A/N: Sorry I have not updated this story regularly recently. I have not been interested in writing in this story, and I am running out of ideas to keep this story in particular good and fresh. I promise I will finish this series and this story will be finished. This story will get so interesting and fun to read, it's just difficult to come up with interesting storylines for Year 1 since the characters are mostly rather young. I highly recommend following this story if you want to be alerted when this story is updated,

Chapter 12: The Invisibility Cloak

Mid-January, 1972

Gryffindor Tower

"AHHHHHHHH!" Remus screamed in terror at the same time that James shouted "COOL!"

Sirius and Peter immediately looked up from the sudden noise at their friends in surprise, both dropping their jaw as they stared at Remus.

Remus scrambled up immediately, turning in tight circles and wriggling his arms in an effort as the cloak slipped off. "AHHH! What if it permanently erases my lower body?"

"Relax! Your body's back now! You really think my father's going to give me something that makes you invisible forever?" James beamed in awe as he picked up the cloak from the floor, gingerly sweeping any dust off it.

"Wow!" Peter sighed.

Sirius scowled, "Now you're taking care of it?"

James stopped blowing dust off of the cloak and looked up. "S'the matter with you?"

"Nothing."

"Uh-huh. Of all people, I thought you would be the most excited about this!"

"Oh, please, James. It's not like you were that excited either."

"Well I wasn't until I found out what it could really do!"

"You're so ungrateful! You should've been thankful for it either way!"

"I am! I just didn't know what to do with it before!"

"Oh, really? No offense, James, but you're kind of a spoiled brat."

Remus and Peters' eyes popped wide open.
"NO OFFENSE? HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO NOT TAKE OFFENSE TO THAT? WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU? YOU'VE BEEN ALL MOODY EVER SINCE HOLIDAY! IF YOU'RE MAD AT ME, WHATEVER I DID IT ISN'T MY FAULT!"

"I'M. NOT. MAD. AT. YOU! NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT YOU!"

"THEN WHY ARE YOU BEING SO DIFFICULT?"

"I'm NOT being difficult! Sometimes you just need someone to tell you to deflate your big head!"

"I already have someone! EVANS! What are you, now, friends with her?"

"OH-kay!" Remus yelled. "I think that's enough, right?"

"Shut up, Remus!" Sirius yelled.

"Hey!" James yelled, looking offended. "What did he do to you?"

"Just shut up, James!"

"You shut up!"

"Stop!" Remus pleaded. "Please! Stop it!"

"Stay out of this!"

Peter scrambled up but not before Sirius' arm accidentally wacked him across the face.

James' eyes bulged. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

"That was an accident!"

"Oh, sure! You want to know what was an accident? Your birth!"

Sirius lunged at James.

"Ah!" Remus screamed. "Stop! Peter, help!"

The two boys stood tugging at Sirius' and James' shirts, trying to untangle the bunch of fists.

"WHAT is going ON?" The tall, Gryffindor stood above them, her hazel eyes burning in anger and her hands on her hips. Her prefect badge gleamed against her robes.

Peter and Remus stared up at her, while James and Sirius did not seem to recognize her appearance, continuously throwing punches at each other.

"Pathetic," the Prefect hissed as she lunged over the boys and within one tug on each of their shirts pulled them apart.

Their arms still flailing and reaching out for each other, the Prefect turned the boys around to face her. "Of course it's you two. McGonagall told me you would be trouble. I haven't had the pleasure of giving you boys detention yet, somehow, but I suppose today's my day, isn't it?"

James and Sirius stopped throwing their arms out, but continued to hold a look of menace in their eyes.

"To McGonagall's office we go, then. I'm sure she'll love this. One detention already and we just returned from holiday," the Prefect sniggered.

She dragged the boys out of the common room by the collars of their shirts, leaving Remus and Peter dumbfounded.

"What was that all about?" Peter said.

"Dunno."

"If you ask me, Sirius' been bitten by a werewolf or something, the way he's acting all savage."

Remus' face paled. "Wha-what?"

"What?"

"Nothing, never-nevermind."

Peter stared at Remus in confusion.

"Hey, Remus, Peter," a voice chirped as Marlene crawled through the portrait hole, followed by Lily. "Where's James and Sirius?"

"Detention, probably," Peter shrugged.

"Already?"

"Why do you sound so surprised?" Remus answered dryly.

"Dunno. That's rather funny, really."

"I know I'm not surprised." Remus, Peter, and Marlene turned around to Lily, who was no longer quietly standing behind Marlene. "Quite predictable, really. Who'd they prank this time?"

"Er…." Remus started.

"Nobody," Peter answered.

"Than what did they destroy this time?"

"Er…."

"Nothing."

"Than which room did they sack this time?"

"Er…"

"Nothing."

"THAN WHAT DID THEY DO?"

"Er…"

"Er…" Peter looked up at Remus for a reply.

"Just a fight," Remus said dismissively.

"So I was right the first time, than. So, who did they fight with?"

"Er…"

"Eachother."

"Peter!"

"What?"

"You weren't supposed to tell them!"

"I wasn't?"

"No!"

"Nobody told me that!"

"Nobody needed to!"

"What do you mean, they fought with each other?" Lily asked incredulously.

"What do you mean, they fought with each other? Isn't it self-explanatory enough?" Remus snapped.

"Excuse me?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Remus immediately apologized. "I don't know why I'm so frustrated."

"Yes, well, you should be sorry. And I don't care what happened between those two idiots, so I'm going up to the dormitory now." Lily flicked her scarf over her shoulder and marched up the stairs staunchly.

"I'll go deal with her, I suppose," Marlene sighed, following Lily up the stairs.

"I wonder what's up with her," Peter said.

"I wonder what's up with Sirius," Remus said.

"Dunno, but I suppose we'll find out soon."