MWPP: Through Moony's Eyes.
Disclaimer: I own none of the marauders or Lily. I did make up Kari though.
Last Chap: Marauders were running from McGonagall and Filch after making the third floor corridor into an ice rink.
Giggling Pears
"Did you hear something?" Sirius said stopping, he could've sworn he had heard McGonagall's voice from up the stairs.
"No, come ON Sirius!" James said grabbing Sirius by the arm. James's cloak swished past a painting on the wall. A painting of fruit. James stopped, he heard giggling. "Hold on a minute," James said staring at the picture. Remus, Peter, and Sirius all stopped running and turned around.
"What is it James?" Remus asked.
"This pear," James said, pointing to the pear on the painting. "Just giggled."
"James, you're hearing things," Sirius said. "Like ME!" He added grinning. James rolled his eyes at Sirius and reached up to touch the pear. Indeed, it giggled. James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter all watched in amazement as a handle appeared. Sirius took a hold of it and opened the "painting".
"Whoa," Remus breathed. The door opened to reveal hundreds of house elves and copper pots and pans.
"What can we get for the misters?" A little house elf asked. She had bright blue tennis ball eyes and huge, bat like ears.
"What exactly do you mean?" Remus asked cautiously.
"We would like to get any food the misters desires," she said.
"Guys, I think we have seemed to stumble upon the kitchens," James said, looking around in awe.
"Any food?" Sirius asked eagerly, and the little house elf nodded vigorously.
"How about some Jello?" Sirius asked. Ever since Remus told him about a muggle food called Jello, he wanted to try some. Sirius was amazed at the fact that it could jiggle, without magic.
"What flavor would the mister want?" the little house elf asked.
"Whoa! There's FLAVORS! Remus you never told me about flavors!" Sirius said, almost collapsing with excitement.
"He'll have strawberry. Thank you...er...what is your name?" Remus asked kindly.
"My name is Kari misters," she said.
"Thank you Kari," Remus said.
"You know Remus, I could've chosen my own flavor," Sirius muttered angrily.
"Sirius, you might have died with excitement if you knew how many there were," Remus said. Sirius eyes widened. He was about to ask what all of them were, but Kari spoke again.
"Anything else for the misters?" Kari asked, her big blue eyes looking at James, Remus, and Peter.
"Oh Kari, we don't want to be to much trouble–"Remus started to say but James broke him off.
"Remus, they don't care! They WANT to bring us food! Hey Kari, do you have any pastries?" The house elf nodded once again. "Excellent," James said.
"Cherry pie?" Peter asked, and yet again Kari nodded. Peter always had some sort of weakness for pie. Kari turned to Remus.
"Any thing for the mister?"
"Kari, you don't have to call us misters. This is Sirius, James, and Peter," Remus said, pointing to each person. "And I'm Remus," he said, pointing to himself.
"Thank you Mister Remus, but Kari does not need to be treated with such kindness. Now, would mister Remus like anything to eat?"
"Oh no, I don't want to cause you any trouble," Remus said.
"No, no, it will not be any trouble for Kari! Kari like to serve food! That's why Kari came to Hogwarts!"
"Well...if you really want to, I guess I could take some chocolate," Remus said. Kari curtsied and skipped off to get the boy's orders.
"Remus, I thought you hated chocolate. After all that Madame Pomfrey gave you," James said.
"Well, it starts to grow on you. And it's an excellent remedy," Remus said, James just shrugged. Kari soon returned with a couple house elves at her side.
"Jello, for Mister Sirius, pastries for Mister James, pie for Mister Peter, and chocolate for Mister Remus," Kari said, handing out each item as she said it.
"Thank you Kari," All four of the boys chorused. Kari beamed.
"You sure are a heck of a lot better than Kretcher," Sirius muttered. Kari's tennis ball eyes widened.
"Kari know Kretcher Mister Sirius!" Kari said. Her bat like ears then drooped. "Kretcher is not a very friendly house elf."
"Your telling me," Sirius said grimly.
"Well we better be heading back to the common room," James said. "Thanks again Kari, I suspect that this won't be our last visit." Kari curtsied once again.
Sirius, Peter, Remus, and James all filed out of the kitchens to head back to the common room. The day didn't turn out as bad as they thought.