Laughing.

Hermione Granger knew what followed after she heard laughing.

She would get a beating from the kids at school, she waited and waited until she heard a howl of pain and frowned to see the kids from her school hurting a stray dog.

She went wide eyed and ran over.

"Leave the poor dog alone!"

She pushed through the kids and kneeled to the dog and took its face in her hands looking into it's eyes before she was hit and fell to the floor as the dog suffered after boot and Hermione felt her anger flaring.

"LEAVE IT ALONE!"

Throwing her arms out to her sides, a wave of somthing hit the kids and they flew back and Hermione went wide eyed as she crouched and picked the dog up with a grunt and quickly waddled over to her house and entered through the back door which was open and placed the dog down.

She began to start crying next to the dog, her head in her hands.

"What did I do..."

"That was some pretty powerful magic"

Hermione screamed and jumped to see a full grown man who stunk badly and had black and white striped clothes on.

"Who are you?!"

The man went wide eyed.

"Shhh, shhh I'm not gonna hurt you, I'm the dog you saved look"

Hermione went wide eyed as the dog appeared and the man dissapeared then the man reappeared.

"How did you do that?"she asked and he inhaled.

"I will tell you but I need to ask you a question"he said and she nodded.

"Can I use your shower?"he asked and a small smile appeared on Hermione's face as she wiped away her tears.

"Wait here"

She bounded up the stairs into her house and ran into her father's room and grabbed a red shirt and a pair of jeans and a random pair of boxers from his draws and placed them in the bathroom.

"Come upstairs"

The man came up and Hermione showed him the bathroom.

"Shower gel and shampoo are all on the bath side, clothes are there for you, are you hungry? I can cook you somthing while you clean yourself"Hermione said and the man shook his head when a growl was heard from his stomach and Hermione giggled.

"I can cook pancakes and bacon?"

"Alright then, yes please"

Hermione nodded as she jumped down the stairs.

20 minutes later, the man walked down the stairs cleaner than ever but Hermione realised his hair was still really shaggy.

"Thank you for this, it means so much"he said and she showed him a chair and suddenly a blanket was draped around his neck.

"You're still really shaggy though"Hermione said and looked through the kitchen draws and grabbed a pair of scissors.

"You're going to cut my hair?!"he asked wide eyed and Hermione put her hands on her hips.

"It will grow back, trust me, anyway, it must get in the way, it's almost like dreadlocks"she said and she heard his stomach grumble again.

"If you don't let me cut your hair, no pancakes for you"she said wagging a finger at him and he sighed.

"All right, just do it"he said sorrowfully and Hermione grinned.

"Close your eyes"she said and made sure he did as she got started on his hair.

10 minutes later Hermione binned the blanket and blew the hair off the man and cleared the hair from the floor and grabbed a hairbrush and began to gently brush his hair.

"Ready to see?"

"Yes"

He opened his eyes to find she had kept his hair a little long, it was down to his ears but it looked much better than before and he thought it was perfect.

"Thank you"he said and she smiled as she plated up the pancakes and the bacon and they began to eat.

"So, are you going to tell me who you are?"she asked as she bit into some bacon and he inhaled.

"My name is Sirius Black, and I'm wanted for alleged murder"