A/N: HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY! AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRED AND GEORGE WEASLEY! I LOVE YOU! REVIEW, FAVOURITE AND FOLLOW FOR GRED AND FORGE! NOT FOR ME, FOR THEM!

DISCLAIMER: HARRY POTTER DOESN'T BELONG TO ME! NONE OF THE CHARACTERS YOU RECGONISE IN THIS STORY BELONG TO ME! THEY BELONG TO JK ROWLING! I ONLY OWN GRACIE AND A FEW OTHER CHARACTERS, THE ONES YOU DON'T RECGONISE! THANK YOU!

-CONVERSATION OF THE CHAPTER-

ME: Hello Minister!

MINISTER OF MAGIC (DAVID SIMMONS): Hello!

ME: How are you today? Is everything going well at the Ministry?

MOM (DS): I'm well thank you. And yes, everything is going well at the Ministry.

ME: That's very good then.

MOM (DS): Yes it is.

ME: So how come you're in Diagon Alley today Minister?

MOM (DS): I've just come back from an important meeting and decided to take a stroll.

ME: Ahh… what was the meeting about?

MOM (DS): I'm not sure I can tell you that kind of information.

ME: Sure you can. I won't tell anyone.

MOM (DS): Okay then…

*Minister tells me about his meeting*

ME: Woah…no… really? Oh…

MOM (DS): I trust you to not say a word to anyone.

ME: I won't. Oh! I'm keeping you aren't a Minister, I'm sure you want to get back to that stroll you were having.

MOM (DS): Don't worry… I wasn't in a rush anyway.

ME: Oh okay, but still you should get back. Nice talking to you!

MOM (DS): It was nice talking to you to! Bye!

*Minister disappears*

ME: Well that was a very interesting conversation. For me anyway. ON WITH THE STORY!

4

The next shop they decided- well James decided- that they were going to go into was Quality Quidditch supplies.

'My favourite team personally is Chudley Cannons.' James said as soon as they entered the store and headed over to the uniform rack.

'No way, there terrible.' Gracie shook her head disappointedly.

'No there not, we just need some luck.' James protested.

'Yeah, you'll need a lot of luck; there at the bottom of the league.' Sirius snorted as he eyed some signed posters that hung on the wall.

'There's still hope.' James told him.

'No there isn't, the Tornadoes are second last and 30 points ahead of the cannons. The Tornado's-'

'Gracie Prewett you better not be about to diss the Tornado's!' Sirius waggled his finger at her.

He wasn't looking where he was going and tumbled into a rack of Puddlemere United shirts.

Sirius picked himself off the floor as James and Gracie laughed at him.

'Let me guess, you support them?' Gracie asked him.

Sirius straightened up.

'Yes actually.'

Gracie sniggered.

'Oh yeah, what team do you support then?' Sirius questioned.

'Holyhead Harpies.' Gracie replied immediately.

Sirius and James both pulled faces.

'Hey, were at the top of the leader board!' Gracie boasted. 'We're not losers like the Tornados or the Cannons.'

'OH NO YOU DIDN'T!'

Sirius and James both shouted, glaring at her jokingly.

Along with the kid wearing a bright orange Chudley Cannons t-shirt near them.

'Well that was loud.' A jolly voice said.

A voice that was strangely familiar.

'Minister! What are you doing here?' Gracie was the first of them to speak.

'Ah Grace!'

The Minister walked swiftly over to them, ignoring the looks he was getting from other customers he was getting in the shop.

'I thought I told you it was Dave!' The Minister chuckled.

Dave?

Dave?

DAVE?

'Oh yes silly me. So how have you been Dave?'

Sirius and James exchanged looks.

'Ah… good. But I haven't seen you recently Grace! When was the last time you came to the Ministry?' The Minister questioned.

'Erh,' Gracie shuffled uncomfortably. 'The last time I was caught or…?'

The Minister gave her a look.

'So you don't get caught all of the time?' he asked, looking quite worried.

Gracie shook her head.

'Most of the time I don't get caught.'

'Worrying… that's very worrying…' The Minister mumbled to himself.

'So how come you're here Minister? Doing some shopping?' Gracie asked.

James listened to the conversation awkwardly.

It was everyday your friend began talking to the Minister like they had known each other for years.

Maybe they had known each other for years.

'Ah, I just came back from a meeting at the Leaky Cauldron with Benjamin and decided to take a stroll.' The Minister said.

'Oh Benny! How's he been?'

BENNY?

'He's good. But he has been quite busy. He's had to talk to the owners and managers of the Chudley Cannons; they want to change their motto.' The Minister told her.

'Oh what to?' James asked curiously before he could stop himself.

The Minister turned and spotted him and Sirius for the first time.

'Oh you must be a fan! You mustn't tell anyone, the news will be released tomorrow but it'll be 'Let's all just keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best'. It's a shame really, their my favourite team.'

Gracie snorted.

'Yes a shame.' James frowned.

'It's nice to meet you Minister, I'm Sirius Black and this is James Potter.' Sirius joined in the conversation and introduced both of them.

'Nice to meet you boys. I know both of your parents. I'm David Simmons, the Minister of Magic.'

The Minister stuck out his hands and they both shook it.

'Well I must be off; the Ministry can't be left alone for too long now a days. With that murderer and his group out and about, two years now… would think they would get bored.' The Minister shook his head and left the shop.

James and Sirius both turned to Gracie for answers.

'What did he mean "with that murderer and his group out and about, two years now…"?' Sirius questioned.

'You know when we read the Daily Prophet in school last year about the Death of those Muggles in Liverpool?'

James nodded.

'That wasn't the first time.'

'What?' Sirius asked astounded.

'It was just the first time the Daily Prophet reported an attack happening.'

'Merlin.' Sirius said almost breathlessly.

Gracie nodded.

'When did the attacks start then?'

'A few years ago, around 1970 time.' Gracie replied quietly.

'How do you know that? How do you now the Minister? Who's Ben-'

Sirius started firing questions at Gracie; it surprised both James and Gracie.

Gracie opened her mouth to answer when-

'Grace! There you are!'

Two adults, a tall man with red hair and blue and a woman with black hair and grey eyes walked over to them.

They were obviously Gracie's parents.

'There you are! We were worried sick!' Gracie's mother, Mrs Prewett reached forwards and hugged Gracie.

'Mu- mum- can't- breath!' Gracie gasped.

Mrs Prewett released her daughter and shook her head. 'When you left me and wondered off I-'

Well Gracie failed to tell them about that.

'We've been looking all over the place.' Mr Prewett told her.

'Opps.' Gracie shrugged.

'The twins are outside waiting for us.'

James looked out the window.

Sure enough, Fabian and Gideon were both outside holding shopping backs and pulling weird faces to passing people.

He held his laughs in and then to his surprise, his parents came up behind Gracie's.

'Mum? Dad?'

'James! You were an hour late so we came looking for you!'

His mother said and did the same thing Gracie's mother had done, grabbed him and squeezed the life out of him.

Sirius snickered quietly at him, but there was something else hidden in his eyes, jealously and sadness.

So Sirius and James were both surprised when Mrs Potter let go of James and hugged Sirius as well.

'You naughty boys.' She mumbled.

'Sorry.' Both of them said.

'We'll let you off this time because you had no watch on but next time…' Mr Potter warned but James saw him wink.

'Dorea! Charlus!'

Both set of parents began chatting to each other.

'Now we can't look in the joke store.' Sirius whined.

'Next time mate.' James patted him on the back.

'So?'

'So what?'

'Are you going to answer my questions?' Sirius said with raised eyebrows.

'Not here, on the Hogwarts Express,' she said and then turned to the adults. 'Mum, dad, we better go. Fabian and Gideon are waiting.'

'Oh yes.'

Everyone said goodbye to each other and left.

James mind was filled with answers Gracie could say. They would have to wait until September the 1st.

Dear Remus,

How have you been? I- we hope you've been well, along with your mum.

You didn't say much in your last letter, how has your holiday been? We went to Diagon Alley a few days ago and met Gracie there.

Somehow she knew we would be there.

While we were there we- well Sirius came up with the idea of playing a prank on his brother Regulus on the first day back at school. I won't bother going into too much detail in the letter but it's going to be good.

Let's just say Regulus is going to be in for a right shock when it happens and he might just regret his decision of being sorted in Slytherin. Before you say anything, even if he isn't sorted into Slytherin, the prank is still going to go ahead. You see, it's some sort of revenge from over the summer at the Molly and Arthur's wedding remember? When Gracie went over to Sirius's house and through pies at his parents but she only had 2 so she couldn't get Regulus? Well we're getting him back now.

Also, at Diagon Alley, when we were in Quality Quidditch supplies, guess who walked through the door?

THE MINISTER OF MAGIC!

Yes, you heard/read right! He was there and guess what?

GRACIE'S ON FIRST NAME TERMS WITH HIM!

I know its shocking isn't it? The Ministers name is David Simmons isn't it, so she calls him Dave.

HE TOLD HER TO CALL HIM DAVE!

Apparently they go way back or something… she goes to the Ministry I think and gets 'caught' or something I really don't know… I was kind of shocked and confused.

She said she'd tell us about in on the Hogwarts Express when we go back to school.

Also, did you know the Chudley Cannons are changing their motto as well? It's terrible! The Minister told us and it's becoming "Let's just all cross our fingers and hope for the best" from "We shall conquer!".

Personally I think the original one is much better. But the new one is kind of funny even though they shouldn't be taking the mick, I mean, who happens if next year we win or something? Then they'll have to change the motto back.

I have posters and banners with that motto on! I'll have to buy loads of new ones now! Aww…

So how's life? Heard from Peter recently? I think he told me from his last letter he's in Peru or something…

Looking forward to school again? Of course you are mate… why on earth did I ask that?

I bet your missing us loads, I mean I brighten your whole day up don't I Remus.

See you on September the 1st,

James

P.S. Sirius says hi.

James folded the letter over and handed it to his parent's owl who took it and flew off.

'Sent the letter to Remus?' Sirius walked into the room, eating a sandwich and flopped down on his bed.

'Yep. I told him you said hi.' James said.

Sirius nodded.

'Can't wait to get back to Hogwarts,' Sirius rubbed his hands together grinning. 'I can't wait to see poor little Regulus's face. I think I need to take a picture and keep it forever.'

'Oh with one of those Muggle cameras? I've got one of them but its change to a magic one. You know so the pictures move?'

James went over and dug around in one of his draws where he was sure he had put his camera after he last used it.

'Here!' he said and he found it.

He turned and chucked it at Sirius.

'Pack it and take a picture. Print a copy for me will you?'

Sirius grinned and nodded.

'We better pack now; we won't have time in the morning.' Sirius got up from where he lay on his bed.

'Alright.' James said; throwing the stuff he got from Diagon Alley first in his trunk.

'Wait… I haven't got a trunk.'

James paused.

'Oh yeah.'

Sirius hadn't been able to bring his things over because of James inviting him over at such a short notice. Over the summer, Sirius had been borrowing some of James's things or wearing things that his parents has Transfigured.

'We'll ask mum and dad to transfigure something.'