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Chapter 4

I will not alter other student's clothing

I will not alter other student's clothing

I altered other students clothing and it was totally worth it! James and I sewed the head and arm holes shut on about half a dozen Slytherin's robes.

Actually I did the sewing

Shut it James. And stop writing in my book

You're just jealous because I'm better at sewing than you. Need I remind you what happened to your pin cushion?

Shut it. Anyway my stuffed animal is going to turn out better than your voodoo doll.

Is not.

Want to bet?

Oh you're on mate.

Unfortunately for him, Sirius had lost that bet. 'I wonder if I still have that'

Sirius rummaged in the box for a few moments before he found it. It was the stuffed elephant he'd made in muggle studies during fourth year. It had caused them quite a bit of trouble.

Flashback

"Hey Sirius"

"What"

"Give me that elephant you made" James said with a grin. Sirius handed it over and James took out his doll. It looked a lot like a certain Slytherin by the name of Severus Snape. But that was just a coincidence according to James. He put the elephant on the desk and made the doll skip toward it. Then he put the doll down and made the elephant jump up and down repeatedly on the doll. Both boys burst out laughing.

"Will you two pay attention please" McGonagall said, coming over. But the two of them were laughing too hard.

"Alright, out, both of you. And twenty points from Gryffindor." Sirius and James collected their things and left, still laughing.

End Flashback

Sirius sighed and looked at the elephant. It only had three legs and was made out of multicoloured scraps. It seemed to give him a pitying look with its button eyes. "Yes, life is cruel isn't it? You didn't turn out that well did you? Yes, another victim of Sirius Black. Don't look at me like that. I can't believe I'm talking to a stuffed elephant. Maybe I have lost it after all." Sirius sighed again and put the elephant down on the night table, where it wobbled on its three legs and fell over. But Sirius didn't see this because he'd already left the room, shutting the door behind him. He went downstairs to the kitchen and sat down at the table. Remus came in a few minutes later, carrying a large bag.

"Hey mate, what you thinking so hard about?"

"Oh nothing, it's not important. What's in the bag?"

"Cleaning supplies. This place is filthy. The Weasleys are coming in about a week. The kids can do some cleaning. We should get a head start though, make the place at least halfway liveable."

"Is Harry coming too?"

"No, Dumbledore seems to be happy leaving Harry with his relatives until later on."

Remus unloaded the bag and made some tea before sitting down across from his friend.

"Hey, do you remember the Halloween we blew up all those pumpkins? Fourth year wasn't it?"

"Yeah, we were entitled to have some fun with the giant pumpkins after Buehler made us carve them all by hand."

Sirius laughed, "Yeah, I'd never seen so much pumpkin guts. Took a week to get the smell out. Although carving the pumpkins was a small price to pay for the looks on the Slytherin's faces when we loaded their shoes with fireworks. That was priceless."

Remus laughed too. "Yeah it was." he said and got up. "it's getting late, I'm going to bed. Goodnight."

"night"

A/N hello again! Sorry if this chapter kinda sucks, I was having a bit of writer's block. And the floppy disk I use magically erased itself, taking the original chapter 4 with it. Damn. Anyway, thanks to everyone who reviewed, keep reading and reviewing and I'll get the next chapter up as soon as I can. Comments, criticism, questions, flames and pretty much anything else you want to throw at me is welcome!