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"You're not having it James," said Albus as he, James and Lily made their way downstairs.
Albus had managed to get the invisibility cloak off his brother and stashed it somewhere safe in his room. It wasn't the first time James tried to use it without his permission or sneak into his room, but it was becoming exceedingly annoying. Couldn't his big brother just stay out of his room? What was wrong with his own room?
"Aw come on, Al. I was only going to borrow it for a little while," said James with a smile, glad his brother was talking to him, even if he was still slightly annoyed.
"I don't care," countered Albus and crossed his arms over his chest. "You had your time with it and now it's mine."
"But I let you borrow it when I had it," argued James as they stepped into the foyer and walked into the living room.
Albus scoffed, "you came with me all the time when I wanted to use it, so that wasn't borrowing."
Before James could say anything, Lily cut in, "what were you even going to use it for, James?"
James grinned, "I'm not telling now."
"I bet it was for another prank," stated Albus.
James shrugged, still grinning, "well we'll never know now will we."
Albus stuck his tongue out at his brother and huffed, "just stay out of my room, James."
Lily rolled her eyes at her brothers and walked faster, not stopping in the living room and walked it straight into the kitchen. Honestly her brothers can be such idiots sometimes; she was the youngest in the family and most of the time she felt like she was the responsible one. Of course her brothers would deny that, she causes as much mischief and trouble as they did.
She opened the door wide, ready to greet her parents, but all she saw was the picnic table all set up and ready, an empty garden and no Dad and Mum. Confused, Lily stepped outside onto the grass and looked around.
Their garden was relatively large, obvious as they had their own Quidditch pitch and it was always well kept. Their dad always liked to garden and most of the time he and mum would spend hours in the garden just enjoying the weather, the company and tending to the various plants. But as she looked around she could not see her parents anywhere.
"Mum? Dad?" she called out. She got no response.
She looked back into the kitchen, no sign of her parents. She could still hear her brothers arguing in the living room, so she knew their parents hadn't come in there. No doubt they would have stopped their ridiculous arguing if they had.
Lily sighed, running her hand through her long red hair. She did a quick scan of the garden again before going back inside.
Where have they gone? I didn't see them come upstairs, she thought as the kitchen door closed behind her. Their mum was the only one who came upstairs, but she had gone straight downstairs after telling them the picnic was ready and that was only a few minutes ago.
"What's the matter, Lilypad?" asked James. He walked into the kitchen with Albus right behind him. They didn't have grumpy faces on and they had stopped arguing, so Lily took that as a good sign.
She made a face at the nickname, but decided not to say anything about it this time, "I can't find Dad and Mum, they're not outside." She informed them, "Did you see them come inside?" she directed her question to Albus.
Albus shook his head, "no they were in the garden when I went upstairs. They're definitely not outside?"
Lily shook her head and frowned, if they weren't in the garden or in the house than where were they? Worry was slowly starting to creep onto her face, what if something had come up at the Auror department? Or something was wrong at the Burrow?
Upon seeing their little sister's worried expression, both brothers frowned as well, but they quickly tried to reassure her.
"Don't worry, Lily. I'm sure they're around here somewhere," said James, turning his frown into a smile as he walked to the sink and had a glass of water.
Albus nodded, "they'll probably show up soon, maybe they had to run a quick errand or something." He leaned on the table and looked outside the kitchen window, trying to see if he could catch a glance of their parents if they were back outside. But he couldn't see anyone, "weird, they usually let us know if they have to go somewhere or at least leave a note."
He looked at the table and the fridge door, but he couldn't find any note or anything to tell them if their parents had gone out or something. He suddenly had a feeling he was forgetting something, but he couldn't quite remember it.
Lily sighed and started to make her way around the table towards the sink, but as she turned the corner something hit her foot, making a clanking sound as it hit one of the chairs legs. Surprised, she looked down and found a glass on the floor.
"How did that get down here?" she bent down and picked the glass up. But before she could straighten back up, Lily caught sight of something just further away from her.
Her eyes widened when she recognised what she was looking at and she gave out a startled sound. Both brothers jumped and looked towards her.
"Lily, what are you doing on the floor?" asked James as he and Albus made their way to her side.
Lily said nothing as she stayed crouched down, looking at a pile of clothes lying on the floor. There seemed to be something moving underneath the clothes as they could see two lumps seemingly breathing slowly.
"Aren't these the clothes Dad and Mum were wearing?" asked Albus softly as James crouched down next to Lily.
James and Lily nodded as they recognised that Albus was right, "How did they get here?"
Suddenly James eyes widened and he shot up quickly, "oh Merlin if these are the clothes Mum and Dad were wearing, then… that doesn't mean that they're…" his voice trailed off, his face paling as he shakily pointed to the pile of robes.
It took a moment for his brother and sister to understand what he was referring to before disgust overtook their faces and a resounding "EWW" surrounded him.
"JAMES!" both of them yelled and Albus whacked him over the head.
"Oh Merlin, I don't need that image in my head," grimaced Lily.
"Don't even say or think that again. Ugh Mum and Dad can't be running around here all…" Albus grimaced and skipped finishing that sentence, "we haven't seen them—"
"If they are like that then I don't think we want to see them," inputted James with a grimace of his own.
Albus ignored him and continued, "we haven't heard anything either and it's obvious there's something underneath those clothes."
All three siblings gaze fell back on the pile of clothes and they saw something shift under the garments. Slightly unnerved that something was moving under their parent's clothes, each sibling was a little reluctant to go near it.
Lily being the closest stretched out her hand; the glass still clenched in her other hand, she gently and slowly reached forward and grasped the top layer of the clothes.
"Careful Lily, we don't know what's under there," cautioned James.
Lily nodded and with one swift movement she dragged the robes off.
"What the—"
"No way."
"Where did these kids come from?"
All three siblings gasped together and stared wide eyes at the two children lying unconscious on their kitchen floor.
The little boy was lying on his back, his raven black hair messy and flopping over his forehead, his mouth was slightly open and the only thing covering him was their dad's green shirt. One of the boy's hands was outstretched and holding the hand of the little girl. She was only covered with their mum's red shirt; the girl's red vibrant hair was short and straight, just touching her shoulder and she was lying on her side, nearly cuddling the boy.
"Albus, Lily, why are there two younger version of you on the floor?" asked a confused James, he walked around and crouched down near the boy.
"What?" they both exclaimed.
"Well they look just like you guy when you were kids," explained James.
Both of his younger sibling gave him put-out looks, "how are we supposed to know," replied Lily and she looked back at the two young children, "I don't think they're us."
Lily shifted slightly and moved to check on the little girl who was lying closest to her, but stopped when she heard Albus gasp above her. James and Lily looked up at him and saw him staring at the glass Lily was holding.
"Al?"
Albus suddenly jerked, startling James and Lily and he started looking wildly around the kitchen, "Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no." He quickly scanned over the table and the counters, but he couldn't find it.
The Pumpkin juice. The Pumpkin juice with the potion in it. It wasn't here.
His eyes zeroed in back on the glass his sister was holding. Realisation quickly dawning on him, "oh please no."
"Al?" Lily asked again. Both she and James were becoming concerned, their parents were nowhere to be found, there were two little kids lying unconscious on the floor and their brother was becoming increasingly pale.
"Lily… W-where did you find that glass?" Albus asked, pointing at it as his sister gave him a confused look.
"It was just here, on the floor near the table," she answered, she looked at her brother for a minute before becoming suspicious. "Al, what's going on?"
Albus gulped and looked at the two children before turning his gaze to his sibling, "I think I know where Mum and Dad are." Before they could say anything Albus pointed to the kids, "they drank the potion."
James' and Lily's eyes widened as they realised what Albus was saying and they quickly turned to the children. Taking a better look at them now, the little girl looked exactly like the photos of their mother when she was little and everyone always said Al was a splitting image of their father.
James slowly reached over and gently brushed the black locks of hair away from the boy's forehead and there it was sitting plainly in sight, the lightning bolt scar.
"Oh man, how did this happen?" James stared at his young father in disbelief.
Then the rest of Albus' sentence registered into his mind and James looked sharply up at Albus who was looking at their now parents-turned-children with surprise, concern and guilt in his bright green eyes.
James featured softened slightly, he was going to yell at his little brother, but just by looking at him he knew Albus never meant for this to happen. But he had to find out what happened.
"Albus," Al looked at his brother, the worry evident in his eyes matching his older brother's, "what potion are you talking about?"
Albus ran his hands through his hair and Lily turned her attention to her brother, "did you spike their drinks or something, Al?" she asked accusingly.
Albus quickly shook his head, "no no I didn't…. well I did, but it wasn't for Mum and Dad. I didn't know this was going to happen. It was just going to be a prank; the vial didn't say anything about them turning into little kids."
James raised an eyebrow at him, a prank? "Who were you planning on pranking?" he asked, even though he had a pretty good idea who it was.
"Well it was going to be you, James," said Albus sheepishly.
He looked at his little brother perplexed, "I know you want to get back at me for that prank, but turning me into a little kid?"
"Yeah, Al, he's always acting like a little kid. I wouldn't see the difference if he did take the potion," interjected Lily with a grin.
James glared at his little sister, "I don't act like a little kid all the time, what's wrong with having some fun?"
"It wasn't supposed to turn you into a little kid, James," Albus said quickly, "it was supposed to make you act like a little kid. You were supposed to drink it, not Dad and Mum."
"Well I don't think you went about it the right way," grumbled James. Albus just glared at him, remembering he was still supposed to be mad at his brother.
"Well this wouldn't have happened if you didn't prank me in the first place now would it," said Albus.
James narrowed his eyes, "oh, so now this is my fault."
Albus shook his head, "no I'm not saying that, but if you just stop pranking me all the time then I wouldn't have thought to get back at you."
"That was your choice, Al. I didn't force you to try and prank me. You could have come up with something else," James countered.
Lily, still crouching down, sprang up suddenly, startling her brothers and she glared at them angrily, "how could you two be arguing at a time like this. Dad and Mum are in trouble and all you guys care about is that stupid prank. Ugh! Will both of you just let it go, you guys acting like babies isn't going to help this situation."
Her brown eyes so much like their mother's sparkled angrily at them and they both looked down, ashamed. Lily was right; they should be concentrating on helping their parents and not arguing over something so stupid.
"You're right, Lily," said James, he looked up at Albus as he was still crouching on the floor, "I'm sorry, Al."
"I'm sorry too, James. I didn't mean for this to happen," Albus smiled at his brother and James smiled back.
"Don't worry little brother we'll find a way to fix this," reassured James, Albus nodded but looked a little solemn.
Lily smiled at her brothers, she knew the issue with the prank wasn't completely resolved, but they'll sort everything out later.
"Come on; let's take them to the living room. I don't think the kitchen floor is too comfortable," said Lily as she placed the glass on the table. She bent down and gently picked up their mother, Lily made sure to keep her wrapped up in her soft shirt. Ginny was so small and cute as she unconsciously curled up in Lily's arms and her daughter couldn't help but 'aww' in her head.
James gently scooped up their father and made sure to wrap his large shirt around him. He stood up and was surprised to find how light and small his father felt in his arms; he couldn't help but think how weird and amusing it was to hold his young father in his arms like this. He remembered when his father used to hold Lily and Albus like this.
James watched Albus quickly pick up the rest of their parents' clothes and their father's glasses before they made their way into the living room. Lily and James placed the children gently on the couch and they turned to Albus who placed the clothes neatly in a pile on the table.
"Can I see the vial please, Al?" asked James and Albus nodded. He took out the small purple vial and handed it to his brother.
James turned it around and looked at the small label on it, "Child Mind, bringing back the child in you. Just pour into any drink and enjoy the next twenty four hours of child-like bliss, suitable for your amusement, enjoyment and revenge. Weasleys Wizard Wheezes." He read aloud, "Well guess it was more child-like than child mind."
"If their minds were supposed to be change into children, then why did they physically turn into children?" asked Lily as she looked at her mother and father. This is so weird. My parents are younger than me, she thought.
"No idea," replied Albus as he and James shrugged. "There's obviously something wrong with the potion."
James rolled his eyes, "no kidding."
Lily kept staring at them and couldn't help but think how cute her parents look as small children. "You know, Al, it's true. Dad looks so much like you when you were younger," she commented as she smiled up at her brother.
Albus smiled as well and gave a small chuckle, "I think that's the other way around."
"You know what I mean."
"Well the same can be said for you and Mum, Lily," stated James with a grin as he twirled the vial in his hand. Lily smiled proudly and James and Albus chuckled.
"Does it say anything about turning them back?" asked Lily as she and Albus sat on the couch next to their parents; they gently took their small hands in theirs.
James scanned the rest of the label and vial carefully, but he couldn't find anything else. "No that's about it," he said and all three of them looked dejected.
"What are we going to do?" asked Lily after a little while of silence, "should we tell someone?"
Albus shook his head, "who are we going to tell? Everyone's out of the UK and Teddy is on an Auror mission. We don't know when he's coming back."
"Oh yeah," Lily looked dejected again as they all looked down and contemplated on what to do.
"Wait, didn't Fred and Roxanne says that they weren't planning on going anywhere for the holiday," said James suddenly remembering what his cousins told him.
Albus and Lily expressions brighten slightly and they nodded.
"Yeah, I think they're staying at the Burrow," said Albus. All three of them could remember how Fred and Roxanne tried to make them jealous that they had the Quidditch pitch and the whole Burrow to themselves for the holiday. It succeeded for a while, until they were reminded that the Potters had their own Quidditch pitch.
"That means we can contact Uncle George, who better to ask than the guy who made it. He'll definitely know what's going on," smiled Lily.
"And what to do," said Albus with his own smile.
"Great, it's settled. Let's call Uncle George," said James and he made his way to the fireplace.
(A/N) Let's just say the Potter kids are not going to be happy with Uncle George's answers (grins). So tell me, did you enjoy it? Love it? Hate it? Sorry for any spelling/grammar mistake, I'm trying my best. Please review, you know what to do, guys (points to the review box).
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