Nicknames
"Is everyone here?" James asked.
"Where else would we be?" Rose replied.
"Ok, so tonight, we are embarking on a life changing adventure, one we will never be able to go back on," Sirius said gravely.
"Cut the crap Sirius," James told him. "Tonight is the full moon and as you know Remus is turning into a werewolf tonight so we're going to go to the shack and help him through this as animals. Got it? Good. Ok, we need to drink a bit of the potion, then Lily will perform a charm and we should be able to transform." Everyone nodded and crowded around the cauldron. Rose took a ladle and put the liquid into several cups.
"You have to put a hair in," she told them. Peter looked a little sickened by this, but everyone did.
"To Remus," Sirius toasted, raising his glass. Everyone copied him and drank. Lily preformed the complicated charm that makes the power stay with the drinker for life.
"Who wants to go first?" James asked.
"I will," Sirius volunteered. "How do I change again?"
"Picture yourself as an animal," Rose told him. He scrunched up his face. His long form began to change, becoming smaller. He looked up at them with chocolate brown eyes. He was a large shaggy black dog.
"You're so vain," Rose told him. The dog cocked his head to his side. "Even as a dog you have better hair than I do!" Everyone laughed. Sirius transformed back.
"That was awesome! I like being a dog," he informed them. He chuckled. "Who is next?"
"I'll go," Peter said more bravely than he felt. He also attempted to change, but nothing happened. It took him five minutes before his friends saw him shrink. Peter turned into a small gray rat. Next went Rose. She transformed the easiest of them all. She became a golden lioness. She growled at them. Sirius transformed back into a dog. Rose lifted her paw and hit the dog on the nose. They both transformed back to their human selves.
"That hurt!" Sirius complained.
"Tough," Rose shot back. "You shouldn't have said that."
"What did he say?" James asked.
"Didn't you hear him? He said he would beat me up since dogs chase cats."
"I didn't hear anything," Lily chipped in.
"Me either," James said.
"Maybe animals can understand each other," Lily speculated. "I'll go next." She waited a minute waiting for her body to change. "Did anything happen?" she asked, but all that came out was a screech.
"Cool! She's a Eurasia owl!" James said. Lily flew around the room before changing back into a human.
"I'm next right?" James said. Everyone nodded. One minute he was looking at Rose's blue shirt, the next she was wearing a gray shirt. Everything was in black and white! He shook his head, thinking something was wrong, but there was a weight on top of his head. Everyone was looking at him opened mouthed. James turned back.
"What am I?" he asked.
"You're a stag," Rose told him.
"So should we go?" Lily asked. "It's dark. Should we bring a light?"
"Have you forgotten already?" Rose said exasperatedly. "You're a bloody owl, you can navigate in the dark."
"Oh right," Lily said sheepishly. All of them started off and changed into their forms.
"The world is so big!" Peter complained.
"Is not, I could be at the shack in a few steps," James told him.
"Maybe to you, but it takes longer for me!" Peter said.
"Have you forgotten the food chain?" Rose asked. "Cat chases rat. If you don't stop complaining, I'll eat you." Peter cowered behind Sirius. "I was kidding."
"All your complaints are so loud! My ears hurt!" Lily said.
"You can fly you know, your talons hurt my back," Rose told Lily. Lily took off.
"You all walk so slow," Sirius told them.
"We're waiting for Peter," James told him. "Here Pete, see if you can ride on someone's back, this is taking too long."
"How do we get to the shack? It would look a little conspicuous if a lion came into town," Rose said.
"Watch out for that tree," Lily said quickly.
"What tree?" Sirius asked. An arm swept violently by.
"That tree." Sirius jumped back to avoid the branches of the whoomping willow tree. Peter was thrown from Sirius' back. He hit a knot at the base of the tree. The branches stopped moving and a passageway could be seen.
"Let's see where that leads," James suggested. All the animals nodded to the best of their ability and they headed down a long tunnel. They heard the howls of a wolf.
"That's got to be him," James commented. "Poor bloke." The animals came to a door, which they opened and went inside.
"So this is it?" Rose said looking around. "That chair looks comfortable."
"Who are you?" the wolf asked. "I know you! Why are you animals?"
"We came to hang out with you," James assured the wolf.
"Hang out? Why hang out? What's there to do here? I want to go out! I want to hunt!" The wolf cried.
"Come on Remus, you know we can't go out," Sirius scolded the wolf.
"Who is Remus? Is Remus the human? I don't like him, he tells me I can't hunt," the wolf complained.
"What do you know? Werewolves are skitzofrantic," Rose said.
"Not funny," the wolf told Rose. "So what are your names. I don't want to use human names, I don't like human names."
"How about Shaggy for Sirius?" James suggested.
"Than you and be Hovey," Sirius retorted. James lowered his head. "Watch those things, like the prongs of a fork."
"I like it," Lily said.
"Hovey?" James asked.
"Not that, Prongs," Lily replied.
"What and you're so wise?" Sirius asked.
"That's a good nickname for her, Wise," Rose said authoritatively.
"So the deer," the wolf started.
"Stag," James interrupted.
"Stag, whatever, is Prongs and the owl is Wise. What am I?"
"Ow! Sirius! You dreaded on my foot!" Rose yelled.
"Guess it's not a very padded foot," James said. "How about Padfoot for him?" Everyone nodded.
"Peter, your tail looks like a worm," Rose said.
"Wormtail?" the wolf said. "Works for me. So we have Prongs, Wise, Padfoot and Wormtail. What is the lion and what and I?"
"I'm a lioness," Rose reminded him.
"Whatever, how about Pride for miss LIONESS here?" the wolf suggested.
"How about you are Mooney?" Sirius said.
"That's the first good name out of your mouth," the wolf said to Sirius.
"Ok, so I am Prongs, Sirius is Padfoot, Peter is Wormtail, the wolf/Remus is Mooney, Rose is Pride and Lily is Wise," James summarized.
"What would you suggest we do Miss Wise?" Rose asked.
"I don't know Miss Pride. Mr. Prongs, Mr. Padfoot, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Wormtail, what do you suggest?" Wise asked.
"Well we could go exploring," Prongs suggested.
"What about Mooney?" Padfoot asked.
"We can keep him from attacking anyone," Pride said.
"Lion pride kicking in," Mooney said. "I want to hunt!"
"We'll take you outside if you promise not to hurt anyone," Wise told him.
"That's unfair!" Mooney complained. "Fine, I promise not to attack anyone." The group headed outside for their first adventure.
Exactly two pages! By the way, a Eurasia owl is the type of owl Athena had. Do you like the nicknames I made up for Lily and Rose? Don't worry, I'll explain why they aren't on the map.
Sorry I haven't written in a long time. I have a new story; it's called the Counter Story. It's a Lily is a Slytherin story. Check it out if you get the time. Next chapter will probably be them in seventh year. Thanks all, bye.
