio continued launching more and more bombs. When they ran out, they were laughing so hard they couldn't even stand up. Percy grabbed his friends had and they took off, running toward the pond. They both jumped into the pond as a frantic attempt to get away from the bees.
"What the heck! They ain't killer bees. They bumble bee's" Fred laughed.
"Whose afwade of da wittle bumble bee" George sang through laughter.
"FRED, GEORGE!! I'LL KILL YOU!!!" The first girl voice, and it belonged to a very pissed Percy.
The trio was silent for a few secomds.
"Holly shnit! Run" George stated grining from ear to ear.
They burst out laughing as Percy continued to charge forward. Fred was the first to get up, he pulled Kira up, and they both pulled George up and then took off at a run. Kira looked back and saw a swamp thing running after them. Percy was covered in muck, twigs, leaves and was soaking wet. This made the trio run faster. They sped toward the house, but Percy was older, taller, faster then them. Okay, so that wasn't true, they were really laughing too hard to run so they had dropped to the ground, ready to face the consequences. Percy grabbed Fred and pushed him into the shed, followed closely by George. He grabbed Kira and-
"You hurt her and whoa betide you when mom finds out!" Fred yelled, getting to his feet and glaring threateningly at Percy.
Percy released Kira and slammed the shed door close, locking Fred and George inside. Percy then kicked the shed and stormed off, yelling that he hoped they died in there. Kira, Fred, and George were still laughing three minutes later. Then it seemed to dawn on Kira that Fred and George were trapped.
"Don worry about it, he locks us in here at least once a week" Fred stated, seeming to be making himself comfortable.
"Yeah, mum'll come out at dinner time, let us out and go to yell at Percy. Percy'll tell his side of the story and she'll decide we all got what was coming to us" George agreed. "After yelling that we had beter make sure this never happens again"
"What'll I do?" Kira asked.
"Um...pray he doesn't decide to take revenge once he's clean" George stated. "He'll probably be back out here in a few minutes to take revenge on you"
Kira sighed and sat with her back to the door of the shed. She hated the idea of being locked up, how could they stand it? Percy came out a few seconds later and grabbed Kira's wrist; he put a metal handcuff on it and stormed away.
"What'd he do!" Fred asked, peeking out through a little hole.
"What happened, you're still alive" George looked through a slit in the doorframe.
"What is this thing?" Kira asked, trying to tug free.
"Oh no! The hand... whatcha call its... I dunno, but he bought 'em and there is no escaping 'em" Fred stated.
Kira tugged as hard as she could. "How do they come off!"
"He puts a key in the little hole and the come off" George explained.
"A key?" Kira asked, keys weren't a big thing in the wizarding world.
"Yeah, it's a little metal thing that fits in the hole" Fred stated.
Little metal... she had something small and metal. Kira took out a hairpin from her hair and pushed it into the hole, it fit. "What does the metal thing do?" Kira asked.
"We've been trying to figure out how to get those things to unlock for ages, nothing works" George sighed.
Kira panicked, she didn't care if she broke the things, she was getting them off, now. Kira jerked around the hairpin and heard a soft click. After five minutes of strange clicks that she didn't understand the hairpin broke. The ridged side was gone. Kira sighed and jammed the pin into the lock and tugged at the metal around her wrist, before she knew what she had done, the things popped open. Fred and George heard the sound and jumped to look out the small openings in the shed.
"I'm free!" Kira explained, smiling.
"No way!" Fred exclaimed.
"Open the lock on the door, open the lock on the door!" George jumped around. Kira picked up her broken hairpin and stared at the combination lock on the shed door.
"How does this thing work?" She asked.
"I dunno... wait... I hear Dad. DAD!!" Fred called.
"What'd you do now?" Arthur asked as he walked over, not seeming to surprised that his two sons were being held captive in a shed.
"Kira picked the hand watcha-call-it lock, and we wana see if she can open this one!" George explained.
"How does the lock work?" Kira asked.
"Well" Arthur started, excited to know that someone shared his interest in how things worked. "You see, there is a notch in the one side on the metal loop. You snap the loop into the base and a metal lever locks it into place. The code makes the lever go down, thus freeing the bar and opening the lock. Brilliance"
Kira nodded and looked at her broken hairpin. The end is filed down from all the wear and tear it got on the handcuff. She stuck it into the base, from where the metal bar goes in, and pressed the lever down, thus freeing the bar. The lock fell to the ground and Fred and George burst out.
"Thanks" They both said, keeping their cool until their father us gone.
Arthur stayed a bit longer to explain the lock, but was soon called away by Mrs.Weasley, yelling something about a Muggle telephone that kept...ringing...weird!
"Kira" George breathed.
"You got to show us how you did that!" Fred exclaimed.
Kira smiled, proud of her little trick. They spend the next hour working on it until they could all open the combination lock. Kira was the only one able to master handcuffs though. After that, they go back into the house. Trying to pick the door locks. After three hours they were able to unlock the door, it took them about twenty minutes each to unlock it.
"Charlie, Bill, and Percy, will probably think this is a waste of time" Fred announced sadly.
"It does take a while" George sighed.
"Yes, but who'd expect us to know it?" Kira asked.
"Well... we could teach it to Ron when he gets older. Then we can teach it to Kira's brother" Fred smiled.
"You teach your brother, I'll teach mine" Kira said, not about to let them play a prank on her brother, born or not.
"That's what little brothers are for!" George protested. "To test pranks on!"
"You have to get through me first" Kira states, sneering.
Fred and George didn't like the idea of going up against Kira, her dad had taught her basic things that could blow them out of the water. So it was agreed that they would leave each other's younger siblings alone. They ran up stairs to the twin's room and started using anything metal they could think of to make picks. They also talked about making original things to use for pranks, and improving on older methods, and sticking to the classics. Then Kira looked at the clock. She had to go. It actually had a little piece of paper taped to it that said 'Kira had to go home.'
"Aw, just when we were getting to the actual prank" Fred sighed.
"Mum, Kira's gotta go home" George stated.
"About time" Percy breathed, he'd been the victim to three of her pranks throughout the day, (Kira wasn't very forgiving to being handcuffed to a pole) and was beginning to miss Fred and George's untrained attacks.
"Percys are mean" Kira scowled.
"Percy is my NAME not my species!!" Percy growled at her.
Kira stepped away from him and winked at Fred and George, they'd set up a little surprise for the household to find later. Hee heee heee. Molly handed Kira some floopowder and with a final wave goodbye, she was gone. Kira got dizzy and quickly closed her eyes, she held her bag tightly, the smoke bombs they had made were in there and each of theirs always turned out different. They did the same thing but, George's smoke bombs flashed sparks for a while after it hit, Fred's made a sound like a muffled gunshot and Kira's glittered a bit. Fred's smelled like mesquite wood, George's smelled like cinnamon roll, and Kira's smelt like roses.
"Stink bombs that smell good?" George had asked, disgusted with his. "I know they are just smoke bombs, but..."
"Yours make me hungry" Kira had stated.
"Hmm, that works" Fred had said in a jaunty voice. "We'll fire yours at people on diets"
Kira opened her eyes and she was back at the hotel. Sirius was waiting for her, it was Sunday so he was staying for dinner.
"Have a good day?" Sirius asked Kira as she stepped out of the fireplace.
"I wana show you something" Kira smiled, nodding her head toward a little pink bomb that was nestled safely in her bag. Sirius nodded and waved a goodbye to Mr. Ettiks. They got a few blocks down the street and he took the bomb.
"Looks like a smoke bomb, but there isn't a fuse and it's too heavy" Sirius stated, analyzing the little pink ball.
"Oh, no, you don't light it... however, that's an idea" Kira stared off into space and Sirius laughed.
"Ya don't light it?" He asked.
"Not yet" She grinned, an idea already forming in her mind.
Kira had put on her hovablades and was gliding along next to Sirius. That was the only way she could ever keep up with him. Sirius moved very quickly and had big strides. It must have been strange to the people walking down the street to see them. The tall, wild looking man with the messy black hair, dark eyes, a slightly rumpled, dark blue shirt, black jeans. Walking along next to the tinny little girl with neatly kept white/blond hair, silver eyes, and a pink dress. Sirius got onto his motorcycle and Kira climbed up infront of him. Sirius always made sure no one followed them; he took being secret keeper very seriously. (No pun intended) When they arrived at the house Sirius thought the codeword and poof; the house apeared, taking the place of the rundown barn that had seemed to scoot away to the side to make room for the house. Kira was use to seeing that and they hastily entered the house before anyone was the wiser. No one was home yet though. There was an owl waiting in the kitchen. Sirius took the not and read aloud.
"Hello, we'll be home in an hour. I swear" Sirius read, then he turned to Kira and smiled. "It's from James and I'm guessing some of Lily's friends dragged him into a pre-baby-shower-party" Sirius grinned, turning back to the letter. "If not, find me, rescue me... please"
"You were right" Kira smiled, standing on a chair.
"I warn you, Lily isn't in the mood for an explosion. I'm not just talking to Kira" Sirius chuckled and looked over at Kira.
"In the last week?" He asked.
"Three" She answered.
"Well played" Sirius looked back at the letter. "The doctors appointment went fine, perfectly fine, everything's fine, just fine, simply fine, going fine, looks fine... If I hear that word one more time he's getting a Peppertot for lunch"
"Peppertot?" Kira asked.
"A candy that turns the sides and roof of your mouth into a jalapeƱo, Snape loved that one" Sirius grinned. "I've never seen anyone drink that much ButterBeer... in ten seconds"
"... Teach me that one" Kira begged.
"Lily says not to teach Kira to make a peppertot" Sirius read. "I hope to see you soon, dear God I hope to see you soon. James, the tormented" Sirius folded up the letter and burned it, quite sure Lily would be mad at James if she read it. Sirius then turned to Kira. "Guess we're on our own for an hour"
"How was the race, did you win?" Kira asked.
"Ya kidding me? 'course I won, what world are you living in" Sirius stated, flashing an untamed smile.
They talked for a while about the race, Kira eager to hear everything. She had James's sense of adventure, nothing was out of range. Sirius smiled as he watched Kira, her enthusiasm was a lot like James. Everything was perfect here, yes, there was a psychotic Wizard who was killing people everyday, but here, there was a little girl who loved her father. James and his beautiful wife and soon to be born son. (Happy reviews SOON to be born. *glaring at Mike who is helping himself to a soda*) James, the happy go lucky guy, Sirius's best friend, amigo, pal, buddy. Perfect. If only the whole world could be this way. Best friends staying together forever, family's being happy, peaceful. Painless. Sirius shook himself from his thoughts as Kira headed for the back porch to show him her smoke bomb.
"James" Sirius laughed as Kira wrapped the bomb in a cloth and threw it at the ground, creating a big poof of smoke that quickly changed to thick clouds of powder. "You deserve everything you've got" He whipped the smoke away from his face and watched the powder shimmer down to the ground, slowly. He put his hand into it and found it was thick and heavy. Sirius laughed, they defiantly had a marauder in the making here.
Mike: First question. "Why is Sirius being mean to Cota?"
Eve" Ah, well, he doesn't really want to be mean for say. He would fight for Cota in a second (he's already proven that) he had a lot of respect for Cota. However, they enjoy teasing each other. Sirius, Remus, Peter, and James are used to being the youngest, yet here is this kid... fresh meat.
Mike: Okay, I think that answered some... "Why is Irving so mean to Kira?"
Eve: That's all Kira knew at that time, she didn't know warmth and kindness.
Mike: "Will Irving ever comeback?"
Eve" I don't know yet... I'll consider that idea.
Mike: "What's an O.C.C?"
Eve: Out of Character Conversation. So basically, it's us, talking. On with the FIC!
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"Mum?" Fred called, looking around.
"She gone, do you think?" George asked.
"It would seem that way" Fred smiled.
Kira rubbed her eyes and looked at the mantle. There were quite a lot of books there. Before she even had time to read the titles, a plump, kind faced woman walked in. She looked rather tired, yet greeted them with a smile.
"Hello dear" She greeted Kira. Mrs.Weasley beamed down at the girl and had a dreamy look on her face. "Oh, goodness you look tired"
"We're alright mum, ju-"Fred started.
"You look awful, all of you, upstairs, right now. Off to bed" Mrs.Weasley shooed them off, escorting Kira to a room on the second floor that was across from a room with the nametag 'Charlie and Bill's room'. Fred and George had a room one more floor up, and across from it. Mrs.Weasley opened the door to Kira's room and looked worriedly around. The room was pink and had a little purple bed. Kira decided not to ask why, she was too tired, and Mrs.Weasley was very nice. An hour later Kira was awoken to a scratching sound by her door. She tiptoed over and peeked through the key hole. Fred and George were tying something to the doorknob. James had already told Kira about this trick, it was simple to overcome. She waited untill they finished tying the string, and then flung the door open.
"Hello" She greeted, jumping back and watching the looks of horror of their faces as the bucket of water fell on them instead of their victim. She had opened the door too quickly; they had been expecting her to be a bit more hesitant, like most people who stayed over for the first time. Kira smiled a wicked smile at them as they stood there, shocked and soaking wet.
"... No fair" George pouted.
"You are no match for my father" Kira grinned, stepping between them.
"Shut up" Fred growled, storming upstairs to go change. George followed, and Kira held in her laughter.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Kira ducked and covered her ears as the piercing screech nearly knocked her over in its rush down the stairs.
Mrs.Weasley was in the hall and bounding up the stairs in a matter of seconds. Kira retreated down the stairs, followed quickly by Fred and George, all covering their ears. Fred opened the front door and they all hurled themselves out it.
"That stupid ghoul!" George wailed.
"Why can't he leave poor Ron alone" Fred hissed, shaking his fist up at the attic window.
"What's a Ron?" Kira asked, a bit scared of the loud creature.
"We'll show ya later" George said, his finger in his ear in an effort to make the ringing stop.
Kira looked back at the house. It had a bright red roof, four chimneys, looked about ready to fall over, and had a lopsided sign sticking out of the ground that read 'The Burrow.' By the door, Kira saw a cauldron, rubber boots, and a lot of fat, brown chickens.
"H'lo" Greeted a voice.
Kira spun around to see a taller boy walking towards them. He had bright, fire engine red, hair, a long nose, somewhat of a rough look to him, and was wearing Muggle clothes.
"Hey Charlie" Fred waved. "I wouldn't go in there, the ghoul woke up Ron"
"Blimey, why can't that ghoul just shut up a while so we can all get a bit o'peace" Charlie moaned.
"Hey!" George smiled. "Where's Percy and his widdle fwend?"
"Oh, no" Charlie backed up. "What evil little trick are you planning to do on poor Percy?"
"What, is, a-" Kira was growing tired of this. So far, she knew a Percy could read, talk, scream like a little girl, was kind of a snob, and apparently lived in a burrow.
"Evil trick? Us?" Fred asked in a fake betrayed voice.
"Yes, you. You two are the twins from hell. I'm not sure which one is the evil one" Charlie grinned.
"Anyway! This is Kira" George interrupted, pointing at Kira with his thumb.
"Oh! Hey. Sorry I didn't see you, I'm Charlie" Charlie shook Kira's hand and then stared back at Fred. "Now listen, I'm not telling you where Percy is"
"Is he over in his 'secret clubhouse'?" George asked.
"He may or may not be at the club house. For all I care he could be down the street near the pond, sitting in the reeds" Charlie stated, letting his voice grow a bit think over the last sentence.
"Well, we were planning on heading there anyway so if we do or do not see him is not our fault. If we happen to be playing a prank in his area, that is also not our fault" George stated, rocking back and forth innocently.
"Well said" Charlie grinned. "Well, I'm gonna go to Marcus's house if Ron is still screaming"
George opened the door with one hand and covered his ears with his shoulder and his other hand.
"AHHHHHHHHHH WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Came the loud burst of sound. George grimaced and pulled the door shut.
Everyone popped their ears and shook their heads.
"Geeze, Ron had better use that voice of his when he grows up" Charlie stated.
"He could be a warning alarm" Fred grinned.
They four kids retreated from the house, one went to Marcus's house, and the other three went into Percy's area.
"I hear him!" Fred hissed.
"Ah, the wild Percy" George laughed, stooping in the reeds and watching the movement ahead of them.
They crawled through the reeds, slowly coming around behind the Percy.
"Wait, you just want to launch a smoke bomb at him?" Kira asked as George took out a smoke bomb.
"Yeah" George stated, confused by her not understanding the plan. "We work so hard on 'em, might as well put 'em to good use"
"Oh, okay" Kira shrugged.
"You got a better idea?" Fred asked, curious.
Kira smiled.
*****Ten Minutes Later*****
Silence.
"Yes, so I was reading that the Ministry made a small error on a counter attack a few weeks ago. It's hardly their fault if you think about it. The riders are so elite, they should have been trained better"
"Uh hu, anyway. I was watching a quiditch match the other day and-"
KABOOM!!!!!!!!!!!
"AIEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!" Came a high-pitched scream.
"AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Screamed the second person.
"Ahh! What are these things, get 'em away, get 'em away!" Screamed the girl voice.
"Eww, eww eww" Panicked a second high-pitched voice.
"Bwahahahaahahahahaha!" Fred laughed, unable to hold it in anymore.
George snorted and doubled over laughed. Kira had been taught to play it cool yet she had a huge smile on her face and was giggling slightly.
"Bees! Eeeeeewww" Screamed the first girl voice.
That's right, Kira, Fred and George, had launched a bomb at Percy and friend, that bomb didn't contain a smell, a liquid, or smoke. It contained bees! (Remember they can't use magic yet) The bees where everywhere! And the trio continued launching more and more bombs. When they ran out, they were laughing so hard they couldn't even stand up. Percy grabbed his friends had and they took off, running toward the pond. They both jumped into the pond as a frantic attempt to get away from the bees.
"What the heck! They ain't killer bees. They bumble bee's" Fred laughed.
"Whose afwade of da wittle bumble bee" George sang through laughter.
"FRED, GEORGE!! I'LL KILL YOU!!!" The first girl voice, and it belonged to a very pissed Percy.
The trio was silent for a few secomds.
"Holly shnit! Run" George stated grining from ear to ear.
They burst out laughing as Percy continued to charge forward. Fred was the first to get up, he pulled Kira up, and they both pulled George up and then took off at a run. Kira looked back and saw a swamp thing running after them. Percy was covered in muck, twigs, leaves and was soaking wet. This made the trio run faster. They sped toward the house, but Percy was older, taller, faster then them. Okay, so that wasn't true, they were really laughing too hard to run so they had dropped to the ground, ready to face the consequences. Percy grabbed Fred and pushed him into the shed, followed closely by George. He grabbed Kira and-
"You hurt her and whoa betide you when mom finds out!" Fred yelled, getting to his feet and glaring threateningly at Percy.
Percy released Kira and slammed the shed door close, locking Fred and George inside. Percy then kicked the shed and stormed off, yelling that he hoped they died in there. Kira, Fred, and George were still laughing three minutes later. Then it seemed to dawn on Kira that Fred and George were trapped.
"Don worry about it, he locks us in here at least once a week" Fred stated, seeming to be making himself comfortable.
"Yeah, mum'll come out at dinner time, let us out and go to yell at Percy. Percy'll tell his side of the story and she'll decide we all got what was coming to us" George agreed. "After yelling that we had beter make sure this never happens again"
"What'll I do?" Kira asked.
"Um...pray he doesn't decide to take revenge once he's clean" George stated. "He'll probably be back out here in a few minutes to take revenge on you"
Kira sighed and sat with her back to the door of the shed. She hated the idea of being locked up, how could they stand it? Percy came out a few seconds later and grabbed Kira's wrist; he put a metal handcuff on it and stormed away.
"What'd he do!" Fred asked, peeking out through a little hole.
"What happened, you're still alive" George looked through a slit in the doorframe.
"What is this thing?" Kira asked, trying to tug free.
"Oh no! The hand... whatcha call its... I dunno, but he bought 'em and there is no escaping 'em" Fred stated.
Kira tugged as hard as she could. "How do they come off!"
"He puts a key in the little hole and the come off" George explained.
"A key?" Kira asked, keys weren't a big thing in the wizarding world.
"Yeah, it's a little metal thing that fits in the hole" Fred stated.
Little metal... she had something small and metal. Kira took out a hairpin from her hair and pushed it into the hole, it fit. "What does the metal thing do?" Kira asked.
"We've been trying to figure out how to get those things to unlock for ages, nothing works" George sighed.
Kira panicked, she didn't care if she broke the things, she was getting them off, now. Kira jerked around the hairpin and heard a soft click. After five minutes of strange clicks that she didn't understand the hairpin broke. The ridged side was gone. Kira sighed and jammed the pin into the lock and tugged at the metal around her wrist, before she knew what she had done, the things popped open. Fred and George heard the sound and jumped to look out the small openings in the shed.
"I'm free!" Kira explained, smiling.
"No way!" Fred exclaimed.
"Open the lock on the door, open the lock on the door!" George jumped around. Kira picked up her broken hairpin and stared at the combination lock on the shed door.
"How does this thing work?" She asked.
"I dunno... wait... I hear Dad. DAD!!" Fred called.
"What'd you do now?" Arthur asked as he walked over, not seeming to surprised that his two sons were being held captive in a shed.
"Kira picked the hand watcha-call-it lock, and we wana see if she can open this one!" George explained.
"How does the lock work?" Kira asked.
"Well" Arthur started, excited to know that someone shared his interest in how things worked. "You see, there is a notch in the one side on the metal loop. You snap the loop into the base and a metal lever locks it into place. The code makes the lever go down, thus freeing the bar and opening the lock. Brilliance"
Kira nodded and looked at her broken hairpin. The end is filed down from all the wear and tear it got on the handcuff. She stuck it into the base, from where the metal bar goes in, and pressed the lever down, thus freeing the bar. The lock fell to the ground and Fred and George burst out.
"Thanks" They both said, keeping their cool until their father us gone.
Arthur stayed a bit longer to explain the lock, but was soon called away by Mrs.Weasley, yelling something about a Muggle telephone that kept...ringing...weird!
"Kira" George breathed.
"You got to show us how you did that!" Fred exclaimed.
Kira smiled, proud of her little trick. They spend the next hour working on it until they could all open the combination lock. Kira was the only one able to master handcuffs though. After that, they go back into the house. Trying to pick the door locks. After three hours they were able to unlock the door, it took them about twenty minutes each to unlock it.
"Charlie, Bill, and Percy, will probably think this is a waste of time" Fred announced sadly.
"It does take a while" George sighed.
"Yes, but who'd expect us to know it?" Kira asked.
"Well... we could teach it to Ron when he gets older. Then we can teach it to Kira's brother" Fred smiled.
"You teach your brother, I'll teach mine" Kira said, not about to let them play a prank on her brother, born or not.
"That's what little brothers are for!" George protested. "To test pranks on!"
"You have to get through me first" Kira states, sneering.
Fred and George didn't like the idea of going up against Kira, her dad had taught her basic things that could blow them out of the water. So it was agreed that they would leave each other's younger siblings alone. They ran up stairs to the twin's room and started using anything metal they could think of to make picks. They also talked about making original things to use for pranks, and improving on older methods, and sticking to the classics. Then Kira looked at the clock. She had to go. It actually had a little piece of paper taped to it that said 'Kira had to go home.'
"Aw, just when we were getting to the actual prank" Fred sighed.
"Mum, Kira's gotta go home" George stated.
"About time" Percy breathed, he'd been the victim to three of her pranks throughout the day, (Kira wasn't very forgiving to being handcuffed to a pole) and was beginning to miss Fred and George's untrained attacks.
"Percys are mean" Kira scowled.
"Percy is my NAME not my species!!" Percy growled at her.
Kira stepped away from him and winked at Fred and George, they'd set up a little surprise for the household to find later. Hee heee heee. Molly handed Kira some floopowder and with a final wave goodbye, she was gone. Kira got dizzy and quickly closed her eyes, she held her bag tightly, the smoke bombs they had made were in there and each of theirs always turned out different. They did the same thing but, George's smoke bombs flashed sparks for a while after it hit, Fred's made a sound like a muffled gunshot and Kira's glittered a bit. Fred's smelled like mesquite wood, George's smelled like cinnamon roll, and Kira's smelt like roses.
"Stink bombs that smell good?" George had asked, disgusted with his. "I know they are just smoke bombs, but..."
"Yours make me hungry" Kira had stated.
"Hmm, that works" Fred had said in a jaunty voice. "We'll fire yours at people on diets"
Kira opened her eyes and she was back at the hotel. Sirius was waiting for her, it was Sunday so he was staying for dinner.
"Have a good day?" Sirius asked Kira as she stepped out of the fireplace.
"I wana show you something" Kira smiled, nodding her head toward a little pink bomb that was nestled safely in her bag. Sirius nodded and waved a goodbye to Mr. Ettiks. They got a few blocks down the street and he took the bomb.
"Looks like a smoke bomb, but there isn't a fuse and it's too heavy" Sirius stated, analyzing the little pink ball.
"Oh, no, you don't light it... however, that's an idea" Kira stared off into space and Sirius laughed.
"Ya don't light it?" He asked.
"Not yet" She grinned, an idea already forming in her mind.
Kira had put on her hovablades and was gliding along next to Sirius. That was the only way she could ever keep up with him. Sirius moved very quickly and had big strides. It must have been strange to the people walking down the street to see them. The tall, wild looking man with the messy black hair, dark eyes, a slightly rumpled, dark blue shirt, black jeans. Walking along next to the tinny little girl with neatly kept white/blond hair, silver eyes, and a pink dress. Sirius got onto his motorcycle and Kira climbed up infront of him. Sirius always made sure no one followed them; he took being secret keeper very seriously. (No pun intended) When they arrived at the house Sirius thought the codeword and poof; the house apeared, taking the place of the rundown barn that had seemed to scoot away to the side to make room for the house. Kira was use to seeing that and they hastily entered the house before anyone was the wiser. No one was home yet though. There was an owl waiting in the kitchen. Sirius took the not and read aloud.
"Hello, we'll be home in an hour. I swear" Sirius read, then he turned to Kira and smiled. "It's from James and I'm guessing some of Lily's friends dragged him into a pre-baby-shower-party" Sirius grinned, turning back to the letter. "If not, find me, rescue me... please"
"You were right" Kira smiled, standing on a chair.
"I warn you, Lily isn't in the mood for an explosion. I'm not just talking to Kira" Sirius chuckled and looked over at Kira.
"In the last week?" He asked.
"Three" She answered.
"Well played" Sirius looked back at the letter. "The doctors appointment went fine, perfectly fine, everything's fine, just fine, simply fine, going fine, looks fine... If I hear that word one more time he's getting a Peppertot for lunch"
"Peppertot?" Kira asked.
"A candy that turns the sides and roof of your mouth into a jalapeƱo, Snape loved that one" Sirius grinned. "I've never seen anyone drink that much ButterBeer... in ten seconds"
"... Teach me that one" Kira begged.
"Lily says not to teach Kira to make a peppertot" Sirius read. "I hope to see you soon, dear God I hope to see you soon. James, the tormented" Sirius folded up the letter and burned it, quite sure Lily would be mad at James if she read it. Sirius then turned to Kira. "Guess we're on our own for an hour"
"How was the race, did you win?" Kira asked.
"Ya kidding me? 'course I won, what world are you living in" Sirius stated, flashing an untamed smile.
They talked for a while about the race, Kira eager to hear everything. She had James's sense of adventure, nothing was out of range. Sirius smiled as he watched Kira, her enthusiasm was a lot like James. Everything was perfect here, yes, there was a psychotic Wizard who was killing people everyday, but here, there was a little girl who loved her father. James and his beautiful wife and soon to be born son. (Happy reviews SOON to be born. *glaring at Mike who is helping himself to a soda*) James, the happy go lucky guy, Sirius's best friend, amigo, pal, buddy. Perfect. If only the whole world could be this way. Best friends staying together forever, family's being happy, peaceful. Painless. Sirius shook himself from his thoughts as Kira headed for the back porch to show him her smoke bomb.
"James" Sirius laughed as Kira wrapped the bomb in a cloth and threw it at the ground, creating a big poof of smoke that quickly changed to thick clouds of powder. "You deserve everything you've got" He whipped the smoke away from his face and watched the powder shimmer down to the ground, slowly. He put his hand into it and found it was thick and heavy. Sirius laughed, they defiantly had a marauder in the making here.
