Rescued

Punishment: Remus

Molly stepped in with Arthur, analyzing the scene before her. I was thankful I had spent a few extra minutes cleaning. The entry was swept and tidied, the coats were put away, shoes lined up. The entry was very airy.

Molly gave an approving glance at me. "A very nice kitchen you have here, Remus," she said. As she walked past I nodded to Arthur and noticed a redheads little girl clinging to his shoulders.

"And what might your name be?" I asked her, fingering a strand of bright red hair. Arthur smiled and lifted her off his shoulders.

"Ginny, say hello to Mr. Lupin, won't you?" The little girl shyly smiled at me.

"Hello," she whispered, and buried herself in her father's chest again.

I joined everyone in the kitchen. Molly was looking worried. "Fred and George are missing, and Harry," she said. Everyone blanched. I was beginning to turn to look upstairs when a yell of
Surprise and rage stopped me.

"AAAAAAAAH!!! YOU NASTY LITTLE BUGGERS!" And down the stairs scampered the twins, Harry, and a half naked and angry Sirius. He was writhing in some awful looking way, scratching and twisting while trying to catch the little tricksters.

"Levicorpus." I flicked out my wand. Sirius now dangled from the kitchen ceiling. "Now," I began, trying very hard not to laugh, "what on earth happened?"

"Those evil children put ITCHING POWDER on me!!!" He yelled, scratching every place available. At this the room burst into laughter. All the children were giggling, and little Ginny was smiling into Arthur's shoulders. All except Molly.

"Fred. George." She thundered. "Give it here. Now." The two boys sheepishly gave her a bright green box. "Why did you do that?" Molly asked, looking positively livid. Everyone turned from Sirius to watch this show. Molly was very dangerous when angry.

"Well, our little friend over there was having a mite o trouble trying to wake the mate. So you see, we decided to help him a little..." They trailed off, looking quite proud of themselves. I let down Sirius, who was turning purple.

"Harry? What part did you have to play in this?" I asked.

"It was entirely my fault. I went to go wake up Sirius with the water, like we always do, and he refused to get up when he heard we had visitors. Fred and George appeared, and they offered to help me wake him up, and I accepted." Everyone now looked at Harry in surprise.

"Prongslet? " Sirius said. Harry turned to him, sheepish. Then Sirius grinned, and ruffles Harry's hair. "Well, that was a pretty good joke. I'll be more careful when you wake me up now," he said, and Harry grinned.

"See, mum? He's not even mad! Ow!" Came from the twins, who were being dragged away by the ears.