Spiders Are Scary
"Spider!"
"Where is it?"
"It's on the floor. Oh my god, it's moving towards me!" Peter shuffled further into the corner of the armchair.
"Don't worry, Wormtail, I’ll save you!" The other teen said as he flipped his hair behind his ears and swaggered towards his friend, chin high in the air.
He faltered.
"Buggering fuck! it's massive!"
"That's what I said!"
"Well, you didn't do it justice, did you? Look at the thing!"
Sirius gathered himself quickly, determination clouding his features.
"You picked the wrong people to eat, mate." Sirius claimed before pulling out his wand and pointing it at the spider.
"Incendio! Shit it moved. Incendio! Incendio! Bloody hell, stop moving! Incendio!" A look of horror and defeat passed over Sirius’ face as he lowered his wand.
"Pete, we are so utterly fucked; it's fireproof; nothing will kill it!" Peter slowly looked up at his friend, and a matching look of horror took its place on his face.
"Oh my god, James, quickly, hurry up!"
James busted through the bathroom door. "What is it, lads?"
"James. Kill that bloody spider before it eats us!"
His eyes widened comically. He jumped onto the nearest bed, panicked, and asked, "Are there any spells for this?"
"I can't remember!" Peter squeaked.
"Holy, fuck! It moved, Sirius, did you see it? Did you?"
"Yes, James, I saw it; it moved towards me!" Sirius exclaimed as he dove onto the bed with James."
"What if we die here, would anyone find our bodies?" Peter asked in a wobbly tone.
"That's not important right now, Pete!" At the same time that James spoke, Sirius said,
"D'ya think our names would drop off the map?" They made thoughtful faces; they had never really thought about that.
The door knob turned as Remus entered, and chaos returned to its rightful place.
"Do I even want to know?" He asked, eyebrows raised, as he observed James and Sirius clinging to each other on his bed, Peter cuddling into the corner of the armchair, and the scorch marks on the floor.
"There was a spider!"
"A bloody man eating one!"
"It doesn't die, Moony; it survived Incendio!"
Remus looked at the floor. "That little thing?" he asked as he walked towards it.
"You tried to burn it?" he asked, huffing out a laugh. Sirius glared.
"No one else knew what to do. I was brave!" he said, puffing out his chest as if he had done the world a great favor by leaving scorch marks on the floor.
"Watch out, Moony; it will rip your eyes out!"
He picked it up. "It's tiny; what are you talking about?" Remus asked as he edged toward James and Sirius.
"Don't bring that fucker near me!"
"That tiny little thing nearly killed us!"
Remus rolled his eyes. He walked past his friends, ignoring their shrieks. He opened the window calmly and threw the spider out, turning around.
"Oh, good Remus, my Savior!" Peter said as he uncurled himself.
"Finally, someone with a level head. You should have seen these two; they were nearly crying, they were." Sirius said, hopping off of the bed and slinging his arm around Remus’ shoulders. As if he hadn't been cowering and shrieking about a spider killing him seconds ago.
"Shut up, Black!"
"Yeah, you were just as bad as us!"
Remus rolled his eyes fondly. All this fuss about a spider, really?