After It All…
A/N~ I have been rushing through the first few parts I noticed, and I've decided to try and slow down a little…. That's a big effort for me so please tell me if this chapter is better than the others are. Thanks!
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Sirius heard a scream. He stopped abruptly. He turned his head to look that way, and what he saw filled him with anger, and worry. He looked to see a large Mastiff dog attacking a girl… but not just any girl… Lynnea…
The old man stopped too.
"Aye that be one vicious dog, eh? 'Ey! Where ya think yer goin'?!" He yelled as Sirius darted forward. He didn't see the girl he pushed down, he didn't see the mother screaming from the door of the shop, all he saw was Lynnea, pinned down by a large Mastiff dog… He knew the mastiff was like him… an unregistered animagus.
Sirius darted forward, jumping onto the mastiff, biting his neck and shaking him furiously. The mastiff, sat there in shock for a second, then began to fight back, snapping at our favorite black dog, and biting neck, refusing to let go. Sirius knew he had to get him off his neck or he was helpless, so he pulled back suddenly hoping the mastiff would let go by accident. He was right.
The mastiff jumped up, but not in time. Sirius had jumped onto his neck, biting, clamping onto him as hard as he could, the dog whined as if giving up. Sirius didn't let go. He wanted to kill this dog for hurting Lynnea, but he let go. He glared at the mastiff, and snarled, warning it away. Only then did Sirius see that everyone was looking at them. All of Diagon alley seemed to have been watching the fight contentedly.
Lynnea! He thought as the dog backed away. He snarled at the dog again, the dog turned and ran with that. Sirius was glad. He turned around to see Lynnea, and saw that her mother, Colleen had pulled her away, into the shop. He padded up and looked inside. He felt nauseous at all the blood on the floor, but he walked in.
Colleen looked up almost frightened but then let out a sigh of relief when she saw it was 'Snuffles'. She smiled slightly at him, as a girl came over and helped Lynnea, who was still unconscious. Sirius licked the air in front of him, as a greeting, which many dogs do. She reached over and patted his head.
Sirius felt a hand on his neck, pulling him back quite painfully.
"No strays aloud inside!" Sirius looked up at the storekeeper, who looked back at the bloodied face of the black dog. "No! Go! Now!"
The big black dog put his tail between his legs and walked out with his head down. He wasn't sure if Lynnea was ok. He needed to know if she was all right… suddenly he felt a hand on his back, patting him gently. He looked up at the old man, who smiled at him.
"Yer a wizard aren' ya. An unregistered animagus?" Sirius' eyes widened. The old man, Stuart, chuckled. "Yer don' need ter transform if you don't want. I don' need to know who yeh are. Just tell me if yeh are… are yeh?"
Sirius thought about it… should I tell him? He wont know who I am… so it doesn't matter… but what if he tells someone … and they want to know who I am… no I don't want to… but he's been kind to me and has given me food… I have to tell him. He nodded to the man, who smiled, "A'ight, I guess now you can eat at the table!" He chuckled and said " C'mon... Yer know… if ya do ever feel like tellin' li'l ol' me, who yeh are, please feel free! I don' care!" and with that they walked… or in Sirius' case, limped, to his hut, to find a wizard with dark shoulder length hair standing there.
"Yo, man! What's happening'?" Sirius saw the look of surprise on the old mans face, he looked at Sirius nervously, then looked to his brother, Matthias. "Err, Matt? Can I talk to you for a second?" He said pulling him inside. Sirius followed… He didn't want Matthias to know he was an animagi, but he didn't want to leave… so he decided to let the old man do the work, since either way there was trouble ahead.
"Matt, I found out something about this dog today… So you can't have him… He's an unregistered animagi." He said a little nervously. Matthias' eyes widened a bit then he smiled mischievously. "You do know how cool this is don't you? I want to know… who is he…" He looked at the dog in the corner, "Well, Matt, I don't know, I don't want him to tell me if he doesn't want to…" Matthias sighed then looked thoughtful "Well, he could come in very handy… but I still want to know who he is… could I stay here for a bit? I want to get to know this ones habits, maybe figure out who he is…"
"He can hear every word you say you know…"
"Yes, but he don't mind, do ya?" Matthias looked to the dog while talking. Sirius decided he didn't care. These are people he could trust even if they did find out who he is. He barked and wags his tail.
The old man grinned at Sirius "I think I know what he's thinking now!" Sirius looked at him, so did Matthias. "He's thinking, 'Ooh this'll be interesting" Sirius yipped and nodded fervently. Matthias and the old man laughed.
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I woke up, my head pounding, my body aching, and all I could think about was the large dog ramming me over, as Lynnea was attacked by another. As my eyes came to focus I looked around. I was in a hospital. Lynnea was on the bed next to me. She was awake but looking tired. She was talking to Colleen.
"Then what happened, mama?? I don't remember… I think I fell asleep then…"
Shaina listened. She wanted to know what happened.
"Well, Snuffles fought the dog for a bit, it was very brutal, You wouldn't have liked it…" Shaina listened carefully.
"When he had scared the big dog away he came into the shop to se you… but the store keeper kicked him out… and later when I went to find him I couldn't… I don't know where he lives…" Suddenly Shaina remembered the man… He lives in a hut in the woods near Hogsmead…
"I know where…" Shaina said in a hoarse voice.
"Shaina!" Colleen walked over and smiled.
"'Untie Shaina! Tell us so we can goes and thank him tomorrow!"
Colleen turned back to Lynnea
"Lynnea, not tomorrow, I want you to rest tomorrow…" but Colleen changed her mind when she saw the tears welling up in Lynneas eyes.
"Oh, all right." She looked back at Shaina "Could you tell us where?"
"Yes, he has been living with an old man… Stuart Bracer, I think his name is? I saw Si- I.. I mean Snuffles walking with him right before the Mastiff came…"
Colleen smiled and said "Thank you, sis." She said bye to Shaina and Lynnea, as they both had to stay overnight just to be sure they are ok, and left.
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Stuart Bracer walked up the stairs to go to bed, but Matthias stayed up. He was talking to the dog, which would respond by writing on a piece of paper.
"You ever gunna let Stuart know who you are? Or maybe even let me know?
Yes, I think I will… maybe not.
If you decide to tell one of us… when will you? An estimate?
…Maybe tomorrow… If I decide I can trust you…
Oh you can trust me!
I am not too sure… Stuart is kind I can trust him… but I just met you…
Oh, fine.
You seem disappointed!
I am. I want to know how you pulled off being an animagi and when.
Oh, I can tell you that without you knowing my name! I did it in my fifth year at Hogwarts, and I pulled it off with my friends. Most of whom don't know where I am, or are dead, or I never want to see again…
Why would you not want to see them again?
Well, he caused the death of my best friend, and caused me a lot of trouble in my life…
Oh ok… What kind of trouble?
Can't tell you that until you know who I am, now I am tired, I think ill go to bed, goodnight!
Sirius padded off to bed, but he didn't plan on staying there long…
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Did I do better than last time?? I know it wasn't too exciting but right now I'm working on improving my writings, description wise. Next chapter will be better! Please tell me, out of the other chapters and this one, which did you like best?
And please don't bother correcting my spelling errors! I could have consulted the book for stuff like animagus (spelling?) but I'm too lazy! Hehe!
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