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You Never Know

Chapter 2

"My dear professor McGonagall, you're looking simply ravishing." Said James in his flattering voice.

"Please, Mr. Potter, no flatteries today." Said Minevra McGonagall in that no-nonense voice that quashed James' hope that he could flatter his way out of his current position. Immediately after Lily had asked if he had a dog, the professors who had been worried about him, turned shocked. McGonagall was perhaps the most shocked. James chalked it up to her animagus form. That hadn't stopped the newly named puppy from trying to jump out of his arms where he proceeded to run after McGonagall, who after seeing the exuberant puppy coming for her, had pulled up her robe past her ankles and hightailed it to the other end of the Great Hall. The chase lasted a full five minutes, ending with McGonagall ending up in a heap being licked all over by the by the happy puppy. With that, James had scooped Lily's Fluff up and then James was immediately taken by the arm by the now, once again, stiff upper lipped McGonagall where he was now being marched to Professor Dumbledore's office. He had tried a multiple number of things already to get out of his predicament. Had had already tried bribery, whining, and scolding the puppy. Apparently flattering wasn't going to work either. He didn't have much time to think of anything else because McGonagall had stopped in front of a large gruesome looking gargoyle. It's large stretched out wings and hunched of body blocked the spiraling stairs behind it. James knew that there were stairs behind the gargoyle because he been here many a time to receive punishment for the various pranks he and Sirius had pulled.

Just thinking about their last ever prank that they had pulled on a sniveling jerk from slytherin named Severus Snape, brought a smile to his lips. The last prank they had pulled had been one week from schools end. They had made it so that every time Snape picked up a book, it screamed at him. Every time he put his clothes on, they shrank to two sizes too small. If he didn't close his eyes every half hour, for at least five minutes, he would get so dizzy that he would throw up. What ever he ate was either too hot or too cold. And when ever he sat down, the chairs grew wooden bonds and tied his legs to theirs. Ahh yes, they had made sure to go out with a bang. Professor Dumbledore had tried to punish them, but by the time he had figured out what was wrong with Snape and that they had done it, it was already the last day of school. They had gotten 2 weeks detention at the beginning of the school year. James, waited, holding the black furball, while McGonagall said the password.

"Cream Puffs" she said, which elicited a snort from him while the gargoyle slid to the side, revealing the revolving staircase. Every time James came up here, there was a new password. That must have been hard on Professor Dumbledore especially when James and Sirius' pranks were consecutive.

Walking up the staircase brought James' mind to the present problem. Was he really going to get in trouble for finding and helping out a small helpless puppy?

Upon enter Professor Dumbledore's office, he looked around. He was still amazed at the sheer amount of items that Dumbledore had in his office. Even though he had been in here over 300 times in the past 7 years, it was amazing how an office didn't change over the years. There still were the tall bookcases that seemed to go on forever, filled with magical trinkets. There was the giant closet that seemed to always be closed. This time, though, the deep mauve contains that obscured it were closed also. There, in the middle of the room where he always had some various forms of candy, was the ever-filled bowl of candy. He had cherry fizzers in it this time. There to the far wall, in front of a spiraling staircase that led to Dumbledore's observatory and living quarters, was Dumbledore's desk. It was littered, like always, with papers and ever-present lemon drops. Beside his desk on the left was Fawkes, Dumbledore's phoenix. And sitting behind the great oak desk was Dumbledore himself, with his long flowing beard and twinkling eyes behind half-moon spectacles.

"James, sit down please" and James sat. "Lemon Drop?" James couldn't find the words so he just shook his head no.

"Now, James, you do know that pets besides owls, toads, and cats are not allowed, right? Besides, I thought you had an owl."

"I do have an owl. And I knew that no dogs were allowed but, couldn't make an exception for this dog. Lily's fluff is just too adorable to let go. Everytime I put him down, he starts to cry and give me the sweetest sad face look ever."

"Lily's Fluff" said Dumbledore laughing outright. "James," said Dumbledore "I can't made an exception for you just because you are head boy or Gryffindor's Top Chaser. You should know that. I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to return that to your parents."

"But that's just it, my mum and dad didn't send him. I was walking and I found him in the pumpkin patch. I would give him to Hagrid to watch over during the school year but, fang don't like him."

"Doesn't and that may be but, there are reasons for school rules."

"But, but, professor. How can you turn out a puppy with the most beautiful green eyes like the most beautiful girl in school? I certainly can't. And if I can't get you to at least let me keep in my dormitories at all times, then I'm going to have sneak around you and you above all the teachers know that I can do that."

"James, no threats now please. Let me see the dog."

"Are you going to return him to me?" asked James on his guard.

"Yes, we are going to Madam Pomfrey so the puppy can be look over. She doesn't do animals but, she can run a simple diagnostic. Knowing you James, you wanted to avoid detention, so you didn't think to check for problems other than what the sex was."

After the blush coming from Dumbledore's dead on analysis resided, James said, "Alright but, can I carry the little guy there?"

"Very well."

It was an uneventful trip to the hospital wing. James and Dumbledore ended up not saying anything to each other besides a "thank you" for opening the door to the hospital wing.

"Albus, is there anything you need?"

"Yes, my dear Poppy, James here found a lost puppy and failed to check him over. I would like you to check him over."

"Ooooh, no you don't. I work on humans not animals."

"Please Poppy, It's a simple diagnostic. I would do it myself if it were not that I have failing eyesight and you having been the resident expert on diagnosis."

"Wow," said James, "If you do that with all the professors, it's no wonder why I can't flatter Professor McGonagall."

Dumbledore simply brought his long index finger to his lips.

"Fine, I'll do the diagnostic but, that's it." Said Poppy bringing the conversation back to the reason they were there.

"Thank you Poppy." Said Dumbledore.

"James, put the puppy onto the bed and try to keep him in place." James did as he was told. Poppy took out her wand and said the spell.

"reprehendo diagnostic" Blue light filtered out of her wand and continued in a swirling mass until it encircled Lily's fluff. Several different graphs appeared in the air. One had bars on it and another had to intersecting lines with squiggle constantly changing on it. Yet another one was a graph with only one red bar that had notched points pointing out in various symbols what level the red bar was at.

Poppy pulled one graph forward and told the details that only she seemed to understand from it. The first one said that he was in perfect health if not a little hungry. The other one said he was apparently a little scared. Finally Poppy the one with the red bar forward and gasped.

"Albus, this puppy is an animagus."

"Are you sure?"

"It has to be. If it's not then it's a very extraordinary puppy to have the magic levels of a wizard."

"Fine then, ostendo sum bestia," said Dumbledore pointing his wand at the puppy.

James knew what that was. It was the spoken reverse spell for forcibly undoing an animagus spell. He had used it and it had been used on him many times when he first started training to be an animagus, however secret it may have been. James watch the white light that filtered out jabbed at the puppy. The puppy cried out in pain but it didn't change into a wizard. Dumbledore released the spell when nothing happened. James picked the puppy up to comfort it. It curled up into his arms immediately after being picked up."

"I don't understand Albus. If it was a regular puppy, it wouldn't feel any pain. But it was rather obvious that if felt a great deal of pain."

"Perhaps, it was in pain because the spell is meant to react with a magical core." "Anyway, I am going to allow you to keep that puppy in your dormitories during the day. But that is only because there is something about that puppy that I trust and don't trust at the same time." Said Dumbledore.

"YES!!!"

James ran from the ward. The rest of the day was rather uneventful.