Round 1 – Family Roles
Team: Caerphilly Catapults
Position: Seeker – Pet
Rating: T
Crookshank's Point Of View, based at the end of third year.
It is hard being such a clever cat, not to toot my own horn or anything, but I am a very clever cat indeed, however with these wits that I possessed comes certain problems. Like trying to tell all the walkers, well humans, but I like to call them walkers, that the rat belonging to the redhead boy was bad and the big black dog everyone seemed so scared of was actually very nice.
I had been trying to get her attention for weeks now, but she always just fed me or scratched behind my ears when I started swiping at her legs or prodding her in the face and well once she starts behind the ears what's a cat to do. I love my master, I really do, I have ever since the day she defended me to the evil lady who was keeping me locked in the ridiculous cage, or at least, trying to keep me locked in it. But honestly sometimes I just couldn't understand why everyone thought she was so smart.
I had finally given up on trying to warn my Master and started going after the little rat myself, you see it's not that I had a problem with all rats, in fact I had some lovely rat friends. My problem was in fact with that fact that this rat wasn't a rat at all but was indeed a very bad man. The rat had been within my grasp a number of times, but the stupid red boy had always foiled my plans, then yelled at my master, often making her cry, causing me to dislike him even more. My master says he is her friend, but I do not believe this to be true, for if it was, he would be kinder to her, my friends are nice to me.
My best friend at the moment is in fact the black dog that everyone is so afraid of, he likes to say he is a black wolf, but I say he is just a big fluffy dog. I met him one day when I was strolling through the woods looking for a bird after once again being shunned for making an attempt on the rat's life. As it turns out he is also after the rat and he is looking for my Masters best friend, the speckled boy with brown hair that she calls her Harry, that kids hair is crazier than mine.
See my dog best friend is special, he can also turn into a walker, the best of both worlds as I like to call it. He says his name is Sirius when he is a walker, but to call him Padfoot. I liked his name simple, yet strange, it suits him perfectly. That was months ago now, since then we had been planning on how to get him into the castle or get the rat to him. I had stolen him a list of passwords that the forgetful boy left in the common room, but the plan had failed and then everyone had panicked. Life would be so much easier for us all if everyone just stopped and listened, but no, instead they all panicking and start jumping to conclusions. Then the rat wouldn't be missing, I wouldn't be out hear hunting for food for Padfoot and he could be with Harry, who my Master tells me is always very sad and lonely because he has a bad family.
So that's what I'm doing right now, I'm perched behind a tree out in the cold, trying to hunt for Padfoot, instead of being curled up in my masters lap getting my ears scratched. This damn dog better appreciate this meal. I was just about to pouch was the birds scattered and I growled in frustration. I searched around for the disturbance to find that is was my master and her Harry and the stupid boy, they seemed to be chasing something, and that's when I spotted it. The RAT!
I hadn't seen that rat for weeks, but there it was not even 30 meters away from me. I began creep through the grass, I was almost there when the redhead boy jumped, catching the squealing rat in his chubby little hands. Then on top of him jumps Padfoot bitting into the boys leg, once he has a grip he begins to drag the boy towards the moving tree that hides the entrance to his house. My Master and her Harry yell and shout trying to grab the boy, but are either to slow of too scared to succeed, then then become trapped by the tree. It begins swinging its branches, whipping at My master and her Harry, Master is lifted off the ground and she screams as I have never heard anyone scream before. I have started to make my way towards the tree, so I can press the knot that will cause is to cease its attack. However before I can reach the Master grabs her Harry and both are thrown from the tree directly into the entrance.
I followed them down into the hole, the only problem is so did the greasy haired git who smelled like to much herbs and dead things. Vile man, the worst part was, I had allowed him to gain entrance, as I had frozen the tree and he had followed me in. I could hear my Master and her Harry further down in the tunnels but did not hurry to catch them. I knew where the trail ended.
When I got to the end of the tunnel I slowly squeezed myself into a crack in the wall so I could see everything. Padfoot was now in serious form now with my master and Harry trying to understand what he was saying. A moment later a man Padfoot calls Moony was in the door way telling them to believe it and explained to them that it was true and that the rat, wasn't really a rat but a man. Everything was about to go right when that evil git stepped in to mess it all up. He pointed his stick everywhere and threw a curse knocking out Sirius, I could scratch his eyes out for that. But that wasn't nessacary as Harry soon had him and Sirius was awake again.
Soon they all knew that Sirius wasn't as scary as they thought and that the rat was actually a very bad man. Harry said that he needed to be put under fair trail, it may have been annoying sometimes, but that boy had a great moral compass.
Soon they were heading back to the castle, the evil man tied up in the middle, the slimy git hovering asleep behind them and the stupid red head hobbling along. With a wink from Sirius as everyone left I knew my work hear was done for now. My master was safe and my best friend could be with his humans again. Not a bad job done, I was glad it was over and I could go back to napping and back scratches, speaking of which there's a lovely looking been just a few feet away calling my name. Yes a name was definitely in order, I slid out of my hole in the wall and curled up in some of the dusty blankets, my tail lying nicely over my eyes. Perrrrrfect place for a nap.