Little People In A Big City

After sixteen long, painful, and uncomfortable hours of driving, New York City finally showed up on the horizon. The large buildings looked slightly formidable, yet welcoming. As they got nearer to the city, traffic increased and the sidewalks filled with bustling people.

"After all that driving, this had better be worth it!" exclaimed Sirius.

"You're telling me," said Ariel.

Compared to where they had been so far on their trip, New York was definitely the biggest and busiest place they had ever seen. Quickly finding their hotel, they checked in and went to their room. Yes, room as in one. The downside to being in New York was it seemed that people where everywhere; including hotels, so they had only been able to reserve one room. Not to mention that the prices were unbelievable.

"Well," Lily said upon entering their room, "who gets dibs on the bed?"

"Me!" five people exclaimed at once.

Seeing no other fair way on deciding, they began a game of rock, paper, scissors.

In the end, Autumn and Sirius were the two winners.

"Nooo way, I am not sleeping with you," Autumn protested.

"Why not!" Sirius questioned.

"Cause you'll get all horny! I'll just take the sofa," Autumn answered.

"I guess the bed goes to the runner-up; that's Ariel," Remus said.

"Yay!" Ariel exclaimed.

It was already late so they all brushed their teeth, changed into their pjs, and went to bed.

Thirty minutes later, Lily lay on the floor, restless. She heard someone move beside her, and she looked. James was staring at the ceiling.

"Can't sleep either?" Lily whispered.

"Nope," James said.

They each resumed their staring. A giggle aroused them from their boredom. They both looked at each other, then at the bed.

One large mass was huddled in the middle of the bed. No heads were poking over the tops of the covers. Another giggle followed by a squeaky 'Siriuuus!' told them exactly what was happening. Autumn and Remus were already asleep, so they were missing this strange show.

Lily and James both laid back down and broke into silent fits of laughter.

The next morning Sirius and Ariel both rose with numerous sets of hickeys. Lily and James exchanged knowing looks.

"I told you he'd get horny," Autumn said, looking disgustedly at the bright mark on Ariel's neck.

"Well, I can't say that I minded," Ariel replied with a smirk.

Autumn turned around and pretended to throw up.

"I really would prefer if you guys would do that in your own hotel room from now on," Lily said.

"Yeah, you kept us up half the night with all that moaning," James added.

"At least I'm getting some!" Sirius said, sticking his tongue out at James. James tackled Sirius onto the bed, and they began wrestling. In the end, they wound up on the floor, both panting for breath.

"Are you done yet?" Remus asked boredly.

They each nodded their heads.

"So, where to?" asked Lily.

"Ooo, the big toy store!" Sirius exclaimed, returning to his normal self.

"I wanted to go to the Empire State building," Autumn said.

"Yeah I heard if you drop a penny from the top of it it'll go straight through a persons head," James stated.

"Great, lets go kill people by dropping pennies through their heads," Ariel said sarcastically. "Well, we could just go sightseeing. Then we can probably hit both those places," Remus suggested.

"Good idea," Lily agreed.

Traffic was very heavy, so they decided to walk to Toys R Us, which was just down the street. Upon entering, Sirius let out a scream of delight.

"And to think, you were all up on that last night," Lily said to Ariel.

There were shelves upon shelves of toys, and there was even a small ferris wheel in the center. The little kid deep inside them was once again awoken, and everyone ran to the nearest toy.

"Man back in my day we never had toys this cool," Ariel said holding up a baby doll that pooped and peed after being fed.

"Or this cute!" Autumn exclaimed hugging a tickle me Elmo.

On the far side of the toy store there was a fairly large crowd. Curiosity getting the better of them, the six went over.

"On sale for only $69.99!" a short man of only about twenty yelled.

He was selling this thing called a nintendo, and apparently it came with a free Mario Brothers game.

"What's a nintendo?" Sirius asked.

"I guess it's some muggle invention," Remus answered.

"That's nothing compared to the new Star Shooter 2 broom," James commented.

After listening to the man ramble a little longer they decided to go on the ferris wheel. The line wasn't that long, probably considering that the little kids were only interested in the toys. Five minutes later they were on.

"Doesn't this thing go any faster?" Sirius complained to James, who was sitting next to him.

"Just enjoy the ride," James said.

Suddenly the ferris wheel gave a jerk and then it stopped.

"What's going on?" Remus asked.

The old man who was operating the ferris wheel yelled up, "We're having a little difficulty, we'll have you down in no time!"

"Just great," Ariel complained.

An hour later they were finally down.

Sirius, who had been practically hyperventilating the whole time, began kissing the ground.

"Why does this ring bells?" asked Ariel.

All of them left the store with at least one new toy. Sirius, on the other hand, was loaded down with 4 large bags. They decided to return to the hotel to drop off all the bags.

After a delicious lunch of foot long hot dogs and the classic NY pizza, they got in their car and tried to conquer the traffic.

"This is horrible," James said. He tried to pull up, but the empty space was quickly taken by another car. Aggravated, he ran a hand through his hair. "Maybe we can just walk."

"Three miles?" Autumn asked incredulously.

"What about apparating?" James suggested.

"And risk being caught?" Remus said.

"How about the subway?" James asked desperately as another car nearly crashed into him.

Autumn, Ariel, and Lily scrunched their noses at the idea, but it would certainly be quicker than this.

James quickly parked the car, approximately five feet away from his original spot. They walked to the subway station in five minutes and bought tickets.

The ride was very bumpy, scary, and slightly smelly, but it was over in no time.

"I swear, the things muggles come up with..." Sirius mumbled, staggering off the subway.

They walked the rest of the way to the Empire State Building. Taking an elevator, they were soon at the top. Stepping onto the roof, they were immediately bombarded by wind.

"Even if we did drop a penny it would probably just fly right back into our faces," Autumn commented.

"But check out this view!" Ariel exclaimed.

Tall buildings were all around them, and the sun was just beginning to set. Though the city was noisy, looking over it like this gave them a sense of calm. They stood there for a while in silence before a slight noise interrupted their gazing.

"Excuse me," Sirius said with a small smile. "I guess my stomach isn't agreeing with those three foot long hot dogs I ate."

With the mood now pretty much gone, the six got on the elevator, and headed back down. After a quick look at the gift shop, they headed back to their hotel.

"I promise we won't drop you!" Autumn exclaimed. "Just trust me."

"Yeah James, what are you, a man or a mouse?" Ariel asked.

"Well, when it comes to you five trying to lift me...a mouse," James replied.

The six were back at their hotel, playing light as a feather, stiff as a board. James was the first one up.

"Just lay down," Lily instructed.

James let out a sigh and mumbled something she didn't hear, but laid down. "Just as long as Sirius doesn't get my head," he added.

Sirius let a a 'hmph' and went down to take control of James' feet, which left Lily with his head, Remus with his left arm, Autumn with his right arm, and Ariel with his butt.

"Now," Lily said, "make sure that once you're in the air, you keep your eyes closed."

"Why?" James asked slightly worried.

"It makes everything easier," Lily answered simply.

Lily held her hand over James' face; so close that she could feel his breath on her palm. She then began the chant, "Light as a feather, stiff as a board; light as a feather, stiff as a board."

The five of them then began to slowly lift James into the air. When they had him about half way up Sirius said, "I never knew I was so strong!"

The sudden outburst startled James, which caused him to open his eyes. Suddenly, as if on que, the five lost their control, and James started wobbling.

"Hurry and put him down before we drop him!" Autumn yelled.

They tried to place him down gently, but failed. His feet hit the floor, while his head was still lifted. Trying to keep his balance, James grabbed the nearest thing.

"Potter!" Lily shrieked, dropping his head.

"Ow..." James said rubbing his head. "If you were gonna drop me you shouldn't have held my head!" he added angrily.

"Well, maybe if you didn't grab my boob I wouldn't have dropped you!" Lily shot back.

"Guys, guys," Ariel said. "Stop bickering. James your head is fine, and so is your butt if I do say so, and Lily I know deep down you enjoyed James grabbing you boob."

Lily stuck her tongue out at Ariel.

Since James and Lily were both being soil sports byrefusing to play, they decided to call it a night. Fifteen minutes later everyone was in dreamland.

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