Chapter Two; New Visitors

Everyone gathered down at Hagrid's hut later that afternoon as Harry, Teddy, Heather, and Zip arrived. Chance perked his ears up and leapt up off the couch as he darted towards the door once they came inside it. "Chance, behave yourself." Hagrid warned while pointing a finger at him as he started sniffing the new puppy and wagging his tail.

"Oh it's alright, he's not going to hurt her." Harry told him while reaching down and unclipping Zip's leash from her collar.

"Here Zip!" Hermione exclaimed as she and Eve clicked their tongues against their teeth while patting the spot on the sofa next to them. However Zip seemed more interested in the big dog in front of her and started wagging her tail and sniffing him back.

"Come here girl!" Ginny cried but Harry just simply grinned.

"I think Zip's more interested in Chance right now." He told her as the puppy crouched down and let out a playful yip. Chance cocked his head to the side and perked up his ears before he slowly turned over to look at Hagrid.

"What do you think of her huh boy?" he questioned him with a grin as Zip yipped again and he turned to look back at her before he lowered his head and picked her up by his teeth and held her by the scruff of her neck before he started carrying her away. All three of the girls giggled.

"Aww,.. isn't that cute? He's treating her like she's his puppy." Hermione said as Chance leapt back up onto the couch and laid down between them before he finally let go of Zip and started licking her face.

"Listen Chance, I know that this might be hard for you to understand but she's not your puppy." Ginny told him as she started petting the top of his head and scratching him behind the ears before he raised his head and licked her cheek.

"So does she know any tricks?" Eve wondered as Harry grinned.

"Zip come!" he called while he whistled and patted his leg. The playful pooch hopped off the couch again and raced over to him before she sat down at his feet and glanced up at him. Then he made his thumb and pointer finger into a gun and pointed it at her. "Bang!" he exclaimed as the puppy laid down and rolled over onto her stomach with all four of her legs and tail sprawled out.

"Good girl!" Harry praised as he knelt down and started rubbing her belly while she started wagging her tail again and licked his cheek. All three girls giggled and applauded for her.

"Can she do anything else?" Hermione asked him as the puppy got to her feet again.

"Yep she can do a couple more tricks that I taught her to do." Harry told her. "Zip sit." He instructed as she sat down again. "Paw." He told her as he held out his hand and she placed her own paw inside it. "Good girl." He told her as he shook it. "Now say your prayers." He told her as he quickly let go before the puppy scurried over to the couch and hid her face underneath her paws.

The girls giggled and applauded again as Ron grinned. "Leave it to a Sunday school teacher to teach his dog how to say her prayers." He said.

"Wait a minute she isn't done yet." Harry told him. "Zip speak." He said as the puppy let out a rather loud bark before she jumped back down onto the ground again and trotted back over to her master and sat down at the bottom of his feet. "Good girl, here you go. You deserve this." Harry told her as he dug a biscuit out of his pocket and tossed it to her. "Chance do you want one too?" he questioned.

Chance jumped off the couch again and raced towards him before he sat down and allowed Harry to treat him as well. Then Harry bent down and picked up Zip and hoisted her up inside his arms before he sat down next to Ron on the couch a crossed from the girls. The puppy wriggled around in his arms and wagged her tail before started giving him slobbery doggie kisses all over his face. "Yes I know, I love you too." He told her before he quickly shut his mouth and allowed Ron to start petting her.

"So how did you get her anyway?" he asked him as she stopped licking Harry and started licking him while her tail started to wag.

"Well I didn't plan too, but Aaron called me up and told me that he had found a box of abandoned puppies and he asked me if I wanted to keep one. And the moment I saw Zip it literally was love at first sight for both of us." Harry told him as Ginny grinned.

"Well there's nothing wrong with a little puppy love." She told him.

"I can't believe somebody would just abandon her though." Hermione said.

"I know, that's just the way that people are sometimes." Harry told her.

"What happened to the rest of her brothers and sisters?" Eve asked him.

"Well Aaron adopted one of the boys and I'm not sure who adopted the other one. Jerry and Jessie adopted two of the other girls though." He explained.

"What are their names?" Ginny asked him.

"Aaron named his Blue on the account of his color and Jerry named his Destiny and Jessie named hers Sandy since her new puppy is the same color as Zip is." He replied.

"I really like that name Zip it's cute." Hermione began.

"I know right? And Zipporah is a beautiful name." Ginny told her as she turned her head to look over at her. "I've also sort of given her the nickname of Zipper because I think that's kind of cute too." She said as Hermione smiled at her.

"It is cute." She agreed.

"So Tobey, Eve, how have things been now that you're back in school again?" Harry asked them as Eve rolled her eyes.

"Terrible. I mean I can't speak for Tobey but all my teachers have been piling me with so much homework because of the fact that spring break is coming up fast and they want to give us as many tests as possible. I'm afraid to know how much we're going to get at the end of the year for the exams." She said as Harry grinned and stifled a laugh. "At least I still have time to play Qudditch though." She added.

"So Tobey what about you?" Harry asked him as he glanced down at Angel who had been lying down at his feet the whole entire time.

"Uh,.. it's been alright. I'm still learning how to be an animagus. Carlos thinks that it's going to be a dog like Sirius' was." He told him as Harry suddenly grew silent. He hadn't mentioned Sirius or heard anyone else mention him since his death.

"Are you alright Harry?" Ginny questioned him out of concern while she leaned her head down and studied his face.

"Yeah I'm fine. I just think that I should go back to the castle and get Zip settled in." he said.

"She is paper trained isn't she?" his father questioned speaking up for the first time since they had come back.

"Uh,.. we're getting there. But don't worry, I'll clean up any messes that she makes." Harry reassured him before he clipped her leash back onto her collar and sat her back down. "She seems to be making really good process with the leash though which is good since when she's as big as Chance is I won't be able to carry her around anymore." He said as he stood up and walked over towards the door. "Well, I'll see you guys later." He told them before he walked out of the door and left the hut.