Chapter 7

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

"Five more minutes Mummy," Pence muttered as Maj attempted to wake her up. Maj next said to Sirius,
"Poking contest?"
"You know it!" he answered.

They then poked Pence until she got up.
"What's with all the poking about! I'm up!" she said angrily.
"Have you ever poked a werewolf?" asked Maj, "It's very addictive…" Maj and Sirius laughed and left the room so Pence could get dressed.

When Pence got into the common room, she saw Remus reading, Peter looking at the coffee table as though it were choco, James staring at Lily, and Sirius and Maj…you know…yea, again.
"Do you two ever separate?" asked Pence, noting that Sirius and Maj were sharing the same chair.
"Happy Sweet Sixteen Pence!" said Maj getting off Sirius and sitting by her.
"You remembered!" said Pence.
"Course Silly Rabbit!" answered Maj, "Your present Madame," and she summoned a parcel from their dorm.
"What is it?" asked Pence.
"Open it," said James, and the rest of them summoned their presents over as well.
"Thanks everyone!" said Pence excitedly, "I haven't gotten many presents in awhile."
"Open mine first!" said Sirius shoving his present under Pence's nose.
"Kay." she said, and then her eyes got wide as she pulled out a book, "Oh my God!"

"He got you a book!" asked James, perplexed.
"Not just any book," said Sirius proudly, "a Malifium."
"This has every spell ever legalized!" said Pence, still in shock.
"Damn you Sirius!" Maj threw a pillow at him, "You're present's better than mine!"
"Maj, I'm opening yours now!" announced Pence, "Choco Jewel!(1) Anti depressants! Thanks Maj."
"Welcome." Maj answered simply. Pence opened Peter's present next,
"Wormtail, where'd you get a bottle of Fire Whiskey?"
"I don't know! (2)" he replied.
"Prongs...what the hell is this?" asked Pence looking at the small black, metal bracelet James had handed her.
"I got you your boyfriend! It's a shock bracelet!" James announced.
"Yay, every girl's dream!" Pence shouted.
"Moohaha!" laughed Maj evilly.
"Wha-what! James, no! Sirius get off of me! Ahh!" screamed Remus as Sirius snapped the bracelet on his ankle.
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"Pence, did you have to zap me before I answered that question on what planet goes into retrograde?" asked Remus sternly as he and Pence walked out of the astronomy class.
"Yes! You were gonna answer and I knew the answer!" Pence replied.
"Ah…never mind." he decided. Pence and Remus met James, Peter, Sirius, and Maj in the common room.
"Did you like my present?" James asked Pence.
"Yes, she did…lots." Remus said for Pence. Maj asked as Pence was laughing with James,
"Moony, why haven't you given Pence your present? She'll really like it."
"I'm going to later. I can't wait to see the look on her face when she sees it."

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"This is the weirdest looking pudding I've ever seen!" said Pence prodding at her dessert with her fork. (Pence is American, so she's not used to this kind of pudding.) "It looks like cake!"
"It's chocolate!" Sirius said. Pence shrugged,
"Well that makes everything better!" and she scarfed it down.
"What's that? Post, at this time?" A tawny owl swooped down in front of her and dropped a box. Remus gave it some food and it flew off. Pence looked at him for a second before opening the letter.
Dear Pence,
This is only the first part of your gift. Meet me by the beech tree next to the lake at 7:30 for the rest. Happy Birthday.
Sincerely yours,
Remus

Pence opened the box, but what was in it was a single dead rose.
"Uh-thanks…Remmy. I guess…" said Pence as she picked up the rose. "Oh my God!" whispered Pence, as that single dead rose turned into about four dozen irises and two dozen red roses, all of them live. "Remmy!" Pence threw her arms around Remus. Dumbledore said next, toasting them,
"Ah, the subtleties of romance."
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It was five past as Pence started walking down to the lake. She wondered aloud,
"What's up with him? He's really going all out! S'pose that I need to start thinking of things for his birthday…"
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Remus said to Pence after about twenty minutes of straight snogging,
"Heh, I should probably…whou…give you your…present…" he took a deep breath and took out a jewelry box.
"Is…is this, what I think it is?" Pence said, staring at the grey tinted diamond she was now holding.
"Yes, it's a Moon Jewel. (3)" answered Remus.
"Rem, I can't take this."
"Too bad, Pence, I'll make you take it."

1. Choco Jewel: An amber necklace that makes a piece of chocolate appear whenever held for a certain period of time.
2. This is actually taken from a quote from 'Anchorman'
"Brick, where'd you get a hand grenade?" "I don't know!"
3. Moon Jewel: A jewel that is said to have wonderful powers that only a werewolf can control. Powers include: Ability to stop time, and possibly even cure the lycanthropy curse. (Just a legend.)