Child's Play
Ch.2 Some Side-Affects May Include…
"Ummm…… Moony?"
"…….Yes, James?"
"Do you see that too?"
"Mmmhmm."
"Oh. Alright then."
Ohmygods, ohmygods, ohmygods! My best friend and my future-wife are toddlers. Oh. My. Gods. This can't be happening to me! What if they never change back? I can't marry Lily when she's like this! That sort of thing is very frowned upon in today's society! What would my mother say?
Well, at least this can't get any worse.
" Uh, James? Someone's coming." Remus said. I didn't see anything wrong with this, but by the look on Remus' face I knew I was wrong.
"Why is that a problem?" I asked. Remus looked at me like I was a complete and utter idiot. "Well, James, look around you." Remus said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. I looked around. What I saw was two teenage boys in an abandoned classroom with two unconscious children. Alright, so I guess now would be a good time to start panicking.
" WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?!" I screamed. "Remus, this would look really bad to an outsider! Dear Merlin, they're getting closer!"
"James, calm down. We'll just hide them behind the desk until it's safe to take them to the common room." Remus stated. At least one of us was thinking rationally.
I had just finished moving them when the door opened.
"Peter!" I cried, relief washing over me. I had never been so pleased to see him in my life. "Hey you guys. How's detention? The whole school is talking about the mouse incident." He said admiringly. "Peter,SiriusandLilyhavebeenturnedintofouryearoldsbysomeweirdpotionthingandIdontknowwhattodo!" I said, panting from the lack of oxygen.
"…..what?" Peter asked. Why is that boy so slow? He can't even follow the simplest of conversations! "Peter, what James was trying to say was that, due to an accident, Lily and Padfoot appear to be 4 years old again and we are at a loss as to what to do." Remus, ever the articulate one, explained
2 MINUTES LATER
"Well this is just great, Remus!" I shrieked, my voice about 3 octaves higher than usual. "Now we have three unconscious people we have to smuggle back to the common room!" "James, it will be okay…." Remus started. "HOW?! HOW IS IT GOING TO BE OKAY, REMUS?!" "Well…" He began, obviously annoyed by my outburst. "We'll simply put a levitating spell on them, throw your invisibility cloak over them, and head down to the common room. No one will notice them that way, and you can relax now, alright?"
Wow. I have come to the conclusion that Remus is really smart. If I were gay…. (Which would never happen, because I like birds. And, as soon as she sees reason, I will be happily taken by a lovely red-head.) ….and had a thing for scrawny brainy guys, I would be all over him. I kinda lost track of where I was going with this.
Getting back to the common room was even easier then Remus made it sound. " So what do we do now?" "Well, we're going to have to tell Dumbledore. Hopefully, he'll have an antidote. If not…. I suppose we'll just have to cross that bridge when we come to it. Now all we have to do is wait for them to wake up."
"Why can't we get Dumbledore now?" I asked. Remus looked absurdly at me. "At two in the morning? James, be serious."
" He's not Sirius, I am!"
I jumped out of my skin. "Holy crap!" I said, looking at him. "Sirius?" " I believe we've already established that's my name." he said, haughtily. "Who are you and why did you kidnap me?" "Sirius we didn't kidnap you." I said incredulously. " I'm James and that's Remus. You were hit by some potion a couple hours ago and were turned into a 4 year old. We're at Hogwarts, remember? You live here."
Little Sirius stared at me for a second. "You are an idiot." He finally said. "……What?" I asked. "I've been four years old for 4 years and ¾. I wasn't turned into a 4 year old from some stupid potion. And, I live at Grimmauld Place with my mum and dad, not here with you freaks."
"Who's a freak?" Lily asked, sitting up from where she lay on the couch. "This two are." Sirius answered. " And you might be too, but since we haven't been introduced I've no way of knowing. I'm Sirius Black, by the way, heir to the Noble House of Black."
"That sounds nice. I'm Lily Evans, and I'm not a freak at all." She smiled. The two soon started talking, completely ignoring Remus and I. " What are we going to do?" I whispered frantically, pointing at Sirius. "How are we supposed to deal with that?"
" I haven't a clue!" Whispered Remus, looking incredibly stressed. "We can't have them going around the castle. I mean, what if Sirius says something offens……"
"Stop whispering like a bunch of mudbloods!" Sirius shouted.
We were in for a long night.