Author's Notes: Hey people! I know my last chapter sucked. But hopefully
this one will be better. You never know though...
Thankyou Jade for backfiring my sadistic antics! I will now take care of that mischievous evening. Have fun children!
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"Well, James here was feeling hungry and we were both in the need of some fun," said Sirius, smiling "And I was convinced after James started seeing things that we needed to de-square ourselves, so we set off into the night!"
"Under James's cloak, right?" asked Lily, engrossed. Her large emerald eyes were fixed begordedly upon the boys.
"Right," confirmed Sirius. James was reclined back in an armchair happy to bask in the greatness of his adventure once again. "So we were under the invisibility cloak, sneaking around the corridors for a while just to test ourselves. Filch was near us like 4 separate times, he seems to be everywhere. Him and his damn cat."
"Once we had confirmed our splendidness, we went outside to the whomping willow to..." Sirius stopped as James jerked up and gave him a warning look. "Just to see what it would try to do to us. We've always wanted to go inside..." Sirius faltered. He didn't enjoy lying to Lily, so he quickly moved on.
"Finding nothing overly interesting there, and also remembering that we were hungry, we went back inside and to the kitchens. James enjoyed his usual smorgasbord of apple including delicacies, and I had some poptarts..." Sirius trailed off. Lily laughed at the cuteness of her friends' fetishes. "What? They're really good you know. Dumbledore sure knows his muggle niceties."
"Anyway," Sirius continued, recomposing himself. "Once fully stuffed we decided we wanted to take advantage of this lovely warm night. A nice dip in the lake would definitely qualify, we thought. So off we tottered across the grounds to the edge of the lake which happened to be very muddy because of the rain earlier. Luckily the water was very warm so tralalala we swam!" Sirius told Lily, growing slightly bored with this part of the story.
"It was getting early, and the squid was getting pretty irritated at us annoying it when it should be sleeping, so we decided we'd come back to the castle. Anyway, we walked inside and were making our way upstairs to the astronomy tower to just hang out for a while, when we heard Filch again. We weren't really worried, considering we knew he was around; we saw on the map. We just stayed still, expecting him to sniff around and then move on." Lily held her breath as she waited for what happened next.
"Suddenly we heard Filch let out this wail kind of noise. We thought someone had murdered his cat, but then he jumped up and started laughing and calling out to someone. We looked at each other and just stopped breathing. We had left muddy foot prints all the way up the stairs, without even noticing. Filch was bounding up the stairs towards where we were standing. We were only about 100 metres round about until Gryffindor tower, but we knew we couldn't go there."
Lily forgot the fact that the boys were sitting right in front of her, and stupidly asked "Did you get away?" James laughed and sarcastically said "No Lil, we're not really here. You must be hallucinating." Then shot an reproachful glance over at Bessie who was knitting a canary suit.
Sirius slapped James up the side of the head and continued. "Utterly shitting ourselves, we just stood there dumbly for seconds which really seemed like hours. I suddenly remembered I am a wizard, and grabbed my wand. I used a huge summoning spell and just hoped the door to our potions lab was closed. I summoned all of the specimen bottles and luckily they hit a closed door, making a crash."
"I almost laughed, I thought we were home free. But Filch beat me to it. He started laughing and said something along the lines of 'Oh you silly little brats, you needn't think I'm going to miss the opportunity to get you expelled.' Then James, who had been pretty quiet up until then, used a hair growth charm to make him less recognisable and carefully slid out from underneath the cloak. He made sure he made a huge noise and ran around into the left corridor, away from Gryffindor tower."
"Filch, being the daft prick that he is, ran after James, forgetting that there were in fact two sets of foot prints leading inside the castle. So I cast a scouring charm and cleaned all of the foot prints, and the mud from my shoes. I also had a slightly dangerous brain wave, and decided to try and summon the mud from James' shoes so Filch wouldn't be able to follow his steps. It worked somehow, and I got mud flying at my face. I disposed of that, and then ran to the Room of Requirement where I knew James would have chosen to hide." Lily was barely breathing because of the extent of the trouble James and Sirius could have been in. Sirius continued to talk however.
"So, already long story short, Filch thought James had gone into the Ravenclaw common room, which is in the same direction as the Room of Requirement. He was busy arguing with the guard, trying to get it to let him in. I slipped into the room and found James. We sneaked back downstairs and here we are."
Sirius grinned widely at James who was laughing. "We're so smart." James said smugly, running a hand through his once again short although still messy hair.
"You're incredibly stupid." Said Lily coldly. "How could you even think of going to the lake? And not checking your shoes after you knew there was mud outside. Sometimes I just don't believe your audacity!" Lily was a little distressed by now; she couldn't imagine life at Hogwarts without James and Sirius.
"Lighten up Lily, we're fine." Said James affectionately. "Sirius even brought you some chocolate! Didn't you Sirius?"
"I did!" Sirius exclaimed, pulling out a lump of chocolate which had grown considerably soggy from being in Sirius's wet pocket.
Lily wrinkled her nose and stood up. "It's past four, I'm going to sleep. I suggest you two do the same." She walked away abruptly and up to her dormitory to make the most of the little time she had left to sleep.
Exchanging guiltily amused looks, Sirius and James burst out laughing. "Come on Prongs," Sirius yawned. "Time for bed." And both boys wandered wearily up the staircase to their dormitory. James expected Filch would launch a full investigation of Ravenclaw house before he remembered about the second set of footprints.
After James and Sirius had changed out of their wet clothes, they fell into their beds and went relatively straight to sleep. Sirius spent his last few seconds of conscious thought wondering when his next poptart feast would be.
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Author's note: Hmmm! I don't know if that was any good. You need to tell me! Review!
Thankyou Jade for backfiring my sadistic antics! I will now take care of that mischievous evening. Have fun children!
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"Well, James here was feeling hungry and we were both in the need of some fun," said Sirius, smiling "And I was convinced after James started seeing things that we needed to de-square ourselves, so we set off into the night!"
"Under James's cloak, right?" asked Lily, engrossed. Her large emerald eyes were fixed begordedly upon the boys.
"Right," confirmed Sirius. James was reclined back in an armchair happy to bask in the greatness of his adventure once again. "So we were under the invisibility cloak, sneaking around the corridors for a while just to test ourselves. Filch was near us like 4 separate times, he seems to be everywhere. Him and his damn cat."
"Once we had confirmed our splendidness, we went outside to the whomping willow to..." Sirius stopped as James jerked up and gave him a warning look. "Just to see what it would try to do to us. We've always wanted to go inside..." Sirius faltered. He didn't enjoy lying to Lily, so he quickly moved on.
"Finding nothing overly interesting there, and also remembering that we were hungry, we went back inside and to the kitchens. James enjoyed his usual smorgasbord of apple including delicacies, and I had some poptarts..." Sirius trailed off. Lily laughed at the cuteness of her friends' fetishes. "What? They're really good you know. Dumbledore sure knows his muggle niceties."
"Anyway," Sirius continued, recomposing himself. "Once fully stuffed we decided we wanted to take advantage of this lovely warm night. A nice dip in the lake would definitely qualify, we thought. So off we tottered across the grounds to the edge of the lake which happened to be very muddy because of the rain earlier. Luckily the water was very warm so tralalala we swam!" Sirius told Lily, growing slightly bored with this part of the story.
"It was getting early, and the squid was getting pretty irritated at us annoying it when it should be sleeping, so we decided we'd come back to the castle. Anyway, we walked inside and were making our way upstairs to the astronomy tower to just hang out for a while, when we heard Filch again. We weren't really worried, considering we knew he was around; we saw on the map. We just stayed still, expecting him to sniff around and then move on." Lily held her breath as she waited for what happened next.
"Suddenly we heard Filch let out this wail kind of noise. We thought someone had murdered his cat, but then he jumped up and started laughing and calling out to someone. We looked at each other and just stopped breathing. We had left muddy foot prints all the way up the stairs, without even noticing. Filch was bounding up the stairs towards where we were standing. We were only about 100 metres round about until Gryffindor tower, but we knew we couldn't go there."
Lily forgot the fact that the boys were sitting right in front of her, and stupidly asked "Did you get away?" James laughed and sarcastically said "No Lil, we're not really here. You must be hallucinating." Then shot an reproachful glance over at Bessie who was knitting a canary suit.
Sirius slapped James up the side of the head and continued. "Utterly shitting ourselves, we just stood there dumbly for seconds which really seemed like hours. I suddenly remembered I am a wizard, and grabbed my wand. I used a huge summoning spell and just hoped the door to our potions lab was closed. I summoned all of the specimen bottles and luckily they hit a closed door, making a crash."
"I almost laughed, I thought we were home free. But Filch beat me to it. He started laughing and said something along the lines of 'Oh you silly little brats, you needn't think I'm going to miss the opportunity to get you expelled.' Then James, who had been pretty quiet up until then, used a hair growth charm to make him less recognisable and carefully slid out from underneath the cloak. He made sure he made a huge noise and ran around into the left corridor, away from Gryffindor tower."
"Filch, being the daft prick that he is, ran after James, forgetting that there were in fact two sets of foot prints leading inside the castle. So I cast a scouring charm and cleaned all of the foot prints, and the mud from my shoes. I also had a slightly dangerous brain wave, and decided to try and summon the mud from James' shoes so Filch wouldn't be able to follow his steps. It worked somehow, and I got mud flying at my face. I disposed of that, and then ran to the Room of Requirement where I knew James would have chosen to hide." Lily was barely breathing because of the extent of the trouble James and Sirius could have been in. Sirius continued to talk however.
"So, already long story short, Filch thought James had gone into the Ravenclaw common room, which is in the same direction as the Room of Requirement. He was busy arguing with the guard, trying to get it to let him in. I slipped into the room and found James. We sneaked back downstairs and here we are."
Sirius grinned widely at James who was laughing. "We're so smart." James said smugly, running a hand through his once again short although still messy hair.
"You're incredibly stupid." Said Lily coldly. "How could you even think of going to the lake? And not checking your shoes after you knew there was mud outside. Sometimes I just don't believe your audacity!" Lily was a little distressed by now; she couldn't imagine life at Hogwarts without James and Sirius.
"Lighten up Lily, we're fine." Said James affectionately. "Sirius even brought you some chocolate! Didn't you Sirius?"
"I did!" Sirius exclaimed, pulling out a lump of chocolate which had grown considerably soggy from being in Sirius's wet pocket.
Lily wrinkled her nose and stood up. "It's past four, I'm going to sleep. I suggest you two do the same." She walked away abruptly and up to her dormitory to make the most of the little time she had left to sleep.
Exchanging guiltily amused looks, Sirius and James burst out laughing. "Come on Prongs," Sirius yawned. "Time for bed." And both boys wandered wearily up the staircase to their dormitory. James expected Filch would launch a full investigation of Ravenclaw house before he remembered about the second set of footprints.
After James and Sirius had changed out of their wet clothes, they fell into their beds and went relatively straight to sleep. Sirius spent his last few seconds of conscious thought wondering when his next poptart feast would be.
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Author's note: Hmmm! I don't know if that was any good. You need to tell me! Review!