Here's to all of my reviewers...THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! I'm sorry that I haven't updated in a long time... I was busy with school stuff, since I'm now in high school. Ok anyway, less talk, more story...hope you enjoy this chapter!
The Day After Christmas
The Potters and Hermione, Ron, Sirius, Charlotte, Peter, Emma (Peter's wife), and Remus had a very joyous Christmas. There were loads of presents under the tree and they had the usual Christmas dinner.
The day after the Christmas break, however, was certainly...interesting...since Hermione and Ron were there. It was always eventful before of course, because the Marauders were always there. But this was certainly different.
In the morning, the teens were rudely awoken by Lily's scream. Startled and sleepy, they went downstairs to see Lily pointing her wand at the three Marauders (not Remus, of course). Shocked, Chelsea ran down the stairs toward her mother.
"Mum! What's going on!" said Chelsea in a loud voice.
"I was in the shower and try to guess what they placed in the tub! A fake-snake! A BLOODY FAKE SNAKE! I HATE SNAKES, EVEN FAKE ONES!" shouted Lily.
"Damn..." said Harry in a low voice.
"Watch your language, Harry!" snapped Lily, her wand still pointed at James, Sirius, and Peter.
"Lily, dear, we're sorry...we were just playing around...please, honey, put your wand down," said James slowly and quietly.
"WELL SORRY ISN'T GOING TO CUT IT!" screamed Lily. With a flick of her wand, the Marauders' hair turned to hot pink (Sirius), orange (Peter), and
purple (James).
"WHAT THE HELL, LILY! IT WAS A SIMPLE PRANK!" shouted Sirius.
"Watch your language, Sirius, not in front of my children," said Lily mischievously. She left the living room with Sirius, James, and Peter sulking and
looking for counter-curses and the twins, along with Ron and Hermione laughing hysterically.
"Wow..daddy...that color really works for you..." said Chelsea between her giggles.
"Shut it, Chels," snarled James.
"I was just complementing you, jeez!" said Chelsea happily and she left for the kitchen to join Lily.
"She's right, Dad, I'm going with Mum for this one. You go, mum!" yelled Harry, which was followed by a loud "THANK YOU, SWEETHEART!" from Lily.
"I can't believe this...my own two godchildren, going against us...after all of the tricks we taught them..." said Sirius sadly.
Hermione and Ron joined Lily and the twins in the kitchen, still laughing.
"Man...we're gonna have so much fun today!" said Chelsea happily.
"That wasn't enough?" said Ron
"Mate, this is just the beginning. Welcome to the Potter House Of Fun," said Harry.
"I can't believe they don't know what the counter-spell is, I thought they were Charms masters in your days, Mrs. Potter," said Hermione.
"They were. Still, that was a good one, wasn't it?" replied Lily
"Definitely. How did you do that?" asked Hermione curiously.
"Well, you see, if you read..."
And Hermione and Lily started talking about spells and books (they are such bookworms!) while Chelsea, Ron, and Harry helped themselves for some waffles and hot cocoa for breakfast. James, Sirius, and Peter entered the kitchen after one hour later with their hair back to normal.
"Hmm...one hour. You're getting slow, Mr.Potter!" said Lily mischievously as her husband helped her for some cereal.
"Sorry about the prank, love, it was our Christmas present from ourselves," explained James.
"That's ok. So, what do you have planned today?" asked Lily.
"Me and Ron are gonna go outside for Quidditch!" exclaimed Harry happily.
"No way, It's too cold!" said Lily sharply,"Find something else to do!"
"But mum..." started Harry
"No buts. Tell you what, you boys can help me clean up the attic! Would you girls like to help us?" asked Lily
Shocked, Hermione and Chelsea looked at each other. They definitely did NOT want to help.
"Actually, mum, we were...uh...going shopping at that muggle mall you told us about! Right Hermione?" said Chelsea in a stern voice.
"Wha..oh, right, right. We are," said Hermione she gave Chelsea her we-were? look. Chelsea smiled and nodded at her.
"Okay, well, I'm sure two 17-year-old-boys and Remus and Peter can help me manage an attic, right boys?" the boys nodded, "Right. So, you girls have fun. And James, Sirius, tell Mad-Eye I said hello."
"Sure, dear," said James.
After breakfast...everyone headed their separate ways. Harry, Ron, Peter, Remus, and Lily went up the attic, Hermione and Chelsea drove (Lily had taught her children how to drive, and Chelsea missed driving) to the mall, and James and Sirius went to play poker with Mad-Eye and the rest of the Order. Remus and Peter did not like poker and their wives went to a spa. So, they helped Lily cleaned up the attic.
In the attic...
"Harry, come here! Take a look at this!" called Lily
"What? Is that..." said Harry
"Mr.Teddy, yes, darling! Do you remember when you were little, you were afraid of the storm and you would hug Mr.Teddy tightly and went to sleep?" reminisced Lily
"Uh...no," lied Harry. He remembered, all right, he had Mr. Teddy since he was born. Peter had gotten each of his children some stuffed animals
when they were born. Harry got a soft light-brown bear which he later named Mr. Teddy when he was three, while Chelsea got a soft pink pig which she later named Snout when she was also three.
"Well, here. You should remember. You've had him for 17 years!" said Lily as she handed the bear to Harry.
"Lily, what's this? Actually, let me re-phrase that- whose is this?" asked Peter as he held up a baby blanket.
"Oh, that's Chelsea's. I remembered this was her favourite blanket. Charlotte gave it to her as a gift, remember?" said Lily.
"I actually picked that one out," said Remus quietly.
"You have a good sense of style, Remus," said Lily
At the mall...
Chelsea was about to park the car, but there was a car full of teenage muggle boys taking their spot. Angrily, Chelsea rolled down her window and yelled,
"YOU DAMN MUGGLES! THAT WAS OUR SPOT!
"Chelsea, calm down!" snapped Hermione
"Sorry Hermione, that was the FOURTH time! I hate muggles! No offense to your parents, Hermione," added Chelsea quickly
"None taken." said Hermione. The cars behind them started honking their horns, and Hermione was on fire. She rolled down her window and yelled, "SHUT UP! WE'RE MOVING!"
They finally found another spot after 15 minutes, and then walked into the mall.
At Grimmauld's Place (a.k.a. The HQ of the Order)
Sirius backed out from the game because he was losing and finally just sat, being the "commentator" of the game and annoyed the heck of everyone. James was winning and losing, but he hadn't lost that much money. Dumbledore lost half of his money already and Frank Longbottom (no Voldemort, remember?) was winning. It was 10:30, and Sirius decided to go back to his place, which is across the street from the Potters' place. At the Potters', Remus and Peter already headed to their own houses. Lily and the boys were in the living room, watching "The Prince and Me". James plopped into the living room at the sight of Lily holding a box of Kleenex and Harry on her left and Ron on her right snoring.
Interesting day, huh? Wait 'til you hear what happens the next day...
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