Year One With the Marauders

The Aftermath

Leigh opens the door that appears to find...

A broom cupboard.

"Really?" Kat exclaimed exasperatedly.

Suddenly, they hear footsteps coming their way. Jay grabs the girls and shoves them inside the magic cupboard, and closes the door after squeezing inside.

"I hope this works," Jay mutters.

"Of all the places you could have come up with, and you pick this?!" Kat whisper yells at Leigh.

"I just wanted a place to hide. I wasn't thinking about where. I panicked, okay!" Leigh tries to explain, in the same volume. 

"Would you two pipe down; he's going to hear us," Jay snaps at the girls.

They hear the footsteps getting closer; along with them they hear Filch muttering about the glitter being everywhere and how hard it's going to be to get ride of it all.

A few moments later, they hear his footsteps retreat back down the corridor. They wait a few minutes more to be sure that he was gone. Jay opens the door to an empty corridor minus all the glitter on the floor.

"Okay, the corridors empty. Now would be a great time to head back to our common rooms," Jay says as he steps out of the cupboard.

"Oh, come on, Jay!" Kat says excitedly; still in the cupboard with Leigh. "We just found this awesome room! We have to test it!"

"Yeah!" Leigh says, just as excited. We don't know what the room can do. We have to test it and find out!"

Jay looks at them, astounded. "Seriously? Now? We just got away from Filch; not to mention that we are covered in glitter!" Jay asks.

Kat and Leigh look at each other then back at Jay, "Yes, now," they reply simultaneously with matching grins. Leigh pulls out her wand and mutters a Scourgify charm; removing all the glitter from their robes.

Jay sighs dramatically and moves away from the door so the girls can step out of the cupboard and close the door. As soon as the door closes the trio watches the door melt into the brick wall.

"Cool," the girls state.

"Okay, my turn," Kat says excitedly.

Leigh and Jay take a couple steps away from the wall. They watch Kat walk by the wall three times; excited to see what Kat's room is going to look like. On her third time by; Leigh and Jay look to the spot on the wall where the door to the cupboard was, to find...

Nothing.

Leigh looks at Kat. "Umm... Kat?"

Kat turns around and looks at the wall and frowns. "Hmm... I guess it can't make water parks..." She mutters disappointedly.

Jay rolls his eyes at his twin. "Come on Kat. Think of something a little more realistic."

Kat sighs and starts he laps again. Three laps later there was a small door in place of the cupboard door. The door is about half the size of a regular door; with little designs on it. Up close the design looks like little badgers climbing on top of each other.

Leigh and Jay look at each other and smirk before quickly looking away from each other.

"Hey! What's with the tiny door?" Kat exclaims.

Kat hears laughter behind her and turns to see Leigh and Jay leaning on each other laughing.

"Sorry, Kat," Leigh says, after her laughing fit.

"It's just you're short," jay says still grinning at his twin.

Kat huffs and goes over to the door; opening it as she walks in. "Whatever... We can't all be giants."