A/n I don't own anyone JK Rowling created
Harry Potter and the Sirius Situation
Chapter 4 The Animals
"Wow, that was strange," Ron was talking in a disbelieving voice.
"Oh," Harry told Ron and Hermione, "There's more. Do you want to become anamagi?"
"Harry, that's supposed to be very hard," Hermione said, "The only way to find out is in the restricted section in the library."
Harry pulled out Anamagi for Dummies, "Lupin gave this to me for my birthday."
"You need to make up nicknames. From now on, I want you to call me Padfoot," Sirius told them as he walked into the room, "Also, start your own group of marauders. Harry, your dad would want you to follow in his footsteps."
After a long discussion, they all decided what animals to become. Harry decided to be lion, to represent Gryffindor. Hermione chose to be a House Elf. Ron, after giving it much thought, decided to become a basilisk.
"Ron, ARE YOU INSANE?" Harry asked, "Why would you want a murderous stare?"
"You know, Ron, Harry has a point," Sirius told him, "You don't want to kill anyone, do you?"
"Snape!" Ron exclaimed.
"Yeah, but you would probably kill Hermione or me by accident!" Harry explained.
"Fine, I'll settle for a king cobra," Ron said, "Then you can talk Parseltongue to me."
"Let's see," Harry said, "Chapter one, choosing your animal:
Try to choose an animal that is convenient. If a muggle sees you as a dragon, they'd become suspicious.
Blah blah blah. Done."
"The spell is 'transformus'," Sirius told them, "Don't do it yet, Draco wants to become one too. Do it at school."
"I have ideas for nicknames," Harry said, "I'll be Gryff, for the Gryffindor lion. Ron, you can be Parse, because you can now speak Parseltongue. Hermione, you can be Spew, because that was the name of your house elf organization."
"Cool," Ron said.
"OK," said Hermione.
Just then, an owl came through the window. It was from Draco. Harry opened it. It read:
Dear Marauders,
I know about the anamagi thing. My nickname is Padfoot Jr.
I want to be a dog like dad. I have a plan to clear Sirius' name.
I'll need your help. Save a seat for me on the Hogwarts Express.
Draco Black (I decided to take my real name)
They all went to bed, thinking about clearing Sirius' name. Harry was more excited than the rest, because he would get to go live with Sirius. Before any of them knew it, it was September first.