Who Insulted Your Hippogriff?

Shy Architects

Finally...

The weekend of Hogsmeade had finally arrived! James Potter was free, free from classes, free from homework until his scheduled freakout session to frantically finish all his essays Sunday night at 11:30. But even that wasn't the best part! The thing of paramount importance was that James Potter was free to spy on his best friend in the whole wide world! He, in a very manly way, skipped to the broom cupboard where he had arranged a very secret meeting for a very secret mission with his Secret Agents Peter Pettigrew and Remus Lupin.

When he arrived at this humble abode, he had just scanned his, albeit very cramped, surroundings when he heard the clumsy clumps that signaled the dramatic arrival of Peter Pettigrew.

"Finally! You have arrived. Where is the bookworm, the wolf, the Remus Lupin?" James asked in a deadly serious voice.

"Er, well, he was reading a book on the way here and ran into a wall and spilled his satchel everywhere. I was going to help him, but he told me to go ahead." Peter finished explaining and waited for James to bestow some great and powerful advice. The messy haired boy didn't disappoint. He turned to Peter. "Wormtail. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a shy architect?"

Peter stared.

Remus Lupin stumbled into the broom cupboard.

"Let the meeting commence," James announced, trademark smirk stealing his lips.

After almost an hour of "planning", also known as teenage mayhem, the group had come to a conclusion.

"Okay, I will follow them in the Invisibility Cloak and you two will distract them while I kidnap Lily's owl and take it to the dorm so I can cast loads of really complicated Transfiguration spells on it because I'm just that brill. Then I'll interrogate the owl. Girls confide in their owls right? Isn't that why they're called birds?" James strategized with a crazy look in his eyes.

"Prongs, that will never work," Remus said very calmly, looking his friend straight in the eyes.

"You never know. What about a listening device we can plant on them?"

"Hasn't anyone read Hogwarts: A History? Muggle technology doesn't work here! Besides, where would you even get one?"

"Oh, I don't know..." James turned to Peter. The blue-eyed boy looked fearful and backed away from the slightly-more-crazed-than-usual James Potter. The boy approached his

"Prongs. Think about what you're about to do. Would Lily like it if you came down to this level? Just stick with your crazy scrambled eggs and maple syrup, don't fall to cannibalism!" Peter was backed into a wall now, arms covering his face. James stopped and stared at him.

"Wait, what? I don't want to eat you! Remus is here, Wormtail, that would be very unprofessional. I just wanted you to turn into the true Wormtail!" James vocalized, trying to look innocent. Peter did as he was told and James promptly scooped him up."Looks like I found my listening device. So Remus, you distract them, and I will plant the device with the help of my Invisi-cloak."

"Ugh fine, follow me." After a long walk with James whispering "helpful" tips to him the whole time, Remus found what he was looking for.

It didn't take long for him to locate Lily, and her tablemate Sirius - much to James' dismay - , knowing that today was a perfect day for a butterbeer. He found their table and walked over, trying to think of a way to distract them that was smarter than what James suggested.

"Hey you two, what's up?" Lily said, initiating the conversation when she saw Remus walk up.

"Oh not much," the werewolf responded, panicking because Lily had began the exchange. "Hey, Lily, have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a shy architect?" Remus inwardly facepalmed. Stupid James and his stupid random comments.

Lily looked confused.

"Remus, have you been eating chocolate again?"