The Adventures of Glasses and Grim
Chapter 1
Stuck
Minerva McGonagall was in her transfiguration room late that night, cleaning up after a very hard lesson, and she hadn't had time to fix things until now. True enough, she could have left it up to Filch, but she wasn't very fond of that cat of his...
Finally around eleven she finished everything up, and started for her own room for some sleep. But on her way, she heard some sort of sniffing and scurrying in the shadows, which did not make her feel the least bit comfortable. She figured if something was out and about, she'd have a better chance dealing with it as a cat, thus transfigured herself into a grey tabby with square markings around her eyes. Besides, if she was to be perfectly honest, she preferred to be a cat at times like these.
Now that her cat eyes could see better in the dark, she saw a large, dark something trot down the steps before her, but it was gone before she could figure out what. So she gathered her courage and followed on silent paws.
She could tell they were headed for the dungeons, and she didn't like that idea one bit. Not only that, but she rarely roamed the castle at night as a cat, and certainly not the dungeons!
Hey, Baby, why don't you just curl up over here next to me and purr in my ear a little while, hm?
The voice didn't exactly scare her as much as what it was saying did. She looked around for the owner and saw none other than...
Mrs. Norris.
McGonagall gulped nervously. I take it you're more of a Mr. Norris than a Mrs. Norris, she guessed.
Mrs. Norris winked as he swaggered over to her, trying to be a cool cat. Yeah, well, humans. What do they know? No offense.
None taken.
Where are you going, Babe? Can I come too? Purrrr!
The fur on the back of her neck stood up slightly. No, but thank you for offering. You've already distracted me enough as it is. Good night, she ended as she continued her mission.
I'll be waiting for you, my Kitten of Love! Mrs. Norris purred after her.
McGonagall quickly caught up with the shadow again, but didn't want to get too close, so followed at a distance. She still couldn't quite make out what it was, though she could tell it was black and walked on four legs. Probably a dog. Ugh. Finally it turned into the potions room. She crouched down next to the cracked door and peered inside.
The creature walked through the room and into Snape's office. Again she followed. As she gingerly turned her head to look into the room, she saw a collection of potions heating over various fires in their own containers, and, through other twists and turns of glass tubing, all dripped into a cauldron resting in the center of the table. The creature stood on his hind legs and placed his paws on the table as he peered over into the cauldron.
Minerva finally recognized it to certainly be a dog, and more specifically, Sirius Black.
He put a paw on the rim of the cauldron and sniffed it. McGonagall didn't know what he was up to, but thought she ought to know. she hissed.
He jumped away from the table so quickly, he accidentally dragged the cauldron over the edge. The liquid drenched his fur, and McGonagall had to place her paws over her mouth to keep from laughing. McGonagall! What are you doing?
I was going to ask you the same thing.
He sighed as he stood up and shook violently to get the potion off of him, causing a lot of it to end up on Minerva. Well, Professor, I think Snape's up to something.
Don't you always?
He's trying to make an immortality potion for You-Know-Who! Can't you tell?
Minerva sniffed at the liquid on the floor and wrinkled her nose. To be quite honest, it looks like the beginnings of a potion to prevent balding. He does have a receding hairline, you know. It makes sense, especially since he's not really working for You-Know-Who in the first place. But in any case you should have talked to Dumbledore about it instead of trying to do it yourself and messing everything up. Now come on, let's go on back.
McGonagall sat there for a moment, as if waiting for something important to happen. She cocked her head, blinked down at herself, and closed her eyes. Finally she opened them and stared coldly at Sirius. Try to transfigure yourself back to human.
Sirius nodded, but ended up doing much the same routine she did. I can't do it.
Both cat and dog stared at the potion. I've got to see Albus, Minerva whispered.
What are you going to do? Meow at him in Morse Code?
We'll figure something out, she growled as she trotted to the door, Sirius clearly making an effort to follow her and not get ahead. Do you think he'll still be awake? he asked.
Are you kidding? The man doesn't sleep.
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