A/N- I think we forgot to mention that the crew's next stop is Disney World. Sorry! We got so rapped up in writing we left out that minor detail.

Adventures in the Animal Kingdom

It was around ten o'clock in the morning and everyone would have slept much later if it hadn't been for Ariel, the early bird of the six. Waking up Remus and Autumn had been fairly easy; James only needed a threat of pouring cold water on him, and Sirius a loud ring from James' wand. Lily on the other hand, required much work. All five of them literally had to pick her up and remove her from the bed.

Waking up was quite a task, but luckily James had that very useful hangover spell. After curing four of his friends and himself, the last person left was Lily.

"Look straight at me," James instructed.

Lily looked into James' eyes, while he pointed his wand in the middle of her forehead. After James had mumbled a few words, Lily felt much better.

"Thank the Lord for that spell," Lily said. "I swear that had to be the worst hangover in the history of hangovers."

James laughed. "Glad to help."

Lily got up, but James stopped her.

"Uhhh...Lily?"

"Hmm?"

"Do uh you wanna um talk about last night?" James asked uncertainly.

"Yes, I am fully aware that alcohol is bad," Lily said. "No need to lecture me dad."

"I wasn't talking about that," James replied.

"Then what are you talking about?" Lily asked confused.

"Me, you, in the pool...ring any bells?"

"Sorry James but my memory is a little fuzzy from last night," Lily answered.

"Oh," James said looking down at his hands.

"Why?" Lily asked coming closer to him. "What happened?"

"If I tell you, you'll probably beat the pulp out of me and then call me a liar."

Lily laughed. "I don't think so," she said. "Come on, what happened?"

"We..." James started, but didn't get to finish because once again Sirius interrupted.

"You two better start getting ready; everyone else is ready to go."

"Sure thing mate," James said.

"And congrats on last night," Sirius said winking. "You wild thing you."

Sirius left, leaving James very uncomfortable and Lily really confused.

"Later," James said, giving Lily a final look. He then headed to his room to get ready.

"Six tickets please," Remus said politely to the woman inside the booth.

"That'll be sixty dollars," she replied.

Lily stepped up and gave the woman the money. She handed Lily the tickets and they all walked inside.

"Ahhhh...pretty..." Sirius said.

The entrance was flanked by large animal sculptures and inside there were many bushes shaped like animals.

"I wonder how they do that. With no magic it seems pretty much impossible," Ariel said.

"So what do you guys wanna do first?" James asked.

"I want to go on the safari! Please oh, please oh, please!" Sirius pleaded.

"To the safari then!" Autumn exclaimed.

Finding the safari was quite a task. The park had many twists and turns. If it hadn't been for the map, they surly would have gotten lost. Finally finding it, they noticed the very long line.

"Oh. My. God," Autumn said gaping at all the people.

"I guess we aren't the only ones who want to go on the safari," Remus said.

After waiting in line for what seemed like hours, they were finally loading the small, open train.

"Remind me to never stand in line with Sirius again," Lily said while rubbing her temples.

They all took a seat near a glass-less window. A few moments later the announcer guy came on and welcomed them to the Animal Kingdom and wished them a great day.

"Weeee!" Sirius yelled as they began to move.

"So, will you tell me what happened last night now?" Lily questioned James quietly.

James looked at her warily and was about to reply when Sirius squealed.

"Look! The hippos are humping!"

He was right. Two hippos, (apparently a male and female), were positioned one on top of the other in a shallow pool. The tour guide was very confused. He didn't know whether to stop and explain the mating rituals of the hippopotamus or drive faster to shield the young children from what they didn't know.

The interested passengers persuaded him to stop and watch the show. The interesting event took Lily's mind away from her question, leaving James feeling quite relieved.

"As you can see, the month of July is mating season for hippopotamus'. Hippos, like us, only have one offspring at a time," the tour guide informed. He didn't go into extreme detail because there were several young children aboard.

As the train continued on they saw several giraffes, a heard of elephants, some lions, and Sirius' favorite, the zebra.

After the tour, they stopped at the gift shop.

"Look at this hat!" Ariel exclaimed to Lily.

Lily laughed. "Very interesting."

The hat had big hippo on it. Ariel decided to buy it so she would always remember the humping hippos in Orlando.

"Jamesie! Lookie me!" Sirius exclaimed. Sirius had currently stepped out of the dressing room. He was dressed in zebra print pants, a shirt that read "I Love Orlando", and a crazy scarf that was in the shape of a monkey.

"You'll be on the next issue of Fashion Magazine mate," James said laughing.

After purchasing their souvenirs, they left the shop.

"Well, where to now?" Autumn asked pulling out the map.

"How about we go dig for dinosaur bones," Remus suggested.

"Awesome idea!" Sirius exclaimed.

Walking across half the park, they finally reached the digging site. They each grabbed a shovel, and the search began.

Luckily for James, Lily was a good ways away from him so he didn't have to worry about revealing the news to her.

"Stop it! That's mine!" Sirius yelled.

Looking over to see what the commotion was, the five of them started laughing. Sirius and a little boy no older than six were playing tug of war with a shovel.

"Sirius, just let him have it," Autumn said.

"No! Tell him to get his own!" Sirius whined.

"Come on Sirius," Lily replied. "He's only a little boy. Give him the shovel."

Sirius gave in and gave the boy his shovel. He then walked over to them. "I could have taken him," he said crossing his arms.

"I'm sure you could have," James replied reassuringly.

After a record breaking excavation (three t-rex bones, a brontosaurus toe nail, and a chicken leg) they pulled Sirius away. The tour guide let them keep the chicken leg since it really wasn't supposed to be in there, but took back all the other bones. Sirius was very upset that he didn't get to keep his toe nail, but was immediately soothed when he saw the petting zoo that was right next do the digging site.

"Oh, look at all the little critters!" he exclaimed.

"I'm guessing this is our next stop," James said tiredly.

The petting zoo was pretty empty since most of the kids were more interested in the rides. They stood at a small gate and an employee soon opened it and let them enter the small zoo. Goats and chickens ran about their feet, while the larger animals were in separate cages.

"I think they like me," Lily said as a goat jumped onto her chest and a chicken scrambled around her feet.

Sirius, being the jealous type, wanted the animals to like him too. He walked towards a chicken but every step he took towards it, the chicken would run farther away. Giving up his stalking tactics, he began running frantically after the chicken. The bird let out a loud squawk and started running around the pen.

The five friends began laughing uncontrollably at Sirius, who was yelling comforting things at the chicken.

"Hey look, it's not a wild goose-chase; it's a wild chicken-chase!" Autumn said, causing her friends to have even larger fits of giggles.

Sirius finally had a final spurt of energy, intending to leap onto the chicken. At this very moment, the chicken remembered its wings and jumped onto a nearby fencepost. This caused Sirius to land on the ground, and there happened to be a large plop of goat poop right where he landed. Knocking his head on the fencepost, he turned over to look at the chicken. A small goat took pity on him and came over to lick his face.

"Very smooth, Sirius," Ariel said in between giggles.

Remus, after checking that no one was looking, took out his wand and cleaned Sirius of the poop. Sirius got to his feet and showed the chicken a different type of bird.

"Come on, lets go pet the llama," Lily said comfortingly.

Sirius' face lit up at the mention of llama.

The llama appeared to like Sirius better than the chicken, because he started nuzzling him as soon as he got there.

"He likes me! He really, really likes me!" Sirius said as the llama continued to cuddle with him.

Lily put a quarter in a small gum-ball machine filled with llama food. As soon as she turned the knob the llama lifted its head from Sirius' shoulder and galloped towards her.

"Hey, give me back my llama!" Sirius yelled angrily as the llama began eating out of Lily's hand.

As soon as the llama was finished eating, Sirius started feeding him unknown items from inside his pockets.

"Oh look, a nice chocolate frog for my favorite llama!" Sirius said as he gave the chocolate to the llama. The llama snorted and walked away.

"Come back, Llama-licious! Come back!" he cried.

James patted him on the back. "He was a real friend to you Sirius, but you have to move on."

Sirius nodded his head and slowly walked away from the llama pen.

Leaving the petting zoo, Lily noticed that it was already six o'clock.

"Well," Ariel said, "we've seen pretty much all there is to see here, so I say we go eat."

"I second that!" James exclaimed. "I'm starved."

The rest agreed, so they said goodbye to dear Disney World, and made their way to a nearby restaurant.

Once in the car they passed restaurants every few minutes.

"I don't think I've ever seen so much food in my life," Remus said gapping out his window.

"What's everyone in the mood for?" Lily asked.

"I could go for some chicken," Ariel replied. "Ever since we found that chicken bone at the digging site it's all I can think about."

"I wouldn't mind a cheeseburger," James said.

"Pizza sounds good," Remus added.

"Steak!" Autumn and Sirius yelled together.

"Oh my," Lily said. "You two actually agree on something?"

"I guess we do. Don't expect it to happen ever again though," Autumn said sweetly.

They continued driving for a little more before they pulled into the parking lot of a restaurant called Bob Evans.

"I saw a pamphlet for this place at the hotel," Lily said as they stepped out of the car. "It's supposed to be really good and it's got everything from chicken to steak."

After being seated by the hostess, their waiter, Jamie, was currently taking their orders.

"What can I get ya?" she asked. (A/N- To see what everyone got read above statement. Too lazy to type it again.)

As they ate their wonderfully tasty food, they went over the events of the day.

"Oh! And remember the hippos!" Autumn exclaimed laughing.

"And you can't forget about 'Llama-licious!"' Ariel added.

"What about when that little boy tried to take Sirius' shovel?" James said chuckling.

"Hey!" Sirius said. "That kid was stronger than he looked!"

Everyone gave Sirius an 'I don't think so' look.

After requesting several doggy bags, the crew left Bob Evans; their stomachs much happier.

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