"Natasha"

"Natasha wake up"

"Na…." Natasha quickly reached up, grabbing the back of the body hovering her bed. She shoved down, using the momentum to propel herself out of bed and on top of the offending person.

"Nat! Stop!" the girl shrieked, "It's Kate!"

Natasha froze, she quickly grabbed her wand from the bedside table. The tip lit as she shoved it in the face of a startled looking Kate Bishop. "What are you doing here!?" she hissed, jumping off the younger girl.

"Well," Kate muttered, standing up slowly and brushing herself off, before lifting a bundle of fabric off the floor, "I came to ask for your help."

"With what?"

"With Clint."

"What'd he do?"

"Honestly," Kate sighed, "What hasn't he done?"

"Fair point, but…"

"Ahem" One of Natasha's roommates cleared her throat, "Can you just go? We're trying to sleep."

Kate and Natasha turned around, Natasha's wand illuminating the rest of her room where all 4 of her roommates were sitting up in their beds, giving the two girls dirty looks.

"Right." Natasha grimaced. Her wand light faded out, "Sorry." She followed Kate out the door.

"How did you get down here?"

"Invisibility Cloak." Kate grinned flipping the cloak out from where she had it clutched to her chest, "get in." She held it out so Natasha could get under. "You might have to duck, Clint does."

Natasha rolled her eyes, ducking a bit behind Kate. "But how'd you get in the dorms?"

"I know people."

"Was it Loki?"

Kate paused, "Possibly."

"So, what did Clint get into this time?"

"Well, honestly, you're gonna have to see it to believe it."

Natasha sighed, following Kate back to the Hufflepuff Dorms in silence.

Whatever she was expecting, it certainly wasn't this.

Clint was sitting cross-legged on the Hufflepuff Common Room floor. In his lap, a small golden retriever puppy was cradled in his robes.

Kate threw her invisibility cloak on the table and ran over to Clint and his bundle, dropping to the floor next to him so she could gently stroke the puppy.

Natasha's mouth dropped open in shock. "What. Is. That?"

"Lucky." Clint grinned.

"You named it?"

"Of course! I had to call him something!"

She shook her head in disbelief, "Where did you get a dog Clinton?"

"Kate and I found him in the Forbidden Forrest."

"I heard him barking" Kate smiled, running a finger down the puppy's ear, "and Clint insisted we bring him home."

"Clint." Natasha said gently, crouching down and putting a hand on his shoulder, "You cannot keep a puppy in the castle. They're not allowed."

"But Nat!" Clint cried, clutching the dog closer to his chest, "he's just a baby! And he was cold and alone! I wasn't gonna leave him there!"

"Clint…"

"I'm keeping him!"

"Fine." Natasha groaned, "But where are you gonna put him?"

"My room. Johnny and Alex will help me hide him."

Natasha slouched back on the ground, "and if someone hears the barking?"

"He'll come to my room!" Kate shouted, "Kamala will love him!"

"You two can't be serious." Natasha sighed, rubbing her forehead. It was too early for this nonsense.