AN: welcome back to another boring chapter of my boring story. It sounds quite boring to me anyway, but I don't know what you think. This will be just a short part about Fluffy. a very short part as I feel kinda sleepy now. It's not my shortest as that title goes to Year One Chapter One, which is very short you can read it in five minutes ^_^ review and flame whatever you like J
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The Marauding Five : Year Two
Chapter 9: Fluffy, The Three-Headed Dog
Lily sat straight up in bed, sweating. Another dream again. But strangely, it isn't an omen when Voldemort will attack. It's just something else but Lily couldn't well place her finger which one it was. Getting up, she went to brush her teeth and pulled on her black robes just as Tally rubbed her eyes blearily.
'Morning Lily! Why looking so pale?' Tally murmured as she half-sleep and half-walk to the basin.
'Just another dream,' Lily replied simply.
'What? You-Know-Who is attacking again?' Tally asked, fully charged suddenly.
'No Tal. It's just something, but I couldn't well place a finger on it. Speaking of Voldemort, who're you going to live with?'
'Don't say his name! I'm living with cousin Elley. She's just as bad as you Marauders are. Wait, you Marauders are far worst. How'm I ever going to live this summer?' Tally groaned, flossing her teeth carefully.
'Well, you can always come over since Elley lived only around the corner,' Lily suggested.
'Oh, and get my neck risked? No thanks.'
'How'd your neck get risked? It's not like we attack your neck.'
'I'll get myself killed if I ever go to your house. With your squib sister, too. I bet she'll be murderous with another witch living over the holidays.'
'That's the fun of it! We're organizing a party every Summer holidays.'
Tally perked up. She loved parties. 'What sort?'
'The best one ever! It's called "Petunia Party"! Ever heard of the scream on the first day of the holidays?'
Tally nodded.
'That's Petunia's. We got her with spiders.'
'Ugh. Aren't you ever tired of playing pranks?'
'Nope! Who'd ever be anyway?'
'Lily, just grow up! You're already twelve so act like one!' Pertsy laughed as she entered.
'Aren't I acting just like one already? Innocent and carefree?'
The two snorted. 'You're never innocent, Li.'
'I wasn't?'
'Definitely no. By the way, who told you so?'
'Sirius?'
'No wonder there. Sirius is far worst than you are.'
'WHAT? He is??? Then I'll definitely go off now,' Lily said as she jumped out of the girl's dorm, fully cleaned and dressed.
'Wanna bet when she'll finally grow up?' Nina asked, grinning at the opened door. Tally and Pertsy immediately placed a bet on when. No sooner had they placed they galleons when a loud burst suddenly errupted and shouts were heard. The girls ran quickly out to see what had caused the explosion. To their surprise, they see Lily grinning broadly. Her red hair had turned into a darker shade and her usually fair skin had turned smudgy, black and covered fully with dust. So far, the only part of her which stays were her eyes as they twinkled mischievously.
'Is Sirius still the worst one?' Lily asked, grinning even more broadly when she sees them.
'I think you won already, Lily. Sirius hadn't blown up anything yet,' Nina said amusedly as she stared at the ruins before her. Then she realized where she was and what she is looking at. Hurriedly, she gulped.
'Lily? Have you any idea what you'd just blown?' Nina asked, shaking.
'Yep!'
'What's it?' Tally asked, curious.
'Look around.'
Tally and Pertsy surveyed the scene before them before recognizing the place.
'Lily… you didn't,' Pertsy stammered.
'I did and I'd already done that! Hurrah!' Lily cried, jumping happily and bouncing on three beds non-stop.
'Gerroff Lily!!!!' Sirius grumbled.
'I wanna sleep…' Remus mumbled.
James just slept on.
'They can sleep through an earthquake,' Lily explained.
'SIRIUS!!!! JAMES!!!! REMUS!!!!! WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!' Lily shouted at their ears. The girls covered theirs for Lily had magnified her voice several times louder it usually was and her shout is already loud enough to wake the dead. Hearing it maginified isn't exactly good for health and for eardrums.
The three sat up on their beds, mumbling and grumbling as Lily pulled them up.
'Her growing up this year isn't going to work, Pertsy. So it leaves with me and Tally for the odds,' Nina said to Pertsy, who grumbled and handed fifteen galleons to the two of them.
'There. I thought she will.'
'With her attitude at the moment?'
'We don't think so.'
'How am I supposed to know!'
'Just understand her.'
'Easy for you to say, Tal.'
'So much for betting…'
'Girls! Mind helping us here!' Lily cried over to the three. Sirius and Remus were already up, leaving James still asleep. The five all tried to wake James up, but all he did was just bury his head into his pillow.
'We'll be late to Hagrid's! We promised we'll be there by nine!' Sirius grumbled as he prodded James with his broomstick.
'Just try last year's method!' Remus suggested brightly.
'Yuck. Never. Nope. Forget it,' Lily said, screwing her face up in disgust.
'But it worked! Even if it's not Christmas, it's a Sunday and it's a holiday! The previous Sundays weren't all this important, but Hagrid says he wanna see us and it's urgent!' Remus insisted.
'Oh fine. There're three this time, so use them, not me,' Lily said, putting her hands in a bowl of water to indicate that she's out of this.
'Do what?' Nina asked, puzzled.
'Something you'd rather not want to do,' Lily answered, kicking James a little as she sat on Sirius' bed.
'Right. Who'd want the honor?' Sirius asked, grinning suddenly.
'What's it?' Pertsy asked.
'I told you! You won't wanna do it!' Lily insisted.
'Huh?' Tally said.
'You wanted the honor? Wonderful!! Lily had to be forced to do it last year since she's the only girl!' Sirius said happily.
'I'm not doing anything until you tell me what it is,' Tally said firmly.
'None of you are going to?' Remus asked sadly.
'Well, one choice left, Re!' Sirius said. Together, they pointed their wands at Lily, who was deciding to take a quick nap. Tally gasped. What are they going to do?
'Nina, wake Lily up please,' Remus asked sweetly. Still puzzled, Nina woke the sleeping girl, who muffled when she awoke. Quickly, the two boys whispered a spell and Lily stood up automatically.
'Now, get the camera,' Sirius said, grinning. Remus went to grab his camera as Lily went like a robot way towards James. The girls stiffled their laughs. Soon, when Lily neared James, Remus adjusted his camera focus. But quick as lightning, Lily snapped back. Her eye pupils started focusing as she turned to Sirius, who gasped.
'SIRIUS ORION BLACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW DARE YOU TRY TO CONTROL ME?????????' Lily screeched.
'How can it not work? We'd practised it for months!!!' Sirius wailed loudly as Remus gulped. Calmly, Lily pointed her wand at Sirius. Quick as light, the boy started walking. Not in the robotic way like Lily had before, but a more humanly way. Everyone started laughing as Remus snapped a picture of the boy dancing on the table. Lily smiled to herself and took the spell off him as Remus developt the picture.
'What did I do?' Sirius asked, coming back after a few minutes.
Remus handed the photo to him as he turned bright red that very instant.
'Lily!! Why'd you make me do that???'
'Same like why you want me to kiss James. Again.'
'Oooooh! You kissed him?' Tally squealed.
'No I didn't,' Lily said, flushing before pointing her wand at Tally.
'Hey! I was just kidding, Li! Honest!' Tally said franticly. Lily muttered under her breath and Tally waited for the worst. Nothing happened. Instead, little lilies started floating down like snows.
'You really thought I was about to control you too, didn't you?' Lily asked, laughing. Everyone stared at her in bewilderment and then at the mini lilies.
'Cute! How'd you do this?' Pertsy asked as she tried to catch a lily.
'Totally cool! Maybe we can frighten Snape with this,' Sirius said, looking at the lilies.
'How?'
'You know, pretend that we're about to do this controling spell on him but shoot these little flowers out instead.'
'Yeah, but-'
'EVANS! WHY DID YOU BLOW UP THE GRYFFINDOR WING???? THE BOYS' DORMS, TOO!!!'
'Uh-oh. Hide me!!!' Lily said as she quickly clambered onto Sirius' broomstick and flying straight out of the broken down ruins of the castle.
'Gimme back my broom!!! Take James' or Remus' but give me back my broom!!!!!' Sirius shouted at the small speck in the blue sky. Lily can fly really quick whenever she wants to but only on her own broom. Her flying Sirius' broom with skill and speed is something new as Sirius' broom is usually very, very ignorant. 'Too desperate,' Remus said shrugging as McGonagall burst in.
'LILY EVANS! HOW- eh? Where's she?' McGonagall asked, looking around. Tally, Nina and Pertsy tried not to make too much noise in the toilet.
'Li? She went to Hagrid's,' Remus replied.
'COME BACK HERE THIS INSTANCE!!!!' McGonagall screeched as she hurried towards Hagrid's. As soon as she'd left, Lily came back with the broom.
'Is it safe?' Lily asked as she peeked in.
'Very. Now give me back my broom! How'd you tame it?' Sirius asked as Lily handed to broom to him.
'Simple. Threaten it with a few curse and he'll fly for you.'
'Now why hadn't I thought of that?'
'You're not too bright.'
'Thanks. I'm flattered. Not.'
'Lily, let's get outta here!!' Tally hissed from the door.
'No. You girls go ahead. Bring my broom, will you?' Lily asked as they left.
'About this sleeping rhinoceres…'
'Just kiss him, Lily! Wake him quick and be done with it!'
'Never! I will never kiss him any more!'
'Oh yeah? I'm ready to place a bet! If you hadn't your first kiss after you leave Hogwarts, I'll give you every single money I own, even the muggle ones!' Sirius said as he held out a contract.
'Fine, but I'm not betting anything,' Lily said, penning down her name after reading the content to make sure Sirius didn't promise anything else.
'Oh, seeing you after you had your first kiss is just too good!'
'Whatever. Here.'
'Now, get James to wake!'
'It's not Christmas, Re! See, I'll just do this!' Lily conjured a bucket and tipped it over James. Immediately, he sat up in bed.
'Ow! Hey! Why pour hot water?'
'See?'
'Now why hadn't I thought of it before?'
'You're not bright.'
'Lily? Your broom's here!' Tally's hushed whisper floated in. Happily, Lily opened the door to retrieve her broom before shutting it close again.
'LILY EVANS? WHERE ARE YOU?' McGonagall asked, storming into the second year boy's dorm the second time that day. She looked around. 'Get out, wherever you are, Evans! Potter, Black, Lupin, you'll pay for your lie! How dare you lie to your teacher!' McGonagall hunted for them under the covers, in the cupboards and every possible place she could think off. At last, giving up, she looked up at the blown ceiling, only to find four grinning faces caused my mirage. On it, were clouds writing 'Minnie, enjoy searching! At the meantime, watch out for polar bears!'
'Polar bears?' McGonagall asked herself, puzzled. Suddenly, she heard a huge snort behind her. Turning behind, she came face to face to an extra large polar bear. She smiled weakly at it before rushing off, screaming loudly.
James, Lily, Remus and Sirius emerged, grinning, from behind the door. James tapped the polar bear with his wand as it turned back into Dan's bed.
'She says she'll search for us everywhere, but she seemed to have forgotten to check behind the door,' Remus said in an amused tone before bowing to the door. It snorted.
'I'll kick you if you snort at me again,' Remus warned.
'Hey, let's get over to Hagrid's! I bet he's waiting already!' James said. They mounted on each of their brooms and shot of into the sky through the blown ceiling. They flew to the direction of Hagrid's hut and landed neatly beside it.
'Hagrid! You've to pay for yer rent! It's been five months already!' Sirius called out loud. The door opened and something huge and vicious-looking leapt at them. Something that is not Hagrid and something that has three heads.
'Fluffy! Get down!' Hagrid's cry can be heard as Fluffy, the three-headed dog, ran back to Hagrid and bit him hard on his finger. 'Yeowch! Bad dog, bad!'
The Marauders stared first at the new dog and at Hagrid.
'Hagrid, why do you call this three-headed thing Fluffy? It barely has much fur,' Lily said, trying to cower behind James when the dog turned to her.
'Ah! I bought 'im last night from a Greek chap. Pretty friendly, isn't he?' Hagrid said proudly.
'Uh, very nice,' James said as the dog bared it's teeth at them. It suddenly leapt at James – no wait, not James. It's Lily. She let out a yelp of fright before sinking to the ground as if she'd just received the jelly-legs curse.
'Lily! Hagrid, call him down!' James called as he tried to hold the girl up.
'I've no idea how ter! I jus' got him yesterday!' Hagrid said, sweating as he tried to think of ways to calm Fluffy. But there was no need to, for like Fang had met Lily, he licked the girl hard, once each with it's three heads.
'Lily, get up!! The dog's licking you!' Sirius said as he fanned the red-head with his hand.
'What's the use of having powers to befriend animals when you can't even stand being near them? James, try talking to it,' Remus instructed.
'Tell him what?'
'Move away from Lily. She's having her fright again. Really, what's with her and large dogs?'
'She's afraid of large dogs. Okay, I'll try, but no promises.'
James turned to the three-headed dog, creature, whatever it is. He tried to speak to it. 'Uh, mind moving away from Lil? She's sorta sick at the moment.'
'You're speaking English, stupid! How can he understand?' Sirius said, hitting James on his head.
'Hey! I can't help it! What am I suppose to say anyway? Arf? Woof?'
'Yes! Speak dog language!'
'You say "Arf arf, woof woof, bark bark, arf arf" to it? That'll sound extremely stupid!' James said, rolling his eyes. To everyone's surprise, the dog moved away from Lily and let Remus inspect her.
'If speaking to animals are that easy, lemme try!' Sirius said eagerly as he walked to the dog, which doesn't seem much vicious now. Maybe James told it to stay away from Li and tell it that we're not gonna harm it, Sirius said to himself before letting out a string of "Arfs" and "Woofs". James shook his head.
'Sirius, why did you tell the dog that you're stupid? You're not that silly!' James laughed.
'That's what I said? But I said that my name is Sirius Black!' Sirius said, turning to the dog. 'You understand, didn't you?'
To his surprise, Fluffy seemed to smile.
'See, even he's laughing!' James said eagerly. 'Let's try, how old are you?'
'English, stupid,' Sirius yawned. But the dog yelped back and James nodded. 'So how old is he?'
'Very old. Since the eighth century.'
'Stop playing! Lily's awake now!' Remus called. Everyone crowded over her again.
'I hate big dogs… why'd you get so many of them, Hagrid?' Lily said as Fluffy proceeded to lick her again.
'I love 'em. Cute, isn't he? He liked you,' Hagrid said, beaming.
'Very. And I noticed that. So much for it.'
'He isn' friendly with me. Seems to need more calming. Tha's why I call for yer.'
'Wonderful. James, ask what is bothering him. At least get him calmed. He's too hyper, like Sirius.'
'I resent that, Lily!'
'I know you did.'
'Fluffy says that it needs music to calm down. Or that's what I interpreted anyway.'
'That simple? Gosh, I have this flute-like thing here. Wanna give it a try?' Lily asked as she pulled out a seashell-like thing from her robes. She placed her lips over the little pipe-like part and blew into it, turning the bottom of the shell like a flute to change the vocals. A beautiful song played at once in a mysterious tone as everyone sat stunned, listening to it. Fluffy found his three pairs of eyelids dropping heavily before his eyes as he gave in, sleeping soundly at the song. Lily continued playing the piece. When she stopped, Fluffy woke up suddenly and the others sat, mesmerized.
'That was good! Where'd you get this flute?' Remus said.
'Very nice and soothing music. Fluffy, how'd you enjoy it?' Hagrid asked, turning to the dog.
'Lovely,' Sirius said with inspiration.
'I bet not. You always say sarcastic remarks. This is your best so far,' Lily smirked at Sirius.
'Hey, I know the joy of music!'
'Yeah, whatever. It was an insult, wasn't it?'
'Nah! Where'd you get this, Li?' James inquired, inspecting the shell flute closely.
'Oh, I got it from mom. She says that it has been passed down in our family. Nice, isn't it?' Lily said proudly as she snatched her prized possession from Sirius, who was inspecting is and looked ready to try on it.
'Hey!'
'You can't blow it!'
'Why not?'
'You're just too mean today, trying to make me wake James with that way again.'
'Oh. Yeah. If it weren't for you drenching me with hot water, I'd still be sleeping. Why didn't you let me sleep? I'm dead tired!'
'Where'd you go?'
'We went to the kitchens. Really hungry…'
'And Si had four really huge chunks of chocolate from those house-elves.'
'He took mine.'
'How come you never invite me? I was hungry too!'
'Sorry Li. We forgot about you there.'
'No. Sirius plan that we leave you as you are.'
'Stomach over mind. He can't think straight.'
'Thanks a lot, Si. I'll remember this forever.'
'My pleasure.'
Lily turned to Fluffy. 'Can you bite him for me?' Fluffy replied by barking playfully at Sirius.
'How old are you anyway?' Remus asked, trying to make out how old Fluffy is.
'He was borned in the eighth century. James says so,' Sirius said as he grabbed a biscuit from the jar.
'Actually, Fluffy's still a puppy, isn't he Hagrid?'
'Yep! He was jus' a month old!'
'Gosh, I wouldn't want to know how big he'll be when he's five,' Lily said, shuddering.
'Where're you keeping him?' Remus asked, looking around the hut.
'I'm settin' him free into the Forest. He can't stay 'ere,' Hagrid said, pouring them pumpkin juice.
'Maybe it'll be better anyway. I bet he wouldn't like to live in a hut.'
'Yeah…'
'McGonagall came over a while ago. Wanna find Lily.'
'Speaking of which, I think we'd better run off now. If Minnie can't find us anywhere in the castle, she'll come back down here,' Remus said suddenly. They bid Hagrid goodbye and left for the castle on their brooms.
'Hey, anyone interested in a game?' Sirius asked, landing gracefully in his dorm.
'What sort?' Remus asked as he sat on bed. He still need to cure his phobia just a little more…
'Exploding Snape. He could do with some exploding now,' James added.
'With what? Dungbombs? Old story,' Lily said dismissively as she bit into Hagrid's biscuit. 'Ow!'
'What?'
'Is this a rock disguising itself as a biscuit?'
Sirius sniffed at it and tried to bit in it. 'Yeowch! Smells like a biscuit but hard as a rock. Hagrid's rock biscuits. We must remember never to go to him for trick or treating in Halloween.'
'You ate that cookie-'
'That cookie was what I brought for him on his birthday. Bet he didn't eat it yet since it's still full.'
'I bet he put in his own cookies along with them. I took it from the same jar,' Lily said, rubbing her jaw.
'How's Fluffy, Si?' James asked.
'Pretty good. Since you can talk to it, I needn't worry about him snapping at me.'
'Why must Hagrid keep big dogs? He knows I hate them…'
'He's a giant. To him, they all seem like cats.'
'Thanks for pointing out the obvious. But dogs THAT big? Remus, it's almost as tall as Si! And Si's the tallest amongst us four!'
'Good point. Maybe we should talk to him about it.'
'Whatever. Oh, let's get to exploding Snape. With potions. Tally did this potion last night in our dorm but it turned out to be a failure. She fed Nina's cat, Yam, with it. It turned into a rat. It was only suppose to silence, but knowing Sita who was just next to her, she'll pour in extra ingredients. How about using it?' Lily suggested, laughing at Nina's face the night before when she called for her orange cat, only to find it turned into a rat before her eyes.
'Good idea! Go on and get it!'
Lily ran out and returned, carrying a big cauldron of gooey green stuff. You'd probably have guess the rest already. Snape was turned into a rat, a monkey and an elephant that breakfast, lunch and dinner. The Marauders had decided to add a few unknown ingredients to test what will happen.
AN: See? I told you it was short! Well, not as short as the Y1C1 one anyway, so rejoice for that. Nothing much said now, but please r/r!