"COCKADOODALDOO!" shouted Sirius loudly during a game of 'do or die.'
"Well I guess it's my turn then," James said picking up a card.
"Hey," Em said, she and Isabella had just entered the living room, "What are you playing?"
"A game of do or die," James said.
"What?" asked Isabella, confused.
"Well you pick up a card and it has something ridiculous on it a question, a dare, or a free choice will be written on it. You assign it to the person on your right. Then for the whole game there's a limit. Say I pick up a card it says Jump in the trash can, If Sirius didn't do it he'd have to do the limit. The limit for our game is streak so basically you are going to want to do what the card says." Remus explained.
"Oh," Em said, "Sounds interesting."
"Oh, but it is a lot of fun. If you guys want to play we will lower the limit," Sirius said.
"Well, alright," Isabella said sitting down.
"Ok so the limit is any ideas?" Remus asked.
"Um how bout…" Em started to say but couldn't think of anything.
"How about it is sitting out on the roof in a bathing suit," Isabella suggested.
"But its snowing," countered Em.
"Exactly," Isabella answered.
"Ok, good idea," James said officially making the limit.
"Ok who goes first?" Sirius asked.
"You do," Remus said.
"Okay let me go over the cycle, I ask James, James asks Remus, Remus asks Em, Em asks Isabella, Isabella asks me," Sirius declared.
"Okay," the others agreed.
Sirius picked up a card and grinned, "James, it says here that you must wear a purple dress."
"Heck no," James said.
"Well there's always the limit," Sirius said, still grinning.
"Ugh, alright," James waved his wand and he was wearing a purple dress.
"Hey, this game is like truth or dare," Isabella said.
"How so?" Remus asked.
"Well it's like when the person asks truth or dare and you have to do it," Isabella said.
"Yea, that makes sense," Remus agreed.
James picked up a card, "Remus, who was your first kiss?"
"Um, Sandy Anderson," Remus said.
"Oh, the brunette?" Sirius asked.
"Yea," Remus said picking up a card, "Em, you have to make chocolate cake with the following ingredients, raisins, flour, sugar, eggs, cake mix, sprinkles, and steak. And then eat a slice."
"Aw, gross," Em said, "How do I even get all that stuff.
James waved his wand and a mini kitchen appeared. "Go ahead chef, Em," he said, smirking.
Thirty minutes later, due to something called magic, the cake was ready. "Well, enjoy," Sirius said cheerfully.
Em ate a slice and made a gagging motion. "Gross!"
After five minutes she picked up a card and said, "Isabella you must make an igloo and spend the night in it!"
"The night!" Isabella asked.
"Oh, sorry I meant the weekend," Em said.
"Well then I guess we should go outside!" James said waving his wand and changing into snow clothes.
The others followed his antics and Isabella packed. She packed her wand, that's all she would need. They went outside to James' backyard and Remus said, "Maybe we should spend the night with her."
"Yea," Em agreed.
James and Sirius agreed and together the five began to build the ultimate Igloo. It was a bout as big as Em and Isabella's room. They made a door and put up heating spells. Together they walked inside. They put up spells to keep the igloo from falling and melting. "Ok," James said, "I'll get carpet, beds, wardrobes, Sirius gets bathrooms, Remus gets fire and kitchen, Isabella and Em you get decoration."
In the end the Igloo was magnificent. It had an icy blue carpet and five plush blue beds. There were to bathrooms one for the girls and one for the boys. There was a mini kitchen and table and Remus has taken it upon himself to make a miniature living room with a fireplace and a cooking cauldron for potions. "Wow," Isabella said in awe, "We really made the best Igloo ever.
Em conjured a camera and took several pictures. One of the outside, one of the inside and then she charmed the camera so that it would take random pictures throughout the weekend. "Wow it's already five!" Remus said.
"Well, I'll make dinner," Isabella said.
"I'll help," Em said.
The two started to make a delicious dinner that was ready at 7. (It took that long to make everything and actually decide what they wanted.) The boys entered the kitchen on cue as if they were food detectors. The girls had made chicken soup and biscuits. The appetizer was salads. The five sat down and James said, "This soup is delicious!"
"Thanks," Em said.
"Hey, you didn't even help you made the bloody salad!" Isabella said.
"Oh, yea," Em said.
Sirius, Remus, and James chuckled. When they finished dinner the five decided to call it a night. All that hard work really takes the energy out of you. They dressed in their pajamas and James took out a piece of parchment and wrote:
Dear Mum,
We as in; Em, Isabella, Remus, Sirius and I, are staying in an igloo outside of our house for the weekend. We will be back on Sunday (Christmas Eve) so don't worry. We may be a bit late. We also have taken your mini kitchen set so um please don't be mad. We are all fine.
With much love,
The one and only,
The greatest,
James Potter
After he sent out the letter James, too, went to bed.
The next morning Isabella awoke at 9 and began to cook breakfast. By the time the other four woke up breakfast was ready and waiting for them on the table. Isabella had made scrambled eggs, toast, and bacon. She had heated five cups of hot chocolate as well. "Mmm, have you ever considered being a chef?" Sirius asked.
"No, I want to be a healer I think," Isabella said.
"Well you'd make a great chef," said Em.
The others agreed as they shoveled down their breakfast. When they had finished breakfast Sirius convinced them to go outside and have a snow fight. "Okay," James said once they were outside. "The rules are no ice balls."
"Agreed," Remus, Sirius, Isabella, and Em said.
"Okay teams?" Sirius asked.
"Well we have an uneven amount of people if you haven't noticed," Remus pointed out.
"Girls against boys," Isabella said firmly.
Once the teams were agreed they began to make snow balls, and build forts. Half an hour later the teams were still tied. Isabella threw a snow ball at Sirius and got him. Em screamed, "ATTACK!" and she and Isabella launched themselves at the boys.
Isabella cast a snow throwing spell at the boys while pulling Sirius to the ground and tying his hands together. Em knocked James and Remus over and tie their hands together. The girls got up satisfied and went back into the Igloo for showers. "You are not going to leave us out here!" shouted Sirius.
"Whatever you say, Black," Isabella said and she and Em entered the bathrooms and showered.
A half an hour later, after their showers, Em and Isabella took pity on the boys and untied them with their wands. "I hate you guys," James said before Sirius, Remus, and he took their showers.
While they were showering Isabella cooked up a lovely dinner of pasta and meatballs. The boys, who had finally finished their showers, came into the kitchen and sat down to eat at once. All were so hungry no conversation was made at dinner. "I am wiped I'm going to bed," James declared.
Everyone else agreed and climbed into their beds. From the Potter Mansion Mrs. Potter looked on over the igloo and smiled. "Children," she muttered.
The last morning of the Igloo vacation was a blast. First the five enjoyed one of Isabella's enjoyable breakfasts and then they decided to go sleigh riding. Isabella conjured up several different sleighs and snowboards and each person chose one. They built a huge ramp and a flat track for the sleighs. "I'll go first!" Sirius declared.
He hoped on his snow board and headed towards the ramp. As soon as he got on the ramp Sirius went really high in the air. Then there was a loud noise as Sirius landed face first in a pile of snow. "Ouch," James said.
"You can say that again," Remus said.
"My turn!" Isabella declared.
She hopped on her snow board and went over the ramp. She was flung into the air before landing on top of Sirius. "Ouch," Remus said.
"You can say that again," James said and the two proceeded to laugh.
After they had calmed down James volunteered to try next. He jumped on his board and went up the ramp. He did several flips, all the while smirking, before landing face first on the pile consisting of Isabella and Sirius.
Remus laughed before getting on his own snow board and setting out to attempt to ride the ramp. Like James he managed to do several flips before becoming one with the "people pile." Em laughed and got on her snowboard. She performed several flips and turns and landed on her feet several inches away from the "people pile."
"What how?" came the muffled voice of James.
"It's called two words, Snowboard lessons," Em said.
After the "people pile," untangled themselves the five decided to give tubing a try. Sirius built several waves out of snow and tried it out. It was so much fun that soon all the others tried it with him. They continued tubing for an hour until Remus and James collided. "Let's shower and then head back to the Potter Mansion," said Sirius.
The others agreed and entered the Igloo. "I dub this Igloo, JERSI!" Sirius shouted.
"What?" Isabella asked.
"It's the first letters of our names," Sirius explained.
"Oh."
After warm showers the five trudged back up to the Potter Mansion. "From now on let's call ourselves Jersi," James suggested.
"Ok," the other members of Jersi agreed.
Jersi met up with Mrs. Potter who had five glasses of hot chocolate waiting. "So how was the igloo?" Mrs. Potter asked.
The Jersi's looked at each other and grinned. "Well,"
(A/n: Jersi is a bit of a lame name but I could think of anything else. Please Review. Sadly the story is nearing an end. It's a short story for sure but I might make an additional chapter or two if I feel the need to or if I get requests.)