Chapter 6 The Bet
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"So Harry are you nervous that you're going to meet Stubby Boardman for the first time," Luna asked Harry who was slowly moving food around his plates.

It had been a month since Sirius was released and was declared, 'still sane', by the Ministry. Now it was Halloween and Dumbledore thought this would be the perfect day for the two of them to meet.

"Well yeah a little, and by the way Luna I don't think that Sirius is Stubby Boardman."

"Yes he is Harry, you read the interview."

"Look you can come with me to meet him, and he'll tell you himself that he's not Stubby Boardman."

"Ok but when you're wrong you have to do something for me."

"Ok and what would I have to do if I was wrong?"

"That is for me to know and you to find out."

"Ah hello Mr. Potter, I believe that it is time for you and Mr. Black to meet he will be in the defense classroom," Dumbledore told Harry with a twinkle in his eyes.

"Thank-you Professor, let's go Luna."

"Are you taking Ms. Lovegood with you?"

"Yes sir she thinks that Sirius is a man named Stubby Boardman," he said with a grin.

"Very well off you two go."

They made their way to the defense classroom and then they saw him. A tall man who was very thin, and long curly hair, when they entered he turned around and looked more nervous than Harry did.

"H-H-Harry? I-Is that... is that you," he asked.

"Yes it's me, sir."

"Please c-c-call m-me Sirius, or by my old nickname, Padfoot."

"YOU'RE PADFOOT?!"

"Yes why, where did you hear that name?"

"Only in the most amazing map in the entire world," he said with a look of disbelief on his face.

"Ah so you found the map."

"Well actually two of my friends did but yeah we all share it."

"Well yes I was Padfoot and your father-"

"Oh I know who he and Peter are but all I'm missing is Moony."

"May I ask who told you?"

"Oh yeah, Professor Snape. And before you say anything he isn't really that bad of a guy."

"I'll take your word for it."

"Excuse me but I'm one of Harry's friends and I had a quick question before you continued," Luna said with a large smile.

"Oh yes I'm sorry, what in what is your question, and when did they stop the girls need to wear skirts rule," Sirius asked in confusion.

"Oh it was never a rule, and I just wanted to know what being in THE HOBBGOBLINS was like?"

"How do you know that I was part of that? I thought my cover couldn't be traced back to me."

"WAIT you were actually part of that band," Harry asked looking scared.

"Yes but it was a long time ago I've changed, granted not that much but still, I've changed."

"No, no, no, no, no, please tell me you're joking, please," he pleaded.

"I'm sorry Harry I'm not why."

"Oh well he just lost a bet with me so now he has to do something for me," Luna said with a smile.

"What are you going to make him do," Sirius asked interested.

"I haven't decided yet, but have been thinking of some good punishments. But that was all I needed to know, see you in the Great Hall for dinner Harry."

"Bye Luna," he said.

"She seems nice," Sirius said with a large grin.

"Yeah she's really cool."

"So have you two kissed yet?"

"Wow where the hell did that come from, we are just friends," Harry said turning a nice shade of red.

"For now."

"Why does everyone say that?"

"You'll find out eventually. But for now let's just get to know each other."

For the next hour they began telling each other about themselves and then Sirius began telling him about some of the pranks the Marauders used to pull, then Harry told him about how the Mischief Managers pranked Dumbledore which left Sirius in a huge fit of laughter.

"Well now that that is out of the way... we must move onto more important things," Sirius said becoming more... well serious. "Tell me what do you think of Dumbledore?"

"I would trust that man as far as I could throw him which isn't very far," he stated matter of fact-ly.

"Good then I don't have to tell you not to trust anything that that man says, this saves me time."

"What do you mean?"

"Dumbledore is the one who had me locked up in the first place, and before you ask we cannot have him locked up for it. The reason he had me locked up is so you would be dependent on him and him alone, has he done anything to make your friends distant at any point?"

"Yeah he imperioed Luna to yell at us but Snape fixed it. Snape's also been building up my friends mental defenses so he can't do it again."

"And you?"

"He said something about being a natural Occlumens."

"Ok then it seems like you've got a handle on things here."

"Yes but I just need one more thing."

"Yes?"

"I need some more prank ideas."

After about two hours of talking to Padfoot he had to go to the Great Hall to meet with his fellow and pranksters.

"So how was-"

"Talking to your godfather."

"It was nice Sirius-"

"Stubby Boardman."

"Right, Stubby gave me a lot of ideas for pranks, and he gave me this mirror that lets us talk to each other every now and then."

"That's pretty cool," Neville said.

"Yeah it really is, I asked him if I could go to his house over break but he said that he needed to make sure it was cleansed, whatever that means."

"Well the Blacks are one of the darkest families in all of Britain," Neville said.

"Oh well that's nice."

"Yes it is."

"Hey Luna have you decided what you're going to make me do since Sirius was actually Stubby Boardman?"

"Wait Sirius-"

"Is actually-"

"Stubby Boardman?"

"Oh yes Harry bet me that he wasn't and he was wrong so now he has to do something for me," she says with a smile.

"What are you-"

"Going to make-"

"Him do?"

"I'm not quite sure yet, but I'll figure it out what I want him to do eventually... oh today's pudding is vanilla."

"You realize that-"

"You should be scared?"

"I realized that as soon as he said that he was Stubby."

"Well I am going to go think about what to have you do goodnight," Luna said with a smile as she got up to leave.

"I'm Fudged."

"Yes you are Harry-"

"Yes you are."

Ok so sorry that the chapter is so short. I have an idea on what Luna is going to have Harry do but I am open to suggestions, Review -Pacco1