The Last Laugh
Chapter 14: The Curse of the Pixies and Poodles!
By: Star*dust



"Good Morning! Good Morning!" Angie and Lily chorused at 7:30AM the next morning.

"Leave me alone," James's muffled voice could be heard form the depths of his bed.

"Rise and Shine!" Angie yelled.

"Get out!" Sirius yelled at them. Remus threw something at the girls and Peter, was somehow still sound asleep.

"Up! Up! Up! Today's the big day! Get up!" Lily yelled yanking the covers off of James's bed.

"OK, OK, I'm getting up." James said without opening his eyes.

"Wakey-Wakey," Angie chimed as she jumped on top of Sirius's bed. Sirius tried to hit her, but as his eyes were closed he missed. Angie was searching through the covers. "Where are you?" She asked, as she was not finding him.

"Get out!" Remus shouted. "How are we supposed to get up with you two here?" He asking sitting up and rubbing his eyes.

"You have 10 minutes." Angie said. "Come on Lily!" Together the two girls walked outside and high-fived. (A/N: I think I just created a new verb…)

They knew the guys hadn't come in until probably like an hour or two ago. But, at least they wouldn't ever leave the girls out of anything again, if they wanted their sleep, that is.

Back inside the tent Remus fell over on the bed and went back to sleep…

~*~

It was 7:30PM. Twelve hours later. The guys were finally awake! (A/N: I would hope so!) The sun was low in the sky and it cast a reddish glow over everything.

Sirius had purchased a pair of socks that sang the English national anthem. So, every time he walked music followed.

Lily, Angie, Remus, Sirius, Peter, and James were all sitting outside of their tents talking about the school reunion.

Recently they had all received letters for a one year school reunion. At 8:00PM on August 31st (the day before term started) they were all to report to the school grounds for dinner and dancing and entertainment. And Dumbledore hinted at a quidditch match.

They also discussed the Prewetts wedding, which Lily and James attended not too long ago.

Suddenly, the sound of a gun going off cracked through the heavy humid air.

Warning shot!

Everyone jumped up. "Time to go!" Lily said.

The group headed off with James following nervously behind, his hand in his pocket.

~*~

FRANCE vs. ENGLAND

As they climbed and climbed up the steps Sirius dropped back with James to talk.

"Is everything final?" Sirius asked in an undertone.

"Yeah, I think so," James said. Remus and Peter glanced back at them and Sirius gave them a nod.

"Are you nervous?" Sirius asked.

"Hell yes," James said. "What if it doesn't show up? What if something goes wrong?"

"It won't," Sirius said assuredly.

"It's right after the advertisement for Ollivanders. It's supposed to be in about an hour and a half." James told him.

"Here we are!" Angie shouted. The girls were a couple of stairs up from the guys.

Their seats were up pretty high. They weren't bad; right in the middle and directly across from the little advertisement board where at the moment Madame Malkin's Robes for all Occasions was flashing.

In a couple of seconds the McKinnons came up the aisle and to everyone's delight, their seats were right next to the Marauders! In the row in front of them, the newlyweds, the Prewetts sat. A couple of other of their friends came and sat down near them too. Josh Thompson and his girlfriend Misty Johnson were sitting right down the aisle. Angie was sitting right next to Josh. (They had dated for a few weeks in school)

Everyone was talking and catching up on all the news. Sirius was getting somewhat jealous when he had to wait for Josh to get done talking to Angie before she would give him her attention.

About fifteen minutes later the mascots were arriving and Sirius soon forgot about being an overprotective jealous boyfriend. Everyone was wondering what in the world the mascots were going to be. (A/N: I was wondering too until about ten minutes ago.)

France was to go first. And then, all of a sudden: out came the dogs! Yes dogs! 1,000's of small yapping poodles came running onto the field.

All of them aligned in an exact position to form a rectangle. All the dogs were dyed blue, white, or red. So, obviously they formed the French flag.

Everyone was whooping and clapping and getting very excited. Everyone couldn't wait for the game to begin!

Next, the English mascots: Out came the Cornish Pixies!! (A/N: Yes, Cornish pixies.) They zoomed all around the stadium but didn't cause any harm, yet.

Sirius thought it was hilarious and stood up and jumped up and down.

Now, for the starting line-up: The French team: beaters: Andre Parc and Philippe Papier. (Cheering and clapping) Chasers: Sandra LePic, Christophe Bureau, and Reginald Delacour. (Cheering and clapping) Keeper Alice Martin and seeker Jacques Valier! (Cheering and clapping)

Then the English team zoomed out onto the quidditch pitch. Everyone stood up and shouted at the top of their lungs. Beaters: Archibald Winters and LUDO BAGMAN!!!! (One of the English favorites) Chasers: Osric Divine, Delvin Winters, and Enonch Fila. (Cheering and clapping) The keeper: Nick Porter and the seeker: Grace Love!!! (Cheering and clapping) The crowd roared and the poodles barked and the pixies fluttered.

Now, it was time for the game to begin; the announcer cleared his voice and began: "Winters grabs the quaffle, but it's stolen away by Reginald Delacour!"

"BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Sirius yelled as Delacour zigzagged up the field. Ludo Bagman whacked a bludger at him that missed by inches. England cheered but Delacour scored!

The poodles went on a barking frenzy!

"Winters grabs the quaffle! Pass to Fila- NO! Intercepted by LePic! France in possession. Right in front of the goal- it's a fake- pass to Delacour and…yes SCORE!!"

"Divine grabs the quaffle and is off! Bureau tailing Divine. OH! Ouch! That's going to hurt. Bagman hit Bureau in the stomach with a bludger! Divine shoots- blocked by Sandra LePic! It looks like a foul! Clearly she hit him in the arm!"

"BOOOOO!!" Everyone yelled. "FOUL!!!" But nothing was called.

Apparently Divine was a little pissed off because at the other end of the field he grabbed LePic's broom and pulled a handful of bristles out of it.

A penalty shot was awarded and France scored again. It was now 30:0 France.

"Whoa! Watch out! Delacour and LePic got hit with the same bludger from Bagman! That's why the crowd loves him! And here it comes back. It appears Papier and Bagman are having a war with the bludger!"

And then, with a sudden jolt of reality James saw Ollivanders advertisement. His chest tightened.

"Lily!" Angie suddenly yelled. "Look! It's Ollivander's!"

"What?" She asked finally taking her eyes off the game as a time out was called by England. "I'm going to go to the bathroom, K?" She asked standing up.

"NO!!" All the marauders and Angie yelled.

"You guys, I HAVE to go to the bathroom!"

"No! Wait! Look at Ollivanders advertisement!" Angie cried desperately. (A/N: Thank god the advertisement was long and had like a whole paragraph of stuff that kept showing up.)

Lily rolled her eyes. "I don't see what the big deal is…" She stopped suddenly as it disappeared and these words suddenly took shape:

"Lily Evans, will you marry me?"

Kelly Prewett gasped and the marauders all stared at Lily waiting desperately to see what would happen. In about ten seconds it disappeared and Madame Maude's Magical Make-up Collection was now being advertised.

Josh leaned over and whispered to Angie who nodded.

Lily just stared. She was in shock. And most everyone else was too, just waiting to see what would happen. James had long ago stopped breathing.

Sirius nudged him on the shoulder and nodded towards Lily; indicating that he should do something.

"Lily?" James asked cautiously. Her bright green eyes slowly slid around to him. He sank down on one knee and as if in slow motion, pulled out the ring and opened the box. "Lily Evans, will you be my wife?" Lily started to cry and James became increasingly aware of the stares from all of his friends on either side of him.

Everyone was staring and they were less than two feet away from them.

The seconds ticked by. Lily sank down to James's level and nodded her head. "Yes!" She managed to say through tears and then they kissed.

In the meantime, the game had long since reconvened and suddenly Sirius shouted. "THE SNITCH!!" And there it was, hovering over Lily and James's heads. (Who, are at the moment kissing and wrapped up in themselves.)

Suddenly, everyone except Lily and James realized that both seekers were flying full speed at them. Angie screamed as a bludger was added to the mix.

What happened was this: Both seekers ran into each other and both got hit by the bludger, causing them to fall off of their brooms and into the stands. Lily and James, were interrupted and Grace Love, the English seeker grabbed the snitch and won the game!!!!!

("ENGLAND WINS!! LOVE HAS CAPTURED THE SNITCH!!! ENGLAND 150 FRANCE 30!!!!")

At the same time, the poodles had become broken up and became a very disorganized flag. They yapped to no end and unsettled the pixies who came charging. Some of them flew into the stands and others flew at the poodles, needless to say, people were thronging in the doorways trying to get away from the pixies.

~*~

Angie seemed to have lost Sirius and most everyone else in the confusion to get away from the Cornish pixies. The ministry officials were forcing themselves inside and the people were trying to get out. It was absolute chaos!

Once out of the stadium Angie tried to walk sideways out of the crowds. She came to a bank by a river bed and she decided she would wait out of the way of all the people until they cleared out. But, as she reached the top she tripped and fell rolling down the bank and ending up laying flat on her back wondering what had just happened.

She heard some laughing and a moment later Josh Thompson's head appeared in her line of vision.

"Graceful as ever," He said as he offered her a hand to help her up.

"It takes talent to pull a stunt like that!" Angie insisted. "What are you doing here anyway?" She asked.

"Probably the same thing you are, waiting for the crowds to thin out so I don't have to walk through a sea of people!"


~*~
James and Lily stayed together and continued the little ceremony. There were a lot of tears.

James slipped the precious ring onto Lily's finger. "It's a crystal lily," James says. "For the most beautiful lily there ever was," Lily kissed him deeply.

She was in passionately in love with James Potter.

~*~

The sun had long since set in the sky and dark was fully settled in. Almost everyone had found their way back to the camp. Lily and James, needless to say, were all over each other.

The Prewetts and the McKinnons were there, along with Remus, Peter, and Misty. Misty had blonde hair, blue eyes, fair skin, and a tall height. She was every guys dream date. Needless to say, Remus and Peter kept themselves very busy.

"Have you guys seen Angela?" Sirius Black asked, suddenly coming into the light of the fire.

"No," Remus said. "We thought she was with you somewhere,"

"I haven't seen her since the Cup,"

"Josh is gone too," Misty said. Sirius stiffened. He was beginning to get tense at the mention of that name. And, right on queue, Angie and Josh showed up. Angie was laughing.

"Where have you been?" Sirius demanded immediately.

"Hello to you too, DEAR," She said, emphasizing the dear. Sirius protectively put an arm around Angie's shoulders. "What is with you?"

"I just want to know where you've been. I've been looking for you,"

"I've just been talking to Josh," She explained.

"Didn't you think you ought to tell everyone what you were doing? No one knew where you were. It's been three hours since the Cup,"

"Well, excuse me, for talking to an old friend-"

"Ex-boyfriend," Sirius cut in.

"So are you!" She shouted back.

"Josh and I were waiting for the crowds to thin out so we could easily walk back to camp. We walked along the river for a while and then we came here! Is that a problem for you?" Angie asked. Everyone was sensing a fight, one like those of the school days.

"I just need to know where you are!" Sirius told her.

"Why? Are you my mother? Do you have to know where I am every second of every day?"

"I need to know that you are OK,"

"Well, now you know!"

"Hey, Sirius, back off. We were just talking. I think you're taking this the wrong way," Josh said.

"I am not going to back off! And furthermore I don't give a damn what you think!"

"BLACK!" Angie shouted. "I need to talk to you, right now!"

"Fine, talk."

"That's not what I meant."

"I don't see why they shouldn't be able to hear this too."

"Fine, Sirius. I don't want to talk to you right now. I want to go home. Owl me when you grow up!" She turned around and started to walk off.

"Angie! You want a ride home?" Josh called after her. Instinctively James jumped up to grab onto Sirius. It was a good thing he did too, because at that moment Sirius was ready to lunge at Josh.

Misty didn't seem to care much. She was having an animated conversation with Peter at the moment. Sirius was swearing and cursing Josh under his breath.

Angie briefly looked at Sirius and then said evenly, "Yes, I'd love a ride." And they disappeared off into the darkness all the while James was desperately trying to hold on to Sirius.

After they disappeared Sirius was so pissed off he couldn't even speak. He ripped off his jacket and threw them with force onto the ground.

One thing was for sure: Sirius Black now hated Josh Thompson with a passion.

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A/N: NO! I'm doing it again! Someone smack me! I just wrote more Sirius and Angie when I promised myself to focus on Lily and James!
I'm sorry! I am trying to focus on both couples and there are a few things that have to happen with Angie and Sirius, because it's crucial in the sequel. (Yes, there's a sequel called Awakening.) After that Lily and James will be the main couple again.

Well, I hope you liked the proposal. I finally accomplished that!

I'm really sorry that I didn't get this chapter posted sooner, I've had it done for over a week but I just keep forgetting to post it.

I just wanted to let you know that this story is probably going to be 23 chapters long. Then, it will be followed by a story called Awakening which is followed by a story called Zirconia. Both of them are really cool and Harmony Slytherin is co-writing Zirconia.

But that is not the point. I just want to thank everyone so much for all the reviews and just for reading my stuff.

I'm sorry this chapter is a lot shorter than usual and it wasn't very funny. I'm going to try to make the next one more humorous.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed. See you next chapter!

~Star*dust